The Brotherhood-RETURNED -Book 3

Chapter 27

Layla was in nursery with baby Aurora rocking her in the rocking chair with her third bottle, she was starting to feel exhausted only getting four hours of sleep.

Layla woke up to heavy breathing and a weird smell. She opened her eyes and jumped when she saw a dark figure hiding in the shadows of the room. Which made her wonder how long he had been there, but his sent was so strong and she didn't recognize it. All she could smell was Anger and sadness. She clutched the baby tighter to her chest and stood up.

"If your trying to scare me you had better do better than that!" She growled holding the baby tighter to her chest, unsheathing a knife from her her boot quickly.

The figure stood up from the wall and slowly walked out; she looked into the deep brown eyes and saw nothing familiar. Then the light hit his face, it was Tehrror. He was angry and had small amounts of blood on his face, from cuts. She smiled and loosened her grip on the baby.

"Tehrror, you scared me." She said

He looked at her for a minute, "Sorry, you both just look so peaceful I didn't want to wake you, but its good to know she was in such safe protective hands." He spoke watching her sheath her knife.

She smiled and set the baby in the crib and turned back to him. "You could have woken me, It really wasn't a problem." She said and crossed her arms over her chest.

"Sorry, you were just taking such good care of her."

Tehrror stood close to the door and nowhere near the baby, He had his arms crossed and Layla could not even understand the pain he was going through, especially to just be here right now, but she knew he was doing it for Ivy and only Ivy, but if he just saw Aurora he would fall in love with her too.

"Would you like to hold her?" Layla asked.

"No, no...I'm okay." He spoke.

Layla laughed and grabbed his arm and pulled him over to the rocking chair.

"What is with you males and saying no to me?" She growled and started to look through the cupboards and found what she was looking for.

Tehrror watched as Layla bounced back and forth between cupboards grabbing things till she set everything on a trolley and rolled it over to him. She went to the sink and wet a small rag.

"I'm going to clean you up a little first." She explained.

"Look I'm alright, I should go any way." Tehrror said and went to get up.

"NO, you will sit your ass down and hold your baby. She needs her father more than ever! I can't be her parent, I will more that happily help you, but I'm not her parent and she needs you!" Layla yelled and shoved him back in the chair.

Tehrror felt a small growl roll up his throat, but Layla didn't seem threatened. She grabbed the rag and started to wipe the blood from his face and hands.

"You know I'm not scared of you I don't even know why your trying to scare me."

"You should be, Princess. I've just lost the only reason I ever had to stay gentle for... you think I wouldn't hurt you? You think I would care what Malicous does or what Stryker says? You think I care to be apart of this brotherhood anymore? Ivy was the only good I had?" He barked.

"You acting ridiculous!" She snapped.

"Malicous isn't here to protect you."

"I don't need Malicous to protect me."

"Really your that sure of yourself?" He asked surprised by her answer.

"I do not need him, because I know you don't have the heart to kill me and especially in front of your daughter, you have a loving heart no matter what has happened to you Tehrror." She spat as she wiped the blood from his hands.

"Maybe you overestimate me princess."

"I was in that room and I heard those promises you made to your Ivy and I know that's why you're here right now and why you won't hurt me so stop acting like you're a monster!" Layla growled.

Her name was a like a knife in his heart, "I was there the day you mated my brother and the promises you made to him and yet here you are breaking his fucking heart and destroying him one promise at a time! Asking for a fucking break and doing what ever the fuck it is you call that with Xander along with all your little secrets and yes we all know you have some kind of secret, for fuck sakes do you know who we are! We have special gifts for a fucking reason, I have seen you sneaking around covered in wounds all the fucking time... and I have my guesses, but maybe you should just tell us what the fuck it's all about! Maybe you should stop lying to your mate! Maybe you should stop breaking his heart every way you can find!" He shouted.

She swallowed hard no sure what to say.

"This isn't about me." She spat.

"You think you can bring up my pain, then why can't I bring up yours?" He growled.

She held back her tears, "I know your just saying these things because your hurting."

"That may be so, but it doesn't make them any less true does it?"

"I-I'll get the baby." She whimpered. 

Layla went over to pick the baby up and Tehrror's mind wandered.

He couldn't believe his beloved was gone, it almost felt like the worse dream he could ever imagine. It still felt like if he was to walk in the room next door she would be laying in that bed sleeping, but she was gone, she was dead and was never coming back!

Tehrror could feel the anger starting to build up inside him again along with tears. He wanted to run and never come back to this house, this house of hell, but he made a fucking promise to her... one he knew he wouldn't break and that was why she did it. Damn her she knew he would leave if he didn't promise her, fuck. How was he going to take care of this child all by himself?

Suddenly he heard a small cry, it sounded like the most beautiful sound he had ever heard. He looked up coming out of his thoughts and saw a tiny little balled up baby in a light fluffy pink blanket. Layla walked over to him and slowly handed him the baby. He thought he might fumble, but it was all natural he took the baby and curled her up into his arms. She was so small compared to his hand and arm, almost like he was going to break her. He looked down into Aurora beautiful face and knew she was a perfect little Angel; he knew right then he was never going to leave her or let anything ever happen to her.

He stared into those unbelievably familiar eyes and couldn't move and he was actually okay with that. He could feel how much she needed him and how desperately he needed her now.

"Thank you Layla." He said, but never looked up.

"No problem, if you ever need help or a babysitter I will happily volunteer she is beautiful and such a wonderful baby." Layla spoke and walked to the door and stopped.

"Just for the record I love Malicous very much... Im the one who is messed up and I'm just trying to make myself good enough for him and all the titles I hold... and I can't look myself in the mirror right now, Tehrror let alone him in the eyes... and I just need sometime to fix myself, I'm not trying to be with anyone else, not Xander, no one else." She said.

"Layla he loves you and he can help you just like you helped him... don't push him away."

"I need to work some stuff out, but thank you for the advise as always."

"Layla I'm going to need to take some time away from everything, even Aurora... So the babysitting I will take you up on ...." He stuttered and took a deep breath.

Layla raised her hands up and started waving him to stop "I'm here any time you need me, no need to justify just call on me whenever."

He smiled, but still never looked up "Thank you."