Hades Titans {BOOK 2}

XXXIII. Him

"Why didn't you call Rory and I before it resulted to this?" Harley snapped at me as she helped me lie Hayden down on our couch. He had passed out, but with Dorian's help I managed to get him home.

"How? We were surrounded. There was nowhere to go and no time to prepare. We were completely ambushed. We did the best we could." I explained. I was overwhelmed and still furious about everything that had happened.

There was a guilty feeling in my chest that was making my chest ache with real pain. How much easier would this be on everyone else if I just gave myself up. If I just gave up. The thoughts were haunting. I was hurting everyone around and if I wasn't pregnant with a little baby, perhaps I would just give up and give myself up. I was tired of fighting and watching the people closest to me lose. Hayden was hardly alive, and it was bound to happen again, soon.

Harley had put Hayden to sleep on our couch, before healing his deep wounds. She assured me that he would be good as new when she finished, but that it might take a while. I trusted her so I wasn't super worried. She requested some help from Dorian and he sat down beside her, doing as she told him. I left her to it, walking into our bedroom to shower and change, before noticing my reflection in our mirror. My clothes soaked in blood, my face and hands covered in cuts and scratches. I looked disgusting. In a way I was glad that Hayden couldn't see me. I didn't want anyone to see me looking like that.

The water felt healing. Even though it pained my deeper cuts, watching the black water run into the drain was somehow relieving. I was exhausted and the warm water was making me even more sleepy. My belly was cramping, and I rubbed it over and over for several minutes, before finding the energy to scrub every inch of my body and wash my hair.

Chase came to help us but was he just doing what Teo was telling him to do? Is he still on our side? Was Hayden right all along? Deep down I knew better than to trust Chase. He'd been gone for so long and the first time I see him he's with the titans that attacked us. That was an answer enough.

I heard the door, assuming Dax had returned with Luca. I wrapped myself in a towel, putting ointment on my cuts and scratches and using a whole box of plaster for the deeper cuts to hold them together. I looked like I was made from paper. Stuck together with plasters. I certainly felt paper thin. Stretching myself to fight a war as well as grow an immortal baby inside me with my body slowly running out of space and strength.

After a couple of minutes of just footsteps and some whispering, I heard Luca call my name. There was something about it that made my heart ache. Like a child calling his mother. Something I was never going to experience. It felt nice to hear it, even if it wasn't from my own child.

As soon as I opened the doors to my bedroom, two arms wrap around my waist. Luca's head was lying on my belly, and he was not letting go. I brushed through his blonde hair, feeling my emotions overwhelm me. My fiancé was on our couch, nearly dead, we were just attacked, and I was almost taken by the titans. Chase possibly really is working with Teo. It was a lot of information to swallow.

"Hey," I smiled, trying to get him to lift his head, but he wasn't moving. He was glued to me. "I'm okay." I reassured him, which warrant his move. He looked up to my face with his sad little face. His eyes scanned over my plasters and scratches that were open to view. It was like a road map all over my body. He placed his palm against my belly, looking up at me with his teary eyes.

"Are you okay Evelyn?" Dax's voice was so sharp it made me snap my head. I knew he had been standing there, but there was nothing in me that drew attention to him. Dorian got to his feet and approached us too. I didn't even know why he was at the hospital, but I was glad that he was.

"Yeah, yeah I'll be okay." I smiled weakly. Even Dax looked worried about me. Everyone was worried about me, yet Hayden was lying almost lifeless a couple of inches away from us. Puny mortal.

"We saw Chase. He helped us – I think." I looked down at Luca, who instantly snapped his head, looking up at me. His eyes were full of hope, just like mine. I wanted to hope and believe that Chase was still on our side, but it was more likely that Hayden was right all along, and Chase was only collecting information.

"You did? I told you he wasn't working for Teo!"

"I think he actually is working for Teo. He came to collect the titans for Teo. He was with another titan too." I watched Luca's smile melt and disappointment fill his face. I felt the same when I saw Chase follow after the titans. There was something inside me that still wanted to trust him, despite knowing the truth. Luca's head returned to my belly as all our eyes turned to Harley and Hayden. Harley's skin looked like it was on fire, but some colour was slowly returning to Hayden. I trusted Harley full heartedly, I knew he was going to be okay. I knew she was going to make sure of it.

The more time she spent healing Hayden the weaker she was getting, and I could see it by her facial expression that she was struggling. I wasn't sure any of us could help her in anyway. None of us had power like her.

"Why were you there? Where did you come from?" I looked up at Dorian. He smiled for a second, just admiring my face. We hadn't spoken nor seen each other since the party, and I was in no rush to start until I saw him at the hospital.

"Hayden invited me. He hoped we could come together for the sake of the baby, and no one would fight if we were at the hospital. I just wanted to see the baby." He bowed his head disappointed. I smiled knowing that Hayden would have never invited him if he believed all the half-truths that have been told about him. And none of us got to see the baby.

"Thank you, for being there." It felt like nothing ever happened between us. I didn't have time to hold grudges when I hardly had any time left.

The thought was overwhelming. I was closer and closer to death and Teo was trying to shorten that time very quickly. There were times I would forget that this was all the time I had left. That my pregnancy was all I was allowed, which wasn't much more than another 4 months. But the baby wasn't growing like a normal baby, so I had to cut those four months in half. Two months. Two months was all I had left. Two months to fight a battle that I was going to lose anyway.

The only thing I was going to win was my baby's freedom. There was much to be done for Teo to leave my baby out of the mess that has been created. I'd spent some time reading and looking into some of the things that I could do to help. Including ridding my baby of all mortal DNA, leaving Hayden to be the only parent and sole DNA of our baby.

"He tried to warn you." My head fell to look at Luca.

"Who did?"

"Your baby. He tried to tell you. I can feel him." He gently rubbed my stomach with his tiny little hand. My eyes teared up instantly. My chest felt tight, and I could see Dax and Dorian light up beside me with curiosity.

"Him. It's a – it's a boy?" My chest suddenly felt so heavy I thought I might collapse from the weight. Dorians arms supported me as I stayed frozen for a couple of seconds just absorbing the words that had come out of Luca's mouth. I didn't doubt him. I myself had already assumed it was going to be a boy. My glance slowly travelled to Hayden and his finally fairly healthy-looking body on our couch. I was too overwhelmed to even think about telling him all I could think was – he is going to be a great father to our son.