October and April (Bk 2 Of The Valhireya Series)-rewriting

Seventeen

Cade

"Why do you think Viktor is so obsessed with you?" I ask her and she shifts in her seat. It's going to be a long flight anyway so we might as well use the time to analyze everything that has happened. I watch as Claire sleeps peacefully and I let out a deep sigh. He wants his daugther back. For a second I feel sorry for the bastard but then I remember what a fuckin' monster he is and that thought is quicly chased away. Claire doesn't deserve such a scumbag as a father.

"I don't know!" She tells me and looks at Ava with pleading eyes. Ava stands up and comes to us.

"We should really talk about how are we going to get rid of the fucker!" I am taken aback by her choice of words but I smile appreciatively nonetheless.

"I am working on that. Ava, do you know why he is so obsessed with Idalia?" I ask her and she glances nervously at her friend.

"I think that Jan is calling me." She says and goes back to her seat.

"Answer the damn question, Reyna!" I tell her and I realized I called her on her other name.

"Do you miss her?" She asks me as she looks out through the small round window of the airplane.

"Reyna." She says and stare at a blank space for a couple of seconds, a little confused.

"That is one fucked up question meant to only divert me from our initial conversation!" I tell her.

"It is a logical question, Cade. You met me with a different face. I was a different person, back then. I can morphe to that face again if you want me to." She tells me with a small voice.

"I fell in love with this new face. It's the face Claire knows too. I don't want to confuse her anymore." I tell her.

"We can't tell her!" She tells me with fear in her eyes.

"Why?" I ask her even more confused. "What are you hiding, Ida? Why are you keeping me in the dark?" I feel myself getting angrier by the second.

"Your skin is turning gray again." She tells me and I focus my energy on making it pink again.

"It's been more than 24 hours since my last refill." I tell her and she presses her thigs together and blushes. Fuck! Now I want her too badly to even think straight.

"I know the game you are playing. I won't let it go, Ida!" I tell her.

"But it will put you and Claire in danger." She tells me and I frown.

"I can't help you if I don't know what you are planning!" I tell her and place my hands on her cheeks, forcing her to look into my eyes. For a second, her eyes shine with a blue light and then they come back to normal. I know she won't tell me what that is either and it infuriates me. My forehead rests on hers as we both breath heavily.

"If you were mine..." I tell her and she gasps. "I would have punished you for all this disobedience. You wouldn't have been able to walk straight for days!" I tell her as my eyes turn pitch black.

"I am yours!" She says and I feel my painful erection pulsate against my pants. Fuck!

"Start talking, Ida! Or I swear to God I will fuck you in front of everyone!" I tell her and she gasps again and licks her lips. She is tempting me! Since when has she gotten so good at this?

"Daddy?" Claire's voice has me focusing on being myself again as I shift my eyes to their normal colour and focus on my skin looking healthy.

"Yes, baby!" I tell her and she sits on my lap.

"I am hungry!" She says and looks at me with her wonderful black eyes. Ida looks at both of us with adoration. The question pops again in my mind. The same question that has been haunting me for seven years and I couldn't do anything to figure it out.

"Go to the lovely lady in green and she will give you something to eat. Ok, baby?" I tell her and kiss her temple.

"Ok, daddy!" She tells me and hops off running to the steward lady.

"She is mine, isn't she?" I ask her as more memories rush into my head, making it pulsate with pain again. I study her face as it goes from fear to tears in just a couple of seconds. She nods and bursts into tears, hiding her face in her palms.

"Why didn't you tell me?" I ask her, containing my anger.

"You eventually remembered it yourself. She is in so much danger, Cade! Not only because of her being my daughter, but also being yours... if your mother finds out..." she says with a hollow voice. She is right. If my mother finds out, she will take Claire away from us and force me to return to Hell.

"Shhh! It will be our secret!" I tell her and pulls her against my chest. I kiss her hair and continue to hold her until Claire comes back with a plate in her hands. We both look at her with all our love.

"I brought you both some sandwiches. You look very hungry!" She says and I chuckle deeply.

"I am starving!" I say as I look at Ida and see her blushing again. I place my hand on her leg and stroke her skin gently as she tries to eat her sandwich. I take a big bite out of mine and Claire claps her hands with joy.

"How much time till we get there?" She asks as I focus on releasing my energy through my touch, making Ida almost come apart from just my touch on her leg. I take my hand away and hear her breathing heavily. I continue to look at Claire and answer her question.

"A while, baby. Go and watch some cartoons so you won't get bored!" I tell her and she nods and runs away.

"How did you do that?" She asks me all flustered.

"Do what, exactly?" I ask her while looking at her lips.

"You know what you did to me!" She says frustrated. I love seeing her like this.

"I have no idea what you're talking about!" I tell her and take another big bite of my sandwich.

"You are infuriating!" She says and takes a big bite as well.

"I learned from the best, darling!"