KALINA (Book 3: The Elixir Series)

1.

*A month after the supposed wedding*

"Please, noona, agree with us," Jani said shaking Kali's arm.

Jani and the boys are convincing her to go on vacation. They all agreed that with everything that happened, Kali deserves to have one.

Kali looks at them one by one, "I told you guys that I am completely fine. I'm not some fragile woman who will mope and cry-

"Exactly!" they cut her words making her flinch.

"You're acting like you're a human with no feelings," Zed said.

"It's okay to cry if you're hurt. Keeping it in will do you no good," Brye said.

"Who said I am keeping it in? Who said I didn't cry?" she asked.

Her boys didn't say anything so she continues.

"I did cry. Until now my heart is aching but what good it will do to me? Nothing. Nothing will change. He chose her and I respect that and I am expecting you all to leave it like that," she said.

"Tsk! How could he do that to you?! I thought he loves-

"He does," Kali intervened.

"But he loves her more," Jani murmured.

"And I don't blame him. Everything that happened has a reason," Kali said and sighed.

"Look, okay I will have that vacation if that will ease your minds," Kali finally agreed.

That made them smile. "But! I have a condition," the guys look at her waiting.

"You will not do anything to him. Let him be and don't let what happened, affect your relationships with your spouses," she said glancing at Zed and Miya.

Yes, Zed and CC are married. They learned that the two secretly marry the same night Zed proposed.

"Okay, we promise," Miya said.

"Also, don't tell anyone my whereabouts," Kali added.

Nodding, "But where do you plan to go?" Hiro asked.

"Wherever," Kali shrugged.

***
Present time

Kali has been visiting different countries since then either for vacation or volunteering. She wanted to make her so-called force vacation productive.

As per request, she has no shadows lurking around. She wanted to feel normal. Right now, she's heading to Amsterdam for vacation. She wanted to see the northern lights before she went back.

*rings*

"Hello?" Kali answered groggily.

"Noona~"

Kali frowned hearing the trembling voice of her brother.

"Tell me who to kill," she said. Her voice sounds low and dangerous.

But Jani burst out crying. "Noona~"

"Jani, I swear I will fly right now and go on a killing spree. Just tell me who I need to kill," Kali said trying to keep calm. No one can be messed up with her family.

"I- I have a brother," Jani finally managed to say.

Kali sighed, "Tell me about it,"

Jani told her that he suffered from selective amnesia. All he can remember was his parents. He consulted a neurologist recently when he dreamt of a certain memory of him playing with a little boy.

He also has flashbacks of what happened before his parents died. The doctor told him that his brain concealed the fact that he has a brother to protect him from the bad guys.