True Love's Bite

25 // Daddy's Home

I couldn't stop staring at his face. The bruises on Silas' face faded with just a sip of blood as if he had not been injured less than an hour ago.

I cleaned up the remaining blood spots on his cheek and plopped on the chair next to his.

"I don't understand, how could I have missed this?" He asked while scrolling through the messages from Mpumi.

My blood ran cold whenever the picture of her dead body popped in my head. "Well, considering how you were acting earlier, I doubt we would have found out about this if I didn't have your phone."

"And Zamani wouldn't have discovered Cas if it weren't for you!" Esra barged into the kitchen, her nose flaring as her scorching gaze focused on me. "This is all your fault."

"Zamani would have found his way here with or without Yvonne, it was just a coincidence." Silas looked up from his phone, tossing it on the table. "Babe, are you certain that she was killed by a vampire?" He asked, his eyes on me.

I nodded. "I'm positive."

It all still felt like a big bad dream, I couldn't believe that the detective was actually the brother of Silas' late best friend. I could understand his anger and the feeling of betrayal, but I feared he was already offtrack with the case because he was going to try and pin the murder on Silas even though he probably knew that he was innocent.

The only advantage we had at the moment was that Room 9 usually kept their investigations hidden from the public, there was no way Detective Mamba would share his discoveries or Silas's identity with anyone. And until he could prove his claims, there was nothing he could do.

My biggest worry right now was that it was only a matter of time before my father also found out about this, and what more when he learns that I am involved with his supposedly sworn enemy?

A hand touched my face, and I looked up to find Silas looking at me. "Are you okay?" He asked, searching my face as if it held all the answers.

"I keep expecting him to barge through those doors again. I'm scared, what if he comes back and brings his entire crew this time? What if they capture you? You won't make it out of that place alive!" Judging by the fear reflected in his eyes, he was well-aware of that. I heaved a sigh and held his hand. "I'm sorry, I didn't mean to scare you. It's just... he doesn't strike me as someone with empathy, and he seems to be resentful towards you." His lips twitched, but nothing came of it. "You say he's your best friend's brother, right? Are you sure there isn't the slightest part of him that could change his mind about this entire thing?" I asked, a familiar sense of hopelessness sweeping into me.

Silas pulled his hand away and he threw his head back with a frustrated growl, his fingers gripping at his hair. "No." My heart dropped, silent tears dripping from my eyes. "Zamani has never been the kindest person, and he always resented me because Mpilo and I were so close, we were like brothers while the two of them were always distant. He even blamed me for Mpilo's death, saying I deprived him of a chance at having a relationship with his brother. His anger and hatred worsened when he learnt that Mpilo left this house and some of his establishments to me. Despite everything, I tried to be there for him, but he was just impossible to be around."

"I think he was the happiest man alive when he heard of Cas' passing," Esra reminisced while leaning on the one side of the doorway, I'd completely forgotten she was in the room. "He has no legal right to anything, but he's been acting like he owns everything his brother had left Cas. According to him, he was letting me stay in this house because I am the sister of his brother's friend, meaning he could kick me out if he wanted."

My head felt like it was going to explode from everything that has happened these last few days. "But you can fight him, right?"

The siblings shared a look. "Well..." Silas started, scratching his head. "In any case that something happened to me, everything legally belongs to my mother and sister. So, yeah."