Iya's Blind Alpha

CHAPTER TWENTY-SEVEN

Pietro's POV

We gathered at the drawing room to received the guests.  I had every intention of bringing Sonia to the police station after breakfast but her mother must be missing her badly to have come all this way.  If indeed her mother is my Iya, I am not surprised anymore on how resourceful and determined she is.

My hands are shaking and like what Kieran said I should not overthink things.  I glanced and smiled at Sonia who is playing with Valerio on the carpet.  As if sensing my tension, Sonia approached me, climbed up the couch, and sweetly embraced me.  Dear goddess, how can I let go of this child?  Must my life be about letting go of people dear to me?  Valerio squealed and Sonia rushed back to play with him.

Then, the moment of truth, the butler slowly opened the door.

"Sonia?"  

I stood and so did Kieran and Diana.  It is her!  Moon goddess, my mate is alive!  I wanted to rush to her, to embrace her, to kiss her, to ask for forgiveness, to just smell her hair... but I had to wait.  Sonia will always be the priority.

"Mama..."  Sonia was about to cry.  She must have been really scared being separated from her mother.  My Sonia.  No one can tell me now that she isn't mine.  Mine!

Sonia wiped her tears and ran towards her mother.  Ana.  He recalled Sonia said her Mama is Ana.  Ana?  Why is her name now, Ana?

Iya is focused on Sonia and clearly for a good reason but she did not even throw a glance at Diana, or Kieran, or me.  Has she been to the vampire lair before because she made it look like her surroundings is nothing new?

She was hurriedly trying to get to Sonia but she took a different direction.  Before anyone can do anything, she tripped on an ottoman and landed with a thud.  Sonia's scream scare the hell out of me.  

"Iya!"  I cried.  Then it dawned on me, on us.  She did not see the furniture.  She must have been too distraught to not see it.  I tried to shake off from my mind one more possibility.  No, it can't be...

"Please bear with us, she cannot see."  The old lady apologized.

I was like stabbed in the heart.  I know how it felt to be blind, to be helpless at time.  This cannot be real!  Iya, not my Iya...

Sonia soon was within Iya's arms.  They were both crying.  

"Mama, ouchie, no ouchie, you hurt?"  Sonia was sobbing between her words.

"Oh my scumpa!  I have missed you, baby!  Mama will be okay."  Iya responded and kissed the child generously.  She used her hand to feel where Sonia's leg is.  "Where are you hurt, scumpa?"  She worriedly asked.

"No more ouchie." Sonia replied and hugged Iya again.

Iya tried to stand with Sonia still clinging in her arms but wobbled.  Before I knew it, I was supporting her body and lifting her and Sonia with us.

The spark!  I felt the spark when I touched my mate.  She felt it too because she panicked.  Thank moon goddess!

I turned her to me.  "Iya, it's I, Pietro.  My love I have missed you."  All reason out in the window, I dived into her lips and kissed her but my one hand supporting the weight of Sonia.  Oh how I missed her kisses.  What joy to have finally been reunited with my mate!

When I released Iya from our kiss she was motionless.  And then she was shaking her head and looked frightened.  Her faced then scrunched up and her palm smacked directly at my right ear.

I was stunned and my ear is ringing.  She must have been aiming for my cheek but missed.  She looked more disturbed when Sonia said, "no Mama!"

" I - I apologize but you were out of line, mister."  She explained.  "Please do not touch me, and my name is not Iya."