Our Challenge

Family Tree.

Kade POV

We are back at Zaiden's house, and standing at the entrance waiting for us Tobias.

He smiles once he sees us pull up. "I can't believe you made me leave someone in my home against my will."

I look at Zaiden, "He's been working nonstop trying to find William. So you will approach him with an appreciative attitude."

He rolls his eyes, "Yeah, okay."

We get out of the car, and Tobias struggles down the steps.

"You didn't have to meet us out here. We would have come to you." Jasmine says as she walks up to him.

He looks behind me and sees RB carrying two bird cages, "New friend and new pets?"

I look at RB and nod my head, "You can say that."

RB grunts in response as we all walk into the house.

Zaiden takes a deep breath and picks up Bunny, "It's so nice to be home. Bunny, let's go see Kovu and the cubs."

Bunny throws her arm up and squeals, "Can we go to our room after that?"

Zaiden laughs, "Of course."

They walk off, and I look at Tobias, "Did you find William?"

He nods his head, "Yep, Rosalie led me right to him. He's in Russia. He has family there, and they are helping him hide."

He glances at Jasmine, and I raise my eyebrow, "What's wrong?"

He looks at me and hesitates, "There's a connection with William."

Jasmine groans, "Please don't say he has some relation with my mother."

He shakes his head and sighs, "Not relation but connection. William and Scarlett used to date."

Jasmine's eyes widen, "What the fuck?!"

Tobias sighs, "There's a lot more that I found. I think you should meet with your parents and talk about it with them."

Jasmine scoffs, "I rather not. I don't have time for them to try and leave some details out. Tell me what you found."

He looks at me, and I nod my head. He clears his throat.

"Your mother and Estelle come from a long lineage of voodooism and witchcraft."

"So Joseph telling us to look into voodooism and witchcraft wasn't a ploy to steer us in the wrong direction?" I questioned.

Tobias shakes his head. "Not only that, Jasmine and Lyric are distant relatives. Also, I found a little bit of information pertaining to Kade's family and Zaiden's family having some type of connection with each other. You and Zaiden may be distant relatives too."

I give him a look and I actually let out a laugh, "That's actually funny. There's no way. Me and Zaiden related? No."

He takes a deep breath and walks off, "Follow me to the lab. I'll show you your family tree."

We follow him to the lab, and once we get there, Luke and Nancy are sitting at a table working on something.

I look at Nancy and then at Tobias, who is typing on the computer.

"Nancy, can you keep another secret from Zaiden?"

She looks at me with an unsure look, "Will it cause harm to him or Lyric?"

I shake my head, "No, but it's something I rather him hear from me instead of you."

She nods, "Zaiden sometimes knows when I'm hiding something. What should I do then?"