Perish: Book Three (bxb) ✔️

26. Enough!

LENNOX LUNA 

Who decided that today was the day to shake up my head like a snow globe? My brains, at the very least, would provide them with the snow that rained over the crystal ball of bullshit. I was pacing the living room in front of my family, trying to attempt to piece together what happened, but with my brain deciding it was a great idea to shut down, I wasn't getting very far.

And I was pissed. I was so pissed. At who? I couldn't figure that out. 

August had never in all of his years of life spoken to me like that, and he was dating that little... I wanted to erase his existence. How did that even happen? The last I knew, August hated that little fleabag. Now, they were together? And for how long? No, I didn't even want to know. I didn't care. 

Like Hell would I ever be okay with that. I wanted to know what Kayax Adler's game was here because his father was in prison. What the hell was he suddenly doing with my son? Tell me what you would do if you caught the enemy peeking into the house your baby boy lived in? Everyone would react that way! Sure, the gate...

Elijah walked into the living room, where everyone was now sitting, and I did not appreciate the look in his eyes. I knew exactly what that look was. It meant that he was about to tell me something I did wrong, and I was prepared to defend myself because I wanted to make sure August was safe. I didn't think about taking choices away from him. I thought I was doing the right thing. 

I scoffed. "Oh, don't even look at me like that. I did what I thought was right. How the hell was I supposed to know that those two... nope, I can't even attempt to say it."

"Can't attempt to say what, Lennox? That your son is dating Kayax Adler?"

A shiver of discomfort wormed down my spine. "Absolutely not. I will not stand for that. And how could you even think I would? Do you not remember how Davis hurt this family? His kid seems to be beautifully filling his shoes, too."

"And that gave you the right to distrust your son?"

"I do trust my son!" I shouted as Elijah walked closer with his arms crossed, geared up for an argument of epic proportions. "I was trying to protect him! I never want my babies to go through what this family had to go through! I never want that pain for him or Salem! For anyone in this family! That kid walks around like he is bigger and better than everyone, just like his rat bastard of a father!"

Elijah stopped a few feet away from me, his eyes glowing with a new kind of fire that I was sure I'd never seen before. If everyone thought I was Papa Bear, I had a feeling they were now going to see what happened when you forced the Papa Bear out of Elijah. "You questioned your son like you didn't trust his choices. Your first instinct when he told you that he allowed Kayax behind the gate was to question him. Instead of taking a pause to ask him how he came to trust Kayax so you could better understand, you questioned his choices. All because you were blinded with rage at someone you don't even know."

My eye twitched; I felt it. "What makes you think I give a rat's ass what that little demon spawn has to say?! Why do I need to know him?! I've seen what he's capable of!"

"Lennox-"

"No! Don't you dare! I will not be made into the bad guy for protecting my family! Do you expect me to sit there like everything is fine while he's eating dinner with us one day as if his Father, who he agrees with, didn't try and tear apart this family?! He caused trauma! He almost ruined everything! Those kids who are icing me out right now would have never been born! I don't see how there could ever be an explanation big--"