𝑮𝒐𝒅 𝑶𝒇 𝑳𝒐𝒗𝒆

As a parent

As our private jet take off I watch the world shrink, clouds surrounding us and the sky becomes soft to deeper blue. The silent eerie atmosphere has got nothing on the coldness that has taken over my body. Contrary to what my husband thought, I have turned into a vengeful spirit who wants to tear anybody who dared touch my son. 

My heart didn't give out, I didn't cry, I didn't even react when he told me about the kidnapping. I felt an unexplainable rage resurface that was tucked somewhere deep in my heart. I came so close to loosing my youngest and it had left a wound behind which Adam has reopened again by going after my eldest. 

I can't wait to have my hands on him and banish him from the face of earth. Bastard. Aiden and Cole has been pulling all the strings to find our children. I see Silver sitting opposite to me with her head on the window. As a mother I can understand her pain and her history with Adam goes far deeper than mine. 

"Silver" I touch her hand which is on her knee. 

"It's my fault" she says. 

"What?" I ask confused. 

"I pitied Adam and asked Cole to leave him alone. The moment we let him breathe he came for our children" she grits her teeth. 

"It's not your fault. You wanted to give him a fair chance and he decided to ruin it. Let's finish that waste of space once and for all" I tell her and I mean it. 

"You're right. There is no more mercy for him or his family" I see the fire in her eyes, the one she always had whenever people challenged her. The one she used to have back in RES when she was the Queen Bee of the school. 

"But I'm worried about their safety, Elsa. I hope he is not hurting them, I don't want them to be caught in the middle of our problem" she sighs. 

"I understand. Even though Eli tries to hide and avoid it, he can be violent and he is used to it. I get why you would be more worried about Ava" I pat her hand and she lets out a dark chuckle. 

"I take it that Creigh didn't tell you about Ava's obsession with boxing and violence. She spends her free time boxing until she passes out and an avid follower of underground fighting" she says. 

"Creigh told you that?" I ask her and she nods. 

"Yes, some time back because he thought I should know. He's a sweet boy but that's not important. I'm scared for her, what if Adam hurts them as revenge?" I look at her worried face before I lean in for a hug. 

"We're going to find them and bring them back home, Silver" I reassure her even though my fear matches hers. 

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"Your son is the sole reason for my daughter's kidnapping" I tell the fucker who has remained a thorn in my side since we were in our nappies. 

"Your daughter was actively involved in the shit as much as my son. Don't put this on him" the nuisance says. 

"He should have come straight to us when he sensed something is wrong. He went behind our back, did background checks on the stalkers and failed successfully" I remind him. 

Leaving Adam out of my hands is not an ideal move on my part but Eli messed it up by keeping things to himself. Since he is the eldest among himself and Ava, he should have known better. 

"We can play the blame game later, Cole. Did you get to know where are they?" Aiden asks me. 

"There are lot of possible places to keep them, the team is narrowing it down" I tell him. 

"How much time?" he says. 

"By the time we land, we will have the numbers" I say and he nods his head. 

We sit in silence when both of our phone rings at the same time, Aiden raises his brow at me before picking it up indicating me to do the same. Soon to be dead Adam fucking Herran's smiling face fills up our screen and I grit my teeth. 

"Surprised? No? So I take it you were expecting me to call you" he says keeping his fingers locked under his chin. 

"Where are the kids?" Aiden cuts straight to the point. 

"Why would I tell you that? It defeats the whole point of kidnapping them, isn't it?" he asks us. 

"Herran, its between us. You, me and Aiden. You did big mistake by dragging the kids" I tell him. 

I see his jaw tick and rage take place instead of the taunting smile he had since we connected the call. 

"You made a mistake when you decided to ruin my life and my kids by extension. You let me raise before making me hit the rock bottom. You humiliated me, broke me and made me look like a fool in front of the world" he yells at us. 

"And you deserved every bit of it" Aiden says calmly. The fucker needs to remember that our children are his captives. 

"If so then your precious boy will deserve whatever coming his way" he threatens Aiden. 

Wrong fucking move. Aiden is non-violent but he doesn't like when his family is being threatened. His relationship with Eli is far different than what he had with his own father. Unlike pre-Aurora Jonathan, Aiden sees Eli as more than his heir. 

"Touch him and you will meet your maker very soon" he says back. 

The fucker's laugh reaches us through the screen and I see him averting his eyes to me. The taunting smile is back on his face as he gets comfortable in his chair. 

"I see your eldest daughter has taken after her mother. She looks like mini-Silver. Her beauty reminds me of a young silver from RES days, Cole" he tells me and my temper broke. 

"You fucking creep, I shouldn't have let you loose. Don't you dare even look at my daughter. Give her back to me, we will trade your son for our children" I offer him. 

"How is that a fare trade? You have my son while I have each of you two and I don't have any intention of letting your spawns out" he tells. 

"What do you want Herran?" I grit my teeth. 

"Revenge. I want you both to feel the pain of losing your children like I did. I want to see you suffer like I did for more than a decade" he says clenching his hands. 

"Don't waste your time by searching for them, I will send them to you soon. In fucking pieces" he tells and disconnects the call. 

I see Aiden calling the team and asking them to trace the call but Adam's words keep ringing in my head. He said he wanted us to feel the pain of losing children and he made his sound like it was our mistake that he lost his child. But I never touched his children, neither did Aiden. 

"What did he mean by losing his child, Aiden?" I ask him. 

"I was thinking the same. Let me check" he says before moving to make another call. 

I sit in silence thinking about my baby girl who is probably being tortured for no mistake of hers. I'm not a religious person but I sent out a silent prayer to keep her safe and untouched. 

"Be safe, Ava. Papa will find you soon" I tell looking at the picture we took the last time she came home. 

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