Sienna Asma

Gentle, sweet soul

Sienna

I shift in my sleep before freezing, glancing nervously at the arms caged around me. Immediately going on edge, I start preparing myself and I get ready to break free.

"Stop moving so much, Sienna," a familiar voice huffs.

The arms around me loosen up and I open my eyes to see Dean. It saddens me that I had forgotten what waking up in someone's arms felt like, but it gets replaced with happiness when I realize that I can now do this. I'll do this for the rest of my life if I have anything to say about it.

"Good morning, Waffle," I hum, kissing him on the nose.

He shifts and grumbles a morning before immediately falling back asleep.

A smile overcomes my face and it only grows when I look at Cole and Theo cuddled together. I give them each a kiss on the cheek before getting out the bed and searching for Dom.

"Your welcome."

Asma stops me in my tracks and I roll my eyes at whatever she's patting herself on the back for this time.

"For what?" I hiss, opting to go to the bathroom first.

"For not running away while you were out."

That's... actually something to be thankful for. Asma had been so quiet last night that I forgot to be on guard as I slept. I suppose I should thank her.

"Why didn't you?" I question instead.

"I can't be sleep while you're awake. Who knows how you'd double cross me."

A sigh escapes me and I begin brushing my teeth.

"I know your men are up to something. When I find out, I'm gonna use your body to kill them and then torture you constantly before finally killing you. No, I'm gonna go back to the house and kill their siblings, then I'll kill them, then your dog, then you. I'll even get that little bitch who helped you. Ms. Adderly was it? Yes, I'll kill her with the siblings. I'm gonna make you suffer, then suffer some more, and only then will I end your miserable existence."

It goes silent as I finish brushing my teeth. When I'm done, I make eye contact with myself and give the most smug smile I can muster. "Do you promise?"

The fury that Asma feels is almost comical. I can feel how angry she is that I'm not afraid of her. Sure she's stronger, but I've got defenses. I also have faith that Gene will pull through.

Well, hopefully. After we get separated, I'm gonna kill Asma. Her blood will be the last blood I drop and I mean that with all of my being. She seems to have no intentions of just walking away once we're separated, so I will do what I have to do.

"Good luck with that," I say, continuing my journey to find Dom. It's not hard though because he's in the kitchen with Joya. I give the two of them a small smile. "Good morning."

"Morning, Princess," Dom responds looking handsome as ever. The sun is shining perfectly on him and he looks delicious as he stands there with coffee.

"Good morning, Sienna. I hope you slept well," Joya speaks. Her host manners are impeccable and this may be the first time I was genuinely welcomed in someone's home on the first day. Well, except for Ms. Adderly.

I miss her.

I nod my head and give her a small smile. "I slept great, thank you. What's for breakfast?" I wince when I realize that she's not really obligated to cook for us. Should I have asked that?

"Don't worry. I cooked," Dom assures, making me relax.

I go further into the kitchen and grab some eggs and bacon. I'm not that hungry, so I stay away from the pancakes. When I'm done making my plate, I sit next to Joya who's eating a bowl of oatmeal. Dom puts a cup of orange juice next to me and kisses my forehead before sitting opposite of me. We settle into a comfortable silence as Joya and I eat and Dom thinks.

"I'm terribly sorry," Joya begins, "But I am very curious about you, Sienna. We aren't friends or anything, but how you got into your situation is intriguing. The last thing I heard about when you were sent off to Master Varrien who insisted you'd take over the world. It's crazy to see you in love with four men and that you have a gentle, sweet soul."

Dom chokes on his coffee and laughs, "I wouldn't say gentle and maybe, on her good days, she's a little sweet."

Taking offense, I glare at Dom before putting a smile back on my face and looking at Joya.

"Well, I've been through a lot," I laugh humorlessly, "But these men made me into who I am right now. So if I'm not gentle or sweet," I pass a look to Dom, "Then that's their fault. But even before them, I never wanted to take over the world so that hasn't changed, but I did want to die."

Joya gasps when she hears that but I hold up my hands. "No, don't worry," I assure. "I'm okay now. Look at me, fighting hard to keep my life."

"Pointlessly."

I ignore Asma's negative mindset and continue. "Little by little, these men showed me that I deserve to live and all the guilt I had was... unnecessary. All the people Asma killed, aren't people I killed. Now I have killed a few people, but I don't feel guilty at all. I also don't plan on killing anymore people unless it's absolutely necessary."

"It's either you or me."

I clear my throat and resist the urge to argue with Asma. "But, my current situation started with Master Varrien. I was fine with my men but he ordered me to kill them. My men were my Commanders though. So I was fighting Asma which resulted in my head melting?... exploding? I don't really know." I look over at Dom whose face shows his uneasiness. I grab his hand and hold it gently, trying to show him that I'm here.

"I uh died," I continue. "Then I came back to life only to not remember who I was. I figured it out, then boom happily ever after with my men. But nooo," I extend the word 'no.' "Asma had apparently gained a conscious and could not only speak with me, but take over my body. Then their ex-wife came back to life and that was a whole hassle. Umm, some stuff happened and I ended up with General Ryan and them with Leader Hill. After some time, we came here." I decide to skip over the whole cheating scenario and me lying to them. There's some stuff people don't need to know.

Joya lets out a whoosh of air and gives a nervous chuckle. "Wow, Sienna. You are so strong. I don't know if I would've been able to handle all of that. I truly hope my husband can help you and you all can have your happily ever after."

Her words are appreciated and I smile down at my plate of food. "Me too."