Divine Justice [Editing]

49. Finally Making Progress

Maria José's POV:

Three days.

Three fucking days, and I haven't even seen a wink of my sister yet.

She's locked herself in her room for over thirty-six hours, and has made sure to take every spare key with her. It really messes me up....no, it fucks me up that I can't do anything for her.

Even though I've already spoken to Caleb and made the Promise, it's still bothering me that she's hiding away from everyone. Even Stephen's not taking this well. In fact, since he was closer to Corina than all of us, it's screwing with him pretty hard that he can't do anything about his older sister.

As for Mario.....he's locked himself in his room, also. Exactly 14 hours after initiating the Promise, he couldn't take it anymore and suddenly developed an "idea". He thought that since he and Corina are really connected, then he would at least be able to contact her by pulling her into the Dream Realm if he meditates.

To make things worse, All three of Merlin, Juliette and Sebastian want to know what's going on with the twins, and I can't really bring myself to tell them, so the only logical thing to do was to block my Link. I know that Merlin might show up here any minute now in search for answers.

He's not gonna like what he sees as soon as he walks through the front door.

And to top it all off, I've been.... communicating with Riley lately - more than usual - and yesterday I finally realised how hard it is to stay away from him. Luckily enough, he's been keeping a certain distance from me so I don't become overwhelmed after accepting the Mate bond.

Accepting the Mate bond was not something that I did because I've "finally have realised my love for him" or what my sister would usually say; I guess I accepted it because I wanna get to know him a little bit, but more importantly, for my health.

I don't know how to explain it, but every time I'm with him...it's like my heart is slowly patching together. It's as if his presence in my life has started to jump start my heart... or something like that.

Anyway, getting back to present matters, I'm in the kitchen, Riley went to work - he is Royal Advisor after all - my twin has been drinking over Cori's situation - and I haven't told him off about it because I've been joining him - and Mario's locked in his room, trying to meditate. So basically...I'm sipping coffee and eating pancakes...alone.

This is sad....that is, until the Princess of LaLa Land herself shows up and steals my pancakes.

"It's times like these when I so wish to kill you, sister, but I've missed you too much to be threatening you." I comment, making her smile before sitting on a breakfast stool next to me.

"So, how was hibernation?" I ask while narrowing my eyes at her, but she only laughs while stuffing her face with MY pancakes.

"Good morning little sister." She says with a small smile on her face, and for the first time in a while, tears start falling down my cheeks.

"Good morning." I choke out, making her look at me in confusion.

"Are you crying?" She tilts her head, and I nod quickly.

"You want a hug?" She asks again, and I nod before embracing her.

"I've missed you so fucking much." I whisper as she caresses my hair.

"I love you, Maria José." I hear her say.

"I love you too." I say before letting her go and wiping my tears while she stares at me with nothing but love and appreciation in her eyes....and maybe a little annoyance.