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“Yup. It’s the darkness thing we discussed, right?” He asked for clarification as he pushed himself off the wall, heading towards the living room.
I followed, not wanting to talk about it in chance one of the guys were still awake and made their way down the hall.
There’s no need to stress them out when we didn’t know how severe Mako’s situation was.
We pulled out our designated stools, rearranging so we’d face one another as we sat at the kitchen island.
“Yeah. There has to be a reason for it. She never complained about feeling alone until she woke up from her coma. It’s serious, Kai. You can literally see the fear in her eyes,” I confessed, ruffling my hair in frustration. I just wanted to rid her of any struggles, so she could live the life she had never gotten the chance to enjoy.
“There probably is. Winterlya should be here in three or four days if her travels go as planned, so let’s wait and see,” Kai agreed, the mechanical pencil spun between his fingers; the swirled markings on his fingers caught my attention.
We sat in silence, lost in our own thoughts before I remembered my behavior from before.
“I’m sorry for earlier. I shouldn’t have snapped at you guys. I should have known better,” I apologized, bowing my head slightly to him. He shook his head, the spinning pencil came to a forced stop.
“I get it, we all do. You do a fine job with your ability. If it was any of us, we’d probably go on a rampage or go crazy. You have every right to get mad once in a while. This whole situation is frustrating. We don’t know where we stand and can’t go back to Heila until we’re one-hundred percent sure Mako will be okay. I could potentially teleport her there, but it would take a vast amount of energy from me. I’d also rather have two more knights coming with, to secure her safety. Daniel would probably be a must,” Kai acknowledged, spinning his pencil once more as he rested his head in his right hand.
I nodded in agreement. Daniel had to be a mandatory asset if they were going to teleport back. I’d probably let Elias go in the event Midnight made an appearance while we took the longer route back.
“Daniel used his ability on Makoto.”
“As in...” Kai trailed off, looking upset.
“Not like that. He temporarily locked away the loneliness she’s been struggling with. You know he’d never manipulate her emotions. She cares about him. It’s just the issue with Midnight that’s probably adding unnecessary friction between them,” I explained.
“Why does she hate him? Elias told me about it,” Kai asked. He’d been purposely avoiding Mako, wanting to wait till she was stable, before he introduced himself formally.
“I don’t know. I’ve asked Mako about it, but she didn’t linger on the topic for long.”
“What did she say?” He tilted his head, curiosity flooded his face.
“She simply explained it was part of her teen cycles and something happened between Midnight and another shifter in the facility. I guess they had some type of relationship or feelings for one another. Mako stated –you can’t always mend a broken heart.”
“They probably were forced to fight against one another...Midnight clearly being victorious,” Kai proposed.
I clenched my hands in anger at King Aspen’s tactics. I couldn’t begin to imagine how many shifters had perished thanks to his experiments.
“Maybe. Whatever the case may be, it contributes to Midnight’s disgust for angels. Until then, I think we should let Elias or Eli handle it. I know they haven’t made up yet, but he’s our best bet in this whole situation,” I concurred, praying to the Starlight gods that they would be able to get over this hurdle. When trust is broken it was hard to regain. They all had to start from square one.
“They’ll mend it. I don’t need my gift to predict that. You noticed the way Elyion’s been glancing at Midnight,” Kai pointed out.
“That’s...going to be another matter I’m gonna have to deal with.” I closed my eyes, putting my head down in my hands.
Fuck, I need a break from this emotions roller coaster. We all need a fucking break.
“Did she tell Mako about how she erased her memory regarding Jeffrey?” Kai questioned.
“I told her.”
“You…when?” He stared at me with a confused expression.
“When she first woke up. I didn’t want to keep it a secret. It was done for her own good, but I did apologize on Eli’s behalf.”
“And she didn’t show any reaction to it.”
“She shrugged her shoulders and told me not to do something like that again without her knowledge.”
“Or else?” Kai raised his eyebrow.
