Chapter 89: Chapter 89
*****Five years later*****
Robin's POV
It's been five years. Five years since I last saw Ava, Camila, and the kids. I could still remember the night I walked into the house only to find the apartment scattered and empty. I had yelled for them repeatedly as I mounted the stairs in frightful haste. Inside her bedroom, I could see the dead bodies of two men in their own blood.
My heart raced and a lump filled my throat at that time as I walked down the stairs trying to understand what was going on. I had advanced towards the kitchen section where I saw a note stuck on the fridge. It had read, "We were attacked and I'm sorry I couldn't wait to get to you. We've left Scotland to God knows where but I promise you, once we get settled, I'll get in touch with you about our new location. Thank you for everything."
I exhaled and cold breath escaped from my mouth. I missed them a lot. I miss Camila more than I could ever admit. I remember swearing to myself that I'd hold her tight if she eventually returns to me.
Nothing has been the same since she left. Let me rephrase that, nothing has been the same since they all left. In her desperate attempts to find out the truth about Ava's mother and Natasha's lies, Anna had landed in trouble with Skye who eventually threw her out of the pack house at Natasha's command.
Skye heeds everything Natasha tells him. It's still quite a mystery that despite all her attempts to get me out too, it didn't work. Skye wouldn't let me out of his sight even though I keep challenging his enamored relationship with Natasha which was now officially in public despite the fact that he has not placed a ring on her finger or lawfully wedded her.
It kills me whenever I see them together. The love between them seems so fake and not genuine like that of him and Ava. He didn't care if Natasha did right or wrong, came late or not, it just didn't bother him. Sometimes I find him in deep thought in his study room. Over the few years, he has changed a lot. He was back to his temperamental self and was still flirty but there was something else that lacked inside of him. I could tell and I could feel it. I looked up at the sky. Where the hell is Ava? How can I find her? I asked myself sighing. The truth still hasn't come out. How then will Ava return if her name isn't cleared? How then? I wondered.
Skye's POV
The air was suddenly windy and the cold blew in from outside. I went towards the window and shut it closed. I paused by the window after closing it, my mind vast and distant. After all these years with Natasha, I still felt emptiness.
There was something Eros kept trying to tell me. Something he couldn't grab hold of too and so did I. We both knew we were incomplete. Something was missing inside of us but we couldn't explain the feeling.
I sighed and walked away from the window. What was this feeling inside of me? Who needed to complete me? I kept wondering and wallowing in my thoughts as I pulled on a shirt. And the blurry dreams? That I was totally confused about. They were unclear dreams of a young woman that I never get to see.
Five years. It's been five years and yet the dreams and hallucinations never stop. I walked out of the room and down the stairs. I saw Natasha walk out of the kitchen and a smile immediately lit on her face the moment she saw me. "Hey, love." She said smiling as she walked towards me and planted a kiss on my cheek.
I gave her a slight squeeze on her waist. "How're you?" I asked her.
"Good." She said with a shrug and then slowly wrapped her arms around my neck. Her eyes bore intently into mine. Twenty years. Twenty years that I've known this woman and shared the same bed with her for ten years. Yet I couldn't explain to myself what my true feelings for her were despite our official public affair. Twenty years and yet she couldn't fill the vacuum in my heart. Who could?
"Skye?" She called out staring at me. I gave her a small smile. "Yeah?" I asked distantly.
"I thought I lost you there in another world of yours." She said. I shook my head. "Not at all sweetie," I said placing my lips on hers lightly. "I have to meet with the sheriff of the town. I'll see you in the evening." I said and she nodded. "I love you." She said as I let go of her. It sounded awkward and I've never for once said it back to her. "Same here," I whispered back and walked out of the house. I exhaled the moment I was out the door. It felt like it was choking in there and I was holding my breath for long. Why this sudden change? I use to enjoy Natasha's company. Why don't I feel the same anymore?
Natasha's POV
I curved a small smile as I watch him walk out of the house. He was finally mine now. His memory was completely erased of Ava and her disappearance was total riddance to me. Oh Skye, I sighed. You're stuck with me forever.
I remembered when I wanted him to suffer terribly for what he did to me but since Ava's disappearance, I had a change of heart. It was an opportunity to have him to myself and under my control which I somewhat did. I have managed to get Anna kicked out of the house three years ago when she became too nosy about my affairs. I had wanted Fernandez to get her killed but he had refused and insisted she could be of use in the future. What use? I scoffed. She was nothing but a catastrophe that would happen in the future. If I ever find her, I hope to end her in my own way.
That's enough of the witch girl. I have enough of my plight to think about. Since Ava's disappearance, I've been trying to carry the seed of Skye in me but I couldn't. It just wasn't working each time I tried. Despite in my ovulation, it still didn't work and I was beginning to get worried about myself. What was wrong with me? I asked myself repeatedly.
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Fernandez POV
Over the years I've succeeded in enslaving the crescent pack and bending them under my control but I was not satisfied with it. It's been five years and the opportunity I needed to reform was gone. Foolish of me to have sent only two men to get Ava's babies despite knowing how brave and tough she was. It was a mistake I couldn't forget and it kept tormenting me. Something inside of me kept yelling at my stupidity.
I believe there to be another opportunity. Wherever Ava went, she'd return to the land. But how callous of her. I said to myself with a small smile. How callous of her to leave her people to suffer and be enslaved. I chuckled evilly at a brainstorming idea that sprang up in my mind. I definitely have a way to bring Ava back to Scotland.
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