Life After the Storm novel Chapter 53

Landon sees me. I can see the shock on his face. I don't think he realizes that Jayden is in my arms. Until Jayden pops his little head up “Hey daddy, please don't be mad at me.”

“Jayden, what are you doing with Lilly, oh my God what happened.”

“Daddy Ivan was hurting her. I had to save her, so I did. I tried to tell you, but you didn't listen, so I had to do it by myself.”

“No Jayden, you did not he is Alpha there are consequences. Lilly, what the fuck why would you let him be involved.”?

I become so furious that he thinks I would ever put Jayden in any kind of danger at all. What a fucking peice of shit right before I go to say something. Jayden jumps out of my arm. I can tell he is annoyed. “Daddy what is wrong with you, Lilly was being tortured to death. She needed to be saved. I could sense every ounce of her misery and no one should ever have to go through what she had to.”

I bend down to Jayden with tears in my eyes. “I'm so sorry that you had to feel any of that. I never wanted you to ever feel that kind of pain. I'm sorry.”

“Come on now, Jayden, now that is enough. I told you that you need to stand clear of Lilly or there would be trouble. You need to listen to me.”

“Stay clear of me. What have I ever done? You don't understand we are connected. If you like it or not, we are the same.”

“Lilly, you're only going to bring him danger. Ivan will never allow you to have any connections that are close to me.”

“I would never allow Ivan to harm him. I would kill Ivan myself before I would ever allow him to hurt Jayden.”

“Lilly, you can't protect him forever.”

“Landon, it's your fault he was telling you what was happening, but you ignored it, so he took matters in his own hands, and he saved me.”

“Lilly, I tried to help you, but there was no helping you. I didn't have a choice. Ivan threatened to kill Jayden if I would even lay just one finger on you. He has lost his fucking mind. I'm sorry I couldn't risk Jayden's safety.”

I can see in his face that he felt bad not helping me, but to think Jayden wasn't afraid to be like Landon was and Jayden saved my life. I want to scream at Landon. I want to hate him, but I can't. “Please just keep Jayden safe while I take care of Ivan.”

“Lilly, I'm sorry for everything I said, and I still do. Sometimes we just don't get to be with whom we love.”

“Landon, never say that you ever loved me because what you did, you don't do to someone that you loved.”

I am shocked that he still thinks that he loves me. There is no way you don't do what he did to someone you love. He is a selfish bastard. I will never see him the way I once did or, for that matter, ever love him.

“Lilly,” I stop him before he can say anything else.

“Landon, just take care of Jayden and I will handle Ivan. As for me and you, there will never be any kind of anything.”

I kneel to Jayden, “I need you to listen to your daddy and stay hidden for a little bit, can you do that for me.”?

“Lilly, I want to be with you, too. I don't want to be away from you. Please don't leave me, I need you.”

“I'm not leaving you, Jayden, but I need to make sure you're safe. I need not worry about you, so please just listen to your daddy until I come back. I will be back, I promise.”

He puts his little arms around my neck and pulls me in for a hug. “I will listen, but please come back soon.”

“I will be back as soon as I can, I promise.”

I shift into my wolf and I take off back to Ivan. Never thinking that I would purposely go back to Ivan but knowing I have to save Jayden. I would do anything for him because he may be the only person in this world that I actually love.

As I'm getting closer to Ivan's house, I'm getting nervous, not sure what the hell is going to happen. I want to be strong and stand my ground, but Ivan always finds a way to knock me down. Knowing this is for Jayden, I have to be extra strong. Even though I'm surprised that he never came after us. 

I walk up the steps to his house, trying to go slow and not make so much noise. I open the door slowly, all the lights are still off, surprised. I make my way up the stairs to where he kept me, not sure if it's his torture room or maybe even his bedroom for that matter. I become so nervous and scared, I freeze for a second and I hesitate. I then tell myself, come on Lilly, you can do this, get your act together.

I see the light coming from the door, since it is the only light that is on in the house. I didn't even realize how dark it was until I saw the light coming from that room. I become so terrified I don't want to be, but I can't help it. Ivan scares the hell out of me in ways. I know I need to be strong for Jayden and not show any kind of weakness at all. I have to be determined and fearless, put my fucken foot down.

I take a deep breath as I'm approaching the door. Telling myself that I can do this, by repeating it in my head, hoping if I say it enough that I will remember it. When I get to the door, I look into the room. I'm not sure what I'm looking at. Then I see Ivan on the ground. As I'm walking over to him, I am trying to hide how scared I am of him. But then he asks me the craziest question, and I wondered what the fuck is he pretending is this a game.

He then looks at me straight in the face and says in a gentle tone that I have never heard him speak in, “who are you? “