The Wrath Of The Shadow Wolf novel Chapter 40

“Can you please pass me the tomato paste over there Rio?” Kyra said.

“Okay aunt Kyra” Riona replied.

Riona went to get the tomato paste that was in a bowl on the counter and hands it over to her aunt Kyra.

Her aunt Kyra was making lunch for the family and Riona is in the kitchen assisting her with it.

When Kyra had called to say that she was coming to spend some time with Riona and her family, Riona had been so excited and she was practically over the moon. The last time she saw Kyra was during her mum’s burial and then, they were all in a sad mood, mourning the death of Evolette and so she could not wait to see her once again.

Kyra was the only family that Evolette had and so, she is the only maternal relation available to Riona. Kyra is the only person that makes Riona feel that she had her mum with her once again. With Kyra, Riona is assured of her mum’s love for her, and the fact that Kyra always makes Riona happy made Riona feel that her mum would want her to be happy always.

“Thanks, Rio, I can see you enjoy the kitchen, just like your mum, Evolette,” Kyra said.

“Of course aunt Kyra and it is just like you too” Riona replied.

Riona has been happy and always beams with smiles since the arrival of her aunt Kyra and she practically does everything together with Kyra. She wishes this moment should never pass.

Anyways, she knows that her wish would not be possible as aunt Kyra would soon go back to her husband, Philip, and her fourteen years old son, Kelvin. However, Riona has resolved to enjoy the moment with Kyra while it lasts.

“Yeah, sure. I remember those days growing up with your mum, Evolette, we used to compete on who cooks better and argue over who would be the one to cook for the family” Kyra said.

Kyra was so excited when she narrated her and Evolette’s childhood to Riona. She missed her sister, Evolette so much and that’s why she would forever cherish Riona who is the only part of Evolette that she has left.

“And who wins in the fight for whom to cook?” Riona asked.

Riona was enjoying Kyra’s story. Of course, she has witnessed one of such fights between her mum and her aunt Kyra and she knows that no matter how much they fight, it would never affect their bond as they are always very close to each other. Riona always envied the both of them and she had always wished she had someone to occasionally have little fights with too.

“No one ever wins Riona, but that had never stopped us from fighting” Kyra replied.

Kyra laughed as she explained this to Riona. She is only just coming to realize how petty she and Evolette had been in their so many unnecessary arguments and irrelevant fights.

“So what happens to the food then, since there was always no winner, who ends up cooking the meal?” Riona asked.

“Hmn… what do we even do? Okay, let me see?” Kyra said.

Kyra tried to come up with an answer.

“Let’s just say that after fighting for a while, it becomes clear to the both of us that our fight was making no headway because we realize that we both go round and round in circles. So we agree between ourselves that the both of us are winners, and as a consequence of that, we would end up doing the cooking together. This goes for every other task you know” Kyra answered.

“Oh, I see,” Riona said.

“I so much enjoy cooking and doing other tasks with Evolette. She was my best friend and I miss her so much” Kyra said.

Kyra realized that her words might get to Riona, and s she decide to change the topic.

“But now you have two sisters. I can’t imagine the happiness that you must feel” Kyra said.

“Yeah. Sometimes, I try to ignore it and act like it means nothing. But then, I know that I am only lying to myself. I love them even more than I try to hide it aunt Kyra, and the fact that they love me unconditionally despite my shortcomings makes me emotional” Riona said.

Riona thought about what she just said. She would never have admitted this to anything even with a gun pointed at her head. But then, her aunt Kyra is not just anyone, she is someone Riona would trust with her deepest and ugliest of secrets because she knows that it would always be saved with her.

“You know what aunt Kyra, even though Talia is only a baby, I could see the love with which she looks at me, and even though I try not to admit it, I am so glad that I have them,” Riona said.

“I know exactly how you feel Rio and believe me, it happens to everyone too. You see, one thing that I have come to understand about life is that it never gives us the things that we don’t need. We might not appreciate it in the meantime but in the long run, we would come to discover just how much we have needed it” Kyra said.

Kyra wanted to talk to Riona about Maeve. She wanted to tell Riona to give Maeve another chance. But she would not want to be the one to bring the discussion, she wanted Riona to tell her about it herself before she would give Riona a piece of advice on it.

Riona knows that her aunt Kyra wants them to talk about her relationship with Maeve. Riona knows that her aunt Kyra is not a fool, she has definitely noticed her cold attitude towards Maeve and would be waiting for an opportunity to talk to her about it.

Riona already knows what Kyra’s advice in the situation would be. Kyra is just like her mum, Evolette. They are peace-loving and easy-going fellows and would gladly forgive an offender even when the offender had not asked for it.

Her mother had always tried to make her understand that forgiveness is for the benefit of the person that was offended and not necessarily for the offender. Riona had never understood this logic even though her mum that harbouring grudges only weighs a person down and limits the person’s output.

For Riona, whoever offends another should be made to realize his mistake and be truly sorry for them before such a person would be forgiven. The hurt the person that was offended feels should be appeased and not just swept under the carpet.

“I am sorry aunt Kyra, I may have to disagree with you on the part where you said that life never gives us what we don’t need,” Riona said.

Kyra looked at Riona, she could see that she was been reluctant to continue with what she was saying, so Kyra gives her a nod to go on with it.

“To me, there are so many things that life has given us that we obviously do not need,” Riona said.

“Like what Riona, do you mind sharing that with me?” Kyra said.

Kyra knows that Riona was actually referring to her dad’s marriage to Maeve. And so, she sees this as the perfect opportunity to talk to Riona about accepting Maeve as her new mum.

To Kyra, she is yet to see something that is wrong with Maeve to warrant Riona’s hatred towards her. She wondered what might have transpired between Maeve and Riona for Riona to resort to treating her with so much disdain.

“Anyways, let’s just forget it,” Riona said.

Riona felt that this was not the best time to talk about Maeve with her aunt Kyra or any other person. Riona was hovering in her suspicion with no fact to back it up. She feels she has to remain low on it for now, and whenever she is able to gather enough facts, she would launch at Maeve.

“Riona?” Kyra called.

“Yes aunt Kyra” Riona answered.

“You know you can talk to me about virtually everything right? You don’t have to keep it all to yourself when I am here with you honey” Kyra said.

“I know that aunt Kyra,” Riona said.

Riona did not know when she had allowed herself to lose. She has been very conscious about her issue with Maeve around her aunt Kyra. And now she had almost given everything away. She is not ready to talk about Maeve just yet, and when she does, her aunt Kyra would definitely be her first point of call.

“What smells so nice here,” Wright said as he walks into the kitchen.

Riona and Kyra had not seen Wright coming thus, they were startled when he had spoken.

Riona was glad to have her dad enter the kitchen when he did. Because now, Kyra would not go on with her interrogations, so Riona would not be forced to talk about her attitude towards Maeve.

“Aunt Kyra is preparing something yummy and delicious for everyone dad” Riona replied.

“Come take a look at that, it's spaghetti. The aroma is so spectacular and it reminds me of mum’s cooking” Riona announced.

She dragged Wright as she goes to over to the gas to open the pot for him to have a look.

“This looks so tempting,” Wright said as he looks into the pot.

“Yes dad” Riona concurred.

Kyra smiled as she looked at the connection between her niece, Riona, and the dad, Wright. She was amazed to see that their bond had grown stronger over the years.

“I sincerely cannot wait to have this” Wright announced.

“And I am pleased to announce that it would be ready in just ten minutes,” Kyra said.

“Wow” Wright exclaimed.

“Let me go get everyone ready, we need to devour this the moment it is brought from the fire,” He said.

Wright walked out of the kitchen beaming with excitement. His action shows that he really he can wait to eat the food prepared by Kyra.

“Okay aunt Kyra, what next?” Riona asked.

“You should go get the dining ready and come back to take these plates. Let me quickly bring this down” Kyra replied.

As Riona was going out of the kitchen to go do as instructed, Kyra said to her.

“Thanks, Riona”

Riona turned to her. She was confused about why her aunt Kyra would be thanking her as she could not remember doing anything to get an appreciation from her.

Kyra noticed that she appreciated had left Riona confused as to why she would be thanking her, so she added.

“Thanks for your assistance with the meal, Rio. I don’t know what I would have done without you. I really appreciate”

Riona was relieved to know why her aunt Kyra had thanked her. She smiled as this singular act reminds her of her mum. Evolette was always appreciative even for the tiniest of assistance and would always burden Riona with a lot of thank-yous for her little help.

Thinking of her mum, Riona forgot what she was sent to do and she stood and was smiling sheepishly at her aunt Kyra. However, when she remembered that she was sent on an errand by her aunt Kyra to go and arrange the dining table, she immediately left the kitchen as she does not want to keep everyone hungry and waiting.