THIRTY-ONE!!... ANGER AND SECRETS

The ride back home was quiet and uncomfortable to say the least, the silence only broken occasionally by mother's sniffs and throat clearing.

She was wrapped in my arms and couldn't stop clinging to me and crying.

The soldiers who arrived had called an ambulance to take away Nathaniel's body and arrested the thugs even though they were wounded. And after everything, Alex didn't even spare my mother a glance, neither did he say a word.

One could easily see how upset he was.

He was sitting in the front passenger's seat beside Dean, while mum and I were in the back of the jeep with Damian and Damon.

Nobody said a word or even breathed loudly.

The tension was thick as fuck, and I was uncomfortable as hell too.

After what seemed like an eternity, Dean pulled up in the mansion's driveway, and we all got down from the jeep.

Still not acknowledging us, Alex marched into the house while I led my mum behind him. She was still shaking, and I couldn't tell if it was because of what she went throu