Lionel sat across the table, silent, and that felt weird for Zera. She stared at him from time to time, and though she wanted to speak, she couldn’t bring herself to do that. She could deduce from the atmosphere that something had happened, and it wasn’t good. She didn’t want to conclude and wanted him to take the lead in disclosing the reason for this meeting.He had called her over to his place, which was weird because in the last two years, he had visited the Pack Estate whenever he wanted to see her or Zion. Since he and Sesi lived together, they would come together. That way, Sesi saw her other siblings, especially Ivan, because she worked with Aaron and often saw him. Their visitation was always like killing two birds with one stone.However, when she asked why she had to come to his place, he said he wanted to see and speak to only her. It wasn’t her first time visiting, but it was her first time being summoned, and thus her suspicion began. She’s been here for ten minutes, and

There was silence for the next few days that went by. It wasn’t the usual silence; it had more to do with readjusting. Since discovering Lionel’s painful breakup, Zera has divided her time between him, work, and home. He didn’t have many friends. Sesi was his all, and she was his sister, and the Harts were the only friends or family he had, so with all the recent heartbreak, he had kept to himself. Knowing his history with substance abuse, she didn’t want to give him any reason to relapse. His art has become a source of escape for him, and he spends most of his hours painting and going for submission.She disclosed Aaron and Ivan’s plan to unmark him and also wipe his memory of Sesi away. When she asked him if he wanted that, he answered yes without hesitation. It felt almost as if he had been thinking about it himself. He told her he would take anything that would make him think less of his mistake. She didn’t want to believe it was a mistake; they shared so many happy times, some of

Zera just returned from her first of three lectures today, and she settled in her chair to resume the work on her table when a knock came on the door.Her head lifted, and she set down the pen in her hand. “Who’s it?” she asked, but received silence as a response.She sat back down and was about to resume work when the knock came again; this time she grew annoyed.Unlike what Davine had done by letting himself in weeks ago, the one at the door didn’t open it. However, it didn’t change the fact that their inability to answer had ticked her off.Exhaling, she rose to her feet and approached the door, knowing whoever was there would keep knocking until they wore her out.She walked to the door, and opening it, she spoke. “I do not appreciate your inability to answer simple questions!” She snapped before realising the one who stood before her was Ivan.Ivan was the last person she expected to find at the University today. He had never visited her at her place of work before, and no matter

She wanted to hear from him. Though a part of her could put it together. It was an easy things to do since she wasn't a child.“We kind of knew each other three years ago during the fundraiser,” he answered.“You slept with her.” She put it out. She wasn’t a fan of his word game, so she spelled it out for him.He nodded, and that explained how became so different at the realisation of Aaron’s presence.“You slept with a staff member at Stanford, and you didn’t tell me,” she demanded, doing her best to keep her voice low.He held his hands up and said, “That was three years ago, Zera, many months before we got back together.”“It changes nothing. Don’t you think I would have handled things much differently if I knew about your affair with her?” She frowned, not very happy with him.He shook his head and said, “It was just once; do not give too much into it.”She knew she didn’t have any reason to be mad; they weren’t a thing when all that happened. They were enemies, or at least not o

Zion's birthday, which felt as if it was so far away, was now a few days away. And so even as they prepared for the full moon, they also prepared for the big 7, as Zion loved to call it. Zera anticipated the day, and who better to help her plan than Diya? She was, after all, Zion's godmother.It had been a while since Diya and Zera had done this: go out together and talk about random things while shopping together. Diya, who had taken a step back after birthing the twins, wanted to return to work after a year and a month. She had reapplied to the CEO desk about the position she once filled, but her manager told her the position had been given to another. She told her the only way to get it back was to sign an agreement with the company promising to not have another child for at least another five years. Failure to comply with this agreement would result in a lawsuit from her company. This wasn't a difficult deal, as Diya didn't plan on having any more children after the twins, but she