All Chapters of Fires Within Fires: Chapter 31 - Chapter 40

Sousanna’s Pov:“So, what is it now? Why are you rotting like a prisoner here Anne? You eat no more and sleep no more. What are you mourning” I admonished her on her behavior. Is this the way the way a woman of Decardo family should behave.With her actions like this she is disgracing her. As if she hasn’t enough.Roxanne lay on the bed perched like a broken woman. She could easily be taken as an old woman in the darkness of the room. Life had left her. She was paper thin. Her brown hair sulked on the pristine sheets. In her black gown, she seemed like a fallen princess. Beauty and youth fade into nothingness with each turn of the night. White chain glistened at her bare neck.“I have a lot of things to mourn for mama”. Roxanne’s raspy voice told long unheard tales of consumed liquor.I took a seat beside her daughter on the bed. “When will this sorrow end?” I swiped my hand over Roxanne’s forehead in an affectionate manner.“Never mama never.” She took a deep breath. “For there is no

Hades POVEven though I felt a little tired I cannot afford a break right now. So many things need to be done. I took a sip of the coffee missing my Kopi lowak. I miss its taste. In about thirty minutes the plane will land. I can already see my alluring Greece from up here. It gives me the feeling of coming home.Seph hasn’t opened her bewitching eyes yet. Her hazel eyes mixed with brown in the iris pattern have never lost their charm to me. Although I enjoy seeing her in a state where she has no power over her body still her feisty nature is something I relish too. The doctor has checked her again. According to him, she won’t be opening her eyes anytime soon.I asked him to administer a sedative to her. I cannot have her create a scene while we get off the plane. The media is already too interested in our family affairs. This whole affair of engagement night was a huge headline on the TV and with seph’s family dead the whole thing had landed our family in the spotlight. They had cov

Flora’s POVWho was Claudia talking about at the dinner? Who was she referring to?Who has Adelfos taken back? Taming? Was he joking? The bell rang indicating that another lecture had ended without me paying no attention to whatever was the teacher saying. (Brother)Its like she has been babbling for the last thirty-five minutes. Non-Stop.A sigh escaped my lips.I have to ask someone for notes. I hate asking for notes.Finally, the bell rang indicating that the lecture is finally over.I stretched my limbs and looked out of the window. Winter will be here soon. There is something so nostalgic about it. Something that makes up remember and makes you sad. My father once played with me in the snow. It was…….“Did you bring any food?” Stavros’s question startled me. I would have fallen if not for my strong reflex.“Oh Gosh! I was going to fall” I glared at him with accusing eyes. Of course, he would have laughed even if I had fallen.“It is not my fault that you are daydreaming. Did you

Jace’s PovWe will be landing in Athens soon. To say that the flight had been terrible would be an understatement. It was complete hell. My mental health is at wits. I have the boy Hades demands. Thank God Eros had a doctor with him otherwise I would have been delivering a dead body.I rubbed my forehead with my fingers. I am having a crushing headache. I hate things like this related to children. I drew my line there years ago.The black screen in front of me took me to places I would rather avoid. Even with a private jet, it was a long distance to Athens from here.With all the situation going on it felt as if time was moving with the speed of a turtle.Weird.At our happy moments we want to time to become like this. That it slows down and never passes. But at the time calamity we want it to race pasts us. The truth is its never takes the speed we desire. It keeps on moving at the pace it wants.If it would have been at or beck and call, we would be living the moments with our loved

Seph’s POV:“No one Hades, no one helped me that night” I told him because this was the truth. The ones who could help me were dead.He gritted his teeth in anger. “seph this will not work. I want the truth. Without someone’s help, you could have never been able to fly out of this country with a small child. Give me the name seph.”With tears in my eyes, I begged him to believe me. Why would I tell a lie now? I am bruised battered shattered from inside. I have nothing left.“No one hades believe me no one” apparently my wailing did not affect him. He grabbed my head from the back and threw me into the sea. I was not even given time to grasp oxygen so water poured into my mouth fervently. I tried getting out but the weight at the back of my head kept me from doing so. It was getting harder to breathe.So much water and cold. In no time water started filling in and just when I thought I was going to lose consciousness he pulled me out. My body dragged the precious air inside. I will di