All Chapters of Her Eyes of Emerald and Fire: Chapter 181 - Chapter 190

“Welcome all, I would like to thank you all for attending this service of remembrance for Benjamin Alden. He leaves behind his wife and two children, as well as you all. It was a sad day when I was informed of his passing, even though he had been ill for some time. I visited him in the hospital to give him communion and pray with him, and I was honoured to have been with him during that time.” Eliza does her best to keep a straight face and not look at Charlie. The vicar continues,“We begin with a prayer, then his sister-in-law Eliza is going to sing, um, ‘The Wellsong’.” He seems confused, but lots of the people present make quiet pleased noises, she takes a steadying breath, as he continues. “May God give to you and all whom you love his comfort and peace, his light and his joy, in this world and the next; and the blessing of God almighty, the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit, be upon you, and remain with you today and forever. Amen.”It was a good prayer, a sol

Eliza and Connor make their way back to the table, with two plates each and Eliza sits back down sighing deeply. Kai looks at her, and she tries to smile, but it’s unconvincing. He rests a hand on her hip, and leans in to her ear.“Baby, I can tell you’re not okay. I know that it’s a sad day, but something else is bothering you, I can feel it.” She nods,“I’m worried, this morning’s excitement has me on edge.” She rolls her shoulders, and shakes her head, “There’s nothing definitive, it’s just a feeling.” He nods, kissing her temple. Charlie looks at her, raising an eyebrow.“What happened this morning?” Eliza sighs,“I didn’t want you to worry, but I would have told you eventually.” She pushes the plate away from her, and gets up to come around to Charlie, she leans down and whispers in her ear. Kai doesn’t need to listen, and so scans the room for anyone that looks like they don’t belong. He can’t see anything off, and frowns. Ash puts a hand on his sho

Ash sobs, still clinging to Kai’s arm and Eddie claps them both on the shoulders.“We are the Guild of Assassins, and they took our Boss. They will suffer, and we will prevail.” There’s a ragged cheer from the guild heads who are still here. He stands up and addresses them all, “Get your best people here, now! Where are Charlie and Serena?” Ash sniffs and struggles to his feet,“They went up to their rooms, the kids were falling asleep and Charlie was too when they left. Serena and Connor just looked done, not tired per se, but done.” Kai stays down for a moment more, but she needs him. He will not rest until she’s back in his arms. Fuck that piece of shit. He’s a dead man walking. He climbs to his feet too and wipes his face and remembers something,“What did Crow say about that scroll? We never got the chance to ask her.” He nods,“It’s a Witch scroll, not a Vampire one. It was found in Egypt, decades ago and put on display in a museum in London. No one

Kai nods, and they leave the office.“Come on. We need to be well rested to fight our way through all his people.” Kai nods,“I know. I do, but I’m not sure if I’ll manage to sleep.” Ash takes his brother’s hand and they walk to the lift. Once they’re alone in the room, Ash tells Kai what Henrietta had said about the matebond, and he nods. “So, we should feel something of her pain, just not as much as if she had access to her phoenix.” Ash nods, laying down. The sheets still smelt of her. He starts crying, and Kai curls up with one of her pillows, inhaling her scent and closing his eyes.Ash watches him fall asleep, then tries to do the same. But sleep is hard, she was out there. With him. At least he wants her unharmed, for now. He puts that thought out of his mind. Eventually he closes his eyes, and finds sleep. A couple of hours later and he’s woken by his phone ringing. He looks at the caller ID, and sees Eddie’s name. He pushes Kai awake as he answ

“Well, Red, if you can behave, I’ll let you stretch your legs. We still have a few hours till we get to where we’re going, and I don’t want you cramping up. We have things to do when we get there.” Sansom’s voice comes clearly through the speakers of Dom’s laptop. Eliza scoffs,“Fine, I won’t run. But only because I can’t. Are these cuffs really necessary, they’re cutting into me.” Kai growls, and Ash puts a hand on his shoulder. She chuckles, “Afraid of the sun, are we?” the woman hisses at her, and the driver chuckles,“She’s not wrong, you’d fry out there.” Ash hears Eliza shuffling to get out of the van, and then hears the cuffs being adjusted.“There.” Sansom says, and Eliza sighs,“Thank you, much better. Not as good as if they were off of course.” Sansom growls, “I know, you might be stupid, but you’re not that stupid.” There’s a soft rattling of chain, like he was moving her forcefully followed by a hollow thud, like he’d pushed her into the side