The Sun

Surprise

Now

I wake up feeling groggy and laying on something super soft, I try and clear my mind and try to remember what happened and how I got here. I think back and that’s when I remember, the train station and Mace; then it clicks. Oh my god no! Luca!

I leap from the bed I’m lying on and run to the nearest door and start banging on it as hard as I can when it doesn’t immediately open for me. I’m raging inside and so incredibly scared for my little boy.

“Let me out! Please you don’t understand” I scream and yell, hoping and praying someone will hear me. I hear footsteps coming towards the door and then it’s flung open, and on the other side is the one person I didn’t want to see. Grey.

“Banging and yelling won’t get you anywhere” he growls, stepping into the room and shutting the door.

“You don’t understand Grey, I have to get out of here, I left something at the train station” I plead with him, hoping he will let me go but knowing deep down it’s futile.

“Let’s get one thing clear” he snaps, “you’re not going anywhere, my patience with you is hanging by a thread” he finishes.

“Please Grey, please let me go” tears start rolling down my face before I can stop them, the sight of them takes him by surprise.

“Is being with me, that awful that you’d cry?” he asks me, looking wounded.

“It’s not that” I explain, “I have someone counting on me, I need to get back to the station.”

“How about you tell me why and then I’ll consider it” he crosses his arms, waiting for me to elaborate. I don’t have a choice; I’m not getting out of here unless he knows about Luca.

“I need to get back to the train station, I left something there and it’s incredibly important that I get it today, right now actually” I cross my arms like he has and stare him down, hoping he’ll accept that answer.

“What did you leave behind” he questions.

“Grey, please come on” I plead again.

“What did you leave that’s so important?” he glares.

“Our son!” I yell, taking him by surprise.

“Excuse me?” he asks after a moment of collecting himself. His expression went from surprised to now very angry.

“Our son, ok, that’s what I left at the train station when Mace and your soldiers grabbed me. He’s probably so scared right now” I cry. I glance at him and if looks could kill, I’d be dead on the floor right now. Boy oh boy is he pissed.

“Are you f*****g kidding me right now Emery!” He shouts so loud my ears are ringing; I take a step back and away from him, scared of him for the first time ever.

“It was bad enough you left me when I needed you but now you tell me you took my child from me too!” he yells, he has every right to be annoyed but I had my reasons.

“It’s more complicated than that Grey” I tell him.

“Complicated!” he fumes, “after everything you did, you don’t get to stand there and tell me this was complicated. If I hadn’t of found you, would you have ever told me about him?” he asks quietly at the end.

“I don’t know” I admit for the first time, because honestly, I have no idea if I ever would have.

“When I left, I had my reasons. After everything that happened with Dax, I had to leave, especially after finding out I was pregnant. I didn’t think much about what the future would bring in terms of you ever knowing about him. So, I can’t answer that” I explain to him.

“We’ll deal with the Dax situation later. Right now, we need to get our son. Tell me where he is, and I’ll send Mace to retrieve him” he tells me.

“No” I cross my arms and glare at him. “Mace is not going to get him; he will be so scared. Let me go” I ask.

He sighs before answering me, “fine, but Mace goes with you and I’m warning you Em, if you try anything, I’ll lock you in the blue room for the rest of your very long life.” I gulp, knowing he means it.

Mace and I walked through the station over to where I left Luca. All I was thinking about was getting my little boy, when Mace grabbed my arm and stopped me. I turned to him and gave him a questioning look.

“What?” I asked, trying to shrug off his hold.  

“Take a whiff” he whispered. I follow his instruction and hone my senses, taking in the smells around me and weaving through them all until I settle on one in particular. I gasp when I smell it, the smell of a hunter. Mace grabs me and pulls me down onto the tracks, hiding us in a groove in the wall, all while I’m wriggling and struggling to get free.

“Luca!” I yell.

“Shut up!” he hisses as he puts a hand over my mouth and indicates with him head in the direction we just came from. There, walking through the crowd is a hunter, one of Dax’s right-hand men.

“Em, be quiet, our scent is covered but they can still hear us” he whispers in my ear. My heart is pounding as I watch him try and find us. He pulls out a radio and begins talking into it.

“They’re not here boss, I’ve looked everywhere, the only smell is 12 hours old” he states. I shake with fear realising I’ve left Luca for so long.

“Ok, I’ll head back now” he says as he starts walking back through the crowd towards the exit.

I broke free from Mace and sprinted to where I’d left Luca. I looked in the gap I’d left him only to find him missing. I dropped to my knees and sobbed.

“Oh God, no!” I cried. Mace ran over and dropped down next to me.

“He’s gone” I whispered. I was so wrapped up in my son being missing that I completely missed the footsteps coming up behind us, until a voice broke the silence.

“I knew you’d come back for him eventually” I snapped my head up and turned around to face the man of my nightmares. He was smiling at me with his arms folded in front of him.

“Dax” I state. Mace is growling beside me, with his arm in front of me like a shield.

“Well little mouse how should be play this” he smirked.

Son of a b***h.