I heard my sister in confusion, not understanding what was happening, but I had not listened to one of the words she had said, only that she was going to the apartment, because Kaia's crying had not allowed me to.
I cradled her in an attempt to make her fall asleep again, but the reality was that it did not seem to be within her plans, since, although she stopped crying, she did not close her eyes.
"Sweetie, you have to go to sleep if you want Mommy to rest," I said, because I really needed to sleep for a while, since I had not slept at night, and although Mon-el had not, he rest much more than I did.
It was only a couple of seconds before she fell asleep in my arms, so I left her in the crib, smiling tenderly at Mon-el with Kyron, however, despite wanting to stay with them, I had to to open the door to my sister, noting that she was coming with Eliza, which helped me understand part of the conversation we had had before.
"You don't have a good face," my sister said as she hugged me. "Have you heard anything I've told you?" She asked, pushing me away from her, causing me to shake my head. "We've come to help you with the kids, so you can lie down for a while, "she said.
"You don't need to do that." I looked at them seriously.
"Sweetheart, the first few days are the hardest and you need to rest, get accustomed little by little" Eliza was trying to convince me, so I could only nod at the same time that Mon-el made an appearance.
"They're both asleep," he said kissing my hair, getting me to lean my head on his chest. "I think they're going to be three soon," he said, catching me, because I was actually fast asleep.
I opened my eyes in alarm, feeling as Mon-el increased the strength of the embrace the moment I shivered in his arms, trying to avoid crying, noting how he lifted my face to look at him, but I tried to force him not to get it, because I did not want to look at him right now, so I stayed that way. However, he ended up getting me to look at him, causing me to close his eyes as he brushed the hair off my face.
"I think there is something beyond the children don't stop crying" he said to what I could not answer, since his words were true, it went beyond that fact. "It has to do with Kon-el?" he questioned the moment I opened my eyes. "You've only slept ten minutes and you've had three nightmares," he said, realizing I was not going to answer him.
I buried my face in his neck as I began to cry, feeling as he hugged me hard trying to calm me, but the truth is that I did not think that was possible, since I needed to vent.
I had to admit it since I ran away I had nightmares with which he was going to return to find me, but after I had made everyone believe that he had let me go, how could I explain to them that he had not really done it? Seriously, I was terrified that he might find me again.
"Can you do me a favor?" He asked, holding me in his arms, causing me to nod, not wanting to move. "Can you explain what's wrong?I need to know, Kaelah." He pushed me aside for me to look at him.
"I'm afraid he'll come for me," I admitted in a whisper.
"He let you go, why would he come back?" He asked confused.
"I don't know, but I didn't understood many things he has done," I replied looking at him, watching him close his eyes before he hugged me, kissing my hair.
"He's not going to hurt you again, I promise you, honey," he promised, holding me close to him. "Now, try to sleep, okay?" He settled me down to allow me to sleep.
Once more calm, with my head resting on his chest, I closed my eyes and fell asleep.
When I woke up again, Mon-el was not in bed, so I decided to get up, curious to know how the kids were.
"Hey, now you have a better face, you're still a bit pale ..." my sister said approaching me.
I smiled slightly as I made my way to the children's room, watching them, who lay asleep, lying side by side, not unconcerned when I grabbed their hands, since they did not even move, although Kyron clung to my finger.
"Between Eliza and Mon-el, they're making the food." I heard my sister talking as she entered the room, which made me turn to look at her. "They're so lovely, so adorable," she said with subdued emotion. "I wanted to ask you a question," she said, looking at me seriously. "Did he let you go or did you escape?" she asked seriously, and the truth is that for a few seconds I hesitated to tell her what happened that day.
"You could say I fled, but he did nothing to stop it," I replied, keeping my head down.
"Why do you think he did it?" She asked me, but I just shrugged my shoulders, unable to give her a coherent explanation, since I did not even know how to answer it.
"I don't know," I said sincerely. "But the fact that I know he's still somewhere and that he can return, terrified me," I pointed out, watching my sister nod slightly before hugging me.
"He's not coming back and if he does, we're not going to let him hurt you again, Kaelah," she assured me, holding me tightly against her.
I felt my vision becoming a little blurred, however, I did not want to give more importance to it as a result of fatigue for what I found myself like that, although my sister did notice some change in me, since she separated me from her to grab my face. My strength finally weakened, causing me to rush to the ground in the confusion of my sister, who took me to prevent me from beating me, holding me in her arms as she knelt to the ground to be able to observe me more easily.
I heard her scream for help, I even heard her promise that everything was going to be okay, not to worry, however, I could not help being carried away by unconsciousness in spite of her pleas for me to remain awake.
I woke up confused by the situation, nervous, recognizing the room, I was in the DEO, however, I was not sure about what had happened, which made me turn my head in search of someone who could explain, fixing my attention on Mon-el, who smiled slightly at me before approaching.
"The babies ...?" I asked in alarm.
"Shh, they're fine, Kara is taking them for a walk through the DEO's facilities," he replied, stroking my face. "Kaelah, your body is poisoned by kryptonite, they're trying to find out what it's been for-" he explained to me, but I had the answer to that question.
"It was Kon-el." I looked at him. "Every time I refused to do something, he injected kryptonite," I said, watching his gesture changed, he seemed angry about it.
"I must go and tell them," he said before kissing my forehead and leaving.
I sighed knowing that the reality was that he was going to calm down, that at this moment what happened to him was that he felt guilty for me having been forced to live that situation, because his brother had hurt me and he could not have done anything about it to avoid it. The truth is that I could not let himself be blamed, since he had not been there at any time, so he should have known nothing of what had happened, indeed, if I had continued on that ship, he would never have known about that situation, nor could have done anything to prevent it.
I looked toward the door the moment I saw Alex and Eliza entering, who came up to me to recognize me, but the truth was that I was able to perceive the anger of Alex, who seemed to be holding back.
"Why didn't you say anything?" She asked. "Why didn't you ask for help?" She continued, worried.
"I couldn't," I answered sincerely. "If I saw Mon-el, he would kill him, if I told you, I was sure he would, too," I explained, struggling not to cry.
"Kaelah, sweetheart, did you do something else?" Eliza asked, and I shook my head. "Anything that might affect the children? Did he hit you?" She asked as I closed my eyes with tears.
"As much as the kryptonite, he never hit my belly," I replied, because it was true, he had always been careful not to hit that area, because if there was something that worried him more than himself, was his heir.
"Let's do a couple of tests to make sure, okay?" She told me, so I nodded slightly before they left again.
I watched Mon-el stare at me from the glass as if he was about to enter or stay outside, but finally he decided to dry his tears and come in, sitting on the edge of the bed to caress my hair, eventually placing his hand on my face as he observed me. His eyes were heavily entangled and I was sure he was going to cry, but what he did was pull my hair out to look for the area that was still bruised on my neck, the one I had been hiding during these last days, stroking it with the tip of his fingers, which made me close my eyes to control the pain.
"I'm sorry," he buried his face in my hair, making me release all the tears contained, surrounding him with my arms.
"Mon-el ..." I whispered in a choked voice. "It was not your fault." I grabbed his face to try to separate him from me.
"I let him take you with him," he said, shaking his head.
"It was my decision and it always will be," I said as he stroked my hair.
"I must have realized the situation you were in, I should have helped you," he assured me. "Now I just need you to be okay," He stroked the bridge of my nose. "I love you," he whispered, kissing my forehead.
"I love you too, Mon-el." I smiled at his before replying to his kiss.
Thank you for reading,
Ayrin