The way my sister was looking at me was enough to know that something was not quite right, which was corroborated the moment she let go of the contained tears, which made Alex look at her trying to understand what was happening, but not wanting to press her, waiting for her to be able to speak.

"There are three bullets" she whispered finally. "One is in her stomach, another in her lungs and the last one is in ..." It seemed to cost her to say it. "In her heart" she finally said, moment in which everyone looked at me, but I just fixed my gaze on Mon-el. "I'll go for Eliza" she communicated leaving the room.

"Mon-el, you're going to have to leave," Alex whispered as he grabbed my hand, stroking it.

"Don't think of leaving, Kaelah" he said kissing my hair.

"If ..., if something happens to me, can you promise me something?" I asked observing how he nodded slightly. "If I don't come out alive, take the children and go back to Daxam" I asked him watching as he looked at me confused.

"How do you expect me to do that?" He asked me. "Kaelah, I can't do that, I'm sorry, but ..." He tried to explain himself.

"Just do it," I interrupted him, at which point Eliza entered, telling Mon-el again that he should go outside. "I love you." I struggled to smile at him.

"I love you too" he whispered kissing my forehead before leaving definitively.

I looked at both of them, not wanting to allow my tears to be present, but after listening to Alex's words, those that I had told Mon-el more than once, telling him that crying did not make you vulnerable, I let them escape, starting to cry without any consolation.

"Can I come in?" I heard my mother's voice, which only managed to break me, that I began to cry with force. "Hey, Kaelah, you're going to fight, okay?" She approached me. "Sweetie, those little ones need you, so you're not going to fight for us, but for them." She brushed the hair away from my face.

"Can you do something for me?" I asked observing how she was nodding, so I took off the engagement ring. "Can you give it to Mon-el? If something happens to me, it is he who should keep it." I looked at her and found the pity in her eyes, but finally she nodded.

"I will, I assured you" she kissed my forehead. "We love you" she stroked my cheek before leaving.

At that time I looked at them again listening to all the risks, knowing that the main thing was that my heart stopped beating and that there was no way to bring me back to life, but if I had overcome other things, why was not it overcome this?

He closed his eyes with his back against the wall, feeling his mother's hand on his shoulder, however, he regained his composure the moment he heard Alura name him, what scared him, it could mean something was going wrong.

"Kaelah has asked me to give you this" she said handing him the ring. "He wants you to have it if something happens to her" she explained to what he nodded watching it.

He kept it close to his chest while letting out tears, while remembering the last words on her part, those that asked him to leave with the little ones, but he could not leave all this behind. In these moments all he could think about was what would happen, because if everything went well, he knew that everything would return to normal, but if it did not go well, what would become of them? Of the little ones?

He sighed as he watched Kyron, hoping they could give him good news about both Kaelah and Kaia, because he needed them both well, their concern was in them. For that reason, he did not hesitate to approach Hamilton when he saw her leave with the little girl in her arms, hoping that the next thing she said was that she was fine.

"She's perfect, they have not done anything, at least nothing that lasts until now" she smiled surrendering to the little one, moment in which he began to cry with the child in her arms, who had embraced his neck. "I'll go to help them with Kaelah" she communicated.

"It will go well?" He questioned in just a whisper.

"I don't know, I can only tell you that the bullet in her heart is the most dangerous," she said to what he could only nod, approaching again where his mother had stayed with the stroller, watching Kyron.

"How is she?" She asked stroking the little girl's face.

"Well, she's healthy," he answered, thinking if Kaelah would be able to overcome all this. "There's not much hope for Kaelah," he whispered with a lump in his throat.

"She can with this, Mon-el" his mother looked at him. "She has not fought these two years to give up now, she's going to get out of this" she said trying to convince him that everything would be fine.

He nodded slightly before laying Kaia down in the stroller, since she had fallen asleep in his arms, so he was aware that it was the only way to lay her down without crying, although he did observe how she moved threateningly with crying, but without actually doing it.

He could not help sitting on the floor, leaning his back against the wall before burying his face in his hands, beginning to cry again, blaming himself for what had happened, because, perhaps, he could have prevented some of this, at least to have prevented her from leaving. Seriously, at times Kaelah's stubbornness overcame him and this had been one of those times, since he could not explain what he had felt when he was told she had left, that the chances of her being in CADMUS were high. She ignored what he had asked, she left without looking back in an impulsive and reckless act, which had become his worst nightmare, he was losing her, he was aware of it, and he could not do anything to prevent it.

It was likely that the next time he was allowed to approach her was to say goodbye, but again, how was he going to raise the little ones by himself? He needed her, he really did, so, in a way, he refused to think that he was going to lose her, even if that thought did not get out of his mind.

However, he could not say how long it took until they came out to tell them something about Kaelah's health, making everyone come worried, watching as Kara had red eyes from crying, being hugged by Ethan right now, or as their parents, uncle, aunt and cousin waited to receive some kind of response, because right now there was something that united them all, concern for Kaelah.

"She's stable" it was the first thing that Alex said, but he knew what that meant, that it was not sure that it would not get worse. "We have managed to take out the three bullets, but her heart has suffered a lot, it has stopped three times during the operation and we can not ensure that it will not get worse," she explained, but he could only think about seeing her. "Mon-el, when you're ready, you can come in and see her." She looked at him to what he agreed.

He followed them into the room, stopping at the door without being able to enter, feeling the tears come back when he noticed his gaze on the tube in her throat, which he knew indicated that she was not able to breathe by herself, so he had to calm down before daring to enter.

"Are you okay?" Eliza asked, and he nodded slightly. "You were impressed to see her like that, weren't you?" She looked at him to what he could not refuse. "We hope we can take it off soon," she said.

He looked at her again, he was approaching her, placing his hand on her cheek, caressing her, wishing she was well, ending by resting his forehead on hers while letting his tears escape. However, he did not hesitate to turn around the moment he heard the voice of Kara, who had her hands over her mouth as he watched her and whispered over and over again that "it could not be happening again."

"Kaelah, no, do not even think about it" she spoke approaching her. "Not again, please, breathe" she asked, placing herself on the other side.

He looked at her without understanding what she was referring to, although he did not know if he needed to know or not, but the truth was that she had given him hope, because if she had overcome it in another moment, Why would not he do it now?

He watched as Kara kissed her sister's forehead as she grabbed her hand, looking at him while shaking her head, which made him look back at Kaelah.

"I think I'll leave you alone with her" she said leaving the room, but the truth is that he did not want for her to go out of the room, she was her sister and it was not fair that she was not there with her, however, he was able to say nothing to keep her.

"Kaelah, sweetheart, I just need you to breathe, nothing more" he whispered caressing her hair. "Kaia is fine, they didn't do anything, I think you would like to know" he smiled slightly. "We are all waiting for you, so come back, please" he asked kissing her forehead.

He pulled away from her the moment he realized that Kaelah was trying to cough, probably annoyed by the tube in her throat, however, her eyes remained closed, although he did not hesitate to look for someone who could help him. When they removed the artificial respirator, they told him that she was still unconscious, but that she was on the right path to wake up and that she was likely to do so shortly.

He smiled as he caressed her face, brushing her hair back, knowing that it was possible for her to wake up, to see again those blue eyes that had captivated him since the first time he saw her, and that undoubtedly continued to do so.

"Mon-el ..." he separated from her when he heard her speak, watching the weariness in her eyes.

However, he was able to say anything, but began to mourn while burying his face in her hair, not knowing what he should do at that time.

Thank you for reading,

Ayrin