Emma’s POV
I opened my eyes slowly, trying to figure out where I was. I wondered if I would see Logan again.
Was he really in the room with me or did I just imagine that?
I hoped he wasn’t there. It wasn’t safe. I was dangerous. If something happened to him because of me…
I groaned and tried to lift my head. I could tell that I was sitting on a chair.
That confused me. I was lying in bed with Logan the last time I woke up. Did he move me? Did that mean that he was really there with me?
“Wake up, Emma,” I heard a voice that was oddly familiar to me.
I couldn’t remember who the voice belonged to, though. It was a female voice, but I couldn’t remember anyone who sounded like that.
Was someone else in the room with me? Did they let Sophia in?
Oh, Goddess, please no! She would try to take the darkness back!
I forced myself to open my eyes. I had to stop my daughter from taking it back. I couldn’t let her do that. It was my darkness. Sienna was my problem, not my daughter’s.
“Well, hello, Emma,” the woman said, making me turn to my left.
I was pretty sure that the voice was coming from there.
I blinked a few times, trying to adjust my eyes and see who it was.
The first thing I noticed was darkness. It surrounded me completely and I couldn’t see anything. I wasn’t even sure if I opened my eyes or not.
Was something covering my eyes?
I heard a quiet whine behind me. I turned around a little, trying to see what it was. My heart stopped beating when I saw Eliza and Leon. Eliza was lying down and Leon was crouching over her protectively. Both of them were looking at me with so much love that I couldn’t help but cry.
But how could I see them in the dark?
It was actually like the light was coming off them. I could see them because they were the light. They were my light in the darkness.
I wanted to stand up and go to them. I wanted to bury my face into Leon’s fur. I knew that I would be safest there. I knew that I would be safest with him.
“I wish those two weren’t even here,” the female voice said, making me turn back around. “They are annoying. That mutt keeps growling at me.”
My breath got caught in my throat.
No.
It was impossible.
“Surprised to see me?” she asked as she sat on the chair opposite me.
I didn’t see that chair before. When did it get there?
“You are dead,” I mumbled quietly.
My heart was racing. Everything she did and said came back like a tidal wave. I felt like that helpless 18-year-old girl again.
She sighed and looked around.
“Unfortunately,” Sienna said. “I got to feel alive through you again, though.”
I furrowed my eyebrows. What the hell was she talking about?
“I got to talk to Andrew and Logan,” she said, smirking a little. “I even got to talk to Alexander. He is a handsome young man.”
I saw red. She talked to my child? When?! How!
“He should have been my son,” she said, sighing quietly.
I growled and tried to stand up.
Something stopped me.
I looked down and saw that I was tied to the chair I was sitting on. How did I not notice that before?
Sienna laughed. “You are helpless here, Emma. Don’t even try to stand up.”
I looked back up at her and narrowed my eyes. She was smirking at me and it made me want to punch her.
“Leave my family alone,” I said, clenching my fists. “How did you even manage to talk to them? You are dead. Your body is rotting away in the middle of the forest.”
Sienna smiled and crossed her arms over her chest.
“Oh, I borrowed yours,” she said, making my heart stop. “It was such a pleasure watching Logan’s reaction as he realized that I was in his little mate’s body.”
My heart broke and I had to hold back a sob. A growl made me glance behind me. Leon was staring at Sienna with a murderous look on his face.
“I even tried to kill you,” she said and I looked back at her. “I was just about to slice you open with your own claws, but that stupid witch was quicker.”
Sienna rolled her eyes and sighed.
“I will have to wait for another chance,” she said. “I am sure that I will get one.”
My heart hurt so much. Who saw her do that? Was Logan there? Was Andrew there? Oh, Goddess, were my children there?!
I couldn’t think about that now. I had to focus on something else. I had to focus on finding my way back to Logan and my family. I couldn’t waste time wondering what they saw. I needed to go back to them.
The first thing I needed to figure out was what Sienna wanted. The darkness chose her to be here because she was a huge part of my life. She was one of the people who hurt me the most. The darkness obviously chose her because we had some unfinished business. At least that was what I read in that book.
“What the hell do you want, Sienna?” I asked, trying to focus only on her. “Why are you here?”
“That is an easy answer, Emma,” Sienna said, laughing quietly. “I want you dead.”
I wasn’t surprised by that answer. The darkness was feeding off death and misery. It had been trying to kill my daughter for years. I didn’t have any doubt that it would try to kill me too.
I took a deep breath and released it slowly. I needed to stay calm.
“Because I took Logan from you?” I asked her and her jaw twitched. “Because my brother loved me more?”
Sienna laughed darkly. She stood up and approached me slowly.
“He never loved you, Emma,” Sienna said. “Logan never wanted you. You were always a task and a burden to them both.”
My heart clenched painfully, but I didn’t let her see how much her words hurt me. I remained calm and shook my head.
“You are wrong, Sienna,” I said. “They love me. They always did.”
Sienna’s eyebrows furrowed. She looked confused and it made me want to smile.
She thought that it would be easy to make me believe her lies but she forgot that I wasn’t that naive 18-year-old girl anymore.
