Chapter 112

Eleanor:

I watched as the door to the room opened just as I handed Katerina to the nurse that was to take her to her crib.

My eyes met Killian’s, and I frowned in confusion as I saw his tired and weak eyes. It was an expression that I never expected my mate to have, but now that I saw it, I was more than a little scared that I had done something wrong. 

The nurse took a step away from him, taking our daughter to the infirmary room. Our little one was to stay there for three days, just as I was to rest here for the next three days. And I watched as my mate walked toward me with an uneasy expression before he sat beside me.

“It was Liana,” he said, not looking at me. He sat on the edge of the bed, and his heart raced, making me frown in confusion as I tried processing and understanding his words. The fact that he looked defeated didn’t slip my gaze either. “It was Liana who brought Elton here, who was behind the betrayal that we have been through, who was letting the fucking bastard get past the guards, and at this point, I don’t know what else she was behind. But what I know is that it was her.”

“What?” I asked, straightening as I looked at my mate. My lower half was still somewhat numb, but I didn’t really care. I was more concerned about the man who seemed to be having the mental battle of his life. 

“She told Natasha that it was her. I don’t know what else happened or how it went on, but Natasha told me to go and find her when you were in labor in front of Elton. She shot the man after finding out that her mother was the one who let him in.” He said, closing his eyes. For the second time since I have met him, I saw Killian letting his guard down as he sat in front of me. The first was him opening up to me about his sister. “I don’t know what else she was part of, if she knew about Nikolai wanting to take you to Elton, if she was the one who was giving him our every step, but at this point, I am helpless, Eleanor.”

He looked at me, and my eyes welled up with tears as I extended my arms toward him, and thankfully, he leaned in toward my touch as he laid in my arms, allowing me to hug him tightly. He hugged me back, and I kissed the crown of his head, allowing him to find his comfort in my embrace. 

“I promised Natasha to make things right for her, but I don’t even know where to fucking start. Literally each option that I think of ends with her breaking. I am going to kill the man that she loved and chose as a mate, her mother. I know that it is killing her inside that she lost her child and womb when she was supposed to be giving birth in a month.” He said, not looking at me and it took everything in me not to grow emotional at his words. “I just find myself being completely lost.”

“She is going to understand, Killian, one way or the other, we all manage to get out of our pain somehow.” I said, remembering the bundle of joy that I came to when I first met her. She had a fire in her eyes, her smile was one that I loved, and no matter the arguments that we both had, I knew that I could consider her as nothing less than a sister. “And she is not alone, she has a whole family behind her. It is going to hurt all of the family, but she is not going to be left behind.”

“Yes, but this is Natasha, and with everything being thrown at her all at once…”

“She will understand,” I said, stopping him. “Otherwise, she wouldn’t have told you, Killian.”

I took a deep breath as he pulled away to look me in the eye and I ran my fingers over his scruff, gently grazing it with my thumb before he took a deep breath. “If she didn’t want justice, she wouldn’t have told you about what she found out when she did. She would have kept it to herself and tried hiding it as best as she could. Natasha didn’t do that, but our job as her family is to be by her side. She is going to be in pain, but she has helped a lot out of theirs, it is our turn to help her stand out of hers.”

“What if she hides it in?” He asked, and I smiled. I took his hand in mine, and intertwined our fingers as I looked him in the eye. The two of us smiled for a second before I brought his hand to my lips, gently kissing his knuckle. 

His eyes widened in surprise, and the love that I saw in them, despite the pain, told me that he understood that he was not alone in this. I wasn’t going to leave him to deal with something like this by himself when I knew that he did his best for me not to deal with my pain alone.

His voice still played in my head as he connected to my wolf when I was kidnapped, and if I held on, it was because of and for him. And that was something that I was never going to be able to pay him back for. 

“We all hide our pain very well. But it is our duty to also live out of it. And we will help her get out of it like she has done to all of us. All we have to do is be patient, okay?” I asked, and he smiled and nodded before pulling me to his chest as he hugged me tightly. 

“What did I do to deserve you, malyshka?” He asked, and I smiled before pulling away to look him in the eye. “And with all the events that we are going through, I think that I also owe you a wedding night,” 

I laughed, and shook my head at him before raising myself to kiss his jawline.

“Let us finish with all of this, and we can think about our wedding night later.” I said, smiling up at him. “How about it, my beloved?”