~Zarek's POV~
Nyx didn't leave, and that alone kept me in more bad mood than I would like to admit.
I didn't agree to her taking Leila away from me forever, and in response, she retaliated by saying she wasn't leaving her child— our child— with me either, thus leaving me torn between letting go of both mother and daughter, or keeping them both.
I chose the latter.
Pushing thoughts of my pesky stubborn-as-a-mule past fling to the back of my mind, my heart raced in my chest as I watched Dr Ava mumble something under her breath, whilst waving a small wash cloth in her hands as she continued to recite an incantation that sounded too eerie, I struggled to pay attention.
Suddenly, the air in the room shifted, charged instantly with an electricity that rattled me more than I would like to admit.
