Quest (unedited)

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Daxon

Aaliyah leaves tomorrow and I know Nyema can feel the stress radiating off of everyone. She doesn't say anything and I just assume she thinks it's about Emmanuel.

But us lying to her is starting to weigh on the both of us.

Grey and I give Aaliyah as much time as she can with Nyema. Nyema hasn't even questioned the way her mom has been acting. Me and grey are just preparing ourselves to hold her together when she leaves.

I stopped asking witches to look for spells and told destiny and Nashabo to give it up too. Aaliyah was firm in her word and assured me she was okay with making this decision.

I hate that she won't be a part of our babies life. Nyema thinks the world of her mother and I know she won't be able to ever fully recover from this.

"Baby?"

"Yeah?"

"You zoned out on me. I'm boring you?"

"No" I grabbed her hands kissing them "Greyson was just updating me on something."

"You know I can be useful right? I don't have to sit in bed all day"

"You're doing this most useful thing in this pack" I kissed her stomach

She rubbed her stomach "I can't wait to meet them. I love them so much already"

"Me too"

"Daxon?"

"Yeah?"

"You guys found Emmanuel?"

"Nyema don't worry about it" she mumbled something and I looked up at her. "You hungry?"

"Yeah. Can I go downstairs?"

"Yeah come on"

I picked her up and she opened the door and scrunched her hands up. Her hands were swollen and she did that a lot.

"Wait! Let me get a picture" I heard Aaliyah and she ran into her room grabbing her phone then taking a picture of us.

Nyema started laughing "Momma you take pictures of everything we do."

"Cause I can do that. Where's Greyson?" Aaliyah asked

"Office," I said

She walked off towards the office and I carried her downstairs and sat her on the couch. "I want to go outside"

I looked outside and felt uneasy about it. I don't know if it was my gut or just being plain paranoid. Set made it clear he wasn't taking Emmanuel until Aaliyah was in his possession "Maybe tomorrow baby girl"

She huffed and grabbed the remote turning the tv on "You know I read online that it's healthy for pregnant women to get fresh air"

I grabbed the yogurt out of the fridge "I'll open a window then"

"Then you might as well let me outside" she shrugged

I leaned against the counter and sighed. Nyema already had a mouth on her before she was pregnant. But now sometimes I just wanted to tell her to shut up, I got this.

Greyson came down and kissed Nyema on the head, not before Aaliyah took another picture.

I knew why she was taking them, I knew she needed something to keep her sane where she was going. I appreciated Aliyah more than she could ever know for making this sacrifice for us.

"Can you make her that quesadilla? All I know how to do is put yogurt in a bowl" I said to Greyson and he laughed.

"And you didn't even do that right. Move" He pushed me out the way

I looked at the yogurt then back at him "You can't fuck up yogurt grey"

"You gave her peach yogurt, she likes strawberry with her quesadilla. Peach is for breakfast" he corrected me

"Well excuse the fuck out of me"

He started laughing and pulling the cheese and chicken out of the fridge. "So are we telling her tonight?" He whispered

I nodded my head "In a minute actually. Aaliyah is going to turn the living room into a fort thingy so they can spend tonight together."

I looked into the living room and saw her sitting with Nashabo and her mom. Aaliyah was taking pictures again, and Nashabo was rubbing her stomach.

"I can't imagine how Aaliyah feels." He shook his head and flipped the quesadilla "she just got her family back and has to give it all up"

"It's what you do for the ones you love" He handed me the pan "what I'm supposed to do with this?"

"Put it on a plate," he said slowly

"I'm not retarded" I grabbed a plate

"Then stop acting like it. Grab me a bowl"

"You can't use this one?" I looked at the bowl that I had the other yogurt in.

"Would you want to have strawberry yogurt in a bowl that had peach yogurt in it?"

"You being dramatic. I'm sure she won't notice"

"Take it to her then" He leaned against the counter smiling.

I looked back at her then just grabbed another bowl. Greyson was the one who was better at taking care of her. I'll just trust his word.

"Daxon, Greyson can you come here?" Aaliyah called us.

I looked at Grey. "Let's get this over with"

Nyema

Daxon and Grey came sitting on both sides of me, Greyson handed me my food and I moaned looking at it. My dad grabbed the remote and turned off the tv.

They all had serious looks on their faces. They probably knew I went to the bathroom by myself earlier. I tried to wait but I just couldn't hold it any longer.

"Am I in trouble?" I asked, "I know you guys said I couldn't leave the bed but I had to go really bad-"

"What?" Grey looked at me "You got out the bed?" He looked at Daxon "where were you?"

Daxon looked down at me "where was I?"

"Sleeping" I mumbled "you looked so peaceful and I didn't feel like being carried"

"We'll deal with you later," Daxon said then turned his attention back to my mom.

"Anyways" She chuckled "there's no easy way to say this but I'm leaving tomorrow"

"You're going back home?" I asked confused.

"In a way." My face has confusion all over it "I made a deal with my father. He takes Emmanuel and me"

"What?" I shook my head "No" I looked at my dad "why didn't you stop her?!" Grey grabbed my hand and I snatched it away "You knew?" I looked at the both of them

"Nyema it's the only way to keep you and the babies safe," my mom said

"We can kill him" I looked at everybody.

"We can't. Not with killing me or you're father"

"I don't understand" I shook my head holding back tears.

"Our link is different. It was made by my father. Emmanuel was my original mate and Qutesh gave me Nashabo" she grabbed my dad's hand smiling at him "I want nothing more than to stay with you and my grandbabies. But my wants are not as important as you and those babies' safety. Even Daxon and Greyson safety is important to me"

"You can visit right?" I was crying now

"Let's just spend tonight together okay?"

I nodded my head and went over to her cuddling up with her "I love you"

"I love you too baby" she kissed my head holding me tighter "So much"