Life After the Storm novel Chapter 53

Landon sees me. I can see the shock on his face. I don't think he realizes that Jayden is in my arms. Until Jayden pops his little head up “Hey daddy, please don't be mad at me.”

“Jayden, what are you doing with Lilly, oh my God what happened.”

“Daddy Ivan was hurting her. I had to save her, so I did. I tried to tell you, but you didn't listen, so I had to do it by myself.”

“No Jayden, you did not he is Alpha there are consequences. Lilly, what the fuck why would you let him be involved.”?

I become so furious that he thinks I would ever put Jayden in any kind of danger at all. What a fucking peice of shit right before I go to say something. Jayden jumps out of my arm. I can tell he is annoyed. “Daddy what is wrong with you, Lilly was being tortured to death. She needed to be saved. I could sense every ounce of her misery and no one should ever have to go through what she had to.”

I bend down to Jayden with tears in my eyes. “I'm so sorry that you had to feel any of that. I never wanted you to ever feel that kind of pain. I'm sorry.”

“Come on now, Jayden, now that is enough. I told you that you need to stand clear of Lilly or there would be trouble. You need to listen to me.”

“Stay clear of me. What have I ever done? You don't understand we are connected. If you like it or not, we are the same.”

“Lilly, you're only going to bring him danger. Ivan will never allow you to have any connections that are close to me.”

“I would never allow Ivan to harm him. I would kill Ivan myself before I would ever allow him to hurt Jayden.”

“Lilly, you can't protect him forever.”

“Landon, it's your fault he was telling you what was happening, but you ignored it, so he took matters in his own hands, and he saved me.”

“Lilly, I tried to help you, but there was no helping you. I didn't have a choice. Ivan threatened to kill Jayden if I would even lay just one finger on you. He has lost his fucking mind. I'm sorry I couldn't risk Jayden's safety.”

I can see in his face that he felt bad not helping me, but to think Jayden wasn't afraid to be like Landon was and Jayden saved my life. I want to scream at Landon. I want to hate him, but I can't. “Please just keep Jayden safe while I take care of Ivan.”

“Lilly, I'm sorry for everything I said, and I still do. Sometimes we just don't get to be with whom we love.”