The Wrath Of The Shadow Wolf novel Chapter 35

“Hello everyone, breakfast is ready” Maeve announced.

She entered the sitting room carrying a tray of food as she called on her family to come to the dining for breakfast.

Riley and wright were the only ones in the sitting room by the time Maeve entered with the breakfast.

“Okay mum, I think I am starving already,” Riley said.

Riley was happy to hear that the breakfast was ready and she could not wait to devour the meal. She walked up to the dining table while her dad followed behind but he was walking slowly.

Maeve was already seated on the dining table when Riley and Wright got to it.

“Where is Riona?” Maeve asked.

“Should go and look for her?” Riley asked.

“No need to. I actually saw her in the kitchen so she should be here soon” Maeve said.

Riona had entered the kitchen when Maeve was rounding up with making breakfast. Maeve had greeted and wished her a happy birthday, but she did not respond to her greetings. She wondered what she wanted to do in the kitchen that early, but in order not to get on her nerves, she had ignored her and did not ask her any questions.

Ever since the encounter with her family members some weeks back, Riona had been ignoring and avoiding her completely. Even Wright did that for some days before he finally came around after Maeve had explained to him for the untempt time that she never intended to castigate Riona in the side of her family.

“Just that today is her birthday, and we have to start the celebration from having breakfast and that’s why I made us something special, her favorite” Maeve said

Maeve was hoping that Riona would agree to join them for breakfast today. She has painstakingly taken her time to prepare this meal this morning just for Riona.

Maeve felt bad that just when she was finally succeeding at building a relationship with Riona, her family had appeared from nowhere just to come and destroy everything. She already felt it might get to this, and that was why she had insisted on not saying anything about Riona’s attitude to any of them.

When her encounter, she had been so annoyed and disappointed with them that she had to ignore their calls for a few days just so they would get the message. Next time, they would learn how not to meddle in someone else’s internal affairs, no matter who that person was and especially where there were not invited to act as mediators.

Maeve was disappointed when she looked up and saw Riona coming to the dining with a tray containing her own meal.

“Hello dad, good morning,” Riona said.

“Good morning Rio, and happy birthday” Wright responded.

“Thanks so much, dad,” Riona said.

Riona smiled as she dropped the tray on the dining and she sits next to her dad.

“Happy Birthday, Rio,” Riley said.

Riona acted as if she was not the one that Riley was talking to and she continued to talk to her dad.

”I made something nice for us dad,” Riona said.

Wright was not happy with how Riona had ignored Riley, and he felt he had to interfere in it.

“Riona, please,” Wright said.

Wright looked at Riley with the corner of his eyes so as to signify to Riona that he was referring to how she had ignored Riley when she had wished her a happy birthday.

Riona looked at her dad and tried to put up some protest, but seeing that Wright was not ready to condone her excess, she had to succumb.

“Thanks, Riley, I appreciate your kind wishes,” Riona said.

With the way Riona had replied to Riley’s kind wishes, she made it obvious that she made the utterances under protest.

Knowing that her dad was now ready to listen to her, she continued.

“See daddy, I made something nice for us. Today is my birthday, and I would like us to have a treat” Riona said.

“What did you make honey? I can’t wait to have a taste of it” Wright said.

Maeve was furious, she was not going to accept this. She had already made something for the whole family to celebrate Riona and Riona has no right to just show up with something else too without any form of notice.

“But I have only made something for the whole family Wright, what is going to happen to this?” Maeve asked.

“And what is going to happen to what Rio has made?” Wright asked too.

Wright does not understand Maeve anymore. Her line of reasoning has become so alien to him. He feels she is always inconsiderate and only thinks of herself in all that she does.

“But she knows that I was already doing something for breakfast and she never deemed it fit to notify me of her plans,” Maeve said.

Riona ignored Maeve and her usual ranting and scooped out some food into a plate for her dad.

“This is her day Maeve. Why not allow her to run it as it pleases her?” Wright asked.

He was starting to get infuriated and if care is not taken, he may not like how he is going to react to Maeve.

“But she has been with us all along, I have since been making plans for today and she never objected to any of it, including the idea of this breakfast,” Maeve said.

“Of course you have Maeve, but did you ask her, did you try to know what she might want for her birthday?” Wright asked.

“Did I hear you say ask her? You and I know she completely ignores me, Wright, how was I supposed to ask her?” Maeve asked.

“All I can say is that today is her day, Maeve, please allow her to have some fun in her own way,” Wright said.

“I am her mum, Wright,” Maeve said.

“Still doesn’t change a thing Maeve, I can assure you that I would say the same thing for Riley,” Wright said.