Selene POV
"Mom," Vina murmured sleepily, snaking her tiny arms around my neck, "When are we going to see that nice man? You promised us,".
I sighed, settling the sheets around her. The girls have been whining all day about when we're going to see Xavier and it irked me because I knew they were attracted to him because he was their father.
My mind drifted to the conversation I had with Lucius earlier and my heart pumped nervously. So, Xavier had lost all of his memories of me. That was why he didn't recognize me. That would also explain how broken he had been when I talked about his wife at the park.
"Mom..." Vina whined, shaking me. "I think he's a nice man, mom. If you don't want him for yourself, maybe you can give him to me,".
"What!" I bit back a laugh. "He's grown enough to be your father, Vina. How can you even say that?"
"Well, I can be betrothed to him. As soon as I come of age, we'll get married. Won't you like it, Mom? Now you can find reasons to visit..." she lowered her voice. "Your former pack again,".
"We're too young for marriage, Vina," Maeve sighed from the other side of the bed. "And please, can you really stop talking? I want to sleep,".
"Whatever," Vina rolled her eyes and huffed.
I hummed their favourite lullaby and watched them until they drifted into sleep. What would they think of me if they grew up to discover that Xavier was their father? Would they hate me?
I didn't worry so much about, Vina, but Maeve scared me. With her, it was impossible to know what she was thinking. Once, a child attempted to bully her in school, but when she reported it to the teacher, they dismissed the matter.
After a week, when the child had forgotten, Maeve had attacked him and hung him on a tree that stood on top of a slope. It had taken Noah's intervention for the child to not have fallen onto the slope.
When I had asked Maeve to apologize to the child and his mother, she asked that she'd rather be punished than apologize to him, saying that he deserved it. Although she was kind... even kinder than her sister, she didn't have a lot of tolerance like Vina. So, I was worried she would resent me.
Sighing, I rose to my feet and quietly walked out of the room. There was nothing a hot bath and a good night's rest wouldn't do. Just as I closed the door to go towards my bedroom. I heard a loud, piercing scream come from the girl's room.
My heart flew to my mouth as I rushed in again and turned on the light. The light flooded the bedroom, blinding me momentarily. When it adjusted to the room, I saw the girls sitting up with their hands in their ears, as if they were trying to wade off an unknown noise.
"Shit!" I hurried out of the room towards Linda's bedroom to wake her up.
We were going to get attacked.
The girls had clairvoyance and whenever something bad was about to happen; it didn't matter if it was to them or in the environment where they were, they always knew and it would be followed by a piercing scream and their fingers inside their ears.
They were still asleep, even now, but their subconscious alongside their wolves was awake.
"Linda," I knocked rapidly, "Open the door,".
The door flew open seconds later. She was in her nightwear, and her hair was sticking out in several directions.
"What's wrong, ma'am?" she asked groggily.
"We're going to be attacked any moment from now,".
"What!" her eyes bulged with fear. "How? By who?"
"No time to answer your questions. Run to our security team and ask that they evacuate everyone in the building immediately. No questions asked, Linda. Once you tell them, they will know what I mean. I'll try to grab as much as I can,".
"O-Okay," she stuttered, clenching a fistful of her hand as she stood, still dazed.
"Linda, now!" I screamed.
She bolted out of the suite at my command. Sighing, I rushed to my bedroom and picked up my laptop and bag containing our travelling documents with cash. That was all I needed. Rushing back to the girls' bedroom, I tore the curtain in the room from the rails and immediately formed a carriage that I tied in front of my body. That would help me carry both of them and run at the same time.
They were still sitting with their fingers in their ears and their eyes closed.
"Hey darling," I called gently, trying to remove their hands from their ears. "Everything will be alright, okay? Just do as Mama says,".
"The hotel," Maeve sobbed, her eyes tightly shut. "They're here... in the basement. Everyone is going to die,".
"It's going to be alright, baby," I gently pried her hand from her ears and did the same to Vina. I didn't want to think. I couldn't allow myself to be fearful.
Picking them up, I strapped them into the pouch I created in front of me and hurried out of the bedroom. Just as I reached the living room, I heard a loud bang and then sporadic shooting. Immediately, I ran to a wall and pressed my back against it, trying to still my pounding heart.
I had to get out of here. Anyhow.
In less than a minute, the whole place was filled with loud shouts and crying. The shooting was still going on and it seemed to be getting closer. My security team was supposed to be back for me by now. Where was Linda?
Pulling out my phone wedged at the back of my pocket, I dialled the numbers of the head security guard, but it rang and there was no response. I dialled Linda's, but it didn't even connect.
Hot tears streamed down my cheeks as I kept dialling their numbers, but no one was answering. The chaos outside was increasing. With each loud bang, the hotel building would rock. I was scared.