73 The masterplan

The memory of his mother made his heart ache. His mother would have known what to do. His mother had had the solution to every problem in the world. But now, he was suddenly the only one responsible for saving the world from a demon who happened to be his father.

Ryan fought to keep his frustration under control. He got up from his chair and stood facing the window. The sun was setting outside sending soft hues of golden orange around that splattered against the window pane.

Alice let go of the topic though her nostrils were still flared. Her grip on the back of the chair was so firm that it was turning her knuckles white. She pulled up her façade of cool demeanor pretty quickly, there were a very few things that truly unruffled her. And her idiot brother just knew how to get under her skin.