Chapter 24 : Unexpected

Javier’s POV

I felt useless.

Sitting awkwardly in my seat as Theo fought with her father. Dark brown eyes glistened with tears that threatened to spill. Her father, Forest, shot back with some bullshit about giving up his career to take care of his kids.

How he gave up everything for her.

But that wasn’t her fault.

In fact, I got the impression her father didn’t know the whole story. The way the past came back to haunt her. I got a taste of it after Zeus 9, but now, I saw her crumble completely. Her eyes became clouded with pure horror.

A type of terror she couldn’t hide.

She closed her eyes tight, knuckles white with how hard she was gripping herself.

The past had come back for her again, sucking her into an abyss. I wanted to do something. Help her as I watched her disappear behind her eyes. But I didn’t know how to help her. In my one hundred and forty-six years, I had never seen something so horrifying it threw me into a spiral.