[KIA]
Anyone in her position would have been shocked or even fortune defensive of their position at the mention that they were just standing in for the craziest of the bunch. It wasn't something that anyone would have accepted with ease.
And yet as Kia stared at her protectors, she didn't look surprised. If anything, she felt relieved, almost like a part of the puzzle that had been eating at her was finally making sense.
She felt whole, and happier even.
It was strange, really, for a woman who had the slightest clue about her past to be this happy.
Maybe it's because of what Thando had said and right now, Kia seemed to like the title of Mrs. Hawi more than her title as the werewolf queen. It wouldn't matter soon though, right?
"Why?" Kia asked. She had read a lot about Awuor Sicario.