Chapter 111 Seren

• Aunt Alena’s desperate eyes were watching me. I could see the pain and desperation within her gaze and it made me feel bad for her. She was waiting on an answer from me, I knew that. But, in all honesty, what answer did I have to give? No answer that was going to ease the pain she was feeling, that was for certain. I had no clue where Lachlan was, or why he was acting this way. I had tried to mindlink him as I left only for him to ignore me. No, I did not reach out to him otherwise, but that was purely because I could not handle the disapointment of looking at my phone only to see he had once again not responded...
• What could I tell my Aunt? All I had done was follow the orders he had given me. That did not paint her son in the best way, and I did not want to make her feel worse than she already did. I had a feeling enough bad things were currently being said about Lachlan as it was, and they had to hurt Aunt Alena, I did not need to add to that. Lachlan was not the only one to blame. I agreed to do as he had asked. We made this plan together. Admittedly, me leaving had not been one of Lachlan's choices but I had decided it was time to start acting for me. His lack of contact had pushed me toward that decision and nothing was about to change that.
• I looked down to my feet, feeling uncomfortable from the intense gaze of my Aunt, but as I did I heard my Mum clear her throat. “Alena, come here and help with this please.” She said, her voice a little sharp, making me wonder if she could tell what had just happened. Cole had warned me not to talk of Lachlan, so I could not help but question if Mum had asked the same of my Aunts. Lachlan appeared to be a forbidden topic.