Chapter 199 - "You Are Dangerous, Percy"

"Salvatore hurt you?" Persephone asked Santiago when they exited the door. 

He glanced at her in surprise. "You knew?"

"I had my doubts," She smiled bitterly. "I am sure he didn't agree to let Ellison come with you. He had done an amazing job at keeping her away from this dark part of his life." 

"You are right," Santiago murmured. "He didn't agree with Alicia coming with me to meet Killian. But he couldn't stop her from meeting her brother. And I don't think they will be on talking terms anytime soon. But now she has Killian to be cared by, she has nothing to worry about." 

"Santiago?" Persephone paused in her footsteps. "You believe that she should separate from Salvatore?"

Santiago looked horrified. "Of course not, he must clear up all the mess he had made. He must do all the things it takes to win her heart back. I can see they are in love and they have a child together. They must not separate at all. And I don't think Killian would ever control his sister's marital love especially when he wasn't a part of her life for a long time." 

Persephone smiled as she took a step ahead. "You can control who Valencia can love but he can't? I don't understand your logic sometimes." 

With this said, she walked to where Ellison was waiting for Santiago with Emy. 

Behind her, Santiago was standing rooted to his place. 

… 

"Hi," Persephone smiled at Alicia. 

"Hello," Alicia smiled back as she came out of the car. 

"Hello, little miss," Persephone grinned at Emy. "Would you like to come with Aunt Percy and let your mama go to your uncle? I have lots of chocolate at home." She extended her arms and asked, "Would you come with me?" 

Emy looked at her mama who was nodding at her. Taking her mom's permission, she stepped down from her mom's arms and held Percy's finger to go with her. 

"Are you ready, Alicia?" Santiago asked her with a smile. 

Alicia gave out a tight smile. She didn't know what to say. She was just numb. 

Following Santiago, she entered the house that was about to change her whole life. When she entered the door, her gaze fell on a man whose build was very similar to her husband and eyes identical to her daughter's. The same chocolate eyes. 

She didn't need to ask before recognising her own brother. She felt her feet walking on their own as if they couldn't stop today. She stopped just a few inches away from Killian as if drinking his image. Trying to find some familiarity but she didn't find any. She didn't even remember how he even looked back then. But she had her parents' picture and he just looked like their father. 

She threw her arms around him and cried in his embrace. 

"Alicia, I finally found you," Killian whispered, his throat was tight as if he could utter a word. He felt his cheeks damp as he buried her in his chest. 

This was his sister. 

He had waited many years for this day. 

Ever since he had known that his sister could be alive, he had imagined this scene a thousand times in his mind. 

He had always believed that one day he would find her. 

But he had never imagined that she would accept him this easily. 

"I have always thought, what if you don't need me anymore? The thought of not being accepted by my sister always scared me. But not anymore. I have searched heaven and hell for you, Alicia. We are not orphans anymore. We at least have each other." 

She let out a choked sob but nodded her head in the end. 

She wasn't familyless. She has a big brother now. 

"I'm so happy," she whispered in the end. 

… 

"Salvatore Marino, you sure have the guts to hit my husband," This was the first thing Persephone said as soon as her call connected. 

Salvatore heaved out a long-suffering sigh. "I thought he was going to hurt her. I didn't know he was taking her to meet her brother." He paused for a moment and then added, "I swear Percy I didn't know her brother was alive. If I had known, I would have made them meet a long time ago. I'm not that cruel." 

"I still can't understand why the hell you married Belle? Do you know that you are destroying her life too?" Persephone shouted at him. She decreased her volume when she saw Emy wobbling her lip, about to cry. "No. No. Baby. I'm scolding my big brother. I am not scolding Emy. Our Emy is a good child. I will give you more chocolate if you won't cry." 

Hearing about more chocolates, Emy smiled at her and turned her attention to television once again. 

"You are not allowed to give my daughter chocolate. It's late at night and she is still watching television. And I'm serious about not feeding her chocolate," Salvatore told her. 

"She is my niece too. I'm allowed to spoil her once in a while," Persephone retorted. 

Salvatore sighed. "You are right. But don't feed her too many sweets. She will keep Ali up at night." 

"Don't change the course of conversation," Persephone muttered. "I expect answers." 

"You wanted to know why I married Isabelle? And why am I destroying her life? She knows that the marriage is not but a sham and I married her for Alicia. She was so close to solving the mystery named Alicia Palmero," Salvatore told her. "That woman is not who she looked like. She is dangerous, Percy. I needed to stop her from disappearing and there was no option other than to bind her with me. She was hell-bent on destroying everything I spent years trying to achieve." 

Persephone was not surprised. Isabelle didn't look like an easy character. 

"Is it true that she is Edward Kingsley's daughter with Elena Moore?" She asked. 

"How did you know?" Salvatore quickly reacted. 

Persephone scoffed. "I have my ways, Salvatore."

"You are dangerous, Percy," Salvatore couldn't help but utter. 

"If you know I am dangerous, then why did you touch Santiago?" She growled. "He is my husband and father of my child, Salvatore. I hope you will remember it perfectly this time. And of all people, you have no right to judge him." 

"I'm sorry," Salvatore said. He couldn't understand what was happening in her life. But it seemed she had everything under control now. He hadn't seen a fierce Persephone for a long time. And all he could say was he didn't need to worry about her. 

"I need a way to contact Edward Kingsley anonymously," He heard her say. "Let's not pretend to be who we are not, brother. It's time we all work together. You, I and Santiago. We have a common goal. There is no point in fighting against each other." Before he could say anything, she said, "I'm not asking to be neat friends, just allies for this time. We are going to take down a gigantic monster. Think before denying 

"Sure," he said in the end.. "Ask your husband to contact me."