Chaptre 41 After a few moments of awkward silence Naomi broke the tension "well you could have made an effort to look nice for my grand return" she joked Rhys smiled at her, she hadn't changed. "I am wearing the best and latest in hospital chic thank you." He sad gesturing to his blue and white hospital gown. "Lucy is bringing me some pyjamas thankfully." "Is Lucy your Mate?" Naomi asked "Yeah. She's going to be thrilled you're here. When we first met she asked me more about you than me" he joked "I didn't know whether I should be jealous" "Well you look fine to me" said Naomi giving her brother an appraising look. "Are you sure you are sick? Or is this some lame attempt to get my attention?" "Hey" he said faking hurt "it worked, didn't it?" Theon chuckled watching the brother and sister's easy comradery. They had been close since they were small but their parents' deaths, when they were teens only made them closer and it had killed Theon that he had been responsible for the rift between them. He hadn't told Naomi but for the first year she was gone her brother was looking everywhere for her, he barely slept and he couldn't shift into his wolf anymore because he was so weak. "When did you get back?" asked Rhys "Today" Naomi answered "just come from dinner with the Alpha family" Rhys rolled his eyes as he knew Naomi had always struggled to be comfortable around the Luna and Marie. "How was it?" "Slightly awkward in places" Naomi answered honestly Rhys looked down at Naomis hands on the blankets and took them in his own bigger hands. He couldn't bring himself to look up into his sisters' eyes. The feeling of guilt that was climbing up his chest and onto his throat was stealing his voice and threatening to overwhelm him. "Nai....i...god I don't even know what to say" he said. Naomi could see tears building up in his eyes. "Did you do it on purpose?" she asked him "Rhys looked horrified by the question "God no of course not" "And would you do it again?" she probed further "On my life, I would never hide something like that from you again or be part of it and as your brother I should have kicked Theon's ass at the time" Rhys said looking furious with himself and Theon. Naomi let out a low chuckle "Yeah, you'd totally win as well" she gave him a reassuring smile. "Let's just leave it where it is, in the past. We've lost too much time." A look of relief washed over Rhys's face and his shoulder sagged a little. Like a weight had been taken off them. "Anyway." Naomi said in a brighter tone "you need to get better asap so that you can show your nephew how to throw a football." "My nephew?!" Rhys asked his face a look of pure surprise. That was all the encouragement Theon needed to whip out his phone and start telling Rhys everything about Alex and show off endless photos of his son. Chaptre 41 +15 Bonus Naomi had a vague sense of bitterness that she and Alex had had to miss several years of this because of that bitch of a witch Lilian but decided to focus on what an amazing feeling it was now she had it. Once Theon had calmed down a bit with the Alex show and tell, Rhys grabbed his phone to show a photo of Lucy. Naomi took the phone from him and Theon and Rhys watched in horror as her eyes rolled back in her head and her body went limp and slid to the floor, Theon catching her just before her head hit the floor. "Just put a pillow under her head and leave her for a few minutes" Rhys instructed "it's just a vision." "You know about them?" asked Theon "Yeah. Has she told you about her wolf?" Rhys asked looking sheepish. Theon nodded. "She was six when she had her first vision." Rhys told Theon. "We were playing in the garden and suddenly she goes like this. I shit myself. I thought she died" Theon could see why. P Comments Support Share