My Hunted Mate novel Chapter 56

Corinna

It's nearly a week later before Kai, Dahlia and I make it to Helena's house to visit Atticus. As soon as Kai parks the car, he jumps out, making his way around to my door, to help me out of the car, one of the many things that was starting to get difficult to do by myself now that my bump was that much bigger.

Dahlia lingers back as she answers her phone, that began to ring as she exited the back of the car. She wanders a few feet away, talking back to whoever is on the other end of the device.

Kai and I make it up to the front door, but before we get a chance to knock, it swings open. Atticus doesn't get a chance to greet us, the second he flings open the door, the noise of Dyna screaming and crying inside the house meets our ears and he runs back inside to her, without a word.

Glancing over at Kai, I raise my eyebrows while stepping into the house, gripping his hand in mine and leading the way into the living room. We leave the door open behind us, so Dahlia can come in when her phone call is finished.

Unable to help it, I bite down on my lip when I see the mess the room is in. All around the floor toys belonging to Dyna are flung about, along with clothes, seemingly both clean and dirty. The coffee table has multiple beakers half-filled with juice sitting on it, along with a few dirty baby bowls and plates.

In the corner of the room, Atticus is taking a packet of wipes away from Dyna and shoving the unused ones she had just thrown on the floor back into the pack, causing her to scream, her eyes begin to glow with fire as she throws her tantrum.

Kai takes a step forward, standing in front of me as if to shield me from danger, at first I nearly roll my eyes but then I remember back to went the small child burned my flesh with her hands.

" Mine! " Dyna screeches, point at the wipes in her father's hands.

" No. These are not for playing Dyna. " He tells her sternly, crouching down to her height.

Kai and I watch stunned, as Atticus' eyes begin to glow to match his daughters, when the small child sees this, she falls quiet for a moment then a few seconds later her eyes go back to normal and she stumbles over to her father, directly into his arms with a little giggle.

By now Atticus' eyes have also return to their natural state, his lips stretch into a grin at the sight of his giggling daughter, he picks her up with ease, tossing her in the air and catching her, making her erupt into hysterical laughter.

Settling Dyna on his hip, Atticus' eyes finally fall on Kai and I. " Thank you for coming back, I apologise for the mess, I'm still... adjusting. " He noticeably cringes at this statement, with pain in his eyes.

" Don't worry about it. " Kai tells him, sending a weak smile in his direction.

The three of us stand around in awkward silence until we hear footsteps, followed by Dahlia's bouncing off the walls, getting closer to us as she wanders through the house.

" Sorry about that guys! That was Lila, she wanted to know we were all sa- " Dahlia informs us, she enters the living room looking down at the phone in her hand with a small smile, but it falls and she cuts herself off, freezing completely when her eyes land on Atticus.

" Dahlia? " Atticus breaths, a look of shock has washed over his face, the same look that has taken over Dahlia's.

" Atti? " She gasps, squinting her eyes for a second and shaking her head, as though she is hallucinating.

All of a sudden, both of their faces light up and they both let out cheerful laughs, full of disbelief. Dahlia quickly crosses the room, wrapping an arm around Atticus regardless of the toddler he still holds.

Kai and I both exchange looks of confusion. " You two know one another? " He questions, when their hug ends.