<span style="color: #b3b300">“Neither of those would hold up in court, he teleported her back but let her leave again. That’s not a crime. But enough of that, we should just agree to disagree. Wait, the cult murdered Ashia’s brood without Ras knowing and then he found out and had them all arrested. Was he expected to just murder them all in retaliation? Jasmine? Alright, I’ll send a letter her way.”</span>He looked at the house and shook his head.<span style="color: #b3b300">“Too big for my tastes, but I can’t exactly with having a roof over my head. For now let’s just worry about getting her back.”</span><br/><br/><span style="color: #99ccff">“Well that’s too fucking bad. She knows him, your household isn’t suitable for her, and he makes her happy. You failed my daughter and he picked up the reigns.” </span>Ras looked down at Chiren as she slowly settled down then back to Ashia. “And I’ve always found new reasons to not let you close, I know. I am fully aware of how badly I have screwed up. I failed you, I failed your children, I failed my unborn siblings.”<span style="color: #99ccff">“Ras, you don’t have to take this from someone like her. Chiren loves you and I will support you raising her.”</span>Ras looked between the two and shook his head. “No, Ashia is right.”<span style="color: #99ccff">“No, she’s not, she’s spiteful and just wants to hurt you by turning Chiren against you. She can’t make Chiren like her so she wants Chiren to hate you.”</span>He conjured a table for the three of them and chairs. “Chiren, can I talk to you and tell you something very important?” Chiren lifted her head and nodded with a quiet sniffle.<span style="color: #99ccff">“If she turns on him, Ashia, you better make peace with killing me. Because I’ll never let you near my daughter again. I won’t let her turn out like an ignorant savage like you or her sisters, she deserves better and you’re not fit to raise her.”</span>Emily sat down and glared at Ashia then Ras as he cradled Chiren and started to tell her of his long and ugly past with Ashia. Predictably, the child had a lot of questions and disagreements with him but he preserved and explained everything to her. Ras didn’t try to sugarcoat anything or bend the truth and then he was done Chiren slowly crawled out of his arms and sat on the center of the table. “Ashia, your son is alive and well. I even supplied his mother with food and money to help nurse him back after my attack. But you should ask Vyre about the time she attacked him and how she still wants to kill him. When I attacked your son his mother intervened and asked for mercy, she asked me to spare him and promised that I would never see him again. But I had put him in the situation and once the emotions settled I did what I could to make it right. I’ve seen him once since then but I stayed away from him to let him be. I’m tired of being enemies, Ashia. I’m trying to settle down and be a simple family man, just like you want to settle down.”<div class="messageTextEndMarker"> </div>