Ras looked at Order when she appeared and looked at his cup of coffee. “Are you cursed?” He sighed and looked back at Order. “First Ashia shows up in my kitchen and ruins my morning with Emily and Chiren. Then I’ve got your stumpy bastard yelling my name and dragging me here for no apparent reason, and now you show up. I’m trying to mind my business and stay away from you people.” Lonnie looked between the two with a frown.<span style="color: #b3b300"> “Leeta and I were getting along fine, I think. She’s hard to read and scared of me but I was trying to earn her trust.”</span>“Shut your drunk ass up. I’ve done nothing to this kid.” A shadow portal appeared and Leeta was pulled through it and dropped onto her couch. “Hey, runt. You’re safe and I’m not interested in hurting you or anyone else. If you need proof you can go visit your big brother, he’s living with his mortal mother. She asked me to show him mercy in exchange that he left me and my family alone and I happily agreed. Everyone that worshipped me and slaughtered Ashia’s brood are in prison and won’t be released for twenty years at a minimum. You’re safe.”<br/><br/><span style="color: #ffcc99">“We’ll see what happens when we reach that bridge, but I can’t be held responsible if I burn it down. When I was alone and expecting to give up the egg I didn’t care much about it, but now that we’re a family I won’t accept anyone else trying to interfere with our family unit. If I have my way he’ll never know Ashia exists and he will only need to worry about you and me.”</span><br/><br/>Chiren listened to her mother but didn’t respond. When she finally spoke it was in a sad and quiet voice.<span style="color: #9999ff">“Put Chi-chin down. Please.”</span>If she was put down she walked over to the first grave and lovingly patted the stone.<span style="color: #9999ff"> “Poppa Ras is good and Chi-chi love him. He wants to be friends with Momma Momma. You need to be friends with him so there are no more of these.”</span>She walked over to the next and gave it a loving pat and then the next.<span style="color: #9999ff">“He want to protect Chi-chi and siblings, and Momma too. He said so. That he wants to see you happy. Poppa Ras can’t lie.”</span><div class="messageTextEndMarker"> </div>