Comeback Of The Adored Heiress
Love Unbreakable
Bound By Love: Marrying My Disabled Husband
Unspoken Hearts: My Neglected Mute Wife's Escape
Return, My Love: Wooing the Neglected Ex-Wife
Moonlit Desires: The CEO's Daring Proposal
Love After Divorce
Tears Of The Moon: A Dance With Lycan Royalty
A Second Chance With My Billionaire Love
Unshackled Brilliance: Catching The CEO's Eye
Blood ran cold as Moran approach his daughter who is sitting on the stairs of the porch of the house. Seeing the pitiful and terrified face of Hera, he asked, "Why are you still outside? It's already late at night, get in."
Moran's voice was cold and stern as he ordered Hera. He passes by her as he went inside the house. He sat down on a wooden short stool and took off his boots then look towards Hera once again who's still sitting on the stairs. Annoyance began to stir inside as he watches Hera.
"Get in and close the door, it's cold!"
Hera slightly jolts in alarm as she heard her father's voice. She can notice the tone in his voice which she doesn't want to press any buttons even further. She might not be doing anything, she's just standing there, meekly standing there and it seems like her very presence was enough for her father to burst out in annoyance. Without taking any further time, she turned around and meekly stepped in closed the door behind her. She stood there with her head hang low seemingly afraid to look at her father or to even steal a slightest glimpse.
"What are you still doing there? Aren't you gonna sleep?" Moran asked, his eyes narrowed at her with that usual suspicion and irritation in his gaze which pierced deep into the soul of his children. Hera opened her mouth and about to speak but her words got caught in her throat. Before she could ever blurt out the words that she might not even had a second to think about, she nodded meekly then went to her bed.
She entered the room where she and her older sister Karyll and her older brother Arias shared. Karyll was already in her deep sleep and obviously occupied by the blanket of slumber but except for Hera. She has something in her mind, something she's been meaning to tell her father but Moran just pushed her away and shutting her. She approach the makeshift bed on the floor where she and her sister shared. She lift up the blanket then settled on the bed and cover herself.
Moran was taking his time to rummage through the kitchen, preparing himself for some food and coffee. He went outside the porch and settled there as he eats. After he was done eating, he put his plate just beside him then took his coffee. He began wandering around the house and the yards with his headlight on his head. When he went to the backyard where he mostly kept the animals and meters away from the house, he notices that the cages were empty. His handmade hanged cages for his chickens, supported by a couple of sturdy woods as the base. His cages which supposed to be filled with his roosters, hens, and chicks now only seemed to be filled with silence. He can feel his heart picking up speed as he walk even further near the cages and indeed, it was all empty. He grit his teeth and his eyes widen and narrowed in anger as he stormed towards the house.
"Hera!" He shouted, his voice laced with rage. He angrily open the door and went straight to the bedroom where Hera and her siblings sleep.
Karyll who suddenly woke up in alarm already know what's going on by the tone of their father's voice. She quickly wrap her arms around Hera who's trembling in fear. "What did you do this time?", Karyll asked, whispering.
"The chickens... I... I didn't put them in their cages. Father will beat me if I'll tell him," Hera whisper back. "What? You know he loves those chickens more than us," Karyll said. She pull Hera closer to her as they hide under the blankets. Moran was inching closer towards the door before he kicks it open.