Married To The Mad Vampire Lord novel Chapter 438

Chapter 438: "You were Astral?"_Part 2

Being a parent could be one of the hardest things in the world, and Rohan realized it now as he tried to make up for what he had done wrong to his son, all the while wanting to know what had happened to his wife while she was gone in that state.

Deep in his heart, he had always held on to the fear of being a terrible father to his son one day. He had wanted to be nothing but a role model, but with a life like theirs, where many things weren’t certain, it was hard keeping things in order. His son was angry at him, the kind of anger that didn’t even show on his face or in his eyes, just silent.

The worst kind of anger. Rohan knew that without his wife, he would be nothing, and this had proven it once again. Belle was the string holding their little family together, the one who kept him grounded and made him a better man. Without her, he would not only be a bad father but also a man without direction or care for anyone else in his life. She brought out the best in him, the good he often forgot existed. Without her presence, he didn’t know who he was or what to do with himself.

Rohan found himself in the kitchen preparing food for his wife and son, making pudding for the boy to appease him. He cooked without help from Rav or Evenly, who had volunteered to assist. If Rohan had been in the right state of mind, he would have noticed that something was terribly wrong with Rav, that he looked too pale and the rhythm of his heart no longer beat the same. But looking at him once, no one would have guessed he was sick. Rav hid it well.

When Rohan finished cooking, he carried the food on a tray to their room, where Belle was consoling Angel and trying to convince him that his father hadn’t meant what he did when she was not there.

"Papa no min An-jo bad?"

"Yes," Belle whispered, stroking his head. "Will you talk to papa now?"

He was silent for a moment and then he frowned remembering how his father had hurled him away from his mother and warned him with a mean expression. Angel’s expression hardened.

"No, tawk. No..." Angel shook his head stubbornly. "No wan tawk."

Belle lifted her eyes toward her husband standing in the doorway, her expression weary and resigned. She had tried her best, but their son was stubborn and wanted to believe what his little mind had already convinced him to think, that his father didn’t want him.

After trying more than once that night, Angel finally allowed his father to hold him and feed him his pudding. But even as he ate, he still held those grudging looks in his artificial red eyes.

"You’re not the fast-forgiving kind, are you, Max?" Rohan asked, only to be met with a sharp glare from the little boy’s eyes.

"No tawk."

"Alright then," Rohan said with a faint sigh, "no talk, just eat your meal."

Watching them, Belle, who sat leaning against the headboard, recalled what the Elder Reaper had said. Her son was not only part demon and vampire but also part reaper. A being like that could become immensely powerful, perhaps even more dangerous than his father, and should never have been allowed to exist if she hadn’t meddled with fate in the past.

What she had done had changed the course of things, disrupted the natural order of the world, and given life to a completely different kind of creature, one that should have been impossible to exist.

Angel was a whole different kind of being on his own, Belle thought as she watched her husband and son. Her heart felt full just staring at them, and she was struck by the realization that even if she could turn back the hands of the clock, she would still make the same mistakes, just to have these two in her life.

And yet, to protect the mistake that had become her greatest joy, she now had to do the most despicable things. Her heart tightened at the thought.

Rohan wiped his thumb against his son’s lips, and Belle smiled faintly as Angel finally leaned to rest his head against his father. But her smile slowly fell away at the gravity of her thoughts.

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