Outside the door, relatives eavesdropped and various expression of shock colored their faces. Some wondered if Sienna was doing the right thing: teaching her children to be ruthless at a young age.

Others wondered how she had held back her own anger and given Eli a chance to work through his anguish. The boy had not stopped blaming himself since the attack. He could hardly look his mother in the eyes without lowering his head.

But none of them knew what Elias did. If not for the so called divine blood, his wife would not have survived. Eli would never have forgiven himself. The incident would have left a shadow on him forever.

In the room, Sienna pulled Eli back, embracing him tightly. "Enough. You have done well. You are your father’s son, and mine."

Eli collapsed into her arms, sobbing loudly.

She patted his back gently. "It’s okay." With a single hand, she pulled Ali into her embrace as well. "It’s okay babies. Everything is going to be okay."

Elias’s cold eyes briefly softened as he looked at his children and his wife. Hopefully, this would be the last time they encountered some danger. This experience had not just been a nightmare to them, but him too. A reminder that he could never be too careful.

Sienna rose and said decisively, "Let’s go home."

Elias was taken aback. "Now! Go home? Why?"

She rolled her shoulders back. "I am feeling fine already, the doctors recommended bed rest and minimum activity for a week. All this can be done from home. The mouse is coming with us. It is time for him to have a hot reunion with his lover."

Gary shuddered. It seemed like they had got Susie too. But, what did she mean by hot reunion? What was she planning? Whatever it was, it didn’t sound good. "Palace agents," he squeaked, "please hand me over to them. Or enforcers. I will confess my crime and go to prison."

Elias kicked him in the ribs. "Too late. You should have thought of the consequences before you stretched your arms to touch my family. Surely, you knew that it was a dangerous decision." He gestured to the guards. "Take him to the ship and prepare for set off in thirty minutes. Send a team to scout ahead, in case there are obstacles."

The guards moved in swiftly, dragging the mouse beast man out. He screamed for help, hoping the soldiers of the royal family would move in. But they looked the other way on Lenard’s orders.

Twenty minutes later, Elias carried Sienna out of the room, followed by their cubs. More guards fell in line, flanking them on every side.

"We are going home." Elias announced.

Naturally, the rest of the group followed.

****

Another thing Sienna had been pondering since she survived the brutal attack was coming clean. The system given tasks could not be completed if Elias did not cooperate with her. Instead of using tricks and schemes, being direct would be the best solution.

So, while the children slept during the flight home, in Mija’s Linus 300, she pulled him to another private cabin for a conversation. Elias pushed a button on the largest chair in the center, causing it to recline into a full bed. Its temperature instantly adjusted to Sienna’s heat. Built in massage functions hummed quietly as they came to life, easing some of the tension she had been enduring.

She sat up quickly, abandoning the promise comfort. The conversation they were about to have needed her full alertness.

He tried to push her back down immediately. "The doctor said minimum movement."

Sienna pushed his hand aside, "I have only taken a few steps, I will be fine." She gestured to the opposite chair, "sit down, we need to have a conversation about me."

He settled in the chair, tapping his fingers on the armrest. He could tell from the tone of her voice and tension in her body that this conversation was probably a troubling one. 𝑓𝘳𝘦𝑒𝑤𝑒𝘣𝘯ℴ𝘷𝘦𝓁.𝑐𝑜𝑚

Sienna sighed. There was not other way to say it, she had to be direct. "I am not her." She lifted her eyes to meet his, "I am not the Sienna Miller you married. She died, or....her soul left this body and I was pulled into it from another world."

Silence.

She let it go on for a minute and then cleared her threat. "Elias, do you understand what I am saying?"

He put his hands together and leaned forward. "I already figured that part out the moment you displayed your mental strength ability. I confirmed it even more when you threw yourself in front of Eli to protect him from the assassin. No matter how much the old Sienna changed, there are some things that are just not like her. People don’t change in a single night. She valued her life so much that she would have pushed Eli towards those claws as long as she saved herself Selfishness was her nature. So, I knew you were not her, I just hadn’t been able to figure out what was going on with you."

Sienna twisted her lips to the side. So he was not as fooled as I thought, she thought.

Mrs. Miller had not seen her daughter in at least six years, so she could accept the changes quickly. Soren had been young when they last saw each other, and he was relieved not to carry the burden of the future of their family anymore, while having a sister that loved him. So, he had also accepted the changes quickly. Even if they had suspicions, they didn’t care.

Only Elias had been suspicious from the beginning. But, his voice was too calm. Where was the explosion of anger or something? "Don’t you think I am a monster?"

He laughed. "I have known you for more than a month now. All I have seen is a woman that loves my children, cares for them, and protects them. If you asked Ali and Eli if they had to choose between whatever you are and her, they would choose you within a heartbeat." He leaned forward, looking into her eyes intensely. "And so would I."