Chapter 34: The night of the awakening

Chapter 34: Chapter 34: The night of the awakening

Penelope’s POV

Once we were back in our living room, Aunt Lucy and Ben had rushed off to their respected bedrooms to freshen up. I walked over to Aunt Mary and said "Aunt, Erik and I made a huge discovery. We are able to store our home into the space. That way we do not have to worry about our living situation in the space."

Aunt Lucy tilted her head and asked "But if we do that, where will you and the rest live? Are you taking them to your home? What about storing that house instead?"

I smiled at her idea and said "Well, we think it will be best if we move to the condominiums Uncle gifted us."

"We’re moving?" Kai asked.

"Yes, after taking into account the damage that this terrain will face when the extreme rain, heat, cold come, we decided to move over. We have the last 5 floors to ourselves. So we should be okay. It’s very important that we leave at dawn." Erik said.

The room stayed quiet. We were waiting on Aunt Mary’s decision.

"If we take the house....it won’t feel like we are leaving Charles behind." she said. Her words had sadden me. I knew how hard Aunt, Erik and Kai had taken his death. At least, with the house entering the space, Uncle Charles memory would be with aunty.

"We are also going to ask Aunt Lucy and Ben if they would like for us to take their home too." Erik said. He knew that, just like his mom, Aunt Lucy might be feeling a bit uncomfortable with the idea of leaving behind the home her and her husband built.

"I am sure they would love that." Aunt Mary responded.

"Aunt, we will also be taking my home too. That’s the first home I bought with my hard earn money, I don’t want to lose it either." I said quietly. I didn’t want her to think that I didn’t want to live with her. I would still stay in our home, but I felt a special connection with that home. All of my parents memorandums were placed there. I made sure to make it feel like the "Wolfe" estate.

Right when Aunt Mary was going to respond, they heard the doorbell ring. Penelope looked at the time and saw that it was almost 7pm.

"I’ll get it, I think that should be our last guest of the night." I said with a smile.

I walked up to the entrance door and saw Killian standing there.

"Hey, you’re early. Come inside. Have you ate?" I asked. He was wearing Black slacks and an ivory/light cream polo knit shirt. I couldn’t help but take another glance at his outfit. This man sure had style.

"Yes, I had something to eat before arriving. I know this is an unusual situation but I brought gifts for your family." He said.

Well, alright then. I stepped aside to let him enter. I reached out to help carry his gifts. Well, I guess manners are still hard to forget.

"Thank you, you shouldn’t have. Aside from my brothers and Aunt, I have another Aunt and a friend over. Her name is Aunt Lucy and his name is Ben. They will be joining our little group." I said as we walked towards the living room.

Once we reached the living room, I saw that my brothers and Aunt Mary were already standing. I walked up to them with Killian and introduce them.

"Killian, this is my Aunt Mary, my eldest brother Erik, and my younger brother Malakai"

"Nice to meet you, I am Killian Remington. I’m sorry for the inconvenience. Please accept these small gifts as a token of my sincerity." Killian said as he handed over the gifts he brought over. I was genuinely curious about what he thought of gifting.

"Hello, I am Mary Ryker, nice to meet you." Aunt Mary said with a huge smile on her face.

"Hello, I am Erik Ryker." Elder brother said as he reached out to help grab the gifts. He sat then on the coffee table and proceeded to shake his hand.

"Hi, I’m Malakai, but just call me Kai." Kai said smiling as he glanced between Killian and I.

Just when the atmosphere got awkward, we heard footsteps coming down the stairs.

Aunt Lucy and Ben were walking down and whispering among themselves. They must have been marveling about the major physical appearance boost they got.

"Killian, this is Aunt Lucy and brother Ben." I said. Not really sure how to introduce them. They weren’t exactly strangers, but they weren’t blood relatives either.

"Hello, My name is Killian Remington." He said. "Pleased to meet you." He also handed them a gift each. I was a bit shocked since I did not see him carrying so many things.

"Hello dear, you can just call me Aunt Lucy and this goofball is Ben." Aunt Lucy went ahead and omitted on providing a last name. Not sure why.

"Hi" Ben nodded at him.

Well this was just odd. It felt like I was introducing a future boyfriend. Someone needed to break the ice, and pronto.

"So, I’m assuming all of you are aware of the inpending doom approaching?" Killian asked.

"Yes, we have prepared as much as possible" Erik nodded.

Silence, again.

Well, I’m beginning to see the similarities between Killian and Erik.

"So Killian, Penny said you will be joining our crusade?" Kai asked. Clearly trying to ease the tension in the room.

"Yes, survival the apocalypse alone is no easy feat." Killian answered.

"What made you choose our family?" Erik asked. I could tell he was trying to figure out if Killian was a friend or a foe.

Killian looked at me and asked in a low voice "have you mentioned anything to them a but what I told you?" His voice was so low that I could barely hear him. I nodded once I registered what he asked.

After my nod, he smiled and turned back to my family. He proceeded on telling them my ending in his past life. He made sure to speak frankly to them. "Honestly, I wasn’t sure why either. I just didn’t want her to die again. She is a great person, and a great friend. I saw with my own eyes how my family betrayed me. I figured we might as well team up. I value loyalty above all. As long as your family harbors no ill-will towards me, I will be loyal to this group."

Erik’s veins were practically making a cameo on his chin. I could tell he didn’t like that comment. But could you blame Killian? The memories he recollects are the ones where my predecessor died in the hands of the original female lead and her brother, the male lead just stood by and watched.

Aunt Mary and Aunt Lucy turned pale as they heard my ending in his past life. Sure, he worded it more as a dream, but what a horrible thing to share. Sure I mentioned it briefly, but Killian gave a detailed description of what happened. Omitting the fact that I was betrayed, of course.