THE RETURN OF GENERAL KAI

Chapter 10

Kai looked out from the corner of his eye. It was Rosetta, Sarah’s self-proclaimed rival. Before she got to the table, Kai quickly threw Maverick a look, cautioning him and telling him to remain calm without words.

“Wow! Look who the tide washed in! I didn’t think I’d get to see you in the capital anymore.” She started, dropping her designer bag on their table.

“Good day to you too, Rosetta.” Kai said in a flat tone. He knew better than to indulge her. She got off by him simply engaging with her. To say she was obsessed was putting it mildly.

Rosetta scoffed before continuing her failed attempt at taunting, “word on the street is that Sarah’s family finally got fed up with you two. Not only were you two freeloading but you violated your terms of living with them. Can’t keep it in your pants, can you?”

As she spoke, Maverick struggled to ignore the obnoxious and ignorant woman that was yapping at their table, gathering the attention of the people present. At the mention of Sarah though, he noticed Kai’s expression softened for a second and then hardened. Who was she?

Maverick watched Kai’s fist slowly harden. It was obvious he was intentionally holding back, biting his tongue. Why? With one intent, this loud, blabbermouth, eyesore of a woman would cease to exist and be forgotten by all who knew her. It looked like him but he did not act like the general he knew. No one could breathe the wrong way around Kai Rylan. This was a husk, he was a shadow of himself and it was hard, even painful to watch.

“Mute? Or embarrassed? Where is Sarah even? No one has seen her shadow since the news spread. She must be ashamed to have made such a mistake.” Rosetta continued to taunt.

Kai was used to being an object of ridicule but ever since his memories started to return, his patience was growing thinner by the second. He had not yet awoken his powers but he had a strong feeling that he could split her head open with just two fingers. Her presence irritated her more than the words that came out of her mouth. Everything in him ached to do unspeakable things to her for just existing, for daring to speak to him, for speaking about Sarah.

Drawing a deep breath, he decided to remain calm despite the heat within. She hated him for one reason and one reason only. She was the one who dared Sarah to walk up to him at the bus stop because she was too scared to. She tried to go behind Sarah’s back and approach Kai but he rejected her three years ago. This was before she found out that he was a nobody with no name and Sarah taunted her for it once. 

Sarah got him and she could not live with it. Rosetta loved Kai first but was too scared of what her family would think unlike Sarah who did not care. She was forced to marry a man her father’s age to keep her bloodline noble. Ever since then, she made it her life's mission to make a fool of Sarah Pierce and Kai whenever she got the chance. It gave her a purpose and hearing the news of Sarah’s pregnancy broke her and made what was already obvious clear to her, Kai was never going to be hers.

It drove her mad. “Are you just going to sit there and ignore me, Kai?!” Silence. Maverick watched his general stare into space. He wanted badly to tell the obnoxious lady off. He could easily do that and send her away without speaking or touching her but that would mean going against Kai’s orders and that was something he could never do and so he sat and watched, holding his breath.

“How do you plan on paying for her pregnancy care? I hear her mom had to step in since she was disowned by her own grandfather. I guess soiling his bloodline with pauper blood was something he could not overlook? Do you feel miserable? Helpless?” She came closer to his face.

“Hey, you should move back.” Maverick finally interceded but it was too late. Kai was no longer as patient and enduring as he used to be pre- his memories. Kai looked at Maverick before he lost his vision, eyes going white and Maverick darted on his feet, shocking Rosetta.

At that same moment, what felt like an earthquake started and everyone started to panic and run, the entire restaurant was thrown into a frenzy, the entire city too. Rosetta stood, frozen with fear as she watched Kai Rylan who she had taunted all these years. His eyes were completely white and of a certainty, she knew the “earthquake” was from him.

The wall began to fall and Maverick called out “My Lord! You’re going to kill these innocent people!”

He would never be able to stop Kai in a Millenia. He could barely feel the energy from Kai as he did when he was still on his seat and yet he was about to rip open the city.

“Kai!” Kai heard Sarah’s voice calling him from the abyss he was stuck in. 

He came to and the rumbling stopped immediately. Rosetta was still glued to the floor right beside his table. She and Maverick watched Kai as he cleared his throat, getting up.

Before he left, he turned to look at Rosetta and grabbed a cup of water and poured it on her. “You look like you’ve seen a ghost.” He said with a smirk but she heard the true message which was “be careful around me.” He didn’t need to say it out loud and she was glad he didn’t.

The water washed off her heavy makeup, staining her white designer shirt but she did not care. 

“Here.” The heavily tattooed man handed her a paper towel before hurrying after Kai. She turned to look at the backs of the two men that retreated and the only thing she could think of was since when did Kai have such a deafening and overwhelming air about him.

Something told her that he could easily steal her breath. She was just glad to be alive.