Chapter Seventeen: "The comeback"

Alex Mendoza.

(One week before the party)

I lie down on the bed and rest my arms under my head, staring at the ceiling. A ceiling full of stars that shine in the dark, the same ones that she liked to look at: and with it a vision accompanies me to see her again.

I am in a forest and everything is so quiet that from my position I can hear the passing of a stream. I look up and see stars streaking across the sky and the glow of the full moon.

I approach the river as if by instinct and there I see her: crouched absently touching the water. Suddenly I hear a familiar voice that makes my blood boil.

"It's nice is not it?"

"Yes."

I observe how small she looks drawing nonsensical shapes in the water and while I lose myself observing her, he approaches her.

"You were supposed to give me some quiet time," she says and I notice how tense she is.

"You don't believe that or you," Henry says with a malicious smile on his face. "It's been too long since you've been gone, you have obligations as my daughter. You have to come back."

"I wish it wasn't "she whispers and my soul breaks when I hear it.

He approaches her at such speed that the leaves around her fly around them, creating a pretty but terrifying image.

"Do you think I wanted to have you?" He says through clenched teeth. "It was just a one-night stand and look what kind of gift came after that." The contempt in his voice is palpable. "Although, to be honest, I'm glad I had you. Do you know how powerful you are? You've been playing for decades " He stops trying to find a word that can describe what she's been up to " is trying to be a different person, playing actress, and let me tell you, it won't do you any good at all. You can run, flee, but you will always end up in the same place. Here, "he says, pointing the surroundings," with me, explaining the same shit to you since you started this stupid thing."

"That's not true," Karla says, trying to hide what she feels when hearing her own father say such words so lacking in sentiment.

"Why would I lie to you?" he shrugs without any feeling in his words "Although I'm glad I didn't kill you, and it surprises me at the same time. Together we will be unstoppable, darling. ”He places his hands on her cheeks with false affection. "We can make the world what we want and with the help of your mother even better. Although I don't think it's going to help us to destroy the world. ”He rolls his eyes in exhaustion and irritation. "I remember when I met her. She was beautiful "He looks at the ground trying to hide a nostalgic smile " and I fell in love with her as soon as I saw that smile of hers. You have inherited it, did you know?"

She shakes her head.

"You never wanted to talk about mom."

"True, very true. Today is your lucky day, Karla. Today you turn eighteen again. ”He rolls his eyes again. "I hope this is the last time you make me explain this shit to you, understood? If you do this foolish thing again "his contempt is remarkable in his words" I swear that I will end your existence and give a fuck how powerful you are. I can make another one like you, even better, understood?"

Karla shrugs with apparent disinterest, which I know is false.

"It all started one afternoon with the sun already starting to fade," he says after a tired sigh and rolls his eyes as he has to repeat himself. "I made my way to the same bar that I had been frequenting the last few years. However, that day was different. The same rock always came, instead that day there was a person who had entered a very bad place."

And at that moment I open my eyes and I wake up. My heart is racing, drops of sweat slide down my forehead and I proliferate a thousand and one oaths because Aradia's arrival is approaching and whenever she appears I see the same vision. Whenever she appears, great things happen and they are never good.