Unease

"I made some buns and decided to bring some over" Ellie blushed as she stared at Zosia's beautiful red eyes and pale white skin

It was indeed too alluring even for she as a woman! "Oh…" Zosia's cold eyes scanned the buns before resting on Ellie's face

"My mother owned a bakery when I was younger…..so I know a lot about baking" Ellie blushed and Zosia nodded

The buns didn't look dark or rough but was pale white, shining and overall it looked delicious

"Howl" the wolf whimpered sensing an intruder and Ellie froze in fear, her doe eyes darted to Zosia anxiously

"thanks for this….."Zosia nodded as she took the bowl of buns "yea….."Ellie blushed lightly as she then stepped back still staring at Zosia's beautiful face

Damn that beauty was sinful she cursed

"Ma'am" a young soldier hurried over to Zosia almost knocking Ellie over in the process "I'm sorry….."he apologized as he helped Ellie from falling over "thank you…"Ellie whispered

"Ma'am there's someone outside waiting to see you" the soldier reported

"Send them over I'm waiting" Zosia nodded and with a bow the soldier rushed back out

"I'll be on my way then" Ellie blushed as she hurried away to her own apartment

Soon the soldier was back with Athena and her three children

Zosia wasn't shocked as she had anticipated Athena would show up

For selfish reasons or not.... was definitely not her business

"Zosia....." Athena choked on her tears as she ran over to Zosia's side, checking Zosia seriously for any injuries "I'm fine" Zosia's voice was cold devoid of any hint of warmth and without waiting on Athena she walked into the apartment leaving the door open

It was up to Athena to come in or leave

"Such a scheming woman! Dared cozy up to lieutenant" a group of women spat venomously as they walked by

Athena hurriedly pulled her children in and shut the door

"What do you want?" Zosia asked lazily Thule munching on her buns, which surprisingly tasted delicious

The three children trembled seeing the big bad wolf their mother tome in late night stories

Yet the wolves didn't seem interested in them, it just laid next to Zosia's feet

"I'm sorry" Athena bit her lips forcing her tears not to fall "I didn't need you to save me" Zosia spoke bluntly "you should think about how to be strong for your children" she added with a smirk on her lips

"I'm sorry...…"Athena burst into tears, seeing this Lance turned to Zosia who was happily munching on her buns

"Auntie…" Liliana pouted her lips seeing her mum cry so much

"Here have a bun" Zosia passed a bun to Liliana but she backed away still staring at her mother "He just might abandon us someday Zosia, he should never have left you to fight on your own" Athena wiped her tears yet they kept falling

"Mom…. " Liam turned to Zosia, his eyes pleading to Zosia to make his my stop crying

"I'm perfectly fine Athena" Zosia sighed

Damn a crying woman was indeed problematic

Now she couldn't enjoy her buns in peace

"Can I stay here for a while, not here though maybe a military guest house would do" Athena spoke hastily "there should be some of those" Zosia nodded as she stood up and walked out to her next door neighbor Ellie

"Lieutenant's wife…" Ellie smiled seeing Zosia at the door "Zosia…"she stated indifferently

"Oh..... Zosia, what can I do for you?" Ellie asked directly "I was wondering how I could get the military guest house pass?" Zosia asked and Ellie hastily walked in

"This is mine, you can use it for the time being..." she said as she walked out with a yellow card. A low grade guesthouse pass it was "your husband should have his own pass too" she added and Zosia took the pass casually

"Thanks" she forced a small smile on her lips before walking back to her own apartment "mom….she's so pretty" Elias muttered as he stared at Zosia's retreating figure

Damn she was sexy!

"That's the lieutenant's wife boy" Ellie glared a at him before shutting the door quickly

She wasn't about to draw the wrath of Riezekiel on her family

Especially with the zergs' movements uncertain

"Here" Zosia handed the pass to Athena who blinked in shock

"We can stay here…..?" She asked anxiously "mm, if you can get the old man to stay with you and the children" Zosia added as she continued to munch on her buns

Just maybe she could get more delicious things from her next door neighbor in the future

The thought of this made her smile unconsciously

"Your smile is beautiful" Athena chuckled seeing Zosia stiffen at her words

"You should save the energy for protecting your children" Zosia waved her off unwilling to engage with Athena any further

And this made Athena's heart ache

It was all his fault and now she's lost someone so dear to her!

"I'll be on my way…. Thank you so much Zosia" Athena bowed in appreciation

What could she have done on her own

At least with the military

She and her kids had some protection till things went out of control

"You shouldn't rely solely on the military…. If u can hone your magic skills, that's your best bet to survival. Yourself!" Zosia added watching Athena leave with her children

She sighed

Well if she sheltered Athena any further

Will that woman be able to protect what she held dear when things went out of hand? She thought as she grabbed an energy drink from her space

The sweet flavor of the drink was soothing with the buns

The perfect combination

And with nothing else to do she began to prepare dinner in wait for her husband

~

"How's it….?" Riezekiel's asked calmly though his darks orbs betrayed the anxiety building in his heart "it's worse than we anticipated….. Ren and Rico's team barely came out alive!" Cedric reported and Riezekiel's hands tightened on the document he was holding

Her pale white face flashed in his mind and his hands hardened even more

"The base has to be on lock down to protect everyone! We need to deploy our strongest soldiers for everyone's safety!" Tristan snapped hurling the document in his hands to the wall

The weight of the news was unnerving and devasting, bringing a sense of unease to every soldiers hearts

"Send a message back to my wife Azreal, make sure she knows i won't be home tonight!" Riezekiel sighed heavily

"We'll have to go through with Tristan's suggestion for the safety of the people" General Logan commented and the other soldiers nodded

They had families here and they had to protect everyone with their lives!!!!