Page 21 of Light in Your Eyes (Romero Brothers #1)

Kellan

It was the day everything went dark for me. I couldn’t see anything. Only darkness.

Fenrir was beside me. He was the only parent figure I had after mom and dad died.

“Where’s Jaxon?” I asked, wondering where my brother had gone.

After the tragedy, Jaxon rarely left my side, like his whole life depended on me, so the fact that he wasn’t by my side made me restless.

“Jaxon is in another room with a psychiatric,” Fenrir said.

I’d heard that Jaxon needed to see a doctor too, especially related to his mental health. I hoped that he was okay.

I didn’t know what I would do if I lost him too. He was like my lifeline.

“How are you feeling?” Fenrir asked .

A sigh left my mouth. “It sucks,” I muttered. “I couldn’t see anything, and I hated it.” My voice cracked.

I couldn’t imagine if I had to spend the rest of my life without any light to see the world again.

I just wanted to be a normal person. I didn’t have to be a leader like Jaxon. I just wanted to be normal.

“Have you talked to the doctor again about my eyes?” I asked Fenrir with a hopeful tone.

“Actually…” he faltered, as though he was hesitant about what he was about to tell me.

My heart beat faster. I couldn’t take it if I had to hear another bad news. Everything had already been a nightmare for me.

“I’ve talked to the doctor,” Fenrir finally said.

I waited for him to say more, hoping that everything would be alright.

“And what did he say?” I asked with anticipation.

Fenrir was silent for long seconds, but then he let out a painful sigh. “Your eyes…” He sounded like he was about to break down.

And I hated it. Fenrir was a strong man, so if he broke apart, it must have been something really awful.

“What is it?” I demanded. “What did the doctor say? Tell me.”

“Kellan.” It sounded like he was begging me to stop demanding him to talk.

“Just say it,” I insisted.

“But you have to accept the fact,” he said, heartbreakingly.

“What fact?” My voice was barely a whisper.

“That you will never see again.” He finally cried .

I felt like my heart stopped beating for a second.

I’d experienced everything around me crumbling, and with this newly found fact, I didn’t think that I could survive another one.

“What?” I rasp. “There isn’t any hope for me?”

Fenrir sniffed. I could feel his movement as he was leaning closer to me. His skin brushed mine while he was trying to hold my hand.

I snapped his hand off furiously.

“No. It can’t be.” What came out of my mouth was pure agony. My sobs started to break.

I didn’t want to be blind forever.

Fenrir took a deep breath. “Your doctor told me that the accident caused significant damage to your brain that led to your blindness. It was related to your neurology system, and it was impossible to fix.”

“No,” I cried in disbelief.

“I know that this is hard for you,” Fenrir said softly.

But I couldn’t hear anything anymore from him.

I didn’t want to hear anything.

I didn’t want to hear that I was going to be blind forever.

Something wet dropped onto my chest. I hadn’t even realized that I’d been crying so hard.

My tears wouldn’t stop falling from my eyes and rolling down my cheeks.

“It’s not the end, Kellan,” Fenrir said gently.

How could I believe him? How could I believe that this wasn’t the end for me?

I felt like falling apart again for the countless times.

“You still have a future,” Fenrir said. “You still have Jaxon, and me.” He sniffed again, and I knew that he was crying with me. “We will always be there for you. We will protect you.”

I couldn’t say anything. All I could do was crying. And it was fucking pathetic.

“No.” My voice was trembling as I shook my head in disbelief. “No,” I shouted at the top of my lungs.

“Kellan.” Someone’s voice echoed in my ears. It was a girl’s voice. “Kellan,” she shouted louder. “Wake up.”