The Little Crow

Chapter Twenty Three - [Mother]

Hi everyone!

Thank you once again for sticking by this story! Though you will FINALLY be seeing some progress within the relationship between Niall and Thea, I wanted to take a moment to throw up a trigger/content warning as this chapter does contain some content that may be triggering for some readers.

CONTENT WARNING!!

This chapter contains triggering content such as violence, racism, trauma, and sexual abuse/harassment. Please be mindful of these triggers if you wish to read this chapter.

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Of course, Thea wasn't actually going to go to his house. Even if she was curious and also wanted to apologize... she wasn't going to go to his house. But when she left the inn, she did turn right, and without thinking much about it, she found herself walking up the hill until she spotted the old house all the way at the top, the lights on the bottom floor still on.

As she approached it, she told herself it was too late to turn back, so she had to stop by there. She had to take this chance to apologize. She was going to tell him that she had made a huge mistake. She would tell him that it would never happen again. She would tell him how grateful she was that he and Julian came for her and how she hated herself for putting them in danger. She would beg him to believe that her feelings were genuine.

Yes.

She knew everything she had to tell him.

She would earn his trust back.

And so, when reached the rickety wooden porch and knocked on the door, she took a deep breath, trying to be confident.

She could do this.

The General, as always, was rather quick to open the door, but this time he looked surprised to see her. His response to the sight of her though was a hardening of his expression. "Miss. Rhaanan."

All her prepped words, once again, vanished. Instead, without thinking, she clasped her hands together in front of her, almost as if praying, and closed her eyes tightly. "Please don't fire me!" She begged. She had no other thoughts at that moment and for some reason, she couldn't look at him.

She wanted to be a part of this.

She didn't want to leave the team.

She didn't want to leave him.

"Please give me another chance!"

After a moment, she heard the General sigh. "Theavi, I'm not going to fire you."

She looked at him with sad but pleading eyes. "Really?"

He closed his eyes and shook his head before looking at her again. "Though that's certainly what you deserve... I'm not going to do that."

Her heart filled with relief and almost instantly, all of her pent up anxieties came exploding out as the dam lifted, translating oddly into a mess of tears as she burst out crying.

The General was clearly taken aback by this, not knowing how to react as the woman in front of him cried like a child, trying to stop her own tears and wipe them away with the back of her hands though they wouldn't stop coming. "I'm sorry!" She cried. "I'm so sorry!"