The Dragon Prince’s Forbidden Affair
CHAPTER 49.0: Return to the Human World

CHAPTER 49.0: Return to the Human World

My mom called me over to talk about something important. “Okay so after a lot of convincing fromKonain.” All I could think about was how it annoyed Cade when she called Dad that. “I decided I’mgoing back home.”

I raise my eyebrows. “What? No, you can’t, you love it here-”

“To visit, only to visit our family.”

I exhaled out of relief. “Oh yeah, they think you’re dead or they did. They saw me ride off on a dragonthe last time I saw them, so they probably think that you’re with me or something.”

“Are… are my parents still alive?” Mom asked nervously.

I nodded. “Grandpa and Grandma are still very much alive. They just sleep a lot and don’t like beingbothered.”

Mom laughed. “So, they’re the same. So, you were raised by my sister and her husband but no oneever talked about me? Not even your grandparents?”

I shook my head. “Tay heard about you, but I think that's because she loves looking at old familypictures and she always asked questions. Tay’s their daughter, my sister.” I didn’t feel comfortablecalling Tay my cousin, we were raised sisters.

“Konn is going to come with us, do you think Cade will want to come too? I haven’t seen him in a littlewhile. I think I should try to spend as much time with him as I can, then as much time as I can withGray too. Well, whenever I meet him.”

“I doubt he’ll want to come.”

Dad opened the front door. “When are we leaving? Is Aqua coming?” He had a packed bag with him.“Kaya and Polly aren’t coming anymore, they’re officially staying with Stewart, him and his fiancée areadopting them.”

“That’s great Konn. Aqua’s coming, I want to invite Cade but Aqua doesn’t think he’ll want to come.”

Dad didn’t walk into the house. He just stuck his upper body in to talk to us. “Cade should come, he’snever been to the human world on anything other than work before.”

I shook my head. “When you guys came to get me, he said it was insufferable and I quote.” I started tothink more, and I wasn’t sure if Cade was all that fond of humanity as a whole.

“I want Cade to come.” I heard a voice that sounded like Gray then Dad walked all the way in with him.Gray ran to me and hugged me. “Are you coming too Aqua?” I made sure to visit Gray once a week forthe last month so he wouldn’t miss me too much. I loved spending time with him.

“I am.” I loved the idea of seeing Tay and my other siblings again. My mom looked really surprised tosee Gray.

‘You’re going to the human world?’ Lexus asked.

‘Yeah, a few days I think.’

‘I’m coming with you. This is the perfect time for me to see the human world on vacation instead ofbriefly.’

“Lexus wants to come too.” I said. “We can leave when he gets here.” I already had a bag of clothesand essentials here since I stayed here often.

Gray pulled away from me and looked around at all the magical items in the house. “Magic is so cool.”

Dad closed the door. “Gray, I told you not to run in.”

Gray walked to him. “Sorry Dad, I got excited when I saw my sister.” I looked at mom who was smiling.

Dad put his hands on Gray's shoulders. “Gray, this is Mae, she’s Aqua’s mom and a good friend ofmine. Mae this is my son Gray.”

Gray smiled. “It’s nice to meet you.”

“It’s nice to meet you too.” Mom said. “I’m glad you can come with us to the outside world.”

Gray nodded. “I had to beg my mom, then she got mad at my dad for mentioning the trip around me.”He chuckled. Dad probably mentioned it on purpose. “She doesn’t like me going places unless sheknows everyone.”

Dad patted his head. “Alright, that’s enough.”

Mom walked towards the kitchen. “I made breakfast, so we can eat while we wait.”

Dad took out his phone and made a call. “Hey Cade, we’re all going to the human world for a vacationfor a few days. You want to come with us?” “Yeah Mae and Aqua are coming.” He probably askedbecause of our fight. “What?” “Give me a second, I’ll call you back.” He hung up. “Aqua can I talk toyou?”

I nodded and we stepped outside the house to talk. “What did he tell you?”

“He said that you two aren’t on speaking terms and that you wouldn’t want to see him.”

I shrugged. “Yeah that’s true, I don’t want to see him.”

Dad frowned. “Did something happen? I finally convinced Lynn to let me introduce Gray to Mae. I wantus to be all together as a family Aqua.”

That’s all I ever wanted so how could I let my fight with Cade get in the way of things? “We disagreedabout something.” I didn’t want to tell him that his son didn’t like the woman he loved. “Fine he cancome but I’m not speaking to him.”

Dad kissed my forehead. “Great, thanks Aqua.”

We were back in and ate while we waited. When Lexus and Cade got here they acted really friendlytowards each other. Sadia came with Cade and she was ignoring Lexus but came straight to me. “HeyAqua.” Even though I hadn’t seen her since the falling out with Cade we still texted. I smiled andintroduced her to my Mom who was right next to me.

Cade didn’t speak to me and I didn’t speak to him. He greeted my mother, but he didn’t acknowledgeher much after that.

We flew to the human world on Dad and Cade. I was with my mom and Lexus on Dad while Gray andSadia were on Cade. When we got there, I decided that Lexus and I would stay with Gram while theothers stayed in the nearest hotel in the closest city.

“Gram this is Lexus.” I introduced.

Gram nodded. “I met him when he was looking for you, come in.” I guess a lot of people met whilelooking for me.

We walked in and I was surprised to see Tay on the couch reading magic spell books. “Aqua!” She gotup, rushed to me with a hug. “It’s nice to see you again too Lexus.”

Lexus nodded. “Yeah, you too.” He walked to the back room with our stuff.

That night I went on and on to Lexus about how I didn’t want Cade around my mom. “And she actuallywants to be close with him, it’s a mess really.”

Lexus was half asleep. “Why does he need to like your mom?” He mumbled. “I understand that the lastcomment he made about you defending her. That would have pissed me off too, but he doesn’t need tolike her.”

We were cuddling. “He doesn’t even have many good reasons other than the affair, but even with thathe forgave Dad. He doesn’t see me and my mom in a good light so why should we have to be aroundhim?”

Lexus brought me closer against him. “You guys love each other. You’re letting the way he feels aboutyour mom get in the way of your relationship with your brother. He cares about you and does see youin a good light. It’s hard for him to adjust to all the changes, but he’s trying.”

“It’s been half a year. how much longer does he need?” Lexus didn’t reply because he fellasleep.