Soo... I want to say I am really sorry my English are so rusty and I always had issues with English grammar so I am really sorry for my mistakes and the long time It took me to post this <3

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Touka woke up early the next morning. To be honest, she didn't sleep at all. She waited and waited until the sun had risen and she got up from the bed. She entered the bathroom and took a quick shower. She looked herself at her mirror. The steams from the hot water made her reflection foggy but it was better that way. She wraped herself in a big, fluffy towel and exited the shower carefully. Her hand touched the place above her heart unconsciously. She had a bad feeling. She could feel her chest heavy with every breath she took. She chose to ignore that feeling and get ready for her busy day. She had an early class but that had to wait until she could drop off her son at the kindergarten. She looked at her clock. She had an hour and half until the time to wake up her son.

She walked towards her kitchen, feeling her legs heavy. She had years to feel so tired and vulnerable. She pressed the button of her coffee machine and opened her agenda. She had a class at 9.30 that would last about two hours and then she had a thirty minute break before she had to go to work. She had a five hour shift and then she could pick up her son from Kazuki's office. Due to her full program, Kazuki was the one that was picking him up from kindergarten every evening. Yoru loved Kazuki's office. He could sit on his high chair and draw on his tablet. The privileges of working on the country's most popular newspaper. Touka rose her head and spotted the drawings pinned on their fridge.

Yoru had a innate talent on drawing even from this young age. Everyone could see it. Especially his teacher, who encouraged him more and more and that was the reason that Touka was working two jobs and was studying hard. She wanted to provide him everything he would ever want. She wanted him to follow his passion, even if he was too young to even know what the word "passion" meant.

But Touka was there. She could see the way his adorable face lit when she bought him his tiny easel and some watercolors. He was too careful not to mess anything up and too kind to ask for more when something was running low. Like his father. And Touka knew both of them extremely well to figure out when a watercolor was running low or a dove was on their trail. She let out a sigh and shook her head. No more Kaneki thoughts, she murmured to herself and took the coffee pot and poured the brown liquid to a big mug. She took two big sips while she was checking her mails. Some newsletters, some fan mails from the readers of the newspaper and some article themes from her editor. She rolled her eyes. When she agreed to work as a columnist to the same newspaper Kazuki worked she couldn't even imagine herself to be that occupied with it.

It started with an article about postpartum depression. She really needed that money and she gave it a shot. She couldn't imagine that the sales of the newspaper would increased by 25% after her first article. When the next week's paper came with another article about being a single mom in a big city that wasn't her home touka decided to share her own story since it was now her own life.The newspaper's office was filled with fan mails from all over England saying to her that they loved her articles, and women from all the world could understand exactly how she felt and the newspaper editor gave Touka her own column and a steady income that was more than enough to live her and her son but...

When she was walking down the street a coffee shop had this huge sign with red letters on it "HELP WANTED" she felt her heart sink. She could feel the void in her heart disappear for a while when she entered that café. In less than two minutes she was hired. Her work experience was more than enough for the store owner and when he asked her to make him a latte and she presented it in less than a minute with a bunny design, he was in love with her skills. And she felt in love with the place. The customers were nice, her co-workers were kind and her boss such a professional. It reminded her of Anteiku. And later :Re. But she knew it wasn't the same and thats exactly what she wanted. To have that familiar sense of security without the doves in her doorstep or the empty promises of returning and rebuilding.

«Mommy? » Touka smiled when her son tried to climb in her hug. She didnt hear him coming. His sneakiness will save him if he was ever hunted down. Not that Touka will ever allow anyone to touch him. She would destroy everything and everyone that would try to touch him. She picked him up and he hugged her neck with his tiny hands. He let out a giggle and Touka felt her heart pumping happily.

Touka was bored to death. Her class was the most boring lesson she could ever have with the most boring person she has ever met. Mr. Hudson let them leave earlier and it was the only thing that made her smile the last two hours after leaving her son to kindergarten. That weight in her chest was growing bigger and bigger every minute and she, for the first time since the day she fled from Tokyo, was really scared. She felt her palms shaking and sweating like crazy and she removed her cell phone from her pocket. She dialled the number quickly and after one long minute she heard her Boss' voice.

«Touka? Is everything ok? » Touka licked her dry lips and focused to keep her voice steady.

«David, will be ok if I don't come today? » The only thing she wanted was to stay home along with her son and let that weird day pass.

«Are you ok? Is Yoru ok? »

«We are fine. I am just... »

«Too tired? Man, how many times should I tell you to rest woman? Stay home with your son today, do some family things. Either way it's Tuesday. You know we don't have that much work at Tuesdays. Mina will be ok by herself. »

«Thank you. I will work a double shift tomorrow... » Touka could swear that both her bosses were such amazing people. Well to be honest everyone at London were so nice and kind.

«Yea, yea. Be sure about that! » Now, that was pure irony. Touka rolled her eyes. David was always worrying about her shifts and the hours she was spending on the coffee store and always scolded her about cutting her shifts and dedicate more time to herself which Touka ignored. He terminated the call and she remained to stare the black screen. She felt a big drop of water hitting her cheek and she raise her eyes to the sky. The grey clouds were opening and big droplets were falling to earth. She stared a little until the rain became heavy and she opened her umbrella. She walked a little without knowing where she wanted to go. She stared the people around her that were running to reach their homes faster and protect themselves from the pouring water. She felt lost. Alone. Empty. Her mobile phone vibrated and she took it out to see a text from Kazuki, asking her if she could pass by the newspaper before she goes to work. She raised her eyebrow and checked the time. He never asked her to pass by. Something was wrong. Her heartbeat risen and she signed to a cub.

She arrived at the newspaper ten minutes later. She entered the Times building and she turned to greet the girl at the reception but she was missing. She frowned and walked to the elevators. No one was on the ground floor but when she reached her destination and the elevator doors open, Touka froze. People were running like crazy screaming orders and papers were flying across the room. She knew that "The Times" was the biggest newspaper at London and all of them worked like crazy everyday but she had been in the offices again and that wasn't a normal situation. She felt a hand wrap around her wrist.

«Touka». A breathless Kazuki was looking at her more pale than ever. Pure terror filled Touka's senses but she did her best to hide it.

«What's wrong Kazuki? You look extremely pale for someone who lives in the least sunny city in the world!» Kazuki cracked a faint smile and led her to the center of the office between a bunch of people who waere gathering under a big TV screen. A black screen was lit and the pause sign was the only color on the top right corner.

«Touka...» she turned to face him and for the first time he seemed really worried. Touka felt an ache in her heart and she swallowed the saliva that was gathering in her mouth. He didn't continue. He just pressed the play button on the remote control and a familiar voice, a voice that she had years to hear, filled her ears. She turned her eyes to the screen when a purple haired guy with red suit appeared in the screen. Touka's jaw opened unconsciously. He opened his arms and the familiar creepy smiled appeared in his lips. He looked different. Damaged. Older. Wiser.

«Greetings humans. We stopped the transmission from every channel in this world because we have a big announcement to make. My name is Shuu Tsukiyama and i have the pleasure to announce you that we, ghouls, succeeded on hittingt the biggest and largest dove's headquarters ,i am sorry , CCG base, here in Tokyo. Yes, we are behind the big terrorist attacks to Sensoji and Tokyo sky tree from last week. We are sending our deepest condolences to the families of the victims. » Tsukiyama touched his heart dramatically while the same time a crazy laughter was heard from his side. The camera zoomed out and focused to the guy next to the purple haired guy and Touka felt her body scream even though her mouth couldn't make a sound. Sitting in a king's, red, velvet chair there was a scary creature with his white hair sleeked against his head, his black fingers on the top of his mouth and his grey eyes dark from the craziness. The scales he used to cover his elbow were now all across his right side of his face, covering his neck, his cheek and were reaching up to his right eyebrow. Touka felt the hot tears streaming down her face quietly.

«Or not. » His voice was heard and Touka covered her mouth to prevent herself from screaming. He sounded so cold. So broken. « You, humans, took everything from me. Now it's my turn to take everything from you. Your land. Your families. Your houses. Everything you own. You will kneel before me. »

«We are calling every ghoul in this land to join our forces. » Tsukiyama's voice continued. «Join us, or die. We have nothing to lose anymore. But you do. Return to Tokyo.» :Re for return «Return to your roots.» :re for rescue «Return to us. If you don't, we will find you. And we will terminate you. » The camera focused on Kaneki's creepy smile and the screen paused there. Touka could feel someone shaking her violently but she couldn't move an inch. Her mind had stopped, her body had stopped and she couldn't even process what she had just witnessed. He was alive. He was damaged. He was lost.

And she left him. She abandoned him and she took away their son. She was the one responsible for the death of all those innocent people. She had heard the news about the attacks but she never thought that this, THIS, was behind it. Touka placed her hands in her long hair. She could feel her heart stopping. She could feel her lungs closing. She could feel the room becoming smaller and smaller. She brought her hands around her and she could hear Kazuki calling her name. But she could only do one thing. She could only do one thing one thing.

Touka screamed and fell to her knees.

The One-Eyed King is back. And he is crazier than ever.