Carter and Asher continued to drive through multiple days to reach his parents place. The closer they got to their homestead the more anxious Asher got. Carter noticed the nervousness of Asher and pulled over. They only had about thirty minutes to go but Carter could see the fear in his eyes.

"What's wrong?"

"I just am scared. I am really nervous. I don't want to eat meat and I don't want you to and I don't want to see anyone be killed, not an innocent person. You know I am just scared to relive all of that again. I..I am really worried that my dream I had is going to come true. That we are going to stay here forever, that..that you will change your mind.."

Carter hesitated before he made his next move, he picked up Asher having him wrap his legs around his waist. "If you are this scared, lets turn back." He said as he held him close. "You are my family, and I protect my family. I left my parents and became my own man, and you are going to be my husband Asher. This can be something I do on my own time, when you no longer have to hide who you are. They can wait."

Asher looked up in surprise. "You would walk away from this, after the drive we just took?"

"If you told me to crash the car with me in it, I would."

Asher's eyes opened wide in surprise, he had never expected him to say something like that. "You are a crazy person."

Carter only laughed. "You are wearing a ring that belonged to a man I killed when I was like five, you really think me crashing a car with me in it is crazy? I've eaten enough people to fill a small town, killed more." Asher thought for a moment, he was right. "So what is it gonna be, are we going to see my parents and siblings, or are we turning back around and finding a hotel?"

Asher bit his lip, he didn't know what to say he had to respond but he couldn't think straight. He opened his mouth to respond when the sound of a truck stopped them both in their tracks. Carter quickly dropped Asher back to his feet and hid him behind his back trying to figure out which direction the truck was coming from as Carter spotted the truck he let out a sigh of relief, and Asher began to shake more.

"Carter. Is that your dad?"

"It is. Is this what you want Ash? I can still drive away, I won't even let him speak to me."

"No..no it..it's okay. I..I can handle it if you are with me." Asher finally replied. Carter brought Asher back in front of him as Jace brought the car to a halt, the door opened quickly and Jace raced towards them.

"Carter. Carter is that you?" Jace asked as he got to the two. Asher stepped to the side letting them have their reunion. Carter nodded and Jace quickly wrapped his arms around him, Asher watched them as Jace held his son. Asher squinted realizing that Jace was crying. He couldn't help but question the reality he was stuck in. As Jace pulled away he put his hands on both his shoulders. "Where is your wife and sister?"

Carter's jaw clenched. "Valery killed Alex, and ran away with my children. She nearly killed Asher in the process, Asher and I are engaged to be husbands. The reason we have been gone so long is because Asher was in the hospital fighting for his life, and then we had to go into hiding. Valery has images of Asher all over the news, and she has spoken in lengths about me and our family. She led police to my home, and ruined what we had. Asher has been here for me while I deal with all of it, we became a serial killer duo, I don't know if you have heard on the radio. But we are the Hero Killers."

Jace was silent for a long time, he was in shock.

It had been a little over a year and yet Jace could tell a lot had happened. He finally opened his mouth, "Alex is dead?"

"Yes."

"How'd she die?"

"Valery attacked her while Asher and I were out fishing. She had stabbed her multiple times, and even removed her head. When we got back she came from behind the couch and stabbed Asher, and made her escape." Jace turned to look at Asher, Asher was unsure what to do so he lifted his shirt pointing to the scar. Jace's eyes grew wide, he stepped forward and Asher froze. Before Carter could stop his father Jace already had his arms around Asher, Asher relaxed realizing he wasn't going to slap him for getting hurt by Valery but instead was trying to show him a form of comfort. Carter watched the two intently, he would happily bring his father to his ass if he tried to hurt Asher in anyway. Jace finally let go of Asher and stepped away, Carter grabbed Asher's hand and pulled him close to him before he informed his father of more information.

"Father, Asher and I have stopped eating human, and I need you to respect that. I also don't punish Asher, not like I was raised to. I am my own man now, and Asher is my family. We have been taught we can make our own rules once we move to our own homesteads, and to protect our wives and husbands, or in this case my fiancé, even over our parents. I needed to come and see you and mom and Harlee. But I will walk out if you push boundaries."

Jace began to laugh. "Hell boy, I wouldn't push your boundaries even if you said you were a vegan at this point. I am just so glad to see you two are alright. I was headed to town, but I think your mother would be alright if I came back without what she wanted if I have you two with me."

"We will drive up, we can follow you."

Jace nodded and got back in his truck, Asher began to calm down realizing Jace wasn't going to force them into eating meat. They started their own car back up and headed up to the homestead. As they pulled up Asher squeezed his eyes tight and prayed to a god he no longer believed in for some strength. Carter opened his door and helped him out of the car, as they began to head towards his parents house Carter saw the door open and his mother standing in the doorway. The moment her eyes landed on him she was running to hug him.

Carter was nearly knocked back as she collided with him. "Oh thank god, when we went to visit you and we saw the police tape we knew something was wrong. Where is your sister and Valery."

"Ma, you might want to sit down first." Carter said holding her in his arms. She was petite compared to his large frame, she was only a bit taller then Asher but was skinner by at least 20 pounds. She looked to him with sad eyes anticipating something bad, they walked inside and sat down on the couches. Carter pulled Asher into his lap and Anika squinted in question. "Ma..I.Alex is dead, and Valery killed her."

Anika stared at her son with her mouth wide open, the words he had said were slowly coming to her. "No."

"Ma, I'm sorry..she is dead. Valery did it, she almost killed Asher in the process." Carter lifted Asher's shirt revealing his scar. "Mom, I."

Anika stood quickly. "Your bitch of a wife killed my daughter?"

"She isn't my wife. She is dead to me, she ran away and took my kids with her."

"Kids?"

"She was pregnant when she got away, I have a son." Anika had a fire in her eyes. "Mom, I-."

"So Alex is really gone, and, and Valrey just got away with it? She, she deserves to be killed, have you seen her?"

"That is actually part of why we have been gone for so long, she has put Asher's face all over the news. People think he is my prisoner, also Asher and I had started killing people on our own. We are known as the Hero Killers."

Anika turned her head quickly. "The two of you? You two are the Hero Killers? You mean my son, and son in law are a famous serial killer duo?" She asked as she looked them over with surprise.

"Yeah, ma, that's us. We were doing fine until that bitch saw me. She put out this whole thing about how I am an evil sadistic cannibal and murderer and that my fiancé is actually my prisoner an-"

"Fiancé?"

"Oh yeah, I asked Asher to marry me over our last murder. He said yes." Carter grabbed Asher's hand showing his mother the rings. Anika sat down trying to organize her thoughts. She knew Carter liked Asher but didn't realize there was more to it then just wanting what his sister had.

"I'm really happy for you two." Anika finally said. "I'm sorry I don't seem that way, I just, with Alex gone and knowing I may never see my grandchildren again..and just. I really am happy for you, the other ring is that the one from your first kill?"

Carter nodded. "I'm surprised you remember that."

"I only remember it because you threw a huge fit that I hadn't let you take it at first. You were six at the time, I remember you screaming and crying because I said you wanted to keep it. I had said no, because I didn't see why you needed it. Your fingers were so small. That was when you had said you wanted to give it to the person you love one day. I had suspected you forgot about it when I never saw it on Val, but now I realize you never loved her. You love Asher."

"I do. I didn't know that I had done all of that though, I didn't remember any of it."

"Well it seems your subconscious did. It remembered you wanted to give it to the person you love." Asher's face was covered in a blush. Anika smiled when she noticed his hair. "What's with the hair dye? Not that I disapprove just curious, it looks...not done correctly. Did Carter do it?"

Asher let out a laugh and Carter gawked at his mother. "Thanks mom."

"Well did you?"

"It wasn't supposed to look like that, we had a bit of a problem. Our last kill apparently didn't die, and noticed his blue hair. So we tried to fix it, yes I did it but it was because his hair dye from the first time around wasn't all the way gone."

Anika only smiled. "I knew you'd done it." Asher smirked, despite his strained relationship with Anika she was always kind to him, even when he said not so nice things to her. "So he has hair dye, what do you have to change you somewhat?"

"I mean I cut my hair, its a bit lighter but that's just the season changes, and I got a few tats."

"What do you mean by a few?"

Asher slipped off Carter's lap as Carter stood up and removed his shirt he turned around showing off the wings, then back to show the knife tattoo. "Im thinking of getting Asher's name on me at some point."

Anika smirked, Carter always was his own man, even as a boy he always did whatever he wanted.