Two whole days had passed, and yet Olivia Carter remained in her self-imposed isolation. Other than taking a shower, she'd done nothing but sit by her windows and watch life go by. She couldn't bear to see the face of Titan Black or anyone else related to him. The only person she yearned to see was her brother and of course, he was out of her reach. Titan had made sure of it and she wondered if there was anything to salvage from their singed, scorched earth relationship. It would take a mountainous miracle for her to get past everything and still stay sane not to mention rekindling anything with the catalyst of it all.There was a tentative knock on the door, and then a heavier one. Olivia listened but made no attempts to move forward and open it. Whoever was knocking would eventually get tired of knocking and leave. "Olivia? Please open up the door, please?" It was Maya and although the pleading note in her voice was evident, Olivia knew it would take more than pleas to extricate
Titan stalked out of the dungeons in anger. Needing something to channel his inner rage, he went to the training ground and gym, where he started to box out his frustrations and fired some shots from a gun. A stupid poor church rat like Leo had the audacity to defy him and even make demands? Self-preservation was the strongest instinct in any creature. Once that instinct was overcome, there was nothing more to lose and once there was nothing more to lose, the victim became powerful. Perhaps, Olivia was all Leo had left to lose. However, somehow he knew Titan would never hurt a hair on Olivia's head. Which gave him a much bigger advantage. Titan increased his exercises in intensity. Hours later, when he was back to boxing, he felt a presence in the gym. "Hey, how did it go with Leo?" Asher asked from behind."I'd rather not talk about it, and as you can see I'm busy,""Busy sweating out your frustrations with a punching bag? Well, yeah that says a lot about how it all went down.""
"You okay?" Asher asked with concern. She managed a convincing smile. "I'm fine, thanks for looking out,"He looked up, noticing she was running away from Titan, and glared at his friend. Hadn't he put this girl through enough?"Did he say or do anything to hurt you?"She shook her head much to his relief. "It's okay Asher, I'm fine,"He hugged her and kept his arm around her shoulders as they walked indoors together. Titan watched them until they were out of sight before sullenly walking back to his study. Upstairs, he decided it was time to put Leo and Olivia out of his mind. That he had been preoccupied with them did not mean the rogue spies' problem had miraculously vanished. It was still there - a towering and unsolved mystery. And it was time to bring about something creative that would put them to death once and for all. They needed to be captured so that the kingdom would finally be at peace. If he, the king, did not feel safe, how could he expect his subjects to feel the s
"I don't understand why you can't see the benefits," Asher said, perplexed. "You might be surprised at the enormous information he has that could be of tremendous help.""And that's not all," Ryan said. "Finally, you can have some peace, close this chapter, and move on for good,"Titan looked up in disbelief. "Move on? You think this is just something I can move on from?" He asked with controlled fury. "Cyrus murdered my parents in cold blood. He wanted to wipe away their legacy. Thanks to him, Maya and I were out in the cold, confused and helpless for several years. Do you have any idea what that did to me?""We didn't mean it like that and you know it," Asher said. "We are just pointing out-""To hell with whatever you are pointing out. Just get out of here, both of you. Neither of your parents is even dead, so how could you hope to understand?"Ryan was about to say something, but Asher shushed him and signaled that they should leave."This is affecting him more than we ever though
Ninety-ThreeMaya was coming out of the dungeons when Olivia got there. "Hey," Maya said with a smile. "How are you holding up?""You need to go back," Olivia said urgently."Go back?" Maya asked."Yeah," Olivia said. "Go back to Leo and tell him I'm begging him to give Titan all the intel he has! This instant!""Olivia, are you okay? Where is all this coming from?" Maya asked, puzzled."Titan just humiliated me," she burst out, giving into tears. "And he had the effrontery to gloat that Leo's freedom is in his hands. I'm tired, okay? I just want my brother to be free. I can't take this level of unhappiness anymore,""Shhh," Maya said, comfortingly drawing her into a hug. "It's okay, I'm sorry, okay? I'll go tell him."The guards exchanged curious looks before reopening the iron doors, and letting Maya go through. They shut the doors and stared at Olivia who had moved a distance, with pity."You're back," Leo said in surprise. "I understand you miss me but isn't it a bit too soon?"Ma
Maya stared at him in shock. "You'd kill him after he has proved he can be relied upon by giving you the information you so desperately needed?""Well, there is no need to put words in my mouth," Titan said. "I didn't mention anything about a kill,""But you insinuated it,""You want to believe I insinuated it," Titan corrected. "Now go get some rest, because I need to continue with my work,"Maya stood up and walked towards the door, then as though a thought occurred to her, she stopped abruptly, clutching the door handle. "You know what Titan, you need to stop living such a miserable existence and projecting your unhappiness on others. People already have their own struggles so don't add to it. It's no one's fault if you choose to immerse yourself in a world of gloom forever just because you aren't ready to face the things going on around you."Titan stared at her blankly, unsure of how to respond until she walked out.Ten minutes later, he was pondering angrily on her words, berati
Ninety-Five Maya and Olivia froze. They had been too preoccupied to hear his footsteps on the thickly carpeted hallway. Now, they both stood looking as guilty as sin. Titan noticed the envelope that was now in Maya's hand and snatched it."Titan…"He opened the contents of both letters, reading them, and with each second that passed his face tightened. Clutching them tightly, he turned around without a word to either of them and marched downstairs to the dungeons. Maya raced after him, calling him in vain. Olivia's heart was pounding like a drum. What would he do to Leo? What would he do to her?The guards looked up, perplexed at the trio. Titan, silent and enraged, and his mate and sister looking helpless. It was past midnight and they had been expecting to retire for the night, but they had seen Titan enraged too many times to ask any questions. They simply looked straight ahead as always, even when Olivia ran into the dungeons behind Titan and Maya.Titan marched straight to Leo,
"Get out!" he ordered, fighting for control. "And by that, I mean you're both fired," "But Alpha…" "I said out! Before I turn you both to corpses!" Both maids turned around and fled. Maya, who had heard the yelling from her room, came out in a fit of anger. "Seriously Titan? You have nothing else to do with your time than stand in the hallway and disturb the peace of others? Why are you yelling?" He walked up to her and spoke in low tones. "I just heard two omega maids conspiring to kill Olivia," Maya's eyes widened. "What? Kill?" "Yeah," "Oh my goodness!" Maya exclaimed, covering her mouth with her hands. "What are we going to do?" "There's something you need to convince her about," he said. He told her and she nodded eagerly. "Of course, I'll get right to it," Olivia had fallen asleep reading the classic, the count of Monte Cristo. Maya watched her for a bit before shaking her gently awake. "Olivia?" Olivia reluctantly opened her eyes and sat up on seeing Maya. "Hey, what