LILITH“Where have you been?”I ignored her and put my flowers and fruits away. Today has been a very fruitful day, don't mind the pun.“Where have you been? Didn't you hear me?”I looked up at her slowly.“Are you speaking to me? I hope for your sake, that you're not. I'm in a good mood today and I won't want to kill anybody today."“You are not sticking to our agreement. We had an agreement before you came up here and you're messing things up.”I went to take a seat across the room.“What are you talking about? What agreement? I seem to have forgotten.”“What did you come up here for? Tell me.”I knew I was aggravating her but I didn't care. She couldn't force me to do anything I didn't want to do.“You came up here to kill Roman Floyd. What have you done regarding that? I thought we had a deal. I thought you kept to your promises!”“I would advise you to reduce your voice when you're speaking to me. I'm not your friend."I only came up here because I needed a break. I didn't care ab
ROMANI'd been on the phone with Lucian all day. Not being there to handle your pack was proving to be more stressful than it was supposed to be but I was glad that Lucian was there to do a good job.It gave me time to focus on my company and family here. Speaking to family, Alicia said we should go to the police to report Eden missing.She knew me better though and she knew that I would never do such a thing because I was capable of finding my wife myself.The last thing I wanted was for this issue to gain more attention than it was supposed to.I had no idea where Eden was and if it ended up being one of my enemies who took her, then I would have made a very big mistake by going to the police.Henry had sent a message this morning, telling me of his travel plan. I didn't know that it was going to happen this soon so I had to go out to see him.“How did it go?” I asked, referring to him telling Alicia about it.He looked so tired and stressed. Well, that'll make two of us.“I told he
LILITHIt has been pure luck. I'd followed him home that day and that was when I saw it.His phone ran and I returned the wallet back into his coat.As he picked up the phone, he stood by the window and stared out.”Hey Alicia, how're you doing?”I used that opportunity to look around the house for anything that will tell me about his marital status. There were no pictures of that woman anywhere but I could see a picture of the child.So was he a single father?But then why was she staring at him like that?“Eden is missing?! Since when?”I stopped in my tracks and slowly turned around. He knew Eden?“No, I haven't spoken to her in a very long time. I had no idea. I'll do what I can to find her okay? I really had no idea.”The call ended after and I sat down to look at him. How could anyone be this beautiful?If Eden had this man in her life as a friend, then why did she end up marrying that Roman or whatever his name was?He wasn't as handsome as Kian. She should have had children fo
EDENBy the time I woke up, I was in my car, by the end of Forest and seventy fifth street.I didn't understand what was going on. How the hell did I get here?I mean, I could have sworn I was just in that house right now. So what was going on?Lilith. She was the last person I saw. What did she do to me?Was she out of me, finally? What the hell was going on?I pulled down the mirror and looked at my face. I would be able to see anything. I have to get home, Belle.A car behind me suddenly snapped me out of my loud thoughts with its honking.“Get away from the road and learn how to drive, slut!” A middle aged man drives past me, flashing his middle finger.New yorkers. Always the same no matter how long you go away.What do I do?. Do I go back to the house first?By now, Roman would be looking for me, that's for sure. So what should I do?.Or maybe I should go see Alicia first.That's when I remembered I didn't carry my phone. Thankfully, there was a payphone right in front of me but
EDENBy the time I finished, she had gone silent and I knew her mouth was hanging open even though I couldn't turn around to see her.I heard her take a deep breath and I heard the click of the mug on the saucer.“What are you trying to say, Eden? That you're possessed?”I nodded but remembered that she couldn't see me.“Yes, I am. I don't know why but I am."“And a witch kidnapped you?”“Sounds like a fairytale right? Hansel and Gretel. I don't know how I ended up in that house or in that neighborhood. I tried to run, Alicia but there were no doors, no windows and I didn't know what to do."“So how did you end up escaping? Did she finally let you go?”That was another mystery because I still didn't know the answer to that.“I don't know. I met her once, Lilith and I don't remember what happened but next thing I know was I woke up in my car. It's all crazy and it's driving me nuts.”“So, is she gone now?"I hoped she was. I needed to return to my family as quickly as possible.“I don't
EDENAlicia rented out a hotel room for me. I couldn't stay in her house because what happened the last time and also because Roman could come there at any time.I couldn't go out so she ordered food and got everything I needed. It had been a week since if been here. Nothing weird had happened and ny hopes had risen high that I was finally free but I didn't want to be disappointed if that wasn't the case.A note had been delivered to me the day before by Alicia.“I’ve informed Roman that i would be taking Belle out this weekend. He didn't seem to mind. I'll bring her around by Saturday. Hang tight, love.”I had to hang tight. I had something to live for. Something to look forward to.Even though Alicia was the only one who knew my whereabouts, I couldn't stay still. Why hadn't Roman gone to see Alicia yet?He was the one who sent someone to follow her right? So why hasn't he confronted her about it?I might have been wearing a face cap but it didn't cover the lower half on my face and
EDENThe morning came too fast and I wish it never did. I woke Belle up and got her ready for Alicia to come pick her up.I didn't sleep early last night. I stayed up all night, thinking about how long this was going to go on for. I needed to be back to my cabinet as quickly as possible. My kids were growing up without me and I didn't want to lie an important part in their lives.I stared at Belle as she slept, not knowing when next I'd get the chance to see her.I brought out her phone and hit the record button.“Listen baby, I need to tell you a couple of things. Roman has a severe allergy to nuts, any kind so make sure that he doesn't eat that and also an allergy to shellfish. His feet get really cold sometimes so make sure to tell your dad to rub his feet and he must be wearing two socks.”She nodded so I continued.“Also, for Ethan, make sure that his sweater and mittens are always in his bag when he goes to school. Also, he gets sugar rush easily so don't give him too many swee
ROMANNothing new was popping up on the radar. The connection was just all over the place and we couldn't get an exact signal.“It’s been doing this since last night, Roman. I don't think it's going to give us anything new.”I knew she was saying the truth but I didn't want to give up.“How about we call Henry? I mean, he's the one who made the damn thing right?"That won't do any good. He had already gone and there was no telling when he would be back.“He’s out of the country for now and there's no telling when he'll be back.”That was the lie we were going with.“Okay then maybe we can call him and ask him how to work this thing or better yet, he can track her down himself."None of that was going to work because as far as I could tell, he wasn't going to pick any calls.I felt so exhausted as I didn't sleep last night. All night, I waited for it to get an exact location but nothing came up.My eyes were drowsy and I hadn't eaten yet.I stood up from the computer desk.“Don’t forget