Lia: I sat on the edge of the bed as Ezra showered. His words played in my head, and I couldn’t help but let out a sigh as I massaged my temple. On one side, I had his father to deal with and not to mention, all the shit that the two of us were initially dealing with. Whether it was families, our marriage, or even the man who we called an enemy. My heart raced as I heard him turning off the water faucet, and just the idea of him being angry with me stirred me. The man and I may not have our fairytale that we would be telling the world about. But the two of us knew that if we wanted to, we would be having a story to tell. Provided, of course, that we made it last. He walked out of the bathroom with nothing but his towel which was wrapped around his torso. His eyes met mine before he walked toward the closet, not saying a word. And it was then that I realized that I wasn’t sure whether he was upset with me or not. But I knew one thing, the last thing that I wanted was for him to
Ezra: “What do you want to do today?” Lia asked, breaking my train of thoughts as she wrapped her arms around me from the back while I sat on my desk, reading through a few papers. The fact that I hadn’t told her about Rosemary was still annoying me, but considering the fact that I was taking her there now, I knew that explaining this was a must. “I want to take you somewhere before we head to Rome tomorrow. But the two of us have to talk first.” I said, making her frown in confusion. I wrapped my hand around her wrist, pulling her to stand in front of me. “What’s going on?” She asked, shaking her head in question. “A seer is coming over today, I want the two of you to talk before we...” “A what?” “A seer, the one who predicted Killian’s death being on your hand. I know…” “Hold on, hold on, what?” She asked, stopping me. Her frown was one that I don’t even remember seeing before, at least not in such an angered state. Her eyes studied my expression for a few seconds as if try
Lia: I sat on the edge of the bed as I processed what the woman said. The way she spoke made my chest ache, and my heart race, but I forced myself to stay quiet and calm in front of Ezra who I knew must have had so much on his mind right now. “Lia, I did not come here to harm you. But I did come here to warn you. Thankfully, Ezra had invited me beforehand, but I would have come to see you whether or not he had.” Rosemary said, snapping me out of my daze. Her eyes were fixed on me for a few seconds, and despite the pain that I felt in my chest, I nodded at her to go on, wanting to know what she wanted to say. The fact that she was speaking to me the way that she was made my heart race. If she was really being honest, and if she knew who I was, where I was, and what I have been going through, then why didn’t she come to me from the start? “Killian will come for you. One way or the other, he will try to separate you and Ezra for you to be with him. He asked me whether Ezra’s death wo
Ezra:Lia’s eyes were wide in surprise as she heard the words leaving my mouth. I couldn’t blame her though.This wasn’t how I expected that I would be telling her about my feelings for her. But the fact that I knew that Killian was her mate brought more pain in me than a bullet piercing my skin.“You don’t have to say it back, princess. But I wanted you to know how I felt about you. I know that I am not the best at being a lover, and I know that as a husband…” Lia stopped me by connecting her lips with mine in a gentle kiss. One that had me smiling as I wrapped my arms around her, pulling her to my lap. She bit my bottom lip, pulling on it gently as she wrapped her arms around my neck, deepening the kiss.I lowered my hand to her waist, gently grinding her against me as my boner grew bigger under her. She moaned at the feeling, and letting out a low groan, I kissed her neck. The smell of her arousal set my own body on fire, and I didn’t know whether it was a moment’s heat or not, but
Lia: I stood by the living room’s door, debating on whether or not to walk inside. And it wasn’t until Ezra wrapped his arm around my waist, snapping me out of my daze that I felt somewhat frightened of what I was going to hear. The fact that the woman was my aunt was something, but the number of questions that I had playing in my head were countless, and the thing was, I didn’t even know how I would be able to voice them out. All I knew was that I was scared of the consequences of what I was going to hear. “Ezra, what if things end up going against everything that we are planning?” I asked, looking at my husband who smiled at me. He kissed my temple before nodding in assurance. “We have to trust that things will take the right path. One way or the other, we have to find out what it is.” He said, and I nodded. I took a deep breath before he opened the door for me, watching as I walked inside before he followed me. “I see that your husband has finally managed to calm you down.” Sh
Ezra:I stared at Lia who sat on the edge of the bed without saying a word. It has been a while since the two of us have gone back up to the bedroom, and despite knowing that I had a few things to tend to, I knew that I couldn’t just leave her to deal with her anger on her own. It was something that I was completely against, and seeing as I knew that she wouldn’t even speak to voice out what she was saying, I chose to simply stay by her side.“You know that I won’t do anything crazy, Ezra. You can choose to go where you need to.” Lia said, not bothering to look up at me. This was her fourth time asking me to leave, and though I knew that it was because she wanted to be alone, wanting, or more specifically, needing to digest what she had just heard, I chose not to leave. I didn’t want her dealing with such pain on her own, it was something that I was against, and was not going to allow.“Lia, neonata, I am your husband, and the last thing I want to do is leave you alone in such a situ
Lia:I looked at Ezra whose eyes avoided mine as the two of us entered the living room.His mum has been sitting there, waiting for us to enter for the past ten minutes, and seeing as Ezra was somewhat nervous, the two of us took our slow time before entering the room.The fact that the woman was still upset with her son for wanting to send her away to Italy was not hidden from anyone, and the fact that he knew who I was and lied to her was a whole other story. The woman piled everything in, and this was just going to be another lie that she was going to hold against me. Ezra was her son, and in the end, she would somehow forgive him, but when it came to me, I didn’t know where things were going.We walked inside, and I took a deep breath as I put in the best smile that I could muster. There was no point backing out now. We were already in here, and we both knew that we were going to do what had to happen.“Mama,” Ezra said, making his mum look up at him from the magazine that she was
Maria:I entered my bedroom with a heavy heart as I processed what Ezra had told me. The fact that he was set on this goal was enough to kill me, and the fact that he didn’t understand the consequences that followed didn’t make things any better.My heart throbbed, and I sat on the edge of the bed allowing myself to cry for the first time since the attack at the airport. I couldn’t blame the men. Neither one of them knew about the existence of the other until they were old enough to become enemies. It was something that killed me inside, but knowing that I had to protect him, I was forced to stay quiet.I ran my fingers through my hair, pulling on the roots as I shook my head. Killian shouldn’t have come back here. He and Annalise, the woman he believed was his sister, should have stayed where they belonged away from here. The bedroom’s door opened, revealing my mate. The man who I was thankful for having around. I knew that he could have killed them that night, I knew that it was