I think we all understood the underline message here? Haha.
Eleanor: “What do you mean Liana Bernardi?” Natasha asked, rushing inside after Killian. The fact that my mate was avoiding her eyes told me that it was indeed true, but the fact that it meant that the woman was my aunt was a whole different case to me. And though I did my best not to show it, I couldn’t help but find myself feeling smaller than I thought that I would. “Killian, stop avoiding the answer…” “I am not avoiding anything, but right now, I need to be alone.” He said, stopping her. “I just lost my mother and the love of my life, was slapped with the case that my mother could have been the reason behind the death…” “ENOUGH!” He yelled, taking all of us off guard. He looked at Natasha for a second, his eyes holding back more pain than I have ever seen in my life, and Natasha took a step back as she looked down at her feet. “If you lost your mother, then I lost her too, I lost my best friend and brother just as you have lost your lover. The one fucking difference is the f
Killian: “I told you to stay with Natasha.” I said, not turning to face my mate as she entered my office. The last thing that I wanted was for her to see me in this state. “She fell asleep, I figured to come…” “Then go and stay with Katerina,” I said, stopping her. She didn’t say a word for a few seconds, but I could hear her taking a few steps forward before she stood behind me. She put her hand on my back, running her finger over it gently. “Don’t push me away, Killian,” she said, her voice softer than it ever was. Her heartbeat was calm despite my demeanor, but I knew myself all too well to know that I wasn’t kind when I was angry, and knowing her pain and trauma, I didn’t want to end up taking any of them out on her. I didn’t want to be the person who hurt her like others have. “I am your wife, I am supposed to be by your side…” “I don’t want you to be right now.” I said, stopping her. “What is hard for you to understand in that? Why is it difficult for you to just respect wh
Natasha: “Does it make me a bad person to mourn over them?” I asked Killian as he entered the room. I was sitting on top of mom’s bed as I looked out the window. The number of times that both Nikolai and I were in here were countless, and I couldn’t help but find myself looking down at the first picture mom took of the two of us. He invited me to prom when he found out that I was yet to have a date, and though we broke up a year afterwards, I knew that the two of us were somehow meant to be together as we grew older. “We all mourn for those that we love.” He said, and I wrapped my arms around my legs as he walked toward me. He sat on the bed by my side, but I had to admit, I couldn’t find it in myself to look at him. I didn’t know why, maybe it was me being embarrassed of everything that happened, or maybe it was the fact that I was in more pain than I could describe. I just knew that my eyes couldn’t meet his no matter how much I tried. “Did she tell you?” I asked, and he frowned
Eleanor: “Killian, where are we going?” I asked, shaking my head at my mate. The fact that he chose for the two of us to go out was something that I didn’t understand. Normally, I knew that he wasn’t the type to like that, but then again, it was probably because I was no longer on the run that he knew that the two of us could actually go out without me feeling threatened. “We are going out as normal couples would,” he said, making my heart swell. “The two of us haven’t had a moment alone since…” “Killian, I never did complain about anything. The two of us knew very well that things were messed up as they were, I wasn’t going to be pressuring you over something that I know for fact that you had no control over. If anything, I would have been surprised if you didn’t react to them.” I said, choosing to be honest as I stopped him. His eyes softened, and I could hear his heartbeat calming down a little, especially since I knew that the topic itself was hard on him. I had to admit, thi
Third Person point of View: “Killian, he is still your beta…” “No one touches what is mine and gets away with it, Eleanor.” Killian said, stopping his mate. Her eyes widened at the hardness of his tone, knowing that the man that he was referring to was his beta. The fact that he had tried kissing her was something that she did not understand; but right now, she knew that she shouldn’t be asking her Alpha for mercy when he saw what happened. “Killian, please…” “Go to our room, Eleanor. I do not want you seeing this,” He said, stopping her. She looked at Vladimir for a second, her chest aching, but the man looked calm. Despite the beating that he got and the blood, he didn’t seem to be worried or frightened, if anything, it was as if this was something that he wanted to do all along. And even that surprised her. The man that she considered as nothing more than a brother, a man who was her mate’s best friend; she couldn’t understand how things came to be the way that they were. “Elea
“This is going to get us killed,” she said, looking her mate in the eye. She knew what it was to be caught and she knew that it was the last thing that they needed. The man that she called her husband was never going to let her get away with it. “Vladimir, you don’t know Konstantin, he is not…” “Oh, I know him, malyshka.” He said, stopping the woman. “The question is, are you willing to stick till the end of this? Would you be willing to fight for me?” “Vladimir…” “Because I am more than willing to kill for you, malyshka.” He said, stopping her. “All I need is a yes, my beloved Elena, I am more than willing to go all the way for you…” ****************************** Elena: I had to fight back flinching as my bedroom door opened, knowing that he was going to be more satisfied with me doing so. He walked toward me, and though I had my eyes on my lap, avoiding his gaze, I didn’t need to know that his eyes were cold and menacing toward me. Any other woman who saw him would have be
Vladimir: “We are going to have to end his reign one way or another,” I said, looking at Killian. His eyes studied my expression for a second too long before he nodded. “Are you sure that Eleanor won’t be affected by this? You know that she won’t be forgiving herself for something like this…” “I am going to be sure that she isn’t. Though I hate not letting her know, but you know in such situations, the less people know, the better it is going to be.” He said, and I took a deep breath but nodded. He wrapped his arms around me, and I did with mine. The three people that were to know were my father, his, and my mother. The last thing that I wanted for her was to feel the pain of this too. She had lost my father years ago when he went on a similar mission, and if anyone knew the pain that she went through when that happened; it was me. “We will be uniting again soon,” he said, and I smiled. “As victors, forever and always, brother.” He said, and I smiled and nodded. He put his hand on
Elena: I walked out of the bathroom, having been done with my shower, knowing that I was at least going to get myself a night’s rest. Considering that Konstantin was now with the man, whoever that was, I knew that unless he called me, he wasn’t going to be paying me a visit tonight. I opened my bedside drawer and popped a pill, knowing that it was the one thing that kept me from carrying the man’s child, the one genuine favor that his right hand gave to me. And I walked toward the water jar that I had in my room, filling the glass cup before swallowing the pill. I knew that I was going to have to have Batrov bring some for me soon, and knowing him, he was going to be bringing them to me without me asking anyway. My sore muscles ached, and I sat on the edge of the bed massaging them, hoping that the pain would somewhat soothe itself, but I knew that it wouldn’t; it never did anyway. “Everything that you see here, belongs to you.” I heard Konstantin say from behind the door. His voi