Malakai was right when he said the day was a shit show. CEO Park was involved in some sketchy shit and when Eden killed him, his people found out and are now a threat to the agency and anyone else they find guilty. That could mean Eleanor. Why didn't Eden listen to him? Why did he let Eden do what she wanted? Why didn't he stop her? So many questions and little to no answers. How the hell was he supposed to fix this now, he had to protect his agents somehow. He's not letting Eden escape this one. So he picked up his phone and dialled her number, and as expected, she didn't pick up. Eden was most likely still mad at it and Malakai really can't blame her. Maybe a little. But he knew he himself was at fault for making Eden mad at him. He shouldn’t have kept Alec from her, not after knowing everything they had been through together. So he called Alec. No answer. Seriously, today of all days they were both ignoring him. Malakai sighed, he was tired, annoyed and pissed. He opened up
"Feel better?" Malakai said with a blank face. Okay fine he felt bad, but hearing how confusing it was in Eden's head made him feel really guilty, but he didn’t let it show. "No I don't. Because also to top it off, Alec just had to walk into your office without knocking once. Once. And what did he walk in on? Us, in a position I don't think someone wants to see his ex and his best friend in. Now I'm done." Malakai nodded and yeah that occurred to him too but he tried not to think of it. "Look, I'm sorry, okay. But you don't know me Eden. You don't know what kind of person I am. Because if you did know, you'd know that honestly I couldn't give a shit what Alec walked in on. I feel bad I kept the whole thing from you but that's it. I don't regret it because that's the type of person I am so deal with it." Eden needed a minute to process everything Malakai just said. She knows very well Malakai is not a good person, far from it. But hearing him say it, hurt in a different way. "I d
"You're coming with me on a mission." Malakai said when he called 2 hours ago. This was probably her second mission after the fight with Malakai 3 days ago. Why Malakai was coming with her was a mystery to her. She was on her way to the agency building when she spotted Astrid also going in the same direction. She called out her name and caught up to her. "Hey Eden. What's up?" Astrid said as they both went through security together taking off their gear etc. "Nothing really. Got a mission with Malakai." She said putting her gear back on. "With Malakai? What do you mean?" Astrid asked, doing the same. "I mean Malakai wants me to go on a mission with him. Is that weird? I mean we went together on one before too." Eden replied, both of them walked to the lounge area now. "Kind of yeah. Malakai never goes on missions, let alone with any agents. His only job is giving orders." That's weird, why does Malakai want to go with her then? "I'll see you round, I have to meet someone.
"Need I remind you about the Eleanor Park case you messed up." No, Eden didn't need to be reminded. "If you were so worried I'd mess up, why not send a more experienced agent. Like I don't know, Alec? Who's been doing this for 8 fucking years." Eden went back on the damn topic of Alec and it was annoying Malakai. "Because you need to learn to do jobs like this. And what's with Alec? If you really want I'll turn back and make him go with you." Malakai said with a clenched jaw and frustration dripping from his voice. Eden gave no reply, thankfully, so Malakai continued driving. The rest of the drive was silent until they reached a warehouse on the outskirts of the city. It looked vacant, but I guess that was the point. "This gang isn't any big shot gang, but it has around 300 to 500 members. The outside isn't well guarded because they have traps around. The guy who called me turned them off for now so we could get in." Malakai explained as the two casually walked to the entrance
It took Eden a little too long to collect herself and move away from Malakai who was now staring the dozen men in the eyes. "We're fucked Malakai." Eden whispered, her hand on his gun again. "This wasn't the plan. We were supposed to walk out of here without a scratch." Malakai whispered back, his hands also ready to grab his weapons. "Park’s men maybe?" Eden asked. "Of course Park was involved with gangs. Just what we needed." The frustration was clear in his voice. "Look, we don't care that you killed our guy. In fact you did us a favour cuz we all knew about the bastard that he was. But we were ordered by Park's temporary successor to kill you on sight." One of the men spoke. It seemed like he was the ringleader. "We did you a favour with Park too." Malakai said but of course Eden had objections. "I did. I did you a favour." Okay that's it, Eden was borderline insane, Malakai thought. He looked at the blond with a 'what the fuck are you doing' face. "No I did. I'm t
Malakai waited for about 15 minutes until Alec's car pulled up beside him. He greeted Alec and got into the passenger seat. "Eden really took your car huh?" Alec said while trying not to laugh. "This isn't funny. You know I don't like anyone touching my car." Malakai said, rolling his eyes. His car was his prized possession and Eden just took the keys right out of his hands. "I don't know if I can tell you about Eden. I mean it's really not my place, but she had an ex boyfriend that used to control her all the time, and would even abuse Eden. It was only mentally and verbally at the beginning but it became physical. He used to control what Eden would wear, where she would go, who she would do with. All down to what Eden would eat. She never left him because she was scared of what he would do, since he threatened a lot of things. In the end she did though, thanks to her cousin." Alec said. Alec explained the story, he didn't go into too much detail since it really wasn't his pla
Eden woke up with a pounding headache. She had way too much to drink last night. She was in her bed and looked down to see Astrid sprawled out on her floor. She looked like she fell from the bed last night. The blond sat up and at once, memories started invading her mind. She remembered Malakai's words, him kissing her neck and then dragging her to the dance floor. She remembered Malakai's hands on his waist, Eden's back against Malakai's chest as Eden's own arms were around Malakai's neck. She remembered dancing sensually to the music, she remembered Malakai's hands exploring her body. And before she could remember anymore, a groan came from the floor, or more specifically, the girl on her floor who seemed like she just woke up. "Give me a sec Addi, I'll give you some aspirin." Eden said and she got another groan in response. It took Eden a good 5 minutes to leave the bed. She went to her kitchen and found some aspirin in one of the drawers and got two bottles of water from
She left her apartment in Malakai's car and arrived at the agency in 10 minutes. God she loved this car, she really wanted to keep it but she knew she couldn't. She had to return it at some point, but only when Malakai asked for it. "I'm really tempted to steal your laptop." Eden said when she walked in. All Malakai ever did was work, and she didn't even know what. The actual work his agents did so what did Malakai do except receive missions. "I'd love to see you try." Malakai said, looking up to the blond. Eden came and sat down on Malakai's desk trying to see what the older man was doing. "You don't understand a thing do you?" Malakai asked when he saw the clear confusion on his face. Eden just shook her head. "They're files. Of a hundred different things. Orders I've given, bills, finances. Even agents' files, I have your file somewhere here but I can't seem to find it." Malakai said and when he saw Eden trying to reach for his laptop, he shut it. "I just wanna see my fil
"That's not what I meant baby. I meant, I never saw Alec because the only one I saw was you. Please don't think what I think you're thinking. I-" Eden cut Malakai off with a kiss. "I was kidding. I know what you mean, don't worry. Alec wanted love, and even though Lilith gave it to him, it wasn't the type of love he needed. I wouldn't ever blame you, no one does so you need to stop blaming yourself. Please." Eden said and put her arms around Malakai. "I can't help it, baby. You know that. I can't help but think that maybe, at some point, if I gave him a chance, he'd still be here. 8 years Eden. 8 fucking years he felt like that. And I'm sorry you had to put up with the depressed me, you were hurting too." Malakai said and tears were already gathering, one had escaped and Eden wiped it away. "You can't blame yourself for any of this. I didn't HAVE to put up with you, I did it because I love you. I chose to be there for all of you, and you've apologised to me for years about this M
"Come on, let's eat. We'll do presents after." Sienna said and rounded up everyone to come to the table. "Come on little princess. If you finish your food, I'll give you ice cream, like I promised." Sienna said to Nicola, her daughter. Eric and Sienna had a baby girl 3 years ago and got married 2 years ago. Yeah, they apparently wanted to do it the other way around. Kids first then marriage. They were a weird couple but everyone loved them so it didn't matter. "Baby, come on." Astrid said to Aiden who just came back from the restroom. Astrid and Aiden had officially started to date a year ago, they went on a mission together once and formed a connection somehow. Then they started going out. The garden was beautifully decorated all thanks to Sienna and Astrid who worked together to prepare this small get together for Eden's birthday. There were fairy lights and lanterns lighting the place up, a barbecue and the table was set up perfectly with all sorts of flowers. It was sm
4 years later "Eden. Your food is getting cold!" Someone shouted to her from outside "Coming." She shouted back as she put on her last earring and looked at herself in the mirror feeling pretty satisfied. "You look stunning as always. My pretty baby." Her husband said from the doorway as he was walking in. He came behind her and hugged her, locking eyes with her in the mirror. "Is everyone here?" Eden asked and Malakai nodded. "Eric is calling for you. The rest are here and everyone is pretty much chilling. Oh, and your food isn't getting cold Eric is trying to lure you out. And I said I would come get you." Malakai told her and Eden rolled her eyes, typical Eric. "Aunty Eddie!" A small voice said and Eden turned around in an instant at the sweet sound. "My baby. How are you Nic?" Eden asked, picking up the 3 year old girl. "Daddy cawing yu." The little girl said in broken words, she had started to speak and Eden found it adorable. "Okay, let's go see what daddy wants." Eden
"What are you doing here?" Eden asked her parents who stood before her with an unreadable expression. "We wanted to see you. Is that so bad?" Eden's father said. "How did you even know where I was?" Eden asked again. It was unusual for her parents to show up here of all places. "I made Eric tell us. Don't be mad at him, we didn't give him much choice." Eden's mother said but her voice was cold. "Why? After all these years? And you even kept track of me according to Eric." Eden said. The 4 were in Malakai's main living room, no one had sat down since Eden started the questions as soon as she saw her mom and dad. Malakai was beside Eden for moral support and Eden was so grateful. "Because we found out about you being a killer. We didn't raise you to be a criminal." Eden's father said, his tone made Eden flinch. "The second you kicked me out, was the second you no longer had a say in my life. You wanted me gone. I was gone. Hell I even came all the way to LA to get away from you.
The shots echoed in his ear even through the protective headgear he wore. His hand was steady but not as it normally would be. He had too much on his mind and it was affecting his skills. What was this feeling in his heart? Whatever it was, it wasn't allowing him to shoot properly and that frustrated him. He was about to put the weapons down until someone stopped him. "You came." The ravenette said when he turned around. "You called." The other said in return. "You're not going to give up that easily are you?" Her voice rang in his ears as she referred to Alec putting his gun down. "The gun doesn't seem to want to do what I want it to. I'm normally a perfect shot." he said. "I know, I've seen you." Lilith came up behind him and raised Alec's hands to the target again. He was so close Alec felt her breath on his neck, his back was against her chest and her arms wrapped around Alec's hands steadying the gun for him. "Come on, concentrate, I know you can still shoot perfectly eve
The blond started to stir awake, her eyes fluttering as she got used to the light and he saw her boyfriend staring down at her. She wouldn't mind waking up like this every day for the rest of her life. She smiled and greeted him."Good morning baby." Malakai beat her to it, his deep morning voice giving Eden chills. "Good morning." She said back and put her arm over the other. "Sleep okay?" Malakai asked and Eden just nodded. "What about your stitches?" Eden asked, becoming worried and looking at Malakai's stomach to see the bandage. It seemed okay. "It's okay baby, I just need to change the bandage, stop worrying." Malakai said finding it endearing how much Eden was looking after him. "I can't help it, I'll be your personal doctor if you want." She said with an innocent face and Malakai smiled and nodded. "I never asked, how has everything been? Y'know, the whole mess with Elijah?" Malakai asked. He tried to put it off, he really did but he couldn't help it. "Work? Seriously?
It had been another week and Malakai was finally being discharged from the hospital. He'd been stuck in the same room for so long he felt like he couldn't breathe anymore. So finally getting some fresh air was like heaven to him. He signed the discharge papers and Eden was with him so they both went to the car and Eden drove back to Malakai's house. She felt complete with the older beside her, safe and alive. "What are you thinking about?" Malakai asked, breaking the comfortable silence. "Nothing really, just... my parents." Eden said and Malakai was confused. This was very sudden. "Your parents?" Malakai repeated. "My parents. When you were unconscious, Eric called them. Told them a few things. Missed out the part about you in hospital and now they want to see me again. They think that I'm in this mess because they kicked me out. That I'm living this life because of them." Eden explained and Malakai took it in. They want to see her again.“Wait, I remember, you told me this. App
Lilith and Astrid were watching from the widow of the doors and smiled. They had been through a lot together. "They'll be okay." Lilith said and Astrid couldn't agree more. They saw from the windows that the two kept talking with such love in their eyes, so they decided to leave them alone. The 3 left and only 2 remained. Malakai still had yet to ask about the situation of the agency, Elijah and all the rest of it. But it could wait, he wanted to spend time with his girlfriend first. I mean, his life flashed before his eyes, he could've died. He was so close to dying and his only thought was Eden. He needed to make sure he stayed with Eden, protected her. Loved her. "I told you not to go." Eden said, pouting and sighed. Eden wouldn't let it go for the past 10 minutes. "I had to. Look at the bright side. I was able to stop them." Malakai said back. “No you weren't, he escaped and I had to go after him, again, meaning your attempt was useless.” Eden said, rolling her eyes.“Well
Black vans and SUVs pulled up to a glass building in Virginia. Not literal glass but a skyscraper, it seemed like some sort of company building. The door was opened for Eden by Astrid, she walked out dressed in all black. She wore a black cropped shirt, a skirt going mid thighs and a black blazer that had the sleeves rolled up. She had her sunglasses perched on her head and she looked like a true business woman, a girl who made her own way in life. Eden screamed rich. With Alec on one side of her and Astrid on the other as her bodyguards, they walked into the building. All eyes turned to them as they walked with authority, but they had to be stopped and checked for security reasons. However, a certain man stopped that.“There's no need to search them, they're my guests.” Said a tall man who looked to be in his 40s. He walked up to Eden and greeted her.“Eden De Luca I presume?” The man said and Astrid snickered and tried not to laugh as Eden corrected him. Alec just stood there like