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VALERIE. I’m hurting him all over again, but I’m panicking. Things are moving too fast. He can’t just make these decisions for me. I’m an adult and this isn’t right. You can’t just make these decisions alone, you're supposed to discuss them, not act like a caveman and just- take me away! This isn’
“Sounds like a plan. Just try to listen when I’m explaining something?” I scoff. “What did you say? Excuse me!” “I’m afraid I can’t because I’m not done with you,” he whispers, suddenly hoisting me up and pushing me up against the wall behind me. I gasp, feeling my core heat up, throbbing with de
VALERIE. My heart races, the phone almost slipping from my hold as his words ring in my mind. Zade turns, carrying me over to the chest of drawers and places me on top of it, still holding me tightly as he takes his own phone out and types something in on the web browser. “I’m coming there,” Atti
“Well, that’s not my job, but this one is. We’ll contact you if we need to ask anything further. Leave your address please,” he says. Zade takes the paper and I know for a fact he won’t be leaving the correct address, and I don’t want him to either. I didn’t like this officer at all. There’s just s
VALERIE. I’m pacing the bedroom floor wondering if I should have a word with Atticus before introducing him to Zade. After all, I don’t want him to say anything hurtful to him, but then… didn’t I say hurtful things to Zade earlier? I have always been blunt and pretty harsh at times, to the point I
VALERIE. “Get away from her!” Atticus snarls, grabbing my arm and yanking me behind him protectively, the flowers he had passed me falling to the floor. Zade doesn’t move, but I see the way his jaw tightens, and the flicker of blue in his eye as he stands there, emotionless and calm on top, but I
“Ok… let’s eat,” I say, hoping the food distracts them from the intense eye lock between them. “So now the car crash makes sense. What exactly are you involved in that is putting Valerie in danger?” Atticus growls just as I plate the grilled chicken. “Atticus…” I say, feeling a sting at his words,
VALERIE. Zade and I are filling Atticus in on everything we have experienced and we’re up to the part where Zade managed to get the chip out of me and the Arkan entering. “… and he was injured himself. If he hadn’t removed my chip at that moment, I’d have been dead. These chips are being used agai
I hear footsteps and wipe my eyes furiously and take a deep breath, refusing to let him see how I feel. He steps into the room, hands in pocket, carrying an arrogance as he looks me over.“I have questions.”“You kidnapped me!” I snarl.“You’re not a kid. Sit down.”“I don’t listen to-”The next thi
~ MILENA ~The bullet pierces through his chest and I gasp, my heart shattering as I watch the blood drip down his white shirt. It hurts, so fucking much. Not that I shot him, not that I know he could have dodged it if he had moved, but it’s the shock in those bright blue eyes when he realised I sho
Staring back at me in photo after photo is none other than the man I love, the man I have lived with for nearly a year. The man who killed my brother.One and the very same.“No… NO!” I scream, kicking the photos away from me. Is this a sick joke? I jump out of bed, rush to the bathroom and manage t
~ MILENA ~My eyes open, my vision blurry. I rub my eyes. I know I’m in a bed. It feels familiar, and for a moment I wonder if I’m back at my place but… my bed isn’t this large or comfortable.I sit up and look around, my heart hammering as realisation settles in. I know why it feels so… homely.Thi
“Excuse me, sir, she’ll be free to go tomorrow. But she will need to take some blood thinners and some pain relief tablets for the next two weeks.”I nod. I didn’t tell them I didn’t know her… after all, my questions are pending and she has the answers.This was not how I was expecting my night to e
~ ZION ~Not this time.I raise my gun, pressing it to her forehead roughly. She stumbles backwards trying to put space between us, but with her injured leg she’s not as slick and I almost reach out to steady her, then remind myself who she is.She is one of them.And she’s here for a reason.Do the
My heart skips a beat.He’s always been clever, but the conviction with how he said that one sentence… as if he was completely certain. But I’m not going to admit that.I chuckle humourlessly. “And why would you think I was the one who was behind that?”“You don’t wear a seatbelt, Milena. You were w
~ MILENA ~Irritation flashes through me as the car comes ever closer. As predicted it would.I’m waiting for the moment Zion’s car that he no longer has control over dangerously drives down this one-way road, and I’ll be here, waiting to pull out in front of him.I have to time it just right. If he
“Oh god, this is a generous treat…” she murmurs as she sticks her tongue out and flicks it across the tip in a slow and tantalising manner.Pleasure shoots through me and I grip the back of her head.“Not yet,” I mutter huskily, yanking her to her feet and turning her. I push her against the wall, u