“Oh! Zade, this is Doctor Cassian Owen. Doctor, this is my boyfriend, Zade.” “Oh, nice to meet you, Zade,” he says, almost as if he’s something better than me and holds his hand out to me. I glance down at it before looking down at Valerie. “A little busy?” I remark, wrapping my arms around Valeri
VALERIE. We ring the doorbell of the small house that sits back from the rest of the block. The overgrown brambles cover the wall that surrounds the property, making it far more secluded than the neighbours, giving more privacy, or making it more dangerous… I’m holding my medical kit, feeling on e
Depending on what needs doing, I’m not sure how much she’ll be able to take, considering how weak she is… “You aren’t chipped. How did they know?” Zade asks as I place my medical kit down. “I don’t know. That’s why I was confident they wouldn’t know. I wanted to leave safely, just start afresh,” A
“It’s all I could find. Let me know if you need anything else,” he says, bending down and kissing my cheek. I look up, my heart skipping a beat, and nod. “Thank you.” “I’ll be back to bandage her up.” Our eyes meet before he leaves the room. “Will she be ok?” Adriana asks just when I see the bull
‘I’ll be fine. Focus on what you’re doing, Little Mate, I’ll handle the rest.’ His voice is quiet, and I feel slightly calmer after his reassurance. I return to the bed and get back to work, fishing out the fragments of the next bullet. These are strange bullets, not like any I’ve seen before. They
ZADE. There are too many of them, and they knew I was coming. This was a cleverly thought-out plan, one that even I failed to see through. Rage like never before burns through me as I cut them down with no mercy. I have a few cuts and I managed to dodge the bullets, but it doesn’t matter; I welcom
Fuck, she’s safe. I press my face into her hair, trying to calm myself. She could have fucking died. “I’m ok…” she breathes, “but you’re not!” I close my eyes, inhaling the scent of her hair, the mix of her natural scents and her shampoo calming the blood thirst. “We need to get out of here. We
ZADE. “I’m so sorry I got you dragged into this.” “Did you rent this property in your name?” I ask. She shakes her head. “I’m trespassing… It was empty. I was just crashing here as I had nowhere else I could go.” Adriana’s saying guiltily as she tries to walk, but she’s in a pretty bad state. “W