Aubrey's POV Ellie walked into the house and Alexis rose to her full height. " Ellie, right? Your friend?" She asked. "Hmm." I nodded as she walked in. It was then I noticed her small overnight bag. " Who brought you?" I inquired and she looked at me. " He's downstairs?" I whispered and comported myself when I saw that Alexis was staring at me deeply, " Okay, come in. You must be tired." I said and she followed me into a spare room." You can stay here." I said and watched her drop her bag on the floor gently. " I'll bring some towels for you right now." " Don't bring them yet. My father misses you, he wants you to come back." I sighed, " Jumping right into the heart of the matter, are we?" I asked and she nodded, " Let me check up on my friend and I'll come back." I told her. I didn't want Alexis to feel bad, I noticed that Ellie didn't respond to her cheerfulness earlier. She was not in the living room and I heard a faint noise coming from the kitchen. Could it be that she was
Aubrey's POV The doorbell rang and we looked at each other for a minute before walking out of the room. I peeped through the hole and saw him standing outside my apartment. The one who has been on my mind since I returned. It was foreign seeing him again in the flesh. I knew this was not the time to drool but I couldn't help but admire his new haircut, he had a parting in the sides and I turned. " Your father." I mouthed to Ellie. Alexis walked out of her room with a cup in her hand, and she stopped in her tracks when she saw us staring at each other. "What's up?" She asked and we shook our head. Actually, I did, while Ellie kept staring at her as if she knew her before. No one was speaking and I jumped when I heard the knock again. " Why aren't you answering the door?" Alexis inquired while looking at me in curiosity." Nothing, it's probably one of those pranksters" " What if it isn't?" Alexis asked me and I shrugged. How was I supposed to explain Mr. Knight's appearance to
Aubrey's POV The lights flickered on when we entered and I was greeted with the presence of close to ten people sitting in the living room on a sofa. Did he bring me to join a cult? I wondered and halted when he pushed me gently to proceed. " What are we doing here?" I mouthed. He was the only one I knew and right now, it seemed as though my tryst level was waning, I couldn't relate to the fact that I was standing before strangers like a sacrificial lamb. " She is pretty." A male voice said and I was forced to look away from the chair I was staring at. I turned to see the owner of the voice descending from the stairs in slow motion. My heart was palpitating greatly. This is it, I had watched such scenes like this whereby..."I can hear your heartbeat." Hello? Was it supposed to be slugging around? " You needn't fear." He said. I might not know a lot about those species, but I knew that everyone here was powerful. There was something about them. Probably it was the way they sa
Aubrey's POV It was almost like deja Vu except that I was alert this time experiencing 't my heart was thumping strongly. I looked into a pair of mocha eyes—impassive and trained on whatever object he saw behind me. He shook his head slowly at me. "Don't move." He mouthed and I heard a gunshot. It was then my heart kicked into overdrive. What did he mean by me not moving? He pulled me closer to his side and I crashed to the ground. My thoughts; We are in an open space, I could get killed! I was going to die and leave my sister behind. Was this how I was going to die?" Run behind that car." He instructed and pulled out a gun from his pocket and handed it to me. " Can you shoot?" Another gunshot rang in the air and the bullet landed beside me. My heart left my body at this point. This wasn't a dream, I was in the midst of a shooting spree and I could lose my life. Adrenaline rushed through me and I ran tow
Aubrey's POV I blinked twice when I discovered that no one was making a move to salvage the situation, why the hell was no one me talking about anything? " Uh, this is my cue to leave." I said, breaking the unusual silence, if they refused to say anything that was cool, but u wouldn't be here for it. "Tell me something, George. What do you intend to achieve? You know damn well that I am not relinquishing ownership to you." Mr. Knight asked and folded his arm. George held onto me and pressed the gun into my head, " You don't want to try me." He replied with a little amusement in his voice. "I am aware of your involvement with your partners. It's quite bold of you to think that I would not be a step ahead." He said." Okay." Mr. Knight said and walked away. "What are you doing?!" I screamed after him when he didn't turn at the right time, " Are you just going to leave me here?" I called in horror. I found it hard to believe that this was happening to me. " It seems like you will
Mr. Knight's POV " You killed him?" My sister asked as she paced about my office berating me in her mind for killing her beloved brother. " For her?" She cast a withering look at Aubrey, if she had her way, she would have landed her a hot slap. " He tried to kill her. Deal with it." Josh interjected and she shot him a stare, she was the middle child so she was used to getting her way all the time.I saw Meg rub his hand slowly, she was still in the grieving phase, I bet all that she was seeing right now was the fact that I killed her brother because of a lady, who was my mate, " Make me understand this. You watched him kill his brother because of you. Wasn't there a way you could have stopped him? Mates stop their significant other from making terrible mistakes. What do you hope to get from this?" She challenged Aubrey. Josh growled, " Quite talking to her in that manner. He tried to kill his mate for goodness' sake. You don't expect him to applaud him." He said in defense. Helen
Aubrey’s POV" I won't." He said with utmost sincerity almost like a vow, " I never want to spend a day without you in my life or in my home." He said. His voice was thick with emotion and I knew that he was serious this time. " And you promise never to hide anything from me?" I asked again and he nodded." I need a verbal confirmation so that it can be on record that you consented." I joked. " Oh, really?" His brows jumped a few inches, "I don't see any recorder." He said, and I gave him a stern look. " Okay, it's alright then. I Declan Knight pledge to tell you everything you want to hear." He said begrudgingly as though I was forcing him, and I giggled. This was the time for me to milk him, " Do you also promise not to...." " What? I don't want to make any more promises!" He exclaimed. " You have not even allowed me to finish speaking." I said and he chucked. He raised his brows with a bit of smile dancing on his lips." I don't know what you are about to ask for next." He
False Accusations.Aubrey's POV" I hope that you didn't allow him into the apartment." " Uhh..." " Don't tell me you allowed a stranger into the... How careless can you be, Alexis?!" my voice was almost hitting the roof at this point as I stared in disbelief, someone please wake me up. What could have been the reason she felt it was safe to allow a stranger into my apartment? " What are you even saying? HE SAID THAT HE WAS YOUR LONG LOST COUSIN." She replied in a matching tone and I rolled my eyes at her silly excuse." You had no right to allow him in. You don't know my family members. Heck, you know nothing about me, so what gave you the audacity?" I replied angrily while passing a hand across my face. This was still surreal to me, it seemed as though I was dreaming. Not when there was an insurgency was she making such mistakes." What is going on in there?" Mr. Knight asked from outside but I ignored him. It was my friend who had a poor sense of security that caused me to shout