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
Aubrey's POV"Save those expressions for a theatre. We both know what you did, and to think that I had high expectations for you. I was happy when I heard my brother finally fell in love with a good human, not knowing that you were worse than a viper. Now that he's dead, how do you feel? Better, fulfilled, satisfied?" "I..." She held a hand up, " Let me finish." She warned me and I looked at her, " I'll tell you this once, even if you get married to him, I'll never accept you. I would prefer Claire over you, at least she never made him kill his brother." she spat. I stared at her, it was as though there was a scale covering her eyes because I wondered what would have ever given her the boldness to think that I would want him to kill his brother. "I can see that you are not ready to listen to me, you are set in your ways and you think that's the right thing. However, I have only one thing to say to you too. I would never encourage him to kill his brother, I have never seen him till
Aubrey's POV" Let's take a walk." We walked through the well-trimmed sidewalk with flowers adorning the sidewalk, it was obvious that she spent time taking care of the compound.She led me to the utmost part of the garden where no one used to stay, I saw some guards taking subtle glances at us. They must have heard the rumors but none of them dared say anything. We sat on a bench and Meg didn't speak for a few minutes, we stared at the expanse of grasses before us and took in the fresh air. It was as if I was in another realm. This was very soothing to me, and I shut my eyes. Who knew that I needed to get away from the madness that surrounded me for a minute? I needed to breathe.My teenage life had very become complicated and I thought of how there could be a better way that things could have turned out. It seemed like things were just going from bad to worse every minute."So, what do you want to talk about?" She asked and I looked up at her. " I am tired of everything. I love t