I’ve called Aurelia about fifteen times now and she still hasn’t answered. I’m worried about her but at the same time she could be bathing or something that could have caused her to not be with her phone. I can’t help but have this nagging feeling that she’s in trouble. I decided to go check out her dorm to see if she’s returned yet. It wasn’t hard for Leonard to find out where she lived so he had filled me in, he even helped me with a duplicate key, that man and his connections. That’s how I had managed to see her the day she saw me here. It doesn’t take much time before I reach her room. I knock twice yet no one answers. I go to knock the third time and someone opens the door. “Hello, how can I help you?” A random woman says. “Hey, I’m Kane.” “Oh my goodness. YOU! Aurelia told me so much about you, I'm Stacy.” She is a little too excited. She holds out her hand but I shake my head. “She did say you were rude.” “Is she around?” “Actually, no she stepped out a while ago b
12 strokes of midnight was closed the night Rune was killed. I sometimes wish it was still open because I seem to have no other purpose in life but only in terms of career. I’m presently on my way back home after buying groceries. I do not like buying groceries but my husband and I seem to have switched duties now that he has a decent job and I don’t. My phone starts to ring so I connect it to the Bluetooth of my car. I check the caller ID but it’s an unknown number, I answer. “Hello, who am I speaking with?” “That’s not really important seeing as your husband is about to die.” My hands go stiff on the steering wheel and I almost bump into an old woman, I immediately stop the car on the side of the road. “What do you want?” I say whilst grasping my phone like I’m about to break it. “Simple, tell me where your precious little friend is hiding.” “Please I don’t know who you're talking about!” I scream. My voice wobbled. “Oh but you do, you were with her recently… Does Ro
I wake up in what seems like a room—-wait where am I? I’m about to start sitting up straight but everything comes crashing down like a slideshow in a cinema. Ella, Nick, Isabella. Now that I think of it, why did they put me in such a comfortable king size bed? “-we need to make sure I make Rowan pay me a large amount before we give him to her!” I open my eyes more than when I had woken up so that I can see who it was that spoke. I instantly shut them due to the overbearing light that slices through them. “Looks like someone’s awake.” Ella says. “The curtains.” I say softly. Not because I want to speak lightly but because my throat feels dry. I hear the curtains close so I finally open my eyes fully. I am indeed in a fancy room. There are two people in the room. One is staring at me, that must be Nick, the one who spoke. The other is Ella who is bringing me water. She tries to make me drink it with the cup in her hands but I take it from her hand and drink it on my own. “Stu
Hearing Kane say Rowan killed Richard doesn’t upset me the way it should because Richard was a horrible person but it still doesn't mean he deserved to die. Rowan is an evil man. “Kane.. I’m so sorry-” “It’s fine, I never liked him anyway.” “If Rune was here he’d be so happy.” “Indeed.” “Where are we going anyway?” “I bought a house.” “You bought what now? Do you know how expensive land itself is in Italy, let alone building a whole house?” “You're forgetting who I am clearly.” “Is it far from here-” kanes phone starts ringing so I pick up since he’s driving. It’s Elena. Finally, “Hey Elena, where have you been?” “Aurelia oh my goodness thank God you're okay.” Her voice sounds shaky. “I’m fine, what’s wrong?” “Well my husband is dead so a lot is wrong.. can you um give Kane the phone.” “Sure, hold on.” I place the phone on kanes ear while he talks to her. “What is it now?” He asks Elena. I can’t hear what she’s saying. “Can I put it on speaker?” I ask. Kane look
My arms have been killing me for the past few hours yet Kane doesn't want to allow me to breathe. “Kane please, we’ve been at this for hours! I’m exhausted.” “You’re the one that wants to kill people, you gotta do what you gotta do.” Kane has been teaching me how to fight. We’re presently fighting each other but he told me to focus on punches for now. He has a gym in his house but it’s a different type of gym. It almost looks like a room for learning how to kill people literally. It has archery equipment, arrows, guns— different types of guns and other stuff. “Nope I can’t do this anymore.” I fall flat on the carpet floor. “Here, drink this.” He hands me a water bottle. “When’s Elena going to be here?” I start to gulp my water down. “Soon, she texted that she’s already arrived. She’s just busy with security.” “So why don’t you go pick her up?” “She told me it’d be safer if she came alone.” “How the hell is that safer-” “Hey don’t look at me. It was her decision.” He raise
We collapsed on the floor and later showered and changed. I was heading back downstairs when the new phone that Kane got me started ringing. It was Elena. “Hiii Elena.” “For someone who's gotten bad news you sound overly happy.” “I may have gotten together with someone today.” “Well it’s about time. It would have been weird but now that you're technically no longer step siblings it’s fine.” “Anyways, why’d you call?” “Oh I’m outside what I believe to be kanes house.” “Right, I'm coming.” “Kane!” I scream. “Yeah!” He screams back. “Elena’s here, get your ass down here!” “I’m coming!” I open the door. Elena’s staring at me with an odd expression. “What’s wrong?” “We have a problem.” She semi smiles. “Hey, what’s going on here?” I turn around and see Kane standing in the living room with his hands folded. “Wait.. you're not alone are you?” Kane asks Elena. He grabs my hand and pulls me behind him then checks outside. “Who are you?” He says. I can’t see who is outsid
It’s funny how the person Kane and I were looking for ended up finding us instead. “Tell me about it.” Elena says and rolls her eyes. “I remember my mom being strict but not too strict and definitely not a bitch.” “Your mothers full of secrets.” Elena tells me. “Aren’t we all.” Isabel says. “So how’d you find Elena?” Kane asks. “One thing about us evergreens, we’re really smart. I knew she wouldn’t stay there after Rowan’s threats and actions. I deduced that you two were the only family left hence she’d fly over here. I won’t lie though, I didn’t expect her to get here so fast but anyways.” “So I take it that you’re here to chase me out of Rome?” “Precisely.” “Wonderful.” I say. “I take that you're not truly doing this for Shannon either.” Elena says. “You're smart, I like you.” She refills her cup. “Shannon never mentioned you to me, which is really odd.” “Like you said, she’s full of secrets”. “You're lying, Shannon never told you to tell Aurelia to leave. I m
It’s currently 4am and for some strange reason I’m awake. I try to go back to sleep but I hear footsteps coming from downstairs. I quickly wear a hoodie since it’s cold and I’m already in sweatpants, I look at Kane and he’s soundly asleep so I go downstairs to check, it’s probably Elena. As I start going downstairs I see the front door slowly close. I quickly look through the window and see Elena running to Kane's car. She has the keys because he agreed to give it to her to go see Shannon, but why would she be going at this time? And so sneakily. “Aurelia?” Kane says from above the stairs. I hear his footsteps coming down the stairs so I turn and look at him. “Don’t tell me you knew about this.” I cross my arms.. “About what?” “Oh don’t act so dumb.” I turn around and look outside. She’s started the car now. Kanes hands envelop my waist from the back and I lay my back on his chest. He kisses my cheek. “What’s wrong baby?” He whispers. “Look outside.” Elena’s started movin