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
“How could I ever forget you?” Leonard says. “I may have put two and two together and figured out the true reason why you’d want Rowan dead..I may not know you two's true relationship but since mine and his were horrible I’m assuming it’s the same with you.” Her assumption is incredibly wrong because her brother is as horrible as her other brother. Oh shit.. Leonard might tell her it’s because he’s in love with me or something and knowing her she might connect the dots and know that we’d plan on killing him after we’re done with killing Rowan. “Well not exactly but yeah sure.. and I’m right to believe if you know about this information you’ve already seen these two.” Leonard says. I sigh. Kane just looks at me. “Well that’s a relief.” He whispers. “What the hell are you doing here?” I ask before Isabel gets the opportunity to respond to leonard. “I’m sorry, I didn’t realize I needed to explain myself to you.” She smiles and walks to her brother. This woman has an obsession
We arrived back home a couple hours later. Kane is busy parking the car in the garage while I'm entering the house. We called Elena on our way home but she didn't respond. I open the front door and she's shockingly sitting right in front of the tv. "Why weren’t you answering your phone?” I close the door once I'm in and cross my arms. "Glad to see your back." She turns the tv off and stands up. “I feared 'someone' would try to track me down so I put it on airplane mode.” "jokes on you, technologys more advanced. I can pretty much still stalk you even with your phone off if I wanted to.” "Aurelia.. look, just come sit with me, I actually have information I wanted to tell you two, speaking of which, where's Kane?" just as she asks that the door opens. "Someone must have missed me." Kane says after opening the door. "What news are you talking about?" I ask and walk to the couch, Kane does the same. “Well, Shannon wasn't pleased to see me.” Elena sits back down. "Well at le
The three of us went separate ways after concluding where we were going. Kane and Elena are presently on their way to Leonard’s place while I’ve already reached school. I park my car and come out. Luckily the college I’m in is for rich kids so no one’s really focusing on my Porsche. I'm trying my best to not drag attention to myself. I had called Stacy on my way here to see whether she’d be around or not, she surprised me by telling me she wanted to see me. I finally reach the elevator and walk to my room after my stop. I knock on the door since I don’t really live there anymore. The door opens, Stacy immediately engulfs me. “I missed you so much, you disappeared for days and haven't been back to see us, why?” She lets me go. “Can I Atleast enter first?” I smile. “Ofcourse, Ofcourse.” She steps aside and I enter. I look over to my side of the room and see another person's belongings there. “I didn’t think you’d replace me this fast.” I place my hands In my pockets. Stacy clos
Isabel is wasting my time. We are presently waiting for Aurelia to come back to Leonard’s place so that we can talk to her. Leonard and Elena are already here, and we plan to hijack Rowan’s security. Both technological and physical. Isabel was supposed to come together with her brother but she decided to step out. According to her she had places she needed to be and would be back soon. I wanted everyone to be here when Aurelia comes but she obviously hates following plans. “Where is your sister?” “Don’t know, don’t care… well, as long as she’s not dead Ofcourse.” Leonard sips on his tequila. Elena and him were staring daggers at each other earlier today yet now they just seem so relaxed. Elena is also drinking tequila. I guess their back to being mistress and boss. The door opens. “I hope I’m not late.” Isabel walks in with Aurelia. “You're so annoying.” Aurelia says responding to Isabel. “Finally. Well now since we’re all here we can get on with the plan.” I say. “So we’re
My eyes have been shut this whole time that when I open them I realize none of this makes sense but I don’t even care. I get off him and kiss him so hard I’m sure I left a bruise somewhere. I finally allow us to breathe. “I’m so sorry baby.” I whisper whilst hugging him. “Shh..” he says and rubs my back. I step away and he wipes my tears. “I know you have many questions.” He says whilst holding my waist. I nod with snot probably coming out of my nose. “Ask.” He says. He’s trying to distract me. “How are you here.. the letter! Your silence on the phone? London?” I speak without thinking . “Michale called yesterday. He told me he didn’t want to tell me about your wedding but I told him we already met and you told me about it. He then told me it’s happening today but I still didn’t want to bother. I had concluded that I’d kill myslef the day you get married. So I was prepared until he told me the kind of danger you might be in and I immediately got on the plane. The only
“I’m so sorry Leo.” I say but he ignores me and I can see his heart shattering. I know how much he loved his sister even though he loved to pretend otherwise. I then look at Luca who seems to be staring at Isabel like he’s in a trance. He’s not even crying. There’s not even tears. He’s just staring at her. I sit flat on the floor between the two dead bodies whilst the war outside is still happening so it’s not like I can go anywhere. Elena suddenly calls my name but I’m too shocked to look at her. She shows up in front of me and hands me the same envelope that mom gave her. I take it from her and open it. I look down first because I want to see who it’s from, this is not the time. I see the name Kane there and I immediately start to get the most painful headache ever. I close my eyes and I could swear I’m in a trance where all I’m seeing are memories. They're all coming back. Rune was my stepbrother. Leonard killed him. I loved Kane alot and I also loved Rune a lot. Emaine
I sigh when I realize Michael and I have walked past half of the aisle and look up. I finally have eye contact with Leonard and the way he looks at me makes me want to drop my gaze back down. He looks amazing in his black suit. His hair is slicked back as well and he’s carved his beard. He’s staring at me like I’m the best thing he’s ever seen and that makes me smile. We finally reach the small stairs and Michael untangles his hand from mine. I see him glare at Leonard before he lets me go and I walk up the stairs. I stand right in front of Leonard. He's on the right side whilst I’m on the left. The priest is in the middle. My girls are behind me and vice versa with Leonard’s men. I so badly want to ask Shannon where Emaine is but I don’t think it’s appropriate. I hear some whispers whilst I’m up here but I can’t hear what their saying. Everyone sits down and I finally hear someone say that it’s not right for my mom to be here but the king's mother isn't. I snort and Leonard rai
One week later I’ve been thinking about Kane and I’s conversation all day and my heart feels like it's exploding every time. I don’t know whether it’s the memories of my past that have been coming back lately but they are affecting the way I feel about this entire situation. Leonard decided to rush our wedding because he felt like something bad would happen in between. Apparently the rebels are angry at me for betraying them. they’ve started to riot again. I didn’t betray them but it sure as hell looks like I am now that I’m getting married to one of the revolution's enemies. They must be feeling the same way Michael feels. I would definitely try to find who is commanding them now that me, Michael and Luca are no longer there just so that I could talk to them and try to find a reasonable understanding or come to an agreement between one another to stop the violence and just let the wicked leaders lead. The people will handle it during the elections when they are choosing their own l
I lean back in the seat, tracing the edge of the invitation card in my lap. It’s still strange, seeing my name next to Leonard’s in elegant, golden script. I went to see them today, to invite Michael, Elena, Shannon, and the others to the wedding. A part of me hoped they’d all be there, that maybe they’d want to share this with me. But every single one of them declined. Their rejections feel like tiny, sharp pinpricks, pressing deeper the more I think about it. As we slow at a red light, I glance out the window, watching people hurry across the street, faces blending into each other. Then I freeze. In the car beside me, a familiar face leans against the window, lost in thought—Kane. My heart skips. Without thinking, I lean forward and tap the driver’s shoulder. “Please, pull over. Right here.” He raises his eyebrows at me through the rearview mirror but nods, steering us to the curb. I roll down my window, sticking my hand out to catch Kane’s attention. “Kane!” I call softly, hop
Everyone keeps congratulating me but for some reason I don’t even feel like this is real. Leonard told me he doesn’t want to waste much time on our wedding and I agreed so we’re getting married in a week. I decided to go to kanes place to tell Michael and the others. For some reason I can’t get Kane out of my mind….ever since he helped me that day by getting me away from that weird ass man in the library stuck with me and I haven't been able to thank him. I didn’t even thank him for trying to get to me the time that Leonard had kidnapped me. Leonard invited his hateful relatives for our engagement. Apparently the tradition is that they have to all come and dine with me, I refused to do so.. they came regardless but I wasn’t there to see them. Leonard had understood that I needed to leave so he let me go to kanes place which is where I’m heading now. He insisted that I take some of his guards so I did. I don’t know how Shannon, Michael, Elena, Luca and even Kane will take this news…
Hearing that Aurelia was in love with Leonard was one thing but seeing it in her eyes did something to me. The moment we got home I didn’t speak to anyone no matter how much they tried to get me to speak. There’s no use for me to stay in Rome if the reason I’m here is clearly gone… I don’t want to give up but as long as she doesn’t have her memory back I have to leave. I decided to write her a letter, I hope that when she gets to read this her memory will be back. I’m presently packing. I'm going back to London. I don’t plan on getting talked out of this so I’m planning on going when everyone’s asleep besides Shannon, I'm going to give her the letter personally because I know she’ll deliver my message. I step out of my room silently and knock on her door a few times. She opens it whilst brushing her eyes with her hands. She looks like she hasn’t been sleeping… but she does look very tired. “Kane?” she asks, voice hushed. "What are you doing here? And...with a suitcase?" I st
I sit in my room, the dim light casting shadows on the walls. My heart still races from the commotion downstairs. I expected my mother, Shannon, to leave with the rest of them, but she didn’t. She’s here. I hear her soft footsteps approaching before there’s a light knock on the door. “Aurelia, may I come in?” she asks, her voice gentle but firm, like always. “Yeah,” I whisper, unsure of what to expect. My fingers fidget in my lap as she steps in and closes the door behind her. She sits beside me on the bed, the mattress dipping slightly under her weight. There’s a brief silence as she studies me, her eyes soft but observant, the way a mother’s should be. I look away, my throat tight, already feeling the emotions bubbling up. I know what this is about. “I didn’t leave with the others because I needed to talk to you,” Shannon says, her voice soft but serious. She reaches out, taking my hand. Her touch is warm, familiar, and it instantly begins to break down the walls I’ve tried to
I sit on the edge of the couch, my eyes scanning the room. Kane leans against the wall, arms crossed, his face unreadable. Shannon and Luca sit across from each other, both looking deep in thought. Elena is quiet, but I can feel her eyes on me, waiting. Emaine sits off to the side, her posture stiff, clearly uncomfortable. I clear my throat, trying to break the silence. "The revolution has been regrouping. We don’t know who their new leader is, but I have reason to believe they’re planning to take action soon." Kane uncrosses his arms, his lips curling into a grim smirk. “Let them. If their first plan is to kill Leonard, I’d be more than happy to let them.” Before I can respond, Shannon jumps in. "That’s not a good idea, Kane. Especially if Aurelia isn’t leading them anymore. They see her as a traitor. If they try to kill Leonard, they’ll go after her too." Her words hang in the air, and I can feel the tension rising. Luca’s phone suddenly rings, cutting through the weight of the