Evelyn POVI’m not sure how long I was in my room before Kade came in. It wasn’t until his hands framed my face that I snapped out of the trance I was in. He knelt in front of me and continued to cup my cheeks as tears streamed down my face. “Baby, what happened? His brows knitted together. I began to hyperventilate. I couldn’t tell Kade my mother died or else he would figure out the connection with Ricci. “Breathe Evelyn…. Tell me what’s going on.” Kade’s voice was filled with concern. In this moment, was the first time I felt guilty for hiding my identity and sad that I needed to lie to the man I was falling in love with.“My–” I cleared my throat. “My grandma just—” I took a breath. “She’s gone.” Sobs began racking my body as Kade wrapped his arms around me trying to soothe my pain. After a few minutes, Kade scoops me up into his arms and places me further onto my bed. “I’ll be right back baby.”I get lost in my grief and become unsure of how much time has passed. It isn’t until
—Evelyn POV “Why the fuck is she here?” Anthony roared while pointing at me. Kade looked at Anthony and I with a puzzled expression. “You guys know each other?” “I would think so considering she’s, my stepdaughter.” Anthony yelled while balling his hands into fists at his sides. Before standing up, I sent a 911 code to Chief to let him know my cover was blown. I stood up and put my hands out like I was caging a rabid animal. “Kade, I can explain...”Kade’s face turned bright red from rage. Machine walked into the Hive and instructed everyone to leave the room except us. “It’s quite simple Ghost, you have managed to let the ONE person who I did not want access to my files to have access.” Ricci pointed to me. “Kade, meet Evelyn Myers, aka my stepdaughter.” A cruel smile spread on his lips. “Tell me Evelyn how’s mother dearest doing?” I lunged at him but was intercepted by Kade’s arm around my waist. Ricci laughed. “So, it take you’ve heard the news then.” A growl escaped me as
Evelyn POV As time passed, I let myself break down. Grieving my mother’s death and the death of my relationship with Kade. I lost feeling in my limbs a while ago. All I could see in the dark room was the illuminated EXIT sign near the door. I cried until there was nothing left in my system. As my body began to doze off, the light turned on and the door to the room was shoved open. I jerked awake and blinked my eyes several times to get used to the light in the room. Kade walked in first with his laptop cradled in his arm. Behind him, Machine rolled a metal cart in front of him. Kade placed his computer on the seat across from me and walked over to the cart to grab a water bottle. While unscrewing the cap, he walked over to me. “Open your mouth.” Feeling too weak to fight, I listened. Knowing I needed the water. The water felt good as it soothed my raw throat. After taking several gulps he placed the bottle back on the cart. “So, Ms. Myers, we are going to try this again.” “Why
Evelyn POVMy world comes into focus as my heavy eyelids open. My entire body aches and my head throbs. Attempting to rub my temples I realize that I am bound to a chain link fence in a warehouse building.“What the fuck?” I mumble to myself trying to take in my surroundings. The warehouse is scarce with items. Three large cages are on the far side of the warehouse, empty. My memories flash to when my team found all of the dead children and women in cages identical to the ones in the room with me. .I try to move my legs to find that they are bound as well.“Ah sleepy beauty is awake,” a voice echoes in the warehouse. My blood turns to ice at the recognition of the voice. I look up to meet the cold dark eyes of Anthony Ricci, the devil himself. He stalks towards me with his hands behind his back. The look of a predator hunting its prey. “Well Evelyn, you really did it this time.” He smirks. Stopping only a couple of feet in front of me. “What do you have to say for yourself?”“Let
THE FOLLOWING CHAPTER CONTAINS GRAPHIC VIOLENCE AND MAY BE TROUBLESOME TO SOME READERS. READ AT OWN RISK *************************************************************************************************************Evelyn POVKade’s cell phone began to ring just as Ricci walked towards Aaron’s unconscious body. Without glancing my way, Kade told Ricci he needed to take the call. Ricci responded with a simple wave of his hand. “What do you want to know?” I cried as Ricci took out his knife.“Who are you working for?” My pause only entices Ricci more and before I can respond he’s cutting off one of Aaron’s fingers.The piercing scream that leaves Aaron’s lips makes bile come up my throat. Tears stream down my face as I try to get out of my restraints. “STOP! PLEASE STOP! I’ll tell you!” I scream as Ricci moves to another finger. Raising an eyebrow at me, Ricci gives me an expectant look. “I work for a special operations unit through the government. But you already know this. You ment
Evelyn POVI was jostled awake when the van hit several potholes in a row, making my head bounce off the floor of the van. Holding my head while groaning, I slowly sat up and rested my head on the metal frame. A sticky substance felt like it was all over me. My vision began to focus and the gruesome scene before me came into focus. A piercing scream escaped me and echoed off the metal frame of the van. The memory of how I ended up in the van overwhelmed me. Aaron lay in an unnatural position next to me. His eyes were closed as blood oozed out of the side of his mouth. Looking down at myself, I was covered in blood that came from the puddle that pooled on the van’s floor. A sob of agony left me as I began to move Aaron’s body to a more natural position. His clothes were saturated in his blood, making the cloth cling to his body. I rested my forehead on his unmoving chest as I let my grief consume me. “Fuck, Arrow. I am so…. fucking…sorry.” I cried into his chest.I needed to wake up
EVELYN POV“Evelyn,” the sound of Buddha’s voice made tears well up in my eyes from relief. I turned around just in time for Buddha to scoop me up in his arms. The smell of smoke permeated my senses. He smelt like a campfire. I let out a sob of relief as I wrapped my arms around his neck. Buddha cradled the back of my head with his large hand as he tried to soothe my cries. “It’s going to be okay. Shhh.” He whispered into my ear. He placed me back on the ground and cupped my cheeks before looking behind me and then back to me with a confused expression. “Where’s Arrow?” He looked over my shoulder and then back to me. I clasped my hands over Buddha’s, before shaking my head. I closed my eyes and willed myself to speak the words that I knew would crush him.“He’s….he’s gone…” I squeezed my eyes shut as another wave of grief hit me. Buddha let go of my face as if my skin burned his hands. He shook his head in disbelief before a hard, angry expression took over his face. I’d never seen
24 Hours Earlier Kade POV Betrayal, anger,and heartbreak coursed through every fiber of my being. Evelyn lied to me. Not only did she lie, but also stole my heart in the process. I slammed the door to my office and threw the vase of flowers I intended to give Evelyn after my meeting with Ricci. Glass of the vase shattered against the wall, sending glass, stems, and water all over the floor. My chest heaved as I braced myself on the side of my desk. I heard the door open and quietly shut behind me. I knew it was Evan. “If you are going to give me some quick witted commentary, I am not in the mood.” I gritted out. Evan leaned on the desk and looked down at my hunched form. He crossed his arms and sighed. “You know me better than that fratello.” Brothe. One of the few words Evan had learned over the years. And he was mine, in every sense of the word. “What do you want to do?” I shook my head. “I have no fucking idea.” I stood up and scrubbed a hand down my face and sucked my lips
We slowly got into a routine with our newly formed family. Everything felt like it was slowly moving into place. Except for the radio silence, my sister had all of us on edge. We knew something was brewing. It was just a matter of time. For now, we would continue our lives as normal as we could. I had become an official partner for RSS and was working on liquidating all of Ricci Enterprise with the help of the Hive and my R-Team. The new headquarters and gym would be opening in a couple more weeks which had Buddha, Badger, Bodhi, and Chief extremely busy. I had helped name one particular wing that was designated for our training, specifically the mock missions training. The wing was named “Eye of Arrow” with a looped arrow symbol next to it to signify overcoming obstacles and solutions. Ever since our beautiful baby girl had been born, there seemed to be something going on between Badger and Machine. Both of them would look at the other longingly when the other wasn’t looking. Kade
I looked at the mother of my beautiful, healthy baby girl. She was asleep on the hospital bed, looking at peace. After a gruesome labor of 28 hours, the woman deserved the rest. She had been such a trooper through the entire thing. Proving that my woman had bigger balls than most men I knew. A knock sounded on the wooden door before Buddha peaked his head in. I narrowed my brows. “How did you get past security?” I asked him slightly. Buddha gave me a broad smile. “I look like security. Didn’t take much. Told them I was meeting my boss to take up a post outside Evelyn’s room.” I rolled my eyes fully understanding why the young receptionist would believe that to be true. He walked into the room with a bouquet made out of balloons and marshmallows. My phone vibrated with a message. When I looked at the screen it was a text from Buddha in the newly made group chat. Buddha 🧘🧘: I have made it to where the target is. Chief 🇺🇸: excellent! Let us know when we can visit. I will be in
8 Months LaterKade POV “Babe, we are going to be late!” I called out to Evelyn as I looked in the hallway mirror as I straightened my tie. Today was the grand opening of my new club, Oasis that was once called Olympus and owned by Ricci. Machine and I had worked hard making the space into an elegant yet erotic atmosphere. With a color palette of Deep Red and black with accents of crystal, we were able to achieve our goal. Never would this club be home to sex trafficking ever again. Tonight we would be showing our hard work off to our loved ones and the new elite members of the club. “Coming!” Evelyn yelled out from our bedroom. I heard her breathing heavily as she walked down the hall. She held her impressive baby bump as she walked. She looked breathtaking in a black satin floor-length gown that was tailored perfectly to her curves. Her hair was down and soft waves, which were calling me to run my hands through them. Evelyn was officially living with me in the penthouse after pu
Kade POV Evelyn began to rock her hips over my hardening length as we devoured each other. My hands roamed from her breasts, her back, and then to her delectable ass. I let out a groan as I squeezed both ass cheeks in my hands. I removed my lips from hers and began to leave open-mouthed kisses down her jaw to her throat before standing up while continuing to hold Evelyn in my arms. She squealed at the sudden movement and locked her legs around me koala-style. She ran her hands through my hair as she nipped and sucked my neck and earlobe. I could feel the heat of her core on my waist as I walked closer to the bedroom. I could feel my cock dripping already with precum. I needed to be inside her. I kicked the door behind me and placed my girl on the bed before tearing off my and her clothes in record time. I tried to slow down, but the caveman in me had a primal need that had to be fulfilled. Evelyn spread open her legs giving me the perfect view of her wet pink pussy. I yanked on he
Kade POVEVELYN 💕Amore mio: Are you home?I did a double take at my phone and questioned whether I was losing my goddamn mind. Sure as shit, Evelyn had texted me for the first time since our last intimate night together. I had just walked into my penthouse when I had received the text and had to sit down on one of the kitchen island stools to make sure I was reading her question correctly. I quickly snapped out of my shock and responded.ME: Yes, you ok?The typing bubble popped up on the phone before disappearing before reappearing again.EVELYN 💕 Amore mio: Can I come over? I need to talk to you.My heart began to pound in my chest. Play it cool, man. Don’t scare her off by coming on too strong. ME: Of course. You are always welcome here, Princess. I walked into my ensuite bathroom to make sure I looked presentable enough. I had been working from home and at the club we had just bought for the past couple of days and felt no desire to get put on a suit. I had a feeling though
Evelyn POVAlfredo weaved through my legs as I heaved my breakfast into the toilet. “For fucksake!” I grumbled. I rinsed out my mouth and sent Badger a text, asking for her to bring me some soup and saltines. She called me seconds later, talking a mile a minute.“Do you think it’s the flu?” Badger asked over the phone. We were on number five of questions to determine why I was sick.I rested my head on the back rest of the sofa and placed my cellphone on my chest with Badger on speaker. “No. I don’t have a fever or anything.” I had no energy today. In fact, I progressively had been feeling run down for the past week. Badger went silent on the other end of the phone, making me look at the screen to make sure she was still on the line. “Jess?” “Yeah I’m here. I need to ask you something but promise not to freak out?” I rolled my eyes. “We both know you are going to ask regardless.” I laughed at my joke. “That’s beside the point.” “Badge, just ask! Sheesh!” “Are you pregnant?”I s
Evelyn POVAll but Kade left my apartment. Matt apologized to Kade but also let him know that he knew about Kade’s skeletons in his closet before leaving the apartment. Kade sat on the sofa with Alfredo curled up in his arms. Seeing them together made me want to snap a picture but thought better of it. He was the one that pushed me away. “You know you are going to leave here covered in fur right?” Kade looked up at me as he continued to scratch behind one of Alfredo’s ears. “I missed this guy.” He looked back down at his furry friend. This statement took me by surprise before anger set in. “Kade, I need you to leave.”Kade looked back up at me, surprise in his expression. “What?”“You heard me.” I held the tears back that were threatening to spill from my eyes. Kade stood up with Alfredo in his arms who meowed in protest at the movement. “Evelyn,” He whispered. I extended my arms in a silent instruction for him to hand over my cat. “Don’t make this harder than it has to be Kade.
Evelyn POV“You’re lucky I’m not pressing any legal action on your ass!” Kade screamed in Matt’s face. Matt stood up and shoved Kade away from him.“Back off ‘Ghost;” He emphasized with air quotes. “I did what I had to.” Buddha clapped both his hands down on Matt’s shoulders and pushed him back down into the dining chair. “We are here to talk, Master Sergeant. No need to get physical.” Buddha stated in a calm voice. I glanced at Chief with a weary expression. This could get out of hand quickly. Matt sighed. “I needed to have Anthony’s files in a vulnerable state so I could access them.” What the fuck?“Why go through all this trouble when you could have asked him?” Machine asked as he took a sip of his beer. Matt scrubbed a hand down his face before looking at me. “You weren’t the only one who observed from the shadows, Evelyn.” My heart sank into my stomach as I remembered vividly how my mother screamed and sobbed when she found out my dad was killed. “Explain.” Chief stated w
EVELYN POV“I’ll be there as well.” Kade said with finality in his voice. “Wai-wait…N–” I stammered before getting cut off by Kade. His eyes told me not to argue with him. “What time Evelyn? This is a matter of RSS.” His voice was void of emotion. I nodded my head once with understanding. “6:30.” Kade looked back to the rest of the people in the room. “Continue.” He didn’t need to elaborate. Ollie was the next person to speak up as she took the remote from Lennie. “In this frame you can see Matthew take the thumb drive out and replace it with a plastic device that looked like a plug in for a wireless keyboard. This is the device that was meant to store data that he was looking for. From there the damage was done.” We knew the rest of the story and how I was able to fix it. I just hoped that Kade didn’t think I had anything to do with my brother’s actions. —-I went home early today not feeling well physically and mentally. I felt an overwhelming exhaustion take over my entire