GABRIELLE
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~The journey back was over, the car drove to a halt, and I felt as though my life was ended as well.
The door clicked open and Lucian walked out, he was waiting for me to do the same. My legs were glued, I knew what awaited me the moment I would step my feet down."Get down! " He wore an impatient scowl. I obeyed reluctantly, there was no need to delay the inevitable.
Strong fingers encircled my arms in an iron grip, I had no choice but to follow behind Lucian as he led us, more like dragged me into the tall building ahead. Mother, father, and my sister were already waiting for us. I avoided my father's gaze, mother's expression was sad, I knew she wished I hadn't been caught. Phoebe was staring at me with an expression that seemed almost like guilt. There were more of our family members present. I couldn't recognize the rest of tCHAPTER TENLUCIAN CASTIEL~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~I glanced at my wife, I couldn't contain the feeling of male satisfaction.She was beautiful. No one had ever managed to make my heart swell with this fierce possessiveness.The need to dominate her and claim her as mine was so intense. It made my jaw clench painfully.She looked different today, her face was paperwhite, contrasting her short black hair which I hated so much. Even though she was still as stunning as ever, I still wanted my golden-haired Brie, the one I was familiar with for almost half my entire life.The thought that she had been about to run away with that bastard still consumed me with blinding rage, coupled with the pain that pierced my heart when she had told me she loved him.She couldn't have meant those, for both our sakes, I hoped she only said them just to spite me.For that bastard who had laid his hands on MY Brie,
CHAPTER ELEVENGABRIELLE THORNE~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~I never wanted the journey to end, I knew what awaited me the moment I would be alone with him. In his house. My eyes already stung from so many silent sobs, my heart was pierced with so much despair and helplessness that I felt it would overflow out of me. How did my life turn out like this? The slight pressure of the golden band around my finger provided a reminder that all of these were real. It wasn't one of those nightmares. I was trapped with the monster, and there was no escape! Even now, I could feel that brutally possessive gaze on me, it made me wish I could disappear far away, probably forever.I had been lucky enough during the plane ride, he had kept answering several calls and had no time for me. Now, I wasn't so lucky, he was sitting just beside me, I could feel the heat of his thighs where it brushed against mine. I was ever conscious of h
CHAPTER TWELVELUCIAN CASTIEL~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Devin was the only one person who could disturb me on my fucking wedding night and get away with it. Alive. As annoyed as I was about it, it was some serious issue, related to work. There was a traitor amongst us. The newly designed A-12 was a new idea, a small explosive that could be shaped into just about any structure. It was supposed to be our new invention. Except that the traitor amongst us already sold that piece of information. To our enemies, Vladimir Petrov. And today, they are launching it. my very own creation. Stolen! All the hard work, including the money spent, was all gone to waste. I was fuming with rage, whoever the traitor was would be sniffed out, until then... I would wait patiently. Loyalty had always been a principle set up by my father, a trait that every one of his men ought to possess. The files had always been stacked here in my home,
GABRIELLECHAPTER THIRTEENWarning!!! Dark mature contents, including nonconsent that may disturb some!!! Proceed at your own risk. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~STAB!My fingers drove the knife as hard as I could, I heard his sharp intake of breath as he went still. We stood staring at each other, the only sound heard was the sound of my harsh breathing and the low hiss that rumbled from his chest, his eyes flashed furiously as he realized what I had just done.He pushed me away from him so roughly, my butt hit against the floor from the force of it. I was paralyzed in shock, I couldn't believe what I just did either, only the tip of the knife which was stained with little blood made me realize I might not have hurt him as I thought. I had to leave! Right now when he was distracted. I started to scramble to my feet, blindly heading for the door, when his fingers gripped my neck, he squeezed me so hard that I forgot how to b
CHAPTER FOURTEENLUCIAN CASTIEL~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~My feet grated the wooden tiles beneath, I followed the sound of the piano. A heart heart-wrenching note that flowed unhurriedly. If I listened hard enough, I would hear mama's soft whimpers. She always cried each time the illness struck. Father would always warn me never to show myself each time mama get "Possessed". That was the word he used to describe her never-ending fits. Perhaps it was the darkness surrounding the house, or maybe it was the utter grief in the note she produced that told me this night would be different. I couldn't keep away from the magnetic pull of the sound, the impulse to find her was intense. Despite the darkness, I knew my way around.There was a tiny streak of light coming from the piano room, the tragic soft whisper of the piano ceased. I stopped just in front of the wooden door. I didn't hear mama's cry. There was nothing. I fel
FIFTEENGABRIELLE~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~I could see Derek all wounded, lying helplessly on the floor. Lucian stood tall and intimidating, a gun clenched in his hands. His eyes were the same. Cold. Merciless, and with the intent to kill. He was going to kill Derek! He pulled the trigger. NO!I jerked awake from the nightmare. I was blinded by the bright lights in the room for a second. That was when I saw him, on the foot of the bed stood the monster I only just escaped from.Only this time, he seemed more real. More frightening. His eyes burned with an icy rage that paralyzed me with terror. I squeezed on the pillow beside me, dimly conscious of the ache in my muscles. He approached me with such an intimidating aura that drew out a cry from my mouth. I already knew what he was capable of, he had shown me that last night. He was wearing only a pair of trousers, his upper body part was bare, the spot I h
CHAPTER SIXTEENLUCIAN~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~I slammed the door of my home office closed and took furious strides to sit behind my desk. The last thing on my mind was anything fucking work-related. She had allowed that name slip out of those pretty lips! She had fucking been dreaming of him! My mind drifted to the moment she told me that she loved him, that she would always think of him even while with me.A snarl rumbled from my chest. How dare she! How dare she dream of giving her heart to someone that wasn't me! I saw red spots then, my fingers craved to destroy everything around me. I didn't think I've ever been this upset and enraged. The should be no space to accommodate any other man except me! not even in that pretty head of hers. Not ever. She was my wife and fucking belonged to me! My fingers ached to snap something, preferably her throat from which those words had been uttered. The fi
SEVENTEENLUCIAN~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~She felt so damn good in my arms, her ass was fully situated on my excited member.I could tell that she was freshly showered, she smelled like lemonade. She was fully clothed in one of the dresses I had specially selected for her. All the same, she would have looked more better without them, with her skin bared to my gaze. This sort of closeness was something I've desired for so long. A part of me couldn't believe she was finally mine, and now, I owned every inch, mine to possess.I felt as though nothing could go wrong as I held her tightly closed to me. That was until she opened her mouth to speak.Even before her arrival, I had already guessed the reason she would look for me, it couldn't be because she wanted me even though every part of me wished she did.I didn't expect her to go so straight to the point in asking me to release that motherfucker.The barely suppressed rag
CHAPTER SEVENTY-EIGHTLUCIAN~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Months went past, soon it was spring once again, we had lived the past months to the fullest and I could say it was the best of my entire life.I lay in bed fully awake and conscious of my wife's warmth and familiar smell. It was the best fucking place to be. Not until the sound of low whimpers which soon transformed into full-blown cries reached my ears. It seemed Brie heard it as well as her eyes fluttered open almost immediately."I'll get her baby, you stay in bed." I kissed her forehead, kicking the blankets off my body as I walked right to the crib only a few feet away.There she was.Our precious Jasmine. The name suited her just right. She was the only perfect and innocent thing I had a hand in creating. Her eyes were shiny with tears, her little face was red from all the crying as I gently picked her up and her pink blanket. My protective fatherly instincts
CHAPTER SEVENTY SEVENGABRIELLE~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~It started off as another dream. I could see Lucian calling out to me, his lips were moving but I couldn't make out his words. I was pleading with him not to leave me while holding on to him."I won't." He murmured in my ears and it dawned in my brain, Lucian had never spoken in my dreams before..."Brie, open your eyes!"Suddenly, the grip I had onto him felt too physical, all too real. With a gasp, my eyes popped open, and then I saw him.Lucian!I froze. Staring at him, my heart pounding hard and loud against my rib cage.He was sitting beside me, looking very much awake and vital. This had to be one of my many dreams, or my head was playing cruel games with me.I blinked twice, my vision dimmed and cleared but he was still here, staring at me. A bandage was wrapped across his head, he looked slightly pale but his grey eyes ha
CHAPTER SEVENTY SIXGABRIELLE~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~I collected fresh flowers from the garden as I had been doing for the past two weeks. Has it been two weeks already since my world fell apart?Yesterday, I had visited the cemetery along with mom, we were all going through a tough phase, Phoebe was still convinced that I was responsible for our father's death, we haven't seen or heard from her after dad's funeral service. Mom told me that she was only confused and grieving at this stage of her life, and it was easier for her to just put the blame on another person but I had also been thinking about it every single night and hated to admit that if I had allowed Lucian to kill Derek back then, he would have been beside me right now.Words could express how much I miss him and it hurts so much.I finished arranging the flowers and walked to join Loretta and Devin."Anyone could have done that, why do yo
CHAPTER SEVENTY FIVELUCIAN~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~It was too late, there were already inside the building.Fuck!The cold rational part of my mind registered one thing, there was nowhere to run!They were no doubt searching for us across all the rooms right now!"We need a plan now!" Devin spoke.There wasn't much time to think but the last thing I wanted was for Vladimir to use my sister as leverage against us, or worse, she could end up injured or dead.I met Loretta's panicked gaze, she shouldn't be going through this all over again. I doubted she would ever forget this event and had never been so thankful that I had found out Brie just in time and sent her home.A mixture of rage and panic filled me as I suddenly thought if I didn't make it out of here, I would never get to see Brie ever again, never hold our baby in my arms.No!All the more reason I had to get out of
CHAPTER SEVENTY FOURGABRIELLE~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~I could only seat helplessly as Devin drove us farther away from Lucian.He started to answer a call and I turned away in frustration. Tension was building its root inside of me until I felt like I would burst from it all.I inhaled deeply closing my eyes, there was no option left but to believe Lucian and wait for him to return unharmed."What the..." The startling sound left my mouth when the car suddenly screeched to a halt.My head spun to meet Devin's grave expression and knew instantly that something was wrong, I was almost terrified to ask."What happened? What's going on?"Devin stared at me, his expression filled with urgency and uncertainty. "One of our men reported to have spotted Vladimir, why would he arrive in New York all of a sudden?"Vladimir Petrov? Why would Lucian's rival be here, dad and Vladimir were part
CHAPTER SEVENTY THREEGABRIELLE~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~"You have to take me with you." I said, his reaction was immediate."No, you are staying here" He asserted, frowning.I had only an hour to reach the location Derek had given to me. I was to come alone or he promised to kill everyone I cared about.Derek seemed to have lost it, I was scared for Lucian's safety and my family's as well. I wanted to meet Derek, maybe I could make him change his mind, things don't have to end tragically between us."If he doesn't see me, he's going to kill them! We can't risk it, Lucian!" I urged as he yelled something to Devin about preparing the car. I started to speak again when he grabbed my arm, tilting my chin to meet his gaze."I'm not about to use you and our baby as bait!" He glares at me. "You are going to sit your pretty ass down here while I go get the job done! I will be back in an hour and I promise you that nothi
CHAPTER SEVENTY TWOGABRIELLE~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~"Please wait here! don't go anywhere." Devin told me."But..." I started, but he was already gone, I watched anxiously as he blended with the slight crowd.What was that sound all about? Why was Derek here? Was Loretta alright?I was too nervous to standby and wait any longer, I hurried after him, and at the same time, I could hear the sound of sirens.I finally found Devin, he said the first thing I noticed was the bloodstain on his hand which spiked my anxiety, I looked behind him but there was no sign of Loretta, nor Fred."What happened? Where are they?" I barely finished talking when my eyes fell on the paramedics walking out with a stretcher, I couldn't tear my eyes away, not even a blink. The person lying unconscious was Fred. Was he dead?god no!Without a word, Devin grabbed my arm, hurrying us out of the mall and more security that wer
CHAPTER SEVENTY ONE~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~For the next few hours, I was anxious. I called mom from time to time but there was no positive update, how could my father and Phoebe just disappear without a trace.Mom spoke that Phoebe had gone for her dancing classes but had sneaked away from the men that were supposed to protect her. This wasn't the first time she had done that, only this time, she never returned home. As for dad, his assistant said that he had insisted on leaving alone after receiving an urgent call.I couldn't help the worry that gnawed my insides, we weren't close but they were still family after all. I only prayed that they were alright where they are.I thought about telling Lucian but quickly decided against it. What if it wasn't anything serious? My mother had always worried about the slightest things. Who knew, Phoebe might be having a hangover after partying hard, she might be at one of her friends' places. Then what ab
CHAPTER SEVENTYGABRIELLE~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~That evening, we lay down together, and Lucian switched off the light, enclosing us in the darkness. I was lying on my sides when he pulled me closer to him so my head is pillowed on his chest.He appeared to be in deep thoughts and this was one of those times when I would give anything to read through his mind. Draping a hand across his ribcage, I closed my eyes, even though I was not feeling sleepy."There's something about me that you need to know, I probably should have told you sooner..." His voice was barely audible, his warm breath tickling the side of my cheek made my eyes flutter open. I lifted my chin to meet his stare. His tone and stare held every bit of seriousness and my heart was suddenly hammering in my chest, my mind thinking of all the possibilities that could make him be this serious."My mother was the daughter of one of the men in my father's organization, t