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ABIGEALI STOOD with my back against the wall in Jordan's study while we waited. Jordan was seated behind the desk having a conversation with Melanie who was on the table and Blaine was lying on the sofa doing something on his phone. Apart from their barely audible conversation, there was silence in the study, making the ticking of the clock much louder. Jordan had said we needed to wait for someone to get here and nothing else, so I couldn't do more than wonder who it was.Until I heard the familiar sound of boots hitting a hardwood floor and the door opened. In walked a well dressed man wearing spectacles and a half frown, but he wasn't the wearer of the boots. She came in shortly after, a tall, statuesque woman wearing a black jumpsuit that hugged her figure and chunky boots with chains hanging off them. She shook back her red hair and smiled at the people in the room like a shark might smile at a school of fish. “Sup guys. What'd I miss?”“Nice of you to join us, Katnissa.” Jor
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ABIGEAL“IF YOU two could maybe take a break from bonding over shoes to address this small matter at hand, that would be great.” Jordan's tone dripped pure sarcasm. Katnissa rolled her eyes at me. “What did I say?” She whispered before giving Jordan her full attention.“Like you requested, I sent Steven Gustavo the note but I didn't harm Marcus. I used fake blood. His response was outraged like you said it would be, saying that this was between the both of you and you didn't have to involve his brother. A bit hypocritical if you ask me. Naturally, he wants his brother back.” Katnissa gave her report.“What did he propose?”“Nothing yet. Only that he would raze everything you own to the ground if you touch his brother.”“Does this man consider that we have not only decimated his men but we also have the upper hand before he makes threats like that?” Blaine asked nobody in particular.“You forget that he's dealt us a blow as well. I would advise that you don't underestimate him. Now tha
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ABIGEALI LOOKED up as Blaine and Jordan walked out of the basement with the makeup artist. She was dragging a medium-sized box on wheels behind her and chewing gum. I glanced between Blaine and Jordan but their faces gave away nothing.“Well?” Melanie prompted. “Did he go for it?”“I made him go for it.” Jordan said in a matter-of-fact tone.“And the footage?” I asked. Blaine held up a flash drive and I nodded.The artist popped her bubble. “Send me a photo of the brother's reaction, would ya? Would make for some pretty good reviews.” She said lazily.Obviously we couldn't tell her what was going on, so we'd fed her some story about how we were playing a practical joke on a friend by showing him how badly we had beaten his brother up which, if you think about it, wasn't too far from the truth.Except that we were the furthest thing from friends.She faced Blaine and I watched her give him a flirty look as she extended her hand. “Pay up, pretty boy.”Blaine smiled and pulled out a few
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ABIGEALMY EYES flew open and met Blaine's startled ones. “Were those for us?” I whispered. “I'm not sure.” He said back as he passed me my shirt. I quickly pulled it over my head and carefully maneuvered my way back to the passenger seat while still keeping my head down. I didn't hear any footsteps coming towards us so I raised my head a little to see through the windscreen.It was fully dark out now and the place had lit lamp lights all around the building so it was flooded with lights. We were still protected by the darkness because they didn't extend this far, but we could see everything going on there.There was a boy standing in front of the security guards, and even from here I could see how badly he was shaking. One of the guards’ guns was still smoking as he lowered his hand. He held up the package in his other hand and said something to the boy.“He must have fired to intimidate the messenger,” Blaine murmured. I looked over and saw that he was fully dressed again and in
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ABIGEALFRIDAY ROLLED around pretty quickly. The atmosphere in the house was one of tense anticipation. Even Katnissa was distracted, spending her time down in the basement or out of the house. Blaine was still doing his best to avoid me, and even though it was a little irritating, it was probably for the best. So I let him do his thing. So far only Jordan noticed that was something off between Blaine and I but he held off on commenting about it. I wondered what Blaine would tell him if he asked.The sun started to set, signaling that it was time to get moving. I finished sheathing all the weapons I could possibly carry and grabbed my duffel bag on the way out. I met Katnissa in the living area, wearing her accessorized boots. We gave each other the onceover and she smirked. “Someone's prepared to go to war.” I shrugged. “There's no such thing as being too prepared.”“Amen to that.”Jordan came out with Blaine behind him. They were both dressed in black, tight-fitting clothes. “W
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ABIGEALYOU COULD cut through the tension in the room with a butter knife. Every second that ticked by was punctuated by a roll of sweat down Steven's face and into the collar of his white shirt. He also knew that every second ticking by was taking time off his brother's life; I couldn't imagine the stress he was under.Finally he pivoted and left the banister. I thought he had left until I saw him appear on the ground floor, moving towards us with a determination that had me warily raising my weapon and aiming it at him. He shot me a disdainful look. “Relax. It's not like I could try something and it won't end up in a bloodbath.”He took a pen out of his jacket pocket and scribbled something on the document before handing it over to Jordan. Jordan took it, looked down at it and frowned. I looked over and realized he hadn't signed the document but had instead doodled a hand with the middle finger held up.Before any of us could react, Steven yelled. “Marcus. Now.”I whipped my head
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ABIGEALI COULD hear the voices, but not the words. I was lost, floating in the dark, the ringing sound my only companion. The voices were muffled and I couldn't make out what they were saying. Frankly, I didn't care. It was peaceful in this dark space and I could move at will. Except for that annoying ringing. Where was it coming from?I followed the sound, spotting a small dot of light in the distance. Perhaps I could reach it and turn it off, then just stay here and sink into the peace. But the closer I got to the light, the bigger and brighter it got until the light swallowed me whole. The peaceful darkness disappeared and I was bombarded with images and emotions.The heat.The panic.The flames I could never get away from.Zeke!Someone was shaking me repeatedly. I tried to free myself. I needed to run, needed to go before the flames consumed me. “Abigeal!”My eyes flew open and I took in huge gasping breaths as I stared into blue eyes. I gripped his arms and held on. “I nee
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ABIGEALTHE BRIGHT shaft of sunlight pierced through my closed lids. I let out a groan and rolled over, pressing my face into a pillow and back into darkness. I hadn't been able to fall asleep until four this morning and it had been going surprisingly well for a change.Until I got attacked by the sun.“I thought you were supposed to be some sort of trained soldier. The soldiers I know don't sleep in this late.” A voice I didn't recognise scolded me. I slowly lifted my head and looked in the direction of a voice. There was a woman standing beside the curtains, one hand still on the blinds and the other on her hip glaring at me with a look of heavy judgement.I was being judged by a Latina housekeeper.The day hadn't started and it was already strange.“You know many soldiers?” I asked as I rolled over. She gave a shrug. “I know enough.”“Then you know they don't sleep through the night, so I suggest you stop looking at me like that and get back to whatever it is you do.” I said in
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ABIGEALAT THE end of the workday, Blaine and I stood facing each other with our eyes narrowed. The silence was all-encompassing and tension hung thick in the air. “Ready?” He asked.I scoffed. “I was born ready.”“Let's go, then.”We raised our right fists at the same time, then smacked them onto our open left palms three times. “Rock, paper, scissors, shoot.” Blaine presented a rock. I looked at my scissors and sighed.“I win.” He smirked.I wasn't going to concede defeat that easily. “Best of three?”“Just let me enjoy my win, girl.” He shook his head with a smile.“Alright. Wonder what would happen when people find out you were afraid of losing to a woman.” I said casually, folding my arms.He laughed. “I'm not afraid of losing to a woman if she beat me fair and square, but fine, we'll do it your way.”We played two more times and I held back a groan while he smirked triumphantly, holding out his hand. “It appears I win again.”“I'm just having an off day.” I replied as I droppe
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ABIGEAL“WON’T YOU come give your old mother a kiss?” The woman said. Jordan merely looked at her. “You didn’t have to come here. I could have booked you a hotel room.” He said. She laughed like the idea was absurd. “Book me a hotel room? When my son has a big ass house in the city?”Her eyes left Jordan and landed on Jasmine who had stopped grinning. “I don’t appreciate being dragged all the way here because of you, young lady. The next time you decide to evade the bodyguards and bribe your way through an airport, I won’t be there to do damage control.” She reprimanded coolly.Jasmine lifted her chin. “I asked if we could come see Jordan, you said no. I asked if I could come see Jordan, you said no. What else did you want me to do?’Jordan turned cool eyes to his mother. “She asked to see me and you declined? What were the terms of our agreement?” She rolled hers. “Yes, believe everything she says, because mummy is the only one capable of telling lies because she’s so bad.”“Um.”
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ABIGEALI STARED straight ahead as Blaine drove in the direction of the headquarters, arms folded and staying silent. Out of the corner of my eye, I caught him throwing me glances until he finally sighed. “Abigeal, I can hear your angst from all the way over there. Spit it out.”I turned towards the window and debated staying stubbornly silent or speaking. “Nothing.” I said eventually. “No, nope. We're not doing this.” He replied instantly. “There's clearly something on your mind. I want to know what it is.”I cast my eyes to the roof of the car. I was reluctant to speak because I'd be tempted to murder him if I told him and he laughed at me. “Okay. You fired me last night for saying things how they were- and you can't say I was wrong- yet this morning, Anna sweet talked you through it and now you're taking me back to work without an apology or a reinstatement or anything. Looks like an abuse of power from where I'm standing.” I said on one long breath.“Abigeal.” Blaine said my na
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ABIGEALTHE FIRST thing I noticed was the pounding headache. The next thing I noticed was the presence of something or someone else in my bed. I rolled out of the sheets, slipping a hand under my pillow to grab the dagger I always kept there, but my hand came up empty.“Looking for this?” I whipped my head up at the familiar voice, feeling my eyes widen in shock when Blaine Daniels dangled my dagger in the air with his eyes still closed. “Yeah, I thought you might. I didn't particularly feel like getting stabbed, so I took it.” He threw it in my direction and I caught it by the hilt. “You can have it back now.” He turned on his side and fell silent.But I wasn't done with him yet. “What are you doing here? And why the fuck are you in my bed?”He let out a long sigh. “It appears that I have just won a bet against myself. Or lost one, depending on your point of view.”“Answer the question before I do something we won't be able to come back from.” I threatened, keeping my grip on the
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ABIGEALI WALKED out of the bathroom and back to the bar. Michael and Anna were watching me warily as I went straight for my unfinished drink and gulped it down. “Next bar. Now.” I said. Anna didn't argue this time. We collected our things and left the bar. The cool night air hit my face as we walked outside. I turned to my right as we made our way back to Michael's car and locked eyes with Blaine who was about to get into his own car. I stopped walking as I stared at him. He still looked angry and after a final shake of his head, got into his car and drove away.I got into Michael's car and slammed the door. Michael met my eyes in the mirror. “Um. I can take you home if you're not feeling up to a night out anymore.” He said tentatively. “No. Tonight isn't about me. Where's the next bar?” I answered, the last part directed at Anna? She pulled out her phone and gave Michael the address.This bar was not that different from the first. The only big addition were the two poles in the
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ABIGEALI'VE SEEN Blaine angry before. I've heard him yell, watched those eyes darken till they were almost black. But nothing could have prepared me for the way he looked at me now. Like the only thing keeping him from strangling the life out of me was the distance between us.I wanted to walk up to him. I wanted to explain that it wasn't what it seemed. But Jordan's terms kept ringing in my head. Going near him would violate the terms and the deal would be off.So instead, I forced myself to look away and finish the rest of my drink. “Where's the next bar?” I asked Anna. “What? We just got here.” She protested. “And you're not drunk yet.”“I don't have to get drunk at the very first bar, Annalise.” I responded. “Can we just stay a little longer? The music's fire.” She pouted. In response, I just sighed and ordered a cocktail.“Don't you think you're going too fast? Maybe slow down on the alcohol a bit.” Michael said, laying his fingers on my hand. “Make that a virgin mojito, plea
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ABIGEALMY NAME was called and I turned, hoping nothing of what I was feeling showed on my face. “Pasta. I'll have the pasta.” I said without looking at the menu, even though my appetite was gone. The server smiled patiently. “You need to pick a kind of pasta, ma'am, unless you want them all.”I glanced at the menu again but my eyes saw nothing. I vaguely remembered Anna saying something about “Fettucine chicken alfredo.” I said it and the server noted it down and went away.I found both Michael and Anna giving me concerned looks. “That's the second time you've spaced out. Are you okay? Do we need to leave and reschedule?” He asked, worried eyes moving over my face.“I'm sorry, I don't mean to be rude. I feel fine, maybe a little distracted.” I tried to smile, then decided against it.“Are you sure?” Anna asked. I looked over at her. “Yeah, I am. Let's enjoy the rest of our evening, shall we?”Anna smiled at me and picked up where she left off on a topic. Apparently Michael had ask
