After taking an energizing shower, trying to regain the strength I had lost, I arranged my clothes in the room after leaving Max in the bathroom.I had to convince Draven to stay away from the room so he could meet with Maddox and settle the deal he had made, in order to protect the safety of the ones I loved.Draven had to be happy, but without me. From the moment I woke up the next day in that penthouse, I no longer belonged to myself; that life I thought I was happy in was gone.I had no choice if I wanted to avoid having funerals of my loved ones, my parents and my siblings; my grandparents, my friends and Draven. I had enough to do with having to go back to New York to help Francesca's parents have her funeral, why they surely couldn't; they lived my friend's whole life scared for her safety and they were right.The consequences of not knowing how to control herself were her death."What are you thinking?" asked Draven entering the room, as I dried my hair, "Is everything okay?"
- Omniscient Narrator -Maddox lay in front of the large windows of the penthouse he had bought for his wife after they were married. He had so many contacts, they managed to get the luxurious place in the middle of the city and a lawyer to draw up the paperwork to leave it in Amalia's name.She only woke up to find her best friend dead in the bathroom, so it was probably going to take her a while to get used to her new house.They didn't plan to force her to live with them; they were going to wait for her to realize how she felt about them on her own and return to their arms.He held the bottle of the most expensive wine in his hands, while he watched the cleaning people tidy up the entire penthouse to welcome her.Even though he knew she hated them, he hoped to give her a spacious and well-kept place, so that she would have her private space.Later they would take her to the mansion, to live with them.She was his wife. He couldn't look suspicious, until they announced that lifelong
I opened my eyes after waking up from a nightmare, however, I was greeted by a hospital room and my body was lying on the bed, channeled to a saline drip and with a respirator in my nose.I took it off, as I could breathe on my own."Hey, easy, slow down," said a voice next to me, helping to remove my respirator.It was Lev."What happened? Why am I in a hospital?" I asked quizzically and she looked at me sighing."You passed out when we were in the car and we brought you in through the ER; the doctors said you were dehydrated, so they channeled you to get your strength back," she said, as she held my hand."My body hurts.""It's normal, you've slept for almost a day," another unfamiliar voice replied, entering the room that looked like I was sharing with others in my condition.I opened my eyes to what the doctor said as she appeared and looked frightened at Lev."One day he said?" I questioned with concern and she nodded."It's normal for your body to have needed so much time to reco
Lev kept the cell phone she had been given in her purse, to disguise the fact that she hadn't just spoken to a dangerous man and had the obligatory task of getting her best friend's boyfriend out so her new illegal husband could come in; all to avoid hurting Draven.She took a deep breath and walked away towards the exit, where in minutes the car would arrive that would bring Dax with more men to guard him while he himself checked on his wife's condition."I want a sniper on the roof for security and the others, watch the hospital exits," the man ordered, as soon as he got out of the car to meet Amalia's best friend, "Sweet and tender Lev, nice to see you again," he greeted her, while stroking her hair with amusement.The woman simply glared at him, since he was the one who hung her like a sacrificial animal in that hotel in Las Vegas."Don't look at me like that, I'm not as bad as I look," he fixed his suit, feeling the change in temperature, "Fortunately I'm here for my wife, not to
"Breathe, easy, are you okay?" asked Lev, as Amalia finished vomiting the food that in less than half an hour she had ingested into her body.It was all like a sudden attack; she felt the world come crashing down on her and with it the unstoppable nausea of an unplanned pregnancy with three strangers."I'm pregnant by those who threatened my whole life; I should be dead of a heart attack with all this," the black-haired one said, as she sat on the bathroom floor, trying to catch her breath."The truth is unexpected and traumatic that we both got pregnant at the same time, but you promised me we'd pull through," the blonde said with a questioning look, as she too didn't feel she had the strength to carry her best friend's pain."That was before I found out that I am going to give a son or daughter to some dangerous men, what am I going to do? They are going to find out," Amalia covered her face, worried and stressed."It is not yet certain that you are pregnant; you should take a blood
"Where are we going?" I asked Dax, as he drove like a maniac down the road in a sports car that I had no idea where it had come from. I watched in the rearview mirror, looking to see if anyone was following us or any sign that would tell me why his behavior. The hard face he had, the pressure of his hands on the steering wheel and the tense atmosphere, worried me.I was afraid we were going to hit a car at this speed, starting when we had fled from the hospital, having seen him fight hand-to-hand with other men. He was right; he possessed impressive and very disconcerting strength, as he left the men unconscious and full of blood. He had to carry me out, as the blood was making me weak and if it wasn't for the woman who worked for them, we wouldn't have made it out without a bullet wound. I panicked as I felt the vibration of a cell phone in my pocket and realized it was the cell phone Maddox had sent me; it was just him calling. "It's Maddox," I announced to Dax and he took the c
My accelerated heart stopped working in the eternal seconds that the tension lasted, having a mechanism of destruction only centimeters from my face, waiting to be used.“Who knew, even under hypnosis you have reflexes,” declared a woman, after having entered the four-walled space, undetected. I could not assimilate what was happening and how there were so many dangerous women in the world, when it was led by men.The sharp gaze that could even metaphorically burn the skin appeared in Dax's different colored eyes; a warning for your own existence and I had not seen him like that before. He didn't look at me that way, even when he was angry. “Who are you?” I asked inquisitively, but she looked at me as if a ghost had appeared out of nowhere to annoy me. “Ah, I guess that's none of your business, I'm sure you're a sex worker. It's none of your business to know about me, you should go now, work is over,” she exclaimed confidently and threw several bills on the floor, as I opened my ey
I tensed my jaw worriedly, as I tried to think of what to say, however, his burning eyes wouldn't let me think clearly. They seemed to be absorbing me, like a hurricane storm taking everything in its path."Max.""Do you really feel like murdering the people you love?" he interrupted me to ask and my breathing stopped for a second."I don't mean to, but...""But? Do you think this is a game?" he looked at me with intensity in his eyes, as if trying to understand what was happening to me. In any case it was very simple, I couldn't just tell him that he didn't love me anymore, it was suspicious and that was also going to hurt my family for my behavior, "Come here," he ordered pointing to his leg and with no intention of contradicting him, I approached him and sat on the leg he had free, while I looked sideways at the gun."How about we make a deal?" I asked softly and he looked at me curiously in silence."Do you think Dax and Maddox would be willing to make a deal with you, you've caus
I tensed my jaw worriedly, as I tried to think of what to say, however, his burning eyes wouldn't let me think clearly. They seemed to be absorbing me, like a hurricane storm taking everything in its path."Max.""Do you really feel like murdering the people you love?" he interrupted me to ask and my breathing stopped for a second."I don't mean to, but...""But? Do you think this is a game?" he looked at me with intensity in his eyes, as if trying to understand what was happening to me. In any case it was very simple, I couldn't just tell him that he didn't love me anymore, it was suspicious and that was also going to hurt my family for my behavior, "Come here," he ordered pointing to his leg and with no intention of contradicting him, I approached him and sat on the leg he had free, while I looked sideways at the gun."How about we make a deal?" I asked softly and he looked at me curiously in silence."Do you think Dax and Maddox would be willing to make a deal with you, you've caus
I tensed my jaw worriedly, as I tried to think of what to say, however, his burning eyes wouldn't let me think clearly. They seemed to be absorbing me, like a hurricane storm taking everything in its path."Max.""Do you really feel like murdering the people you love?" he interrupted me to ask and my breathing stopped for a second."I don't mean to, but...""But? Do you think this is a game?" he looked at me with intensity in his eyes, as if trying to understand what was happening to me. In any case it was very simple, I couldn't just tell him that he didn't love me anymore, it was suspicious and that was also going to hurt my family for my behavior, "Come here," he ordered pointing to his leg and with no intention of contradicting him, I approached him and sat on the leg he had free, while I looked sideways at the gun."How about we make a deal?" I asked softly and he looked at me curiously in silence."Do you think Dax and Maddox would be willing to make a deal with you, you've caus
I tensed my jaw worriedly, as I tried to think of what to say, however, his burning eyes wouldn't let me think clearly. They seemed to be absorbing me, like a hurricane storm taking everything in its path."Max.""Do you really feel like murdering the people you love?" he interrupted me to ask and my breathing stopped for a second."I don't mean to, but...""But? Do you think this is a game?" he looked at me with intensity in his eyes, as if trying to understand what was happening to me. In any case it was very simple, I couldn't just tell him that he didn't love me anymore, it was suspicious and that was also going to hurt my family for my behavior, "Come here," he ordered pointing to his leg and with no intention of contradicting him, I approached him and sat on the leg he had free, while I looked sideways at the gun."How about we make a deal?" I asked softly and he looked at me curiously in silence."Do you think Dax and Maddox would be willing to make a deal with you, you've caus
I tensed my jaw worriedly, as I tried to think of what to say, however, his burning eyes wouldn't let me think clearly. They seemed to be absorbing me, like a hurricane storm taking everything in its path."Max.""Do you really feel like murdering the people you love?" he interrupted me to ask and my breathing stopped for a second."I don't mean to, but...""But? Do you think this is a game?" he looked at me with intensity in his eyes, as if trying to understand what was happening to me. In any case it was very simple, I couldn't just tell him that he didn't love me anymore, it was suspicious and that was also going to hurt my family for my behavior, "Come here," he ordered pointing to his leg and with no intention of contradicting him, I approached him and sat on the leg he had free, while I looked sideways at the gun."How about we make a deal?" I asked softly and he looked at me curiously in silence."Do you think Dax and Maddox would be willing to make a deal with you, you've caus
I tensed my jaw worriedly, as I tried to think of what to say, however, his burning eyes wouldn't let me think clearly. They seemed to be absorbing me, like a hurricane storm taking everything in its path."Max.""Do you really feel like murdering the people you love?" he interrupted me to ask and my breathing stopped for a second."I don't mean to, but...""But? Do you think this is a game?" he looked at me with intensity in his eyes, as if trying to understand what was happening to me. In any case it was very simple, I couldn't just tell him that he didn't love me anymore, it was suspicious and that was also going to hurt my family for my behavior, "Come here," he ordered pointing to his leg and with no intention of contradicting him, I approached him and sat on the leg he had free, while I looked sideways at the gun."How about we make a deal?" I asked softly and he looked at me curiously in silence."Do you think Dax and Maddox would be willing to make a deal with you, you've caus
I tensed my jaw worriedly, as I tried to think of what to say, however, his burning eyes wouldn't let me think clearly. They seemed to be absorbing me, like a hurricane storm taking everything in its path."Max.""Do you really feel like murdering the people you love?" he interrupted me to ask and my breathing stopped for a second."I don't mean to, but...""But? Do you think this is a game?" he looked at me with intensity in his eyes, as if trying to understand what was happening to me. In any case it was very simple, I couldn't just tell him that he didn't love me anymore, it was suspicious and that was also going to hurt my family for my behavior, "Come here," he ordered pointing to his leg and with no intention of contradicting him, I approached him and sat on the leg he had free, while I looked sideways at the gun."How about we make a deal?" I asked softly and he looked at me curiously in silence."Do you think Dax and Maddox would be willing to make a deal with you, you've caus
I tensed my jaw worriedly, as I tried to think of what to say, however, his burning eyes wouldn't let me think clearly. They seemed to be absorbing me, like a hurricane storm taking everything in its path."Max.""Do you really feel like murdering the people you love?" he interrupted me to ask and my breathing stopped for a second."I don't mean to, but...""But? Do you think this is a game?" he looked at me with intensity in his eyes, as if trying to understand what was happening to me. In any case it was very simple, I couldn't just tell him that he didn't love me anymore, it was suspicious and that was also going to hurt my family for my behavior, "Come here," he ordered pointing to his leg and with no intention of contradicting him, I approached him and sat on the leg he had free, while I looked sideways at the gun."How about we make a deal?" I asked softly and he looked at me curiously in silence."Do you think Dax and Maddox would be willing to make a deal with you, you've caus
I tensed my jaw worriedly, as I tried to think of what to say, however, his burning eyes wouldn't let me think clearly. They seemed to be absorbing me, like a hurricane storm taking everything in its path."Max.""Do you really feel like murdering the people you love?" he interrupted me to ask and my breathing stopped for a second."I don't mean to, but...""But? Do you think this is a game?" he looked at me with intensity in his eyes, as if trying to understand what was happening to me. In any case it was very simple, I couldn't just tell him that he didn't love me anymore, it was suspicious and that was also going to hurt my family for my behavior, "Come here," he ordered pointing to his leg and with no intention of contradicting him, I approached him and sat on the leg he had free, while I looked sideways at the gun."How about we make a deal?" I asked softly and he looked at me curiously in silence."Do you think Dax and Maddox would be willing to make a deal with you, you've caus