Alvize: We entered the house to find Ezra, who was by the door, having caught our scent the second we entered the building and was waiting for our arrival. The fact that he was here and the two of us have argued was not something that I liked, especially since I knew that it would stir questions that I didn’t want to deal with answering. “What took the two of you this long?” Ezra asked, raising an eyebrow at me. Elena stood a step away from me, making sure to maintain a small distance despite the two of us talking earlier, but I knew not to pressure her right now. What happened with Killian would have had its tow on her, and I was going to respect the fact that she would need a little time to process everything that went on. “We got a little caught up with a few things.” I said, looking at Elena. I knew that my men wouldn’t be talking about what they saw. Regardless of Ezra being my brother, the two of us knew that we didn’t trust one another to the extent of telling each other e
Elena:I sat on the edge of the bed as I got lost in my thoughts.The door was knocked, making me frown as I sat up, and knowing that it wasn’t Alvize, I couldn’t help but raise an eyebrow.I got up from the bed, and opened the door to see Lia standing. She held a tray for me, and my heart dropped. The woman was in OUR place, and instead of me being the one to get her something to eat or drink, she was doing so for me.“Lia…” “When I am upset, I like to drink tea. So, I figured that I would get you something to drink,” she said, entering the room, not bothering to wait for me to reject the cup of tea. She took it to the coffee table that was in front of the couch, I sighed and walked toward her. She handed me a cup, and I looked down at it and she took her own cup, curling up on the couch. “I am sorry, I should have been more polite at least…”“Alvize is a brother to me, and not a stranger. So, you don’t need to worry about that.” She said, stopping me. The fact that she was silent
Alvize: “You didn’t need to follow me, Ezra.” I said, looking at my brother over my shoulder. I was sitting at the bar, drinking a cup of scotch, knowing that it wouldn’t take him too long before he made his appearance. It was something that I expected, I had to be honest here, I just didn’t want it to happen. “I know, but I followed you because I figured that you might need to talk to someone. You know, I am still your brother.” He said, and I shrugged before putting my glass down. I got up from my chair and went to walk past him. I already paid for my drinks before ordering them anyway, and the change would be left as a tip for the bartender. “Alvize…” “You and I both know that it would take a lot more than a year for us to be really brothers, Ezra.” I said, stopping him. It was times like this when I hated that he liked playing the brother card. The two of us were nowhere near being brothers just yet, and that was something that he refused to see. It was the same thing with
Elena:I sat on one of the benches, taking a deep breath as I tried calming myself down, wanting to calm my racing heartbeat and my shaking hands. The anger that I felt was one that I never expected to actually have to deal with. Mostly because I didn’t know how to deal with it to begin with. The day has been messed up to begin with, and now Lia simply added salt to the wound, and I didn’t know how to handle it. I knew that I was being followed by Viktor, but I didn’t have the energy to turn and face the man. And mostly, I believed that it might have been Alvize who asked him to follow me in the first place. My mate wouldn’t want me to be alone in such a situation, that was something that I knew, and if not Viktor, Artur or Nikolay would have followed me here anyway. Alvize’s scent hit my nostrils as I heard a car pulling up behind me. He got out and looking down at his shadow, I saw him nodding at Viktor before he approached me.He didn’t say a word for a few seconds, and instead,
Alvize:“Are you sure that you want to do this, Elena?” I asked, looking at my mate as I parked the car outside the station’s door.I knew that everyone had their eyes on the two of us through the cameras, and I was well aware that even Elena knew that. She cupped my cheeks and connected our lips together, making me smile as I knew that she was now proving a point.“Let’s go,” she said, opening the door. I got out of the car and wrapped my arm around her waist, pulling her closer to me as I knew that what she was going to do was not going to be easy on her. She may say otherwise, and might even try to convince herself that it was, but I knew that when she walked out of that station, she would have left a part of her inside.She held the bag that had her badge, gun, and files tightly. It was one that she worked her life for, and was one that she was going to lose in a blink right now. The fact that Joseph and Drake played a dirty game on her annoyed me, but I knew that it wasn’t my pla
Elena:I watched as Alvize walked out of the station holding a box in his hands, and I couldn’t help but frown in confusion as I grew curious about what it had. His eyes were fixed on me before he was stopped by Drake who wrapped his hand around his arm. Alvize turned to face him before pulling his hand away, glaring daggers at the man for thinking that he could touch him the way that he did. I stayed quiet and watched, not knowing what to say or do, fearing what could happen if I did interfere.“I don’t know how you fucking did it, but if you are putting her under any threat…”“You are the last person to threaten me or give me warnings about hurting her.” Alvize said, glaring daggers at Drake. “The game that you played on her alongside your boss only proves that you are not the person that she should spare a second glance. Regardless of that, she chose not to hurt you, but I am not her.”“What is that supposed to mean?” He asked, glaring at Alvize. I could hear Drake’s heart racing,
Alvize:“Alvize, where the fucking hell are we?” Elena asked, looking around the club that we were in.The number of strippers that were dancing around was enough to make any man have a boner, and the alcohol that was around told me that things were only just getting started.People were rarely ever sober here, and it was one of the reasons why I brought her. I wanted her to lose herself to what she would be feeling, and this was just the very beginning of our night.“This is the place where rules did not exist.” He said, smirking at me. “Unless, of course, you want them to.”“Alvize, have you fucking lost it? What are we doing in a danger zone?” She asked, and I smirked at the fact that she was well aware of where we were. But that wasn’t something that I wanted her to worry about. If anything, we were both here for HER to enjoy.“Not at all, if anything, I am completely sober and have my brain cells working, but for tonight, you are going to get a glimpse of MY world. I want you to
Elena:“Fucking hell,” I said, looking away from the arena as I saw one of the men’s jaw break. The man’s teeth were already on the ground, and his face rearranged almost completely, but that didn’t stop him from proceeding with what he was doing. If anything, it was like he became more monstrous with each punch that he got. And the worst part was that he wasn’t the only one.His eyes rolled to the back of his head, and had it not been for the fact that I could still hear his heartbeat, I would have thought that he died. Paramedics rushed to his side to check on his pulse before nodding that he was alive and taking him on a stretcher. People didn’t even seem worried about what was going on, if anything, it was like they were used to and were expecting such chaos, and that wasn’t something that I was used to, nor was it something that I knew to begin with.Alvize was calm and completely still throughout the whole thing. If anything, he didn’t even bother flinching once as he saw the d