* ***POV - Damion Her dead phone suddenly rings, it must have dried out, and she picks it up to look at the caller alert, and then she puts it on speaker. "Hi, Kiara, how are you?" "Good, but when are you planning to get back? Ur bros are driving me insane. What do I tell them?" "Tell them to fuck off!" I butt in, giving my unrequested opinion. "Excuse me?" Kiara sounds surprised, probably because she didn't know I was listening. "Never mind him. Damion is being a dick as usual." She sticks her tongue out at me and I pull a face back. "He's a pain in my ass." "M.e.l." I draw out her name. "D.a.m.i.o.n." She does the same adding some sarcastic attitude. "What's up with you two?" Kiara asks. "Nothing," she answers too fast, cause something is definitely going on. I just can't let the opportunity to tease her pass me by. "We kissed. Now she's acting out." She looks at me as if the living-dead ate my brain. I’m sure she's seriously considering killing
***POV - Melaena The house is empty and I fall onto the sofa and fling my legs over the backside. I take my phone from my pocket extremely happy that it seems to have dried out and is working. I message Kiara. Mel: Where are you bitch? I’m home. I urgently need to talk to my best friend about Damion’s experiments and hear what she thinks about everything. She answers almost immediately. Kiara: Late class. Will see you soon. I’ll pick up burgers. There’s a knock on the door and as I didn’t lock it, I just yell for the person to enter. I glance over the side of the sofa, expecting one of my brothers, just to find a total stranger standing in my living room. He’s around Uncle John’s age with greying dark hair and dark eyes. He has scars all across his face and arms as if he was in a terrible accident. I know I’ve seen him before, but for all the money in the world, I can’t remember where at this moment. “Hello, Melaena.” I jump up from the sofa and slowly walk b
***POV - Melaena “MEL!” Kiara grabs me into a bear-collapsing hug as soon as my feet cross the threshold and she’s not letting go. “Never do that to me again, bitch.” I smile and try to wiggle out of her arms cause I swear she’s restricting the blood flow to my lower regions. “What happened to those weak arms of yours?” She immediately drops her hands and glares at me. “Gmf, making jokes at a time like this. It was a one-night weakness, okay. Only happens whenever I need an ANNOYING guy’s help.” We both burst out in laughter leaving Jackson with a WTF expression saying “I don’t even want to know.” “Okay, go get out of those bloody clothes, whatever they are.” She wiggles her fingers at me and pulls her face as if she’s Valentina and I just crashed her stage with a Prado outfit. “Yeh, why are you wearing Damion’s clothes?” Jackson looks at me with his suspicious face. Damn. “I was cold, don’t read too much into it.” I don’t need Jackson, of all people, on my case
***POV - Melaena Damion left me and Kiara under Axel’s supervision in the VIP section to go get ready with his band. And I say supervision in the best way possible. After the incident with Harry, the guys are set on guarding me, but it’s getting ridiculous. Some or other annoying cockhead is with me ALL the time, no matter where I go - class, dance, horse riding, home, or even shopping. And I swear if I let them they would follow me even into the bloody bathroom. Look, I love the guys, but having one of them around 24/7 is not ideal for my sensitive morale. Harry and his son are messing up my life even more than Damion. ‘Stay in the VIP section until I return and don’t you dare try something stupid!’ I imitate Damion’s words before he left, pulling a face to match my ambiance. Gmf, as if I do something stupid all the time. Okay, maybe escaping from this insane guardianship a few times was not the best choice … but I just needed some alone time … and nothing happened. But
***POV - Melaena When the music starts and Damion begins to sing the words, my mouth drops open. ‘I can't count the times I almost said what's on my mind But I didn't And just the other day I wrote down all the things I'd say But I couldn't … I just couldn't Baby, I know that you've been wonderin' Mm, so here goes nothin' In case you didn't know Baby, I'm crazy 'bout you And I would be lyin' if I said That I could live this life without you Even though I don't tell you all the time You had my heart a long, long time ago In case you didn't know’ The words describe everything … it would be perfect if the song was meant for me, but it ain't. Or is it? How I wish I knew … my heart is hoping it is … my mind is telling me it’s not. My breathing becomes more urgent and rapid, my heart thumping away in my chest in rhythm with each drumbeat. My body is saying to go get him … I cross my legs to try and control the aching feeling down there, but it’s not helping one bit. I
***POV - Damion A bone-piercing scream flies through the club and my heart skips a beat, pulling my intestines into a knot. It came from the VIP section and somehow I know it was Mel. I drop everything on the stage and start running for the stairs. I have to pry myself from the grabbing hands in the crowd, and I feel like punching my way through, but eventually, I reach the next floor and stop dead in my tracks. Mel’s lying as if paralyzed on a table, blood on her throat. My heart skips at least 20 beats and for more than just a moment, I can’t breathe. Suffocating. A pain in my chest that overwhelms me … kills me. I’m sure I’m dying here. Not again … I can’t go through this again. I can’t lose her. It feels as if someone punched me in the stomach – HARD. “Damion” I have to blink a few times. Did she just call me? I must be hearing voices. “Damion! DAMION!” This time she’s shouting and I notice her body shaking, going into shock. The worry in me takes over and I ru
***POV – Damion “We’ll have to carry them,” I say as soon as we walk into the office and I pick Mel up in my arms bridal style. She snuggles her head against my shoulder without opening her eyes. Axel picks up Kiara the same way and follows me to the stairway. The police are still taking statements. Chloe’s arms wave up and down as she explains something to one of the officers. “Don’t go breaking any rules,” Logan grabs my shoulder, “I’ll swing by later after everything is settled here.” “Okay, let me know.” The bouncers try to keep the press away from us, as we descend the stairs to my car, but they can’t stop them from taking photos. Ug, tomorrow we’re going to be front-page news once more. Not that I mind much … I actually like how they combine us. I position her in the passenger seat, reclining it, and buckle her seatbelt. Axel puts Kiara in the backseat and moves in on the other side. “I’ll call my dad to meet us at my house,” I say already dialing my father’s nu
***POV - Meleana I wake up with a jump, coughing frantically as a bunch of water is dumped on my face. I holler as the now wet shirt clings to my body and I glare to find whoever is responsible for this brutality. My eyes fall on my oh-so-lovely doggone cotton-picking brother, the evidence of the crime still in his hand. He grins from ear to ear before sprinting away. “Jackson blooming Blackburn!” I scream while pulling back the blanket from my soaked body and bolt after him. “I’m going to kill you and then make sure your sperm can’t reproduce!” I hear him howling from somewhere in the house and I run point-blank into a hard chest. Strong arms grab my waist and hoist me in the air before I can fall smack on my face. “Careful, angel.” I see Jackson’s face watching me with a huge grin from the kitchen and I feel like slapping him to smithereens. I narrow my gaze while looking at him over Damion’s shoulder. Then Damion drops me on my feet and tilts his head while his ey