LOGIN Raven nodded at Andria. “It took me a while to realize it was you. I watched you eat every single one, did you know that you still make that same noise when you eat chocolate drops? It’s sort of a humming groan. Then I followed you home, so I would know where you lived. I saw your new name on the mailbox. Since then I’ve watched the life you’ve had with the new guy. I have watched you from afar since the day I found you.”![]()
“Is your roommate okay?” Roman asked Pepper.“Yeah, she’s going to stay with her boyfriend until this is over.”“And the other matter?” Mikial asked.“That’s nothing. Just another friend worried about me.”“And is this friend a boyfriend?” Mikial asked.“No he isn’t,” Pepper assured him. “Well, he is a boy and somewhat a friend but I’ve never seen him as more than that. Just a friend.”“But he wants to be more?”Pepper shrugged. “Maybe, but I never have, so the point
"Mikial won’t let you go so easily,” Raven told her.“I can’t stay here!” Pepper repeated.“Even if you go, he’ll find you again. He won’t stop looking for you and if something happens to him because he was looking for you, the rest of them will hunt you down. They have a very strong bond, if you hurt one of them you hurt them all.”“The same goes for you, doesn’t it?” Pepper asked.Raven nodded. “But in a different way. My father ranks higher than Yuri but I still don’t want his blood spilled over this baby. I have to find a way to make it right with Misha and Sergi, as well as Yuri.” She shrugged. “I just don’t know how yet.”
“Is your roommate okay?” Roman asked Pepper.“Yeah, she’s going to stay with her boyfriend until this is over.”“And the other matter?” Mikial asked.“That’s nothing. Just another friend worried about me.”“And is this friend a boyfriend?” Mikial asked.“No he isn’t,” Pepper assured him. “Well, he is a boy and somewhat a friend but I’ve never seen him as more than that. Just a friend.”“But he wants to be more?”Pepper shrugged. “Maybe, but I never have, so the point is moot, isn’t it?”“Perhaps.” Mikial frowned. “Perhaps not.”“Let’s not go the
Raven nodded at her. “I’m pretty sure you’re in it now. Mikial won’t let you go so easily.”“I can’t stay here!” Pepper repeated.“Even if you go, he’ll find you again. He won’t stop looking for you and if something happens to him because he was looking for you, the rest of them will hunt you down. They have a very strong bond, if you hurt one of them you hurt them all.”“The same goes for you doesn’t it?” Pepper asked.Raven nodded. “But in a different way. My father ranks higher than Yuri but I still don’t want his blood spilled over this baby. I have to find a way to make it right with Misha and Sergi, as well as Yuri.” She shrugged. “I just don’t kn
Raven sat against the top of the bed and watched as Pepper paced back and forth. They had come in here a while ago, so the guys could discuss things. Raven knew very little about what they were talking about but that wasn’t anything new. Since she’d gotten hooked up with Yuri, she’d learned there were things they didn’t discuss in front of civilians. Yuri told her once that this was his way of protecting her.Pepper sat down and stared at Raven. “I need to think about something else. Please talk to me.”Raven chuckled. “I hear you. So what do you want to talk about?”“What’s the story with you and this guy Yuri?”Raven shrugged and looked away. “Apparently, he d
Nicky went on over the phone, "The car itself was too ripped up to try and find any evidence that another car might have been involved. There just wasn’t enough evidence to suggest another car ran it off the road but some of the cops suggested this wasn’t an accident. When they looked into it, they couldn’t determine there was any reason to think it was murder. Nothing in the background of Cullen said he had a powerful enemy, so they had to let it go.”“Okay, thanks Nicky.” Raven ended the second call.The four of them were quiet for a moment.“Why would anyone murder the attorney?” Pepper asked breaking the silence. “Did he know something that might have mattered? Did he know something about Jessie’s death that might have labeled it anything other than an accidental death by fire? What is going on here?”“I don’t know baby, but something here stinks,” Mikial assured her.Raven snapped her head around to stare at him at the endearment but didn’t say anything. She just reached for her
Raven squared her shoulders and told them all, “If that’s my file he was going to sell me at fourteen to a pimp named Big Jimmy. If it’s Nicky’s, he was going to be sold to a pedophile by the code name of Captain Silver. Carlos was just wait
“Oh?” Sazon remarked as he looked curious. “What do you mean almost?”Nicky flushed a little and told everyo
“But later on, we both took the GED test,” Nicky went on. “We may not have gone to school but we both passed the test. She made sure of that.”Nikoli and Yuri smiled at him.
On the way back to the hotel, they swung past the apartment Raven shared with her brother. Raven quickly packed the things that could be carried along with them and they left the rest. They had very few material possessions and barely any clothes but she took what







