INICIAR SESIÓNAUTHOR'S POVDorian knocked once on Caius's office door and came in without waiting for an answer. He walked over to the window, stood by it with his back to the room for a moment, looking at nothing in particular before turning and sitting in the chair across from the desk. Only after that did Caius look up from what he was working on. "How is your project coming up?" Dorian asked him. "Not bad. Needed someone for the second test but right now, the humans are fleeing for their lives. My attempts in getting them to stay have failed woefully so it's currently on hold." Caius sighed and covered the tip of his pen with the cap. He relaxed into his chair and stared at his brother. "What's up?" "How is Dave?" Caius sniffed "Improving." He paused, playing the pen in between his fingers before setting it down. "Aldric's course of treatment has been more effective than either of us expected. The compound is clearing from his system faster now that we've identified the corre
COLE'S POVThe last practice of the session ended very well. I was at least proud of myself for the effort I had put in throughout. We all were tired yet satisfied with how far we had come. We had won the match three days ago. It was a clean win that didn't require much processing afterward because everything had gone the way it was actually supposed to go. Coach had been in a good mood since the day we won, which somehow filtered down through the whole team in a good way as well. The laughter, energy and smiles were unbeatable. "Let's go out for dinner, guys. Bills on me." He had suddenly announced and everyone praised him in the locker room. I loved free food so yes, I was gonna be there. The dinner was at a restaurant two blocks from the rink. The whole team plus the coaching staff sat at a long table and it was a bit noisy. But the people around didn't mind. Even the owner of the restaurant helped in celebrating by playing us some songs for about an hour and we sang along wh
AUTHOR'S POVThe door opened gently, letting Dorian and Caius inside. Caius sighed softly upon seeing the sight. Ezra was curled up into himself. He had managed to move to the bed at some point after sobbing last night. "Hi Ezra," Caius greeted. He went over and kissed the omega's forehead gently. Ezra turned around to look at them. "Are you alright, my love?" Dorian kissed his cheek and helped him sit up against the headboard. Ezra nodded and then looked at the tray. "We brought you breakfast. You didn't eat last night so please eat something." Caius said. Ezra didn't answer. His eyes remained glued to the tray. When Dorian sat beside him, Ezra raised his eyes slowly to look at him. "Do you understand what's happening?" Ezra asked, breaking the silence after sometime. His voice came out rougher than he'd expected. The brothers countenance fell. Ezra must have sobbed so hard last night. Caius sat at the edge of the bed on the other side. He placed Ezra's feet on his
EZRA'S POVI just laid on my bed. The ceiling of my room had nothing useful to offer but I kept looking at it anyway. I had rejected all of them tonight. This included Lucien's casual suggestion that I come to his room, Riven appearing at my door with no stated reason beyond standing there until I either invited him in or closed the door which I chose to do, Caius sending a message that said simply 'you don't have to be alone tonight ' that I had read three times and not answered. Dorian hadn't said anything but I knew his door was always open. I had said no to all of it and came here and lay on my bed in the dark. After what had happened today in the meeting, I just needed the time alone. My brain was buzzing and my body's temperature had dropped. I was cold and hot at the same time. I sighed heavily and rubbed my face. I thought about two versions of the same history and how neither of them was clean. I was somewhere in the middle of it, trying to figure it all out without a map.
AUTHOR'S POVArclock opened the meeting. "We appreciate you making the journey in such a short time," he said, looking at Vera. "The council has long believed that a formal dialogue between our communities is overdue. We hope today marks the beginning of something productive and we are hoping that you will cooperate with us to make this work." Vera smiled. It was the warm version that Ezra had always known and had seen multiple times already. "I appreciate the sentiment," She answered. "But I'll be honest with you, Arclock. I didn't request this meeting. You invited us." She folded her hands on the table. "So perhaps you should start real quick by telling me what exactly you want from us." The temperature of the room shifted by several degrees. Arclock looked at her steadily. "We want peace. A formal framework..." "You want information. I am sure you invited us here so that you can measure our strength and weigh us once again..." "Aren't you also here for the purpose of
AUTHOR'S POVMarco was far from being pleased while looking at the sky over Caldenmoor. It was just the same as he had remembered it — grey and lifeless. He stood at the window of the residence they'd been given. It was also a Lopez property, a different one from the building he was given the last time he came. "You could have had them come to Valden." He said. Behind him, Vera was removing her coat with ease. Even in a strange land, she was as comfortable as anything else. She smiled. "I could have," she admitted but not guiltily. "It would have been warmer on our ground." "On our ground." She agreed pleasantly and placed her hand on his shoulder. "Do you not think far, my dearest nephew?" She withdrew her hand, draped her coat over the chair and looked at him. "Here, we show them nothing and they show us everything. Isn't that much better? Also, it's been a while since I stepped foot in Caldenmoor. A long time ago. Before my sister's death."Marco turned from the wi
EZRA'S POVFOUR MONTHS LATER"Ezra! Ezra, that pass in the third, bro, where did that even come from?""Just saw the opening," I shrugged. "Just saw the opening?" Cole repeated, throwing his arm around my neck and nearly taking me off balance. "Listen to this guy. Just saw the opening. You made Pe
DORIAN'S POV"The Harlow acquisition closes Friday," Caelan said, not looking up from his desk. "I need you in the Geneva office by Thursday morning at the latest.""I'll be there Wednesday night." I flipped to the next page of the report in my hand. "The Aldren contract is the bigger issue right n
LUCIEN'S POVThree weeks. Nothing.I had never been this worked up over something. How did we manage to lose a simple omega? It wasn't even about the fact that our feeding had been strained for a while, it was the fact that something bad could have happened to him. Of all the stupid things he cou
DORIAN'S POVThe first thing I noticed was the door slightly ajar.My ears perked up and I frowned slightly. Ezra was usually very careful about his privacy and his door was always shut. Always.The first thought that blared in my head was that something had happened to him.So, I knocked gently, w







