로그인ELIONThe doctor was speaking; I heard every word. I simply didn't care.“It's a superficial wound,” He continued despite my lack of interest in what he was explaining. The middle-aged man sighed and continued “The bullet grazed the side of your neck rather than entering deeply. I have cleaned it and closed the cut; there shouldn't be any complications. You can carry out your normal activities, but it's advisable you—”My gaze narrowed on Loretta, that burn in my chest flaming harder than any bullet wound could ever. She stood at the doorway to my room with her arms wrapped around herself, tears still clinging to her cheeks, still falling down her ethereal eyesShe looked small and fragile, too fucking fragile for the kind of world she had decided to walk into today.My hands curled into fists as the doctor's voice faded into white noise; a part of me wanted to shake her by the shoulders till she regained her lost senses. What the fuck was she thinking going into District Six One tod
LORETTA The sound exploded through the narrow street. Blood splashed over my face, but this time it was Elion's A raw, primal scream wrenched out from me, tearing out of my throat in a loud cry. “No,” I screamed, my vision blurring fast with the tearsElion clenched his teeth tight, his collar soaking with the blood dribbling down the side of his ear. “Get down, Rea,” He ordered, his words tight and clipped. “Now!”Behind us, I could hear the guard opening fire against the thug member driving behind us. They had... one of their bullets had touched Elion “You're bleeding.” I fumbled for anything to apply pressure to stop the bleeding, but my fingers were trembling; I had never, ever been this scared in my entire life “Down!” he yelled again, slamming his foot on the brakes harder. I curled into myself just as another shot cracked through the air, glass shattered somewhere behind us, and my next scream caught in my throat.“Please, please, please" I begged whoever was up there liste
LORETTAElion didn't say another word after telling us we were leavingHis hand closed around my wrist, firm enough to guide me but careful enough not to hurt, and he pulled me toward the door.I stumbled after him.The ruined house seemed even more terrifying now that I was walking through it with the knowledge that those men had been seconds away from getting to me.Dust hung in the air, broken wood littered the floor, the front door was barely attached to its hinges, and Elion walked through it as though none of it existed.His body remained between me and the street; those men he had single-handedly beaten up where no where in sight; every few steps we took had his watchful gaze sweeping over the surroundings.I couldn't stop looking at his hands with tight throat; the blood stain on his knuckles, the bruises and scars that were now there He had come here alone, and for me, the realization once again made my chest twist painfully. I gulped. “Elion, I know you're mad right now, bu
LORETTAI had imagined so many different ways this could end, and almost every one of them involved being dragged away by those men, taken somewhere no one would find me, and hurt in ways I didn't even want to imagine.What I hadn't imagined was being rescued.And certainly not by the one person my mind had kept running to even while I was staring death in the face.ElionFor a few seconds that felt like an eternity, I could only stare at him, unable to decide whether I wanted to run into his arms or disappear beneath the creaky floorboards.He stood in the doorway like he had dragged all of the darkness of District Six One in with him. Save from the splash of blood across his inner shirt and the smear on his knuckles, he was immaculately put together; how that was possible was still beyond meElion's chest rose and fell with measured breaths, yet something in his eyes told me that the calm was nothing more than a thin layer stretched over something far more dangerous.Rage, Pure, unr
LORETTAThe house was moving side to side“Loretta,” Trevor called, his voice seeming distant in my head. The house was still moving. Why was it moving?Another sharp blow to his door had me flinching and shaking my head. “We know you've got that rich bitch in there, bring her out, Trevor..” The voice behind it bellowed and pounded on the door hard again, so hard it cracked“Oh my God,” I cried out, tasting salty tears on my lips, “I shouldn't have come here, I shouldn't have come...."Another blow slammed into the front door, cutting me off. The entire frame shuddered, dust falling from the ceiling of Trevor's collapsing house. “We know she's here!” Another man shouted from outside. A different voice spoke this time, rough and excited. “We know exactly who she is. Fitzpatrick's woman.”My stomach dropped to my toes, I braced my shaky hand over my midriff, my entire body trembling with bone-chilling fearWhat was going to happen to me if this guy got his hands on me? What would they
LORETTA The deceleration hung between us with weight, for some few moments, Trevor stared at me weirdly, almost with something close to...panicThen his expression suddenly shifted into disbelief. “You really believe he's not a bad person?”I held his gaze, even though my heart was still beating too hard. “Yes, I do”Trevor's eyes narrowed, “No, Loretta. You don't truly believe that, but I think you want to.”My jaw tightened with infuriation. Why was I still here, listening to this man?? Surely everything about today had been a mistake. He stepped up from the armchair slowly, his eyes not leaving mine. “You know what else I think? You have spent this entire conversation defending a man who isn't even here. Why?”“Because you keep accusing him of things you haven't proved.” The words rushed out of me. My eyes flicked toward the worn-out clock hanging on his wall. Two hours has past. It had been two hours since I had left Fitzpatrick Holdings, and there was only so long I could stay
ELION My hand was around her throat. Her delicate, fragile throat. All it would take was one flick of my wrist and I would never have to endure her presence ever again But then, I would never see her ethereal eyes come alive with hate and rage, Loretta would be gone for Good. There would be n
ELION This city is beneath me.Everything else will be soon. It's only a matter of time. My jaw ticked once as I watched the bustle in the streets of Seattle, several floors beneath my office windows. Busy people moving in every direction: hurrying, rushing, sprinting, scrambling, running towards
LORETTA “Please!”The scream wrenched out from my lungsMy hands flew to my heaving chest, as if I were trying to stop my heart from bursting through. My vision is distorted and blurry, it takes a few minutes of breath work to realize where I wasMy roomI blinked back the haziness in my eyes, goi
LORETTAI am a good girl. I mean….I was a good girl. Until today. My name is Loretta. Loretta Rea Sterling. The first child of George Sterling. Being born into the Sterlings family meant many things: power, generational wealth, fame, you name itBut being born as a girl meant only one thing, my







