MIRA“…so here I am again,” I sniff, “seated on your sofa with a broken heart.” I have just told Vanessa all that transpired between Mason and I. It serves to say that I’ve been crying non-stop for the past thirty minutes. Now, my head aches like a group of wailing banshees have been playing dodgeball up there.Vanessa sits perfectly still opposite me, accessing me under the veil of her thick lashes.“Well, are you not going to say anything?!” I blurt. “Going to meet The Enchanter was your idea.” I know it is totally petty to pin anything on Vanessa when she’s been nothing but supportive to me these past few days, but I can’t help it. I desperately need someone to blame.Vanessa’s perfect blue eyes flash.“I will excuse such language because I partly share the blame for this,” she scolds. “But I did not force you to do anything.”I want to retort but the fight drains out of me and I lean back.“I nearly killed him, Nessa. I nearly killed him.” I whisper, the thought alone sending pi
MIRA My arse hurts from sitting on the sofa all day. By the time Vanessa returns, I can barely move.She breezes in, bringing her comforting vanilla scent with her.“Hey, bebita. Sorry I’m late.” She drops a kiss on both my cheeks and moves away to grab a bottle of water.I stare at her for a moment. Her pregnancy bump is beginning to show. Not long until I get to hold my little god-son or god-daughter. Who would’ve thought?“Hey. I’m even surprised that Damon let you come back here.”Vanessa sends me an exasperated look over the top of her water bottle.“He’s not the boss of me.”I simply raise my brows at her until she gives up with a little huff.“Well, it took a lot of convincing on my part. I think I even cried and everything. Anyways, he’s not letting me sleep here. He just said I could come see you for a couple of hours. He’s starting to become a controlling prick.” She rolls her eyes but I can tell from the sparkle in those blue depths that she’s nothing less than happy abo
MIRA The plan is simple. Trail Halloway from the office at a safe distance and see where she disappears to for two hours everyday.After brainstorming logistics and dress code, we finally split up by ten PM because Damon himself comes calling for his woman.When our eyes meet, he opens his arms to me and I run into them, hiding my face in his chest.“You know I didn’t do it, don’t you? I would never betray him like that, Damon.” Please tell me you believe me. Please. Please. Please.Damon kisses my hair. It’s a purely brotherly gesture. One I draw immense comfort from.“Of course I believe you.”I sag against him in relief and lean back.“He’s so angry with me. What should I do?”“You have to tell him the full truth, Mira. Otherwise, he might never truly forgive you.”My heart falls.“And I will. I promise I will. Very soon. I just don’t want him to keep pushing me away. I want to be with him.”Damon shrugs, his electrifying blue eyes sparkling. Okay, he and my best friend will make
MIRAI will not read it. I will not open it. I won’t even look at it.I chant those words as a mantra as I retrieve the envelope with trembling fingers and shove it into my bag. Just as I’m about to pull open the door, it bursts open, sending me stumbling backwards on a scared shriek.Relief floods my bloodstream when I finally see Darth’s…nervous looking face.My brows furrow.“Darth?”His gaze snaps to mine.“Are you ready to go, miss?”“Well, yes. I told you to wait downstairs. I was coming down.”Instead of replying me immediately, Darth looks past me, scanning the interior of Vanessa’s town house with suspicious eyes.“Darth? Anything the matter?”He shakes his head and steps back. “No, miss. I’ll be waiting downstairs.”Then he turns abruptly and walks away.Okay. Something is definitely wrong somewhere.I juggle my overnight bag with one hand while I shoot a quick text to Vanessa with the other.“Don’t forget our stake out tomorrow. Got another envelope from The Enchanter toda
MIRAAs if realizing that he’s spilled too much, Mason steps back, those horrible shutters coming over his eyes. I, on the other hand, am pretty sure he was about to say something.“How did you hurt me?” I prod, coming closer to him. “What did you mean?”“Stay away from me, Mira.” He growls, backing away like a cornered cat.Suddenly, all of The Enchanter’s messages begin to haunt me. They all point to Mason hurting me or being a horrible choice for me. I need to get to the bottom of this.“Mason, talk to me. Please talk to me. What did you mean?”“Just leave it be for God’ssakes.” His eyes are shifty as they dart around the room. Despite the air conditioner, sweat is pouring from his big body in buckets.The fact that he’s lying makes me even angrier.Don’t give him a choice. Don’t give him a fucking choice.“You have five seconds to bloody talk, Mason…or I walk.”His gaze snaps to mine, his eyes slightly wide with alarm.“You don’t mean that.”I fold my arms, nearly choking with emo
MIRAIt finally dawns on me that this is a ploy to get me to forget the reason I wanted to leave in the first place. The smug bastard wants to try and distract me with sex. That thought alone sends a douse of cold water all over my desire.I renew my struggles, desperate to get very far away from him.“Let go, Mason. Let go!”Probably sensing that I’m serious, he leans back, looking down at me with a frown. He doesn’t go far though. His body still firmly traps mine against the door.“Do you still think I’m a whore?” I blurt suddenly, regretting my choice of words the moment I see his eyes tighten with rage.“Take that back.” He growls.My eyes snap to him.“Excuse me?” “You heard me, princess. Take that back. Now.”I feel my lips moving to obey him immediately and that only annoys me, so I clamp them shut and stare him down instead.His eyes darken with an emotion that skips my understanding.“You do not want to play these games with me.”When I still give him a defiant stare, sayi
MIRAI was right.It’s been three days and Halloway has not gone to the park even once. Yes, I still follow her everyday. She ends up going to that same rundown neighbourhood and walks into the same warehouse every single day.At this point, It’s safe to say I’m obsessed. There are times when Vanessa is not able to make it… so I go on my own.I do not care if I’m attacked by one of those scary looking men or not. Okay, maybe I do care. It’s just that I’m not paying attention half of the time.The plan is to follow her and see what she really does in that warehouse and today’s the day.“You ready?” I ask Vanessa as Halloway pulls away from Mason’s office complex and I follow suit.“As ready as I’ll ever be.” She replies, excitement written all over her features. “Let’s bust this bitch.”We follow closely, Vanessa singing along pretty loudly to Sia’s “Bird Set Free.” I, on the other hand, feel way too tense to sing.She finally turns into the street and stops at the same spot she usua
MIRAI tap Vanessa aggressively, my lips bluntly refusing to form words.“What?” She whispers. “What do you see?”Eyes still wide, I point at Halloway seated beside the bizarre queen.Vanessa follows my outstretched and her muffled gasp indicates she’s also seen Halloway.“What the hell do is she doing in a place like this?” Vanessa whispers.I finally find my tongue.“Is this some kind of BDSM gay club? Is Halloway into the kinky stuff?”Before me, Vanessa shrugs.“I’ve got no idea. Let’s just watch and see.” And we do. Following the Queen’s command, the hefty men lead the lone, not-so-hefty man in the middle to a table and bend him over. The man just follows, probably used to this kind of treatment or already on the brink of giving up.My chest tightens with horror.“Ohmygod. Are they doing what I think they’re about to…”“Shh. It’s just about to get interesting.” Vanessa chirps.Two of the hefty men position themselves at both ends of the man in the middle, one at his rear and one