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~ MILENA ~The door opens quietly and my eyes snap open. I reach for the fork I had kept from lunch earlier, but I relax realising it's Zion, recognising his footsteps.“You really need to stop creeping around like a thief in the night,” I say, sitting up, gritting my teeth at the way my body groans with pain. I’ll get better soon. I’ve lived with more pain than this, but the annoying thing is I don’t like being stuck in a hospital.He smiles, the dim light of the hospital room illuminating his face, and I can tell he looks tired.“I didn’t want to disturb you, yet my woman clearly can’t relax unless I’m here.”My woman…We haven’t talked about us properly, but we’re falling into old patterns, becoming something. I never thought we would again. He leans over me, caging me between his arms before he kisses my forehead softly.“I won’t break,” I point out firmly.He smirks. “Trust me, I know, but this isn’t the kind of pain I want to give you.”He’s about to sit in the armchair when I s
~ ZION ~“I can keep going,” I say, looking at the bloody man in front of me, this man who was supposed to be my Beta, my second in command, the one I trusted with so fucking much. “Now tell me everything you were blackmailing Sia with. Where is it?”“Shouldn’t your priorities be beyond that?” he grunts through the blood and pain. I’m not sure how long we can keep this up; we can’t do intense damage or Sia will feel it. It has to be minor, without damaging any of his internal organs.She rejected him. I heard that on the audio, so the bond is fractured, and that gives me room for some punishment.“She comes first. Now answer the goddamn question!”He smirks. “So you can kill me after I tell you?” he asks as I stare at his eyeless face. “Wait, you won’t kill me…”My eyes darken with blistering rage, and I grab him by the throat. “I will. Trust me, I fucking will. Since you want to be a fucking cunt, then I’ll treat you as one. Pliers.” I hold my hand out to one of my men, who is standin
~ ZION ~My car screeches to a halt outside of Sia’s as I see Uncle run a knife through a man. One swift glance around, I realise there are several men already sprawled on the ground, and Uncle is limping.“Get inside. Roman’s there and so is Milena,” Uncle Zade informs me with a sharp jerk of his head towards the house.Panic courses through me as I break into a run. What the fuck happened? I was told to get here by Xander, who said stuff has happened, but aside from that, I couldn’t get in touch with anyone on my way here.I now race towards the door, slamming into it with extreme force, ripping it straight off its hinges. The door falls to the ground with a deafening bang.I see Milena down the hall, staggering to her feet, her chest heaving, blood and destruction surrounding her. She stands there, holding a piece of glass in her hand. Blood covers it, but what makes my own blood boil at the sight of her is the bruises and cuts that cover her, and her torn clothes.At her feet, Roma
~ MILENA ~Sia stares at me as I finish telling her my plan. Her arms are wrapped around herself as she looks at me, taking in everything I said and most likely the consequence of the aftermath.“So now it’s up to you. Are you ready for him to get what he deserves? Are you ready to walk away?” I ask softly.“You mean strong enough?” she asks, sighing heavily.“Ready. Living with an abuser has a lot of consequences, Sia, but for those who stay, I’d not call them weak. It’s not that easy to break away after all the emotional damage that has been done to them. So that’s why I’m asking you. Are you ready?” I say softly.“I am… but the children, how will I explain it to them? I mean, I always planned on leaving some day…”“You know we’re all going to be there for you. Right? Your family and me. I don’t know how a werewolf feels about the bond, but I know what loving and losing someone feels like. I know it will take time, but you deserve more than someone who beats and hurts you and your fa
~ MILENA ~There were two things Milo always told me to remember. Two things to live by. He told me that if I remembered these two things, I would always be able to keep my humanity. He said killing would slowly chip away at my soul and to always remember these two points.Number one; Never hurt the innocent, no matter who or what may ask you. Protect them.Number two; When in rage, step back, take a deep breath, and remember who you are. Why are you doing what you are doing? What is your aim? Never make a decision rashly.He said that as long as I remembered those, I wouldn’t be blinded by hatred and bloodshed. I am not a weapon. I am a warrior who will always fight for what’s right.He’s right. I made a decision in rage several years ago, and maybe if I took time to process things, what happened wouldn’t have happened.“The Arkan won’t trust you. You haven’t given them enough to trust.”Zade’s words snap me from my thoughts.“Oh yeah? So, you think I’m on your side?”The car swerves
~ MILENA ~He drops me off at an underground office building, once again an unspoken gesture of trust. I don’t miss the way his uncle watches me, and I pass the time doing the same. Staring blatantly back at him. But at least he didn’t refuse me entry, showing that he respects Zion’s decision, even if he doesn’t like it.Xander’s at the computer, multiple screens are set up as he tries to work on the code.“It would help if either of you knew what the code is for. This is pretty much not giving me anything to work with. I’ve tried to look for similar codes, but right now I’m not coming back with anything. It seems to be a code for something unique.”“Mhmm, I do agree with that, but I don’t know. I don’t know what it can be. We had nothing of importance or anything like a family heirloom. Listen, what about safe deposit boxes? It can’t be a code or serial number to a location or something either?”Xander shakes his head as my attention snaps back to the man sitting in the dark on the ot