Alex's Pov I woke up a little late. The sun was already up and streaming in through the windows, casting a soft glow in my face. I stretched lazily, a satisfied smile still plastered on my face from the night before. When I opened my eyes, I saw that I was alone on the bed. Luca was gone. His side of the bed was cold which would mean he'd been gone for some time. I felt a tiny prick of sadness. This was his usual way, leaving quietly before the sun came up, but I had thought things were going to be different from now on. After last night filled with passion and longing. Or maybe he had something important to get to and didn't want to wake me? Disturb my sleep? I felt a little more comforted by that thought and rolled off the bed to get ready for school. I noticed the brown envelope with my name scrawled hurriedly across it sitting on the bedside table. It felt heavy when I picked it up and I smiled, knowing what was in it. A month had almost gone by. It looked like c
Luca's Pov He closed his eyes, threw his head back and gave a loud gasp of pleasure as he took me fully in. He moaned aloud, keeping very still and breathing hard. I didn't interrupt him. I couldn't. Somehow, there was nothing in me seeking to take control this time. Nothing seeking to dominate. I felt content just watching him. Watching the expressions on his face, the way his breaths came in fast puffs, the way his stomach quivered in pleasure and anticipation. When he opened his eyes and stared down at me, I felt mesmerized by them. Enchanted. I couldn't look away. He pinned me under his gaze as he began to move. Slowly at first. He raised himself up, pulling his ass off my cock all the way to the tip and then lowered himself again all the way to the base. I groaned out loud, his groans mixing with mine. He did this again, and then again. I gritted my teeth as the pleasure threatened to send me over board. When he began to move faster, I grabbed onto his thighs to ste
Alex's Pov He relaxed back against the pillows and shut his eyes. I felt a pang of sadness as I noticed the look of serenity was gone. He was back to being guarded and on edge again. But there was a difference this time. His face was locked in a hard frown and his lips set in a firm line, but his hands. They trembled a little. And then a tiny tremor jabbed through his body. I reached for the rag and tried cleaning his forehead again. And although he didn't open his eyes this time, he flinched. Even though he knew it was coming. I didn't know Luca much. Or at all for that matter seeing as our relationship had been restricted to being purely sexual… but I had never seen him flinch. I'd never seen him look or act even remotely scared. I remembered the time he'd seen the red patches of skin on me from getting beat up by Fred. He'd reacted in cold rage. He'd killed the man for it. I'd only ever seen Luca Moon angry or horny. He never came across as a man capable of anything els
Alex's pov The jacket he had on was black but I could see the dark split on the shoulder area that indicated blood. At first, I didn't freak out. I mean, the guy was an assassin, he probably had blood on him from time to time. Someone else's blood. But one look at his face and I knew that blood didn't belong to someone else. It was his. His face was a ghastly shade of white except for the dark patch under his eye lids. His left hand, the one attached to the shoulder with a patch of blood, hung limp at his side and there were cuts along his lips and cheek. He stood at the doorway for a few seconds, his eyes blank. Almost like he wasn't really seeing me at all. Then he staggered in, his legs trembling as though they struggled to hold his weight. I yelped and rushed forward to catch him as he fell to the floor. I wasn't strong enough to hold him up, but I slowed down his fall enough to prevent his head from hitting the ground as he passed out. “Luca?" I called his name fra
Alex's Pov. I took a soak in the penthouse tub for the first time. Seemed pretty funny after spending the entire evening at the pool but I felt like pampering myself a little. Besides, I needed to relax. My muscles had been tense since Ryan's little declaration at the pool. “I think you're fucking hot too.” Well Fuck me. I threw my head back and groaned. He hadn't said anything else after that. He'd simply smirked and splashed some water in my face. I reacted reflexively and splashed back. Somehow that led to a splashing match which half the people in the pool decided to join in. All that laughing and splashing about had pissed Liz off and she got out of the pool, huffing and grumbling and calling the lot of us losers. I ended up enjoying the splashing game though. Some of the guys brought a beach ball and started a game but I wasn't interested. I kept trying to talk to Ryan again but he was avoiding me on purpose. The cute blonde from earlier laughed as he whispered som
Luca's Pov I was tormented by dreams. Dreams of Ollie and of Dara and of Sven. Dreams of Little Lenny and his ridiculous denim outfits. I dreamt of the shops and the neighbors. I dreamt of school and the handful of friends I had made. And then my dreams changed. I dreamed of an alternative future. One where Ollie was alive and well. One where I never broke my promise to Dara to go back to selling drugs. Where I had stayed home that day and defended Ollie against Sven when he showed up. I dreamt of fighting Sven to protect Ollie. Grunting in exertion as we rolled on the ground reading punches. He would try to stab me with the knife and I would be too quick for him. I would knock the blade out of his hands and follow quickly with a barrage of punches to his gut. Or maybe I would collect the knife. Wield it over him like he had wielded it over Ollie. I would drown out his cries. Block out his pleas for mercy. With a shout of triumph I would drive the knife straight into his c