LOGIN"For goodness sake Lydia!" Emily yelled as Aaron closed her office door behind him.
"She's really quite fascinating. A real dog lover. Or was it cats?" Aaron smirked, plummeting down into the chair in front of Emily's desk."Well don't get too attached. At this rate, you're going to get her fired and I'm going to be forced to get a male secretary. A straight, male secretary," Emily grumbled, banging the stapler down on the sheets of paper between it.Aaron got up and went over to her side of the desk. He reached out to her and undid her hair bun."Go away, I'm busy," she said, absentmindedly pushing his hand away."It's new year's eve," he said, pulling the bun apart, arranging her hair to fall neatly down her shoulders.She froze when his fingers reached for the first button of her blouse."Be busy another time," he said, stroking her cheek with the thumb of one hand as he undid the second button with the other.Throwing them one final look as Aaron joined Emily on the couch, Grayson sighed and closed the door behind him. He would just have to deal with it later. Aaron picked up the blanket resting on one of the arms of the couch, unfolded it and covered Emily with it. She shivered, reflexively wrapping the blanket around her. She hadn’t realized how cold she was, having taken her coat off when they arrived. Aaron clasped his hands in front of him and stared down at the floor. “Well this is new. Definitely haven’t had sex with my brother’s sister before,” he said, the ghost of a smile on his face. She turned to him, crossed her legs and looked at him quizzically. “That’s it? That’s all you’re going to say?” she asked. Her eyes welled up. He drew closer, heard Grayson’s words echo in his mind. She kept the secret too. Kept Grayson from him too. Emily and Aaron had a history with secrets. Some pretty big ones. He couldn’t lie. This hurt. He asked for one thing. Just one thing. That sh
2021, February 22nd(Venatores, Warlanda) After hearing that Nathan should have been the one to come and pick them up, Aaron was almost grateful to see Grayson instead. Emily got into the passenger seat, slamming the door closed. Grayson: So, you told him about us then. Emily gave Grayson a nasty glare as he started driving. Evidently, his assumption was incorrect. Aaron popped his head forward, holding onto the backs of their seats from his place in the back. His gaze went back and forth between them.Aaron: Us?Emily: Fantastic wording, Gray. Grayson: My apologies. I just assumed, since you asked for privacy—Emily: Well, you assumed wrong. We couldn’t talk about us. We were too busy talking about another woman. Aaron: For goodness sake, Em. Nothing happened. I stayed with the only woman who can get us out of here so that she wouldn’t be too sleep deprived to function if things go south. That’s it! Now, does someone want to explain to me how the two of you are an us?Grayson: A
2019, March 31st – The day after Queen Mary’s Arrest(Caines, Terres Somnia)Sitting across from his mother, even in her current state, was terrifying. Before her attempt at a war between Copia and the rest of Terres Somnia, Prince Aaron Condor had never gone against Queen Mary Condor’s will. Sure he partied up a storm and ended up on the front page of all sorts of publications for all the wrong reasons his fair share of times, but when it came down to it, his mother was in charge. His father, King Henry was there too, but he had nothing on Mary. What Aaron wore, what classes he took, how he spent his free time. Whether he even had free time. She controlled his life and who was allowed to be in it. Only when she asked for his brother James’ head did Aaron, in the most dangerous move of his life, step out of her shadow and go up against her. This was the result. Her in a pair of handcuffs, in holding, waiting to be transferred. “If your little ploy didn’t cost you the crown, I’d
Her practical mind once more working, she buttoned up and straightened her blouse, tucking it into the skirt clumsily as she hunted for the panties he pocketed when he took them off. He watched her with amusement. "I guess that's a no," he said, lazily dragging his pants towards them with his foot. Half her blouse tucked in, she was crawling on the grass, desperately searching, occasionally stopping to pull grass out of her hair and drag her fingers through it, smoothing it out. He chuckled as he shimmied into his boxers and pants, then put on his shoes. "There's no one else here. Relax," he said, wrapping an arm around her waist. He pulled her down onto the grass, into his arms. Reaching behind her, he clasped her bra for her, eyes dropping to her thighs as she pulled at her skirt subconsciously. She laid still for a moment in his arms, not wanting to ruin the moment. It was driving her crazy though, he could tell. After a few seconds, she sat up. "I still haven't found—" Aaron
Laying eyes on her again frustrated him to no end. He hated when she put herself in the middle of dangerous situations, a specialty of hers. It made him happy to be near her again though. With all the drama with Grayson and Lilith over the last two days, Aaron was drowning in sadness.Learning about Grayson should have made him happy. Family is family. Somehow it didn't though. All it did was bring up a bunch of shit about Mary. Aaron needed a fix. Needed something to go right. Just a little bit of her. Needed his drug, his Emmy.Then she showed up, bringing with her the gorgeous reminder of what awaited him when he got out of this hellhole. She looked so beautiful even after all the traveling. Lying there in her mini skirt, ridiculously high stilettos, neatly tucked in blouse. Open coat so as to show it all off. His dream girl, his princess. The moment she threw her body down like that, legs parted, arms outstretched, smiling up at him, everything else disappeared. All he could thin
2021, February 22nd(Venatores, Warlanda)Following Kate and Troy reluctantly receiving their orders, Grayson and his party split up into two groups. "This is weird, not to mention weird. Why are you here again? Read the golf course. I don't want you here. No one wants you here," an annoyed Aaron grumbled. While James and Keira returned to the house in a separate car, Grayson insisted on tagging along with the new couple to their destination, a golf course about 15 minutes away from the house. "What is it you so elegantly keep saying to me? Aah yes. Tough, little brother," Grayson responded curtly. He turned his eyes on Emily. "I still have to figure out how I'm going to bring you home without raising suspicion and we're too exposed out here. Twenty minutes. Not a second longer, Em.""Thanks Gray."Emily offered Grayson a small smile. Aaron looked between them, a look of disgust on his face. She slid her hand into Aaron’s and dragged him off, away from Grayson's already retreatin







