One Year later-I sit on a chair in the cool autumn morning with a cup of chamomile tea, enjoying the relaxing vibe before Ava, Jax and Apollo wake up and in turn waking up Athena and Marquez in doing so.Athena and Marq were unexpected surprises we found out about when I was shot a year ago when we ended the war between Alexi and our families.Ares made a slow recovery but thankfully hasn’t had any real issues other then a small limp when he’s outdoing it on his feet. Alex being Alex has worn his scars like a badge and makes it a show when ever Jax and Apollo play guns (not something I want them to play) but giving the lives we live its never to early for them to learn.Ava has become Ravens butt tag and follows her around into even the goriest of triage when men and women come into the infirmary after the occasional gun or stab wound.And me well I am finally living a life of pea….“Mommmmy”“Mom”“Ma” I hear from the bedroom and let out a slow grown knowing that my moment of peace
Not wanting to waste a single second I lunge forward and tackle Alexi to the ground and stand punching erratically not caring that my aim hits the cement beneath us a few times. The pain is nothing at this moment, all I see is red as I toss punch after punch to them I’m now straddling.I hear gun fire, yelling and explosions going of around me as I continue to punch. I feel the burning pain of what I’m assuming is a bullet or possible scrap metal hitting my left hip but don’t stop. I don’t stop until I feel myself being pulled up.“Sapphire”“Saph”“SAPPHIRE” the person yells as I try to get out of their hold to continue my anger filled rage on Alexi who’s now still on the ground covered in blood, surrounded by Dimitri and a few other men.At the realization that Dimitri is crouching next to Alexi I let my body go limp in whoever’s holding Me’s hold.“Shh, I got you; it’s okay baby, I got you” I soothing voice says as I shake and cry as the adrenaline I felt is now leaving my body.“G
“You think that they will come save you” he says with a chuckle then pulls his phone out of his pocket sides his fingers along the screen a few times then shows it to me. On the screen is a blazing building with Indigo, Sean, Ava and Jax sitting on the ground next to a body I cant make out while others are running in and our of the burning building, some helping people out some helping to try to put out the flames.Fear spikes as I realize Apollo isn’t with his sister and brother, fear spikes and washes over me as I watch the video and watch as Indigo screams and cries as she tries to get out of Sean and another guards hold to go back into he building.Among the bodies on the ground I only recognize one, maybe two but they are not Roman, Dimitri, Ares or Alex. It could be a good thing that I don’t see them, it could mean that they are safe and possible have been moved to a safe place.Ace and Asher might not even be there and they are at another location or out doing work. Arabella is
It's always said that there’s a silent calm before a storm.A wave of unsettling ease before the inevitable happens.A eerie stillness before havoc.Now is that moment.The nights to still and my dadas men are all chilling around playing cards, drinking and joking as if the worlds all roses and rainbows. They sit around and sleep as if they are home with their own families on some calm vacation where they have nothing to worry about other then what they will have for lunch the next day.They all act as if Ares and Alex being out of the war is the best thing ever, as if with two out of the four being injured and not able to do anything has won them this little game of power.Ares maybe the silent force behind the war but it’s Asher they should fer the most, he's a shadow that goes bump in the night. A still figure that hides in the cracks like a deadly creature waiting to make its kill.Ace is the very definition of psychopath if you look it up in the dictionary, he may ace first on i
My ears ring and my lungs burn as I struggle to blink, I remember the explosion and the feeling of extreme satisfaction I felt as I watched Mason’s body fall to the ground with a thud after putting a few rounds of lead bullets into his body.The fear that came after as the room started to shake from the power of the multiple explosions going off around me and the force on which I was dragged out of the room by masked men have me struggling to jump up as my flight of fight instincts try to kick in.Is Alex, okay?Did they all make it out alive?Will I die before I find out?Is Vlad, the brother I never knew I had alive? Did Raven or another family doctor save his life intime or did he bleed out before they could get him to a med team?“Glad to see your awake” I hear come from some dark shadowed corner of what I’m assuming is some sort of warehouse.“Glad to see your still alive” I croak sarcastically as I strain my vision to see if id mentally matched the voice correctly.“Not even the
I take three hits but keep going as I yell out orders to those who are close enough to hear me."We need to get you out of here boss" I begrudgingly say to Alexi as I pull him up checking him for injuries seeing only one wound to his right arm I pull him behind me but we're ambushed before we can even make it out and are surrounded by Ares’s men.Acting quickly and knowing that Sapphire was in one of the get away cars I made a risky last minute choice and ran through the gun fire with Alexi close behind me as we made a run for one of the waiting cars to make a fast get away.Once I lost the cars that were following me I called Gianna to check and see what the damage was and then checked with Boris who was again brought into the mix after he had swore he was going to leave the family to join Santiago/Lopez to help be a personal guard for my sister when she was there."We've got six dead, three wounded and one in critical condition" he says “The meeting place has changed” he tells me as