Irina:I sat on the windowsill, getting lost in my thoughts as I knew that I was going to have a lot to deal with tonight.The idea of knowing that my mother could either be in danger or completely against me right now played in my head. But I knew that I had nothing to do right now. Cosimo has stripped me off my own humanity, something that I never allowed myself to lose before.“You need to eat, Irina. You are tired and you are going to need to regain your strength.” Kai said from behind me. I looked at the man over my shoulder, and though I didn’t understand him or his motives right now, I nodded as I turned to enter the room. He wrapped his hand around my waist, holding me to him. My wolf gave into his touch, the one sense of humanity that I had.I sat on the couch that Kai had in his room and took a bite out of an apple slice before getting up from the couch. I wanted to go back to sleep, and Kai sighed.“Irina, this is not you eating…”“I am tired,” I said, and he sat beside me.
Kai:“What are you doing?” Irina asked, smiling at me. It’s been a week since her father died, and though I knew that she was still in pain, she was losing a lot of weight and she wasn’t eating as much as I wanted her to; she was at least willing to talk more often.“I am heading to work. But you are going to stay in the pack today. You have to rest for a while longer and I don’t want you pressing on yourself while dealing with your boss…”“You know that I am not going to keep hiding at home from the man. I am going to have to go to work eventually, whether or not I am done with mourning, he would not be caring, Kai.” She said, and I nodded. “I know, but I don’t want you to feel like you HAVE to go. It is a choice that you have and no one is going to force you to do something that you might not be ready for.” I said, and she smiled. I watched as she stood on her toes before kissing my cheek, making me smile. It was small gestures like this one that told me that I was doing the right
Irina:I sat in my office, reading through the papers that I was going to eventually need to give to my boss to sign.He was annoyed, I was well aware of that, but there was no changing the reality of facts. I was tired and it was a leave that he was forced to give. It wasn’t one that he could choose not to.“He is waiting for you, Irina, if you keep delaying things he might…”“I know, Delilah,” I said, stopping her from finishing what she was going to tell me. I was already going on a thin line with the man, the last thing that I needed was to be reminded that I was going on a thin line.I walked out of my office and toward his, knocking on the door, keeping the best smile that I could muster. My eyes were exhausted regardless of the makeup, and though I knew that he didn’t want me to go, I knew that it was something that Kai had noticed. Him allowing me to go to work without creating a fuss was a miracle itself. But I could only guess that it was because he was aware of how tired I
Kai: “You expect me to believe that Cosimo is playing a game on us?” Alpha Sebastian asked, raising an amused eyebrow at me. The fact that we chose to go to a public place to speak to him was one idea that mom approved of. I knew that she still had a heavy feeling about us talking together, but I also knew that seeing as we had different options now, she was more than a little willing to comply with us. “You are going to believe it because you know that we wouldn’t be benefiting in killing my father-in-law. If I wanted the woman to be with me, I doubt that killing her father would be the right way to start.” I said, and he scoffed. “Say that I believe a word that you are saying. What is the guarantee that you are not going to do it again? If Cosimo was the one who did it, we would have known. The men would have seen him.” Sebastian said, and I took a deep breath. “And you are going to choose to believe that I, a man that doesn’t know him, did this?” I asked, playing my cards we
Irina:“Sit, Irina, there is much for the two of us to talk about.” Alpha Cosimo said, looking me dead in the eye. The man was calm, and though I knew not to trust his demeanor, him being here told me that he wasn’t just going to talk to me. The man knew me enough to know how to get inside my head, and he knew, very well, how to press on me when it came to getting what he wanted.I took a deep breath, knowing that IF I tried to run, he was most likely going to find me, and if that happened, then many innocent lives would be taken. It was not something that I wanted. I didn’t want to take the blame for the death of those who were innocent. I didn’t want their blood in my hand. I already had enough of that at this point. I took a seat in front of him, keeping my eyes on his. How he had gotten here was beyond me, but I knew not to question him. He had his own ways, and I knew that he would have most likely used them to his own advantage, clearly, against me.“I am surprised to see that
Kai: “I am amazed, honestly, by the guts that you are having right now.” Diego said, speaking to our ‘sister’. He sat by her side, calmer than I thought that he would be, while I stood in front of her, keeping a close eye. Her eyes met his, and they widened in surprise as she tensed. “What name should I call you this time? I heard that you had it changed. Anastasia, was it?” Diego asked, and she looked down at her feet. “I didn’t know that you were here.” She said, and he scoffed. “I thought that this was beyond your territory.” “Yes, hence why you came to the city of your older brother, my younger.” He said, nodding at me. She frowned as she looked up at me, and I smiled. “Kai, but I believe that you don’t really care about hearing of it. However, I am surprised by one small detail and it is the fact that Cosimo, despite leaving me when I was born, deeming me a bastard, that he named you after my mother’s name. Was it probably a nice reminder to him,” I said, looking at Diego.
Irina:I stood in the bathroom, my heart racing against my chest, as I tried to clean the cut that was on my thigh.“Fucks sake,” I muttered, knowing that the man had stabbed my thigh on purpose. I didn’t even know how I was going to be telling Kai about what happened, and the vial itself being with me wasn’t something that I needed.My phone rang, and I frowned, shaking my head. Now was not the time to be getting phone calls. And I knew that the cut wasn’t going to stop its bleeding to begin with. I was just going to have to tie it and leave the office. It was the only way for me to take care of things.I put my phone on silent and walked out of the bathroom after patching the cut. The color on my face was draining, and I knew that I had to find myself a way to get to the hospital. Keeping this cut open was not the smartest thing, regardless of the fact that it would be healing faster than that of a human, its bleeding out was also going to be faster.“Where do you think you’re going
Kai:Irina walked toward the house, ignoring the pain that she was feeling as we walked inside the house.She was being sure to not even limp despite the pain that I knew that she was in. Her eyes met mom’s, and she nodded before I guided her toward the stairs. She walked up without saying a word, and I ran my finger over hers, helping her to the bedroom.“Now would be a good time to ask why you don’t have an elevator in this house?” Irina asked, and I chuckled, lifting her in my arms.“I chose not to have one, but it would only give me a more valid excuse to carry you in my arms. I hugged her to my chest, and she took a deep breath, not saying a word, laying her head on my chest. I took her to the bedroom and laid her on my bed, allowing her to rest. She hissed in pain and I watched as she wrapped a hand around her thigh, wanting to calm herself and ease the pain that she was in. “You need to rest, Irina.” I said, and she nodded.“I doubt that I have a chance at this point. I am ba