This side of Lucien is something I was very afraid of, something that shook me to my core. With Lucien's threat James bolted up right, scrambling to his feet with a b-line for the door, grabbing the arm of his girlfriend and pulling her with him as they made their way out of my office.   My heart sunk in my chest. They had left me alone with a fuming Lucien.

With three smooth steps Lucien closed the small distance between us. I stood my ground, my neck straightening as I looked up at him. With a soft press of his thumb, he slowly glided his soft touch down the length of my jaw as he took a hold of my chin between his thumb and finger, tilting my head and ever so gently guiding my eyes to his.   I wasn’t sure if his actions were meant to be seductive but yet still, they enticed this need and almost drowsy like reaction from me.   "I like seeing you blush, especially if I'm the one who causes it" He spoke softly looking down at me. he was fully aware of his effect on me and damn did he know how to the play with it. But thank the lords from the heavens above because before I had the time to respond, not even sure that I would have been able to, I heard the commotion of the other three behind me as they not so subtly jogged down the stairs.    "Mor

  The room was huge, there were probably around fifty to seventy members already inside, but we could possibly fit another hundred or so men in here. The tables and chairs were pushed to the sides as the men gathered directly in the centre of the room. I say men because I was literally the only female in this room right now.   Roaming my eyes over the crowd I searched the room for any sign of the Garcia’s or my brothers. I strained my neck and leaned forward on the tips of my toes, it was extremely hard for a woman of a petite size like mine to see past the sea of many tall men but eventually My eyes landed on Lucien’s, a smile flicking at the corners of his lips. Relief washed over me at the site of him, he was unknowingly my comfort blanket and if there was any time that I had needed one it would be now. I made my way over to him, James clearing and guiding me through the crowd of men, I was not ashamed to admit that I would never suc

"Yo you alright man?" Diego asked patting my shoulder to snap me out of my thoughts. Throughout the meeting María looked sad, Distracted even. 

María's pov-  I slid my back down the wall, my knees collapsing beneath me, My tears uncontrollably streaming down my face.