His eyes raked over me in a way that would scare any maiden to death, in my case though, death wasn’t an option. I was yet again, nearly bare in the presence of a man. It seemed that Edward and him were more likely to catch me off guard and undressed, than Julian was.But in Edwards case, I knew he couldn’t touch me or Julian would be displeased, very displeased. I wasn’t so sure about his father and from the way he was looking at me, I couldn’t even force myself to relax.“It seems I’ve caught you at the wrong time.“ he said.He tilted his head to a side and assessed me yet again before humming to himself. He looked away momentarily but when I made a move towards the cabinet his head snapped back to me.“I would like to have a word with you.“ he said.I swallowed to moisten my dry mouth before nodding at him.“Of course, just let me dre...“I was saying . “I’m afraid it cannot wait.“He interrupted me making me frown as he met my eyes. What could’ve been so important that he would come all th

I opened my eyes slowly, the sound of intense typing pulling at my conscious to wake up. The first sight which I was greeted by after sitting up was of Julian. The furrow between his brows drawing my attention as I struggled between getting out of bed to remove it or sit back and frown at it, till it went away.Julian was quick to notice me assessing him with my eyes and put his laptop aside to walk over to me. It had become a routine now, after our actions of the previous night. I became even more sluggish when it came to getting out of bed and Julian took it upon himself every day to help me out and freshen me up.“Come on Love, I’ve prepared the bath.“ he said.I shook my head slowly and frowned.“I don’t wanna move.“I replied. His brows drew together in worry as I snuggled closer to the blanket, knowing the question that he was going to throw at me.“Does it hurt?“ he askedI looked to him and shook my head again as he approached his side of the bed. I had pulled his pillow to cover up t

Everything in my body ached, Edward had ignored the fact that I had been sheltered and treated like a fragile little thing, all my life. And, suddenly expecting me to drop those ladylike habits that took them years to instill in me, was preposterous. But none the less, Edward was relentless with his orders and cruel with his remarks.It was the first class and I had just made it through the very first hour. Edward had taught me where to strike while I was facing the enemy. It was a simple technique, at least it sounded like a simple technique when he talked about it.I was supposed to use two of my fingers, preferably my index and middle finger and jab them into a spot on the persons chest. The attack was supposed to be quick and precise, right above the heart at the aorta. The force required to execute this action perfectly was what we focused on today and Edward screamed at me more than half the time because of my posture.Muttering curse after curse under his breath, when he realized t

Julian had left me in the trusted hands of his brother. I was now under 24Lw==7 surveillance by Edward, much to his dismay. Not only did he have to begin training with me all over again, he also had to look after-baby sit- me till Julian returned. He was not alone though as Shane had also taken up duty outside my room.From the little information Edward had slipped to me, Shane was the very first member to take oath on Julian’s hand and hence he was one of the most trusted members of the gang. For now, Edward sat at the couch. Grumbling to himself while watching a K-drama I had started today.As soon as the episode finished, he was on his feet. Stretching his arms above his head and releasing a relaxed sigh as his shoulder popped. I stared at him-horrified- but when he rotated his shoulder again, I knew that he hadn’t dislocated it.“Let’s go train.“ he said.I groaned in annoyance as Edward suggested the dreaded activity. Ever since Julian had left a few days ago, and Edward began baby si

Julian POV:“You actually went through with it!!“I winced and glared at Edward as he paced inside my office. As soon as my control was properly established, I had passed the new order. It was only now though that it seemed to occur to the members, those under the oath didn’t seem to mind it as much as the ones not under it did. And of course they would.In the new order, I had decreased the time limit for those who hadn’t taken oath. Especially when more than half of them were under my father or playing spies for our enemies.If one of them actually tried to get the bounty and take Amrita...“What the Hell!“ Edward shouted.Edwards shout brought me out of my daze as I stared at the now half pen grasped tightly between my fingers. The other half laid on the floor, glistening with the leaking ink that had managed to get on it.Turning my bored gaze back to my brother, I raised an eyebrow as he released a tired sigh and ran a hand over his face.“This will cause an uproar.“he said.I leaned b