Elizabeth’s POV-The car comes to a stop right before Angie’s home and the door comes open but before I can step out, his voice stops me mid-reach. “Angie can go and not you”.‘What?’ I’m still surprised when Angie hurriedly gets off quickly as Nova holds the door open. She looks frazzled as she uses her eyes to plead with me as if telling me to obey him and not get him angry. And like that, Angie scurries off to the house as the door is shut and Nova gets back in.“Where to, boss?” I faintly hear Nova ask as my focus is hooked out the window where I have my body parceled against the door. I don’t want him any closer to me at all.“To my place”. His straight response has me whipping around to blare my gaze at him who’s busy on his phone. ‘What the hell did he just say?’ At once, I tear my lips, defying Angie’s plea as I retort at him.“What do you mean by your place? Let me out now! You can’t do this to me-Swoosh. Faster than lightning, he zooms in, a large frame bearin

Elizabeth’s POV-“Elaine!”I follow with my heart stuck in my throat. I’ve never heard such a gut-wrenching cry before. Wincing as I slow down a little, I’m drawn back by the surging pain stinging from beneath my foot. I must’ve stepped on the broken glass, Ow.Limping with a hand holding the wall and being cautious not to stamp the foot onto the floor and incise the piece of glass in deeper, I guide myself slowly towards Elaine’s bedroom where I begin to hear Vyin’s hushed voice.“...it’s just a bad dream, hey….”It comes as a shock, to hear his voice going several traumatizing levels soft and the underlying worry rattling in his vocals...I clench my teeth, toughing out the pain as I pace up and bring myself into the doorway.I see a frightened Elaine clutching onto her brother so gravely as she sobs violently. Vyin holds her close to his chest, muttering things to her as he tries to calm her hysteria.“Eelia...s-she’s going to leave me, Vyin. I c-can’t find Eelia.”Her cries hit me

Vyin’s-“How long till we get there? Are you sure this is the fastest this car can go?”Elaine whines for the umpteenth time and I sigh inwardly. She’s been bugging me all evening to send her to Angie’s so she can see her and Beth. There’s no refusing her or she turns my office upside down until I concede to her demands.“Sigh, just stay calm. We’ll be there soon- didn’t you mention Beth having a part-time job?” I calmly say to her, recalling she had indeed mentioned my mate was working at some small store. Elaine goes thinking for a moment before shooting forward in her seat.“Dhirv, there’s a small grocery store just opposite the street she lives,” She tells him eagerly and I watch the sheer joy on her face as she anticipates meeting her. It’s not unusual for Elaine to attach herself to someone like she’s latched onto my mate. However, this is so much different from usual.I look away, mulling over my thoughts about that delectable human. Oblivious to the compulsory att

Vyin’s POV-“What a pleasure to finally meet you, boss” Speaking so casually in address to me is Chester, one of the underlings appointed by me through a higher-ranked underling, to head the branch office here in Mapo, Oren city. A cunning one, I must add. His resilience to gain closure with me and flaunt his loyalty at every given opportunity is a major conflict among the boys.“I take it you’ve met with the transporter before this meeting?” I ask, settling into the chair behind the large desk while they all remain standing in reverence to me. Chester steps closer to the desk, eager to get on my good side as he gives his response.“I have, boss. Charles had introduced him at the meeting a couple of days back...” He begins to gush on and I draw back a bit at the mention of that name. ‘Charles...so he finally surfaced, huh’.“Bring him in”. I snap out of my brief daze to see Chester signaling one of his boys who bows curtly and steps out of the office. He then turns back to me

Elizabeth’s POV-“The bitch’s finally cracked, she’s gone crazy!” Not like their claims are false at all, but I think it’s far worse than that as she begins to drive her nails into the boy’s face, unflinching from his desperate struggles and cries to be set free.It feels unreal, the speed she quips and the fluid movements of her body as she attacks her assailants. Like watching a superhero action movie, I’m stuck in place, maybe a bit in awe as Elaine renders each boy immobile one after the other. Their cries are deafening and the curdling snaps of bones rattle me but it amazes me, after watching such an animalistic display, I feel no ounce of fear for her.Panting, chest rising and falling with unsteadiness, Elaine remains hunched over as she attempts to catch her breath. All around us, chairs and tables were broken and turned over...I gulp, finding the strength in my limbs to move but my body seems paralyzed from fright to budge a muscle.“Elaine...” At least my voice doe