All Chapters of Mine To Claim: Chapter 51 - Chapter 60

Cassian's pov**Flashback**The sounds echo, each one of them louder than the last. My hands tremble as I stare at the door wondering what I should do.I should go help them, I'm a White and a member of B-T-13. We are not afraid of anything, we never back down from a fight.I throw the covers off my body peeking through the peephole. My vision on my left eye is blurring and the pain keeps intensifying each day but I can't say a thing.He will flog me when I do.I turn the door knob stepping into the hallway. It's bathed in darkness with the sounds of gunshots filling the air. The cold floor bites at my skin as I tip-toe to where the madness is.I look at Holden's door and it's screwed shut, my mother's cry rings out and she calls my father's name in an attempt to save her life. I stand by the stairwell and a man pulls at her hair as she kicks and screams. My heart twists as a woman's boots attach to her stomach. She looks up and the lamp's golden light bounces off her face reflecting

Maya's povThe house feels gloomy when I step inside — today more than usual. Holden stands near the pool, his phone pressed to his ear. The moment our eyes lock his expression shifts — concern, confusion.“What's going on?” He asks.I don't answer immediately, the box feeling like a coffin to my dead career. With a sharp thud, it drops to the floor. “You and your stupid brother,” I snapped.“You ruined my life,” I add my voice wavering at the end.“Maya, what's wrong?”I scoff pulling at my hair. “Stop pretending like you care about me. You have spent the last twenty-four hours being a pain in my ass.”“I was just angry,” he says, trying to defend himself.“And I was trying to explain to you, that your brother pulled me out of my life and made me his doctor knowing that I didn't have any experience in this kind of field.”“He is alright right now.”“But I'm not,” I cry. “I just got fired from the job that I have always wanted from the only place that I have ever wanted to be my wh

Maya's pov“How is everything there?” Dad asks, his voice hoarse.“It's great, I'm starting my research project.”I can feel him smile. “I'm so proud of you honey,” he says his voice warm but weary. Tears sting my eyes.“How about you?”He sighs. “You know the occasional land buyers pestering us to sell.”“Maybe you should,” I mumble biting down on my lip.I won't be here long and I don't have a job.His breath hitches, his voice sharp. “You know that land is sacred,” he says. “It has to remain in the family.”I swallow the lump in my throat. “Okay papa, I'm just worried about your health and all those people disturbing you.”“It's fine, I can handle it,” he says his voice strained.“Tell Mama I love her and I have to go.”“I love you,” he says. “I love you too.”I drop the phone on the bed with a bitter feeling in my chest. Cassian has to fix this as soon as possible. I can't continue lying to my parents and I need to find a way to take care of them since they won't take care of th

Cassian's povI slip out of bed where Maya casually lies, her back out in the open. The need to trail my fingers on its claws but the banging on the door has intensified.I unlock the door stepping out. “What?” I ask, looking at Holden. “I've got something,” he says looking into the room. I pull the door closed.“Give me five minutes.”“It can't wait,” he says with apprehension in his eyes. I sigh, locking the door and following him. His room smells like fries and sharp cologne. He touches something on his computer and a house comes into view. Don Meyos.“What am I looking at?” I ask, narrowing my eyes at the computer. He reverses the video and the anticipation is killing me.“Since you told me to investigate Don Meyos daughter,” he starts. “It has been harder than I thought.”“Yeah so?”He rolls his eyes. “I infiltrated their home CCTV camera system and found out she is dead.”My eyebrows raise. “What?”He sighs. “The first couple of days have been hard to get in touch with her and t

Maya's povI refresh my Gmail waiting to see if any of the hospitals I applied to have replied — but nothing. None of them even bothered to answer if I was qualified enough.I swallow the lump in my throat closing the laptop with a click, intertwining my hands on the counter.What if I can never be a surgeon again?Or feel the weight of the scalpel in my hands as I tear the flesh open?I will lose it. I bite down on my lower lip trying to contain the frustration bubbling inside. I wasn't born to be anything else or any other type of doctor.I was born to be a surgeon.I look around the house and the walls suddenly feel like they are caving in. Cassian disappeared to God knows where leaving me tucked safely in my thoughts after what happened with Roxanne. Holden has disappeared into thin air, now that he is a board member I don't think he will ever have time for me. I can't talk to my parents for three minutes without lying to them. I'm all alone.I take the mug of coffee to the sink,