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KAIDA REED POV The sun's rays streaking through the window made me wince. I turned onto my side, a sigh escaping my lips as I burrowed deeper into the cool sheets. "So good," I murmured into the pillow, my hand squeezing the thick fabric before going in search of Zavian.The feel of the cold sheet underneath my fingertip made my eyes snap open and when I saw that he wasn't in the room, I sat up so fast my head spun with it."Ugh, that hurts," I groaned, pressing a finger to the side of my head as my gaze darted around the room. Where was he, and why did everything look so clean?I expected to see a bit of a mess from how rough we were last night—wait, did Zavian clean everything up while I was passed out? Or did he have someone else do it? I doubted it was the latter, because he'd also cleaned me up too.My eyes moved to the space beside me again, a strange sensation burning in my chest as I stared at the empty cold space.Just how long has he been gone? And why didn't he wake me?

KAIDA REED POV The woman stared at me, eyes wide with shock. "Excuse me," she gasped, then her eyes flashed to Zavian's. "Is she talking to me?" She asked, pointing to herself. "Are you just going to stand there and let her disrespect your mother?"Zavian scoffed, shaking his head before taking a step toward her, his body naturally shielding me as if on instinct. "Do you really expect an answer to that question?" He glanced back at me, the look in his eyes making my heart skip a beat. "Kaida is the lady of my house, and in this house, whatever she says goes." He slowly turned his head, his eyes locking onto those of his mother who was still waiting expectantly. "You understand what that means right?"She sputtered, almost having a stroke as her eyes moved from Zavian to mine, then back again, then to her husband who stood so rigidly still, I feared he was going to burst a blood vessel. "You must have really lost your damn mind. I didn't think it was possible but you actually managed

YILENA HOLT POV "I still don't trust you. You know that right?" Helena got out, looking up from the drink in front of her, the suspicion she felt glaring to see."I know." Without asking, I reached across the table, took her glass from her hands, and brought it to my lips. Her eyes followed every movement, narrowing slightly as I took a slow sip before placing it back exactly where it'd been. It was a pointless gesture, really, but one that said more than words ever could. If I intended to betray her, poisoning her drink would've been a stupid way to go about it."You don't have to worry about me stabbing you in the back, Helena," I said quietly, holding her gaze. "Not this time. Especially not when I have something at stake too.""Kaiser?" she asked arching a brow.I nodded, looking down at the table. "I don't know how she knew he meant something to me, Helena, but she has him locked up in her basement. She's threatening to kill him if I don't do what she wants." I looked up slowly,

ZAVIAN NOLVEN POV"Well?" I asked without looking up from the stack of files spread across my desk as the door opened. "Were you able to find out why Helena and Damon have been meeting?""Not exactly," he said, his footsteps stopping in front of my desk, then he dropped the thick folder in his hand beside the files already on my desk. I reached for it without a word, flipping it open as he began speaking."They met at a club a few months ago," he said at the same time I read through the part on the report. "That's where we believe they first came into contact. Since then, they've been meeting periodically...but never enough to establish a pattern."My eyes moved over the pages. There were photographs. But they were mostly taken in hotel lobbies or at her house, and given how tense they looked in most of the pictures, you would either think they were enemies or secret lovers trying not to get caught.Just based on the pictures, it didn't look like their meeting had anything to do with

LUCIEN DRAVEN POV I was getting out of here.I glanced up at the door, my brows dipping as I saw the guards stationed in front of it. So Zavian really thought he'd won, huh? He thought he could just steal my woman and send me to jail the same way his father did to mine.He was wrong. And he made a mistake by keeping me alive, because once I got out of here, I wasn't going to stop until he was six feet below the ground.And Kaida? She was going to be mine no matter what. I refused to let her go. She was the one who loved me first. She was the one who promised to stay by my side no matter what happened...no matter what I did.I tried to turn, then groaned, cold sweat chilling my skin as burning pain spread through my lungs. God damn it, when would this pain end? If it hurt so much just to move a little, then how the hell was I going to get out of here?"Another week," I muttered, the words feeling feverish on my tongue. "Let's wait another week."At least by then, the pain would have