Semua Bab Bend And Break For Me, Alpha : Bab 1 - Bab 5

Lucien's povSterling Tower didn’t care that my body was falling apart so I had to find one way or another to push through.I was halfway through telling the board how we were going to take Crane Shipping’s docks when the heat hit and I had to grip the table to keep from going down with it. Eleven years of wolfsbane tea and it still found me. "And with the acquisition we control sixty percent by Q4," I said, keeping my voice level, because Alphas didn’t stutter in rooms full of sharks. Another wave rolled through my gut and this one was worse. My glands burned at the base of my neck and my mouth filled with copper. Sweetness leaked from my skin and I knew if anyone caught it I was finished. "Mr Sterling?" the CFO asked, frowning. “Are you okay?”“I am,” I managed a smile before scrolling to the next slide. “Here we have—” It hit me once again, almost sending me to the floor.No, I couldn't hold it any longer."The meeting has been adjourned," I said sharply, and walked out before h

Lucien's pov The rest of the day was spent in a total wreck. At night I could barely sleep. I moved from the couch to the cold floor then to the bed but my body just wouldn't stay still.So by morning, I got ready to see Dr. Vaughn and when I stepped out of the house, I caught sight of a SUV parked across the street. Theo Crane was sitting in it, watching me and I felt my hands begin to shake. Not from the heat. The heat had burned out hours ago and left something worse behind. A hollow ache in my bones and the constant burn of the mark under my hoodie.I shouldn’t have gone to him. This was the right time to call my uncle Caspian or anyone else but I just couldn't. I crossed the street anyway and the window rolled down when I got close. His face was in shadow but I knew it was him. "Get in," he ordered. So I did. We didn’t talk on the drive. Twenty minutes of silence and the sound of the wipers and the smell of him filling the car. He smelled like cedar and rain and something swe

Theo’s pov Bringing him here was the right call and the stupidest thing I’ve ever done.We didn’t make it to three blocks before we noticed headlights from two vehicles which peeled off from the curb the second we turned."Down." Lucien dropped to the floorboard without a sound. My jacket in one fist, Caspian’s laptop in the other. His knuckles were white.I killed the lights as the city blurred past in flashes of neon and rain. In the rearview, the SUVs split. One cutting down the side street to cut me off."Theo—" "Don’t.” I stepped on it, going above the speed limit. “Just breathe."I took a hard right and the tires squealed. Something heavy clipped my bumper and the whole SUV shuddered. A warning shot cracked the rear window, raining glass onto Lucien’s back. He flinched but didn’t make a sound. "Good boy," I said before I could stop myself. The bridge was 400 meters. Crane territory. I floored it. The engine screamed. 80. 90. "My turf now."We shot across the line at 2:17a