In the arms of evil

Plan M

It's been a couple weeks since I've come out of the hospital. Colton and I have been practicing shooting behind the club so Marcus doesn't find out. Sammy's been a real help. Getting us weapons when we need it, gathering information on Marcus and his location. I've called Cara a couple of times over the two weeks and made her feel like everything was okay on my end. I spent Christmas in hospital and new year's practicing my shooting with Colton. That night was pretty fun now that I think about it.

New Years flashback:
I hit a bullseye for the 60th time in a row, and couldn't help the grin forming on my face. "That's my girl" Colton says seductively, pulling me in from my waist, claiming my lips. We put our guns down and start making out in the forest as his hands roam my body. "You're incredible baby. Fuck you're a badass" he grunts against my lips. I smile and wrap my legs around him as he lifts me and pushes me against a tree. His hands find there way through my jeans, undoing my zip and button, before he starts rubbing my sweet spot, making me drip and moan. His tongue attacks mine as his fingers plunge in me, fucking me with his fingers. Just then, as fireworks explode around us through the pine trees, I come undone. "Happy new year baby" he smiles, watching how my body reacts to him. "Happy new year handsome."

Present:
"What are you smiling about?" Colton asks, coming into the garden, handing me my coffee. "New year" I smile back. He grins and chuckles before pulling me down on his lap on the patio as we watch the waves come in. "We've got a date for it" he says, looking onwards to the beach. "Three weeks from today." I nod, taking a sip of my coffee. "Thank you Colton. For not making me stay at bay and letting me do this with you. Thank you for giving me my power back." I turn and kiss him. He holds my face, caressing my cheek, "you're more powerful than you think Brook. I'm sorry it took you so much pain to find who you really are. Just don't let it consume you okay? Stay my sweet girl after this is all done." I don't reply, just smile, kiss his nose, and look as the waves crash against the shore.

Coltons pov
She fell asleep in my arms some time ago, looking at the sea in front of us. I keep holding her tight, kissing the top of her head. I'm truly afraid that I've changed her, made her crave the taste of darkness. But I can't help but fall more in love with her for it. I just don't want her to change completely. I don't want her to let go of all the goodness in her. I need to keep that part of her protected. No matter what.

Brooklyn's pov
I had awoken to find the moon reflecting softly against the steady stream of the sea. Colton was no where to be found, but I noticed I was covered with a beige knitted blanket, the same one my mom used to wrap around me back home. I smile as I bring it up to my nose and give it a sniff. It still holds her cherry scent. Just then, Colton comes outside and sits beside me, pulling me into his embrace as I curl up in his lap. "I want cherries" I tell him, looking up at his tired eyes. "Okay baby" he chuckles, kissing my forehead. "Sammy's in the living room with the mission plan to take out Marcus." With that, I take a deep breath and get up, still holding the blanket around me. "Let's do this" I say to him, holding out my hand to him. He looks at it, then looks up at me and smiles softly. "I'm so in love with you Brooklyn Peterson. You have no idea" he says as he takes my hand and stands.

We head inside and begin to put my beach wave curls in a low ponytail as I examine the files littered neatly on my french wooden dining table.

Some time goes past, and we're all knackered. I lay on my stomach on the dining table, flipping through sheets as my legs cross behind me, still wearing my heels. "You look so sexy when you think like that" Colton comments, sitting on the kitchen counter, one leg propped up, the other dangling down. I blow him a kiss and a teasing wink and go back down to the papers in my hand. "You're sure he's going to be alone there? None of his men lurking?" I ask Sammy, flipping through the pages. "Positive. Every month on that exact date, Marcus travels to that lake, alone, throws a rose into the lake and walks away. No one knows why and quite frankly, I don't give a shit. That'll be your perfect opportunity to kill him. But Brooklyn," I look up from the pages and face him as he leans off the wall. "You realise that once you kill him... you will be the leader of his gang? It's gang rules. You'll take over and there's nothing anyone can do to change that. That will be your life. You'll never escape the darkness that follows, and should you try to leave and walk away..." Colton jumps off the table, "Sammy, that's enough" he says, looking over me after with a distress look. "No. Tell me the rest" I demand, putting the pages down. Sammy sighs, gives Colton an apologetic look and continues, "if you try to walk away from your duties, his gang has the right to kill you. Gang law princess. There's no running away this time." I swallow hard at the reality that would become my life. If I choose this, I'll never be able to leave. Neither will  Colton.I can't do that to him again.

I get up off the table and walk away, heading upstairs to my room. Once there, I let the quiet tears fall as I cross my arm across my body and pinch my lip with my trembling fingers. I hear the floor boards creek and smell Colton's cologne. "You don't have to follow me down this path you know" I turn and face him. "I know how badly you wanted to get away from this life. I'm not going to force you to go back to it because of me." He comes up to me and kisses me, hand wrapped in a fist in my hair, pulling me into him. Once our lips part and I catch my breath, he shuts his eyes and exhales deeply. "I would do anything for you Brook. You should know that by now. You're not forcing me to stay, I'm happy as long as I'm with you. I'll be by your side every step of the way, I promise" he whispers as his hand travels slowly down my neck, fingertips grazing along my arm, until his fingers collide with mine. "I love you so much Colton. I love you in all your darkness and all your light" I whisper, kissing his cheek.

This life is hard. It's sharp. It can cause a great deal of pain and holds fleeting moments of happiness. Every happy memory I have before Colton is with my parents and Cara. I know now... I can never go back. My life there is over when I kill Marcus, and I'm not sure how I'll feel when that happens. I'll be in charge of a gang and control a power so dark, I'm afraid it'll bury the purity of me. I have to fight it. I have to stay the girl my parents left the earth knowing. Or else all their efforts of being great parents... it'll be non existent, and I- I will become everything I hate.