Cruel - Criminal minds enemies to lovers

New truths

Eric led Athena past the guards into a golden elevator, his hand clasped into hers, his thumb stroking hers. She wanted to shudder, she still couldn't wrap her head around the fact he was the 'boss.'

For all she knew, he was the one in charge of the whole 'lily' crime family. He had always been a clever boy but she never thought he could be so cruel and cunning to be able to do reach this level. He used to throw up when Athena would come in with a scraped knee, she wondered how he grew to handle the torture that came with being a boss in this industry- not to mention the 'parties' his palace held and the massacres that occurred.

"Leave us" Eric said to the guards as they walked Athena and Eric into a large, lavish bedroom that was at least 3 times the size of Athena's entire apartment.

They nodded and turning with a smirk, shutting the door behind them.

"I have a surprise for you" he said walking over to a door, she readied her hand on her blade hidden in her cloak and smiled sweetly at him.

Her smile dropped as he opened the door and a large man fell out of the bathroom, covered in blood from beatings and torture. He had an eyepatch covering one of his eyes from where she herself had stabbed it with a shard of glass.

"Y-you" she stammered in fear and stepped back, the beaten man recognised her and smirked.

"Well, well, well- if it isn't the bitch who took my eye" he growled at her before looking up at Eric.

"You brought her for me to finish off, didn't you sir?" He asked with an eager smile, Eric smiled at the large man and stepped back behind him.

"What do you plan on doing to her exactly?" Eric asked in a sinister tone that terrified Athena, her whole body was shaking violently at the men in front of her, a sight all too familiar for her mind to handle.

"I will finish what I started" she licked his lips.

"And will you kill her?" Eric asked casually, now standing behind the man who stared at Athena in her dress. She couldn't fake her confidence, not as the man who had hurt her and terrified her so much stood in front of her planning to do it again with the help of her old friend- with orders from her old friend.

"E-Eric" she whispered in a plea.

"Shh, Catherine" he said "let the man talk."

"I do- after I make her wish I would do so sooner. She remembers the things we did to her, she knows I can do it again and much worse" he snarled, she felt a wetness on her face and realised she was crying involuntarily. Her body reacting to his words before her mind could.

"That's what I wanted to hear" Eric smiled and in one swift motion, Athena saw a blade emerge from his side and stab through the man in front of him straight through the heart.

The man's face froze before he slumped forward onto the ground, dead. Eric stood behind him, wiping his hands on the man's clothes before looking over at Athena who was frozen in shock. He smiled at her.

"You didn't really expect me to let him hurt you, did you?" He asked. Her mind ran, he was the one who sent them to hurt her, he was the one who ordered them to kill her after letting them do whatever they wanted to her- why did he stop him now?

"T-thank you" she managed to say after running through every possibility of why he did what he did and deciding on one that aligned with her original plans for the 'boss,' something she didn't want to do to Eric but after seeing what he could do and what he had done- she knew she had to, she knew that he knew things she needed, she had to use him like he wanted to use her.