32| Love and Death

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Love and Death

"The greatest trick the devil pulled was convincing the world there was only one of him" - David Wong

"The greatest trick the devil pulled was convincing the world there was only one of him"                            - David Wong

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~ Now ~
{ Vivienne }

I felt my hands slowly slip off the edge of the ledge, before I felt my body drop
It was an odd feeling
Like your body weight was suddenly noticeable and everything else dropped with you
Your heart mainly.

But it only lasted a split second
Granted it was the longest split second of my life... but the relief that flooded through me when I felt a hand grab mine
Skin on skin
Actual contact that made me open my eyes and look up.

To see Cleo and Cassian stood at the edge, Cassian's hand firmly holding mine, whilst Cleo reached over the edge trying to grab my other one
I reached for hers, grabbing onto her desperately, before they heaved me up the wall.

"allaena how much do you weigh?" Cleo asked through a strained voice
Fuck

I rolled my eyes, clinging onto them until I was safely back on the roof
"Are you okay?" Cassian asked
I looked at him, is he serious?
"Oh yeah... I'm just peachy" I said sarcastically
"I just nearly died for Christ sake" I said, catching my breath.

But when I looked at Cassian he looked... hesitant
"What?" I asked
"That's uh... that's the other thing" he said
"What are you talking about?" I asked
"Lucian got stabbed" Cleo spoke up.

"Cleo!" Cassian scolded
She shrugged
"What? You need to tell her quick so she can be there in case he..." she didn't finish her sentence, she just made a gesture with her hand slicing across her neck in a mime.

But I barely registered any of there words after she'd said that
Lucian... he was stabbed?
I ran for the ladder, climbing down into the house and running downstairs as quick as I could, kicking my heels off to get there faster.

I had Michail's blood all over my dress, as well as dirt from the wall
"Lucian! Sugar! Rowan... Alex!" I shouted frantically, before Rowan appeared in the doorway to the dining area
I rushed over to him and passed into the room.

Sugar was on the table, groaning and hissing in pain as a family friend tried to tend to his injuries
I suppose the advantage of a mafia wedding was most people had medical knowledge... like stitching up bullet holes.
"Sugar" I gasped, running over to him.
He looked at me through hooded eyes, before a lazy smile came across his face and he reached his hand out to caress my cheek.

"Mm... baby" he mumbled, I looked up at Rowan confused
"He uh... he's on a lot of drugs darling" he said, I nodded, looking back to Sugar who didn't seem to mind Rowan's friend Lucas stitching up his wounds.

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