silence

sixteen

Ahren

It's been about two hours since Athena and I were interrupted. My mind can only replay what went down and imagine the rest - what would've happened if we weren't.

I'm sitting on the couch in the De'Angelis living room drinking some more. I'm still not drunk. More tipsy maybe but nowhere near being completely pissed. I have an alert awareness of my surroundings.

I haven't seen Athena come down yet, which surprises me. I was expecting her to at least check in with her brothers if she was going to crash for the rest of the party, so they weren't worried.

I debate on going back upstairs to check on her but immediately throw that idea at the realisation that it's not my job, nor should I even care. She's just a fuck at most.

I see Khai walk up to me from the corner of my eye.

"Athena. Where is she?"

"How would I know?" I answer him, "Have her overprotective brothers lost her?" Sarcasm.

He scowls at me before replying. "No, just haven't seen her in a while dickhead. Phoenix is upstairs with some chick anyways."

He starts walking upstairs to go find her - something I should've done earlier.

I go back to chatting with Elias and some of our mates when I hear shouting coming from upstairs. Loud shouting.

I decide to go up and check it out as people are staring at the stairs confused. I don't know what's going on up there but fucking hell they're loud. Surely it's not about her going to bed early?

Making my way up the stairs two at a time as the noise gets louder, I notice it's coming from Athena's room. I contemplate whether I should interfere or not, it might be family shit. But I push that thought down as I hear another male voice that I don't recognise.

Reaching the open door to her room, I see Athena, Khai, Phoenix and... Karson?

What the fuck is he doing here?

I take in the situation - Athena is sitting, well almost laying on her bed with a tear stained face. She's only in her white lace bra. Did she not put a shirt back on? With a squint into the dark room, I realise she's less dressed than she was when I was in here with her. The denim shorts she had on are laying on the ground near the bed, she has a matching white pair of panties adorning her hips though. She looks disheveled, and sleepy?

Khai is sitting next to her body and hands her Phoenix's jersey to cover herself with. He has a disgusted and livid look plastered on his face.

I look at Phoenix on the other side of the bedroom and see him throwing punches at Karson. What the fuck is going on? His arm swings at Karson's face as he tries to harm him. Karson is trying to block his hits but has no avail.

I step further into the room and catch Khai's attention. He turns back to his sister and pulls the jersey over her head before turning back to me once she's as covered as possible.

I'm confused as ever, did they catch her fucking him? Right after she was getting intimate with me? My anger starts to rise.

I walk closer to Khai with a questioning look on my face. He picks up a red solo cup next to Athena's bed and throws it at me gently, nodding at me to do something with it.

I look at him and then at the cup. I bring it up to my lips to smell its contents, but it doesn't give me any hints. I look back at Khai confused again.

He looks back at his sister to check on her, before directing his gaze back at me and chucking me the water bottle near her bed. I pour it into the cup and watch the mixture turn a light blue colour.

Fuck.

Rohypnol. The pills have a blue core that colours clear liquids blue when thrown in.

She was roofied.

It clicks in my head and I whip my head from the cup to Khai. Anger bubbles in my chest.

I'm going to kill Karson.

I stride over to Phoenix beating Karson's body, pushing him slightly out the way and throwing Karson's body on the floor. He's already bruising from Phoenix. I jump on top of him and start punching him left and right. Anger clouds my vision and I can barely see anything.

I feel myself being lifted off his body. Turning around I'm met with Phoenix.

"As much as I want him dead, I'm not trying to get the police involved for killing a boy," he spits.

I nod and he picks up Karson, throwing him outside the bedroom and shutting the door. He turns around and walks over to the bed, I do the same.

Athena is desperately trying to keep her eyes open. Her hair is a mess and her clothes still only consist of the large Jersey that covers her underwear and pools at the top of her thighs.

"Athena, stay awake for a second. You're okay. Everything is fine, Karson isn't here, nobody is going to hurt you," reassures Khai.

"I...can't keep...my...eyes...op-" she slurs before shutting her mouth. This isn't alarming due to the drug she has in her system, I don't know how much of this she'll even remember. Hopefully none.

"It's okay Thena, close your eyes and sleep then."

Her eyes flutter shut and she slumps back on her arms. Khai tucks her body into his and hugs her tightly. He kisses her forehead and stands up.

Phoenix walks to her and whispers in her ear gently.

"You'll be alright Reign, you're strong, I know you are."

He nods for us to step outside and all three of us move. We shut the door behind us and Phoenix locks it with the key from his pocket. We look down at Karson's half awake body on the ground, deciding what to do with him.

Phoenix picks him up by his arms and takes him downstairs. Most people are dancing or in the kitchen, only a few in our path. They're sucking each other's faces so they won't see a thing.

We drag him outside and leave him to a man in a black suit. Phoenix says some quiet words to the man and we palm Karson's body off to him. He places him in a black car and takes off outside the property. I have no idea what they're doing with him but I have a feeling it won't be ethical, knowing their last name.

Phoenix turns to me and ushers both Khai and I back inside the house. I tell them to give me a second and I walk up to Elias.

"Come with me, we're about to be a little more involved with the De'Angelis clan than I originally planned."

"What? Why? We were going to stay away from them Ahren. What did you do?" He says sternly.

"Nothing, just helped them out with something. They'll explain the full story upstairs, now come."

We walk back to the boys finding them quietly talking to each other at the bottom of the stairs. Phoenix looks questioningly at Elias before I explain.

"My right hand."

He nods for us to go upstairs and I follow Khai to his bedroom, across the hall from Athena's.

"Sit. This won't be easy to hear."

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Idk why I do this to myself :(
- Keyara