His Dominant, Her Submissive

17.

TW: Mild Psychological Manipulation.

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This isn't good. This is bad. Watching as the video feed cut out, Spencer panicked. Who would want to target him, let alone Kiara? What did she have to do with this? Why was this happening to him, to them? And he only had three days to break up with her.

The first thing he went to do was grab his phone and dial JJ, but just as the dial tone played, the feed cut on again. DO NOT CALL ANYONE. DO NOT CALL ANYONE. DO NOT CALL ANYONE. DO NOT CALL ANYONE. The video feed cut to inside Kiara's house again, but now this meant something. 

Whoever was behind this was watching him. He needed to find where they listened in. Checking under the tables, the fireplace. Anywhere there might be a bug. Spencer checked the vents, nothing there. He checked the bookshelves, nothing there either. Glancing toward the window, he rushed to close the curtains.

This left him in almost complete darkness, other than the laptop. Reaching for his tactical zoom torch flashlight, he closed the laptop and shone it around the room. What his eyes couldn't see, the flashlight could. Going over the table, he didn't see anything. 

Going over the vent, he didn't see anything from there. Shining the flashlight over his bookshelf, nothing was there. Checking the one against the wall, he saw a shine. Someone had been watching him. How he hadn't noticed that when the lights were on was a mystery. Reaching for the camera, he pulled out the wire. 

However, he had the feeling there was something else. Glancing around the room, he looked at the windows. If there wasn't a camera, which there was, someone else would've been here. When had Spencer become so paranoid? After Tobias? After the cult that tried sacrificing him a few years ago? 

Glancing out the window, he could see a woman wave at him, one almost unrecognizable from where he was. Upon further looking, he could see Eva, Eva Sinclair. Was she the one taunting him? What did he have to do with anything? Watching as the serial killer looked up to his window, she smiled and waved like an innocent woman.

Watching as Eva walked away, he wanted to go after her, but he knew he couldn't do anything after the threat. Turning back around, he cut the lights on and thought for a moment. If he broke up with Kiara, it would keep her clear from their attention, and it would keep her safe. 

But could he do it? He wasn't so sure. Now, this brought up internal conflict. Reid needed to get out, he needed to leave. He couldn't talk to anyone, as per the rules, and he wouldn't break them. The last time the group went against the wishes of an unsub, Elle paid the price. He couldn't have that happen again.

So now came the main issues: if he didn't break up with Kiara, she would be targeted; if he did break up with her, she would be out of harm's way. This would've been the choice to go with, but at the expense of their relationship. 

He made his decision.

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"Eva, why are you calling me?" Genevieve said into the phone, which caught her attention quickly. 

"Because you're gonna want to console your best friend here in a little while. If I'm not mistaken, he should be heading over there now." She teased, which Gen couldn't help feeling bad for. At the end of the day, she would be one of the reasons her best friend would cry.

"Don't worry, I'll help her through it. I gotta get back to work," Gen ended the call, though she couldn't help but feel pity for Kiara. If there were other things past her knowledge planned, then she wasn't sure she could stick through it all.