BLOOD AND HEART

37 | ASSASSIN

Z A Y N

"As much as it seems like you own my heart,
It's astronomy, we're two worlds apart"

"Zayn?" Nyx called out my name in her sleepy voice, but I was too drowsy to respond. I choose to ignore her and sleep instead. I've been getting up late for a week because she won't let me go to the gym as she says, and I quote, 'You provide my body, warmth,' and I stay with her like an idiot. And now I'm in the habit of waking up late. She loved to sleep and I loved to work but things have been changed.

"Zayn," she said again, poking my nose. I slapped her hand away slightly and pulled the duvet over my head.

She yanked off the duvet and slapped my face, startling me awake. "What the fuck is going on with you?" I hissed and pulled the duvet back again.

"I don't wanna go to the gym today," Nyx whined, looking at me with her sleepy eyes, and her hair was messed up.

"Then sleep and let me sleep," I said annoyedly, She cuddled up against my chest, contentedly. Nyx and I haven't gone to the gym in over a week. She hasn't left her bed and has been avoiding her archery and boxing sessions by taking advantage of her condition. During those seven days, all of the men in the mansion became her servants, and she became our literal queen. She would give us orders whenever she pleased, and if she did not receive what she desired, she would scold us for hours.

I've learned in the last week to stay away from women who are on their periods. They can be a potential threat.

My eyes shot wide open when I realised that it's been a week since she hadn't had her training lessons. She didn't even know Archery. While choosing weapons people mostly go for knives and guns because they are easy to carry and cause more damage to others. In the mafia, archery was rarely seen as someone's main weapon. She made a unique choice. And part of me was afraid that her unique choice might get her in trouble.

"Get up," I said, removing the duvet from our bodies. She was done with her menstruations, which meant she had to go back to her training, her sleeping days were over.

"What?" She whined as she fixed her sleepy gazes on mine.

"Get up, you are going to the gym, it's been a week since you haven't worked out. Your sleeping days are gone, get up before I call Octavio" I said, getting out of bed.

"Fine," She said, as she let out a huff and got out of the bed.

As I sat down on the sofa, she dashed into the bathroom, leaving me to check my schedule and all the pending tasks. I haven't been able to spare my full attention to the business, which is a significant strain. Ace and Hunter were usually my go-to guys, but at the end of the day, they required my signatures to finish the job. Because as the leader, the file won't go further without my original signatures on it.

I sighed and set my tab aside, with the assistance of Ace and Hunter, work didn't come to me like a big burden. However, there was one thing that they even can't assist me with and that was Levi and Octavio. They were the most secretive people in the mansion, but their actions weren't as secretive as they were. They both have some sort of conflict going on between them. I've been noticing the pure hatred of Levi towards Octavio. I've tried to intervene and ease things but they won't let me. Only they knew what the hell was their conflict about and their cold war had been building even more since Nyx came. Even if Octavio tried to talk to Levi, he would either throw a sarcastic comment at him or ignore him. This concerned me a lot.

When the bathroom door opened, Nyx came out wearing black sports bra and yoga track pants. Apart from Levi and Octavio, Nyx's training outfit was another big concern. I trusted Octavio that he wouldn't look at Nyx with lustful eyes but I didn't trust the guards. Despite the fact that I'd made it clear that they weren't meant to stare at her or inappropriately talk about her, I couldn't find myself trusting them.