𝐒𝐢𝐧𝐟𝐮𝐥 𝐀𝐝𝐝𝐢𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 | +𝟏𝟖

𝐗𝐈

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I shut the door with a click and strode to the seat behind the large, black desk. The two men sat patiently on the couch whilst Griffin leaned forward, his elbows on his knees as Simon leaned back into the couch cushion. "What'd she say?"

I looked up at Griffin's voice, curiosity written on both of their expressions as I exhaled a breath. "She's after Ares."

Griffin's eyes widened and his eyebrows furrowed, sitting up straight, "How'd you get her to tell you? Why is she after him?" I shrugged in response, not wanting to explain how I had my cock down her throat and that she confessed after swallowing my cum. "What do we do now?"

"We're gonna get her to work with us," I pursed my lips and stood up. "Come on."

As we walked down the hall, stranded eyes followed. The woman behind the desk looked up over her glasses and scurried to hit the button, opening the wide doors. The dark, metal hallway invaded our sight as we passed latched doors and covered windows. Griffin opened Valentina's door whilst Simon stayed silent on the left.

Her eyes lifted from the ground to mine and watched as we walked in and clanged the door shut. I crossed my arms, "Clearly, you don't know anything right now."

"No," she replied and leaned back in the chair.

"Hm," I trailed off. I tried to think of the right way to explain it, but rather came up with something short. "We're after Ares too," I paused. Her eyes widened and a breath of relief passed through her now parted lips. "Which means, we're going to let you out."

Griffin pulled the knife out from behind him and strode over to the chair. He knelt down and began to cut the ropes wrapped around her ankles. "Though, before we let you out completely, you need to agree to work with us." I said.

Her eyebrows creased, "I'm not staying here. I'm killing him on my own."

"That's not going to happen, Valentina." I said. I heavily chased revenge, I wasn't going to let anyone kill him unless it was me. Griffin stood up, keeping her wrists flush against the chair. "You either work with us, or stay here."

She glared, I could tell this was something important to her too.

"Fine."

I stared at her for a moment in thought, reassuring myself she wasn't being misleading. I nodded toward Griffin as he swiped the blade across the rope and set her wrist free.

She twisted her limbs a few times at the long-lasting hold they had stuck in the same position as Griffin wrapped his hand around her arm, just above her elbow, and lifted her to her feet. They followed out of the room, and I looked back to see Valentina's eyes roaming the hallway before meeting the woman at the desk.

Valentina smirked at her, and I watched as the woman blinked with wide eyes before looking away.

The offices lined against the walls carried our way toward the kitchen, two guards shuffled to the sides whilst opening the large door. The cool air brushed against our forms as Griffin kept his hold on her and pulled her to the island where she sat on the stool, "What time is it?"