BOOK FOUR in The WSU Series
Elizabeth Young -
I've always wanted the star-crossed lovers type of relationship - who knew I would actually get it?
They say the line between Love and Hate is very thin, one I don't intend to experience. I could never l...
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I don't know what Kai is about to say, nor do I care. But from the look on Kian's face, I can't tell if he wants to kill me, or his younger brother.
I take a seat next to Kian just before he grips my knee in a subtle warning not to say anything. This is business now, I can't afford to act petty at the moment. My gaze travels to the four men in front of us, "The Four Deadly Sins," as Gio once referred to them as. If you ask me, I call it sad. I recognize one of them, Hunter Capello, and from what Sofias told me, he's watching her like a hawk, he's not trying to hide it either.
"You should not be here," Kian mutters beside me and I can't help but smile at his protective side. Before I always viewed this side of him as a negative, as if he was controlling me, rather than protecting me. Despite most of my attention staying on him, I can't help but glance at Hunter and Kai, the two of them sat side by side. They exchange a look that only the two of them understand, "how the hell did you even get out?" Kian questions bringing my eyes back to his, his hand on my knee tightens slightly in search of an answer. "You need a key card to get in and out," he explains as if I didn't already know that.
"Your guards opened the door because I wanted to talk to them, and then, them being idiots came into the room at my wishes," I confess with a smile because I'm proud of myself for outsmarting them. "I stole the keycard from one of the guards as he passed me and then locked them inside the room," I say with a shrug while trying to act calm as possible when Kian's staring at me like he wishes to murder me. "Well then," Kian utters, and just before his attention returns to the men in front of us he speaks again, "I'm proud of you."
My heart skips a beat at his words, I know there's no point in denying my love for him any longer. I love him more than anyone else in this entire world, I just pray he feels the same way. I also need to figure out when I'm going to tell them, because the first time I tried to say it, three years ago, he cut me off with a kiss. It was his way of not having to hear the words because then he'd realize that he finally mattered to someone. That's all I've ever wanted, to matter to him the way he matters to me.
"I told you I would handle it," Kai finally says as for once Kian remains silent. "I said if there were to be an attack, I'd know about it— I would have found out," Kai admits as he leans forward. "You could have trusted me," Kai lowers his voice, not to a whisper, because then that would show a form of weakness. His humanity is a weakness. "You know I don't trust many," Kian admits loud and clear as I feel his hand on my knee loosen slightly. "But you trust Lizzie?" Kai questions with envy, I don't dare say anything because it's clear this is between Kian and Kai. Even his friends remain silent.
"I get it," Kai speaks slowly as he leans back in his chair, one of his hands now resting on the armrest. "You fall in love, but won't admit that, yet you'll admit you trust her," Kian's hand drops from my knee and that small act alone almost kills me, despite if Kai is speaking the truth. "If you expect a happy reunion between me, and the one I'm supposed to wed," Kai announces and I watch how Hunter's gaze now falls onto Kai, he remains silent but I know he must have questions. "You're idiotic, I won't make them happy, that poor girl will want a divorce," Kai states, and I can't help but feel sorry for him.
