Eyes So Blue I Drown

54| Underwater Kiss

ARABELLA

Lucius suddenly holds my hair from behind and pulls, "Look, what condition your girl is in" he pauses for serious two seconds and points at Luca, "Wait, is that fear I see in your eyes Luca?"

"Don't hurt her" Luca grunts through gritted teeth and a pained expression, "She's had enough"

"I'm not hurting her, yet" Lucius tells, "You are my dear brother, see I didn't even touch you today?"

Dear brother?

"What's going on here?" I ask Luca while gasping in pain, "Your own brother?"

"Oh I like it. You are still not aware of so many things" Lucius lets out a loud laugh again and pushes me forward to the ground, "Luca is my brother, we have same blood. And will have a same story too soon... to remember our whole lives"

"I said keep her out of this" Luca's voice raises along with anger in voice.

It doesn't answer why did he do this. What can be the possible reason behind all this? Wealth? Hate? Revenge?

Lucius' target was not only Romano but Luca as well. And maybe it was me too, if I think clearly.

"He blamed me for the death of our parents" Lucius says and looks back at Luca with rage, "Even though he himself was supporting the murderer of them"

I nod in silence, looking at Romano, "Did you try telling him that? He might be unaware of this but did you try to stop him?"

"Do you think he would have listened to me? After he just threw me out of house saying those hideous things?" Lucius bites back.

"Luca wasn't aware of it all. You were. You're to be blamed for it as much he is" I say, getting his blood boiled up. It's scary how I'm not aware of what should be my next step. What I'm supposed to do?

"I'm not" Lucius shakes his head, his voice serious than ever, trying to protect himself from a blame that probably feels like a burden to him.

"He..." Lucius' teeth greets harder while pointing at Luca, "He made me go through so, so much."

"My love died. But all he cared for was this Romano. He needs to feel what's it like... he needs to know what I went through" his voice breaks, and he keeps stepping back, away from us. I gulp, pulling out my gun when I spot the remote in Lucius's hands.

Pointing the gun at him, I expect fear in his eyes, but there's none. He's not scared of death.

Behind Lucius, Julian works to remove the bomb from Tess with Gabriel's help. His main motive is to see Luca and Romano suffer, which explains why I and Tess got this thing attached to our bodies.

Stepping back, I keep the gun aimed at Lucius. I wonder if shooting him will stop the bomb from activating. I glance at Luca, feeling helpless. He gestures behind me, and I turn to see the lake's edge.

For a moment, I'm captivated by the water, its eeriness growing the more I stare. I shift my attention back to Lucius, gun steady.

"Stop. It's between us. Do anything you want with me, take my everything" Luca pleads, struggling to stand.

"That's what I'm doing..." Lucius replies, holding the remote high.

Luca moves toward me, despite my silent warnings. Why is he risking himself while he is unable to even walk straight?