The Five

Chapter 7...

I go to sleep and wake up at 2 in the morning to a sound on my balcony. I hop silently into the balls of my feet and roll down so i'm as flat-footed as possible. I lean my bodyweight over, making less sound. When I finally get to the balcony a hand swings over my mouth and I quickly twist out of the hand's grip. I swing the hand over my shoulder without looking back but the assailant doesn't uproot. I swing around and see who my attacker is. I sigh a breath of relief but quickly wipe my face clean.

"Torres."

He smirks. "I've yet to learn your name, beautiful."

"Don't."

"Oh, no. Don't fret. I have eyes for one lady."

My curiosity gets the best of me. "Who?"

He smirks again. "Wouldn't you like to know Ms. No name."

"That's why I asked, idiot."

"Anyways I came because the informa..." He looks up and quickly ducks before I see Nik lunge past me at Torres's throat. He misses but not by over a centimeter. Torres recovers and tries to grab Nik, but Nik is quicker and almost takes Torres's hand off with a blade. Shit. He was about to tell me something.

"NIK!" He twitches but doesn't stop pursuing Torres. "Nik. Please stop." I'm begging at this point. Though Torres has the upperhand right now that won't last for long. Nik has the stamina of a thousand men. He stops mid-punch. He looks back at me, his eyes are silver. "Is he courting with you?" He ask soberly. The knife is still being tightly clutched in his hand and his expression is void of any emotion. Courting? Sometimes I wonder what century he's from.

"What? Ni'Klaus, no. Why the hell would I be involved with him?" My brows furrow.

"You seem to have a pull towards assholes." I know he's talking about Dylan.

"No, Nik, listen. I was working on getting that proof for you." I explain quickly.

Torres steps in. "Ni'Klaus. Please understand that it was never my intention to hurt Synbia or Naveen."

Nik's head quickly whips toward Torres. He speaks so even and icily, even i'm scared. "Don't say their names. Your intentions mean nothing to me. Your word means nothing to me. You mean nothing to me." Torres face contorts. He looks genuinely hurt.

He says back to him, "Once we were like brothers and my word meant more than 1000 jewels. But I will not stop until Synbia, you, and Naveen are safe. No matter how you three feel about me, I love you all. I will protect you whether you want it or not."

"Leave." Nik growls out.

"Call." He eyes me and I nod.

Once Torres is gone, Nik spins on me.

"Shit, Nik." I startle

"Why are you associating with him, Meu incendiu?" I hear what he called me and my eyes start to burn, like in the lunchroom.

"I'm not."

"Don't lie to me. Are you or are you not involved romantically with him?"

"What even makes you think that?" I huff.

"Answer me, Mètis?" His eyebrows draw in and he frowns. Gods, he is beautiful. I'm staring for too long and he says "I see." My heart constricts until it's no longer beating. I feel my breath catch and as he is walking away from me I grab his wrist and spin him back to me. We're a breath apart.