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chapter twenty-one ; betrayal.

Fallan:

It wasn't a long walk from my parent's to the courthouse, but it was dark, and the quickest route was through the winding back alleys of Mitras - and I was in a dress. To an unsuspecting attacker, I probably looked like a poor defenceless young girl. A swift kick to the unmentionables would send them on their way rather quickly though.
I enjoyed walking, it gave me time to think alone, and after that shit-show of a family meal, alone is definitely what I wanted to be. I hoped Levi wouldn't pry on the journey home, I planned to sleep to avoid the conversation entirely.
I loved my parents dearly, but God I hated them too. We were never close, but after Edward passed it drove a stake into our relationship even more. To be honest, I wasn't even surprised that absolutely nothing had been mentioned about the information surfacing about his murder - my parent's coping mechanism was to ignore and override, and take out their repressed grief on their remaining offspring: me, who was very much still alive and left to deal with the consequences.
As I walked through the dark passages, I couldn't shake the feeling that I was being watched. I felt like prey, and my instincts began to kick in. I sped up, wrapping my arms tighter around myself as a cool breeze ruffled through my hair. I kept my eyes fixated on the floor, letting the hair that was tucked behind my ear fall and hang down like a protective curtain. 
Hair won't do you much good when a strange man attacks you out of nowhere. 
I could definitely hear the slow taps of footsteps in front of me. I hoped it was just someone passing by, but the footsteps were nearing me now. 
Please don't kill me, please don't kill me, please don't-
My train of thought was interrupted by my face colliding with a broad chest that smelled of tobacco and leather.
"Watch where you're goin' darlin'," A thickly accented, husky voice chuckled. It wasn't the pleasant kind of chuckle though, it sounded more like a deep cackle. I looked up and made eye contact with the man, who was sneering down at me with a toothpick in between his teeth. He was quite a bit older, with thick wrinkles and a greying beard. His hair was long, and slightly hidden under a worn-out brown hat, but it was his eyes that really took me out. Cold, staring grey eyes that looked so familiar, yet unplaceable.
"Sorry," I mumbled, breaking eye contact and looking down at the floor, side-stepping to get away from him and hugging myself tighter. I took a step forward, but he stepped in front of me again. I didn't dare look back up.
"What you runnin' off so quick for?" He asked, and I could hear that cold, dead sneer in his voice.
"It's late, I really must be getting home. If you wouldn't mind..." I tried to step forward again, but he didn't budge. The familiar knot of anxiety began pooling in my stomach, and my breathing quickened. After fighting against the Titans for humanity's sake, was I really going to die here in an alleyway at the hands of a man? 
Quit being so overdramatic.
I snapped myself out of it and looked up at him with a hardened glare.
"Move it." I snapped, which caused him to throw his head back and let out a loud laugh.
"Now I see what he sees in you, little girl."
My brow furrowed in confusion. Do I know this guy? Who's 'he'?
I didn't want to stick around for an answer, and stepped to the side again.
"Excuse me. I must be off." I said through gritted teeth, but he simply stepped in front of me once more. The man lifted his hand and placed a finger under my chin, tilting my head so I was looking directly at him. So familiar...
"You're not goin' anywhere Reid." He chuckled, and my blood ran cold. How the fuck did this guy know my name? I batted his hand away and took a few steps back, adrenaline pumping through my veins.
"Who the fuck are you?" I spat, wiping at where his fingers had been.
"You've got fire, haven't you? Reminds me of your big brother. Always was a feisty one." 
Big brother?
It all fell into place. Those familiar eyes, the head tilt only one other person had ever done to me - his nephew. 

It could only be one person; Kenny fucking Ackerman. 

My heart rate was erratic now, my chest heaved and my vision began to swim. I wasn't nervous though, I wasn't scared. I was ready to watch him die. 
I screamed and ran towards him, which only made him laugh harder. Just before I reached him, I heard a click and something cold was pressed against the base of my chin, where his fingers had been only moments before hand. 
That click was the safety of a revolver, and that cold object was the barrel. His free hand snaked around my hip and pulled me into him, his face inches from mine as he pressed the barrel further into my neck. 
"Not so loud now are you, pretty girl?" He smirked down at me. I felt sick to be this close with the man who murdered my brother, but I also didn't fancy having my brains blown out across the paving stones of Mitras. 
"Now I ain't gonna kill ya," He muttered, and pulled the gun away from my neck. He still had a tight grip on my hips as he used the butt of the gun to move a stray piece of hair away from my face. I considered making a move, grabbing the gun and firing while he was off guard, but decided it was far too risky.
Patience.
"Not yet anyway." Kenny removed the hand from my waist and I stumbled backwards. When I regained my balance, he was stood about a metre away, aiming the revolver directly at my head - that smirk still painted on his filthy face. 
"What do you want?" I spat at him, clenching my fists by my side.
Patience, Fallan. 
"I just wanted to give you a lil bit of information about lover-boy," He hummed.
"I'm all ears." I growled, throwing my hands in the air in annoyance. Who the fuck was lover-boy? Was this the same guy he was on about earlier? He couldn't mean Levi, could he?
"You really think it's just a big old coinky-dink that you happened to meet the nephew of your brother's fuckin' killer?"
I felt my stomach drop, and the dizziness return. Please, God no.
"I ain't gonna tell you if it is or it isn't, I've heard all about that wonderful little brain box you got up there, so you can figure it out all by yourself, but just know this Fallan Reid," His sneer dropped, and his eyes seemed to darken a little, "It's not your time right now, but I'm comin' for ya. It might be tomorrow, it might be next week, Hell - it might even be in 20 years time, but I'm comin'." 

A/N
girl bye why was Kenny lowkey hot asf in this :0

anyways hope that was juicy enough for y'all, maybe next chapter we may actually get some Levi romance who knows 

pls I'm sorry this is the slowest burn ever don't hate me