We head towards the principle home, following two guards with two extra behind us and as we spill via the door, I see three males ready for us who make my coronary heart bleed concern. One is dangerous sufficient, however three males like this terrify me. It’s as if I’ve been surrounded in terror for weeks now, ever since that fateful night time in Darkish Shadows, and I’m wondering if I’d nonetheless be right here if I had a crystal ball that confirmed me what was ready for me. I’m guessing not, however now I’m right here I wouldn’t change a minute of it as a result of I’ve by no means felt so alive as I’ve since getting into this world.

“Lucian.” Mikhail steps ahead and embraces a person who seems to share the identical soul because the Russian. No emotion, no expression, simply darkish lethal eyes that reveal completely nothing. He turns to the person beside him and says, “Dante.” Repeating the welcome after which the opposite man. “Romeo.”

I watch the three males embrace after which their eyes flip to us, and I shrivel beneath their darkish, demonic gaze.

“Apollo, Adonis, your mission was a hit.” Lucian says in a deep, husky voice, making me marvel if they’re all minimize from the identical material.

“Because of you.” Apollo steps ahead and, like Mikhail, embraces Lucian, whispering one thing in his ear that makes his eyes gleam.

Adonis drops my hand and does the identical and whispers his personal message into the ear of the person who made this all occur.

Because the brothers step away, the three males stare at Phoebe and me and I say nervously, “Thanks.”

Phoebe seems as terrified as I’m and merely smiles and whispers, “I can’t thanks sufficient.”

The three males nod after which Lucian says, “Come. We are going to discuss in consolation.”

Adonis reaches for my hand and I’m grateful for the help as a result of this place is terrifying, regardless of the corporate I preserve. We’re surrounded by menace and it’s troublesome to breathe and as we head into a big room, I catch my breath on the opulence in entrance of me.

4 girls are ready, watching our method, and theirs is a unique form of welcome completely. The grins of reassurance that greet us settles my coronary heart because the older lady stands and says with a broad smile, “Welcome to our residence.” She steps ahead and kisses Phoebe on each cheeks earlier than doing the identical to me after which, one after the other, the opposite girls observe her.

When all of the welcomes have been made, she says firmly, “Come. We are going to depart the lads to speak enterprise. You can be made comfy right here and don’t have anything to concern.”

I hesitate and stare at Adonis and he smiles reassuringly, so I take a deep breath and observe the ladies out of the room, desperately wishing he was beside me proper now.

As quickly because the door closes, the older lady says politely, “I’m Elena, the lads’s grandmother for my sins.”

A reasonably blonde steps beside me and grins. “I’m Riley, Lucian’s spouse, and take no discover of him. He’s a pussycat beneath that darkish scowl.”

One other lady takes Phoebe’s hand and grins. “I’m Isabella, Dante’s spouse, and that is Ivy who’s married to Romeo. Please don’t be scared. I do know it may be intimidating, however we’re right here to assist, to not threaten.”

I swear my soul relaxes as I sense how regular life right here is beneath the hellish facade and as we stroll up a grand staircase, Riley says brightly, “It’s so late you’ve missed dinner, however we’ve instructed the chef to rearrange room service. Simply settle in. You have to be exhausted after your ordeal. There’s every little thing you want in your rooms, and I’m guessing you might do with the remaining after what you’ve been via.”

We cease exterior a room and Isabella says to Phoebe, “We’ve put you and Apollo in right here. Is it okay to share? We are able to prepare separate rooms if you happen to like.”

She seems anxious, and Phoebe rewards her with a gentle smile. “This will probably be excellent, thanks.”

As Isabella opens the door, Phoebe turns and, for the primary time, seems to be immediately at me and smiles, earlier than breaking free and dashing into my arms, whispering, “Thanks for coming for me. I’ll always remember what you probably did, and I’ll at all times be right here for you if you happen to want me.”

For a second, we hug, each of us reluctant to let go, and as she pulls away, Phoebe’s eyes glitter with gratitude. Then she follows Isabella into the room and Riley sighs. “I can’t think about what that poor lady went via. I have to say, you have been so courageous heading onto the island. Thoughts you, I’d have finished precisely the identical.”

Ivy laughs as Elena rolls her eyes. “That’s Riley for you. Nothing scares her, which might be a great high quality to have being married to Lucian.”

The three girls share an amused look after which I observe them to the room subsequent door and Ivy says, “We’ve put you and Adonis in right here, though the identical guidelines apply. Should you would favor your individual room, it may be organized.”

I say rapidly, “No, we’re good, thanks.”

Elena nods. “Then we are going to depart you to relaxation. Some refreshment will probably be delivered when the lads have completed enterprise.”

I’m grateful for the time by myself as a result of it’s fairly intense being surrounded by so many darkish souls in an odd home. This life, these folks, are poles aside from what I’m used to, and I really want a while to wrap my head round all of it.

I head inside and the ladies depart me to it, and I stare round a room that’s each opulent and but cozy. It could possibly be a seven-star lodge it’s that decadent and as I stare on the cool basic traces and an inside that would have been designed by one of the best, I blink in disbelief on the world I’ve fallen crazily into.

All of it swirls round me like a twister of recollections from my time at Darkish Shadows to Madeira Island. My beginnings with Apollo and what I felt then, versus what I’m feeling now. It introduced me to Adonis, to the Vieris and their fucked-up world, finally crossing my path with Adonis, my soulmate, my every little thing.

I’m so drained and wander across the room in a daze, probably not understanding how I got here to be right here in any respect, and I’m wondering what my family have to be considering. All of it appears a world away from the journey I’ve traveled and but I wouldn’t change a minute of it.

I head into the toilet and spy the roll high bathtub and waste no time in working it. As I slip out of my garments, the gold rope drops to the bottom together with the gold wreath, and I’m wondering if I ought to have handed them again to Mikhail. I set them rigorously on the aspect and vow to make it the very first thing I do once I depart the room as a result of I don’t even wish to take into consideration the worth of the objects sitting on high of the self-importance unit.

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