Tobias intuitively stood in front of his phone as his supervisor approached.“Tobias? Is that you?” The overly tall man with naturally slouched shoulders questioned.“It's me, sir,” Tobias stuttered a little as he tried to keep his voice at a standard pitch.At the other end of the line, Elijah grew weary from worry. Worry that Tobias must have done something he wasn't supposed to do. Why else was he acting so nervous?“But why are you here on your own? You're always supposed to be with your assigned partner in the dark room,” he said, his eyes darting across the room before resting on Tobias again.“He– he had to opt out last minute. Something else needed his attention,” he explained.Elijah rolled his eyes. He could tell that was an outright lie. Maybe it was because he had known Tobias for a long time. No wonder he was acting weird.He did feel a little bit sorry for him, though. In a bid to help him, he got tossed into this problem.“Really? You should have reported to me then. Yo
“You? What the hell are you doing here? How are you even here?” He asked in surprise mixed with disgust.Snow, sensing this wasn't going to go anywhere nice, slipped out of the room unnoticed.“You need to calm down, gorgeous,” she said, her eyes trailing all over his body.Something about a man, fresh out of the shower, a towel around his waist, and water splashed across his bare chest, was alluring. Now, when that man was also as hot as Elijah, it was impossible not to gawk.“You need to stop staring at me and start answering my questions!” He hissed.Something jumped in her heart. It wasn't fear or intimidation. Instead, it was her biggest attraction since she completely expelled Asher from her system.The way he was being so randomly mean made her want him more. He hadn't exactly been friendly with her after her betrayal, but he was never this outrightly condescending. A trip to his finger explained his behavior. His power was back, and savage Elijah had emerged.“I came to see y
Snow returned when Avery left and met Elijah, pacing back and forth.“What did the pretty lady want?” He asked, following his movement.After only a few seconds of his eyes dwindling from one place to another, his gaze wavered, and he sat down.“They know about the lab. I have to get everything out before tomorrow, but he the fuck am I supposed to do that?”“Simple. You're a god. Just wave your finger, and it's done.”He hissed. “I wish it were that simple, Snow. I wish.”“What do you plan on doing?” “First, I need a large truck. But where could I possibly get one on such short notice?”“Uhmm, Sandy's pet parents can help.He abruptly stopped and slowly turned around to face him. “Who's who?” “Sandy,” he repeated as if he was supposed to know who that was.“Who the hell is Sandy?” “Our neighbor's pet cat? I always talk about Sandy. How come you still don't know her.”“Snow, the only neighbors we have are both about thirty minutes drive away from us. Of course, I don't know, Sandy!”
“This is like an adventure between us, right? I'm the hero, and you're my sidekick.”Elijah snickered. “How does that sound to you?”“Like the truth?” He laughed.“I'm glad you're having fun, but you better pray your plan works. I already told you what I'd do to those neighbors and their precious Sandy.”“No! Don't hurt Sandy. She's innocent.”“What do you care? Do you like her or something?”“Eww! She's a cat?” “Do you know what's the human equivalent of what you just said?”“Of course I do,” he cleared his throat and adopted a valley girl accent. “Oh my God! That's who you like? He's such a five, and you know you're a ten, girl.” Then he flipped his invincible locks.Elijah couldn't help the laughter that consumed him. Throwing his head back, he laughed his heart out.“You're out of your mind, Snow!” He exclaimed in disbelief. “You sound exactly like Rhonda's younger sister.”“Your ex-wife is Rhonda, right?”Elijah suddenly grew serious. “Yeah, why do you ask?”“Nothing.” He quickl
He moved his face to the side before her lip could connect with his.“At least I still have some semblance of control,” his sane voice whispered as he stepped back.“What are you doing?” She frowned, feeling insulted.“Look, you seem like a great girl, but my life is too complicated to add more complications. You don't even need to lend me a truck anymore. I'll leave.” He turned around, ready to leave, when she hurried after him. “Tell me,” she said, grabbing his shirt to stop him. He turned around, and her hands dropped to the side. “What's so complicated about your life? Did you kill someone? Is that why you need a truck?”His brow snapped in utter disbelief. “Kill someone? Do I look like a murderer?”“Erhmm, technically, you did send Ivan into another world. Isn't that worse than killing?” Another voice taunted.“Not really. I'm just not used to being turned down. You have to be a psychopath to push me away.”“On the contrary, I'm pretty sure psychopaths would love to take advanta
“Oh shit!” The farmer screamed. “My leg!”Elijah, decoding what had just happened, turned to Snow.“Run!” He ordered as he dashed out of the house, too.They ran into the car and slammed the door shut.“The keys,” he said as he reached into his back pocket.“What the hell just happened?” Snow barked as he started the car.His head went to the side as he moved the steering and found the mother running out with a gun in her hand.“You bastard! I'm going to kill you. You came to my house and tried to take advantage of my daughter. Then you had the guts to cause my husband to shoot his foot! You're dead!” She began to shoot sporadically as Elijah drove off in a zigzag pattern.“Common man, do something!” Snow said as they kept ducking.His eyes went to his ring, and it changed colors. Whipping his head up, he looked directly at the windows. A bubble-like coverage emerged.“What'd you do?” Snow's mouth hung open as he observed.“Just watch.” Elijah smiled, fully turning the car around.The
The smell of dampened earth wafted through the windows into the living room, signaling the rain had stopped.Thirty minutes later, the boys were preparing to step out to find a truck when a heavy thud rattled the door.Elijah, standing in the living room while waiting for Tobias to come out from his room, raised his head when he heard footsteps approaching.“Are you expecting anyone?” He directed at Tobias, who just stepped into the living room.“Nope? Are you?” He asked with a frown etched on his face.He shook his head as his eyes trailed suspiciously towards the door. Up until the thud, he hadn't heard a sound that would suggest someone was outside. Maybe because he had been too deep in his head to notice. The events of the day were still so crazy to him. It made him wonder if his ring caused the exaggerated response.Those were his thoughts until the sound interrupted.“Oh, oh!” Snow suddenly barked, running into the room as if he was being chased.“What's your problem now?” Elija
“Who do you think you are to demand we stay? So we can listen to you cook more lies? You must be insane!” Her mother hissed and went directly in front of her daughter. “Come with me, baby. We're returning to the station and filing a report against these clueless cops, too.”“No, you're not!” Elijah insisted in a raised voice.“And who's going to stop me? You?” She sneered, giving him a disgusted once-over.“Yes, me,” he replied, returning her challenging gaze head-on.“Elijah, I don't think you should exchange words with the complainants. Just let them do whatever they have to do. We won't make any arrests until we fully understand the situation,” Montgomery assured him.“This is exactly why Mum says you're compromised. You saw the gun injury on my father. I have some bruises on my arms. How are you not making any arrests right now?”“Oh, shut up!” Elijah heard. It took him a few seconds to realize it was coming from Sandy.A small smile played on his face, making Anastasia even more