“No one is doing anything to Winnie,” Elijah insisted with a raised voice. “Whatever punishment it is, I’ll take it. But note this, absolutely nobody will touch a hair on Winnie’s body for as long as I live,” he said with a hint of finality.“And I agree. Why should Winnie have to suffer the consequences of anyone’s action? Even an action she didn’t choose for herself. It’s not her fault that she was born with a blood that entices the supernatural. It’s also not her fault that Elijah is in this situation. I suggest that she’s left out of this,” Lexington added.“Well isn’t that just the problem? So many of you are in love with the girl. I’m yet to see what’s so special about her. It also can’t be her beauty, when we have the literal goddess of beauty in our face. Well, this conversation might be happening with a different tone when Darius gets a hold of her,” Asher said.“Okay, first of all, don’t bring me into a conversation just to undermine another woman. The only reason you’re no
“So what now?” Lexington asked.“Nothing. It’s time for Winnie to know the truth anyway.” Elijah said.“Are you sure she’s ready for the truth? Isn’t her grandfather in critical condition right now?” Cleo asked.“That’s also a factor to consider. Regardless, I really do feel she’s better off knowing the truth. That way, protecting her would be easier.”Lexington sighed in defeat. There was no use arguing with a fellow god that has already made up his mind. Not when that god was as stubborn as Elijah.“If you insist,” he muttered under his breath.In the same moment, Tobias made the round into the compound. They all looked up at the same time to see him approach them.He paused on his heels when he saw the gathering, and frowned. “What now?’ he asked, his eyes darting towards the door. Every time the god’s gathered, the house becomes a mess. He was getting tired of that same routine.“Hey,” Elijah called. “I didn’t know you stepped out,” he said.“Yeah, about that, we need to talk.” Hi
Winnies car rolled into Elijah's compound, and she flew out of it, turning her head in search of him.She found Lexington in conversation with Cleo instead.Their gaze turned towards her as she approached them. Lexington couldn't stop his heavy thumping heart as he watched her walk over.The wind blew her hair, making her ten times more attractive than she already was.He couldn't feel his breath no matter how hard he tried. She simply had that effect on him- stealing his breath.She stopped before them, and reflexively struck Lexington across the face.“Whoa!” Cleo flinched back, not expecting that kind of fire from the vanilla princess.“How could you lie to me! And even if you wanted to lie, why not continue it to the end? Why am I hearing this when my grandfather is in such critical condition?” She screamed, hitting his chest as she did.He allowed her to vent. He had known this would happen. Maybe because they had promised to be honest and open with each other.She took her vow s
“You've absolutely lost your mind if you think there's anyway I'll be letting you take, Winnie Carter!” Colin said, replacing his shock with anger.“Funny you think you have a choice!” Darius suddenly bellowed, and slammed the table.Colin flinched, but pulled himself together just as quickly. “I don't care who you think you are, but you don't scare me. You have no right to come to my City and demand to take my woman!” He mirrored his voice.Darius chuckled, and it escalated into full blown laughter. He couldn't believe the gibberish he had just heard. A lot of men had come at him with some serious bullshit retort, but this had to take the cake for being the most hilarious, and untrue.“Your City?” He questioned, coming down from the high of his laughter. You have some nerve to call it your City when you've not even been able to take out the one guy plaguing you. And for the girl part? Don't be delusional please. Even Lexington has more chances with her than you could ever dream of.”
“Mum!” Laura ran beside her mother.With the help of Rhonda, they dragged her onto a couch.“Call 911 someone!” Laura screamed looking around for help as she cried uncontrollably.“Mum, please wake up!” She pleaded.Beside her, Rhonda stood, too upset to feel as much pain as she should.She loved that she had a mother. Appreciated that there was at least one remaining parental figure in her life. It was the reason she didn't think too much of it while sacrificing her time to her family. She didn't argue when her mother made her do the things she didn't want to do.Her biggest regret to date was letting go of Elijah. That too had been orchestrated by her mother.All of that she could have forgiven. But not this blatant disrespect and disregard of her efforts.She had spent countless hours breaking her back so that their business could keep competing with the treats of Quantum City.All of this she had done without ever whining or throwing tantrums.However, she only ended up being pai
Elijah covered Winnie with his body, and stayed in that position until the quake ended.Slowly, he lifted his body up, and turned to her. “Are you okay?!”“Yeah, I'm fine,” she replied.His shoulders began to relax. Taking a trip down to Cleo, he saw she had done the same for Tobias. “What was that, man?” He asked, standing to his feet.“I don't know, but I'll go check,” Elijah said, rising to his feet.“Wait!” Winnie placed a hand on his arm. “Be careful,” she said when he turned to her.He nodded, and continued out the door.“And where do you think you're going to?” Cleo questioned Tobias and he made a move to follow behind Elijah.“To go help Elijah out,” he replied, confused as to why she would even ask that kind of question in the first place.“You're joking, right? You're actually not going anywhere,” she said.“Yeah, I am.”“Are you fully human? You can't risk your life like that. Stay with Winnie, I'll go help Elijah out.”He scoffed in disbelief. “While I appreciate your co
Elijah followed Winnie into his room. She sat on his bed, and he joined beside her.“So many things have happened,” she began without giving space to breathe. “So many things I never would have imagined would actually happen. You've lied to me, and betrayed my trust in you. That's okay though. It's not like I change the past—”“Winnie–”“No, listen. You have to listen to me. I left my grandfather to talk to you. He's in fact the biggest reason why I'm not so mad at you anymore. If you can put your anger aside, desire what he represents for you, I have no right to hold grudges.”He grabbed her hands into his, and squeezed it passionately. “Don't say that, please. Don't you dare. You have every right to be mad at me. This has nothing to do with the situation with your grandfather.”“Why didn't you tell me, Elijah?” She asked, her eyes watering.“And say what? I wanted to protect you. How could I tell you that by the virtue of your blood, you're a danger? I thought if I kept you at arms
Elijah walked into the art exhibition with his hand pushed into his suit pants. He nodded his head in appreciation of how they had designed the room holding the exhibition.They had created an illusion that made it look like the guests were floating in water. The walls sizzled like a distorted image, and whooshing effects were being played on loop.It looked like a cave with a stream in it. The smell of Jasmine filled his nose, giving the environment even better ambience than he ever expected.He was staring at a painting Lexington apparently had made when it clicked in his head why the design had gone the way it did.Lexington was the god of water. Of course, he would want to feel at home.This particular painting to the side of the one he was just staring at caught his attention and he moved over to stare at it.It was simply an eye. But inside the eye was where the magic of the painting rested. There was a whole different world there. A world which if you had an iota of discernme