Identity.
Alara had dozed off after her long hot shower with Rae . Laying in bed lazy to do anything else she waited for him to return .
He had gone downstairs to get her a snack ,after she claimed to be hungry again.
The door opened , a tray in his hand showed he was successful in getting her something to calm her hunger.
"Put on a shirt ,please " she said. He was only in pants with his upper body shirtless.
He chuckled placing the tray on the bed beside her.
"Got you a little of everything " he said. Her hand was already on the food ,eating .
He sat back watching her with a smile.
A few minutes later Alara was laying back looking full and happy .
He got up to fix her pillow and noticed her gazing at his chest.
"Like what you see ?" he said.
Her fingers traced the dark tattoo on his body ,he sat back letting them linger on his skin.
It took half of left chest then moved to the back .
Piercing gaze to whoever was looking at it , it's stature ready to pounce on you but also hestitant like it was studying you.
"It's beautiful " she mouthed.
His hand rested on hers and her eyes met his . "What does it mean?"she asked.
"It's a female panther and I got it after I meant my first love" he answered.
She pulled away her hand, "oh ,it's represent your love for her ?".
He nodded , "The things it stands for all describe her in the most perfect way "
Alara noticed the light in is eyes as he spoke of her , who was his first love that he had to get such a strong beautiful tattoo for her.
Grace and beauty , power ,freedom and courage, she had none of that . She was nothing more than a trained killer .
"Must have left a strong impression in you " she commented.
"She did "
"Well you will have to forget about her , for your marrying me now not her " she let out pushing him aside.
"Ahh...".
"What you forgot about it already ...is she that great that we only spoke about her for a few minutes and you forget your promise to me " her anger was evident in her eyes and voice.
Rae got closer hugging her .
"I would never go back on my word "
"You better not or I will kill you without even thinking twice " she let out.
He laughed ,"I know you can, my love ".
.....
"We can't say she went rogue , her family was attacked after the system released her personal information ,it was only self defence ".
"And it was the same person who linked our information . We have been using Scarlet all these years but she didn't know who we where , she killed them without even knowing there real identities ".
Adrian was queit listening to his bosses scramble over Scarlet's issue.
"Scarlet is a smart person , if she wanted to she would but this time all she thought of was revenge and didn't care who it was ,would be paying " he finally said.
They all looked at him.
"Don't think we forgot what you did , all this happened cause of you ".
"I was cleaning up the mess that girl left " he muttered.
"Maybe your getting sloppy at your job for you didn't clean up anything but made a bigger mess. If you had left everything to us and didn't link that information ,none of this would have happened "
Adrian gritted his teeth and flung up glaring at them.
"Sit down ' one of them yelled back at him.
He huffed then sat back down.
"You put her family in danger ,then killed her friend which led to her killing four of our memebrs. What do you think she is going to do when she finds out it was you who did all this ?".
Adrian blinked calming down .
"She killed the intruders at her mother's home and our four members in the most brutal ways . So what do you think she has in store for the person who masterminded it ?" They asked.
"Huh, I never masterminded anything. I would never link any information about you " said Adrian.
"But it was all your fault in the end a d your going to face the consequences "
Adrian knew what Scarlet was capable of when she was angry . He had been by her side for most of her life in the underworld ,if she found out it was him who had betrayed her then ....
He stood up again.
"I have to go , please excuse me " he said rushing off.
...
"Will it work ?" asked Charlotte.
"Those people are greedy for power they would scarfice anyone to keep it . I believe they will give him away " muttered Lydia.
"Am glad we could handle it ".
"They are not stupid to let such an issue to break them down . They have stayed this long in power using their cruel ways to manipulate and scarfice whoever they need to ". explained Lydia.
Charlotte sighed.
"They sound like really bad people "
Lydia's face saddened.
"I still blame myself for falling as a mother to protect my child . I couldn't do anything to stop her room joining them "
Rae's mother moved closer to her taking her hand .
"I know how cruel they can be and you betraying must have pissed them off. So they took your daughter away in return ".
"And now she had done excatly what I did " Lydia lamented.
"Alara is a talented smart woman , let's put some faith in her. This time they won't take your daughter away from you again ...I promise "
Lydia's tears fell asleep she clung to the hope her in law to be had given her.
Charlotte got up moving to door , someone was knocking .
"Yes " she opened to see Mia.
She peeped in to see her mother wipe her tears .
"Mother are you okay ?" She asked.
"Am fine "
Charlotte invited her in .
"I hope it's nothing bad making you cry ?" she moved closer to her .
Shaking her head her mother denied it.
"Well I have great news , sister called me awhile ago and guess what ?" She muttered.
They all fell silent waiting. She sighed rolling her eyes.
"She wants us to help her set something before they get back ,which is the day after tomorrow " she let out.
"That soon, thought they would spend more time there " said Lydia.
"It seems they have plans , anyway you all need to help me " she beamed