Chapter NineSong- ENEMIES- LAUV…………………………..MAYA POV……………“Did you two date before now?” If i hadn’t been surrpsied with Lucas being here and accessing me with slightly accurate points, his question now had my eyes widen and i wasn’t alone Malcolms face had the same look of resentement for Lucas who thought it was possible.“Hell no!” I said firmly while he reached my table and glared down at me.Lucas amusement spread through his face and he leaned back to stare at me and then Malcolm and then back at me again.“There is not in a thousand way that i would date someone like his kind-” the words slipped out of my mouth before i could cross check, but they had dropped and my eyes widened feeling two pairs of eyes on me.I shuffled in my seat and raised the cup of tea to my lips distracting myself from my slip up. “We did not.” Malcolm clarified and my hands tightened against the ceramic in my hand. I heard a slight beep in the ear bud tucked in my ear and the screen of my tablet ca
Chapter TenSong- TALK- Khalid,(feat Disclosure)……………………………………….MALCOLM POV…………………My hands curled tightly around the leather steering. It was a close call back at the Cafe, i hadn’t expected Lucas to bump into Maya, i hadn’t expected to find her there. I exhaled calmly and watched her through the review mirror, she had her attention on the screen of her device, her eyes glowed and moved expertly.“Why are you taking me home first? We should drop Anya first.” Lucas said from beside me and my gaze shifted back to the road, we were currently on the way to his house.“No, your safety comes first. I don’t want your father chewing on my head when he needs you back home.” I answered stopping at the traffic light. “Besides, Anya and i stay in the same place.Its easier that way.” I could feel Lucas gaze on the side of my face, he had that calculative gaze as he tried to access my decision.“Anya-” he said turning to Maya, she had put her tablet away and her eyes were dimmed. “Are you okay
Chapter ElevenSong- NOW OR NEVER- Halsey…………………………………...MAYA POV……………“I need to speak with you.” I raised my head from the screen in front of me and my gaze landed on Malcolm. He was in a white shirt dress and the sleeves had been rolled up to his elbow.“Why?” i asked with my right brow raised. We were currently at work and it was clear that we shouldn’t be talking to each other yet he was in my cubicle, asking to speak to me.“Just come out here will you?” he said and started to leave but i crossed my hands over my chest and answered.“No.” he stopped and turned back to me with a sigh.“Maya, it’s really important,” he added but i didnt budge, instead i stared at him. It was almost two p.m and i hadn’t seen him today, not back at the gym nor at the elevator.“Mr. Malcolm, what brings you here?” Mary asked cheerily as she skidded over to Malcolms side, his disdain was replace with a ligther expression that made me raise my brow even more.“Oh, i was sent to come get Miss. henry
Chapter 12Song- Dancing with a stranger- Sam Smith, Normani……………………………………………………….Maya POV…………Even with my tight muscles, it didn’t stop me from going all out on the black punching bag, my eyes focused on the material. I hit hard, again and again, the warm air coursed through my body and sweat drippled down my back, my hair swished around my neck and my head swerved.Malcolm. HIT.Tricked. HIT.Me. HIT.I turned around ready to hit the new person who thought it was a great deal to come behind me.“Woah- easy there.” It was Malcolm, my fronw deepened and i threw a kick which he dodged but i didnt stop there, my hands jerked at his head and he managed to block it with his but i had been expecting it right from the start. I pushed back on him, using my legs as i leverage, i kicked them in the air wrapping them around Malcolm’s neck. His eyes widened and when he realized what was going to happen, he stopped fighting and i pushed him to the ground straddling his waist with my arms pres
Chapter ThirteenSong- This is survival- Lindsey Ray………………………………………..Malcolm POV………………I saw it before she did. Whatever she was listening to had distracted her so much that she didnt notice the sniper on time, the red dot marked her side and her hand around her side tightened in clenched fists. She was upset. And then she turned but then i saw all of it happening so fast. I didnt understand why i was rushing towards her and i jumped into her, just in time to push her away from bullet heading for her.A loud groan escaped my lips as she landed on me and my back collapsed with the ground, the bullet whizzed past and knotted into the wall but i was worried about the woman in my hand, my eyes moved to Maya’s face and she had wide eyes- she was in shock. She swallowed and then blinked. “Maya, can you hear me?” i asked but she was already peeling away from me, she got to her feet and then another shot rang through and this time i didnt only hit a wall, it caused Maya to scream in pain.
Chapter 14Song- IDGAF- Dua Lipa………………………….MAYA POV……………………………I had read Jake’s text over and over again.Someone wants you dead.Maybe the trauma of days past had altered my line of thinking but my paranoia was getting out of hand. Someone wants me dead. It was already a week since the sniper attempt on my head and Jake was running into no leads meaning that opponenet sure knew what they were doing or who they were dealing with. I was still in my cubicle finishing up some files on the computer in the office, it was already past six and i was the last person left in my department. Mary thought i should’ve taken the rest of the work home but i inisisted to stay behind. It wasn’t because i was scared of another sniper witing for me, i had to check out the security system of the building. If i was going to get the first piece of the gem, than that means i had to be thoroughly ready.Sergeant had called few hours ago to find out my progress and i had mentioned i was close towards ge
Chapter 15Song- Beautiful by Bazzi, Camilla CabelloMaya POV…………..This part of the building was new to me, i had never seen it before, either on the layout the hunter association nor Jake sent to me. This was completely off the information i had.“Its not a part known by the general public and only those with special access can enter the place.” Malcolm said from beside me as if he wanted to warn me not to try anything.“He is right, It has state of the art security which is different from that of the rest of the building. Nothing that gets in and out of this place doesn’t go unoticed.” Lucas said from upahead, i made sure to keep my face away from the camera’s angles as to prevent my face from being captured.Four. Four mounted at each angle as we were barely ten meters into the enclosure, the camera’s were extremely small and barley noticeable and my mouth dropped open and my eyes roamed over the place at how basic it was. It was large and had a wooden desk far and a chair behind
Chapter 16Song- Let you down- NF……………………………..Maya POV……………Shelves. Books and my mind ran through the possibility that one piece of the gem could be here, somewhere.I checked my watch, it was just a few minutes to eight p.m and Lucas was saying something about his family history. Malcolm was someone watching and I didn’t bother to turn and look.“My mother loved books, before she died, she wanted them to be everywhere. The houses everywhere, the bunkers, she loved it here.” Lucas explained and I turned to him.“I’m really sorry about your mum,” I said sincerely. “What was her favorite thing to read?” Lucas turned to me with a small smile on her face“It was anything between children fiction- she loved the classics, everything written by Charles dickens- that was all she loved and she had an entire section dedicated to it. It’s phenom-““Someone is here.” Malcolm said hurridely as he interrupted us, his eyes were hard and focused on Lucas who looked equally as confused.“What?!” he