Soundtrack for the chapter: Beautiful Love by The Afters

Forbidden Love;

Chapter 3: He Knows;

Lilly's POV.

"You're not going to kill me, are you?" David asked me. I slightly giggled when I answered.

"Did Griffin tell you that you were going to meet me tonight?"

"No."

"Then, I'm not going to kill you." I smiled.

"You are so different." David said, relaxing a little.

"I get that a lot." I replied.

"No wonder Griffin loves you." David muttered, but I was still able to hear him.

I smiled bigger, "Griffin loves me?" I asked David.

"Shit. Don't tell him that I said that." David confessed. I just nodded, and looked out to the crowd, becoming quickly engrossed; I completely understood what it was like to keep a secret from a person. I looked back at David.

"I'll be right back." I said as I got up out of the booth. I walked to the bathroom, and called Joe. I'd have to get an update to make sure we didn't have to hunt any Jumpers tomorrow.

Griffin's POV;

When I came back with the drinks, Lilly was gone. And when I asked David where Lilly had gone, he just said 'Bathroom'. I could tell that he was hiding something from me. So, I took an irregular approach to find out the answer.

"You okay, David?" I asked.

"Kinda…not really sure at the moment." David answered.

"Are you hiding something, David?" I asked again.

"Yeah…" He mumbled.

"What is it?"

"Promise me that you'll still love Lilly." David stated.

"David, what the bloody hell are you talking about?" I asked, confused.

David sighed, "Lilly's a Paladin."

Later that Night;

Lilly's POV;

I was walking home with Griffin around Midnight in New York. We both knew what each other was, but we didn't know what to do about it either.

I wasn't sure if I should have reported him to Roland or Joe, for that matter. Or if I should keep my mouth shut. I bet I was going to go with keeping my mouth shut.

But if I did keep my mouth shut, I could put Griffin in more danger than he already is in, but if I did report him, he'd more than likely die.

So, it was a possible lose-lose situation.

When I heard somebody snap there fingers, I broke out of my mind babble.

See, when you're a Paladin there are certain noises that you take care in listening to.

For example:

Snap Fingers meant 'Preparing to shoot.'

And then when you heard electricity crackling, which meant that, you better get out of the way or that a Jumper was being prepared to be shot with an electricity gun.

"GRIFFIN GET THE HELL OUT OF HERE!" I shouted. Griffin looked at me, bewildered by my sudden outburst, but when he seen the look in my eyes, he jumped away.

I quickly went into place in front of his jumpscar, and was quickly hit by 100 Millowat electricity cables; I fell to the ground instantly.

I heard footsteps coming towards me, and I looked up to see none other than, Roland, and my coworker, Joe.

"Nice shot, Joe." I said as I breathed in and out between my breaths.

I blacked out then.

When I woke up, I was in a large white room, tied to an electrical chair, and a bucket of water was at my feet. Well, my feet were in it, so that meant that someone was going to question me. And if I kept quiet, I could very well get electrocuted.

I tried to relax myself, but that wasn't possible.

So, I just waited to see who would come and question me. And I had a chuckle go under my breath when the person who was going to question me came in. It was none other than...

Mary Niles, David Rice's mother.

"Hello Lillian."

"Hello Mrs. Rice, oops, I'm sorry, its Miss. Niles now, isn't it?" I smiled sweetly. That earned me a shock on the electric chair.

"Still have the rebel gene in you." Mary mumbled.

I smiled cockily, "Better than having the gene when I run away from the ones I love."

That earned me a stab in the upper leg by Roland's knife. I screamed in pain.

"What the bloody hell was that shit for?!" I shrieked. Mary smiled and left the knife in my leg. She left the room. Roland came in.

"Where's Griffin?" Roland asked.

"I don't know." I said, it was the truth, which earned me a shock on the electric chair.

"Where's Griffin?" Roland repeated.

"I don't know where the hell he is." I said, repeated myself.

Roland stabbed me in the upper part of my other leg with a pocket knife, I screamed in pain.

I was seriously becoming pissed off.

"I don't know where the bloody fuck he is. He's a Jumper, remember? They can teleport, anywhere in the fucking world! I don't know where he is!" I yelled at Roland.

That earned me an extra knife in the lower leg, and extra high shock. I couldn't help but burst into tears from the pain.

Roland lowered his head and whispered in my ear, "You're never going to see Griffin O'Connor ever again, do you understand?"

I was in so much pain that I couldn't even nod my head. So, Roland pulled my hair, causing my head to go backwards, and then pulled it forwards. Making the impression I was nodding as I was whimpering in pain.

Tears rolled down my cheeks as Roland left, and Joe came and untied me. Once he un-tied my hands, I immediately ripped the knives out of my legs and threw them at the wall, each one sticking.

Once Joe un-tied my ankles from where they were in the water bucket. He tried to help me up.

"Go fuck yourself, Joseph." I spat at him as I slowly got out of the chair, and out into the hallway, blood dripping out of my khaki capris.