A/N : Another chapter? I think yes. Happy Holidays everyone!
Dedicated to:
DropOfLove
For being so patient with this story. Thank you and I hope you enjoy.
Adrian's POV
I walk out of the liquor store and open the bottle of brandy and drink it right away. I take a few puffs of the cigarette in my hand and blow out while walking out towards my motorcycle. I finish off the cig before starting the bike and revving out of there.
I'm heading back to the motel, and I'm about to turn around the corner when someone jumps out onto the street. I hit the brakes, screeching to a halt, and trying to swerve out of the way. I don't hit the poor bastard, but my bike and I tip over.
"Oh my god! Trey are you okay?" I hear a very familiar voice shout, and that name rings a bell as well. I get up, feeling a bit bruised and lift my bike up.
"Yeah, I'm fine." I say to myself, and decide to look over at the person I nearly ran over.
My blood runs cold, and I can feel my hands ball into fists. It was none other than Trey Juarez himself. Next to him, helping him wipe himself off was Julia, one of Sydney's best friends.
"Are you alright?" I ask Julia, not caring for Trey.
"I'm fine." Trey says glaring at me. Julia looks up and her jaw nearly drops.
"Adrian?" she gasps. I give her half a smirk and nod at her. "Where the hell have you been? Sydney's been going crazy looking for you!" she shouts at me. I want to laugh, but the thought of Sydney just brings the pain back.
"I know, she found me." I say.
"She did?" she asks surprised.
"And by the looks of it, she left him too." Trey says, a small smirk playing on his lips. I glare at him, and see that his eyes are on the shattered pieces from the bottle of Brandy all over the road. That's when I noticed a few cars pulling up and people coming up to us. I didn't want an audience.
"It's okay everyone, go back to your cars and go about your day." I say, using a bit of compulsion on them. They nodded, and did as they were told. When I looked back to Julia and Trey, I found the boy glaring at me.
"Persuasive, aren't you Ivashkov." He says. I smirk right back at him.
"Very." I reply.
"Adrian are you okay?" Julia then asks me. I nod and smile at her.
"Just a few scrapes, no big deal." I shrug.
"No big deal? You nearly ran me over." Trey argues.
"Oh get over it, you're more alive than I am." I say, no pun intended. Trey takes a threatening step towards me, and with one look at his aura I can tell that he's way passed angry.
"My life isn't the only one you're after though, is it." He says in a low tone, one that only I could hear leaving Julia clueless.
"What are you talking about?" I ask.
"I know." He replies.
"You know?"
"Yeah, I know, and don't think you can get away with it." He threatens.
"Okay, I'm lost. What exactly do you know?" I ask. Trey shakes his head and looks at me like I was born with two heads.
"I know about you and your kind." He spits.
"My kind?" I ask, and then it makes sense. He knows about moroi. But how?
"You don't really love Sydney do you?" he asks, his words filled with disgust.
"Trey!" Julia scolds, finally catching up in the conversation.
"What? You do?" I retort. Trey smirks at me.
"At least it wouldn't be against the law of my own." I glare at him. How the hell does he know the law of moroi too?
"Are you threatening me, Mr. Juarez?" I ask in my own threatening tone.
"No, I'm warning you!" he shouts at me. "You hurt Sydney and I come after you. I can guarantee you that." He says.
"What if I don't hurt her? What if she wants me too?" I reply. He chuckles, as if the idea is funny to him.
"Once she finds out what you really are, there is no way she will want anything to do with you." He hits back.
His words are like a bullet to my heart. He's right. Once I told Sydney the truth she ran. The tricky bastard is right! That just royally pisses me off.
"You don't know that!" I shout at him. His smirk widens.
"Then explain to me why she's calling me right now?" he says, and lifts his phone to reveal that Sydney was indeed calling him.
"That doesn't mean anything." I try to convince myself.
"Maybe, maybe not." He says, returning his glare and letting the call go to voicemail. "But one thing is for sure." He adds. "There is no way in hell I'm going to let Sydney end up with a monster like you."
"Trey!" Julia finally cuts in. I nearly forgot she was standing there. "You don't have any right in saying what happens to Sydney. She's a big girl, she can make her own mistakes." She says. Then Trey turns the glare on her.
"And what if those mistakes get her killed?" he shouts at her, making her go quiet once again. "That's what I'm trying to prevent, and as her best friend, I would expect you to help me." He then turns to glare at me before going on his way, typing on his phone – no doubt calling Sydney back.
"Adrian, I'm sorry for what Trey," Julia began, but I turned away from her and got back on the bike.
"Just so you know," she yelled over the bikes groaning. "Sydney was miserable without you."
I look over my shoulder at her, to see her standing there waiting to see if I would react. I didn't say anything to her though. I know she is just trying to help, but she had no clue what was actually going on between me and Sydney. With one final glance at Julia, I ride down the street full speed.
A/N: You all are probably starting to hate Trey right now, but keep in mind that he is only trying to protect Sydney, just like her father is. So don't go drink that hateraide just yet okay?
Now, before I put up another chapter. There is something that you all need to do. That's right, review and let me know what you think. There is a plot to this I promise. It's just going to take some time. Thanks again, I love you all. :D
