(Piper's POV)

Alex had been home for a few days and they were some of the best days of my life. We hardly left the apartment and just talked about random things and of course there was a lot of fucking, I lost count of the orgasms within the first hour.

I woke up next to Alex and just watched her sleep for a few minutes, she looked peaceful and truly content. I loved looking at her, it made me happy, I couldn't believe I ever lived without her by my side.

I decided to make her breakfast so got out of bed and pulled on some shorts and an oversized top and made my way into the kitchen.

Shortly after I started cutting some fruit there was a knock on the door, I rushed to open it so they wouldn't knock again and wake Alex but just as I reached it they hit the door pretty hard causing a loud bang.

"Hello?" I asked rather irritated as I opened it up.

"Hey er is Alex here?" A man in his early thirties asked as he looked me up and down making my skin crawl.

"Who are you?"

"I'm…"

"Benji? What are you doing here?" Alex's voice interrupted him, she seemed happy to see this man, I turned to find her coming towards me from the bedroom. She kissed me on the cheek then moved so she was stood slightly in front of me in a protective manner. I loved it when Alex acted like this.

"Alex, you look good, how have you been?" He stuttered slightly.

"I'm great. What's up with you, why are you acting strange? Wait how did you know where I lived?" She paused for a second. "No no no no." She repeated. What was happening right now?

"Baby what's wrong?" I asked placing my hand on her arm to try and soothe her but she didn't even turn around.

"Alex I came here to warn you, fuck I'm probably going to get killed. Kubra's not happy with you, I don't know what he is planning but just be careful." Fuck, my insides clenched, how could we forget that Kubra was out there and still a threat to us both.

"Fuck, Benji you can't tell anyone she's with me."

"He already knows." He stated simply. Alex's body tensed and she turned to the wall and punched it so hard.

"FUCK, HOW THE FUCK DOES HE KNOW?!" She screeched out and placed her head in her hands with her elbows now leant against the wall. "Fuck fuck fuck fuck fuck. He can't fucking know. He can't!" She was seriously freaking out, I looked at Benji who looked apologetic and then moved onto Alex.

I pushed her body slightly so I could sandwich myself between her and the wall.

"Alex baby, calm down." I said placing my hands on either side of her face, she was still breathing heavily and shaking with rage. "Alex." I said more softly this time.

(Alex's POV)

I looked up into Piper's beautiful eyes which calmed me but only slightly, in a way it caused me more fear, what if my time looking into her eyes was limited now?

"How does he know? How do you know this?" I asked looking at Benji who now looked slightly awkward and I pulled Piper tightly against my body. She settled into my arms easily wrapping one of hers around me tightly whilst her other hand and head came to rest on either side of my neck. I had everything I ever wanted in my arms right now and it could get taken away from me.

"I don't work for him anymore but I have connections still, I heard that they had tracked you since the trial, someone has been watching you and waiting until you got out. He's pissed Alex." Fuck.

"Why are you telling me this?"

"You helped me a lot when I got into this, we got along well and you helped me out, I want to return the favour." He smiled slightly. It was true Benji wasn't one of my mules but I met him frequently and he came to me for help, he was a good guy who could do so much better than being a drug mule so I helped him out which is extremely hard.

"Thanks."

"Look I'm gonna go, here's my number, call me if you need me." He smiled softly before passing me a small piece of paper and leaving, closing the door behind himself.

I didn't move, I just closed my eyes and left myself just think about Piper in my arms, we stayed like this for a few minutes until she shifted slightly and pressed a super soft kiss on my neck, I let out a breath I didn't know I was holding.

"What are we going to do?" She asked quietly. I didn't answer her, I didn't have an answer yet. I let silent tears fall down my face, I felt useless, like I had failed Piper already, again. I decided to let my body go into auto pilot.

"We need to leave." I let go of Piper of made my way to our room.

"Wait Alex what?" She followed quickly behind me.

"We have to go Pipes, he's coming for us, we don't stand a chance."

"But we just got settled, this isn't supposed to happen. I want to stay here, have a peaceful life and grow old with you Alex." She looked on the brink of tears. "I don't want to leave!" She almost shouted.

"Well sorry princess we don't have a choice." I realised after I spoke how mean I sounded and made my way over to Piper who collapsed into my arms. "I'm sorry baby but we don't have a choice, he wants me dead and he knows you are with me, I can't risk him getting to you, I'm not going to lose you, I can't!" I spoke into her hair.

"Where will we go Alex? We have nowhere to go! We can't just move our lives across countries we aren't kids anymore."

"Where's your sense of adventure babe? It will be like old times except no illegal shit and no work." I kissed her neck. "Piper? Come on baby, we have to do this. Are you gonna help me pack?" I kissed her neck again harder this time. I was playing dirty, I knew I was but I had to convince her to come and I knew exactly how. "Pipes?" She still didn't respond. I placed a hot open mouth kiss on her neck this time and sucked softly on her skin. I felt her shiver slightly but I knew she was fighting this.

"What if I said no?" She spoke softly.

"You can't" I spoke against her skin.

"Alex I'm serious, I'm saying no." What the fuck, did she have a death wish for both of us? I pulled away from her.

"Piper, what are you talking about? We have to go, you can't say no, we are leaving, soon." I turned away from her and started stuffing our clothes into a large suitcase.

"Alex stop! We aren't leaving, at least I'm not." She spoke quietly pulling my hands away from the clothes. What did she mean by that? Did she want me to go alone? Didn't she want me anymore?

(Piper's POV)

Alex looked heartbroken, I don't know what was going on in her head but she was thinking the worst.

"Alex, I'm not leaving neither should you, stay with me." I whispered. We couldn't keep running all our lives, we needed to stay here and work on our lives.

"Piper we can't fucking stay here! Kubra's men know we are here! They will come for us soon, there's nothing else we can do but leave!" She was getting upset now.

"Alex please…"

"No Piper! Start packing, we have to leave, I'm not losing you."

"You won't lose me Alex." I knew she was crying now, there were tears in my eyes too.

"How do you know?" Her voice was broken, I make my heart ache.

"Al." I whispered coming up behind her hoping she would turn around which she did. I stroked the side of her face softly, removing a few of her tears. "Nothing will make you lose me."

"You are right, you will probably lose me first when Kubra gets here to kill me but don't worry you will only have a few seconds of pain whilst he reloads his gun before shooting you." Alex said bluntly, I flinched at her words, I couldn't say that it wasn't a possibility.

"Can we just tell the police? I'm sure they offer protection for this kind of thing, there must be someone we can talk to. There must be another option than running away."

"No one cares about ex cons Piper, not enough to provide the amount of protection we would need." She stepped closer to me putting her hands on either side of my face. "Piper this is the only way I can protect you now, please trust me. I can't lose you, I love you too much, please baby…please." Her voice got quieter and quieter until it was only a whisper. She pressed her lips against mine softly. I was torn, Alex was in pain which caused me pain, I wanted her to be safe as much as she wanted me to be but running would make things worse. I didn't know how to make her stay.

She pulled away from my lips slowly but I needed more, I needed her. I pulled her lips back to mine. More tears were falling against my cheeks, I knew she was crying too.

"Alex, I love you so so much and I trust you with my life but I really think we should try to cops first. I don't want us running all our lives, just think about it please, we can make a decision tomorrow."

"Tomorrow is too late, call them now." She responded quickly. "If they won't help we are leaving first thing tomorrow morning okay?"

"Yes of course okay, I will call now, get dressed, eat something I will sort it." I was so happy she was listening to me right now I was just scared as to what the police would say.

The cops weren't interested until I mentioned Kubra's name. He had a reputation but no one could ever pin anything on him, apparently the cops were always looking for a way to take him down. I explained Alex's history with him, our time in prison and the trial. Apparently a couple officers were going to come round and talk to Alex and I in an hour or two. Thank god something was actually happening.

"Alex!" I called as I walked into the bedroom, I saw Alex by the window. "Alex, what are you doing?"

"There's some weird van parked out there." She replied before moving away from the window, she smiled softly as she approached and kissed me softly on the lips. "So what happened?" She asked as she pulled away but wrapped her arms around me.

"Some people are coming here to talk to us soon. They want to catch him Alex, they have wanted to for years but they have nothing to go on, as soon as I said his name they were interested in helping us."

"They were interested in helping themselves more like, I'm sure there's something in it for them if they bring Kubra down." She was probably right but I didn't care as long as they were helping. "Let's go eat."

(Alex's POV)

I didn't want to talk to the cops but if it meant Piper was happier then I would do it. Their visit was surprisingly short, they only asked a few questions and said they would be keeping an eye on us as well as any suspicious activity. We were having another meeting in a few days after they looked over Kubra's files and set up protection for Piper and I, it seemed like they could actually help a lot more than I originally thought.

Piper was out on her dog walk again. I didn't like her going out alone right now but I suppose being surrounded by a few big dogs did mean she was protected and she wanted to act normal. I didn't like being left at home hiding away but apparently I wasn't supposed to leave the house a lot according to the cops which sucked.

I found myself sitting in the window seat reading as usual as I waited for Piper to get home occasionally gazing out the window.

I glanced out and saw Piper coming back down the street, a second later I noticed her being followed by a guy dressed all in black who was also being followed by a black car. I had to go and get her just to be safe, I didn't care what the cops said about me going out. I grabbed my phone and started to call her.

"Al? What's up?"

"Hey listen babe, there's a guy behind you okay don't look back, he looks shady, there's also a car following him. I'm coming to get you okay, just keep walking."

"No you can't, just stay at home please, watch me from the window, surely that's safer."

"Pipes, I can't just stand here and watch."

"You have to! What good is it if they see you?"

"Pipes…"

"Baby please!"

"Fine but the second they get closer to you I am out of here."

"I'm only a few hundred meters away now, it's fine, and he might not even be following anyway."

"Please Pipes, I have known these guys for years, this is exactly how they operate. Come into the building and start talking to the doorman, I will come get you from there."

"Why? I can just come up myself."

"No Piper what if they get in the lift with you or follow you up the stairs, just wait there for me okay."

"Fine."

"You here yet? I thought you would have been with the doorman by now babe." Suddenly there was a knock at the door. "Jesus Piper, I told you to wait." I called down the phone as I walked to the door.

"Alex I have waited I'm downstairs." It was too late, I had opened the door and there stood Kubra himself.