Forbidden Love

Chapter 10: All Again for You

Griffin's POV.

I went back to Morganville the next day. I had absolutely no intentions to, but I did. I went directly to the Glass House. Where I knocked and had a bit of déjà vu on the front porch.

Out of the corner of my eye, I saw the curtain in the right window move. Shortly after the door opened,

And Lilly stood staring at me.

She nodded, "Hey Griffin." She then turned, walked back from the door, and looked back, eyebrow raised, "Aren't you coming?"

I blinked once, "Um. Yeah." I stepped over the threshold, following Lilly as she walked to the kitchen.

"How have you been?" she asked naturally.

I sat in one of the wooden stools around the island in the kitchen, "Well, I broke up with my girlfriend; she erased her memory, and left me a note so now I feel like shit. What about you?"

Lilly didn't show any recognition as to if she knew me or not, she just replied with, "Nothing really, I'm doing an assignment for my job."

"What kind of assignment?" I pursed my lips. What exact was this assignment?

She shrugged, "I guess I'm supposed to bring in this one guy."

I cocked my head to the side in fake confusion, "What guy?"

She paused for a moment, turning her back to me and opening a drawer, pulling out something before turning back to me, "You."

Lilly's electric weapon—in which I was all too used too—flashed up and shocked me. I fell to the ground, shaking slightly and staring up at my Lilly.

My face twitched up into a small smile, "You remembered?"

Lilly frowned, "I have no idea what you're talking about." Then she kicked me in the face.

The Darkness welcomed me.

Lilly's POV

"Well done, Lilly, Roland will be pleased." Joe stepped out of the pantry. My eyes narrowed, hands on my hips,

"Can we just get back to Headquarters now? I electrocuted Griffin. My mission's complete."

Those words tasted sour in my mouth, I electrocuted Griffin, and it made my mouth bitter. I shook off the feeling, staring at Joe expectantly.

He nodded, "Yeah. We can." He threw Griffin over his shoulder, carrying him out of the car. I reached the passenger seat as Joe put Griffin in the backseat.

I kept small talk with Joe as we approached Headquarters. An eerie flashback occurred as I daydreamt of the last time I had been here.

Flashback.

I had been forced to come back to the Paladins. It could have been that or they would kill all of my family. Which I would never be able to feel the same again.

I stepped into Roland's office. My boots making a soft 'click' sound as I stood in front of him. "You wanted to see me?"

"You only get one more chance Lilly." Roland stated easily.

I nodded; Joe had told me that as well, "I know… Have you prepared my first mission yet?"

"Yes, here it is." He handed me an envelope, inside it would be my mission to earn back the Company's trust. Roland kept his eyes to whatever the hell it was he was working on.

I slowly opened the letter, mentally preparing myself for whatever came next. Then, what did come, I should have known was going to happen. Printed clearly in Roland's handwriting was:

Bring in Griffin O'Connor.

Question him and his whereabouts—if he has any contact with other Jumpers.

Don't hold back. You will be watched.

I kept my facial expression neutral. Although inside I was boiling. I folded the envelope and placed it in my jacket pocket before heading out of the office.

"You only get one chance, Lillian; most people don't even get that much." He stated. I nodded stiffly,

"Thank you sir."

I pulled myself out of that horrible memory. I had been assigned to kill. The feeling was strange of who it had been on.

I let Joe carry Griffin in, I avoided Roland's gaze as I led the way to my interrogation room. I sat in the cool, metal chairs as Joe laid Griffin on the metal slab in the middle of the room, and watched as Roland strapped him to that slab.

Roland glanced at me as he left the room, "You'll start when he wakes up."

"Yes sir."

Minutes Later…

My nose wrinkled as Griffin groaned and opened his eyes. He inhaled sharply as he realized his surroundings. I sighed softly and stood up. I would have to make this look authentic.

"Lilly?" Griffin asked, "What the hell?"

Authentic. Authentic. Authentic. Keep it that way. I told myself.

"Where have you been, Griffin?" I asked nonchalantly. Stay relaxed. Roland and Joe are both watching you.

"All around the world. Jumper, remember?" He muttered. I smiled to myself.

"Wrong answer." I bit on the inner part of my lower lip as I plucked my pocket knife out of my pocket and slowly cut Griffin's leg. He did his part and yelled out in pain. "C'mon, Griffin, you can do better than that."

"Whatever the fuck you will count as 'The World' I have been to." He growled. I frowned again, driving my knife through Griffin's leg. My muscles tightened as I did it.

Joe's voice rang out through the room after that, "OK, Truscott, he's all your's now. Roland and I are leaving."

I nodded soundlessly. Before driving one knife through Griffin's other leg again. This was probably hurting me more than him. He screamed out in pain.

"You fucking little bitch! I love you and you brought me here? What the HELL?"

I rolled my eyes, staring at my Jumper strapped down to a slab of metal, "Griffin."

"I mean, SERIOUSLY?"

"Griffin..."

"And the worst part is that you LIED!"

"Griffin. Shut. Up for a fucking second, would you?"

Griffin's mouth clamped shut. I moved closer so that I was nose-to-nose with him.

"Think about where you are."

Griffin's eyes narrowed, frowning, "Stuck at the fucking Company where Paladins kill my kind." He spat.

I rolled my eyes, moving closer to whisper in his ear, "You have one of those very Paladins on your side. And she just happens to know every fucking level of the place AND where everything is. Think harder."

"I..." he trailed off thinking, before grinning,

"You're an absolute genius."