Chapter 10

Heava

Caines POV

I could tell that Jupiter wasn't sleeping tonight; I stared at the back of her as she lay next to me in bed. She was resting on her left side, facing away from me. She was still worried about Pix. Stinger hadn't called back all day on how she was doing. I knew that Jupiter was scared right now for her friend. I slowly move closer to her pulling her back to my chest, nuzzling my face into her hair. "Not tonight." She speaks softly. "I'm sorry." I understand that she doesn't want to be bothered so I roll onto my back again and stare at the ceiling the turn my head to look outside. The water was calm as the moon shimmered on it. The moment was silent as I tried to sleep, but that was proving to be difficult. I wanted to tell her that she wasn't alone and that I was here for her, but I knew that this may not be the time. So I stay wake, waiting for her to fall asleep. I wasn't sure how much time had passed, but I relax once Jupiter falls asleep. I repeat my movement from earlier, clinging close to her. My head laying close to hers and my arm resting on her torso. It felt nice listening to her breath, I continue to stay awake, just listen to her sleeping. I hope that she's dreaming of something nice and not those dreadful nightmares that would occasionally fill her head. I gently lay a kiss on her forehead and watch a smile appear on her face. I lay back down and close my eyes letting the warmth of Jupiter's skin make me feel drowsy. I didn't want her to feel alone, I know from personal experience that that isn't right, that can make you feel empty and cold inside. When I was in the deadland that's how I felt every day, there was no one I could trust. But when I'm here with her I feel safe. I remembered her telling me that to me when I fell asleep the other night. She told me that I would always be safe with her and I believe it. I wrapped my wings tightly around her and drift off.

Jupiters POV

It was so sweet that he wanted to cheer me up. I entwined my fingers in his, the heat from his skin made me smile. I wanted to dream of something nice, something peaceful; I wanted to dream of Pix. I was scared that she was going to be all alone while she was in recovery, I hope that her mom's alright. I try to sleep, but only find myself unable to do so. I find it even harder to do so when I hear the class porch doors shatter. I scream scrabbling to the ground. Caine bolts up and jumps down next to me, his arms around me, his wings shielding my body from the flying glass. "What the hell!" I scream covering my head.

"Stay down." He orders reaching into the side table near the bed to retrieve his Mauler. I get close to the ground as Caine pops his head over the bed and fires two shots at the unknown target. I slowly make my way under the bed…yeah it was childish, but I knew that it was best for Caine to do his thing. There was no broken glass under the bed, my mind was racing. I couldn't see a damn thing from under here, but I could hear so many things cracking and breaking, every so often I saw blood spill on the floor, I bite my lower lip in shock. I waited a few seconds until the shooters feet are right in front of me, I tightly grip her ankle and pull as hard as I can. I hear her scream when she tumbles into the wall then hits the ground. I scurry out from under the bed and pin her arms down. She was hard to keep down, but I manage alright.

"Caine!" He was laying on the ground unconscious. Blood was dripping from his lips and arm. A sharp pain enters my brain when the shooter collides her head with mine. I fall back on my hands snapping the pain away and I'm finally able to get a good look at her. Stinger was right…orange skin, read tattoos, and brown hair. She wore a blood red halter top; her black pants had a diamond print on the side, she wore a red pair of pilot goggles over her eyes. She gets to her feet almost as quickly as I do.

"You shot me!" I shout angrily as I take a defensive stance just like Caine taught me.

"Don't flatter yourself honey, I do that to a lot of people. I just don't miss." She snickers removing a knife from her brown combat boot.

"Who hired you?"

"Why would I tell you that?"

"Because my friend is in surgery because she tried to figure that out."

"Well that was her mistake then." I glare at her. Furious that she spoke that way about Pix. She's the first to make her move. I block her fists before they land on me, her knee being jabbed into my torso caught me off guard, her fist tightened in my hair as she threw me into the wall then tossed me to the ground. My head was spinning as I look up and see the shooter over Caine's unconscious body, pointing her gun at his head. "Do anything and I shoot him in his pretty little head." I knew that she wasn't lying and that's what makes me feel sick. But I do as told and back off.

"Don't hurt him." I say firmly standing my ground.

She only laughs at me as she looks down to Caine. "Now this is my kind of guy." She hums sexually as she strokes his face. "Is he any good?"

Ok now I really wanted to kill this woman. "Get the hell away from him!" Her only response to me is a snicker. I scream when the door to the bedroom is kicked down. I see a young man with blond hair wearing a military uniform; he held a curved pistol in his hand, pointing it straight at Tinen.

"You heard her Majesty." He glares. "Get the hell away from my brother." He fires the weapon once stunning Tinens arm. She spins up, throwing the knife in her hand at the soldier; he dodges to the right and fires again, but this time missing. "Get down!" He shouts to me. I don't argue, I manage to get down to the ground before a girl with blond hair jumps into the room through the window. She had short blond curly hair. She wore a navy blue short with a low light blue collar, the skirt she wore was the same color, the gray pants tucked into her light knee high boots.

"Your Majesty." She bows then grabs my arm, pulling me down and ducking down behind the bed.

"Who are you?" I ask keeping my head down as gun fire fills the room.

"Emily Wise." She smiles shaking my hand.

"Nice to meet….wait…Wise? ….brother….oh my god….you're"

"Is there something wrong?" Emily asked

Oh my god I couldn't believe it….his sister….these people are Caines brother and sister. Oh my god this is insane, I'm meeting my boyfriends family.