3rd person point of view
The capture of Ella was successful in Callum Royal's eyes. Ella was almost a complete opposite when it came to presenting herself to Callum. She was short and temperamental, where Ari was calm and calculating. All except for warning Callum about her name that is, her tone turned ice cold, giving off venom and the underlining message of a threat. Though one thing wasn't different about the two girls. They both cared deeply for each other.
As they arrived at the airfield, Callum gestured toward the door, "After you," he spoke to Ella.
When Callum turned to wake Ari up, Ella stopped him. Placing her hand on his wrist. " Don't. Don't wake her up now. She... she doesn't sleep very often. It's been three days since Ari's last nap, she refuses to take the medication for her insomnia. When she does sleep, she's usually knocked out, but I'm afraid if she goes on any longer than she'll collapse from exhaustion like last time." Ella was begging Callum, and he could see how much she wanted this for Ari. Callum nodded in agreement. "Also, I need to change."
As Ella was instructed on where to meet Callum after changing, the driver was carrying Ari's limp body up the stairs. Her book and school bag were being brought up by the flight staff. And true to Ella's word, Ari hadn't woken up once during their hour-long flight or the car ride to the mansion.
"We're home. Now I know you didn't want to wake Ari at the airfield, but I would like for her to be present when she enters." There was no room for argument, as Callum reached for Ari's shoulder and shook her a couple times. Her brows furrowed at first, refusing to be woken, but soon she shot up from her seat with a gasp. She stared in bewilderment at her surroundings. Her eyes glared at Callum, her mouth opened as if she was about to speak, but stopped when Ella came into her view.
Ari let out a quick sigh, "We're at your place, aren't we?" It wasn't a real question, she knew she was right but asked anyway. Callum simply nodded and the three of them, including the driver, stepped out of the car. Three other vehicles were parked outside a huge garage. There were two black SUVs and a cherry-red pickup truck, Callum noticed both the sister's gaze on the out of place car.
"Used to be three Range Rovers, but Easton traded his for the pickup. I suspect he wanted more room to screw around with his dates." Ari ignored Callum's statement, Easton was most likely one of the five sons he's mentioned before. She hadn't cared how helpless or fortitude the man had sounded. "You'll have to catch a ride to school with the boys for the first few days. Until I get you both a car. That is, if you have a license under your own name and which doesn't say you're thirty-four?"
Ari looked at Ella with one brow raised, silently asking why Callum would add such comment. When Ella sheepishly smiled back at Ari, Ari could only sigh at her twin's ignorance. Both girls nodded and Callum replied with a single word, good.
"You're buying me a car?" Ari almost wanted to smack her head against something hard.
"It'll be easier that way. My sons... aren't quick to warm up to strangers. But you need to go to school, so... it will be easier."
Ari stopped in her tracks, just as Ella did, but for a different reason. Callum seemed to notice how Ari stopped a few feet away from her sister, so, he stopped with her. "Look, it's not that I don't appreciate getting offered a car and seeing as you're apparently very wealthy it may seem like a small gesture, but I won't accept something that big. You can get Ella a car, we'll share it. I don't go anywhere without Ella, can't say the same for her, but at least I don't need a separate car. I'm not here for whatever deal you made with my sister," Callum looked apprehensive because Ari was asleep during that talk with Ella, "I wasn't aware of what deal you made. I just know Ella wouldn't stop fighting if there wasn't a plan forming in her mind, one that most likely involves you giving us money. As I said, I'm not here for that, I'm here to keep my sister safe. Doesn't hurt that you tracked us down once, so you can do it again, making it pointless in running."
Ari ended their one-sided conversation, walking past Ella and moving towards the huge building. None of the wealth seemed to faze Ari, but Ella, on the other hand, couldn't help but gawk at the extravagant home. She was scared, like a new pet adjusting to a new environment. Callum seemed to sense Ella's fear as well, "I know it's different from what you're used to, but you'll get used to this, too. You're going to like it here. I promise you."
"Don't make promises, Mr. Royal. Not to me, not ever."
"Call me Callum. And I intend to keep any promise I make to you, both of you. Same way I kept every promise I made to your father." This made Ari freeze, she almost grew angry. Due to one nap, she missed many details about their stay here and how they ended up in his guardianship. Ari kept frozen in her own bubble as questions rose from every corner of her mind. That was until four pairs of eyes stared down at her, causing a shiver up her spine.
There on the curved railing of the balcony stood four dark-haired boys with piercing blue eyes. They're trying to intimidate her and her sister, judging by the slight jaw opening from Ella, it was working on one of them. It may be true that they were all well built and could easily tower over her, Ari has faced worse, at least to her knowledge these boys won't do any worse than her mom's old boyfriends.
"Boys, come meet our guests. Come meet the new members of our family." Callum's words were met with silence. Seemingly fed up, Callum's voice raises. "Reed, Easton, Sawyer, Sebastian. Get down here. Now." Nobody moves. The other set of twins seemed to lock their gaze towards the brother on the furthest left, he's the leader, but the gaze that haunts her is the one between said leader and twins. He was smirking slightly, his eyes laughing. He's dangerous, unpredictable because who finds amusement in such a serious situation.
Noticing the leader's eyes on Ella made Ari unsettled, "Callum," Ari broke the eerie silence and caught all the boys' attention, "Which is my room?"
"It's down the hall and will be on the right, it's across from Ella's."
Ari nodded, she made her way up the stairs when the leader blocked her path. He was about to talk when Ari beat him to it, "Look, I don't care if you liked me or not, but you stay out of my way and I stay out of yours. This isn't my idea of fun, living with you four meatheads. Now, if you don't move out of the way so I can get the sleep I haven't had in three days, that'd be lovely. If not, then I will gladly relieve this balcony of your presence and allow you to meet the ground below it. Don't test me, Royal."
The middle boy seemed to slightly chuckle at my statement, but Ari's eyes stayed locked on the one blocking her path. He moved out of her way reluctantly. Ari left the boys standing on the balcony as they stared after her. When Ari found a pale pink room, she figured she had the right room. Not changing or even throwing the blanket on herself, Ari collapsed and fell asleep once again.