Alec

"That's the only reason?"

"Yep."

I tried to keep my composure when Alec got to his feet and directed a hateful glare in my direction. I began to breathe heavily when he walked towards me. He stopped right in front of me and looked down.

"You feel nothing for me?"

I shrugged. "Disgust. I mean, you fucked Everly and Dante at the same. Ew."

Alec set his jaw. "You're a hell of an actress, kitten. You really had me believing that you cared about me."

I frowned. "Damn, I'm sorry. I thought you were playin' off of me. I didn't think you would ever love me."

Alec snarled, "I can't believe a fucking word out of your mouth."

I cleared my throat. "I don't know why you're so mad, you got a free holiday out of it, you had sex with me, and you had a threesome. You should be happy as Larry."

Alec looked at me with nothing but rage and disgust and I knew my job was done.

"We can have one last tumble if you-"

"Don't fucking touch me, you heartless bitch."

I placed my hands on my hips. "That's just rude and uncalled for. I would like you to leave now."

Alec looked me up and down. "I don't know you."

He used my words against me and they broke my heart.

"I never want to see you again. Never."

I felt sick.

I shrugged. "Fine by me."

Alec turned and stalked over to my hall door but before he reached it, a knocked came to the door. I wondered if it was Aideen. I was about to ask who it was when my phone rang and my uncle’s face flashed across the screen.

I looked up as Alec opened the door but not to Aideen, it was to Bronagh Murphy.

She sighed when she seen Alec.

"I knew you would be here, your brothers are lookin' for you."

Bronagh came in and closed the door behind her.

Alec put his hand on her shoulder. "Don't get comfortable, we're leaving."

Bronagh frowned. "Why, what happened? Does she not believe you?"

Bronagh knew?

"Let's just say Keela isn't who I thought she was."

Bronagh frowned at Alec but when she looked at me, her eyes were narrowed.

"What did you do?"

I shrugged.

Bronagh opened her mouth to speak when the hall door suddenly opened and Aideen entered the apartment with an excited Strom.

"Storm," I beamed.

He came right at me and nearly knocked me to the ground when he jumped up on me.

He licked the hell out of me.

"I missed you too, big boy!"

Storm nuzzled his head against me then sought out Alec.

"Hey buddy," Alec smiled and gave Storm's head a good hard rub.

"What's happenin' here?" Aideen asked.

"Nothing, just realising how wrong I was."

Both Aideen and Bronagh frowned at Alec.

"What were you wrong about?" Aideen asked.

Alec looked at me and said, "Keela."

I opened my mouth to defend myself when a loud knock on my hall door got everyone's attention.

Who the hell is that?

Alec opened the door again, but this time he answered it to two men, two tall men.

"Who are you?" Alec asked.

A face popped out from behind one of the tall men and smiled, "They work for me."

"Marco," Bronagh gasped and took a step back.

Marco laughed when he saw her. "Oh, this is perfect. Three for the price of two."

I furrowed my eyebrows together. "What the hell are you doin' here?"

Marco Miles switched his gaze from Bronagh to me then to Alec and sighed.

"You had to come see the mouthy Daley bitch the first time you leave your house in four days, didn't you? I'm gonna be in serious shit in Ireland now if Brandon finds out she is harmed."

I didn't know what he was talking about, but I knew it was something bad so I answered my still ringing phone.

"Keela, don't hang up. I'm sorry, okay? I didn't mean-"

"Uncle, Marco Miles is at my apartment. He said he is goin' to hurt me."

Marco's face went red as he roared, "Get her."

Alec blocked the door with his body and shouted, "Run!"

"Storm!" I screamed and sprinted down to my bedroom, I looked back for Bronagh and Aideen but the men broke past Alec and while two were handling him, Marco had Bronagh and Aideen by the hair. I slammed my bedroom door shut and moved to the window, I pulled it open but it jammed half way up.

"No, no, no!"

I looked to my phone and put it to my ear.

"Uncle, help me!

"Keela, get out of there! I'm on the way-"

I screamed when my bedroom door was kicked open.

"Come here, bitch." one of the men who fought Alec snarled.

"No, please, no!"

I tried to hide my phone so I jammed it into my dress pocket as I turned back to the window. When it was safely in my pocket I tried to get out of the window but I was lifted up from behind before I could squeeze out the half opened window.

I screamed.

Then I heard a loud growl and Storm's bark.

The man who had a hold of my hair screamed in pain and I knew Storm had a hold of him.

Get him, Storm!

"Get off!" the man shouted.

Storm suddenly cried out and I think the man kicked him. It enraged me.

"Don't you hurt him, you bastard!"

The man screamed in agony and let go of me. I fell forward and crashed into the window. I didn't go through the glass but it did crack when my head made contact with it.

I gripped the windowsill and steadied myself. I lifted my hand to my forehead and groaned as pain began to pulse away.

I groggily turned around and I widened my eyes when I saw the scene before me. The man who had me was on the floor and Storm was attacking him, from what I could see Storm had a hold of the man's arm.

The man was using his other hand to bash at Storm's head to try and break his hold. I rushed forward and began kicking the man in the stomach to stop him from hitting my baby. The man swung his legs and hit the back of mine.

I went up into the air and a second later I slammed into the ground back first.

It hurt like hell and I cried out in pain.

"Keela!" Aideen screamed.

"Shut the fuck up!" Marco's voice bellowed, then I heard a loud smack that caused mayhem to erupt in the other room, in the form of Alec and Bronagh's shouts.

I refocused on Storm and the thug who was back to hitting him in the head with his free hand. I rolled onto my front, got up on all fours and began to crawl.

Just before I reached the man's body I watched in horror as he managed to break Storm's hold and knock him back. It was then I spotted the gun that was in the hand of the arm that Storm previously had a hold of.

There was blood all over the man and even though he was in a lot of pain, he managed to lift his gun wielding arm and point it at Storm who was already advancing back at him.

"No!"

Storm lunged towards the man then there was a loud bang. My ears rang and my head got a little dizzy.

"KEELA!"

I heard Alec and Bronagh scream for me, but I ignored them and watched as the man pushed a now immobile Storm off his body and onto the floor next to him. When I saw he wasn't moving I screamed louder than ever before.

He was lying on his side, his breathing was rapid and his leg was twitching.

He shot Storm.

"Storm!" I cried.

I crawled over to him and put my hand on his head. "It's okay, it's okay. You're goin' to be fine-"

Storm's loud whimper cut me off.

Oh, God.

"Help me! Somebody help me, please!"

I wished even Mr. Pervert would hear my calls and come to help, but no one came to my aid. No one.

I put my head down to Storm's.

"You're goin' to be fine, I promise... I’m here."

I looked up to see how bad his wound was when I noticed a growing patch of blood began to soak the floor under Storm.

Oh, God.

Please, no!

"Come here, bitch!"

I fought against the hand that suddenly tangled itself in my hair and screamed for help again. It was the last thing I said as a pulsing pain erupted in the back of my head and caused me to sail into darkness.