Page 92 of Darkness

“You need to call your parents again, reassure them everything is okay, plus I want to know what this letter was.” Cain opens his eyes, and I roll mine as he changes the subject from The PIt.

I wish he would talk about what's going on in his head, but I know Cain, he’s thinking about what to do. What’s the best way to win, without hurting me?

“I’ll get the laptop, how long do I have?” I ask, and Cain laughs.

“He knows you’re here, it doesn’t matter.” Cain fills his glass up, and a part of me wants to be happy. I can talk to my parents whenever I want, but the other part is scared of what can happen if Rowan comes for me.

Placing the laptop on the glass coffee table, just a little to the side so Cain isn’t in view. He doesn’t usually talk to my parents, and I’m not going to make him because I know he doesn’t talk to his own family, never mind mine. Calling my mom, I wait for her to answer.

“Autumn, is everything okay?” my mom asks in a panic, and my dad sits in the seat next to her.

“Mom, everything is fine-”

“No, it’s not. Rowan is there, are you safe?” my dad questions, and there is nothing but worry in his tone, but I can see it on his face too.

“I’m safe. I’m with Cain, he won’t let anything happen to me. I trust him, please have trust in him, too.” I almost beg them, if only they knew what lengths Cain would go to protect me from Rowan, but I can’t tell them. “He is looking into it.”

“If you trust him, and everything he has done for you, then we trust him more than anything. We just got scared when we got the letter.” My mom holds up the letter. “Mr. and Mrs. White, we need you to come to America, your daughter was in an accident. From what we know she was walking to work and got hit by a car. We aren’t sure if she will make it and thought you would want to come see her. Doctor Yang.”

Cain turns the laptop to face him. “Mrs. White, what was the doctor's name?” I know he heard it, because I heard it. Yang is playing mind games.

“Doctor Yang-”

“Is there a return address?” Cain asks quickly.

My dad looks around for the envelope, and looks for something. “The Pit road-” Before dad can finish Cain walksaway, and I turn the computer back to me, and I smile at my parents. I’m not sure how the fuck I’m going to fix this. “Sweetpea?”

“Since Rowan has come, Cain is working out what his move is, and how to fight this. But all I can say is he’s working on it. I will keep you updated. Cain said we can talk all the time now as Rowan has found me, so I will send you my cell number.”

“Be safe Sweetpea, promise.”

“I promise dad. As soon as Cain has a plan, I’ll let you know. I will message you every day.” I blow them both a kiss, and end the call. Staring at the blank screen for a moment, listening to Cain on the cell, I quickly send my mom a message so she has my cell number, and asked her to give it to my sister, too. I can’t wait to talk to her, and listen, all about her boyfriend.

I turn to Cain when he walks back over and picks his glass up and drinks the rest of the whiskey.

“He’s playing mind games, nothing to worry about, but right now, I don’t know about you but I could do with some sleep.” He puts his hand out for me, and I take it, because all I want is to lie in bed and have Cain’s arms around me. It’s been a long three days and I’ve missed him holding me at night.

“So, your brother seems like the freaky playboy, they say twins are similar, what are you?” Katy asks Mason, and I laugh. The only thing similar about Mason and Miles is their looks, because personality wise, they couldn’t be more different.

Miles is a playboy, but I have a feeling Katy is right, he is freaky when it comes to relationships, while Mason he is more of a closed book. He’s fine with his brothers, but when they aren’t around Mason keeps himself to himself.

“So what did you think about him kissing you? Did it make you weak in the knees?” Mason asks, not looking up from his cell, he’s spent most of his time on the cell. Probably messaging his brothers.

“How do you know about that?”

I have to laugh to myself. “Katy, do you really think these four boys don't tell each other everything they do, plus, him and Miles probably have a twin vibe thing going on.” I always wanted to know if the twin vibe was a real thing or was it something TV shows made up.

“We do have a twin vibe,” Mason answers.

“What type of vibe though, one where you can feel each other’s pain, or-”

“We know what each other is thinking, and anything else I’ll let your mind wander.” He jokes, looking at me through his lashes, but I see his lips curl up into a smile.

“So did it make you weak at the knees?” Mason asks again.

“Shut up,” Katy snaps and walks back over to the workstation, while I finish getting the sale receipts out for the day.

“So, what is it, Mason, do you just not like talking in front of people? Do you like the whole mysterious vibe?” I ask him, out of the four of them he and Declan talk the least, Miles, well he has the confidence of a Lion, go for the bit and see what happens. Hayden stays quiet, and talks when he needs to, and Mason, well he’s a closed book.

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