"Mr. Kingsley, are you alright?"
"I just killed a really good friend of mine, what do you think doctor?"
"I... I'm sorry." The doctor removed the lifeless boy from Matteo's arms and gently laid his head on the floor.
"I think he'll be useful to you, doctor."
The doctor nodded in understanding. He motioned for one of the assistant doctors to come over and whispered something to him. The assistant doctor nodded and went to the group of nurses that were attending to Devyn, who immediately got busy.
The door was locked and Nyx's body lifted onto a bed, machines quickly connected to it.
Matteo took a seat and buried his head between his knees. What on earth just happened? What was happening?
.......
"Why are you seated in here by yourself?" One of El's friends, Q, threw an arm over his shoulders.
El only smiled and shook his head.
"Are you really going to stay away from her?" Q asked. "If you are then stop looking gloomy. You can't be a coward and still want her."
"What are you saying?" Eugenio, El's cousin walked in and swatted Q's hand away. "You're not helping."
"What's the point of him thinking about something when he's not going to do anything about it?" Q questioned Eugenio but his eyes remained on El. "It's a waste of..."
They looked up at the door was pushed open. "There's some guy that is..."
Before he could finish talking the door was thrown open and El jumped to his feet, his cousin and Q following suit.
"There you are. It took me quite a while to pinpoint you."
"I'm sorry, sir we..." The door opener started but El raised his hand to silence and dismiss him. After the door was closed El sat back, turning his face upwards in dismay.
"Traceigh Landauer," Q turned to follow his movement. "In flesh appearing."
"Well now, whoever you might be..." Ash turned back his eyes moving up and down on Q. "Handsome virgin, I know I'm popular and all you little fans want to meet me and maybe get an autograph but, I'm not particularly here for that now."
Q smiled in disbelief when Ash went around the bar, added some ice cubes to a glass and grabbed a bottle of whiskey and started pouring himself a drink.
"Did you know this guy was coming?" Q asked El. When he got no response from El who had his eyes closed, Q added. "Who the hell invited you here?"
"I didn't know I needed an invitation." Ash said pouring himself a third glass.
"People don't just pop up at others' turfs uninvited." Q glared at him. "Did you find out whether..."
"...he's willing to see me or not? He holed up in order to hide from me because I did ABC and blah blah blah, crap crap crap." Ash walked around the bar with his glass and bottle in hand. "Your playtime is over now, Handsome virgin. I'm here for Salvatore. If you would excuse me,"
"Why do you keep calling me a virgin...?" Q started.
"And nothing you're going to say will make me break your virginity." Ash told him, standing next to El, giving Q his back.
"I'm not... what the...?" Q leaned around Ash to look at El. "Isn't this the asshole that has that girl?"
"Her name is Addison." Ash turned to El. "Are you going to tell them to leave the room or are you waiting for me to do that as well?"
"No, I'm not..." Eugenio, who had been gauging El's reaction since the time Ash had entered the room, started.
"It's alright." El eyed him. "He won't do anything to me."
"Are you sure?" Q asked as he was guided out by Eugenio. "Are you just going to leave him in there with...?" He was asking before Eugenio closed the door behind them.
"What do you want?" El asked without turning to look at the guy next to him.
"Come back and take care of Adey."
Ash's words made El want to turn his head so bad it was almost painful holding himself back. "Why?" He forced his voice to remain calm.
This was the guy that burned down seven and three quarters million worth of stock over a girl. The same guy that caught Ferro Tirano's attention and also managed to somehow get El chained down on the island.
He wasn't sprouting nonsense after all that, was he? Unless...
"You had Thane and Nyx dead. Devyn's not looking good either." El turned to examine Ash's healing bruises. "You're dying, aren't you? You know they are coming for you. You are dying."
Ash smirked and brought his face close to El's. "Not a chance." Ash drained his glass, refilling it again. "I don't want to fuck around with her anymore. I want someone to keep her safe. Her brother's dead and Rhys Grier will come for her as soon as he's awake."
"I didn't know Devyn was... You want to kill him don't you? How c..."
"I wouldn't fucking... I wouldn't..." Ash raised his voice, making El jump and his heart skip a beat. There was a murderous expression on Ash's face.
El's heart was trying to escape through his skin now, the blood rushing loud past his ears. It was as though someone had summoned the devil's personal hitman from the pits of hell, as though judgement had suddenly befallen the room.
Something was happening to Ash. Something El didn't understand but knew very well that its malicious intend was out of this world.
"Ash..."
The glass in Ash's hand gave way to the unending pressure from Ash's and exploded.
"Ash you..."
"He killed him," Ash turned to him, his eyes dark with ire. "Devyn is dead."