Chapter Nine

~Xavier~

Ivan and Mom has been talking all night. Mom literally cried when she seen Ivan. I left them be and Jace and I went upstairs into my room. “We still have your father to catch.” Jace informed me. “He is not my father. Never was.” I responded fiercely. He laughed and laid on my bed. I walked over from the window seat and laid down next to him. “If we could move far away from here, would you?” Jace asked me. I began to think. A fresh start is always nice. “I would like that. But not until we finish High school.” I informed. “Well obviously.” Jace giggled. We turned on the music from my laptop and started to do some homework. “One Last Time” By Ariana Grande came on. I really like this new song. I laid on my stomach and Jace stayed up on the pillows. I hate homework, but I need to get good grades to get into a good college. I began to write my essay for History. I wrote about the American Revolution. I don’t know much but I wrote what I could write from looking out of the history book. Jace slaps my ass and I gasp. “OW!” I shouted. He laughed and went back to doing homework. “Why must you slap my ass?” I asked him. “Your ass was calling for me.” He winked. I laughed and went back to doing homework. “Can you help me with this math problem?” Jace asked leaning down at the other end of the bed. He hands me the book and a piece of paper. “Help me nerd.” He smiled at me. I giggled. The problem was “AC​​​ is 5 units long, BC​​​ is 9 units long, AB​​​ is √​106​​​ units long, What is tan(∠ABC) ?” I thought about the question. “You have to do the opposite and adjacent sides first. Go from there and you will find your answer.” I explained to him. He nodded and wrote stuff down. The answer is 5/9, let’s see if he gets it right. “5/9?” He asked. I smiled at him, “Bravo Jock.” I winked at him. He laughed and started to do more problems. An hour and a half has passed and I finally finished. “You done?” I asked Jace. He nodded. “Good.” I jumped up on him and began to kiss me. “Why are you such a wild animal?” he asked sarcastically. “Coyotes are wild, my love.” I laughed and kissed him some more. There was a knock on my door. I got off of him and yelled come in. “Hey, I have to go into work. Some girl got attacked, so I will be home in the morning.” Mom informed me. “Alright, love you mom.” I said and she shut my door back. We laid on the bed watching TV. I love cuddling up to Jace. He is so comfortable. My eyes started to get heavy. I tried to keep them open, but they wouldn’t stay open. I just fell asleep.

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I was in deep sleep when I heard a big bang down stairs. I jump up and so did Jace. I looked over at him and we heard it again. I slipped out of the bed quietly, tip toeing out into the hall. Jace was right behind me. We tip toed down the stairs and made stopped when we seen that the front door was open. The noise was coming from the kitchen. Was Ivan still here? We walked into the kitchen and froze when Bryan was holding Ivan by the neck and his little hyena soldiers was beside him. “What are you doing here?” I asked fiercely. “I want to make a deal.” He smiled at me. “I don’t want to make a deal with some ignorant bastard who thinks he is my father when in reality he isn’t.” I responded. “Do it or I will kill your brother.” He demanded “Fine. What is this deal you speak of?” I asked. “I want you to kill someone for me. Your father.” He smiled. Was he serious? I am not killing my father. I heard people outside of the house. It must be Sutton or someone. “Why would I kill my own father? Because you want to be my father? Or you want to just use me?” I asked. “I have never liked Cain. For many reasons. Having twins and not telling me, was one of the reasons.” He said and looked at Ivan. “Right... Sorry son.” He said and threw Ivan towards us. Ivan clinched his fist. “Don’t.” I demanded. I nodded towards Jace. Jace took Ivan out of the room. “Get your Hyena soldiers out of here and we will talk.” I demanded. “I will not.” He responded angrily. “Alright.” I smiled. I started to scream and his soldiers fell to the ground. I kept yelling louder and louder. Then I stopped. “I told you to get them out of here.” I demanded again. “NO!” He shouted. I grew claws and my eyes turned orange. “I said make them leave.” I demanded. He started to laugh. I charged after him and we started to fight. I scratched his face and he whimpered. He picked me up and threw me against the kitchen island. I jumped back up and he clawed my stomach. I clawed him back, then he grabbed me by the neck and shoved me against the wall. He punched me in the face. I tried to breathe but I couldn’t. “Put him down!” Cain demanded. I looked back. What is he doing here? “Cain… Nice to see you again.” Bryan smiled and put me down.