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   "Please, Angel, don't leave me. We can't be separated, because then I'll lose you and I can't live with that, I-I can't! Please stay, I'll sleep on the couch if you want me to and you can take the bed. Anything you want! J-Just don't leave me!" he begged, on the verge of crying before I hushed him, getting down on my knees to reach his eye level.

   "Harry, I would never leave you."

   "But you were gonna go to Louis'-"

   "And I was gonna come back," I responded, making him sniffle and nod vigorously. "I'm sorry, I didn't know what else to do. You weren't acting like yourself, you were acting like...your old self," I said hesitantly. I wondered to myself whether Blake's words affected Harry, which could have caused him to act this way.

   "I know; I don't know why I was acting like that. I was just so angry. Angry I wasn't there to protect you. Angry that you didn't tell me earlier, even though I knew very well that you couldn't. Something came over me, and I'm sorry Scar, I truly am," he apologized sincerely, his explanation helping me understand more now as I nodded in acceptance and pulled him in for a hug.

   "I just thought Blake's words about how soft you've gotten might've affected you and made you want to change again," I muttered lowly as I rested my chin on his shoulder.

   "I would never change back to the person I used to be. However, a part of the person is still inside of me Scarlett, and that was evident today. But I would never let myself go back to the way I was before I met you," Harry said honestly, making me sigh in relief, nodding as I tightened my arms around his neck.

   "I love you, Harry," I told him, turning my head to kiss his cheek. He sighed in relief, hugging my torso tighter before pulling his head back to press his lips firmly against mine.

   "I love you Scarlett. God, I'm so sorry for treating you so roughly," he whispered, cradling my cheek as I smiled lightly and shook my head.

   "That kick in the crotch was payback for it," I couldn't help but mumble, making him crack a tiny smile.

   "I'm sorry," he said again, pulling away from me and standing up.

  Harry cradled my face, pressing a kiss to my forehead and muttering one last apology before moving away to clean up the mess he created. He didn't let me help him with any of it, so I just stood by the side, sometimes going behind his back to pick a few things up. My expression fell when I spotted the broken photo frame that I had dropped when Harry grabbed me. I was caught slightly off-guard when Harry grasped my hips, gazing over my shoulder and frowning at the broken frame.

   "I'm so sorry, I'll get a new one," he sighed heavily, making me nod lightly in response, taking the photo out of the frame and leaving the living room to discard the broken frame.

  After the living room had returned to its normal state, Harry and I decided to hit the hay in order to wake up early tomorrow morning.

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   "Scarlett?" Harry whispered into the darkness for the eleventh time, making me let out a small groan of annoyance.

   "Yes Harry," I said tiredly, with my eyes still shut.

   "I can't sleep."

   "I've noticed," I muttered, turning onto my other side to face him.

  He lay there in the dark on his back, fingers intertwined over his bare stomach as he stared up at the ceiling with a frown etched upon his face. I let out a quiet yawn, before snuggling further into the pillow, scowling hard when Harry spoke up again. I just really wanted to sleep, and he wasn't letting me do so.

   "I just can't stop thinking about today."

   "Why?" I questioned even though I knew the answer to my own question, inwardly groaning when he started rambling again. He just couldn't stop apologizing and worrying about what happened earlier no matter how much I reassured him that it was okay.

   "Because I wasn't myself! I was being rough with you a-and you were crying-"

   "Harry, I can handle you being rough-"

   "That doesn't explain the tears."

   "But it does explain that ache you have in your crotch right now."

   "Touché."

  I giggled immediately, before I opened one eye to peek at him, finding him frowning at me hardly.

   "Why were you crying?" he whispered, biting his lip as I pondered for a bit.

   "I don't know, I mean, I wasn't crying because I was scared you were being rough or anything. Like you said, you weren't acting like yourself so that kind of scared me. I just thought Blake had gotten into your mind," I explained, making him nod slowly, biting his lip.

   "Don't worry Scarlett, he never got into my mind. I honestly didn't give two shits about what he was saying," Harry said truthfully, before he paused to purse his lips. "Except the thing he said about Andrei almost raping you."

   "Harry-"

   "Did he touch you?" he asked worriedly, shuffling closer to me and grasping my waist. "Please tell me, I need to know."

   "No he didn't," I said softly, knowing that Harry was referring to touching me down there.

   "Then what did he do?" Harry demanded quietly, making me sigh lightly, finding it uncomfortable to reminisce that horrible time.

   "He used a whip on me," I mumbled, causing a pained expression to appear on Harry's face. "Listen, everyone knew it was inevitable. But he stopped himself Harry, and I got lucky that way-"

   "I know that Scarlett, and I'm relieved to hear that. But tell me, did he see you naked?" I swallowed thickly at his sudden question, making him sigh harshly, knowing my expression had again confirmed his thoughts. "I just wish I was there to beat the shit out of him for even trying."

   "I know baby," I said with a sigh, shuffling closer to him and laying my head on his shoulder. His arm wound around my shoulder, holding me to him as I hooked my leg onto his waist.

   "I killed him too quickly," Harry grumbled.

   "But you kinda had to. I was hanging off a cliff," I reminded him with a chuckle, making him pout at me. "You ready for tomorrow?" I asked him with an arch of my brow.

   "No."

   "We're gonna be alright," I grinned widely at him, a huge contrast to his stony face as he gave me a blank look. "Why are you so pessimistic? Sheesh."

   "Remember what I told you," he reminded me, making me roll my eyes.

   "Yes yes, stick with you at all costs," I repeated his words from this morning. A comfortable silence fell over us for a few minutes and I felt myself drift away to sleep, until Harry broke it again with a few words.

   "Do you have that gut feeling that something bad is gonna happen?" Harry asked quietly, as I frowned and pondered for a second.

   "I don't actually."

   "Really?" Harry arched his brows. I nodded.

   "Yeah, I don't feel it. I think we're gonna be alright, Harry," I told him honestly, cupping his cheek and leaning forwards to kiss his soft lips reassuringly. "Now go to sleep, we both need a lot of rest."

   "Alright," Harry whispered with a nod, turning his head to the side and pressing his lips against my hairline in a soft kiss. "Goodnight Scarlett."

   "Night Harry."

   "I love you."

   "And I love you, always."

   "Always."

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   "Attention everyone. Please make your way towards the front exit of the warehouse and get onto any one of the buses that are stood outside. This is not a drill. I repeat, this is not a drill," a robotic woman's voice blared out from the speakers above, repeating the same information over and over again as I stood by the side and directed people.

  The morning flew by quickly and so did the afternoon, where around 6 o'clock we began evacuating people. Since we had time until the bomb exploded, which was at midnight, we urged people to only take personal belongings and necessities, and to leave everything else behind. Everyone was quite confused, but obeyed our commands without much questioning as we moved them out. The buses were filling up quickly, eventually leaving out groups of people who all lingered around and began asking the seniors questions on why they were being forced to leave.

   "Unless you want to fucking die, get on the damn bus," Harry snapped at a young blonde girl who was asking him too many questions. She scowled at his response, listening to him nevertheless and walking away towards the closest bus.

  I stepped closer to him, slipping my fingers into his and squeezing his hand, hoping that would relax him. His gaze snapped towards my direction, his hard features softening immediately as he sighed lightly. I looked away when the buses began to leave again to drop the people occupying it, off. There were still a large amount of people left, and it was now 8 o'clock.

  After two more hours or so, everyone had left. The apartment building and warehouse was empty except for a few people who stayed back to help just in case we needed back up for when Omega was going to arrive. After this entire bombing scene occurs, we will then formulate a plan on attacking Omega's base and ending them for good. But for now, we had to get through this problem.

  Now we were on the way to the conference room where another meeting was going to be held with Valkyrie. Also, it was the place where Sami and I were going to stick together with a couple of other members of Valkyrie for protection. As Harry and I walked, I did a mental note on the things I picked up from the apartment and took to Liam's place, trying to think of anything I forgot to take. It suddenly occurred to me that I had left my custom-made bow and arrows in the secret compartment behind our bookshelf in the apartment.

   "What's wrong?" Harry asked in concern, frowning when he realized I had halted in my steps.

   "I forgot my bow and arrow in the apartment," I told him, biting my lip as he pondered for a second. "I have to get it."

   "Okay, let's go," he nodded in response, both of us turning around to head back before a voice called out from behind us.

   "Harry!" It was Seth, running towards us, slowing down before speaking again. "Vlad needs you, urgently."

   "What for?"

   "He has an idea of where the bombs may be, but he needs to double-check with you since you know the place pretty well," Seth explained, making him scowl lightly.

   "I have to get something-"

   "He needs you now, Harry. Whatever it is, just leave it," Seth immediately scowled back, making Harry glare at him, parting his lips to speak before I spoke up.

   "Go Harry, I'll get it myself."

   "Fuck no, how many times do I have to tell you? You are not leaving my side!" Harry exclaimed loudly, his jade eyes glaring brightly at me as I rolled my eyes at him.

  I knew he was paranoid and I did as much as I could to reassure him that I wasn't going to just die again or get abducted. I could take care of myself and I was confident about that, but he wasn't.

   "I know, but Vlad needs you. If there's even the slightest chance of finding those bombs, then we must take it," I told him firmly, making him sigh harshly, looking away.

   "I'll go with her if you want," Seth suggested, making Harry look up with a look that suggested no. "Look, I won't try anything," he held up his hands in defense. "Even if I do she'd slaughter me on the spot."

   "Exactly," I nodded, before arching a brow at Harry.

   "Fine," he said finally, before grabbing my face and pressing a kiss to my forehead. "You come back to me as soon as you can, alright?"

   "I will," I promised him, before pulling away and heading towards the apartment building as quick as possible with Seth trailing behind me.

  I barely paid any attention to him, focusing on quickly getting to our apartment, snatching my bow and arrows, and leaving quickly. I fumbled with the keys in my hands as I tried to unlock the door. Once I had opened it successfully, I rushed inside, heading straight towards the bookshelf in the living room and pressing the silver button next to it. It shifted to the side automatically, revealing the secret compartment with my bow and arrows.

  Grabbing the quiver and swinging it over my shoulder, I took the bow into my hands and punched the button once again. But as soon as I turned around, I came face to face with Seth. He was staring at me intensely, which made me frown slightly as I tried to move around him. Once I did, I began walking away quickly, staying on-guard as a result of Seth acting strangely. As I approached the door, I suddenly got a strange feeling, telling me that I needed to turn around immediately.  Once I did, I quickly found Seth holding up a lamp, about to knock me out until I moved to the side, making him miss.

  My leg jutted upwards, delivering a strong kick to his stomach that sent him stumbling back. My eyes immediately narrowed as the blood in my veins boiled with anger. He tried to knock me out, that only meant he was a spy. One of my hands quickly held my now up, while the other drew an arrow out of the quiver on my back and pulling it back against the drawstring. However, Seth moved away quickly, avoiding the arrow that came flying towards him like a bullet.

  My eyes widened when he drew his gun out, aiming it towards me and pulling the trigger, causing a loud shot to be fired. I dodged the bullet just in time, moving swiftly into the kitchen. My back was pressed against the counter as I waited for a few seconds, holding my breath with another arrow drawn up, ready for firing. As soon as I heard a noise, I moved quickly, letting the arrow fly once my gaze landed on Seth. It hit his shoulder, much to my displeasure. He let out a cry of pain, momentarily distracted before I pulled a switchblade out of my pocket.

  Without any hesitation, I aimed and swung the knife towards him, watching it flip and fly in the air before driving itself straight into his crotch. He let out a loud screech, falling to the floor and clutching the knife that had impaled his crotch. I moved towards him, fisting his t-shirt and pulling him up to meet my gaze.

   "Where are the bombs?" I hissed sharply. "Tell me!" I demanded, shaking him furiously as he continued to groan in pain.

   "As if I'm gonna tell you," he snarled back, making me growl under my breath, wrapping my fingers around the knife and twisting it. "Fuck!" he screeched, body jolting as his face contorted with agony.

   "You will tell me now or else you'll never live to see another day," I threatened, even though I knew at the back of my mind that threat wouldn't make him do anything.

  When he didn't say anything, I pulled the knife out sharply, making him cry out loud. His body was heavy as I tucked my hands under his arms and pulled him up, pushing him against the wall. He was too weak to move so I just left him there as I punched the silver button that revealed the secret compartment, grabbing a bundle of rope and proceeding to tie him up. Once I had him all tied up, hands over his head and body open for me to torture, I lined up an arrow along with my bow.

   "I'm going to ask you one more time; where are the bombs?" I questioned, holding up my bow and arrow, aiming straight for his crotch once more.

   "Buried deep in your stupid cun-" he spat back before he was stopped short when I sent my arrow flying immediately, striking his crotch. I was pretty sure his dick was destroyed by now. "You fucking bitch! I don't fucking know where it is!" he suddenly yelled, body trembling with pain and fury as I lowered my bow and arrow for a second.

   "How do I know you're not lying?"

   "You're literally torturing my penis. I would've fucking told you by now," he gasped in pain, tugging on the ropes that bounded him tightly. "Stop, please."

   "But you resisted when I asked you," I continued to say, ignoring his pathetic pleas. "You're lying to me."

   "I swear I'm not-"

  Suddenly, the front door was shoved open with a loud bang, causing me to spin around with my bow and arrow up, ready to shoot whomever had just walked in. When my eyes met a pair of leafy green ones, they widened.

   "Donovon?"

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