Tyler's POV

I stayed rooted to the ground as I watched the sisters exchange glares. Ciara shifted her gaze from me to Tiana and back to me, her eyes shoot daggers. I was kinda feeling uncomfortable even though I wanted nothing more but to to tell Ciara exactly what I think of her; a she-devil. Who sets their sister up for something so dangerous? I really wanted to tell Ciara she was wicked and heartless but I didn't want to over step my bounds.

"I should leave." A voice said and it took me a moment to realize I was the one who said it. The sisters shifted their gaze to me.

"Bold choice, Tyler. This doesn't have anything to do with you." Ciara said through gritted teeth. I glared at her.

"No. He stays. If anyone should leave it should be you." Tiana snapped and Ciara snorted out a laugh.

"This is my house..." she started but Tiana cut her off with me just standing there, watching the exchange.

"As much as it is mine, Ciara!" Tiana snapped again.

"I'm your elder sister! You will do as I tell you!" Ciara threw her bag to the floor and it landed with a thug.

"You lost that right the day you decided to ruin my life. You are just a figure head, Ciara. You are not my elder sister." Tiana spat out and I was surprised. She was scared of her sister. What made her so bold suddenly? Probably because I was with them and I definitely won't let Ciara hurt Tiana any more.

"Watch you tone, Tiana or I will hurt you." Ciara growled out walking slowly towards Tiana and I felt my blood boil.

"You wouldn't dare." I told her. Ciara looked at me and so did Tiana. I came in front of Tiana and asked her to stay behind me, which she did, holding my arm.

"Excuse me? This has nothing to do with you so take yourself and get out of this house now," Ciara snapped.

"No, I'm not leaving. Especially not when I know you are capable of hurting Tiana and I won't let you hurt her anymore than you already have," I replied. Ciara snorted again and looked at her, her eyes shooting lasers at me.

"What the fück do you know?! You haven't been here as much as I have been. I don't care what cock and bull story she told you to make me look like the villain here but she wanted it all! I'm her sister, I know what she wants and what's best for her." Ciara screamed like a mad woman.

"What's best for her? What's best for her?!" I snapped glaring at Ciara and she kept quiet. I snorted out laugh and continued.

"Have you ever asked her what she wants? You make decisions for her, terrible and bad decisions and she faces the consequences all alone and you are indirectly telling me you love her and want what's best for her? Are you shitting me?!"

"You have no fücking idea what I have gone through for Tiana. I do everything I do just for her, for her own good. So you have no right to tell me I don't care," Ciara hissed.

"For her own good? Wow! She was ill, down with a cold and in your heart of heart, you decided to give King a key to the house so that he can come and do what..." Ciara was breathing heavily.

"Ciara... " I let out a strained laugh "...he hurt your sister for years and she has scars to prove it and you put her down for that kind of treatment again and you are doing everything for her own good? On the contrary, Ciara. You know what you are doing is wrong but you want someone who can join you in the atrocities." I moved closer to Ciara and looked her in the eye.

"Now let me make this clear," I growled out "Tiana is off limits from now on. You want to use anyone for your sick experiment, hands off Tiana. And you had better deliver this same message to King, because I won't hesitate to give him more black eye and broken bones,"

"You are gonna regret this. Both of you." Ciara chocked out. She didn't wait for our reply before picking up her bag and walking out of the room.

I let out a breath that I didn't know I was holding. I felt Tiana's hand snake around torso and I sighed

"I'm so sorry," she whispered. I turned around and hugged her, her head resting on my chest, me holding her close to my body.

"It's gonna be okay. I promise." I whispered, kissing the top of her head. I heard distant crashes of glasses and other stuffs we couldn't pin point and I feared more that Ciara would try something much more dangerous.

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We walked out of the house together, fingers entwined. It was already 7:00pm and my dad would have been trying to reach me since my phone was switched off. We got outside the gate and I faced Tiana.

"You don't have to go back to that house. Ciara is dangerous, she will hurt you," I told her. Tiana sighed and looked at me.

"I wish it was that easy but it isn't. Where do I go? I can't come and stay with you that's would raise questions and it isn't exactly proper. I don't want to impose on anyone. Plus, it would expose you to more danger than you already are." She told me and I frowned.

"Danger?" I asked.

"King wouldn't allow what you did to just go like that. He doesn't back down on a fight especially when he wants something and he wants me. You are involved now, Tyler and he wouldn't stop until he gets me, even if it means killing you and I can't let that happen to you." she cupped my face in her soft palm, tears brimming in her eyes.

"I'm going to protect you," I told her and was also trying to convince myself. Tiana must not get hurt. Not on my watch. But how will I do this? Tiana smiled and touched her forehead to mine.

"I love it when you sound all protective." She whispered and I couldn't help but smile.

"Tiana, please be on the look out for anything out of place. Alert me as soon as you can if you sense any abnormally. I will always be there to protect you. I promise." I assured her.

She pulled my face in and pressed her lips against mine. I tilted my head and deepened the kiss, sliding my tongue into her mouth, tugging on her lower lips. She cupped my face as she pulled back.

"You always know how to make me feel safe." She chocked out.

"You will be okay. We will okay." I kissed her forehead and pulled back slightly.

"Be careful," she said.

"You too. Much more than me." I smiled and she smiled back. I watched her as she entered the house back and sighed. I have to get to the guys. I brought out my phone and put it on. Then texted on the group chat.

Emergency meeting, everyone! After school tomorrow, usual place.

We have to get to the bottom of this.

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"Wait, what?!" Zaria screamed immediately I told them the whole thing that transpired between King, Ciara, Tiana and I.

"Is Tiana okay?" Charles asked.

"She's fine, just a few bruises here and there." I replied in a hoarse voice.

"Just like always, King is up to no good." Joel grimaced and then hissed.

"Why would Ciara put her sister up for something so dangerous?! That is pure wickedness," Lyla said.

"Okay, this is no longer a joking matter. This has gone from level 1 to level 99. We have gotta take actions and we have to take them fast." Kelvin said.

"Taju, your dad is a commander in the army. Can't you tell him this things that are going on, maybe he will deploy few guys to protect Tiana and probably jail, Ciara and King." Ada said.

"I can't do that. For one, the army is strictly for the government and presidential house. Two, we have no evidence to show them. We only know within our self that this thing is true. Besides we are just teens, who would believe us. There is practically nothing we can do except we take matter into our own hands." Taju said.

"Taju is right..." I started. "there is really nothing we can do about it. Tiana is scared, I am scared. This isn't a matter we should joke about. This is real life. Tiana could be in real danger. King is dangerous. Ciara is also dangerous." I told them.

"What can we do?" Lyla asked.

"Who can we tell, that would believe us?" Kelvin asked.

"I have a suggestion but it's limited." Zaria said.  I urged her to go on. "Our WAEC exams are starting next week. My suggestion is, I can take her in for this exam period, I'll just cook up one story for my parents. That's the only way I can keep her safe for now. After the exams she would have to go back home, because well...you get," she said and we all nodded.

"That's not bad." Ada said.

"That's a good idea. At least for now she's going to be safe. We will figure something out later. Zaria, thank you. Please don't let her go anywhere alone." I said.

"Sure." She smiled.

"Thank you guys. I really appreciate it. It means a lot." I told them.

"We might not care for Tiana as much as you do but we still care about her. She's also our friend. You guys are not in this alone. We are all in this together." Joel patted my shoulder. I smiled and hugged them one by one.

I'm so glad to have them as friends.

Unknown POV

"I gave you one job and you couldn't do it right," she snapped at him.

"Don't yell at me, you bitch. I'm just as embarrassed as you are. Now stop whining and let's get on with this meeting. What's the next phase of our plan? Tiana cannot just change over night. She can't be fixed." He said through gritted teeth.

"That Tyler guy. We must deal with him...deal with both of them in fact. We have to teach him a lesson," she said.

"Leave that to me..."he smiled maliciously.

"Now, come here and satisfy me. All this have left me exhausted," she said seductively. He stood up and pushed her on the bed.

"You don't have to ask twice. Your body is also mine." He growled like an animal and tore her clothing aggressively, plunging his hard member into her without warning. She screamed in ecstasy as he plunged in and out of her fast and hard.

A/N

I know, I know. This update is long over due, but there is a good news. My exams have been shifted to 15th of this month so I might be giving you two more updates before I take a break to read and prepare for exam. Please wish me luck.

Sorry for the short chapter tho. I just hope the wait was worth it. I love you guys so much, thanks for not giving up.

Kisses from Temilade. Ttyl xoxo 😘