Sinful Mates 1-3
chapter 107 Five

Evelyn POV

“Excuse me," I say before stepping around him and running back inside. What the fuck justcame over me? Lisa was frantically trying to take orders, and I quickly stepped in, rushing to thekitchen where I see a heap of dockets. When Lisa is finished, she comes out and helps me cookwhile we keep an eye on the door. Orion just sits in the corner watching. Always watching. Hispresence doesn't bother me like it did the first few days he was here. He had pretty much become apiece of the furniture.

After we serve everyone, I grab my tray to go clean tables. I had just finished stacking the trayand was about to head out the back when I hear the doorbell chime. Lifting the tray, I turn to seewho entered. Two men entered, looking around before their eyes fall on me and I gasp as panicrushes through me and my heart rate speeds us till I can hear it pulsating in my ears, my handstrembling and I feel clamming as adrenaline pulses through me paralysing me until I hear Lisascream and realise I had dropped the tray of plates I was holding as they smashed around my feet.The noise making me flinch as my gaze drops. Lisa rushes out with a towel and I drop downscooping the glass up with shaking hands.

“Shit Evelyn you okay?” she asks but I feel nothing but fear, too scared to even answer.

“Evelyn stop, you're cutting your hands” she says, making me look at my hands which wereindeed bleeding from the glass cutting my fingers and palm. I didn't even feel it and I can hear mybreathing coming quick and I start to hyperventilate, the room and everyone in it watching withworried eyes as the room trembles around me. I realise I am having a panic attack as everythingslows down except for the erratic pumping of my heart.

It was them, the men that killed him in the alleyway. I feel Orion move near me, and he takesthe tray from hands. Lisa rushes out the back, but I am frozen in place, paralysed by fear. I feel Lisagrip my arms, pulling me to my feet and taking me out the back. Orion follows us into the kitchen. Isee Lisa rummaging through my bag. I try to replace my grounding place, remember what I need to doto ground myself, yet my mind just goes blank.

Lisa opens my bloody hand and drops two pills in it before handing me a glass of water. Iquickly swallow the pills.

“What are they?” I hear Orion ask her.

“Valium, she has panic attacks sometimes.” After a few minutes I feel my heart rate slow to anormal pace and my body start to relax. Lisa is quickly rushes around the kitchen, and I gather mybearing and look down at my hand, which has a tea towel wrapped tightly around it. I peel it offbefore rinsing my hand under the sink, wincing at the sting before reaching for the first aid kit andwrapping my hand.

When I go back out, Orion follows, and my eyes fall on the two men who were watching me. Iclose my eyes, willing myself to hold it together. My shock only grows when I see Orion sit at thetable with them. I also notice that everyone else is gone. Lisa comes out behind me.

“Where did everyone go?” she says, placing her hands on my shoulder. I shrug, not able to takemy eyes off the three people sitting in the booth. Lisa follows my gaze before looking at me.

“You okay, Evelyn?” I nod but say nothing.

“How about you go home? I can ring Merander and ask is she would come. I know she islooking for work again, the last place she was at shut down? So, go I will be fine on my own.” I lookat her and I can tell it worries her. I haven't had a panic attack in ages, so it was a little out ofcharacter for me.

“Go, I will be fine, promise,” she says, handing my bag to me. I nod before taking off out thedoor. I walk home, my mind in overdrive. Wondering if they recognised me, wondering how Orionknows them. When I get home, I flop on my bed and close my eyes. Opening them, I hear a knockon the door. Getting up, I hesitantly peek out the window and replace Orion at the door. I groan beforewalking over and unlocking the door.

“How do you know where I live?”

“Lisa.” He shrugged. He leant against the handrail watching me.

“Are you going to invite me in, or do I need to stand out here and freeze?" he asks, and I stepaside, opening the door wider. He walks in but has to duck his head to stop from hitting it on thedoorframe. I stand awkwardly. I have brought no one here, let alone had someone show up here.

“What do you want?” I ask, folding my arms across my chest.

“I wanted to make sure you're okay,” he says turning to face me after looking around.

“I'm fine you can go now,” I tell him. He raises an eyebrow before stepping closer and I stepback.

“I will not do anything,” he says, reaching for me and pulling me to him. I feel my heart race athis proximity. I shove him back, and he looks shocked. I see hurt in his eyes which I replace odd. I barelyknew him.

“How do you know those two men that came into the cafe?”

“They're my mates, why?"

I shake my head. “You have friends like that?” I ask. He seemed so gentle, yet I could tell he hada mean streak.

“My idea of mates and your idea are two different things, and what do you mean, like that?” hesays defensively, crossing his arm across his shoulder.

“They...” I couldn't finish, not wanting to remember that horrid night.

“They what? Evelyn?” he says stepping closer.

“It doesn't matter, you need to leave,” I tell him and open the door. He looks at me, but hedoesn't move.

I suddenly hear someone walking up the steps out the front, and my eyes dart outside before Ifeel my breath catch in my throat. I stumble back terrified as I watch the two men from the alleywalk up the steps before stepping inside my van. I go to run to the back when I feel hands wraparound my waist and realise Orion grabbed me.

“Calm down, Evelyn, they won't hurt you,” he says. I ignore him, knowing exactly what thosemonsters are capable of as I struggle against him, but his hands don't loosen. I bite into his hand,making him release me, and I run to the bathroom before locking the door. Orion's voice calls outon the other side of the door.

“Open the door, Evelyn,” he says as I search the bathroom before seeing the window. I raise itslowly before lifting it enough to climb out. Halfway through the small window, I feel hands on myhips before I'm ripped back inside the van. I scream before a hand goes over my mouth.

“Shh, we won't hurt you,” says a voice below my ear.

“If I remove my hand, do you promise not to scream?” he asks, and I feel tears burn my eyebefore spilling over and running down my cheeks. They were going to kill me. I should have run andleft the city that night. I nod my head, and he removes his hand. As soon as he does, I scream asloud as I can before I hear him growl and he clamps his hand back over my mouth.

“Put her in the car,” calls a voice from the door, and I see his handsome face as he looks insidethe bathroom. His silver eyes dazzling and hypnotic as he stares at me. The man walks me out of thebathroom, and I see Orion sitting calmly at the table.

“They won't hurt you; I promise. We will explain when we get you home.” Home? What did theymean by home? They were going to take me. I start to thrash against my captor, but he is stronger.My thrashing only seems to annoy him as I feel his breath on my neck.

“We can do this the hard way or the easy way,” he says. Panic courses through me as I drop myweight and go limp to try and slip out of his grip.

“Hard way it is then” he says as he grips my ankle. I kick my legs, my foot connecting with hisface, and he grunts before ripping me toward him and gripping my arms. The man pulls me to myfeet before wrapping his arm around me, holding me in place against his chest. I hit and scratch atwhatever I can. He rips my head to the side, and I scream as I feel him bite into my neck. Myscreaming dies in my throat as black dots dance before my vision, and the room becomes dull. I tryto force my eyes open as I feel them start to droop. What did he just do to me? My last thoughtsfade as it plunged me into darkness.