episode 2
The storm outside rages louder now, wind rattling the old windows of the estate. Inside the study, a fire crackles quietly in the hearth. The room is old, elegant, high-backed chairs, polished bookshelves, velvet drapes. Shadows stretch across the walls.
Elias stands by the window, drink in hand. He watches Killian from across the room, who’s seated in one of the armchairs like he owns it, half-lit by the flames.
Elias moretti
“You don’t say much, do you?”
Killian cross
“I speak when there’s something worth saying.”
Killian cross
He said sipping whiskey.
Elias moretti
“Let me guess. You kill people in silence too?”
Elias moretti
He spoke dryly.
Killian cross
He glanced at him his eyes sharp. “Depends who’s watching.”
Elias sets his glass down harder than necessary on the nearby table, the clink echoing.
Elias moretti
He sigh leaning back speaking again.
Elias moretti
“My father had a thousand soldiers, guards, allies… why pick the one man who’s trained to disappear after pulling the trigger?”
Killian cross
“Because none of them are me.”
Killian cross
He said with smirk.
Killian cross
He leans forward now, elbows on his knees, voice low and measured.
Killian cross
“I’m not here to charm you. I’m not here to fall in love and play house. I’m here because someone wants you dead. And the only way to keep you breathing is to be close enough to stop it.”
Elias moretti
“And this marriage.. this ridiculous contract- is just a job to you?”
Killian cross
“That’s all it’s ever been.” He grin.
Elias’s gaze hardens, but there’s something else underneath. Hurt, maybe. Or the sting of being reminded he’s just a pawn.
Elias moretti
“You know, I remember you.”
Killian cross
Killian looks up, caught off guard for the first time.
Elias moretti
“Back then… in the alley. You let me live.” He spoke quietly.
Young Elias, trembling, cornered. Killian, barely older but already hardened, knife in hand, blood dripping. Eyes locking. Silence. And then—Killian turning away, disappearing into the night.
Killian cross
“That was a long time ago.”
Elias moretti
“Not for me.”
A moment passes. The fire crackles louder. Elias steps closer, standing just behind Killian’s chair.
Elias moretti
“I don’t care what you are, Killian. I don’t trust you. But if you’re staying under this roof..”
Elias moretti
He leans in slightly.
Elias moretti
“—you’ll protect me. Not just because of a contract. Not because of my father. But because the next time you hesitate to pull that trigger… it might be the last thing either of us do.”
Killian slowly turns his head to look up at him, a flicker of something unreadable in his eyes — respect, maybe. Or interest. Or danger.
Killian cross
“You might just surprise me, prince.”
| in a unknown location |
A man watches a monitor showing Killian and Elias in the study, grainy and flickering. He steps forward into the light — Lucien Valez.
Lucien valez
“Well, well… They actually went through with it.”
Lucien valez
He turns toward a map marked with red pins over the Moretti estate.
Lucien valez
“Let’s see how long they survive playing house.”
Creator.
That’s the end of chapter 2!
Creator.
I hope u guys enjoyed
Lucien valez
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Comila Rossi
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