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LIAM
Being quiet was never a challenge for me. I was practically known for being the quiet one in the group. The person who never rocked the boat unless it was absolutely necessary. On this movie set, being stealthy was perfect. I had to be in the background, so I didn’t get in the way of any of the scenes being shot.
Plus, I was solely focused on trying to make sure that nothing was a threat, because Mickey was still very worried about all the Internet stuff, and I wasn’t about to assume that he was wrong. I knew that Brock didn’t think that we needed to take it seriously, and truth be told, Spike didn’t seem that troubled either. But Mickey hasn’t shaken it off yet, and I wasn’t about to make him feel silly for it, so I was on the case. Plus, I wasn’t totally sure if he was wrong. There could be something that we needed to worry about here, so I wasn’t going to ignore that.
But so far, there had been nothing. This was one of the quietest jobs I’d worked on in terms of needing me for anything. I guess a field medic wasn’t essential for this, but even being on the look out…I didn’t think any of us were that necessary.
Sure, there were fans. Rockport was more flooded than normal, but that wasn’t unexpected. We just had to make sure that theseRevivefans only had good intentions.
Holy shit.On my walk around, I spotted a shocking sight that knocked me sideways. And no, it wasn’t the pretty cool vampiric makeup and the bad Italian accents going with them. This was nothing to do with the movie. Seeing Spike sneak a moment off duty had me stunned. He normally didn’t take time off ever, and I couldn’t imagine him doing that on a massive job like this, which would be huge for the company…
But there he was, with his arm around a woman, laughing as if she had just said the funniest thing ever. And not just any woman either. Arya, the personal assistant to Sarah. The woman that I had seen Brock staring at like she was a freaking goddess sent from above. The same woman that I couldn’t stop staring at on the security cameras however much I wanted to.
I could tell that Brock had feelings for her, but it seemed like she had feelings for Spike. This wasn’t just a love triangle though, because she had been on my mind from the very first moment I laid eyes on her. Even through the screen, I was instantly obsessed. I thought that Arya was beautiful, captivating, special in a way that no other woman was.
But I was only ever going to watch her from behind the screen, wasn’t I? Because I didn’t have any of the self-confidence that Spike, or even Brock, had. I didn’t know how to approach her. I wasn’t sure where I would even begin and what I would say.
My heart leaped up into my throat as I watched them. I needed to turn away and stop looking because it was no good. This wasn’t making me feel right at all. It was actually hurting my heart, but I couldn’t drag my eyes away. It was almost as if I wanted to torture myself by seeing how happy they were around one another. She was all smiling and happy, giggling at everything he said, and Spike clearly had turned on the charm.
Go,my brain screamed out to me so loudly I couldn’t ignore it however hard I tried.Get the hell out of here, this is going to be really embarrassing if they catch you…
Thankfully my legs listened to my brain and I started moving sharpish. I didn’t know where the hell I was going though, I was just speeding off in any direction. My heart thundered so loudly in my ears that I couldn’t hear anything else. Not until an icy voice started to fill my brain, making me want to actually throw up where I stood.
“No, Victor, I don’t think that this is a good idea at all.”
What the hell was the movie show runner, Robert, doing withVictor? I thought I recognized his voice, but hearing his name only confirmed everything. Victor had no freaking business in Rockport. There was nothing for him to do here, no one for him to see. But that was definitely him, talking to Robert about something very serious.
I slid into a little alcove so I could hear more. I wasn’t sure where this was going to lead, but I was absolutely certain that I had to find out more.
“I can’t do it, Victor. You don’t understand. I’ll be putting myself in too much danger.”
Now I could understand why Robert seemed so utterly terrified of Victor, a lot of people were, and not because he was a huge guy with big muscles or anything like that. But because he was menacing and incredibly unhinged. I didn’t know him as well as Spike did, but I knew enough to know that he was bad news. Spike had told us many stories of his old wolf pack, the one he abandoned before he joined the military, and Victor was a big part of why he left. Spike didn’t like how Victor’s father ran things when he was the alpha, and with Victor next in line, he knew that things would only get worse.
Spike never wanted to be a part of a wolf pack that was always out to cause trouble, so he left and changed his life around. There was no reason for Victor to be in Rockport unless it had something to do with Spike…but what could he want with himnow?
I couldn’t fit the jigsaw pieces together in my head to create the full picture. That was why I had to lean back and prick up my ears to hear everything that I could.
“Youwilldo this, Robert,” Victor growled, no doubt baring his teeth and looking as menacing as he possibly could. “You know what will happen if you don’t.”
“Please, don’t do this.” Holy shit, there was an actual choke in Robert’s voice. What the hell was going on? I wasn’t sure what it was, but it felt like immediate danger to me. “I don’t want anything to happen. There isn’t any need for this…”
“Donottouch me.” Even my blood ran a little cold at the menacing tone that came from Victor. I didn’t need to see him to know that he was baring his teeth like crazy. Fuck, there was a chance that this was going to get out of hand.Notwhat we wanted today. “You will do as I say and that’s the end of it, do you hear me? I won’t take any of your nonsense, Robert.”
What should I do? I really didn’t think that me interfering would help things. I had the sense that if I stepped in, everything would erupt in ways that couldn’t be controlled. I stayed where I was hidden until Victor swooped by, taking all the icy energy with him.
Whatever that asshole was up to, it wasn’t good.
I waited until Robert scurried off, back on to set, before I used my earpiece to communicate with the other guys. I hesitated to do so because I knew that this would undoubtedly make things worse for Mickey since he was already paranoid about things happening, but I couldn’t sit on this. What if Mickey was right, and Victor was somehow related to it all?
“Can we meet at headquarters?” I said quietly into the earpiece. “I have something,”
“What?” Of course it was Mickey who snapped back first.
I hesitated because I wasn’t sure that this was something I needed to share over the mic, but remembered that Spike was spending time with Arya. It would take a lot to drag him away, so I was going to have to be honest about what I saw. “Victor. He’s here.”
The deathly silence that followed had me wondering if I’d not spoken clearly enough for any of them to understand me. I almost repeated myself, until Spike finally came through.
