Bria POV:

I came out of the shower drying myslef off with a towel, being careful not to let the towel rub over my wound that had been stitched close. I know it would be awhile before I could put what had happened in Russia behind me or get over the fact that I had actually killed someone. That had been traumatic and shocking in itself and I didn't think I would ever be able to actually forget that .

The smell of the blood, how it had slicked my hands and the knife and sprayed onto my clothes and face, how she had sounded as she gasped for breath and her body jerked until she had finally went still and yet I had continued to hacked away at her chest . It had been brutal and I knew that deep down, it hadn't been her taunting that had led to me killing her , apart of me had wanted to hurt Caius's father for turning him into the person he was now but, since I wasn't able to hurt him in anyway, I had taken some of that anger and pained that Caius carried and had endured and inflicted it on Anya .

I was sure she was from some powerful family and I should have stopped and think but, it was already done and Caius told me he had taken cared of it so I left it at that . Maybe I was beginning to lose my mind because I didn't felt as guilty as I should have for having done what I did and I guessed that was how Caius felt whenever he inflected pain or draw blood , it was like a rush in the moment, like I had lost my ability to think straight and the only thing that had mattered was killing Anya . I never thought I would be a murderer at 18 but, life wasn't always what you needed it to be right?

After I was dressed, I made my way down to the first floor of the house where I found Caius in the living room talking on his phone. Seeing me entered he ended the call as he looked me over, his gaze flaunting between concerned and warmth. I had decided that if he was really serious about trying to be a better person and changing his ways , he would have to start off first by trusting me and remove his control from me so I needed him to remove the tracker from wherever inside my body he had placed it.

" Caius mi need yuh fi tek out the tracker from whichever part yuh put it please. If yuh really serious bout weh wi have and yuh really plan fi try fi change and make better choices I need you to prove it to me and remove the tracker now ".

He looked down at me , the muscles in his jaw flexing.

" Bria...", he opened his mouth to protest but, I gave him a from look.

"Am serious Caius ".

" Fine but, it's my only way of protecting you so if something happens...", he trailed off and I shook my head .

" it won't, I don't want to be tracked like an animal Caius . I get that it helps you to protect me but, I feel like a test subject that you are in complete control of ".

" I understand , come ". He said as he led me down the stairs into his macabre museum of death and all things inhumane. It had been quite awhile since I had been down there and I tried to block out the memories that immediately came rushing back as I descended the steps . He led me over to the surgical table and lifted me , setting me down onto it before walking over the counter where he kept his surgical tools .

" do you want to be drugged while I am doing this or..." but, I shook my head. I needed to see where he had placed it and actually see for myself that he actually took it out. I still didn't remember when he had places it there and I concluded that it must have been the time when I had attended my graduation dinner with Mickayla that night at the restaurant.

He selected some tools which he placed on a tray and walked back over to me with the tray in hid hands. Placing it down onto the surgical table beside me , he selected he a scalpel and held my right arm in his own wiping my shoulder with a pieces of cotton soaked in alcohol and another disinfectant liquid that I couldn't quite placed.

He then held my arm gently before lifting the scalpel and slowly slicing the skin open. The pain was just an initial sting at first but, then it started to burn and I clenched my teeth . He worked fast and before I knew it , he had took it out but, it wasn't like anything I had expected. It was small, really small almost tiny and it was flashing a small blur light.

" there, mi do just like yuh wah mi fi do but, mi swear if nuhun happen to yuh and mi nuh know how fi get to yuh ..." but, I places my hand on top of his , looking into his eyes.

" nuhun nah guh happen to mi Caius " .

He finished up what he was doing and applied a bandaid onto the area he had just cut and then we made our way back up into the living room and into the main section of the house.

" oh and one more thing Caius, mi affi guh back a Kingston suh mi cah guh back pon campus fi finished mi studies and also because ni need fi si mi best fren. I also need you to meet Celine since you gave her a kidney and Mickayla when the time is right and when you are ready and comfortable enough", I said to him and he nodded.

" sure " , and I smiled. I knew it wasn't going to be easy for me to introduced him to Mickayla and Celine especially after all that had happened but, I didn't planned on telling them the whole truth, just that he had saved me from the time my father had sold me and from there we had started talking and then established a relationship. Knowing Mickayla she wasn't going to believe that but, she didn't have a choice.

" wi need fi established somethings though like if yuh plan fi live a Kingston until yuh done wid college I will have to move there to be closer to you so we cah si each other instead a fi have yuh a travel back and forth and mi will tek care a yuh tuition until yuh done wid college ", he said and I hugged him .

" thank you , that really means alot" . Couple days later I was standing outside the apartment I shared with Mickayla Caius beside me and I texted her to let her know that I was outside the gate and within a minute she had flung the front door opend and was running towards me. She unlocked the gate and pulled me into a tight hug and I smiled as I returned it before she pulled away and shifted her gaze to Caius .

" oh ,hello " , she said as she smiled at him and Caius returned it .

" Caius this is Mickayla my best friend and Mickayla this is Caius my boyfriend", I said and Caius shook her hand . After the introductions were made, Caius kissed me before walking across the street to where he had parked and waiting until both Mickayla and I was inside before driving away. I already missed him but, I found comfort in the fact that he was living here in the same parish I was , so we would be able to see each other whenever I had a free day available.

" ok talk because it obvious seh mi miss a whole book ", Mickayla stated the mintue we had entered back into the house . So I gave her the short version of what I had planned on telling her including the whole human trafficking thing involving my father and how Caius had found me . To make it more believable on Caius's part, I told her he was working with the police and had been suspicious of my father prior to everything unveiling so that was how he had manged to found me along with the assistant of the police and I also added the part where he donated his kidney to saved Celine's life .

She listened her eyes wide as she took in everything I said and when I was finished she said ,

" good God Bria , yuh need fi write wah book. You alone guh through suh much in the spaced of one year since you turned 18. Mi glad yuh have him though and that him do all a that fi protect you and even fi save yuh sista life who yuh seh him nuh meet yet but, tell mi sumuh, yuh seh him a yuh boyfriend and yuh a wear wah ring pon yuh finga? The maths not mathing at all", she said smiling and I looked down at my finger where Caius promised ring was .

" it's a promise ring, him just give it to mi fi prove seh weh wi have together anuh just fi now", I replied and she nodded.

" also we are going to go out for dinner Saturday and you are coming , just suh yuh cah meet him officially and yuh cah talk to him . Yuh still deh wid Davio?"

She nodded .

" yes".

" invite him to. Wi cah have sumuh like wah double date night and mi know mi apologise a ready Mickayla but, mi really sorry fi how yuh find bout wi parents honestly. Right now I haven't even spoken to her since I theh whole incident with mi fada happened just Celine and anytime mi guh back har house a just Celine alone mi aguh fi si".

She nodded , " alright and it alright Bria . Mi understand a neva fi yuh place fi tell mi anything and mi sorry fi all a weh yuh guh through especially wid yuh family and eh lie them weh yuh mada tell yuh. Eh just awful , worse seh she a pastor and a preach against lie and eh kind a lifestyle she a lead wid mi mada behind close doors . Mi still talk to mummy but, wi nuh suh close again and she broke up wid her boyfriend because she seh she cah continue lie to harself and a seh she love him ".

" honestly ss mi seh mi just done wid them , except fi Celine and eh day when she finally get independent and move out a eh last day mummy aguh si mi back . Right now mi just wah focus pon getting mi degree and achieve sumuh out a life , mek miself proud ".

" fi real and mi know mi maybe shouldn't mention this but, thank God eh psychopath sick head man gone out a yuh life fi good , mi hope eh police dem find him one day but, fi now at least yuh free ", she said and I gave her small smile, if only she knew .

" same , mi glad to", I replied.