Chapter 277

Chapter 277
While he was checked off as a possible ally, he was also checked off as a possibly enemy, and that wasn't sitting well with me. To be as good as I am, I've always relied on efficiency and clarity. There's nothing I hate like having things in the balance, and this was one thing that I truly needed confirmation on.

It would also make it a hell of a lot easier to know just who to look out for with blossom.

Our plans had been stalled until the next day, so I took some sleeping pills with my medication, and for the first time in a long time, I managed to fall asleep. I had a dreamless sleep, but I was thankful for the hours that I'd managed to get in anyway.

I woke up well into the morning the following day, and I could hear Malachi, Thales and Aziel outside my bedroom. It sounded like they were in the lounge, but with the amount of noise they were making, one would've sworn they were right outside my door.

"What are you assholes doing here ruining my sleep?" I asked them.

"Did you hear about Elliephant and who she's currently with?" Malachi asked me.

So that's out.

"No, who?" I asked, heading to the kitchen.

"She was reportedly seen leaving with Lane, but there's nothing to confirm that because Lane probably wiped any evidence of that," Thales explained.

I didn't react.

Aziel picked up on my nonchalance. "You already knew. Why make us tell you if you already knew?"

"I needed to know what you knew first," I replied.

"And how did you find out?" Malachi asked me.

"Rio was here last night to tell me just that," I informed.

"And is she the only one you happened to explain your new ink to, because you sure as hell don't seem to be willing to explain it to anyone else," Thales told me.

I shrugged. "No one asked."

"No one knows how to broach such a subject with you Xander. None of us were going to come out and interrogate you about the fact that not only is your wedding ring finger tattooed, but that Lillian's initial's seem different by one letter. Did the two of you actually get married?" my brother questioned.

"We may have, but it's our business and our business only," I pointed out.

"You couldn't be more wrong. Anyone who links those two tattoos, links the two of you," Aziel pointed out.

"Not if I hide mine. We agreed that I would be the one to since more people know about me calling her blossom than they do about her calling me Bond. Also, a whole lot more people know her initials than mine, so again, it makes sense that I be the one to hide my tattoo. I already have the concealer with me, and for as long as I apply it every six hours if I'm in public, then I should be fine," I explained.

"This was still the worst idea on both your parts, but I'm not even going to attempt to understand it. I think it's more important that we figure out what exactly Lane wants with Lillian," Aziel said.

"We're doing nothing," I said.

"What?" the three of them shouted.

I crossed my arms. "Look, if there's one thing I know about my wife, it's that she would never allow herself to be taken by anyone she didn't want to go anywhere with. For all we know, we could interfere with her mission and get her killed, and that's not a chance I'm willing to take."

"And what if it turns out that Lane is exactly who she needs to actually carry out her mission?" Malachi questioned.

"Then we stick to our own mission of finding out exactly what he's up to, and try to put a stop to it, preferably without having to cross paths with blossom," I replied.

"I'm pretty sure that even you know that what you're saying is borderline impossible," my brother pointed out.

"I know, which is why I need your help on this. No one else can know about this," I pleaded with them.

"Brady and Jayme are going to figure it out soon, and if she's with Lane, then there's a high chance that she'll be at the party tonight. You can't hide this forever Xander," Malachi pointed out.

"I know I can't, which is why I only need to hide it long enough to come up with a solid plan. I just need to not have any distractions while I figure things out," I responded.

"Fine! The masquerade event buys you time, but you'd better come up with something good," Aziel warned.

"You can bet on that. Rio mentioned something else though. I think Carter was at the ball, because apparently a British man was looking for blossom shortly after she'd left with Lane," I told them.

"Do you think he was genuinely looking for her, or was he in on the whole thing?" my brother asked.

I sighed. "At this point in time, I have no idea. We have to leave room for all possibilities though, so anything is possible."

"They do realize that we didn't need any more complications right?" Malachi joked.

"It wouldn't be our kind of world if there were no complications," Thales and I said simultaneously.

We met up with everyone else back at the safe house in the afternoon to put everything else into play. We weren't sure about surveillance simply because it was Lane's event, so he might have everyone screened for bugs and the likes, but we decided to risk it anyway.

We figured that it would take a little too long to screen everyone, so they might not even do it.