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harshly. He wasn’t budging.
    Evan was right. Victor had made many enemies while building his empire. He killed Donatella, the most feared leader of the strongest and oldest werewolf pack. Victor had put a spell on the Underworld’s werewolf hybrids and made them his personal slaves of terror. For that indiscretion, the Lykanos waited for the first opportunity to tear him limb from limb. Victor would never survive the streets of Nickel City as a mortal, unless he had an Ischero member by his side.
    I stood there staring at him. Jealousy blinded Evan and he couldn’t see that there wasn’t any reason to be. I was stronger than the magnetic-like force, which the gods used to push Victor and me together. I wasn’t in love with Victor. I just had to protect the second strongest Ischero who would soon be second in command. 
    “I see that this is not something we can discuss,” I sighed.
    “Victor is not ready. It has only been a month for the gods’ sake,” Evan proclaimed.
    “I will discuss it with the council in the morning,” I said, walking away.
    “Maybe the elders were right.”
    “Right about what?” I asked, stopping abruptly and spinning around to face Evan.
    “Your hostility and about you not thinking things through.” Evan’s gaze didn’t waver.
    “So you’re on their side?” He was really pissing me off now. How could he agree with them?
    “No, I’m on yours.”
    “Then what? You don’t believe I can make sound decisions without my emotions weighing in. Is that it? What about you? Your decision to keep Victor as powerless as a mortal is based solely on your jealousy of him,” I bellowed.
    “You’re wrong.” Evan glared at me and for the first time I could feel his hatred for Victor’s position. He vanished suddenly, leaving me alone in the mine and I never felt more alone.
     
     
     
     
    Four - Cordelia
    Two Wills
     
    Later that evening, after Nikolas, Victor, and the children and I finished dinner; Victor joined me in the library. He stood in the doorway staring at me for a moment. When he walked into the library, I pretended to not notice him and dove deeper into my novel. When he stared at me intensely as he did now, I could feel the heat radiating from his gaze and it sent waves of heat through my soul. As he leaned against one of the many bookshelves, I couldn’t help feeling this irresistible attraction to him. I thought I had better control over it, but the lure was getting stronger with each day and I felt nearly powerless against it and that really infuriated me.
    “Did you need something?” I asked, trying to stay focused on my novel.
    “No. Well actually, yes,” He answered.
    “Yes?” I prompted, doing my best to appear unmoved by his presence.
    “I can get around this town just fine on my own. I don’t need an escort.”
    “You would be killed the moment the Apolluon took one sniff of you or the Lykanos saw you,” I said, chuckling lightly. “I am merely keeping you safe.”
    “You know what I think? I think you enjoy keeping me close to you,” Victor said, with what he believed to be a sexy smile. Indeed it was.
    Tiny beads of sweat coated my neck as I read his thoughts. Every notion was of a romantic and animalistic nature. I stopped reading his mind, but not soon enough. I had to pull my gaze away from him.
    “It’s true isn’t it?” He asked, taking a seat in the chair across from mine.
    “What?”
    “You can feel it as I can. We can’t even sit alone in a room without the attraction between us blazing up. You want me, don’t you?”
    “You do enjoy amusing yourself, don’t you?” I asked as I tried to get back into reading and appearing in complete control of my elevated emotions. “At the risk off making me nauseous, do you mind?” I hated being out of control of these unwanted feelings.
    “You can’t deny what you’re feeling,” Victor murmured.
    He leaned back in the chair and put his feet up on the ottoman. Oh, for the god’s sake.