Jackson POV

While walking down the street with Drake and Ian, we passed by a tall apartment complex. I froze when I saw Trevor's truck in the parking garage.

Dumb bastard.

You didn't even get rid of your vehicle before coming here.

Better for me though since I know I've found you now.

I snapped and pointed "right there," I said. They both looked with me and we started walking over. The security guard looked at us with a stern expression as we walked up.

I can't expect him to tell me who lives here just because I ask.

However, he may help me if I tell him a sob story.

"Hi there, how are ya?" I asked.

"I'm well, what are you up to?" He asked as he adjusted his belt. My eyes averted to the two pistols on his belt.

Of course he's packing, he's got to stand out here all day in this city filled with crime and we did just walk up to him wearing gang jackets.

"We're looking for a friend of ours," I stated. The guard raised his eyebrow. "His name is Trevor Ivanov," I said and laughed a bit nervously.

"Never heard the name before," he said simply. I looked at his name tag; Jay.

"Jay, is it?" I asked.

"Yes," he said blankly.

"My name is Jackson," I started, "my friend Trevor ran away from our home city and I'm trying to figure out where he is right now, I'm really worried about him... and I heard some rumors that he's living here now." I pointed up at the building.

Jay sighed, "let me look up the apartment's directory." He said as he walked into his box and started flipping through papers in a book.

"The guard might be working for Trevor," Ian whispered to me.

"He might, but let's see what happens," I whispered back.

I'm hoping he's not, or we're not going to get anything out of him.

I know Trevor is powerful but he can't be this powerful can he?

"I'm sorry Jackson," Jay said as he walked back out, "there's no one under the name Trevor Ivanov here."

Shit... Trevor's got this guard wrapped around his finger.

"Ah alright, I thought he might be here cause that truck right there," I said as I pointed, "looks an awful lot like his."

Jay looked over, "that's Jacob Henderson's truck."

"Oh, okay," I said and gritted my teeth a bit. "My friend Trevor is really tall, about 6'5, tattoos all over," I said as I pointed at my neck and arms, "maybe you've seen him pass by?"

"Doesn't sound familiar, sorry," Jay said as he shrugged. "I suggest going to the police station if it's urgent." He pointed to the left down the street, "it's a few blocks away to that direction, take a right when you pass by a restaurant called Yandi."

"Ah, thank you," I said and nodded. "I'll try that."

I bit my lip as we walked off down the street. Drake and Ian followed close behind. "He's definitely lying," Drake said annoyed.

"Trevor had to have paid him or something like that, I know that's Trevor's truck in the parking garage," I said with gritted teeth.

"He could've sold it to someone else, I can see him doing that," Ian sighed as we finally stopped at a crosswalk.

"I can too, but maybe he didn't think of that yet," I stated.

I feel like I'm grasping at straws here.

"He did lose complete control at the hotel back in Castle," Ian mentioned. "He could've forgotten to get rid of his truck when he got here."

I lit up a cigarette and smirked at them, "we'll find him, and when we do, everyone gets a turn."

We're going to find you Trevor.

No matter where you run, we're going to come after you and you're going to pay for everything you've done.

The senseless killings.

The terror you spread.

The torment you inflicted on Marti.

Everything.

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Trevor POV

My phone started ringing with Jay's ringtone.

Jay?

What could he be calling me about so early in the morning?

I wiped my nose and coughed as grabbed it off the bedside table and answered it.

"You-know-who came by and saw your truck in the garage, I told him that you didn't live here and said it belonged to someone else, I suggest getting rid of it as soon as you can because he didn't seem like he believed me," Jay said.

"Got it, I'll get rid of it as soon as possible," I said, I glanced at Marti and he looked at me confused.

"I'll call you if they come back," Jay said.

"Thank you," I said and he hung up.

God damn it.

I knew I should've ditched that truck as soon as we got here but everything's been so hectic since we arrived.

Jackson isn't going to get to me that easily.

If he thinks it's as simple as that to get near me, he's got another thing coming for him.

"What was that?" Marti asked as he scooted towards me.

"I've got to take care of something, don't wait up for me okay?" I said.

"Trevor, I'm not letting you go without me," he said and hugged me gently.

"I won't be long I promise... I just don't want you getting hurt," I explained. "Your feet are already damaged."

"I'm coming with you or you're not leaving at all," he said sternly.

Is he really that worried about me?

I suppose that's normal, I've had multiple mental breakdowns and sliced my arm open.

My eyes widened as I looked down at him, I patted his head, "okay... then let's go together."

He gave me a soft smile. I helped him stand up and we walked to the closet together. I let my shorts fall and grabbed a dark red suit form the rack and got changed quickly, putting on my inner shoulder holster as well.

I bit my lip as I watched Marti take off his shirt and pants. Instant guilt struck me as I saw the scars on his back.

Why did I do that to him... I'll never be able to feel okay with what I did to him.

That's not even the point.

I should've never touched him like that... he only deserves love and happiness.

I need to be able to give that to him.

I have to protect him at all costs.

He slipped on a black button shirt and slipped on his inner shoulder holster as well. Then he finished getting dressed into a black suit, he pulled on some steel toe boots to match, and tied a red tie on his neck as he turned to me with a smile.

I smiled back at him as I finished tying my boots. He held out a black silk tie to me. I held his hand and kissed it lovingly. I tied the tie on quickly and stood back up, towering over him as I gave him a kiss on his lips.

I love how small he is compared to me.

I haven't teased him in a long time for being smaller than me, he does look cute when he's angry though.

"You're so tiny," I chuckled as I handed him a Rolex watch to match mine, then slipped brass rings on my two dominant fingers.

"And you're a mammoth," he snorted and rolled his eyes. I bit my lip, put my hand on the back of his neck and gave him a soft kiss.

We walked back into our room, loaded our holsters with pistols. Marti stuffed pocket knives into his boots. I pulled up my ankle and placed a holster into my boot, then a small pistol.

I pulled up our bed and grabbed two tote bags full of cash out and handed one to him, then slipped sunglasses on. I turned back and saw he was already wearing sunglasses as well.

"Let's head out," I whispered to him as I pecked his lips, and we walked out. He surprised me with how well he was walking, like a fire has lit up inside him.

I will never let your fire die Marti.

I will die protecting you if I have to.

"So what do we have to take care of?" He asked as we were riding down in the elevator.

"We're going to get a new vehicle," I started, "but we have to get rid of the truck first, I haven't been able to do that yet since we came here."

"That's understandable, we don't need any police seeing that and we get snatched up," he said.

Wow... he really has changed from who he used to be.

He's much stronger now.

"Right," I said with a smirk as we got to the bottom. We stuffed the tote bags into the backseat and got into the truck then drove out of our spot. I stopped by Jay. "Which way?" I asked. He pointed to the left and I nodded, handed him a 100$ and rode off to the right.

Marti looked a bit confused but seemed like he quickly accepted what was going on, even if he has no idea what is happening.

I drove across the bridge that stretched the city's limits and drove into a dealership. I looked at my watch and saw it was 8 AM.

Perfect, it should be open by now.

I pulled up to the line and hopped out with Marti following behind me, immediately a woman walked up to us, "hello, sir, how are you today?" She asked.

"I'm well, I'm looking to trade in my truck for something... different," I said with a dashing smile.

"Follow me," she said and we walked to the trucks on the lot.

"I'd actually like to see the Rolls Royce cars you have here, preferably an SUV," I said.

"Oh, alrighty!" She said excited and we followed her the other way to the lot of SUVS. "We just got in this model here," she said and held her hand out to the black Rolls Royce Cullinan SUV. "It is a bit pricey though, the price tag is 425,000$ without extras, with your truck, it should knock down the price about 10,000$." she explained.

"I'll take it," I said as I looked at the black leather interior.

"O-oh," she said a bit shocked, "Well, follow me inside and we can work out the paper work."

"Sure," I said as I held Marti's hand and we walked inside with the sales lady.

"Alright, have a seat here and we'll get started," she said, "my name is Alex by the way," she started typing on the computer.

"Trevor," I said with a smile and lowered my sunglasses.

"I'm Marti," Marti said as he sat back in the chair, taking his off and putting them into his jacket pocket.

"Nice to meet you two," she said with a smile and turned to the printer that was printing out paper. "I'll just need all the info here," she said as she put X marks on DL number, full name, birthdate, phone number, and bank information.

Thankfully I brought enough cash, I don't need my bank information on record everywhere I go.

"Oh I won't be paying with card," I said with a sly smile.

"Oh a check?" She smiled.

"Cash."

Her eyes widened and she looked between us, "I'm sorry... cash?" She asked as she froze momentarily.

"Is that not allowed?" I chuckled.

"No... no it's allowed, we just never really get any customers who pay in cash is all," she said.

"We'll be paying in full. Marti, go get the bags from the truck," I said to him.

"I'll be right back," he said and stood up, he walked back outside to the truck. I watched as he pulled the two tote bags out of the back seat. I rested my chin on my hand as I watched him walking back, I glanced out of the corner of my eye and Alex's jaw was dropped as Marti walked back in.

I couldn't help but let a giant smile creep on my lips at her reaction to this.

I love feeling powerful like this.

It's the most addicting drug anyone can get.

He set the bags on her desk and she looked between us in shock and unzipped one of the bags quickly.

"Oh," she said with a heavy breath. "Let me count this really quick," she said.

"Should be about 500 grand in those combined," I said with a charming smile.

She gave a nervous chuckle as she lifted the bags up, with a slight struggle and carried them to a cash counter nearby. I watched as she loaded the cash on and pressed the button on the machine.

"Do you think we'll be able to add on a few extras while here?" I asked Marti.

"What kind of extras?" He asked as he looked at me.

"I'll let you know when she comes back," I said with a smirk.

She came back quickly with the tote bags, setting them on the desk, "alright, well, you have 550,000$, would you like to make any add ons?" She asked as she sat back down.

"Yes... I would like to add on Bluetooth of course, maybe we can also add under glow, the LED lights," I said as she was writing things down on a piece of paper. "Also, heated and cooled cup holders, I know it already has a champagne chiller built it but you know," I explained as she giggled slightly, nodding her head with a big smile and continued writing down. "Could also make it soundproof, and make the doors hermetically sealed as well," I said. "Also, mirror tinted windows."

"Got it, those are some great add ons if I do say so myself," she said with a smile, "we'll have to order you a vehicle, because of the mirror tinted windows mostly, so if you get pulled over, cops can't bother you about them because the car comes from the factory," she explained.

"Perfect," I stated.

Marti chuckled as he looked at me with a grin, "that is perfect."

I winked at him, then looked back at Alex. "When would it be delivered?" I asked, rubbing my chin.

"It should be here by tomorrow, thankfully most of the add ons you want can be done quickly at the factory," she said with a smile. "I'll call them after you leave and they'll begin working on it immediately."

I need that car now.

"Ah," I said a little disappointed.

"I-Is there a problem?" She asked, her smile fading a bit.

"I was just hoping to get it today," I sighed and looked down at the floor.

"We have a hotel near by that you can stay at, it's right over there, about a 5 minute walk," she said, gripping her pen in nervousness.

"I don't know," I said with dissatisfaction.

I can tell she's nervous about losing a sale as big as this.

I'll have to milk it out of her as much as I can.

I need that car as soon as possible.

"We could let you use one of our cars as a free rental for now, if you're in a hurry," she said.

"That would be lovely," I said with a wicked smile.

"Y-Yes, let me get you a rental car and you fill out the paper work here," she said and slid a clipboard over to me, got up and walked over to another person really quickly. I started writing down everything that had an X mark on it.

Marti giggled a bit and looked at me, biting his lip slightly. "What are you laughing at, cupcake?" I asked slyly as I leaned over to him.

"You're just... so hot," he said and covered his red face with a hand. I bit my lip and pulled his face to mine by his tie and gave him a passionate kiss.

His lips are so soft, they taste delicious and I can't get enough of them.

I don't care who sees.

Everyone will know he's mine and mine alone.

I heard a gasp and looked in the corner of my eye while kissing Marti, Alex had her hand over her heart as her face was beat red. I smirked and licked Marti's lips right in front of her.

The shock people get on their faces when they see me kissing him is a plus.

Marti licked his lips and looked at me with a shy smile, "you're so scandalous," he whispered to me.

"Only for you," I whispered to him.

Alex finally came back over and handed me the keys to a Cadillac. "I-It's a Cadillac CT6, I hope it's to your liking, it has tinted windows already as well," she sat down at her desk and looked over the paper work, her face still beat red.

"This is perfect, thank you," I said with a smile as I let go of Marti's tie and examined the keys.

"Ah... I'm glad," she started as she typed the information into the computer, "a-are you guys dating?" She asked with a shy smile.

"Yes we are, Marti is the love of my life," I said proudly as I looked back at him. He got a big smile on his face as he blushed madly.

"Oh... You guys are adorable together," she said happily and finished typing on the computer.

"Thank you," I said and sat back in my seat.

"No problem," she said and printed out a piece of paper, she stuck it into a file and handed me another piece of paper with a price tag on it.

545,000$

I smiled at her as I signed the contract, "keep the rest of the cash as a tip," I said and handed her back the contract.

May as well have more people on my side in this city.

When you give out to the universe, the universe gives back.

"Are you sure?" She asked with a shocked look on her face.

"Of course, you've been kind to us this entire time, didn't judge me for kissing my love, and you helped me get a much needed rental I'm the meantime," I explained, "it's the least I can do."

"Wow... that's incredibly kind of you, thank you so much," she said, her face still full of shock as she stood up and held her hand out to me.

Marti and I stood up, he placed back on his sunglasses. I shook her hand and shot her a wink, "call me when the car is ready," I said and handed her the keys to my truck. Then we turned and walked away.

"Yes sir!" She called out to me as I was readjusting my sunglasses. "Benny is bringing the rental car to the front now!" She shouted as we walked out of the dealership. I waved at her as we got back outside to the line.

A Cadillac rolled up to us and I shook the man's hand as Marti was taking things out of the glovebox. He stuffed everything into a backpack and walked back over to me with it slung over his shoulder. "Have a nice day sir," the man said and walked past us back inside.

"Thank you, you as well," I said while opening Marti's door for him. He got in and I closed it behind him and walked to the drivers side.

I got in quickly and we rode out of the dealership.

"I can't believe you did all that," Marti laughed.

"What do you mean?" I asked slyly.

He moved his sunglasses down and raised an eyebrow at me, causing me to bust out laughing. We stopped at a light and I sighed happily.

"I can't wait to see how cool that car is gonna be," he sighed as well.

"I can't wait either, I know it's going to be out of this world," I mentioned as I rubbed my bottom lip with my thumb, looking at the light.

Marti was digging through the backpack when my eyes widened at seeing Jackson crossing the crosswalk with two other people wearing Dzhaun jackets. My head snapped to Marti and he was still digging in the bag.

Shit. If Marti sees him, his attitude might completely change.

I grabbed Marti by the back of his hair and pulled his face to mine, and shoved my tongue into his mouth and sucked on his, I opened an eye and his eyes were closed in ecstasy as my tongue was wrapping around his. I looked out of the corner of my eye and saw Jackson had finally walked away behind a building.

Thank god he's gone.

I closed my eyes again and pushed my hand into Marti's shirt as he placed his hands on my arms, "T-Trevor," he said shyly between kisses. I bit his lip and pulled at it as he let out a soft whimper.

"Sorry my love, I just can't resist you sometimes," I whispered to him as I sat back in my seat and pulled off.

He shook his head and looked back down at the backpack, digging through it once more. Out of the corner of my eye I saw Jackson turning a corner past Yandi.

Is he really heading to the police station?