Predator

Chapter 16

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Louis pov

We woke up in Sebastian's basement. I unlocked the cage and headed upstairs with Harry after getting dressed. I saw Sebastian and Julius on the sofa in the living room. Sebastian leaned close, practically sitting in Julius' lap, as they shared a bowl of strawberries.

A mischievous grin curled on my lip. Harry shook his head with disapproval. 

Cheekily, I walked up behind the lovebirds and grabbed a strawberry from the bowl. Julius jumped. Sebastian caught the bowl in time, lest there be strawberries rolling across the floor.

"Good morning!" Sebastian and Julius greeted simultaneously with stark contrasts in tone.

"What's all this?" I gestured at the both of them.

Julius sighed, ignoring my question. "I'm going to prepare some coffee," he said before escaping into the kitchen.

Sebastian answered on his behalf, "I guess he agreed that it wouldn't be preposterous to imagine us together."

"Good, now that you have your own, stay away from mine," Harry hissed. He gave Sebastian a bratty pout. I could not help but laugh.

"The Lawrences showed up at the shop yesterday," I told Sebastian.

"Yea, I have told my boys that they need to keep a better eye on them," Sebastian said. "Deepest apologies for the blunder."

"Who are your boys anyways? Are you running a mafia or something?" Harry questioned.

"A mafia?" Sebastian chuckled, covering his mouth with a lithe hand.

"Nah, Sebby just has a long line of not-so-secret admirers to do his dirty work for him," Aurora joined the conversation.

"It is not dirty work and they are my staff," Sebastian insisted. "And don't call me Sebby."

"He has a thing about being all proper," Aurora teased, "don't  you, Sebby!"

"Proper? He was pretty cool when we caught him sitting in Julius' lap," I said.

"You what?" Aurora coughed.

Sebastian shoved me coyly.

"Don't touch him!" Harry swatted at Sebastian.

"Hands to ourselves, please," I said.

Harry stuck his tongue out at Sebastian.

We all sat down at the dining table. Aurora asked, "Louis, you have the map, right?"

"Yes," I took the map out of my backpack that I had left in the living room. I rolled it open.

"We're headed southwest," Aurora announced. “Looks like we’ll be on open waters for days.”

“Do you have something to say?” Niall asked Zayn, noticing his uneasiness.

“I don’t trust Louis holding the heart,” Zayn expressed.

“Well, I wouldn’t trust you with it either!” Harry snapped. I would have stopped him from making such accusations but with that fortune from Kimmi, even I did not know if I could trust Zayn.