Story of Iris Levine and Colton Blackwood from Expiration Date by @mikaelabender as a couple and parents, with Colton struggling in his last five years as the Beta.
"Shh, they'll hear you Iris. This is for the Society's own good, with you gone the Tresais and Preeminence can finally focus on important things, instead of blind love."
I was planning to torture and finally kill Iris this week since I blame her for Erik becoming a rebel and trying to kill us. She caused our close demise, and she was going to pay for it.
She was tied up and gagged in my closet, because she was "dead". She really wasn't, since I saved her from the bomb filled maze, because I was headed that way during the second fight with the rebels.
I had taken over for Jonas since he was still in a coma, and Erik was in our prison, being tortured and roughly interrogated by the best detectives and police. After I killed Iris, I was planning on putting some arsenic or deadly chemicals in Jonas's IV, so I could finally have all the power I wanted.
I paced my room, until I heard a muffled scream, which was probably Iris's.
"What do you want, darling?"
She kept on screaming, until I undid the gag, which was a bad idea.
"Pl...please...please Col..ton, you can kill me, hurt me, or do whatever else, but...but don't hurt Jonas. H...He means the world to me, plus sooner or la..later, he would find out you killed me. Killing me...me would say bye bye power over the United Society of...of America."
She had a point, but I wish I could see her blood be shed by me.
"Fine, darling, I won't kill your lover boy or you, but you owe me big time." I began to smirk as I walked back out of Iris's little prison, until she spoke up again.
"Exactly how do I owe you? You're the one who hates me, so this is awkward you'd save me from being blown into smithereens."
I pondered on the question, until I thought of the now dead relationship with Vienna.
"You must oblige to being my girlfriend, unless you want to join Erik in the torture chamber, or better yet, I'll watch the Amoris viscously finish you off. They hate you, since you defied their date for your impending death. I know they would love to have the honor to fix that mistake, by killing you."
She just sat there, tied up, with her mouth opened, probably because of how I explained the Amoris knew of her survival.
"Darling, the Society is strongly against that display of shock. I'll get your answer in the morning, as it is 9:30pm, plus I have to take over for Jonas until he wakes up. Goodnight, darling."
I devilishly walked out of the room, enjoying my sweet revenge on my brother's precious Iris. There would definitely be bittersweet dreams tonight.
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Ten years later
"Wake up Colton, it's your thirtieth birthday, and I have a surprise for you," Iris gently shook me awake, who was my girlfriend after I threatened her life with becoming just that.
"Darling, what is it?"
She held up a tablet to me, which showed Erik in the torture chamber.
"Today is his Expiration Date, I thought you would like this."
"Oh, so little Miss Iris Blackwood is excited for her rebellious savior's death. Why is that?" I quickly sneaked out the little red box from my nightstand, waiting until she got the hint.
"Blackwood? Why did you call me that Colton?"
"Because look in my hand, darling."
Her gaze went from my eyes to my right hand, where the box was waiting to be opened. She clumsily opened up the box, with tears in her eyes as I slipped the ring onto her finger.
She hugged me, and we never let go as she would weep over Erik's death, which was very brutal.
"Umm, Colton, did he necessarily have to die? Couldn't you have exiled him to Australia or Asia?" She was rubbing the engagement ring very nervously, probably still scared of me from ten years ago when she was eighteen and I was twenty.
"Darling, he rebelled against the Society, plus he almost killed all of us in those attacks. If he wasn't tortured, he could've found a way to add you to his list of dead girlfriends."
She just nodded slowly, and fell asleep in my arms crying, probably scared of me and the horrible decision to kill my cousin, Erik Blackwood, who gave her too many chances at life.
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"Darling, wake up, you must go hide in safe room with at least one maid since my parents and Jason are coming to visit. Be careful to not make a single noise, because they can still kill you."
My beloved and also despised parents were coming to visit me at my private house I requested a week after the final attack of the rebels, mainly for Iris's safety. They also decided to take the Preeminence, my brother Jason, with them.
Jason hated me for not being able to save Iris from the maze, even though I actually did, and didn't tell him about the white lie.
"Colton, my beloved second son, how are you?" My mom softly asked me as she enveloped me into her signature hug.
"I'm doing fine mother, as I hope you are too back at the splendid estate."
Dad gave me a firm and serious handshake, while Jason gave me a glare as he didn't formally greet me.
"Preeminence, how is your great ruling back at the estate? I wish I could live there, but the attacks by the rebels gave me quite a fright to live there anymore."
Jason grabbed me by the collar, dragged me into an extra closet, and viscously whispered, "I know you have her, and my precious Iris isn't dead. Where is she?"
"My dear brother, you are sadly still suffering from that horrific coma ten years ago. Your heart is just screaming out your love for the poor dead girl who didn't survive our cousin's bombs."
We quickly walked back out into the main room, when my mother looked at the bookshelf on the wall that was hiding Iris and a maid.
"Mother, why don't you tell me about how life is back at the estate, for which I am very curious?"
"Son, I am deeply saddened by the lost of my nephew who had great potential, except for that Iris dragged him from his destiny as Tresais. I am exhilarated that she died that day during the first rebellious act of the common people."
Jason glared at the back of her neck, as I secretly examined her wrist for the Mark; her Expiration Date is today. Something terrible is going to happen.
As I was thinking of all of the possibilities of her death, dad pulled down the book that opened up the secret door, as all I saw was the back of Iris running from the opening, but her now mid-back length fire colored hair gave her away.
Jason kept yelling," Iris! Come back!" While mother and father ran into the room, probably trying to kill Iris.
Until two gunshots went off in the safe room.
Jason and I ran in to find mother profusely bleeding out of her head, while father clutched onto his stomach, with blood seeping out.
They both fell to the floor, and I examined Father's wrist; he will die today too.
Jason and I both lost something today, our parents and the supposed love of our life.
Until Iris ran towards me, throwing her arms around me and weeping into my shoulder.
"I'm sorry Colton, I tried to stay quiet, but they found me, and now they're dead! It's my fault!"
"Shh, shh. It's going to be alright. It was their time anyways. Everything will be alright, darling."
I sat her down in my lap as I sat down too, rocking her gently, until Jason cleared his voice.
"Colton, why didn't you tell me she was alive? You knew how much she meant to me."
I was about to answer, until Iris stood up, and said, "I'm sorry Jonas, but I chose him ten years ago when he rescued me from the estate where the Amoris' voices would send me to the brink of insanity. I'm sorry, but I choose him. I'll always be there from you Jonas, but in a friendly kind of way."
She then flashed the ring in Jonas's face, which resulted in Jonas punching me, grabbing Iris, and running out of my house with her in tow.
Well there goes my little secret, better go catch her.
The thought then hit me, "I chose him."
She actually doesn't want to kill me.