chapter three

"Maya don't you dare do what I think you are going to do." She heard Nyx yell out to her. Maya warped pushing Libertus out of the way as the wall she landed on was blasted. She felt herself fall and roll as she hit the ground. "MAYA." She heard her unit yell out to her. She stood up slowly. Her head was ringing. "I got her Ulric to get back to the checkpoint." She felt Luche's arm come around her waist. She stumbled as she walked causing him to stop and look at her. She had a cut on the side of her head. "Baby your way to reckless." She tried to smile at him.

They made it to the checkpoint and Nyx was quickly at her side pulling her away from Luche. She stopped and looked back at Luche. "Thanks for the help Luche." He nods to her. "Let's not make it a habit Ulric." She smiled at him. "Yes sir." She followed her brother back to their unit. Once in the truck heading home, she sent Luche a text. "Want me to come over tonight?" she waited when she saw his answer. "Hell, yeah I need to see you're okay." She smiled.

Once back in the city she told her brother goodbye then headed to Luche's place. As soon as she unlocked his door she was pulled into his arms. "Maya you scared the hell out of me. You should lay down. Wait you may have a concussion, okay you need to stay awake." Maya watched him panicking and tried not to laugh. "Baby I'm fine I had a potion. No concussion." She tells him as she placed a hand on his arm.

She was shocked she felt him shaking in her arms. "Luche I'm okay I promise. Look for yourself." And he did just that. "Go sit down I will grab your ice cream." She raised her eyes at him. "I picked it up on the way home." She giggled. "Do I have the mighty Luche second in command to all Glaives trained?" she joked kissing him. "You know damn well you do woman. There's nothing I wouldn't do for you." He tells her.

Maya walked into the Glaive training center she had the day off, so she was just in a pair of jeans and Luche's shirt. She was here to pick up some papers she had to fill out. "MAYA ULRIC STOP RIGHT THERE." She raised her eyes at her brother. "Is that one on Luche's shirts?" he asked she rolled her eyes. "Are you really going to ask a stupid question like that when you already know the answer?" she said with her arms crossed over her chest.

Nyx pulled her into an empty room. "You can't date him Maya I forbid it." She was quickly losing her temper. "Nyx, I don't need your permission to date, anyone. He is a nice man that is kind to me and treats me with respect." She tells her brother. Nyx grabbed her arm. "I don't care Maya. You can't date him." Maya trying to pull her arm free. "Nyx your hurting me." He didn't let her go. "If you date him we are done." She looked at her brother in shock. "Nyx don't do this." She said. Nyx pushed her away. "You did this Maya." She ran from the room her tears falling.

Luche saw her run out of a room holding her arm crying. He then saw Nyx glaring at him. Luche quickly went after her. He caught up to her and pulled her into his arms not caring who saw him. "Maya what happened?" he saw a bruise forming on her arm. "Baby please your tears are killing me." She looked up at him. "Take me to your place please." She asked. Luche picked her up and went home.

Luche sat her down in his lap on the sofa. "Nyx knows about us." She told him. "Did he do this to your arm?" she nods to him. "He said to me and him were done." She cried out in Luche's arms. He wanted to kill her brother but right now Maya was his only concern. He held her for the rest of the day as she laid there her tears breaking his heart.

Two days later she was at work when Drautos came out. "Maya you are being taken out of Nyx's unit. We will find you another unit as soon as we can." Her head snapped up and she looked at her brother. He refused to look at her. She walked over to Nyx. "Go away Maya we got nothing to talk about." Maya grabbed her brothers' arm and turned him to face her.

She placed her Glaive pendent saying she was in his unit and placed it in his hands. "You know what's sad about all this? I can't feel mad at you. All I feel is hurt and betrayed." She turned to walk away. Her tears falling for all to see. She walked past Luche his heartbreaking for her.

Luche saw Nyx looking down at the pendant in his hands and walks over to him. "Ulric, we need to talk." Nyx looked up and saw him. "No, we don't Maya told me everything." He turned to walk away when Luche grabbed his arm. "Your hurting her by acting like a child." Nyx punched the man. "No Luche you are doing this by sleeping with her." Luche punched Nyx back. "You will not talk about her like that." Luchesaid starring at Nyx.