Updated cuz 100K on this book!! Thank you all so much❤️, idk what I will do once this book is over. Probably go cry in a corner lmao.

Important A/N at the end!!

Happy Reading xx

t.m.

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H A R R Y 🔫

  The morning light trickled through the gaps left by the unclosed curtains; I pulled together yesterday night to conceal the moonlight. A light sigh escaped my lips as I slowly opened my eyes, only to find the beautiful woman I was in love with sprawled across my chest, snoring softly. My lips curled into a smile, my hand coming up to brush her chocolate-caramel locks away from her face. 

  I felt overwhelmed once again, something I've been feeling lately during this week. I couldn't even begin to describe how happy I was that I now had Scarlett back in my arms, with her memories still intact, still loving me. It made me wonder what I did to deserve this, to have her actually alive in the first place. During those last five months, I was at my worst and I was beginning to realize I could never really move on without Scarlett in my life. I was terrified of living, as sad as that sounded; I needed her.

  Having her here with me, curled up on my chest, warm body against mine, had me feeling an overwhelming sense of happiness wash over me. I was happy. Even though we were still in the midst of this chaotic problem with Omega. The last few days with her have been amazing, rekindling our relationship and making up for lost time. I was thankful to Vlad and the others for taking care of the Omega problem while Scarlett and I were caught up with each other.

  The whole problem with Omega was difficult for me to ignore, especially since they were lying suspiciously low while we had two of their most important people. It had me paranoid, that they'd attack us and take Scarlett away from me. My heart tightened at the thought, my arms moving to wrap around her shoulders automatically as if I was afraid I'd lose her immediately. But there was no sign of them doing such a thing. Vlad kept me updated as requested, since he firmly told me to focus on Scarlett while they dealt with Omega.

  A soft yawn that escaped Scarlett's lips pulled me out of my thoughts, her body shifting slightly as she hooked her leg onto my torso and tucked her face into the dip of my neck. I turned my head to the side, pressing a kiss into her hair. I smiled at the sight of her wearing my favorite t-shirt and just her panties. Last night after our intimate activities we took a shower to get cleaned up before falling asleep immediately due to exhaustion.

  My thumb traced her hipbone where the t-shirt had risen. My gaze travelled down, noticing the faded red-purple bruises that were dotted around her hips. A scowl etched onto my face when my phone started ringing from across the room. A low whine was emitted from Scarlett's throat when I tried to untangle us, her arms tightening around my waist as she snuggled against me.

   "Don't get it," she muttered against the skin of my neck, eyes still screwed shut as I chuckled lightly and listened nevertheless.

  The ringing died down eventually, much to our pleasure. I ran my fingers lightly through Scarlett's hair as I resumed my thinking. But soon enough, my phone started to ring again. A groan escaped my lips when that happened, knowing that it's probably an urgent call. I wasn't even sure where my phone was. It sounded like it was coming from the living room, or kitchen.

   "Harry," she whined when I tried to pull away, a tiny smile drawling on my lips when she clung to me like a koala.

   "Baby, I have to get that," I murmured, ducking down to press a firm kiss to her forehead before fully untangling myself from her.

  She flung herself against my pillow instead; hugging it to her chest with her hair sprawled out as she slept soundlessly. Strolling in the empty halls of our apartment in just my boxers, I rubbed my knuckles into my eyes, a tired yawn escaping my lips as I tried to locate my phone. I soon found it vibrating against the granite top of the kitchen island, the name 'Jade' flashing on the screen.

   "What?" I snapped unintentionally, yawning once again as I heard chuckling on the other end.

   "Good morning Sleeping Beauty," Jade responded, making me roll my eyes.

   "What do you want?"

   "Chill grumpy pants, I was just checking up on you, and maybe update you on what's going on," Jade told me as I dragged a hand down my face and leaned against the kitchen island.

   "Couldn't you have done that during breakfast? Scarlett and I were planning to eat at the mess hall today."

   "Harry, breakfast was at 9, it's 12 now. You're too late," Jade snickered, her words making me scowl and whine. I was looking forward to the omelets they made at the mess hall. "So, did she like the bracelet?" Jade's question caused a smile to immediately appear on my face, my mind reliving yesterday's events.

   "She loved it," I told her. "She was so happy yesterday night."

   "Aw, that's great. She deserves it," Jade said in response. "But anyways, I need to tell you something," she spoke again, her voice hesitant and grim. Her tone made me frown slightly, an arm folding over my chest as I held my phone to my face.

   "What's wrong?"

   "Scarlett and I were talking last night, and she started asking me questions about how you were during those five months while she was gone," Jade told me, her words immediately reminding me of how I was supposed to tell Scarlett exactly what Jade was explaining to me at the moment.

   "Right, yeah, she asked me that too. I told her I would tell her today," I murmured, my eyes quickly glancing around to see if she was there. But she wasn't, probably still asleep.

   "I'm sorry Harry, I didn't say anything but she got the impression you did something bad," Jade said somberly, making me sigh lightly.

   "It's fine, I'm gonna have to tell her eventually."

   "You're being honest, that's good."

   "Yeah but it'll hurt her, to know that I did while she was gone," I muttered lowly before a voice spoke up from behind me, making my blood freeze in my veins.

   "And what is it you did while I was gone?"

  I immediately spun around with wide eyes; my lips parting when I noticed Scarlett standing there with a questioning look etched onto her face. I swallowed thickly, parting my lips to say goodbye to Jade before setting my phone down, all while holding eye contact with her. I noticed she wasn't in my t-shirt and panties anymore, dressed up in her regular clothes, all black. She approached me, noticing that I was too wrapped up in my thoughts to speak.

   "You promised," she murmured softly, her gaze pleading now as her soft hands grasped my hips, pulling me towards her. My hands instantly moved upwards to cup her cheeks, rolling my thumbs over her cheekbones.

   "I really don't want to tell you," I told her honestly, biting my lower lip anxiously as she huffed in frustration

   "I can handle it Harry," she said firmly. "Is it that bad?" she whispered lowly. I pulled a face, still uneasy with this topic only because I was scared of her reaction.

   "Scarlett, when you were gone I had a really hard time. I-I just couldn't believe you were dead, so I..." I trailed off, averting my gaze to the floor as it dawned upon her what I was about to say.

   "No," she whispered in shock. My eyes rose up to meet hers again, noticing how they were wide with shock, before the guilt started to fill them. "Harry, baby," she breathed, a pained expression covering her face.

   "I tried to commit suicide, I wanted the pain to stop because it was too much," I murmured quickly, making her inhale sharply, her eyes squeezing shut as she took a step back. "Scarlett," I whispered, moving a step forward to take her into my arms but she moved back.

   "What else?" she asked all of a sudden, her tone sharp, surprising me a little. A hint of anxiousness crossed my features, before disappearing quickly, but Scarlett noticed it. "Harry, what else did you do?" she said firmly.

   "It happened twice," I said lowly, hating the way her face paled at my words, guilt flashing in her eyes as she stepped away. "Scarlett, that was the past, please don't think about it-"

   "Don't think about it? Harry you tried to commit suicide! Twice, while I was fucking alive," she exclaimed, her eyes darting around as if her mind was a mess, overwhelmed by this new information.

   "It was stupid Scarlett. Both times, I was having hallucinations half of the time-"

   "Hallucinations?" she uttered, upset that the grief I experienced messed me up completely. "Oh my god."

   "This is exactly why I didn't want to tell you," I sighed harshly, taking a few steps forwards to hold her. She resisted much to my confusion.

   "I-I need to think for a second," she muttered, wriggling out of my grip and heading towards the door.

   "Scarlett!" I called out worriedly, feeling my heart fall in my chest. "Come back!"

  She halted her steps, turning around with tear-filled eyes and a guilty expression. A look of sympathy crossed my face as I made my way towards her, studying how she tried to hold her emotions in as I approached her with open arms. A small sob escaped her lips when I wrapped my arms around her shoulders, whispering words of comfort into her ear as she slowly curled her arms around my bare torso.

  I didn't expect a reaction like this for her to be sobbing over the fact that I tried to kill myself twice while she was supposedly 'dead'. My palm rubbed her back soothingly, hoping to calm her down as I held her close to me, turning my head to the side to kiss her temple.

   "God, I'm so sorry Harry," she sniffled softly. I furrowed my brows, squeezing her firmly.

   "Don't apologize for anything, love," I responded in a firm tone pulling away to cup her cheeks. "None of this is your fault okay?"

   "It just breaks my heart knowing you did such a thing, thinking I was dead this entire time, when really I wasn't!" she whimpered sadly, hanging her head low as tears rolled down her cheeks. "It's because of me, this is all because of me, everything is because of me-" she began to ramble emotionally with mottled cheeks and a red nose.

   "No, Scarlett listen to me," I snapped, tired of all this. Her eyes widened with surprise when I cupped her cheeks firmly, tugging her face upwards to meet mine. "This is all because of Omega. They're the ones who took you away from me in the first place, they're the ones who caused all this misery and pain to us and they will pay for it. Do you understand?"

   "I do," she whispered, sniffling before speaking again. "I'm sorry Harry. I never meant for you to go through so much pain while I was gone," she continued to say as I pressed my lips together and nodded. "I didn't think my death would've pushed you that far."

   "Well, it did," I muttered under my breath, a somber look appearing on my face as she inhaled deeply, wiping her cheeks. "Like I said before it was the hallucinations and a dream."

   "A dream?"

   "Yeah, a recurring dream where you would appear and say the words 'baby come home', but then it would end right there," I explained briefly, as she nodded, furrowing her brows slightly.

   "And you thought that meant...oh Harry," she whispered quietly, as I nodded in response, confirming her theories. I thought by 'baby, come home' Scarlett meant for me to commit suicide in order to be with her in the afterlife, something like that. It was stupid, yes.

   "The two times I tried Scarlett were out of instinct, I literally wasn't thinking straight. I was mad with grief and in the wrong mindset," I told her, my hand coming up to wipe a tear that had leaked from her eye. "It was only after three months I started becoming a little better, the dreams stopped and I found help and support from Jade and the others."

   "That's good," she sighed finally, as I nodded.

   "Yes, Jade had this amazing support group thing set up for all of us. It helped a lot; we got better Scarlett," I told her, causing the sadness and guilt fade away from her eyes just a little bit.  "I love you."

  She smiled lightly at my words, kissing my cheek before hugging me once again. Her arms wound themselves around my shoulders, hugging my tightly as I pressed my body against hers and circled my own limbs around her torso. She sighed lightly, stroking my hair as I pressed a kiss to the skin of her neck in response.

   "I love you the most, Harry."

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   "There's my favorite OTP!" Louis exclaimed happily as Harry and I approached the group of our friends sat together, having lunch in the mess hall.

  After our emotional, conversation, argument, fight? I wasn't sure what to call it exactly; but once we sorted it out, we were good. Scarlett still felt guilty due to what had happened, but she wasn't as upset anymore. Only now anger fueled her instead, the urge to get revenge on Omega for what they had down to her and the rest of us.

   "I thought Brangelina was your favorite OTP," Scarlett chuckled, causing Louis to scowl deeply.

   "That ship has sunk Scarlett; they're getting divorced. Have you been living under a rock lately?" Louis questioned playfully as Scarlett rolled her eyes

   "I'm sorry I've been too caught up with what's been happening with Omega, to check up on social media nowadays," she responded sarcastically, as Louis scoffed and turned to talk to Dexter.

   "So, what was the update?" I questioned Jade who was sitting opposite me.

   "So basically Niall spotted Donovan leaving the base for some reason. We followed him using God's Eye, sending out two men to spy on him, and we found him shopping for specific chemicals," Jade explained, as my brows lowered gradually.

   "Chemicals for what?" I questioned sharply, feeling Scarlett's gaze fall on me, before she began to listen into the conversation.

   "Bombs," Jade uttered lowly, her tone incredibly grim as I swallowed thickly.

   "They're planning to bomb this place?" I muttered lowly, arching a brow at her.

   "Maybe. We don't know. We couldn't send in our men to spy on them in the base, it was too risky," Jade continued to speak.

   "But they can't do that, not while Sami and I are here," Scarlett spoke up from next to me, a perplexed expression etching onto her face.

   "Not unless they free you first," I said quickly, having a little light bulb moment before worry started to set in. I turned to Scarlett immediately, grasping her hand and squeezing it reassuringly. "I won't fucking let them." She smiled softly, hand coming up to cradle my cheek.

   "I know you won't. We need to find another way to spy on Omega, not just stare through God's Eye," Scarlett said firmly, biting her lip in thought.

   "I think I got an idea," Sami spoke up, surprisingly me a little as I didn't even notice him sitting next to me. "Jade, you said he's been making these shopping trips to pick up chemicals for a bomb right?"

   "Correct," Jade nodded.

   "I had a couple ideas on where he might be going to get them. I know I left my science journal there; so all my ideas drawn into it of bombs and explosions are free for them to examine and create, even though I'm not there to do it myself. Therefore, I know exactly what chemicals are needed to create those bombs," Sami said with a wicked smirk drawling on his lips as I silently praised him for thinking this up.

   "So you know which specific places to go to these chemicals?" I arched a brow at him.

   "Yes exactly. I know that what Donovan will be looking for won't be in one place. The chemicals are sold at different places, because some are rare. Jade was this the first shopping trip he's made? Or are there more?" Sami questioned.

   "This was the first one he made, just yesterday," Jade informed me.

   "Right, I need you to tell me exactly where he went, and get Niall to keep an eye out for where he's going today, or the next time," Sami instructed, making Jade nod and begin tapping away at her phone, probably texting Niall.

   "But Sami, even though you know what bombs they're making, this doesn't answer my question about finding another way to spy on Omega," Scarlett frowned.

   "You didn't let me finish, you batata," Sami scowled at her, before continuing with his 'idea'. "Right, my actual idea for that is to abduct Donovan and use him as our spy."

   "What?" I snapped, tugging my brows low as I frowned tightly at Sami. "He won't listen to us!"

   "Not to you. But to Scarlett," Sami arched a brow at Scarlett, making me flick my gaze over my shoulder, noticing how uncomfortable she looks.

   "He won't listen to me," she said in a small voice, her eyes darting to meet mine.

   "Yes he will; he cares about you Scarlett. If you convince him to listen to us, he will be incredibly useful," Sami reasoned, making her press her lips tightly and ponder a bit more.

  I wasn't entirely sure about how to feel about this idea. I didn't know what kind of a person Donovan was. If he found out Scarlett and I were together, either he wouldn't help us because he would hate the fact that Scarlett was with me and not him, or he would help us since he supposedly 'cares' about Scarlett.

   "I think it's a good idea," Jade mumbled quietly, her blue eyes flicking between Scarlett and I.

   "I think so too," I finally sighed, causing Scarlett's gaze to land on me.

   "You do?" she whispered, her big brown eyes gazing at my thoughtfully while I nodded.

   "I do."

   "But I'm still not sure if he'll listen to me," she murmured lowly, pursing her lips.

   "Scarlett, you're obviously blind. No may have not given much of a shit about him, but Donovan is willing to do anything for you. Do you remember that time you disobeyed Viola?" Sami reminded her, causing the blood to drain from her face when she relived the memory. My hand that was holding hers squeezed again, reassuring her that there was nothing to be afraid about anymore, I was here to protect her from Viola.

   "I remember."

   "Yeah, well remember how I volunteered to take your punishment, but you made such a big fuss about it. Plus Viola wouldn't punish me no matter what, since she didn't want to 'accidentally kill me'. So, Donovan volunteered," Sami said, making Scarlett's eyes widen slightly.

   "He did," Sami nodded in confirmation. "Sorry, this is all probably making you feel uncomfortable Harry. But Scarlett, Donovan cares. He's even asked me before about whether I knew of your past or not, just because he wanted to help you out."

   "Why are you telling me all this now?" she furrowed her brows at him.

   "I dunno. You said you weren't interested in him, so I didn't tell you anything about the little things he did for you," Sami shrugged, his words making Scarlett grow quiet by the second.

   "Baby," I murmured softly, turning my body to face hers as my hand rose up to cup her cheek. "What are you thinking?"

   "I don't know," she sighed. "It's a good plan, but I'm worried about him finding out about us. He won't help us-"

   "Then he won't find out," I assured her, stroking her cheek with my thumb.

   "Then I'm just using him, taking advantage of his care for me," she mumbled shamefully, as I smiled a little. The old Scarlett was still in there, feeling guilty about using someone for selfish gains despite the beneficial outcomes of it.

   "Then explain to him why you need him to spy on Omega for you. He must've had his life taken away from him just like you, memories locked up and etcetera. Try to convince him that Omega means nothing to him but pain and misery. Turn him against them, I know you can do it," I told her firmly, tugging her face upwards to meet my gaze. She stared back at me with soft eyes, still contemplating before nodding in agreement.

   "Let's do it."

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💀 do y'all think Donovan will help her or nah?

💀 idk if you remember but, remember when Spencer was like to Scarlett in book 1, leave the Organization with Harry and go somewhere remote and start a new life, cuz bad shit will always happen when you're a an assassin and blah.

Whale now you realise why he was trying to get Scarlett to leave. Because as long as they're associated with The Organization and this assassin life, they will never find peace.

💀 ALSO! In HONOR of Halloween, I decided to write a short horror story that is Harry AU. It won't have sexual content, sadly, because I wanna focus on the horror.

But would you guys read it?

Until we meet again...

t.m.