The man that had come to invite Nate to his table had scurried off the minute Spade showed up, Nate's eyes swept through his body, he was putting on a deep navy blue suit, white buttoned up shirt inside, no tie, the first button on his shirt was undone and Nate could see the few chest hair peeking out, and the shimmering necklace he had on.

Nate's eyes moved up until they stopped on the hard, emotionless, grey eyes, he swallowed as he watched Spade stare at him, his skin was burning as if Spade's eyes were laser beams and they would cut through to him any second

Jaw clenched and his face blank as he glared down at Nate, he wanted to recoil back and hide away in fear, he could feel every resolve he'd tried to build off since the last time they met, wash away with the shivers that ran down his spine.

"What are you doing here"? He gritted out, his hard, hoarse and emotionless voice sent a heavy tremors through Nate's body as he felt himself shudder a bit. Nate fought the urge to chew on his lips as he stared up at Spade, his eyes shimmering and puppy like.

Spade's face had gone back to the hard, scary and blank face he was used to seeing, no more gentleness in those eyes, the soft, caring and almost vulnerable look he had come to get comfortable to these past weeks was suddenly gone.

Replaced with the heartless, sharp and rage filled eyes This made Nate question himself, what had gone wrong? Did he perhaps do something to anger Spade? Or was Spade just pretending all these while and he was done being nice to Nate?

He could almost hear the inner voice in his head fighting with him, jeering at him and mocking him as he sat almost shrinking in front of Spade

'did you think he would be nice to you forever'? he heard the low whisper of the voice making his sweaty palms fist themselves involuntarily, he took in a shaky breath trying to block out the voice and opened his mouth, trying to get the words out but nothing was coming out

Spade could see the fear, the shift in the way Nate looked at him, the way his pupils had grown bigger with each look he gave to Spade. He saw the way Nate was slowly withdrawing back, his fingers moving so slightly, someone wouldn't notice it but Spade was watching his every move.

Spade mentally cursed at himself, he was scaring the kid with his facial expression, but he wasn't angry at Nate, on the contrary he was worried for him, this wasn't a place Nate should be in

Contrary to how angry he looked, inside he felt worried, feeling every cell in his body tick with protectiveness over the person sitting in front of him

He loosened his composure, letting his hands out of his pocket and unclenching his jaw, he didn't know how to switch his blank face to show Nate that he wasn't angry at him but worried for him.

He quickly sat on the chair opposite Nate, seeing the kid move his fingers back on the table, his eyes landed on those brown, scared, terrified eyes.

"You shouldn't be here, it's not safe" he muttered, trying to sound as calm as he could without pushing Nate further away, he let out a deep breath, still seeing the doubt and fright in Nate's eyes "Did you get an invite"? Spade asked and Nate just nodded meekly, his face growing pale the more he stared at Spade. Spade cussed out as he raked his hands down his face and looked around the hall, thinking of possible reasons why Nate would be invited to a place like this?

Nate saw the slight tick in Spade's jaw as his eyes moved around the hall, his eyes landed on the slight potruding vein on Spade's neck, it looked as if it would pop out and splatter blood all over him. Spade's eyes moved back and landed on him, piercing through his skin, he felt bare under Spade's sharp gaze.

"Who invited you"? Spade asked and Nate opened his mouth, then closed it again, all the while Spade's eyes were set on his lips, seeing the outline of wetness on the bottom lip

"My father" he whispered out, hating the way his voice came out painfully low, like he was croaking and squealing out at the same time, Spade's brows creased as he thought about what Nate had just told him

Why would Greg invite Nate to something like this when he knew fully well how much of a lost and innocent bunny his son was Nate saw the worried and questioning look Spade was sending his way "My father was invited and he asked me to come in his stead" Nate quickly rushed out, this time his voice coming out louder than before, this made Spade to let out a deep breath as he narrowed his eyes on Nate

He licked his lips, making Nate's eyes to move to them as his mind suddenly dived into a whirlwind of obscene and erotic thoughts, he quickly looked away from the dark and plump lips of Spade, before his eyes landed on Spade's grey ones that were now looking much more calm than they did when he just came a few minutes ago.

"Do you know what this event is about"? He asked, crossing his fingers and hoping Nate at least had a slight idea of what he'd just walked into. Nate bit his inner cheek, letting his eyes do a sweep of the hall, watching the men and few women in the room engage in one conversation or another. He looked back at Spade and gingerly shook his head, making Spade curse out, his hoarse and velvety voice coming out sexy and making Nate's mind to lose it's balance, hearing Spade curse out was something that Nate found attractive and it made his body boil with a hot sweet sensation

Spade clenched his jaw about to say something when he heard clinking of a glass and he looked up at the podium, seeing Liam standing there, holding the microphone and the lights were suddenly on him. All talks and chattering in the hall had died down, all that could be heard was the soft sounds of crickets chirping from outside and it wasn't loud enough.

Liam had a huge smile on and all attention was on him, all except Spade's. He looked back at Nate, drawing his attention back to him "Listen to me" he whispered so no one could hear him, because the whole hall was pin drop silent, Nate's brown eyes looked at him, with rapt and full attention, he noticed the small touch of white Spectre on top of Nate's brown pupils or was it just the light illuminating the young man's eyes, he didn't know but the lights made Nate's eyes to become brighter and the brown lighter, making Nate to have that innocent bunny eyes, and at the same time dog puppy eyes. Spade swallowed getting lost in those eyes, he could feel his fingers twitch and blood rushed down to his groin, as he grounded his teeth together, wrong timing to be thinking about that. "I want you to stay with me at all times, no matter what happens tonight don't leave my sight" he rushed out making Nate's eyes to silently ask him questions "Don't sway and don't go anywhere with anyone, do you hear me"? Spade asked, Nate just got more confused as his mouth opened up, Spade already knowing he would question him, quickly cut him off "just please listen to me, you can go back to hating me after this but for tonight just listen to me and stay with me" he almost pleaded, Nate's face frowned at the fact that Spade thought he hated him, but he still nodded all the same, watching as Spade half relaxed.

Nate was the first to look away as his eyes moved to the man standing on stage, with the lights shinning directly at him, he was talking and Nate couldn't even pay attention to what he was saying, because he could feel Spade's eyes on him, intense and hard, intimating, he felt the hair on his skin get up and goosebumps erupting on every part of his body, he could feel his heart palpitate with each beat getting faster and louder, his palms were slippery and sweaty.

Spade was watching him, his mind plundering the question why Nate was here? He didn't look like he was lying bout not knowing what was going on here and the fact that his father asked him to be here was another huge question on Spade's mind. It made him wonder if Nate wasn't as involved with his father as he thought, because there's no way his father would ask him to come here without letting him know what it was about, unless of course Greg didn't tell him because he would oppose to coming.

It was all so confusing to Spade and he was itching to really find out what kind of person Nate was. To see Nate for who he truly was, to see what was really behind those brown beautiful eyes that always left him speechless and craving for something. He sighed out as his eyes moved away from Nate and landed on the man on the podium.

"....and I say thank you all for coming out tonight for this wonderful event" Liam finished with a smile on his face, it was his 10 years as the Don of his mafia and he decided to celebrate it by inviting all the mafia men he could get his hands on.

Spade sighed out and looked around the huge halls, watching as everyone applauded him, the whole room erupted in applause and cheers from all the men in the hall, including Nate, although he wasn't cheering but he was clapping his hands

Like clockwork, everything stilled and slowed down as Spade heard a loud gunshot, his eyes quickly moved around the hall, desperately looking for where the sound of the gun had gone off, the whole place had already erupted in confusion as everyone started moving around, men pulling out guns out of hoisters and guards trying to secure whoever they came with

Spade's eyes quickly landed on Nate and he could see the horror and terror in his eyes, as he sat still unmoving, Spade quickly felt his hands go cold as fear settled deep inside the pit of his stomach, his face broke into cold sweat.

He was losing his mind, he quickly lunged forward and gripped Nate's arms shaking him and examining his body looking for any marks, not finding any he relaxed but Nate was still star struck and frozen.

"Hey" Spade whispered, his large callous hands cupping Nate's face as he turned him to look at him, seeing the way Nate's eyes were clouded with fear, he could see the bone chilling terror covering Nate's eyes "Are you okay? Are you hurt"? He rushed out checking him again for the second time, he wanted to focus on the way Nate's face felt soft and almost plumpy in his large almost rough callous hands but they had a bigger problem now, Nate's eyes were back on the image in front of him, making Spade eyes to also follow his line of vision.

He gasped out lowly as he watched the lifeless body of Liam on the ground as some of his men circled around him, he looked around the room trying to figure out who had fired the gun but instead another gunshot resounded in the room but it was far away, more muffled and he heard glass breaking making his eyes to look up at the huge windows surrounding the hall, two of it were broken and scattered all over the floor, everywhere was in turmoil now as everyone was running up and down, tables scattered and doors being barricaded. Another loud glass sound and the voices in the room had gotten louder, men barking orders at one another and some trying to find out where the guns were coming from.

Spade's eyes moved to the windows again and he already knew where the gunshots were coming from, there was a sniper outside somewhere, he looked at Nate and a protective instinct kicked in as he quickly pulled the young man down using the table as a protective shield, as he was still frozen.

"Hey" Spade whispered jerking his shoulder as he squeezed his arms but Nate was far from jolting back to reality, if Spade thought he looked lost before well he looked more lost than Spade had ever seen him, his eyes had a faraway look "Look at me" he muttered shaking Nate but the younger man was just sat frozen on the floor, making Spade to curse out, his eyes moving around the hall as he peeked from under the table, the place was still in a hazel as everyone was looking for a way to get out, he could see some laying on the floor, he didn't know if they were dead but he had a pretty good idea what had happened to them. He heard another gun shot and more screaming as he went back to Nate, turning his head to face him, he could see the shimmering in Nate's eyes, but not the good kind, it looked like tears and his forehead was covered in beads of tears.

"You need to snap out of this" he gritted out before bringing his palms up on Nate's face, gently tapping it as he watched the younger man "Nathan"! He almost yelled while still hearing glass breaking around him, thank God he managed to get Nate to duck because he didn't even know who was the shooter but from the many angles at which shots were being fired in, he could guess that it wasn't just one shooter

Hearing his name, Nate jolted out of whatever trance he was in as his eyes finally landed on Spade, he still looked star struck but he was slowly coming to as his eyes lazily moved around the huge halls, realizing the current position they were in.

Spade let out a deep sigh of relief, before he pulled out his gun from the hoister, opening and checking the Chambers "Look, I need you to stay down here, no matter what do not leave this place, there's someone outside shooting" he rushed out barely looking at Nate as he closed the guns chamber and clicked the safety off, Nate's eyes were dead set on the black shiny object in Spade's hands as he widened his eyes, staring at the death object, he felt his throat parch up

Spade looked up and saw Nate's gaze on his gun, he snapped his finger up at him "I need to find an exit for us, I need you to stay here, can you do that for me"? He asked, Nate stared at him for a few seconds as if not understanding what he was saying, Spade raised his brows and Nate quickly closed his mouth and nodded cluelessly.

Spade looked at him for a good minute, contemplating if it was a good idea to leave him here all by himself but he didn't have much of a choice as he needed to find them a safe exit, he peeked through the table again and the hall was still packed with people, the shooter was still shooting.

He let out a deep breath, his eyes landing on Nate again, before he stealthly and slowly, crouched his way out of under the table, heading for the other side of the hall, the side opposite to the entrance, close to the podium where Liam had been shot.

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