CHAPTER THREE

After an hour of running, Stephen and his uncle, Frederick boarded the boat which sailed them out of the island. During the whole sail, Stephen stared at his mother's ring in silence as tears flowed down his eyes.

After an hour fight, Cassius finally defeated Stephen's father by ripping his heart out of his body. He wiped off the blood on his gorgeous face.

"Have you found the strongest vampire and the strongest werewolf?" Cassius asked without turning back.

"No...master..they...they...escaped" One of his men behind him said while trembling in fear.

Cassius turned in rage, facing the person who responded, and with just a fiery glare from him, the man was sent flying across the room and crashed his back on the wall..

"YOU MEAN TO TELL ME THAT THIS OPERATION WAS A WASTE OF MY TIME?" Cassius' voice thundered across the room.

"We did all we could, boss, I'm sure they went undercover" The man said in pain, blood dripping from his face.

"You guys are pathetic!" Cassius spat.

With that said, he vanished into thin air.

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After an hour they arrived at the city and the mysterious man held Ameliah's hand tightly and took her to an orphanage. He spoke to the sisters in charge of the orphanage and they gladly accepted to take her in.

"You'll be living here from now" The man said.

Ameliah nodded with an expressionless look on her face...

"Can I know your name sir" she said while staring at the ground.

"My name is Oliver, and you?" The man said with a smile.

"Ameliah" She said.

"Such a cute name for a cute girl like you." Oliver said with a smile.

"I'll be leaving now. Goodbye Ameliah." Oliver said and walked away.

The sister in charge of the orphanage then held Ameliah's hand and led her inside.

"Come on Amie, let's get you cleaned up"

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Stephen and his uncle arrived at a huge mansion. They stepped in and there were maids who were lined up in front of them.

"Welcome home young master" The maids chorused and bowed.

Stephen turned back, looking for who the maids were addressing, he felt it couldn't be him; he didn't really understand what was going on.

"This house belonged to your father, now it belongs to you." His uncle began explaining. "Now that your father is gone, you're the new leader of the vampire clan. There's a huge responsibility which comes with that." Fredrick said to his nephew.

Stephen wore a cold and emotionless expression on his face.

"Yes uncle, I promised my father that I'll train harder and become stronger so that I can be able to defeat and kill Cassius with my own hands" Stephen said as his eyes turned red out of anger.

"Cool, let the training begin!" Fredrick announced.

He led Stephen to a room and showed him a punching bag.

"You need to develop and harden your fist, Stephen. I want you to punch that punching bag till it tears." His uncle said.

He looked down at the bangleon his arm.

'I hope you are alive, Lia' Stephen thought.

He looked back at the punching bag and began punching it, pouring out all his rage on it.

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15 YEARS LATER

He gave one last punch and stopped. Then he wiped off his sweat and walked out of the training room which was designed specially for him.

"Master, Miss Jessica is here to see you" a maid said, approaching him with her head bowed.

"Tell her I will be there in a jiffy" Stephen said with his cold usual tone.

Ever since his family died, he has been cold, heartless, and ruthless.

The maid nodded as she drooled over his manly chest; he was shirtless. His abs and chiseled chest glistened due to the sweat on it making him look hotter.

"What are you still doing there staring?!" Stephen fired back at the maid who immediately ran away.

He looked at the bangle on his arm and smiled, a short one though.

He walked to his room and stripped before going to take a bath. After his bath, he settled in a white shirt andvblack pants. He walked to the living room where Jessica was seated waiting for him.

Immediately she saw him she ran and hugged him, then kissed him on the lips with her hands on his neck.

"I missed you baby"Jessica whispered in his ears.

Jessica and Stephen are dating; wel,l it is a one sided relationship because Stephen feels absolutely nothing for her.

"Yeah" Stephen simply replied.

"Didn't you miss me?" Jessica said with a cute babyish pout on her face.

"Yeah, I did" Stephen said with that cold expression on his face.

Jessica smiled and held his hand.

"Come, let's go and have some fun" She said excitedly while playfully dragging him out of the house.

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"Finally my Ameliah is of age to live independently now" Sister Margaret said.

"Yes, sister Maggie" Ameliah said with a smile on her face.

Ever since she lost her parents, she has been in the orphanage. It has been fifteen years, she's now an adult and can now live on her own.

"I'll be going, sister Maggie. I promise to come visit you often" Ameliah said.

"Here, take this" Sister Margaret said and handed her some cash.

"Thank you very much. I owe you one, sister" Ameliah said, hugging her.

She waved goodbye at the other sisters present and walked out of the orphanage. Finally, she can live freely now. She looked at the necklace resting on her chest and smiled sadly.

"Hope you are watching me up there" She said, looking up at nowhere and nothing in particular.

She picked up her bag and began walking away, looking at the different places in the cities. Looks so beautiful. She suddenly tripped on a rock and fell down, hurting her leg.

"Ouch, clumsy me. When will this clumsiness go away!" She muttered. 

She made to stand up but froze as she saw a car driving towards her at a high speed. She closed her eyes awaiting to be hit but it did not her. She slowly opened her eyes and noticed that she was in someone's arm.

The mysterious man dropped her on the floor.

"Thank you for saving me, sir" Ameliah said while arranging her dress.

Cassius said nothing and just walked away.

'Wow, he's got some temper', Ameliah thought.

She shrugged the feeling away and began walking away, looking for a job vacancy.