Inka's Point of View
"So what did you get?"
I groan as I opened my eyes. The first thing I felt was the massive headache then the muscle pain.
I rubbed my eyes and looked around. Where am I? This is not Read's bedroom.
"You're awake."
I looked up and saw Read entering the room. He was wearing some maroon long sleeves and black slacks.
The dragon is looking through my soul.
"What happened?" I asked him as he took a seat at the edge of the bed.
"I found you unconscious outside of my brother's room."
His brother's room.
A sudden flashback crash at my head. I remember now.
I remembered how I heard the noises, the groans, the gunshot, Read's brother, the guy, the blood.
The guy.
"Oh my gosh! Read! T-There was a guy a-and he-- oh my gosh!"
I was hysterical. I can remember how he laughs, I can still hear it. It was imprinted on my mind, like a broken record that keeps on going and nothing can stop it.
"Shh. It's okay, everything is okay now. Don't cry."
Cry? I am crying?
I felt how Read's arms snaked unto my body and hugged me tightly. He was caressing my head and whispering sweet things to me.
"Your safe, baby. Your safe with me." He whispered.
I closed my eyes and welcome the warmth and comfort of Read's arms.
It was too much.
"I'm so sorry Read." I whispered and buried myself to his neck
"For what?" He asked
"I should have called you when I felt something wrong. I should have done something to stop him from killing your brother."
His hug tightens as he pushed me more towards himself.
"No, baby. It's okay, you shouldn't have even gone out of the room but going to Ian's room was already brave enough. I just wish that you hadn't seen that." He kissed the top of my head.
Tears were still rolling unto my cheeks but I calmed down.
He's not mad.
How about Ian? Why did someone kill him anyway? Should I ask him?
No. He's in pain, vulnerable and angry. He doesn't need such questions today.
I calmed down and wiped my tears, He looked at me and smiled a little.
"Thanks"
"It's okay, come. You need to eat since its already lunchtime."
I nodded and hopped out of the bed, he offered his hand which I gladly took and we both went out of his bedroom.
"We also need to talk about some matters after you eat, would that be fine to you?" He asked concern was clearly evident in his voice.
I smiled and nodded. Anything would be fine as long as he is with me. I don't want to be alone at this kind of time.
"Where are we anyway?" I asked as we go down the stairs.
"At my penthouse."
I nodded as I tighten my hold unto him. When we reach the last step, I saw the living room and the kitchen.
We were about to enter the kitchen when the doorbell rang, I looked at him as fear slowly crept unto my system.
"Are you expecting someone?" I asked
He shook his head and slightly pushed me behind him. He took a gun inside a drawer and move slowly at the door.
"Drop the weapon, Read. It's me Wayne!"
And because of that, Read dropped his gun and opened the door. The man walked in, looking fine as hell.
He was wearing a black turtleneck long sleeves and faded jeans.
He saw me standing at the stairway and looked at me confused.
"You're Inka, right?" He asked
"Uhh. Yes, and you are?"
He smiled and walked towards me, he held my hand and kissed it as he winked at me.
"The Gentleman, Wayne. You can call me yours though." He said and smiled at me.
The audacity! I mentally rolled my eyes as he let my hands go.
"But seriously Read, What is this?" He asked and turned to Read.
Read sighed heavily and shook his head.
"Why are you here?" Read asked
"Well, I heard what happened," Wayne answered. He jumped to the couch and sit like he owns the whole place.
"Let's go to my office. Inka, your food is at the table already. We'll be right back."
I nodded to Read and went to the kitchen.
I saw the set of foods at the table and just by the sight of it made me hungry. I grabbed a plate and ate some of the foods.
**
Read's Point of View
"So you called me?" Wayne asked as I closed the door of my office.
I sat at my swivel chair as he takes a sit in front of me.
"I need to talk to you about the empire." I started
"Your empire is falling apart, Read."
I heaved a sigh. Whoever planned the attack last night was a genius. The moment I stepped inside my main house, they bombed my headquarters including 65% of my people.
"I know," I answered
"You really need to plan everything out. When will you hold your brother's funeral?"
"Next week. I still need to investigate the scene in his room, I might get something that will lead to his killer."
Silence fell between us. Some of my men saw a lot of hidden cameras at my main house so I ordered them to clean it and to investigate here later.
"Does Inka know who you really are?" Wayne suddenly asked.
I shook my head and sighed.
"She doesn't need to," I told him, he eyed me suspiciously.
"This is the first time you ever kept a woman nor brought it at your penthouse. She's someone you want to treasure, am I right?"
I just looked at him coldly as he chuckled.
"So what do you want me to do now, Read?"
"I need men, I'm going to rebuild a new empire. It will be stronger and bigger."
I told him about my plans and other necessary things. If I'm going to war I'll be needing a lot of warriors. Stronger than my older ones and braver.
"And what would you call of this new empire of yours?"
I leaned back at my chair and smirked.
A name is important in everything. It gives you the idea and impression of who or what is this certain thing.
"The Dragon's Empire"
A Dragon is a complex symbol. It signifies Strength, Power, Wisdom, Hidden Knowledge, and Evilness. The eye of the Dragon signifies Threats and choosing between Good and Evil.
This time, my empire will be unstoppable. I will rule the whole Mafia World as I avenge the death of my brother.
"We could form an alliance between the other strongest empire and clans," Wayne suggested.
"You know anyone that would agree to form an alliance between us?" I asked. He nodded and took out some two cards from his pocket.
"The Prodigy, Andrew Lee and The Mysterious Alpha, Joshua Diong."
Inka's Point of View"What do you mean you're not sure?" I asked confused as he heaved a sigh and looked back at us."I'm not sure because I didn't know it was him and I was told too late that the guy I was beating was a minor!" Read exclaimed frustrations lacing at his voice."Can you at least explain it to us?" Wayne asked groaning at the building tension in the atmosphere."I-I... It was 7 years ago when I had a failed shipment and I was enraged because that was the biggest and expensive shipment that I had. My men told me that someone was there and messed up our shipments so I went there to see who was that someone." He stated as he sat back in his chair"I saw a boy, he was tall and muscular so I assumed that he wasn't a minor anymore. He was just wearing a black shirt, pants and some old rubber shoes. He was wearing a mask so I didn't saw his face but when I saw him holding by my men, I got angry and just pour my anger out at
Inka's Point of ViewI felt a tap on my cheeks as I groaned. I opened my eyes and saw Read's face, he was smiling a little and gently tapping my cheeks."What?" I groaned and yawned"We're already here." He stated and I looked around.As I have observed, I knew that we are in a different city already. This one looks like a town in a province. It was peaceful and you could see the people having some conversation with each other."Where are we?" I asked Read and he smiled"On an Adventure. Come on, the best part would start soon." He said and I nodded hopping off of his car."How come it's so peaceful in here?" I asked and he shrugged"I guess since everyone wanted to go where the progress starts, they abandoned the place where they can get peace." I heard him muttered and I agreedI looked around and found myself smiling at the peaceful ambiance that the town has. The sky had turned into a sha
Inka's Point of ViewRead parked his car at the basement of his quarters. It was my first time going here and I can say that it looks scary as hell. I looked around and saw his men full of weapons around their bodies."These men of yours, who trained them?" I asked glancing at Read who was taking something from the trunk"I did. I'm not known as the Berserker if my men aren't lustful on blood now, would we?" He answered and I noddedWe walked inside his quarters. A lot of his people were there, some on training, some were just chilling at the side and some would walk and run back and forth. We walked inside a room that I think would be his office since it looks like one. Entering, I saw Wayne sitting on the couch while looking at some files that he was holding. He looked at us and immediately stood up as he greeted Read and me."Have you run a full search on the building?" Read asked as he sat down at his swivel chair
Inka's Point of ViewI woke up by the sound of Read's soft snores. I opened my eyes and noticed his arms wrapped around my waist as he was snuggling at the crook of my neck. I smiled to myself and snuggled closer, feeling his warmth more."Good Morning," He greeted, his voice was husky and that sent a lot of weird feeling into my heart.I looked at him and smiled as I greeted him back. He snuggled closer as I played with his hair."Got any plans for today?" I asked and he just hummed back before looking at me"Just a few paperwork and visit to a site, why?" He asked back and I shrugged"I just missed you, that's all," I mutteredHe looked at me, confused and worried as he sat up and stare back at me."Something wrong?"I shook my head and chuckled. He didn't believe it so I decided to punch him a little."You were so busy for a while that I had spent my whole
Inka's Point of ViewDays turned to weeks and weeks turned to months since the day that Andrew saw my vulnerable state. Read told me that the cameras installed around my office were just inside the office itself and nothing around the whole building. I had told Andrew not to tell Read about what happened in the conference room because I am not ready to tell about it to anyone yet and he agreed.Andrew and I had been closer than ever, Read was continuously busy because of his mafia duties and his work as a billionaire. Whereas Andrew had always accompanied me and acting as a personal bodyguard, he claims that he is worried if I was left alone because he felt like someone might attack me anytime considering that someone planted a lot of cameras around my office.I haven't told anyone that I saw Josh coming out of my office suspiciously. I might ruin their whole alliance if I told something about it and misinterpret it. And I can't ri
Inka's Point of View"What happened?"The moment Read entered my office, he looked like he was ready to kill. Behind him were three bulky guys who were wearing an all-black outfit."Please don't tell me you went right into the lobby with them," I told him while shooting a glare at them"We didn't. We went inside the parking lot." He told me and I nodded, I don't want to cause some rumors to my workers."So what happened here?" He asked and Andrew told him what happened a while ago"Do you have any idea who had been at your office?" He asked me and I shrugged my shoulders."Basically it would have been me and my secretary since this is my office, also some other employee that wanted to walk to me would come here but besides that. I got no idea who." I explained and he nodded.Read looked at Andrew who was in deep thoughts."We need to have some investigation and a clean up