HADES POV
Today my father will die a new era will start. My era will start. Although it started way back today, he dies and officially I become the owner.
We do not need his sign or stamp anymore. My reign will start.
The whole family has been called to the oldest mansion of the Decardo family. We are back in our homeland Greece. Although we are scattered around the world. The head has the power to summon them.
Not only I oikogéneiá mou but the ones dealing with us, working with us will be here too. To mourn his death and to celebrate my ascending. (my family)
Our family is not ordinary. Caught in the web of lies and deceives; Such in our family. No one appears to be as he is. Each one of them wears masks and for the world, they put on a show.
Everyone will be here for their benefit. Putting up with facades. Yearning for their evil desires to come true. It is up to tome to find the loyal between the deserters.
The Decardo family has the biggest chain of clubhouses and beverages in the whole country. Our dirty work of drug dealing is hidden behind all this. During the day our clubs are heavens and in the darkness of the night devil’s work. The place becomes a living hell. A pit of trafficking.
Everyone will know that from this night I am their master. Word spreads like fire in our circles. From now on the crime lords will bow before me. Everyone wants a piece of this luxury. So, they will try to get in my good books.
My theíos has been the one to handle it in the last five years. Since that day…. When this dying man became invalid…..When I did my first murder. When she left…….. (uncle)
My theíos will step down from his temporary role today. No one will be able to question me. The lives of many people will depend on my one word.
My father has seen his boom so now it's my time.
The Decardo's family name will thrive undermine. Our line will now continue by my name.
I entered my father’s room. How pale he looks as now death is there to take him. How frail is his body that once stood like a rock! A deep tremble seems to have seemed to be settled in his hands. He is now just a ghost of that ruthless killer he was five years ago.He stopped talking after that night. He hasn’t spoken a word since that night. He hasn’t left his mansion since.
I have no sympathy for him. He has been a cruel father. Talking a rod to me at age of five when I couldn't shoot straight to the day, he asked me to leave her. The day when he destroyed her giving her a reason to escape from me. He has always used my weakness to keep me in line.
He has been a cruel bástardos. It is a very dramatic scene for me. I already knew this day would come. He had to die. I was waiting when him will. (bastard)
That night a bullet stroked close to his heart. He has just woken up from the coma a few days ago. But doctors have already told us that he was a lost cause. They were surprised that he lived that long. But such things they could not put on their lips. Such things would have cost them their lives.
But he does not have more time now. From today my rule begins. my glykós, panemorfi poulí who once flew has to come back. She can no longer stay hidden. More than my father's death, I am concerned about her. What will become of her now? just this thought bought a devilish smile on my face. (sweet beautiful bird)
Is she even aware that she will face a terrible fate? I will cut her wings. I will pluck her Feathers…. one by one…. argá kai argá. (slowly and slowly)
I wanted to make her my queen. I would have bandaged her broken heart. But no she chose to flee.I know where she is hiding. I have known it for a few days now actually. I will crush her for making me seek her. She has seen my worst side too. Now she will get to know me more. From closer.
No one cries around a death bed here. Our family is known to be the strongest. We do not waste tears for someone who is already lost. my grandmother Sousanna stands near his bed. She has her hands at her side. Always elegant. In her black dress, she just looks more dignified and graceful. Despite her old age, she carries herself like a queen.Lara my stepmom sits beside him clutching his hand. One is supposed to be with his partner while he is taking his last.
My two stepsisters Flora and Caludia are standing on the foot of the bed. Flora seems to be on the verge of a breakdown. Being the youngest meant that she was the apple of his eye. And my athóos adelfí would cry even if a bird got hurt. She has a pure heart. (innocent sister)But Claudia had a neutral expression. Being the eldest means she has a taste of what a monster he was. She will not speak. She just accesses everything. Her husband Xander stands behind her.
Not daring to say a single word. We all know who rules their world. And he is not the one who does. In my father’s ruling days, he was in the head security team. Now he stands here because my sister chose her. It’s very strange to think that she married someone like him.
But then again in this family, there are doors behind doors. Deserted ones too. That remains unopened now.
Another member is in the family room. o theíos mou Thanos, a hidden man, but knows how to rule. He stands quiet. He was my father’s forever companion. His silence is striking. It’s like he does not have a word to say to him or maybe he refuses to accept him now. He has a calm demeanor. I have never seen him lose his temper. He is my mentor.
SEPH’S POVThe thunder roared in the sky making my heart rattle in the cage it is trapped in. I quickly clean tears from my face with the back of my hand. My hand unintentionally clutched my locket. On this cold night, I only have one thing to hold onto. The sweet little angel sleeping beside me. How easily she could get lost in the world of dreams. And may she continue to do so my heart prayed.But I cannot spend my life like her. Ayla can hide in her dreams from the past but I relive them in sleep. She is just a five-year-old girl. Her innocence makes me want to trust that in this world of fake actors some reliable people exist too. What will her future be? Will she continue to wander the paths of the earth in search of a haven?We are far aware of our home. Our city. we are strangers here. We can not ask for help from anyone. Humans tend to become hungry wolves. I can not trust anyone.Will I ever find a place to stop? To think that yes after this we will have no problems; Our past
HADES POVOne person from my family is not here. Theía Roxane is not here. It is forbidden to take her name here. As a betrayer, she remains locked somewhere. She is the only one my father could never get himself to kill. So, she is caged somewhere. Her boyfriend who helped her in all this was not so lucky. He is six feet under now. Her location remains unknown. Only the people closest to my father know. (aunt)Soon I will unveil all secrets. I will see that all cards are dealt nicely. All mysteries become known to me. So, my enemies find no open windows.The room is quiet except for the fading harsh breaths of this animal. I just want to get over this as all this drama is wasting my time. While I have to attend a shipment deal worth billions.His breaths grew shorter and shorter and suddenly his faded blues strikes my blue ones. He beckons My grandmother to come closer with a shake of a hand.Lara stands up to give space to my grandmother. Next with a shake of a hand, he asks everyon
Seph’s PovThe last five years have been nothing but suffering. Witch each step I have yearned for a helping a hand. A hand on my shoulder a hug anything something which could give me evena bit of hope courage. No such support was written in my face because I am stuck here. Away from them. I couldn’t even go to their funerals. Now I am too far to visit their graves. But in reality, my life became utter hell when he set his eyes on me. Eyes which I though had love. Everything in them was an illusion to trap me. He lured me in with his practiced hands. He is the sole killer of my happiness. Every moment I cherished, everything I held dear. He is the cruelest assassin of my everything.His family ruined mine. They showed no mercy.I cleared my face with the back of my hand. “Let him try,” I thought. I will never be his. He will never find me. I will run till it’s the edge of the world. For my sake and Ayla's. I will run and continue to hide. He must suffer from my disappearance. Time a
HADES POVHe is dead so there is nothing that can make me stay here. I went out of his room. My next step would be to jump on our jet and go to that country my pouli has been hiding in. People here can take care of the funeral arrangements. They do not need my assistance with such things. Moreover, they damn well knew that I was least interested in offering my help for such a task.I still have the box in my hands and I can see people eying it in my peripheral view.Just when I moved towards the staircase to get to my room a booming voice stopped me.“Na stamatísei” she said. (stop)Of course, it had to be my giagiá. No one else could dare to stop me. They all know that I have been waiting for this moment. They all know that it wouldn’t take me a moment to leave all this and go after Myrine. They all know that I was waiting for his end to gain what I have ever wanted.“Den boreís na fýgeis” she said. Her face is devoid of any emotion. (You cannot leave)“Giatí” (why) I said walking to
HADES POVThe funeral was a waste of time. Hearing the priest call out forgiveness for him. Telling that heaven awaits him and blah blah.We all know his soul must be already rotting in hell somewhere. The only thing I enjoyed was seeing him getting six feet under. Slowly and slowly. We buried him in our ancestral graveyard. The media was not allowed to pass the premises of the church. But they must have taken photos which with no doubt will be pasted on all the newspapers and news channels.It was evening when I got free at last. I took a ride back and returned to my room.I need to drink. To rejoice. Just when I was thinking of opening the mini-fridge to check which ones were here. I noticed a moment. Someone was on the terrace, sitting on the chairs.I opened the glass door. He was the one I was expecting to see. My childhood friend. How could he miss this moment?Jace turns around and holds the bottles he has brought “Sorry for barging into your room like that but the occasion wa
This time Jace tried to say something. I stopped him with the hand gesture of stop. He reluctantly did. I knew that he wanted to interrupt, it was written on his face. It is his nature. But the fact is We both know how messy it is to get involved with the civilians. they do not know our rules. they do not know how to survive in our circles and so on. They fell prey to the spiders. But even when she hasn’t said a word. Even when I had not gotten a taste of her. She already has my full attention. I want her. She is not like other whores I usually fuck. I want to cage her. I want her for myself only. I want to smell myself on her. I already feel possessive about her. So Jace has to shut up his calculating mouth and let the scene play. Let her fall for me. Let me approach her and take her. She must have surprise written on her face. But suddenly her body tensed. I could sense it from the tightness of the dress at her back. The waiter points towards me telling her that I am the one who
Flashback end I hope she can see the promise hidden. Or else I will make her remember it the hard way. I kicked Jace’s leg and he sits up straight.“You know the bástardos left with another problem”“What?” he sobers up a little.I went to my room inside the walk-in closet. Behind my set of white and black shirts was my locker. I had put the box inside it. Only I know the combination. In this house, Walls not have ears but pestering eyes too. So, it’s better to keep it safe.I opened it. A picture of a kid was the first thing that came into my hand. There was an address on it.There are some other things in the box. I will check them some other time.I came back to the terrace and handed the photo to Jace.“He is just a kid.” He says after looking at it.“Yes, a kid. A bastard kid from my father” I spat.He groans. “Now what? You want me to find and kill him? He hesitates and says “You know I do not kill….. ”He is the best person for this job. He knows how to find the people who a
Both of them exchanged glances and then the one in the passenger seat turned and replied “you will get your answers in a while” he paused for a moment and continued “The old man who always takes you is waiting for you”.It means today I will a good chance at knowing about the people who are helping me. There must be a reason behind it. Nothing comes free in this world.This man has been my saving grace. Since that unfortunate night when I could not think of the next step. I had no one to turn to that night. Just two months old Ayla in my hands. I know that the old man is not the head. He had also made this clear too that the one who texts me the next location is.Even if I get to meet his boss tonight or not. I will demand answers. If he is such a well-wisher of mine, why doesn’t he come forward and reveals himself?I could see Ayla’s eyes drooping. She is just a small girl. She doesn’t even have breakfast yet. Al