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Fires Within Fires CHAPTER 36
Jace’s PovWe will be landing in Athens soon. To say that the flight had been terrible would be an understatement. It was complete hell. My mental health is at wits. I have the boy Hades demands. Thank God Eros had a doctor with him otherwise I would have been delivering a dead body.I rubbed my forehead with my fingers. I am having a crushing headache. I hate things like this related to children. I drew my line there years ago.The black screen in front of me took me to places I would rather avoid. Even with a private jet, it was a long distance to Athens from here.With all the situation going on it felt as if time was moving with the speed of a turtle.Weird.At our happy moments we want to time to become like this. That it slows down and never passes. But at the time calamity we want it to race pasts us. The truth is its never takes the speed we desire. It keeps on moving at the pace it wants.If it would have been at or beck and call, we would be living the moments with our loved
Fires Within Fires CHAPTER 37
Seph’s POV:“Leave me. Hades Leave me” He dragged me through the rough patches of the forest without even thinking that I was barely dressed. I clawed at his hands to lighten but that only made him drag me with more force.The blood from my injured foot left a trail in the dark forest. With the gip he has on my hair, it feels like they are being torn from my roots leaving my scalp on fire. Not only that he has my child killed now he wants to torture me too.I grabbed a nearby tree showing him that I refused to be treated like such. A beast-like growl emerged from his mouth and a moment later I was punished for my rebellion. A sharp sound rang in the silent night as he backhanded e with such a face that left me sprawled on the moist land.Something cold and wet dripped from my burning lip. I touched it with my shaking fingertip. Fresh blood sat on my fingers. More tears emerged in my eyes. In a swift moment, he took a hold of my arm in an iron grip and started dragging me again.With m
Fires Within Fires CHAPTER 38
Seph’s POV:“No one Hades, no one helped me that night” I told him because this was the truth. The ones who could help me were dead.He gritted his teeth in anger. “seph this will not work. I want the truth. Without someone’s help, you could have never been able to fly out of this country with a small child. Give me the name seph.”With tears in my eyes, I begged him to believe me. Why would I tell a lie now? I am bruised battered shattered from inside. I have nothing left.“No one hades believe me no one” apparently my wailing did not affect him. He grabbed my head from the back and threw me into the sea. I was not even given time to grasp oxygen so water poured into my mouth fervently. I tried getting out but the weight at the back of my head kept me from doing so. It was getting harder to breathe.So much water and cold. In no time water started filling in and just when I thought I was going to lose consciousness he pulled me out. My body dragged the precious air inside. I will di
Fires Within Fires CHAPTER 39
Seph’s POV:The room was so bright that my eyes hurt from it. Exhaustion lay deep on my body but so did the heavy unknown weight on my body too. I was held by strong arms from behind. Muscles kept me caged in place. It was not too hot but it sure felt comfy. I was laying on something soft and an equally fluffy thing was draped over me.Suddenly A phone went off behind me and the weight lifted from me. I felt emptiness but I was too groggy and tired to even move. A name was said in a threatening tone “Jace”My foot throbbed with a dull ache and I closed my eyes willing the pain to go away. A moment later a knock on the door came. I couldn’t see who it was because I facing the other way from the door towards the large window.Feet shuffled and the door was opened because the question was asked by the intruder. “Ti?” the sleepy yet angry and irritated voice asked. (What?)I kept my attention on the talk to see what is the fuss about. Even though something kept pulling me under I tried my
Fires Within Fires CHAPTER 40
Hades POV“And what about the guard?” I asked. This was the main part. How was a trained man killed by a frail woman?“The maids said the doctor had asked him to keep an eye on her because she was the risk. But when they entered again, he was dead and the gun was in her hand.” This was all then. Because there is only one place in the house where there are no cameras. Her room. Keeping her recent actions in view, the cameras must be installed there too. I will see to it.A woman in her sixties greeted us inside the house. Even her posture screamed loyalty and years of work for the family. With a slight bow she greeted me “I am seline, Kýrie. The breakfast table has been set up as per the request. She is waiting for you there. If you could follow me Kýrie” (sir)The house was warm, a refuge from the hostile frostiness of the forest outside. She sat on the seat left to the head on the large dining table. It was more than five years that I had not seen her and saying that she had aged lik
Fires Within Fires CHAPTER 41
3rd POVRoxanne stood up with great difficulty. When she was just about to fall, Hades scooped her up. Where Hades was sweating under the coat because of how warm the house was kept A light shiver encapsulated her body. She did not utter a single word. They never had a typical aunt-nephew relationship. They were like friends. Hades climbed the stairs and took her to her room. The walls of the room were bare, providing no peek into the personal life. No pictures were hung which could give the sign that maybe she had made an effort to personalize it. Sickness hung in the air. An oxygen mask lay on the bedside table with several medicines with a glass full of water. Hades sat her on the bed and picked one of the blister packets of pills. It read Xanax. He turned around and found that she hasn’t moved an inch. She stared into nothingness. Hades took a seat on the nearby couch.“Aren’t you going to congratulate me Anne?” he asked. The use of the nickname after five years did not startle
Fires Within Fires CHAPTER 42
Fury was pasted on Hades' face as he exited the house. Carlos was on his heels behind him. Hades did not stop until they had reached the car. He quickly slammed his hand at the car. With his bruised hand he pulled out the cigarette packet and lighted one. With long drags, he inhaled the poison. He had expected to see some remorse but there was not even a flick of it. She had chosen her side that night and she is standing by it. There was a time when he had loved her passion. Even when her sunken cheekbones were once high because of her cheerful nature she was adamant.His hands itched with the need to burn something.“Your friend called to say that he is back at the main house”Yes, Hades thought. He now has something he could actually burn.“Ask him to take him to the basement. To that room”Back at the mansionHades headed for the basement as soon as they reached the main house. It was a whole world beneath the family estate. It was the world of crime. What was better than to keep
Fires Within Fires CHAPTER 43
In a tight grip, he took the boy’s arm and without wasting a second pressed it on the inside of it. The scream ripped from the boy’s face as his eyes flew open. The smell of burning flesh assaulted his nose. When Hades was satisfied with the burn, he took it off.The boy’s blurry eyes leaked tears as he tried his best to take in the captor. Words could barely escape his parched throat and he couldn’t help but wail against the torture.Hades fisted his hair again. “Open your eyes and remember your captor”..The boy lost consciousness after the second burn and no matter what they tried he didn’t open his eyes. Hades had wanted him to remain conscious while he afflicted the pain. Despite dumping a barrel of cold water, the boy did not open his eyes.Hades left giving the order that he is to be messaged when the prisoner awakes.He took the seat in his office. The next few hours were spent giving new orders. His first order had been to close all sex trafficking attached to their busines
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