"Ohm slow down!" exclaimed Man, "Where are we going?"
"To save Ashly," replied Ohm, "We can't just leave her in the hands of Alexander."
"How are we even going to find her? We can't get to main base without a permission and there's no way a anyone would help us. They all work for Alexander," said Man.
"Alexander is the Mafia Don isn't he? He must have a place here," said Ohm.
"You want to march into the lair of the most powerful mafia to have ever lived?" asked Zia.
"Ashly would do the same for any of us," said Ohm, "But if you don't want to come, I understand."
"That's not what I meant; I just don't want to walk into this blindly. That won't help Ashly," said Zia.
"What about your plan? Alexander basically runs the hole city these days, wouldn't your friend know where Alexander lives?" ask Man.
"You're a genius, Man!" exclaimed Ohm, hugging his brother.
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"Is everything ready for tomorrow?" asked Alexander.
"Yes, I've notified all the mafia leaders all around the world in the area to witness the bonding," replied Sam. "And Cat agreed to do the ceremony for you."
"Really? I thought she'd be against this," said Win. Cat was part group after all.
"Well she knows that Alexander needs a Donna to ground his people's. And while she's not exactly happy about the situation, she knows that she's the only one to do the ceremony for Alexander," replied Sam. "That or she wants to be there to stop Alexander from killing Simon when the govenment goes back on their word, because personally, I don't think the government is going to deliver."
Just as Alexander was going to reply, someone began pounding on the door and ringing the doorbell simultaneously. Instantly, Win blurred to the door, ready to fight. No one would have the nerve to do something like this. Only a stupid would show Alexander such disrespect.
" WHO DARES DISTURB ME?" roared Alexander . Motioning for Win to step aside, he immediately open the door and then he immediately recognized the three soldiers as the ones that were accompanying his Ashly the previous night.
"Well, if it isn't my soon-to-be in-laws," said Alexander , grinning like a cheshire cat. "Many, was it? Put that gun away before you hurt yourself. I'd hate to have to tell my dear Ashly that his brother injured himself in my lair."
"She's not yours!" exclaimed Man, "And my name is Man."
"Not yet, but come tomorrow morning, she will be," said Alexander.
"Where are you keeping my sister, Alexander? I swear to God that if you've hurt her in any way, I'll kill you. I don't care how powerful you are, I won't stop until you die," said Ohm.
"She's probably in headquarter by now," said Alexander, as if he was talking about the weather and not the kidnapping of someone's sister, "My dear Ohm, I have no intention of harming Ashly. I intend to love and treasure her, not hurt her."
"You're using a damn contract to force her to be your mate. How can you say you're not going to harm her?" asked Ohm, angry tears streaming down his usually flawless face.
"Do you think she'd be better off with your parents? With the government? If they cared about her at all, they would've fought for her. They barely put up a fight when I made my demands. Do you want to know what your mother said when I asked for Ashly? She said that she'd kill her before she'd hand her over. What kind of mother does that make her? Ashly deserves to be cherished and protected and I intend to do just that. You might not see it right now, but I'm what's best for her," said Alexander.
Ohm didn't know what to say. He knew his mother was bad, but even in his worse nightmare he never thought his mother capable of threatening the life of his own daughter. He turned to Man, who was just as speechless.
Seeing that her friends were too distraught to speak, Zia stepped forward, "I know we can't stop you no matter how hard we try. But please, let us see Ashly before the ceremony. They dragged her off without explaining anything to her. She must be so scared right now."
Alexander' heart broke slightly when Zia said that Ashly was likely scared. He had requested that his Ashly be removed from that place to protect her from her mother, but neglected to think about how confused the Ashly must be. He knew he'd have to hurt Ashly to protect her, but maybe Alexander could give his Ashly some level of comfort before he tore her world apart.
Sighing dramatically, Alexander began call his people , "I'll send a message to Malachi to allow you to stay with Ashly until the ceremony tomorrow. But don't try anything stupid. There's nowhere for you to run. There's a reason they call me the most powerful Mafia Don."
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Pheuk& WinI know it's not real. It all feels too good to be true. I look up into his eyes and I know he can't see past the way. He has a smile on his face, so big and without a worry. How should I tell him? That this isn't real and he needs to open his eyes and remember what happened. That we were in Adom's apartment and then we just appeared here. In this perfect life were everyone is happy and the people we loved and were close to us who we lost are alive. No authority, no underworld, no Don, no Alexander, no pain and misery, just a family and a life that could never and will never be. But how do I tell him? That Mike- his best friend- is a solider and not a civilian being. That he is a solider, born to defend the civilian against everything bad. That the man standing beside his grandmothermother- the one he called grandpa- is actually the man he hates the most in his life. Or that the boy with brown hair and thick gla
Prea& MikeI woke up feeling raindrops fall on my face. My head hurt and I opened my eyes to see that indeed there were raindrops falling right on me. Above me I could see the dark cloudy sky of ciry. I sat up straight and looked around me to find I was laying in the middle of the street but there were no cars or any people around, it was completely quiet. I could see something in the distance and I squint my eyes to get a better view. It was a figure, sprawled on the ground, it was a boy, brown hair an- "Mike!" I screamed and bolted up on my feet to run to his side. By the time I kneeled down beside him he was already opening his eyes and adjusting them to the blinding street lamp."Prea?" He asked, looking straight into my eyes. His eyes widened in realisation and he sat up so fast I had to move back to avoid him crashing into me. "What happened?! How did we get here?? And the others?!"He glanced around and frowned. "Are
Alexandra awoke in a forest. There was fog everywhere and she could hardly see the pines and trees let alone her feet where also hard to see. She looked around, trying hard to find Adom and her family. Instead she heard a loud roar, followed by another, and another. Then the pounding of feet and the birds shrieked."Win! Prea!!" Her heart was beating fast and her lungs felt like they were being compressed together making it hard to breath. "Adom! Adom where are you?!!" The noise got louder Alexandra could hardly hear herself scream. Then she saw a coated man walking in her direction. "Adom!! Over here!" But after she said that she noticed the figure had red hair. She couldn't see his face due to his coat covering it but she didn't need to see to know who it was. That's when Alexandra turned around and took off in a run.~~~~~~~~~~
It was 3 am and Alexandra has barely finished telling Prea, Mike, and Adom the same story she had told Win about her past. It would make everything easier to explain if they knew. They were in Adom's apartment and Mike and Pheuk had decided to stay and leave for the ceremony the next day with them."I'm glad you finally told them Alexandra." Prea smiled softly, her eyes red and teary. "But why now? You haven't told us what happened to mom yet and I know you know." Alexandra sighed and closed her eyes before continuing her explanation."Turns out the back blood in me is not gone. It's been inactive you could say. If I have one more dose of that blood, I don't know what would happen.""But that's not gonna happen." Mike- said. "Why would anyone want to continue what that guy did to you?""And how do you even know the blood is still in you?" Prea gasped. "I- is that how mom-? Did you..?"
Adom wrapped his hand around Alexandra. Their fingers interlocked and at first, Alexandra hand was limp until Adom gave her a reassuring squeeze and Alexandra tightened her grip. The headquarter was full of soldiers and authority members- including Dean.Alexnadea hasn't spoken a word since it happened. When Win and Prea had entered the living room, Yanyan was gone. It was Win who called for Adom. A simple message later, Adom walked through a door followed by his father Dean and Samnatha. He hasn't left Alexandra side since then."Alexandra." Alexandra didn't move. They were outside, Win had to physically take Alexandra away from Nora and drag her outside along with Prea who was on the stairs crying her eyes out. Beside her was Pheuk and Mike- Mike parents had arrived soon after Win called them. "If you don't tell me what happened, we won't be able to find whoever was responsible for this.""You won't find
Win left to his date with Pheuk after that. Alexandra had to drag him all the way to the door for him to leave, reassuring her friend that she will be fine and that she would help Nora sort some papers in the library.It was 5 minutes past midnight. Alexandra was in her room when she heard Nora calling for her. It was rare since Alexandra had thought Nora was asleep and she was calling for her from downstairs. Despite that he walked to the living room, knowing that was were she would most likely be at.And sure enough, there she was. A hand on her throat and her face bloody. The same boy from Alexander stood in the middle of the living room holding Nora by the throat. He had the same red gear on with the hood up.Nora stared at Alexander wide eyed, confused to what was going on but also seemed weak and unable to move."Alexandra- go, run." She shook her head incredulously at her.
"Back when I was 15, I always seeked out- I would go out all the time for long hours." Win nodded, surprised that Alexandra was even telling him. "My brothers thought I was having some fun. I wasn't, I was dating someone. He- was nice at first, but after he met Prea he was abusive. I never did anything, couldn't use my weapons because he was a civilian- I thought he was a civilian. After a while, one night-""One night we disappeared. Me and Prea." Win nodded."He locked us up in the basement. He had these eyes, they were all black. I don't remember much of what happened then, Prea would know, but I never asked her. All I remember was this agonizing pain. He injected balcl blood in me. After a while I would black out, and when I came back, he was on the ground, twisting in pain and a pile of blood around him. Prea would stare at me with fear in her eyes. And the next thing I remember was hearing loud howls and I knew i
Words can't describe what Adom felt when he left Alexandra behind. He had to ignore every inch of himself telling him to stay beside Alexandra, to fight for her. But he didn't. He doesn't know why he didn't. He trusts Alexandra, he believes in her. Alexandra felt like that was the right thing to do, even though Adom believed there could be another way - that there had to be another way. But there wasn't another way. Alexander had an army who would've barged in the room the second he called for them, he had an unusually powerful boy on his side, and he wouldn't have stopped. And in the end, Alexandra did it. He came back to her.When Alexandra woke up, it had been three days after. Adom- who was by her side every second of the day- had been so excited and relieved. The day after that, Alexandra spoke to Samnatha and everyone else how she managed to get back to city. And then they all left back to town with Samantha's promise to keep a look out for the mysterious powe
Whoever the boy in the red gear was, he was powerful enough to take Alexandra all the way back to headquarter. She had wanted to confront him but when Alexandra was bent on his knees gasping for breath he looked up in panic only to realise the boy was gone.The worst part of it all was that Alexandra had been dropped off in Forest, with short breaths and seeming about ready to collapse in exhaustion. Alexandra didn't know what was causing her such a headache but she bet it was due to the teleportation. That must be something.Alexandra had to walk all the way back to her home. It took her several hours but by the time she arrived, all the roads were empty and the only light she spotted came from the Gard. Shw contemplated whether to go there or someplace else. Hee family was most likely at the Gard along with everyone else or maybe they were in the part of the Gard they had taken residence in. Despite it all she will have to go there, may