FAZER LOGINValerie Thorne’s POV:I didn’t expect to find anything, especially when I didn’t even know what I had to find. I just flipped the old newspapers.Alliance… 1978… some secret file… everything felt weird for some reason.I was still reading and flipping the pages when my heart stopped for a second as I glanced at a short article in the lower corner of the page. The ink was faded, but the words… they felt wrong. Wrong in a way that it made the back of my neck prickle.I leaned closer as I picked the newspaper up with both hands.Raven looked at me with concern, “What is it?”I didn’t answer. I just looked at Raven and said in a low voice, which was barely audible in my own ears, “Look at this.”Raven took the paper from my hand. The moment he started reading it, it was like the air in the room changed! It became heavier! It became darker!I felt like the walls were pulling closer.His jaw clenched. His fingers were pressed into the fragile paper. He didn’t say anything, but I could feel
But nothing came to mind, no matter how much I tried to think about it. I picked up my phone and called Eliot to my office.Eliot came into my office a short while later. He had something in his hand. I asked curiously, “What is this?”“Oh, Madam sent you this,” Eliot handed me the box.I took it from his hand, and it looked suspicious. I wonder what my wife sent me. I opened it and saw that it had some jewels inside. Why would Valerie send me jewels?“Are you sure, Valerie sent them?” I looked up at Eliot and asked.“No…” Eliot shook his head. “Elder Madam sent this.”I nodded and handed the box back to Eliot. I didn’t need anything from them again. I had already cut off my ties with them since I took over the Blackwood empire. And no, I wasn’t given it in the glorious form, and I was the ungrateful brat. It had debt, and it was on the verge of collapsing. Enemies were everywhere. I took over it, I handled everything, and brought it to heights where I was the king and no enemy could
A few days later:I tapped my fingers against my chin, and my other hand rested casually on the desk. I looked at the man, who was also my best friend, but currently, his brain had stopped working, so here he was, taking my help. I asked slowly, “Do you know Vincent Moretti?”Rowan’s jaw tightened, and he looked at me like I had asked something hilarious, “Who doesn’t?”I nodded calmly and asked another question, trying to remind him of the key details he was forgetting, “And his son?” I could clearly see the storm brewing in his eyes. His patience was clearly wearing thin, and frustration was visible all over his face. He spoke through gritted teeth, “Raven Blackwood, get to the fucking point!”I raised my brows but remained unfazed. He still wasn’t understanding what I was trying to convey to him. I wondered, since when had he lost his intelligence? Truly, love makes people dumb! Taking a deep breath, I continued, “I am getting to the point. You see, his son recently got married to
“Yes,” The reply came almost instantly.I wondered if he was too free now to give replies instantly. I quickly typed another text, “I got a deal.”“You think you can fool me twice, Blackwood!”I couldn’t help but roll my eyes as I stared at his reply for a couple of seconds. Damn it. I silently cursed. Bad thing, I fooled him before. Good thing, I still had the advantage over him. I knew by returning her, my Wife would be angry at me, but I had no choice. At least that idiot loved her, so, even if he would make things difficult for her, he wouldn’t harm her. I could reassure my Wife about it.“It won’t happen again. Last time was an emergency,” I replied.“Only an idiot would believe you, BLACKWOOD!”I looked at his message. He even highlighted my last name in capitals. I felt like I was talking to someone who was not very intelligent. I typed another text. “You don’t want her. Fine.”I put my phone on the table and sat in the chair, watching the night sky. On the table, my phone bu
“Start by tomorrow night. I want quick results.” I ordered.“Don’t worry. This is what I am best at!”I nodded, my eyes turning to look at my wife, who was looking furiously at the man dressed in a grey shirt, black pants. My eyes dimmed, and a wave of storm rushed into my mind. I turned to stand up immediately and walked to her side, but before I had taken my second step, Posh spoke up, stopping me in my tracks, “Sit back.”“What does that mean?” I turned to him, though my eyes remained on my Wife.“You stay here. I will bring your girl here.” He said.I frowned, and in no time, he stood up and walked towards my wife and the man in grey. My hands clenched into a fist. Who was he to rescue my wife and be the hero? She was my wife! Mine!Blood rushed to my brain, and he looked at me, signalling not to act as he laughed with the man in grey. The fucking audacity! My eyes narrowed as I glared at him to stop whatever fucking game he was at.He smiled and excused the man before he walked b
“Did someone come here?” She asked. Her voice sounded calm, but there was an edge to it. The way she asked meant she knew it already. There was no point in hiding it from her, especially when she had the right to own and know every part of my life.I nodded. “You know Alaric Vance?”“Alaric Vance?” She murmured the name as she tried to recall it in her memory. After a quiet moment, she nodded her head, “I think I do.”I watched her in silence, letting her take her sweet time to run through her mind. She looked at me with wide eyes and asked, “He controls this region of Cornwall, if I am not wrong?”“You’re right, Wife,” I was pleased with her intelligence.She continued, “Elvis mentioned him. He said there are two people you shouldn’t mess with in England. One was Alaric Vance, and the other was…”She paused in between, looking around as if walls could hear and react if they heard the other name. I prompted her a little, “The other one was??”“MAX… He said Nox Knight,” She said in a







