HOPE'S POV I didn't know when I became nocturnal but I could swear by anything that I was seeing through the night clearly. Maybe it was the adrenaline rush that was giving me a super vision as I ran through the forest.Tud! tud! tud!... I kept hearing the sound of my bare feet as they jammed on the ground heavily and the scrunching sounds of dry leaf as I dashed between the trees in search of an exit. I couldn't remember the direction to the gate but I could care less about that. I managed to sneak out of the huge room that was assigned to me and that was all that mattered. Direction wasn’t much of a concern to as long as I didn’t run in circles back to my former location.I pray he doesn't find me, i whispered to myself without slowing my speed. This was my third attempt on escape and I was hopeful for a successful execution of my plan. It wasn’t as I if asked for any of these. Things I never wished for threatened to steal my breath and suffocate me while all the stuff I prayed a

ACEI was so pissed off. I gave bob a task to bring the girl back to the mansion before dawn but he couldn’t do it properly. Whether he carried out my order directly wasn’t my concern and all I needed was for it to get done properly and he failed. One the guys gave her a concussion and the unlucky one was standing before me.I don’t just let anyone into the family and I had never crossed part with the one standing in front of me. There was only one person who could have done that and that was bob. He brought someone who couldn’t follow instructions and obey orders from the boss. She deserved to be cut off in every aspect… he deserved to be killed. The secrets of my family stay in the family but he wasn’t going to be a part of it in a few seconds.“Do you know what happens to people who don’t follow and obey orders?” I asked him but he just fidgeted in front of me without saying anything. “You’re doing it again.” I said as I moved behind him. “You’re a slow learner. If I ask you a ques

HOPEI was walking around the last floor which belonged to Ace before I became a co-owner without a care in the world, knowing fully well that I wasn’t going to get caught. One of the kind maids told me earlier that I was free to explore the place. As I poked my head into series of empty rooms filled with nothings but dusts, I suddenly came to a stop in front of the door leading to Ace’s room.While I stood there it occurred to me that I after my encounter with him the other week in his room, seeing again became like trying to win the lottery. My heart sank on the realization that it was already weeks since I last saw him. It wasn’t because I missed him though. It was because my stay in the mansion was becoming too long and I was starting to warm to the place.No, you’re not. I scolded myself.I saw him that night. It was about a few weeks ago but the image of the blood I saw in between the collar of his shirt was still fresh on my memory. It wasn’t much but, I could swear by anything