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    Twisted Empire – Episode 47&48

      

    TWISTED EMPIRE

    Twisted Empire – Episode 47&48

    (Her Blade, His Neck )

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    by Naomi Cindy B.

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    [Daybreak, Healthcare]

    The more the day cracked, the more the shock washed off Sergeant Kash’s body, but despite that, he still wasn’t fully recovered by 7am.

    “You’re telling me you both planned this with the healthcare workers, medics and old doctors?” He asked, trying to get a better hang of it.

    He’s standing in front of the healthcare with Teal who smiled slightly, tying her hair in a messy ponytail and braiding it all the way down as she put her weight on the wall.

    “He knew there was only one poorly equipped healthcare in this island, so he called them last night and made arrangements before we came. We had to make things look real to lure the secretary inside” she explained with a a shrug, and Sergeant Kash sat on the available bench, trying to soak it in.

    And the fact that he choked Teal…

    His eyes suddenly went up to her neck, and when he saw his fingerprints, he stood with a gasp.

    “What?” She blinked.

    “I choked you, my fingerprints is there. I don’t think Master is gon take it lightly if he finds out” There’s fear in his voice as he spoke.

    “It’s nothing, he chokes me too” Teal shrugged.

    ‘And you like that’ her silly subconscious told her, and she cursed at that sick voice.

    “No that’s different, he’s your husband. I’d be angry if I found another man’s fingerprints on my wife” Kash insisted.

    “He wouldn’t kill you just because you choked me. Besides, our coupling is by words, you don’t see any ring on me” she replied.

    Sergeant Kash sighed, knowing she’s stubborn. He can only start hoping for Four not to get angry—and kill him.

    “So what’s gonna happen to the secretary?” He asked.

    Teal sat beside him on the bench.

    Probably dead” she replied.

    ‘He’s not who we thought he was. He might be involved in your parents death’ 

    Uncle Dave’s words stabbed Teal in the gut, and she swallowed imaginary blood.

    She has been trying to forget the words since she returned from her hometown, but she just can’t.

    “You ok?” Sergeant Kash asked her when he noticed she zoned out.

    “I’m fine” 

    “Where is he by the way?” Kash stood, looking impatient.

    “By the sea, fishing” she replied, and he frowned as another confusion set in.

    “Fishing?”

    [Seaside]

    The air is thorny and frigidly harsh, making the morning a overly cold one, coupled with the cloudy fog.

    Four stood at the shore of the freezing sea, holding a fishing hook suspended on a fishing line, tied to a rod.

    The cries of the secretary mixed with the angry crashes of the water currents, and Four looked back at him.

    He’s laying on the shore with holes in his eye sockets instead of eyes—his eyes are gone, and the two balls are in a flat kidney plate beside Four.

    The holes in his eyes are looking so obscure and macabre, belonging in a horror nightmare, and blood is gushing out of the holes like a colourful canvas sample.

    “Please spare me!! Please I promise to release everything I’ve made from working with the President! . . . I promise to give every penny to you! Spare me!!!” He begged and begged.

    Four squatted beside him, smiling like the architect and finisher of all the chaos in this world.

    “I killed people who didn’t deserve death. I killed saints and spilled the blood of saintesses. So who’re you to even beg for breaths? You’ll be greedy till the end, isn’t it?” He said, his chill voice rolling with the sea currents.

    The secretary went silent, but his lips are shaking, and his fingers are nearly crusting like ice beside him.

    He wants to continue talking, but he knows it’ll spell more doom which he’s not ready for.

    “Keep quiet, don’t provoke me to kill you quicker, and crueller” Four muttered, tapping his cheek twice before picking one of his eyeballs from the plate.

    He attached the eyeball to the fishing hook and suspended it in the sea.

    He counted the minutes with his head, and in exactly two, a fish ate the ball and got caught in the hook.

    He lifted the unlucky fish who’s twisting like salted worm, and he released it into the plate before picking the second eyeball.

    He caught a fish with it too, just like the first one, they’re both salmon fishes. He wrapped them up, and a delivery bike came riding to the shore. The rider is wearing a black helmet, so his face is unseen.

    Four handed him the packaged fishes, and the biker left, his bike tires leaving no trails on the sand.

    “How many people have you killed for the President?” Four asked the secretary who’s still laying still.

    His jaws loosened, and the hypothermic blue of his skin deepened.

    “4 people. First was his major opponent in the election when he was contesting for president. Second and third were Xanthe’s ex girlfriend and her father…I killed them cos the President didn’t like the lady. Fourth was the owner of a research company, and that happened even before he became President” he explained with painful sniffles.

    The fact that he’s not seeing anything as he talked is torture on it’s own.

    “I’d have been the fifth if you got me. Too bad, its not my time yet.” Four changed position, shifting back from him

    “Do you know where bullets hurt most?” He sighed wolfishly, pulling his gun from where the had kept it beside his hoops.

    The secretary began shaking again. The blood in his eye holes have stopped pouring now, and cold air is penetrating into his system through the holes. He looks miserable.

    “First place, the hip bone” Four said, firing bullets at his hip bones on both sides.

    “No!!!! Aurhhh!!! I begged you!!! Damnit!!!!” He howled like a baned wolf, his blood exploding from his shot hips to the sand, into the sea.

    “Second place, the knees” Four sighed boringly again, shooting his two knees.

    “Urggg!!! Please stop!!! Please stop!!!” Another cry bursted from his throat as his kneecaps ripped apart, cracking at the bullet impact and letting out cold blood too.

    “Ah… You enjoying the lessons?” Four angled his head sideways, pushing his rough hair away from his eyes.

    “I beg you … I beg you with your hidden soul! I beg you please spare me…spare me” the secretary sniffled, his body already going limp.

    “Tell that to someone who has a stupid soul, and the third place is the cranium, deep inside your brain” Four replied, firing three bullets into his head.

    His body went completely limp as his neck and mouth lost all strength.

    Life slipped out of him, and Four returned his gun to the hoop straps.

    With a simple boot push, the secretary’s lifeless body fell into the sea, getting carried away by the crashing currents.

    Four returned to the healthcare, and both Kash and Teal stood from where they sat.

    The first thing his eyes caught was the fingerprints on Teal’s neck, then the look of guilt on Kash’s face.

    He got it immediately.

    “What did you do to him?” Teal asked, but instead of answering, he took a wide step towards Kash.

    “He did it cos he was protective of you! Stop it!” Teal blocked him.

    “No one else touches your neck. Do I have to write it on your forehead with your blood?” Four glared.

    “I just said he did it cos he was overprotective of you!” Teal held his clenched arms.

    “Am I supposed to start caring? He should know to not touch or leave fingerprints on what I own” Four’s voice turned heavy.

    “It won’t happen again, Master. I’m sorry. I wasn’t carried along, so I got really paranoid and scared when I saw you laying on that bed. I’ll be more careful from now on” Kash spoke softly.

    Four’s chest still stayed inflated, but his eyes peeled away from Kash.

    “Return to the base” he said.

    “Now? What about you and Private Teal?” Kash replied surprisingly.

    “We came here for a night out, nothing is stopping that. We’ll return to Athens tomorrow” Four said.

    “I understand” Kash did a chest push.

    “Carry on with the additional trainings of the squad, next mission is in a week” Four got his phone.

    “You received usman’s texts?” Kash almost gasped.

    “Wait…he texts you?” Teal blinked rapidly.

    “Obviously” Four replied, showing Kash the text on his screen.

    “A stone town? We’re to locate the town ourselves this time? He’s insane, and I’m tired of having to admit that all the time” Kash muttered.

    “And don’t try to find out who shot me, he’s Teal’s Uncle” Four broke the news, and Teal gasped as her eyes met with Kash’s.

    “Why?” He asked slowly.

    “Following the President’s orders, just like the secretary” Four explained.

    “Damn… Not the President again”Kash muttered, the need to behead the President shadowed him.

    Two minutes later, he drove out of the healthcare with the Sergeants, then another car came for Teal and Four.

    Teal flung the door open and jumped inside. She was about to loop the seatbelt on herself when Four hopped in with her, taking it from her and looping it for her.

    “I’m no damsel in distress, stop playing hero” she muttered.

    “You’re whatever the f+ck I say you are, drop the attitude” he replied, and she rolled eyes.

    “You didn’t tell me Usman contacts you” she said.

    “So what if I told you? Your knowledge would have caught up with him somehow?” He gave her a stare, his eyes trailing her cleavage.

    “I’m a part of your squad, you should at least consider that” she flared.

    “Only Sergeant Kash and Blackie are aware. The squad members are in the dark about it. Are you asking for special treatment cos you’re my wife?” She saw him smirk.

    He’s enjoying this.

    “Is that bad?” She smirked back.

    “That’s two” he replied.

    “You…”

    “Me what?” He egged her on with an evil squint, and she stretched her hand to his chest to lodge a punch, but he caught the punch and dragged her to his laps with that hand.

    His hand went to her chest, pulling up her dress to cover her cleavage, then he deeply kissed the skin despite the blood gums.

    At this rate, she’d have to try and get used to his touchy-touchy and body gumming everytime.

    She could smell gin from him, meaning he drank when he was at the sea.

    How much he loves that drink.

    “Will you kill my uncles?” She asked suddenly, and he raised his head from her cleavage.

    “Depends on my mood” he muttered.

    “Uncle Paul didn’t succeed in killing you, so I think he’s worth to spare” she quickly said.

    Four brought an hand to the back of her neck stroking.

    “The secretary didn’t succeed in killing me too, but I gouged his eyes and planted seven bullets in his body before rolling him into the sea. I’ll decide the fate of your Uncle when I’m less busy” 

    “F+ck you” Teal muttered.

    “Of course I’ll f+ck your every hole and claim you properly like my wife, very soon. And that’s 3” he curtly replied.

    Teal went shut.

    [Presidential Office]

    President Spyros was getting highly impatient as the minutes whiled past, running too much.

    He’s currently in a Security council meeting with the heads of Security sectors, and he can’t concentrate as the meeting unfolded in the air-conditioned room.

    His mind is far away, hoping that his errand secretary is safe.

    His official secretary—Mrs. Katerina is right beside him in the room.

    “The face of the army who disposed the human bombs is Four DeVille, the General’s first son. I’m proposing a promotion. Maybe it’s finally time for General Pedro to step down for his son” the head of security (HOS) said, and that snapped President Spyros out of his daze so fast.

    “Make him the General cos he disposed bombs once? If that’s how leaders are chosen, then you won’t be here today.” He told the HOS.

    “There were 4 human bombs in that car, Mr. President sir, and he offloaded them smartly. If the explosion happened in the streets without the rocks to take the fall, then thousands would have died. If his promotion is undeserving for that brilliant performance, then it’s unfair” The HOS insisted.

    “I support the President.” Mrs. Katerina spoke, and all attention spammed to her.

    “Four DeVille is still new. He has only spent two months in the base according to the data we saw. We should give him more chances to prove himself worthy of the promotion” she continued.

    The room went silent, and that was when the President’s phone rang.

    It’s the headmaid at the mansion, so Mrs. Katerina cut the call, but the phone began ringing again.

    It’s Xanthe this time.

    President Spyros picked the call, and what he heard made him end the meeting right there.

    Together with Mrs. Katerina, he left the office, and the drive home was incredibly fast.

    He rushed into the mansion with Mrs. Katerina, and they met the maids and butlers panicking in the kitchen.

    “Dad!” Xanthe breathed in relief when he entered. His arm is still bandaged.

    There are two fishes on the cutting board, and inside the sliced stomach of the fishes, there are human eyes.

    Mrs. Katerina nearly vomited at the sight, she had to cover her mouth, and President Spyros held the cabinets as he stared at the eyes.

    The eyes of the errand secretary.

    “I needed my fish stew fresh, so I told the headmaid to visit the official store for fishes this morning. She came back with these. Human eyes inside the fishes” Xanthe spoke, looking traumatized.

    President Spyros didn’t reply—he couldn’t. 

    He knows where this came from.

    That insane bastard son of Pedro. He caught the errand secretary?

    How come? 

    Wasn’t he in a vegetative state?

    Shit.

    He left the kitchen silently, and Mrs. Katerina followed him.

    “Mr. President sir!”

    [Military Base, Noon]

    The training methods changed today.

    Kash chose not to use the training ground. He led the squad members to the forest surrounding the base property, and for the first time in months, the base dogs were released.

    Morgan and Stormy were released from the prison too since they’re a part of the squad anyways.

    The poison is still in their systems, and they’re to train like that, enter the forest with the crazy pains.

    They both kept their distance, especially Stormy.

    She has tears in her eyes as the pain on her chest is unbearable. She badly wants to faint right now.

    They’re all laying on their bellies on the forest ground, watching and waiting for the right time to attack.

    Kash deployed robotic scarecrows, and they’re to shoot on sight cos the crows are holding rifles too.

    Rook’s finger steadied under the trigger of his own riffle, and he peered at Theo who’s not very far from him under the bushes.

    He looked at his finger, and when he noticed it’s not shaking, he smiled and concentrated back on his target.

    His own scarecrow appeared some meters apart, so he rolled down that perimeter, releasing bullets into the space while chasing after the chunk of grass.

    Brent and Shannon followed behind him. They’re both with two dogs whose barking shook the trees and swayed their leaves as their foot pounded the snow.

    Paine emerged from another angle, and he’s with a dog too, backing a tree before swirling out, pouring bullets into his own crow.

    His dog followed the trail of the bullets and tore the crow to pieces, shredding grasses and shrubs.

    Paine wiped sweat from his head, then he sighed.

    “He’s good” Brent muttered beside Shannon.

    “Focus!” Shannon shouted as his crow aimed for him.

    Brent got grazed slightly on the arm, but he hid behind a tree before bursting out suddenly, shooting down his crow.

    Shannon gave him a thumbs up before resuming her chase.

    Rook stood from the shrubs suddenly, landing his boot on a tree bark before twisting back in a backflip, escaping a bullet. He went on his knees and shot, taking down his crow.

    Morgan and Stormy couldn’t even make it past the first perimeter, they fainted on the ground, and blood soaked their uniforms again from their poison-stabbed chest.

    As for Theo, he hasn’t moved from where he is.

    His hand is under the trigger, but he can’t shoot even as he stared at his own crow.

    He couldn’t stop the images of that night from sinking into his head.

    The way the terrorists forced his father to f+ck goa sis. The way his father was slamming into his sister with bloody tears in his eyes.

    The scene should be empowering him, but it’s doing the opposite. His fingers began shaking again, and the tremors made him colder than ice.

    He pulled the trigger stubbornly, but instead of hitting his own crow, he shot one of the dogs.

    “Theodore!!” Rook shouted, running to him already.

    “Theo!!” Shannon and Brent chorused, and when he saw what he has done, his eyes widened.

    “Stop on your meters, everyone!” Sergeant Kash communicated with everyone in the forest through the VAS, and everyone halted.

    “Theodore!” Rook held Theo when he arrived at his side, but Theo shook him off harshly.

    His body is still shaking.

    “Theodore” Rook repeated the call, but he remained frozen till Kash got to them.

    He picked up the wounded dog and covered the wound with a piece of clothe, then he carried it and faced Theo.

    “Report to the General’s office” he said, then he ran out of the forest with the dog to save it.

    “Theodore” Rook did the third call, holding him, bit Theodore shook him off again.

    “Don’t touch me” he muttered, walking away.

    Rook’s palms folded, and his rifle rope pulled on his neck.

    “What’s up with him?” Shannon muttered.

    “Hand tremor” Brent muttered.

    “What!” Shannon blinked.

    “Shh” Brent shushed.

    [Main Base]

    Skye and April came out of the communal dinning after having their fill of the breakfast, only for them to meet Axel and Allegra in front of the dinner, both looking like conquests.

    Allegra is backing the wall with crossed arms, and Axel is standing opposite her.

    “Follow up” he said, then he led the way with Allegra.

    Skye and April exchanged glances, but they followed them anyways…to the front of Axel’s Unit.

    “Sergeant Kash is busy training the squad in the forest, and that only means the next mission is close” Allegra said.

    “Meaning?” Skye grimaced.

    “You’ll ruin the next mission, and this time…make sure the casualties are more than the ones who’d survive” Axel replied.

    “Aren’t you ashamed at all?” April went closer.

    “What the hell is wrong with your head! I know you’re the one to sent Abbey to sabotage the last mission, and Snowman barely escaped the bomb blast! Abbey was electrocuted, all because of you, but now you’re plotting another? What’s your use in this base? You’re only familiar with how to envy your brother!” She yelled.

    Axel grabbed April hurtfully by the hair, but Skye stepped in, punching him away from her.

    He pulled April behind himself and faced him.

    “You will not touch my girlfriend that way, ever again!” He yelled loudly.

    Axel smiled, then Allegra played the video behind, coming forward and showing them the phone screen so they’d see and hear clearly.

    Both April and Skye froze with stretched eyes, beyond their lids.

    Skye tried to snatch the phone from Allegra, but she pulled back, laughing.

    At the same time, Axel received a text from Cassie, and he discreetly checked.

    Fool: Kash is busy in the forest, can I come over to your Unit?

    Axel scoffed, not bothering to reply before pushing the phone back into his pocket, then he faced the scene ahead of him.

    Skye and April are still shivering.

    “No” April shook her head fearfully.

    “You know what happens if the General or the great Lady Yulia, gets her hands on this video.” Allegra said.

    “So…what do you say, lovebirds?” Axel grinned.

    [A Superstore In The City]

    Yulia intentionally came to the store in her uniform, as if passing a message across which she’s really doing.

    The attendants flooded her with bows and at tension stands by the door, showering her with respect like they do anytime she visits this place.

    Yulia rarely visits the store since she’s not a fashion diva. She just wears anything she plucks from her wardrobe whenever ages not wearing her uniform, and she’s good with whatever it is.

    But these days, the constant need to shop for Teal kept gnawing at her, and she can’t help it.

    She’s the one who arranged the small bag Teal took on to Symi island, so she wants to prepare new fits pending when she’d return.

    She can’t always be wearing the boyish muftis or uniform everytime.

    Two attendants followed her behind, and as she checked out the dresses—casual and sexy, they picked them up.

    Everything was going well till another woman slipped out of a corner in the store, having the looks and features of a witch.

    It’s Empress, and she’s with Sierra.

    “Bad luck” Sierra rolled eyes.

    “Oh look, it’s the shameless sl+t who stole my leftovers” Empress sneered, the bun in her auburn hair causing her forehead to protrude.

    Her eyes are overweight with hate. Deep-seated hate for Yulia.

    “You’re the leftover here, darling. He left you for me, so do the maths. And I bet you aren’t with a man cos you’re way too ugly to look at, or cos you’re still obsessed with Ed, just the way your shameless daughter is obsessed with my son” Yulia said at a go.

    “Yes I love him! Die off if you’re not comfortable with it. We’re outside the base so watch how you speak to my mother or I’ll shred you!” Sierra cut in hotly, but Empress pulled her back.

    The woman was laughing loud, the sound echoing through the store walls as she walked to Yulia slowly, intentionally.

    She kept up the annoying laughter till she arrived, then she removed her glasses and laughed at Yulia’s face for one more second.

    “I’m powerful without Pedro, I stand on my own! I’m not like you who’d crumble without him, and that’s why you’re clinging tight to him like your life! I’ll tell you this…” She leaned into Yulia’s ear.

    “If my daughter wants something, she gets. If she says she wants your son, I don’t care about the half-siblings bond between them. She’d get him. I’ll also turn your second son against you too, and I’ll take Pedro away. It’s a promise” she whispered..

    “You’re barking too loud like the dogs in your annex” Yulia said.

    Empress began laughing again, loud like hard metal on a rock as she pulled Sierra.

    They left the store, her laughter echoing behind her.

    Yulia smirked loudly.

    [Symi Island]

    Thankfully, Four booked a cozy suite, so when Teal got back with him, she entered the bathroom immediately, drowning herself inside the bathtub soaked in sweet-smelling eucalyptus lather just like the one in his Unit at the base.

    The water calmed her nerves, putting out the fire and icing up the burns.

    Is he really gonna kill her uncles? They might have sinned by listening to the president, but they’re still her uncles—her family.

    He won’t be as cruel as that to her, right?

    What’s she even thinking about, of course he’s the ruthless number Four.

    He only sees her as a possession—a property, through and through.

    And his speciality is barging into her space, just like right now…

    Four entered the bathroom, and she quickly palmed some lather to her chest, covering her naked breasts with it.

    His presence flipped the bathroom like a cyclone, and his steps were darkly silent till he settled on the bathtub.

    The permanent smirk is on his face as he picked a brush, then he took her fingers into his warm ones, and began washing off the blood from her under-nails.

    He noticed them?

    She stayed still, watching as the brush peeled of the dried blood, whitening her nails again.

    There was deafening silence in the bathroom, except for the sound of the brush on her nails and the sound of her breathings.

    She felt the need to look at his face and see how he looks while washing her. Surprisingly, she met his eyes on her chest, and her eyes quickly snapped there to see that the lather she covered her bre+sts with have all disappeared.

    F+ck.

    She made to gather another lather, but he flipped her hands away fast.

    “Who said you could hide my bre+sts away from my eyes?” His taw voice followed, breaking the deafening silence.

    “They’re not yours” she replied, and he flipped her arms apart again when she tried covering.

    “That’s a lie, and that makes 4” 

    His long masculine fingers wrap around her taut nipple and twisted it. Gently at first then harshly with the intent to hurt.

    Teal’s fingers crumbled, and her walls collapsed. The bricks she has been shielding herself with. They fell.

    She inhaled through her nose and exhaled through her mouth to keep herself from feeling it, but it was pointless.

    Her n+pples sent a zap of pleasure to her core, so strong that her entire body felt it.

    Her n+pples are very sensitive—prone to easy stimulation.

    His fingers stimulated them in a maddening way, as if he has been touching them all his life.

    “These br+àsts, are they mine, Asteri?” He pinched both nipples, and she arched in the water, m0aning.

    “Mmm. . . .”

    “That’s not an answer”

    She shook her head.

    “Use your words” his voice is low and controlled with no room for disobedience.

    She didn’t speak, so he twisted that n+pple again, with more force as if he’s planning to break the skin.

    She released an anguished cry mixed with a moan. “I said not to lie to me”

    “Yes, yes. . .ahh. . .” She whimpered when she massaged the aching points of her n+pples with his finger pads, giving them little soothing before going back to torturing them.

    She’s so stimulated that she thought she’d 0rgasm with just n+pple play, and for some reason, she believes he’d be able to do it. Her core throbs with bursts of ar+usal that matches the rhythm of his fingers.

    Sometimes hard and fast, other times slow and agonizing, and she likes it—the pain.

    He suddenly released her left n+pple, and it ached, tingling with the loss of his fingers.

    Her thighs rubbed against each other underwater due to the unfathomable effect he’s having on her. Mortification ate deep into her insides.

    He traced his hands downward, into the water between her legs, and he cupped her most intimate part tightly.

    “Hmm. . . You’re soaked, Asteri” 

    “I’m not. . .ahhh. . .” Her voice ended in a whisper-moan when he shoved two fingers into her.

    “Don’t finish that lie” he whispered.

    “Mmm. . .” Her back arched down the tub wall at the sensations of him filling her up.

    He’s not just touching her intimately—he’s owning her, totally. Just like when he kissed her in the prison.

    “You’re so fuckin tight, Teal. Feel your c+nt tightening around my fingers?” 

    She wants to look away from the controlled lust shinning in his eyes, but she can’t, and it’s not only because of his command.

    Something in her unlocked when his fingers went inside her, it’s feral and harsh. Unforgiving and out of control.

    She’s falling into that web, sinking deep with each of his merciless pounds.

    The rhythm is overwhelming, but not messy. It’s measured, just like everything about Four.

    He twisted her n+pples over and over again as he powered into her puxxy, the heels of his palm slapping her cl+ît.

    “Do you hear your arousal, Asteri? Do you hear how much you crave this? How your body is coming undone?” 

    He rammed his fingers inside a few more times as if driving the point home.

    Her back pushed off the tub wall, meeting his fingers on her n+pples and inside her.

    He rubbed the heel os his fingers against her cl+ît while twisting his n+pples and curling his fingers inside her walls.

    The triple assault undid her.

    She cried out as she embraced the fall, letting her voice express the ecstasy hitting her from all possible angles.

    “Ahh. . .I’m. . . I’m. . .ahh!” Her mouth remained open as a halo submerged her and transported her in a surreal experience.

    It’s like she’s flying through the roof and watching herself tremble in Four’s hold.

    His fingers are inside her—all-over her, and she raised her hips so she can ride the waves…ride him.

    “Say you’re mine” his grunt suddenly came, crashing over her pleasure and interrupting her high.

    Her eyes cleared, clashing with the unfeeling gray in his eyes as his fingers went still.

    Her br+àsts did a light bounce, rippling through the water.

    “Say you’re mine, Teal.” He ordered, the authority and power wrapping around the words so lethal, so dangerous.

    His eyes twisted with dark sadism.

    But she wasn’t gonna give him a reason to mock her later. 

    She’s not gonna give him anything to hold on to.

    Despite the pleasure he’s able to give her body, she’d never tell him that.

    It’d give him the upper hand, and he’d will use that to her disadvantage.

    She’s not ready to be inside his dark sick cage.

    She wasn’t bluffing when she told him she was gonna end the bethrothal shit after Usman gets caught.

    Even if it means escaping far away from him. She’s only his wife on words. No ring nor wedding nor vows.

    Not like she wants them from him, but that’s just stating the obvious.

    She’s still Teal Ambrose, not DeVille.

    ‘He’s not who we thought he was, he might be involved in your parents death’ her Uncles words came knocking again, and she felt her throat closing.

    “Say it, Teal” his raspy voice broke into her thoughts.

    “No” she replied in one straight response, and she witnessed something destructive cross his eyes immediately. So dark that she felt in in her soul ruins.

    His fingers slipped out of her c+nt, and he left the bathroom.

    Teal cleaned up quickly, wrapped the towel over herself and left the bathroom.

    She could still feel his fingers down there—as if he’s still fingering her.

    And her n+pples are still insanely puckered.

    She’s still madly turned on, but it’ll be over if she sleeps, won’t it?

    But that changed when she can’t find him in the bedroom or lounge or kitchen.

    He’s nowhere.

    Did he get angry about her refusal and decided to go take it out on her uncles?

    He’d do it.

    It’s not something he can’t do. He’s wired differently like that.

    She needs to make a call, she needs to get out of this suite and get a phone to make a call to her uncles.

    She didn’t even bother to cream or dry her wet hair, she peeled of her towel and opened her small bag for a new clothe, but lo and behold, there’s no new clothe.

    It was Yulia who packed her bag, and there are only p+nts, br@s, s+xy thongs and lingeries. No single cloth. 

    Her mouth fell apart.

    “Lady Yulia!!”

    [Island Park]

    Four slammed the car door shut after he got in, and his phone is on to his ear as he spoke to the biker.

    “The president is amazed by the package, human eyes inside fishes is once in a lifetime experience” the biker said, a little grin latching his voice.

    “Get another car ready, I’m visiting the President tonight” Four replied, picking a cigar from his front drawer.

    He inserted it into a stainless, put fire on it and balanced it on his lips.

    “Sure, I’ll do that sir” the biker replied.

    “And…” Four puffed smokes sinfully before giving the second order as the lights from the island hit his devilishly handsome face.

    “Find a private jeweler who can make a bonded diamond ring. I’m talking about one she won’t be able to take off for life. Also, find a mad good designer to make a wedding dress”

    TBC.

    Next Episode 

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  • In Love With My Masters – Episode 32&33

    In Love With My Masters – Episode 32&33

     

    𝙸𝙽 𝙻𝙾𝚅E 𝚆𝙸𝚃𝙷 𝙼𝚈 𝙼𝙰𝚂𝚃𝙴𝚁

    In Love With My Masters – Episode 32&33

    {..Crazy over you..}

    THEME: ROMANCE

    By: Greenie J.

    ****************************************

    Tiara heard Terry’s scream again, and it sounded like they were beating him. Her body began to shake. 

    “Don’t touch him, don’t hurt him, please! He doesn’t have any business with this” she stuttered, her hand trembling as she held the phone. She continued to hear her brother’s screams.

    “The more you delay, the more your brother will be tortured. Act fast, and if you dare let anyone know about this, forget about your brother’s existence” Evelyn said before hanging up. 

    The phone slipped from Tiara’s hand as she slumped to the floor. Her mind was racing. She couldn’t think straight. Her poor brother was in pain because of her.

    “I caused all this. If only I had focused on my job here, this wouldn’t have happened. I hate this. I can’t afford to lose my brother, but I love Lucas too. I don’t know what to do; I’m so confused” she sobbed loudly, her tears wetting the floor.

    Her phone rang, but she didn’t pick up. It rang again, and she hesitated before checking, thinking it might be Evelyn. Instead, she saw Lucas’ name on the screen. She hesitated before answering.

    “Hey” Lucas said from the other end.

    Tiara bit her lip before responding. She decided to act like nothing had happened, remembering that if she told him now, her brother’s life would be in danger.

    “Hi” she replied softly.

    “You okay? Your voice sounds somehow” Lucas asked.

    “I-I cried because of a sad movie. You know I’m a movie freak” she said in one breath. She could hear Lucas chuckle on the other end.

    “I don’t know how you could cry because of a movie, it’s quite funny. Anyway, have you eaten?” he asked.

    “Yeah” she replied simply.

    “I miss you” she muttered.

    “Really? Do you want me to come back now? Tell me, and I’ll come” Lucas said. Tiara’s eyes widened in fear.

    ‘No, he must not come’ she thought.

    “Are you sure you’re okay?” Lucas asked when she didn’t respond.

    “Huh, umm, I’m okay. I’m just tired. You should stay, I’ll be fine here” she answered.

    “Hiding anything from me?” he asked, his voice low, serious and suspicious, sending a shiver down Tiara’s spine.

    “Not at all, just still emotional about the movie. I hate sad endings, so it takes me a while to recover” she lied, her voice trembling slightly as she struggled to maintain a calm tone.

    “Oh, but don’t hide anything from me, okay?” he said, and Tiara’s grip on her phone tightened, her knuckles white with anxiety. She forced a weak laugh.

    “Yeah, I won’t” she replied, her voice barely above a whisper.

    “Goodnight” he said and hung causing Tiara to let out a silent sigh of relief as the call ended. She didn’t waste time tossing the phone aside. She stood up immediately and started pacing around. She really needed to do what Evelyn said or else her brother would die.

    “What should I do?” she muttered. Her mind raced with conflicting thoughts.

    A voice sounded in her head,

    ‘Call him and tell him everything. If he finds out you kept this from him, he might hate you forever. Call him now, who knows, he can save Terry’

    But then another voice countered.

    ‘Don’t call him. Remember what Evelyn said. Just run away, and she’ll release your brother. Family comes first before anything. Lucas was once cold and mean towards you, so just run away’

    She let out a deep sigh. 

    “Yeah, my family comes first. I need to save Terry” She quickly ran to her wardrobe and grabbed the luggage beside it. She hadn’t arranged her clothes that were inside the luggage since the wardrobe was already filled with clothes Lucas had bought for her. 

    Thankfully, Robert had sent her salary two days ago, and Lucas had given her his black card with unlimited money before leaving. She hadn’t wanted to accept it, but he had insisted. She grabbed her phone and handbag.

    “Should I take it with me? Maybe it can help me since he said I shouldn’t return it again” she mumbled, staring at the card on the bed. She shook her head negatively before dragging her luggage out of the room.

    Minutes later, Tiara was already outside, dragging her luggage behind her, but the guards blocked her path. She sighed, forcing a fake smile onto her face.

    “Miss, where are you going with the luggage?” the head guard asked, eyeing her suspiciously.

    “I want to give it to my friend” Tiara replied, trying to sound nonchalant. 

    “I have too many clothes already, so I thought I’d give some to her”

    “Oh, you can ask us to deliver it for you” the guard suggested.

    “It’s no big deal, I’ll just go myself” Tiara insisted..

    “No, miss, the boss won’t allow it” the guard said firmly. 

    “He instructed us to protect you, and it’s late already”

    Tiara’s lips formed a thin line as she tried to think of a convincing response. 

    “I just spoke with him, and he said I’m free to go” she said, turning on her phone to show them the call history. 

    “See? He called me just a few minutes ago”

    The guards exchanged skeptical glances. 

    “Are you sure the boss gave you permission?” the head guard asked.

    Tiara nodded emphatically. 

    “Let’s call him to confirm” the guard suggested, and Tiara’s hands trembled as she held her phone.

    “He said he’d be busy for the next hour, so you shouldn’t disturb him” Tiara said quickly. 

    “I mean, I’m not a child or a teenager, so I’ll be fine. If you don’t see me in the next hour or two, you can track my phone to find my location”

    The guards conferred with each other before nodding in agreement. 

    “Okay, miss, you can go” the head guard said, and Tiara flashed a quick smile before walking out of the estate.

    As soon as she was out. one of the guards turned to the head guard. 

    “Are you sure we should let her go like that?”

    The head guard shrugged. 

    “Since the boss called her, I don’t see why she’d be lying. Like she said, if we don’t see her in a few hours, we can track her location”

    The guards nodded in agreement, but one of them couldn’t help asking, 

    “But she’s just a maid, right? Why is the boss so protective of her?”

    Another guard chuckled. 

    “Can’t you see the boss is interested in her? She’s quite lucky, actually”

    The guards smiled and whispered among themselves as they returned to their posts.

    After Tiara got out, she dialed the number Evelyn used to call her. Evelyn answered immediately, as if she had been waiting for Tiara’s call.

    “Done thinking?” Evelyn asked, her tone dripping with sarcasm.

    Tiara balled her fist, trying to contain her anger. 

    “Yeah, I’ll be going to another town before I can plan on leaving the country. Please release my brother. Don’t touch him again. Just don’t touch him” Her voice cracked as she spoke.

    Evelyn chuckled. 

    “Oh, what a lovely big sis you are. Anyway, I’ll only release your brother if you get to the town you mentioned and send me a picture of yourself there. You have 12 hours. Bye, bitch. And next time, learn how to stay away from someone else’s man”

    Evelyn hung up, leaving Tiara in tears. But Tiara quickly wiped them away, took a deep breath, and switched off her phone. She shoved it into her bag just as a taxi stopped in front of her.

    “Hello, miss. Are you going somewhere if yes, Get in” the taxi driver said, eyeing her luggage.

    Tiara nodded and got in, taking her luggage with her. 

    “Take me to the bus station” she said weakly.

    The taxi driver nodded and drove off. But a few minutes later, he took another turn different from the way to the bus station and Tiara frowned.

    “That’s not the way, mister” she said, her voice laced with confusion.

    The taxi driver smirked, speeding up. 

    “You think so?”

    Tiara’s face went pale as fear set in. 

    “Where are we going? Who are you? Stop the car” she yelled, looking around frantically.

    The driver stopped the car, turned to her, and let out a sly smile. Before Tiara could react, he sprayed something on her face, and she went unconscious, slumping down on the seat.

    The driver smiled, took out his phone, and dialed a number. 

    “Caught her” he said before hanging up. He started the car and drove away.

    °°°°°°°°°°°

    SYDNEY’S MANSION ~ BALCONY

    She sat on the chair, munching on chips and enjoying the night breeze. But her relaxation was short-lived, as she had been trying to reach Terry for some minutes, to no avail.

    “Is he sleeping already? At least he should have said a goodnight. He’s so mean, gosh!” She muttered frustratingly, shoving more chips into her mouth.

    “I hate him” she mumbled, already tired of calling him. 

    “Or wait, is he cheating on me?” Her eyebrows twitched, and she scrunched up her face before grabbing her phone. 

    She checked his location and frowned, seeing that he was still at the road near the junction he dropped him.

    “How come? Did he lose his phone or what?” She asked aloud, though she was alone.

    She stood up immediately, walked inside her room, and spotted her car keys on the shelf. She grabbed them before rushing out of her room, still in her pajamas. 

    She ran out of the mansion and sprinted to where her car was parked. She quickly got in, started the engine, and drove out, with her guards opening the gates for her.

    As she drove fast on the road, she almost hit some cars. 

    “F+ck, why is his phone still there? Is he okay?” She muttered anxiously.

    Not too long after, she stopped her car at the junction and got out immediately walking around the street. The streets were empty, with everyone seemingly asleep. She turned on her phone’s flashlight and began searching around for the phone. That’s when she spotted bloodstains on the ground and her heart skipped a beat as a chill ran down her spine.

    She traced the blood until she stumbled upon a phone on the ground. Hesitating for a moment, she picked it up, noticing the cracked screen. She switched it on, and her heart stopped for a second. 

    The wallpaper was a picture of her and Terry together at the beach. She saw her missed calls on the notification bar. She swiped the screen up but was met with a password lock. She tried typing his name, then his surname, but both were incorrect. She tried again, combining their names, but it was still incorrect.

    She thought for a while before pressing something – 

    ‘Granola bars’

    Immediately, the phone opened, and she scoffed. 

    “It must be his favorite snack for real” she mumbled, going to his call history to see multiple missed calls from his mom, dad, best friend, Rita, and she gasped. 

    “Why are they calling him so much?”

    She went to his messages and saw various texts. She clicked on the one his mom sent and saw a voice note. She played it.

    “Terry, where are you? Come back home, it’s late. I already warned you about coming late, or else you’re grounded. Please, baby, where are you? Everyone is worried (sobs) 

    Please, where are you?”

    The voice note ended, and she checked the time it was sent _ 3 minutes ago. The phone fell from her hand to the ground. 

    “He bid me goodbye an hour and some minutes ago, and he’s not yet back home” she muttered, tracing the bloodstains. She began to shake uncontrollably.

    “It can’t be, no, it’s not what I’m thinking right” she stuttered, her eyes turning red and her lips quivered 

    “I should call his parents” she said quickly, taking his phone from the ground.

     

    The phone fell from Terry’s pocket while he was being abducted.

    *

    MEANWHILE, IN JONES’ APARTMENT, Mrs. Jones and Mr. Jones were busy pacing around, with Rita by their side.

    “Why don’t we call the police?” Mrs. Jones sniffled tearfully.

    “Let’s still wait for a few hours first” Mr. Jones replied.

    “I don’t care, I just want to see my son. I can’t even sleep now. I just want my son” she half-yelled.

    “Should we tell Tiara?” Mr. Jones suggested.

    Rita shook her head. 

    “I just called her now, but it only said ‘switched off”

    “Wait, why don’t we check Terry’s location?” Rita said.

    “Yes, check it now” Mrs. Jones said hastily.

    Rita nodded and was about to track it when Mrs. Jones’ phone rang, and she checked it to see Terry’s name displayed on the screen.

    “Oh my gosh, it’s Terry! My baby is calling me! My Terry!”

    Rita and Mr. Jones quickly ran to her side.

    She quickly picked it up. 

    “Hey Terry, is that you? Are you okay?” She said quickly.

    But another voice spoke up weakly. 

    “Hi, ma’am, are you Terry’s mom?”

    Sydney asked, and Mrs. Jones’ face dropped.

    “Yeah, I am. Is he with you? And who are you?” She asked hurriedly.

    “Can you meet me at your street road near the junction, please?” Sydney said with a sniff.

    Mrs. Jones’ heart skipped a beat. 

    “What’s wrong with my Terry? Why is your voice like that? Talk to me, miss stranger”

    “Just meet me, ma’am” Sydney said before hanging up the call.

    And Mrs. Jones rushed out of the house, along with Rita and Mr. Jones, since the call was on loudspeaker, so they heard everything.

    1 Hour And 30 Minutes Later,

    The guards were already checking the time for Tiara, but now they haven’t seen her. Since they already have her number, they’ve been calling her phone, but it was switched off.

    They already called Lucas, and now they’ve been scolded, and Lucas is currently on his way back home.

    Lucas was furious. He knows the voice she used earlier is quite suspicious and strange, but he just doesn’t want to doubt her.

    No matter how, he can only get back to California from Mexico in 3 hours in his private jet. It would have been more than that, but being a rich man, his private jet is Gulfstream G650ER, which is quite fast and expensive, worth $70 million.

    They called him 45 minutes ago, so now he’ll be back in 2 hours and some minutes, approximately 3 hours.

    POLICE STATION*** DETECTIVE’S OFFICE

    Mrs. Jones and Mr. Jones were sitting on the two chairs in front of the Detective, who was sitting on a swivel chair. 

    Sydney was standing and pacing around, while some officers were also present. 

    They had met Sydney at the place she told Mrs Jones to come earlier and found Terry’s phone and bloodstains, which prompted them to call the police immediately. Now, they were at the police station.

    “Hey Detective, how many hours are you going to take to find him?” Sydney yelled, causing the officers to flinch. The Detective let out a sigh.

    “We are working on it, miss. As you can see, the officers are doing their job out there searching for him, so just calm down”

    “Just shut up, man! Calm down? Wow, just wow! We’ve been here for the past one hour and 30 minutes but no feedback yet, and you’re telling me to calm down? Oh, please, f+ck it out!” Sydney replied angrily.

    Mrs. Jones cried, 

    “Please find my son!” 

    While Mr. Jones tried to comfort her, fighting back his tears. Rita stood beside Sydney, curious about Terry and Sydney’s relationship and why Sydney was so worried about him. It seemed unusual, but she couldn’t ask due to the situation. How could a billionaire be so worried about Terry’s late-night absence, especially when Sydney was still in her pajamas? The officers were also surprised to see Sydney Flynn so worried.

    ABANDONED BUILDING

    Inside a room, heavy breathing could be heard. The floor was stained with blood. Terry, covered in blood, coughed out more blood and sighed deeply. His eyes were weak and red. He was tied to a chair, alone in the room. Nobody else was present. 

    The door creaked open slowly, and he heard footsteps. He looked up to see a lady dressed in all black, wearing a black mask. Her black hair was tied in a ponytail. Another lady, similarly dressed, stood beside her. They were none other than Aliyah and another member of Lucas’ empire.  

    Wondering how they knew him and about his abduction.

    Aliyah had been at the supermarket to buy some things and decided to take a stroll after parking her car around Terry’s street. That’s when she saw Terry’s being attacked by some men, and he was bundled into a car. She quickly walked back to her car and followed the abductors, using her expertise in trailing. She caught up with them and discovered where they had taken Terry. Aliyah immediately informed the members of the empire.

    NOW, BACK TO THE PRESENT:

    Aliyah and the other lady approached Terry. 

    “Hey” Aliyah called, her face lingered on Terry’s face, her eyes softening as she took in sharp angles of his jawline, even with the bruises and scrapes. He still looked handsome.

    “Aliyah, act fast” the lady beside her urged.

    Aliyah composed herself and began to untie the ropes binding Terry. 

    “Who are you?” Terry asked weakly.

    “Forget about who I am for now. Let’s get you out of here first” Aliyah replied.

    After freeing Terry, they carried him out of the room, sneaking past the guards outside the abandoned building. They quickly got into a waiting car and drove off.

    It was still a mystery how they got in. The guards outside didn’t know, and even Evelyn didn’t see them come in. Aliyah and her partner are experts at sneaking in quietly without being seen.They got in without anyone noticing.

    As soon as they drove away, Evelyn stormed into the room with Lauren and some guards to check on Terry but were met with an empty space. 

    “Where is he?” Evelyn screamed in anger. 

    “How did this happen?” Lauren asked, shocked. 

    “Where were you all when he escaped? Find him now, you bastards!” Evelyn yelled, ruffling her hair in frustration. The guards hastily left to search for Terry.

    Lauren’s heels clicked on the floor as she paced back and forth.

    “What do we do? Did that bitch send someone to save her brother? No, it can’t be Lucas, right?” Evelyn gasped. 

    “But Lucas is in Mexico, there’s no way he’s here so soon” Lauren replied. Evelyn remained silent.

    Minutes later, the guards returned, breathless. 

    “Ma’am, we think he’s escaped” They said.

    Evelyn’s face contorted in rage as she screamed, her voice echoing off the walls.

    “Ahhhhhhhhhhhhh”

    °°°°°°°°°

    3 HOURS LATER, UNKNOWN LOCATION

    The room was dimly lit, with worn sofas arranged around a large, empty tub. Gray walls enclosed the space, casting a somber atmosphere.

    Tiara was seated inside the large tub, her hands chained behind her back and legs tied with rope. Her voice was hoarse from screaming since she woke up seeing herself here, her throat raw and sore as she begged for mercy, her eyes wild with fear. 

    The men who kidnapped Tiara, including the fake taxi driver, were loyal henchmen of the old man who had previously tried to rape her and got her fired. 

    When their leader stumbled upon their boss’s lifeless body in the bush, he knew Lucas Ross was responsible. He miraculously survived Lucas’ attack during Tiara’s rescue, and had witnessed how his boss was taken away by some ladies (Wren and Aliyah)

    Though he fainted shortly after due to his weak state, he began searching for his boss after he recovered. Last night, he finally found his boss but he is dead already and grief overwhelmed him.  

    Fortunately, the dead old man had secretly kept a loyal team of henchmen outside and the leader joined forces with them to exact revenge.

    “Let me go! I need to save my brother” Tiara screamed, but their laughter sent chills down Tiara’s spine, their cruel grins twisting their faces into menacing masks.

    “We’ll kill both you and your boss. We’re waiting for him to come save you since we have called him already” their leader announced. 

    Tiara’s eyes widened in fear. 

    “Lucas!” she called out.

    “Wow, she even called him by name, aww” One of them mocked, prompting the others to burst into laughter. 

    The leader snapped his fingers, and one of his men stood up, strolling over to the tub. He turned the tap, and cold water gushed in, filling the tub where Tiara lay helpless. To make matters worse, the drain was covered with drain cover, trapping the water inside.

    “No, don’t do this…Lucas, please save me!” Tiara screamed, her voice trembling with fear as she gazed at the rising water.

    Minutes ticked by, and the water level reached her neck. Tiara’s body shook violently, her teeth chattering from the cold. The water was as frigid as ice.

    “Lu-cas” she mumbled weakly, her lips dry and pale. The water crept up to her nose, and then, it covered her completely, her hair floating above the surface like a dark halo.

    *

    *

    TBC.

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  • Twisted Empire – Episode 37&38

    Twisted Empire – Episode 37&38

    TWISTED EMPIRE

    Twisted Empire – Episode 37&38

    (Her Blade, His Neck )

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    No part of this publication may be reproduced, copied, or reposted in any form, or by any means without a written permission from the author.

    Copyright © 2025 

    by Naomi Cindy B.

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    [Base Prison]

    The room smelled like bleach and rotten soil. Walls are decorated with thick cobwebs which extended to the roof. There are spiders spreading freely in the middle of every web.

    The ground is neither cemented nor concreted, so the loamy soil is in small scanty heaps, and a rusty dagger lay somewhere in the middle of shredded muslin clothes which has dried blood patches on them.

    In the shallow corner, there’s a small square bed with a beige spread, and on top of the bed, Teal sat.

    Her legs on the ground, and her palms on the bed surface as she stared into an empty space.

    Her cheek is still red with the fingerprints of the D-Sergeant who slapped her, but she doesn’t feel the sting.

    She shouldn’t be here. She doesn’t deserve to be here.

    Morgan is a bî+ch she hates the sight of, but still … She’d never go as far as editing a video of her and Quentin.

    Where is the time?

    That night when the video was posted, she was with Four. That was the night she went to s+duce him, so he’s probably the only one who can help now.

    No. He’s definitely the only one, but what was that indifference she felt from him earlier when he walked past her at the hallway?

    He’s always indifferent, but the ice surrounding him earlier was glacial.

    He doesn’t know about her date with Xanthe, does he?

    Right, Xanthe.

    She brought her pager out of her pocket and immediately gave up. It’s a one-way pager, meaning Xanthe is the only one who can send messages.

    She can’t.

    She flung the pager at the pile of bloody clothes and gripped the bedspread tight, imagining it as Morgan and the D-Sergeants.

    She felt her breaths boiling in her lungs, and she almost exploded with the the rise in her temperament.

    The promotion ceremony must still be ongoing right now, and the fact that she’s not there?

    It’s making her sick.

    The promotion ceremony ended faster than everyone expected.

    After the announcement of Four’s transfer to Indonesia, Four and Yulia left the hall at the same time, and their silence was deafening.

    Even till now. 

    General Pedro stood in the middle of the suite living room, and his uniform is half-gone cos he’s not wearing the shirt anymore, just the pants and a black shirt.

    He was restlessly pacing, wearing a confused look till Yulia came out of the bedroom.

    She’s holding a pack of cigarettes and a zippo, then a smile hung on her thin lips.

    “Yulia” Pedro took few steps to her, and she widened that smile.

    “Congratulations on chosing the first Maj Sergeant in your domain” she said, adjusting the sleeve of his shirt.

    “You’re not angry? Yulia. I know you better than anyone” Pedro replied, his eyes roaming hers as if he wants to pull what she’s thinking out of her skull which is impossible.

    In the masking aspect, Yulia has almost same abilities as Four.

    “Angry?” She blinked, putting fire on her cigar. “Why? Oh…cos you transferred Four to Indonesia?” She brought the stick to her lips, puffin before throwing her weight on a chair across him.

    “You said it was bilateral agreement, so I know it’s an order from him—The President” She leaned forward, pouring smokes out of her lips.

    “Why then should I be mad? You have no choice but listen to him. The President presides over the army anyways” she continued.

    Pedro stood there, watching her with sudden dumbness.

    Yulia slid a music disc into the CD player on the table.

    As the disc rolled, a dark piano tune began humming, filling the house with it’s unsettling harmony.

    She relaxed and snapped her eyes shut, enjoying the tunes with her smokes as company.

    Still in confusion, Pedro left the suite and went to his office, but as expected, Axel was waiting in front of the door.

    He ignored him and went in, dressing  in his uniform and taking his seat.

    Axel came in, his eyes and steps hurtful till he stopped at the back of the desk.

    “Why am I always the abandoned one? Why?” He asked.

    “Go back to your whoring business, Axel. I have nothing to tell you” Pedro flatly replied, and Axel laughed loud, the sound brooding and broken.

    “Am I only allowed to live under the shadows of Four and Sierra forever? I was thinking Four is the only one I need to be wary of, but I was wrong cos you even worship Sierra more than Four!” He snapped, tears pooling in his eyes for real.

    “Leave this office, Axel. The third warning won’t come. I’ll have to get you thrown out” Pedro replied, looking up to meet his teary eyes.

    “Tell me honestly…what does she have on you?” Axel muttered, his tears falling on the table.

    “I’m talking about Sierra’s mom! The self-acclaimed Empress! What does she have on you? Why do you always do her biddings cos? I know she’s behind this promotion. Are you her dog!!?” He yelled, and that was replied with a hit…

    From Pedro.

    Axel felt his teeth twist in his gum immediately Pedro’s palm met with his cheek, and his eyes widened.

    “You slapped me? Dad?”

    Pedro dialled his Sergeants on the telephone, and in just two seconds, they rushed in.

    “Take him” he ordered, and Axel was seized.

    “I was 10 when I started working for you in this base!! When is my work ever gonna be appraised! When am I even gonna matter!!” He yelled, not even struggling with the Sergeant’s as they dragged him.

    “You were 10 when you joined this base, but Sierra was 10 too, and she’s 4 years older than you, meaning she spent 4 years here before you arrived! She took trainings serious and was the best of her set! I offered her promotions and she has been declining for reasons I don’t know, and now that I suddenly decided to elevate her, I believe that shouldn’t be a problem but your brain will never tell you that! All you do is philander around with Allegra!” Pedro yelled.

    Suddenly, Axel broke free from the Sergeants and wiped his tears off with his sleeve.

    “Yeah, I have talent in philandering with women, and that’s why you should be careful, dad. I’ll meet Empress—your so-called first love. I’ll seduce, f+ck her like a whore that she is and send you the fuckin video” he promised, then he stormed out of the office.

    “Axel!!!” Pedro yelled after him, but the headache wasn’t over cos Sierra came in almost immediately.

    She’s already in her new uniform, her hair bound with a net under her cap.

    “Not you too. You should be celebrating your promotion. What are you doing here Sierra?” Pedro held his head.

    “Why would you transfer Four to Indonesia? Not even somewhere in this Greece, but another country entirely? What stupid bilateral agreement did the President make overnight! He’s the best army in this base so why the f+ck would he be transferred?” She questioned.

    “Watch your mouth, Sierra. You’re the Major Sergeant now, and you should act like it” Pedro replied.

    “My promotion means nothing without Four beside me! You can’t take him away from me! You can’t!” Sierra shouted dementedly.

    “What are you even talking about!” Pedro snarled.

    “This can only work with him beside me. Usman can only go down with the collaboration of Four and i. Four has always belonged by my side and you have no right to take him. He’s my strength, and I think you just made a mistake. Fluid it and rewrite it, or else I’ll rebel, and mum will support me as always” she threatened, then she stormed out just like Axel.

    Allegra was waiting outside for her, but she bypassed her as her fury is still eating her up.

    Allegra had to run after her.

    “Hey Major! You can’t stay mad like this all day, we should drink to it. Four is transferred? Even better, then Teal is dead meat in your hands” she said, and Sierra faced her sharply like a mutilation knife.

    “Don’t repeat that statement again, ever in your life. Four is like my other half, and I can’t function well without him, so just shut up. And Teal? I think it’s hightime I visit that wench” She said.

    Allegra blinked, once.

    [Master Sergeant’s Office]

    “You can reject the transfer, Master—No—you should definitely reject it. You can’t leave this country, Usman is going to kill everyone without you” Kash said pleadingly, sitting in front of Four whose poker face is angled on his phone screen.

    “Why should I refuse transfer cos of the citizens? Usman couldn’t kill everyone in this city when I haven’t gotten here, so nothing is gon change with my absence” he said with that bored dryness.

    “When you weren’t here, it was better, but now that you’re here it’s a different story. Usman communicates with you better than anyone and he even gives you puzzles to solve!” Kash continued cajoling, but Four chose silence this time.

    Kash sighed, getting fed up.

    “Think about Private Teal at least. She’s currently locked up, and if you leave, then there are wolves waiting to eat her.” He tried again.

    “Smart of you to use her as a reason like she’s my kryptonite or something.” Four spoke, dropping his phone and looking up.

    He was actually playing puzzles.

    “She’s got the president, and she’s got her uncles. She’s not a weakling herself. Quit Mentioning her, makes me wanna leave faster. Schedule my flight for tomorrow morning. 7am” he continued.

    “But—”

    “Kash Graham, one more word from you and I’m punching you in the same place as yesterday, and this time, you’ll die” Four madly cut him off, and he stood.

    “I’ll prepare your flight documents” he said, leaving the office.

    Four resumed his puzzle play on his phone like he’s not currently in the middle of the ongoing chaos.

    As he dragged the puzzle pieces across his screen, he received a text from a line saved as ‘Black Widow’

    He clicked the text open, and his lids flickered. His eyes took that ruthless shade.

    The usual.

    [President’s Mansion]

    The butlers and maids are all folded with their heads bowed over the glittering staircase as Xanthe came downstairs, right hand sleazily inserted in his cargo pocket and the left one beside him.

    He looks happy, and he’s licking his lips as if it got baptized with honeydew, taking his time.

    President Spyros is at the first dinning room, getting ready for breakfast at the head of the long ebony table.

    He’s holding a warm cup of frappé to his lips which he’s sipping.

    The room is plush like every other room in the mansion. There’s a fancy fireplace burning purple flames, and Xanthe easily sat on one of the upholstered chairs not far from his father, picking up his fork and digging into the stir-fried veggies.

    “Mm, now I know why she loves them. It’s delicious” he said, eating more.

    “You didn’t eat veggies when you were in Miami?” President Spyros asked, his voice balanced despite the  bougatsa in his mouth.

    He has started eating.

    “I hated veggies cos it’s basically leaves, dad” Xanthe offered.

    “And now you’re letting go of the hate cos what? You like her that much?”

    “It was love at first sight, don’t blame me. But that Sergeant…Four. He said something about how she’s married, and I’ve been thinking” Xanthe said with a slight frown.

    “She was betrothed to him by her parents doesn’t mean she belongs to him. Her parents are dead anyways, and all she has is her uncles. I’ll have to speak to the uncles. I already sent them an invite” President Spyros replied.

    “But what about Four himself? Someone who drove a car containing 4 human bombs and escaped the rocky earthquake? He doesn’t seem simple” Xanthe dropped his fork.

    “He got transferred to Indonesia” President Spyros broke the news.

    “What! For real?” Xanthe spranged up.

    “You don’t believe?” President Spyros wiped his mouth carefully with a napkin.

    “No. I know you have a long-term alliance with the president of Indonesia, but I wasn’t expecting you to fill the bilateral agreement with Four. That’s sudden” Xanthe said.

    He sat back slowly. “But I like it. I like that fact that he’s gone without getting hurt. He looks like a good person” he said.

    “You should visit the base tomorrow, take Teal on a shopping spree and engrave yourself in her memories. I wasn’t joking when I told you I want my grandchildren to come from her” President Spyros continued.

    “I know, won’t be long now” Xanthe smiled brightly.

    [Cantonment, Bazaar Supermarket]

    “Cheers!!!” 

    And that was followed by the clinking of beer glasses from Morgan and Stormy and their group of little minion ladies.

    They came here to drink after they left the assembly hall.

    Armies are free to go out and drink today. It’s a free day cos of the ceremony, and they’re using it to their satisfaction.

    “I can’t even express my joy, to think that I’d be the one in that Base Prison instead of her if we hadn’t planned? Gawd…I love you Stormy!” Morgan gushed out happily, hanging her arm on Stormy’s shoulder.

    “Let’s be friends forever, nothing can ever come between us” she said.

    “Nothing” Stormy winked, and they kissed each other’s cheeks before drinking again under the envious eyes of their minions.

    “Now that Snowman is going to Indonesia tomorrow, who’s gonna be the new leader of Maelstrom squad?” A minion asked.

    “Who else? Sierra of course” Stormy snickered.

    “Then it’s our luck. Sierra is like our base-mother. We’re safe” Morgan shrugged.

    “You can say that again, and Teal is definitely cooked.” Stormy smiled, and the smile turned to a grin till the others joined.

    “But then…why is Quentin still not picking your calls?” Stormy asked Morgan.

    “No idea” Morgan replied.

    “Hey!” That voice broke into their circle, and Morgan gasped in recognition, spranging up to see Quentin standing behind their table in the scanty supermarket.

    “Quentin!” She gushed shockingly.

    “Why haven’t you been picking your calls! You left Morgan worried!” Stormy shouted.

    “I got into and accident that morning after I left Mirza hotel, and I lost my phone. I’ve been healing at the hospital” Quentin explained, showing his peeled forearms.

    “OMG! Babe! I’m so sorry!” Morgan started crying childishly as she checked them out.

    “They’re healed now, you don’t have to cry” Quentin smiled.

    “But then who exactly are you? How can you enter this cantonment when you’re not one of the civilians signed by the government?” Stormy asked.

    “His father is a bigwig in the political network, so enough with the questions, Stormy.” Morgan defended, throwing her arms on Quentin’s shoulders.

    “I missed you, especially your sweet cock” she shamelessly confessed, dragging him into a corner in the supermarket while unbuttoning her uniform already.

    “They’ve started again. Lesson never leaned” Stormy muttered, downing her beer.

    [Base, Training Ground]

    “Teal left the communal dinning and went to Snowman’s Unit that night when the video was posted, so he’s the only one who can help” April said, her voice desperate.

    The news of Teal’s arrest has circulated round the base before the promotion ceremony even ended.

    Problem now is how to rescue her.

    “Snowman is flying out and has refused to help according to Sergeant Kash, what to do?” Shannon asked.

    “I’ll have to meet Snowman. Even if it means prostrating in front of him” Rook said.

    “You can’t do that” Theo replied from the side.

    “Oh I can. It’s my best friend we’re talking about here and who knows how fucked up the Base Prison is!?” Rook yelled at him.

    Theo went silent.

    “Theo is right. According to Sergeant Kash, Snowman seemed to be very mad at Teal and when he brought her up, Snowman threatened to punch him to death” Shannon said.

    “What! Why would he be that pissed?” April replied.

    At this point, Brent stood from the fallen punching bag he has been sitting on.

    “It’s my fault” he said, and Rook was the first to face him before the others.

    “What do you mean it’s your fault?” He asked.

    Brent shoved his hand into his shaven head.

    “It’s my fault” he muttered, confusing them more.

    Paine is sitting on a wet brick not far from the bunch, and as he stared at them, he felt Abbey’s phone in his pocket.

    One video from this phone will liberate Teal, but why should he release it when he hates her?

    Also, Teal is not his target audience for the secrets on that phone. There are many others.

    He sighed, lulling his head to the side.

    Right beside him, Skye sat, watching him with hawk-view.

    His abilities are peak, and his intuitions never lie.

    Right now, he feels like Paine is hiding something, behind the pain of Abbey’s death in his eyes, and maybe he’s gonna find out what it is.

    Paine’s eyes met with his own, and when Paine saw him staring, he smirked.

    “Stop staring, Specialist Skye. Or I’ll dig out your organ of vision.” He said, jumping down the brick and leaving the place.

    “Hardtack, but will be worth it” Skye mumbled.

    [Base Prison]

    The straight creaking of the iron door made Teal turn around on her spot, her hands stiffening.

    She has been standing in the middle of the godawful room since she got tired of sitting, and as she expected whoever it is to come in, she swallowed nothing.

    Her expectations were madly high, but they fell low, and disappointment set in when Sierra came in instead.

    Why was she low-key expecting him?

    She didn’t revel in that disappointment for long though, cos Sierra is wearing a different uniform with five chevrons and rockers, then two stars.

    Obviously, it’s a higher rank than Four’s. Does that mean??…

    Wait…Major Sergeant?

    Her eyes widened at her own realization, and Sierra smiled as Allegra came in after her.

    “Yeah, you guessed right in your mind. I’m the Major Sergeant of this base as from today, and I’m like the General’s second in command. You should accord some respect and give me my salutations now” she said.

    Teal didn’t move, her palms just balled up like kitten paws.

    “Oh you think Four is still around? Poor you, you know nothing…do you? He got transferred to Indonesia by the president’s orders, and now you’re at my mercy.” Sierra laughed, and Allegra joined in the laughter as it turned shriller.

    Teal’s throat tightened around nothing, and her balled fists came off on their own.

    “What!” She found herself sounding shocked, and as much as she hates it, she doesn’t care.

    “Why?” She walked fast to Sierra. “Why would the president transfer him out of the country when Usman is still alive?”

    “You must really think you still have the right to question me” Sierra raised her fist at her, fast like a thunderbolt.

    Teal caught the hit with her palm, twisting that roll, but Sierra was able to untwist it, then she slammed a wicked blow to Teal’s jaw.

    Teal didn’t snooze, she returned that blow to Sierra’s jaw,. Hot as blowtorch. Raw like a witch’s cry.

    Sierra punctuated her with an elbow on the jugular, then she proceeded to jabbing her brutally on the belly.

    Teal swung around, returning the lethal hits to her jugular and belly— and a bonus on the chest.

    They both staggered away from each other. Steps rushed, and breaths overflowing from their molten lungs.

    Allegra glowered, wondering what’s going on.

    “Wench!!” Sierra took off her cap and lunged at Teal again.

    Teal strengthened the stand of her second leg on the ground, then she raised the first one in a tsunami-level kick—one of the rare techniques she learnt from her uncles.

    Shockingly, Sierra raised that same leg at her, and their kicks met at the same time, throwing the two of them back to the heaping ground.

    Teal got wounded on her shoulder, and Sierra got a cut on her leg.

    They stood at the same time, again.

    Sweats riding their skins like waves, hate fusing in their eyeballs like bees.

    Allegra’s mouth is wide by the door.

    What’s really really going on? 

    Why can’t one defeat the other? Why does Sierra and Teal have the same techniques and strength?

    Why is…

    Her thoughts got broken when the two ladies lunged at themselves again, both rolling punches like gifts and throwing it at each other with the same frequency. Same energy.

    Teal’s punch met Sierra’s chin with a loud shatter, and Sierra immediately returned it to Teal’s head, nearly bursting the skull.

    Another punch entered Sierra’s mouth from Teal, and her mouth bled colour, but Sierra returned that punch to Teal’s belly, and Teal bled from the mouth too.

    Punch. Bleed. Punch.

    Punch. Bleed. Punch.

    That’s the continuous procedure till they both drew long breaths and stepped away from each other.

    “We need to leave” Allegra pulled Sierra, and Sierra didn’t stop looking back at Teal, wondering what’s going on till they got out of the prison.

    They went to Allegra’s Unit, and Allegra let go of her.

    “What was that? Why does she match up? Why is your stamina on the same level as hers?” Allegra asked.

    “You expect me to know?” Sierra glared, grabbing her phone and dialling her mum.

    The line rang for one straight minute before it picked.

    “You promised to be here for me mum!!! You promised to come for me today! It’s my day of joy where the fûck are you!! Dad is taking Four away from me and I need you to talk some senses into him! Also, there’s someone who matches my energy here and it has never happened before! What’s really going on!!!” She yelled, hitting herself on the wall.

    “I warned you against shouting, didn’t I? Are you begging to be chastised?” Empress’s cold voice filtered in.

    Sierra drew in a loud breath.

    “Now, explain again calmly. What’s going on?” Empress said.

    [Sergeant Kash’s Suite]

    “He really won’t reject the transfer, and it’s bothersome. I can’t imagine working under Sierra. She works with strength, not brains” Kash said, sitting restlessly on the couch.

    “Even if he rejects it, it’s impossible. It’s the President we’re talking about” Cassie replied, coming out of the kitchen with a tray containing dinner which she set on the dinning.

    “He has a betrothed wife, he should at least stay because of Teal” Kash replied.

    “Betrothed doesn’t mean he likes her” Cassie shrugged.

    “But he doesn’t hate her either” Kash replied.

    “So it’s between the margin?” Cassie asked.

    “I can’t even say. It’s hard to understand that man Cassie. His head works differently” Kash replied.

    “Just eat dinner first, then Snowman can come next” Cassie replied, entering the kitchen to text Axel.

    Cassie: Are you fine? I’m worried.

    [Base Prison]

    Thanks to Teal’s wristwatch, it’s easy to count time, though the watch is a little broken from the D-Sergeants drags.

    She has spent 13 hours here, and the time is currently 10pm.

    The dull green bulb on the ceiling is manageably bright, so it’s not very bad except for the silence.

    The silence got more annoying, and she could see the moon peering in through the few cracks of the walls.

    It’s even colder here than the enclosed pavilion, but that’s not an issue to think about right now.

    She’s squatting beside the bed, and her arms are wrapped around her folded legs.

    The blood on her lips from the fight with Sierra is still there, she doesn’t care about wiping.

    But Four is leaving this country?

    How did the President even come to such ludicrous and evil conclusion?

    Is that even making any sense?

    Obviously, Four is Usman’s only match, so when Usman announces his next attack, who’d face him?

    Sierra? The same person whose strength is on the same level as hers?

    And talking about Sierra, how is that even possible?

    Her uncles techniques were created for her alone.

    Refined for her alone.

    Cemented into her alone.

    So why? Why does Sierra know them as much as she does?

    Her uncles owe her explanations, but she’s not getting any if she continues staying in this godforsaken place.

    A crackle came from the door, and she spranged to her feet, hoping she won’t get disappointed this time.

    Her heartbeats picked up—not in fear, but in heavy anticipation and broadened hope.

    It was his scent first, and she felt her jaws loosen as he stepped in, slowly but intentional like he came here to kill her.

    The plasters on his temples are gone, but the wounds are still there, though not fresh anymore, and now she wished she had offered to treat them.

    His presence seized the air like a grim reaper’s, and the shadow behind his huge body is bigger than life.

    With each step he took towards her, she felt his dark intents, and the danger lurking in his eyeballs like an ouija board.

    Something told her to move, and she did. She moved.

    Stepping back with each step he took closer to her.

    It’s like a cat and mouse game, and the respective roles of each of them is obvious.

    She took the fifth step, and her back hit the dusty wall behind her, causing her to jerk a little.

    She looked behind for a beat before throwing her glance back to him.

    He’s still walking, still coming closer like a flood, his gaze still pointed.

    “You shouldn’t leave for Indonesia, the citizens need you” she said before she knew it.

    “And you don’t?” He replied, his voice eerie and tainted with something carnal—something abyssal.

    “Why would I need you?” She replied with another gulp, and she saw his lips compress into a thin line. His chin jutted out.

    “You came back to this base, marked yourself as my wife even before I did, and you think you can go on dates with a twat, smile with a twat, get touched by a twat and kiss a twat?” His harsh voice burned through the space, and her brows furrowed with both shock and question.

    He knows? 

    He knows.

    “It’s a goodbye night, so enjoy the woes I brought with it” he  whispered, the venom seeping deep.

    By now, he’s already with her, and she could feel his incisive words and breaths on her pores with in-depth penetrations—just like his eyes.

    “I didn’t ki—”

    She was cut off roughly when Four’s big palm wrapped like a belt on her throat, and she gasped as the familiar sensations crawled on her throat under his chokehold.

    “Too late, bury the explanation” Four whispered with beastly need, and then his pale lips came crowning her bloody lips, kissing off her words and stealing the remaining letters into his demanding mouth.

    Her eyes widened, and her fingers clutched at his uniform, digging dents into the material as her back pierced into the jagged wall.

    Her knees moved to stab him, but he caught it with his hand, pressing her kneecap so hard that she grumbled into his mouth.

    He ate up that grumble, unravelled her mouth and tossed his tongue around the warmness and slickness of her mouth.

    Her lips curved against his, fingers tearing his shirt, knees jerking on his palm as he devoured her with reckless abandon, eating into the blood.

    He kissed her like his lips were the question, and hers are the answers.

    He kissed her angrily, like her lips owned her an apology.

    He kissed her like her tongue is a meal he’s willing to pay a lifetime for.

    He kissed her with ferocity—insanity and yearning fused into one.

    He let go with a flick, and immediately their lips pulled away, she raised an hand to his face, but he caught it and brought it down, his eyes taking the red again.

    “I hate you…so very much” she hatefully muttered, her swollen lips shaking with his assault.

    “As you should. Get on that bed on your fours, Teal. You’re receiving the ten punishments before I leave” he replied, his words heated like a sculpting knife.

    “Ten…what?” Her eyes widened.

    “It was 6 before, but for the date and the kiss with the twat, it’s plus 4” he replied sadistically.

    “I didn’t kiss him! And who are you to even do this!” She shouted, the green light seeming to be mocking her by brightening more.

    “Eleven” he replied flatly.

    “I’m not getting on that bed” she sneered, feeling the lingering fire on her lips from his kiss.

    “Twelve” he replied.

    “You’re sick” she muttered.

    “Deeply so, thirteen” he replied.

    “I hate you…” She whispered.

    “Feels like you do, fourteen” he said, and her teeth clenched.

    Knowing how twisted he is, he’s only gonna keep counting, and her punishments will only keep heightening, so she got on the bed.

    She fell on all fours—knees and palms flattening on the square mattress which squeaked.

    “You’re spanking, isn’t it? Get it over with.” She muffled.

    “Spanks?” Four smirked, dirtier than mud water as his eyes gleamed.

    “Palm spanks are for stupid gentlemen, and I’m not one.” He said, and then he’s flipping his belt apart.

    He pulled the belt out of the hoops and wrapped the metal buckle around his palm, then his hand latched to her trousers.

    He ripped it apart like it’s nothing, exposing her ass cheeks to the green light and his dark eyes.

    Her palms sweated, gumming defiantly with the sheets.

    “Count” he growled, raising the belt to the air.

    TBC.

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  • Twisted Empire – Episode 37&38

    Twisted Empire – Episode 37&38

    TWISTED EMPIRE

    Twisted Empire – Episode 37&38

    (Her Blade, His Neck )

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    [Base Prison]

    The room smelled like bleach and rotten soil. Walls are decorated with thick cobwebs which extended to the roof. There are spiders spreading freely in the middle of every web.

    The ground is neither cemented nor concreted, so the loamy soil is in small scanty heaps, and a rusty dagger lay somewhere in the middle of shredded muslin clothes which has dried blood patches on them.

    In the shallow corner, there’s a small square bed with a beige spread, and on top of the bed, Teal sat.

    Her legs on the ground, and her palms on the bed surface as she stared into an empty space.

    Her cheek is still red with the fingerprints of the D-Sergeant who slapped her, but she doesn’t feel the sting.

    She shouldn’t be here. She doesn’t deserve to be here.

    Morgan is a bî+ch she hates the sight of, but still … She’d never go as far as editing a video of her and Quentin.

    Where is the time?

    That night when the video was posted, she was with Four. That was the night she went to s+duce him, so he’s probably the only one who can help now.

    No. He’s definitely the only one, but what was that indifference she felt from him earlier when he walked past her at the hallway?

    He’s always indifferent, but the ice surrounding him earlier was glacial.

    He doesn’t know about her date with Xanthe, does he?

    Right, Xanthe.

    She brought her pager out of her pocket and immediately gave up. It’s a one-way pager, meaning Xanthe is the only one who can send messages.

    She can’t.

    She flung the pager at the pile of bloody clothes and gripped the bedspread tight, imagining it as Morgan and the D-Sergeants.

    She felt her breaths boiling in her lungs, and she almost exploded with the the rise in her temperament.

    The promotion ceremony must still be ongoing right now, and the fact that she’s not there?

    It’s making her sick.

    The promotion ceremony ended faster than everyone expected.

    After the announcement of Four’s transfer to Indonesia, Four and Yulia left the hall at the same time, and their silence was deafening.

    Even till now. 

    General Pedro stood in the middle of the suite living room, and his uniform is half-gone cos he’s not wearing the shirt anymore, just the pants and a black shirt.

    He was restlessly pacing, wearing a confused look till Yulia came out of the bedroom.

    She’s holding a pack of cigarettes and a zippo, then a smile hung on her thin lips.

    “Yulia” Pedro took few steps to her, and she widened that smile.

    “Congratulations on chosing the first Maj Sergeant in your domain” she said, adjusting the sleeve of his shirt.

    “You’re not angry? Yulia. I know you better than anyone” Pedro replied, his eyes roaming hers as if he wants to pull what she’s thinking out of her skull which is impossible.

    In the masking aspect, Yulia has almost same abilities as Four.

    “Angry?” She blinked, putting fire on her cigar. “Why? Oh…cos you transferred Four to Indonesia?” She brought the stick to her lips, puffin before throwing her weight on a chair across him.

    “You said it was bilateral agreement, so I know it’s an order from him—The President” She leaned forward, pouring smokes out of her lips.

    “Why then should I be mad? You have no choice but listen to him. The President presides over the army anyways” she continued.

    Pedro stood there, watching her with sudden dumbness.

    Yulia slid a music disc into the CD player on the table.

    As the disc rolled, a dark piano tune began humming, filling the house with it’s unsettling harmony.

    She relaxed and snapped her eyes shut, enjoying the tunes with her smokes as company.

    Still in confusion, Pedro left the suite and went to his office, but as expected, Axel was waiting in front of the door.

    He ignored him and went in, dressing  in his uniform and taking his seat.

    Axel came in, his eyes and steps hurtful till he stopped at the back of the desk.

    “Why am I always the abandoned one? Why?” He asked.

    “Go back to your whoring business, Axel. I have nothing to tell you” Pedro flatly replied, and Axel laughed loud, the sound brooding and broken.

    “Am I only allowed to live under the shadows of Four and Sierra forever? I was thinking Four is the only one I need to be wary of, but I was wrong cos you even worship Sierra more than Four!” He snapped, tears pooling in his eyes for real.

    “Leave this office, Axel. The third warning won’t come. I’ll have to get you thrown out” Pedro replied, looking up to meet his teary eyes.

    “Tell me honestly…what does she have on you?” Axel muttered, his tears falling on the table.

    “I’m talking about Sierra’s mom! The self-acclaimed Empress! What does she have on you? Why do you always do her biddings cos? I know she’s behind this promotion. Are you her dog!!?” He yelled, and that was replied with a hit…

    From Pedro.

    Axel felt his teeth twist in his gum immediately Pedro’s palm met with his cheek, and his eyes widened.

    “You slapped me? Dad?”

    Pedro dialled his Sergeants on the telephone, and in just two seconds, they rushed in.

    “Take him” he ordered, and Axel was seized.

    “I was 10 when I started working for you in this base!! When is my work ever gonna be appraised! When am I even gonna matter!!” He yelled, not even struggling with the Sergeant’s as they dragged him.

    “You were 10 when you joined this base, but Sierra was 10 too, and she’s 4 years older than you, meaning she spent 4 years here before you arrived! She took trainings serious and was the best of her set! I offered her promotions and she has been declining for reasons I don’t know, and now that I suddenly decided to elevate her, I believe that shouldn’t be a problem but your brain will never tell you that! All you do is philander around with Allegra!” Pedro yelled.

    Suddenly, Axel broke free from the Sergeants and wiped his tears off with his sleeve.

    “Yeah, I have talent in philandering with women, and that’s why you should be careful, dad. I’ll meet Empress—your so-called first love. I’ll seduce, f+ck her like a whore that she is and send you the fuckin video” he promised, then he stormed out of the office.

    “Axel!!!” Pedro yelled after him, but the headache wasn’t over cos Sierra came in almost immediately.

    She’s already in her new uniform, her hair bound with a net under her cap.

    “Not you too. You should be celebrating your promotion. What are you doing here Sierra?” Pedro held his head.

    “Why would you transfer Four to Indonesia? Not even somewhere in this Greece, but another country entirely? What stupid bilateral agreement did the President make overnight! He’s the best army in this base so why the f+ck would he be transferred?” She questioned.

    “Watch your mouth, Sierra. You’re the Major Sergeant now, and you should act like it” Pedro replied.

    “My promotion means nothing without Four beside me! You can’t take him away from me! You can’t!” Sierra shouted dementedly.

    “What are you even talking about!” Pedro snarled.

    “This can only work with him beside me. Usman can only go down with the collaboration of Four and i. Four has always belonged by my side and you have no right to take him. He’s my strength, and I think you just made a mistake. Fluid it and rewrite it, or else I’ll rebel, and mum will support me as always” she threatened, then she stormed out just like Axel.

    Allegra was waiting outside for her, but she bypassed her as her fury is still eating her up.

    Allegra had to run after her.

    “Hey Major! You can’t stay mad like this all day, we should drink to it. Four is transferred? Even better, then Teal is dead meat in your hands” she said, and Sierra faced her sharply like a mutilation knife.

    “Don’t repeat that statement again, ever in your life. Four is like my other half, and I can’t function well without him, so just shut up. And Teal? I think it’s hightime I visit that wench” She said.

    Allegra blinked, once.

    [Master Sergeant’s Office]

    “You can reject the transfer, Master—No—you should definitely reject it. You can’t leave this country, Usman is going to kill everyone without you” Kash said pleadingly, sitting in front of Four whose poker face is angled on his phone screen.

    “Why should I refuse transfer cos of the citizens? Usman couldn’t kill everyone in this city when I haven’t gotten here, so nothing is gon change with my absence” he said with that bored dryness.

    “When you weren’t here, it was better, but now that you’re here it’s a different story. Usman communicates with you better than anyone and he even gives you puzzles to solve!” Kash continued cajoling, but Four chose silence this time.

    Kash sighed, getting fed up.

    “Think about Private Teal at least. She’s currently locked up, and if you leave, then there are wolves waiting to eat her.” He tried again.

    “Smart of you to use her as a reason like she’s my kryptonite or something.” Four spoke, dropping his phone and looking up.

    He was actually playing puzzles.

    “She’s got the president, and she’s got her uncles. She’s not a weakling herself. Quit Mentioning her, makes me wanna leave faster. Schedule my flight for tomorrow morning. 7am” he continued.

    “But—”

    “Kash Graham, one more word from you and I’m punching you in the same place as yesterday, and this time, you’ll die” Four madly cut him off, and he stood.

    “I’ll prepare your flight documents” he said, leaving the office.

    Four resumed his puzzle play on his phone like he’s not currently in the middle of the ongoing chaos.

    As he dragged the puzzle pieces across his screen, he received a text from a line saved as ‘Black Widow’

    He clicked the text open, and his lids flickered. His eyes took that ruthless shade.

    The usual.

    [President’s Mansion]

    The butlers and maids are all folded with their heads bowed over the glittering staircase as Xanthe came downstairs, right hand sleazily inserted in his cargo pocket and the left one beside him.

    He looks happy, and he’s licking his lips as if it got baptized with honeydew, taking his time.

    President Spyros is at the first dinning room, getting ready for breakfast at the head of the long ebony table.

    He’s holding a warm cup of frappé to his lips which he’s sipping.

    The room is plush like every other room in the mansion. There’s a fancy fireplace burning purple flames, and Xanthe easily sat on one of the upholstered chairs not far from his father, picking up his fork and digging into the stir-fried veggies.

    “Mm, now I know why she loves them. It’s delicious” he said, eating more.

    “You didn’t eat veggies when you were in Miami?” President Spyros asked, his voice balanced despite the  bougatsa in his mouth.

    He has started eating.

    “I hated veggies cos it’s basically leaves, dad” Xanthe offered.

    “And now you’re letting go of the hate cos what? You like her that much?”

    “It was love at first sight, don’t blame me. But that Sergeant…Four. He said something about how she’s married, and I’ve been thinking” Xanthe said with a slight frown.

    “She was betrothed to him by her parents doesn’t mean she belongs to him. Her parents are dead anyways, and all she has is her uncles. I’ll have to speak to the uncles. I already sent them an invite” President Spyros replied.

    “But what about Four himself? Someone who drove a car containing 4 human bombs and escaped the rocky earthquake? He doesn’t seem simple” Xanthe dropped his fork.

    “He got transferred to Indonesia” President Spyros broke the news.

    “What! For real?” Xanthe spranged up.

    “You don’t believe?” President Spyros wiped his mouth carefully with a napkin.

    “No. I know you have a long-term alliance with the president of Indonesia, but I wasn’t expecting you to fill the bilateral agreement with Four. That’s sudden” Xanthe said.

    He sat back slowly. “But I like it. I like that fact that he’s gone without getting hurt. He looks like a good person” he said.

    “You should visit the base tomorrow, take Teal on a shopping spree and engrave yourself in her memories. I wasn’t joking when I told you I want my grandchildren to come from her” President Spyros continued.

    “I know, won’t be long now” Xanthe smiled brightly.

    [Cantonment, Bazaar Supermarket]

    “Cheers!!!” 

    And that was followed by the clinking of beer glasses from Morgan and Stormy and their group of little minion ladies.

    They came here to drink after they left the assembly hall.

    Armies are free to go out and drink today. It’s a free day cos of the ceremony, and they’re using it to their satisfaction.

    “I can’t even express my joy, to think that I’d be the one in that Base Prison instead of her if we hadn’t planned? Gawd…I love you Stormy!” Morgan gushed out happily, hanging her arm on Stormy’s shoulder.

    “Let’s be friends forever, nothing can ever come between us” she said.

    “Nothing” Stormy winked, and they kissed each other’s cheeks before drinking again under the envious eyes of their minions.

    “Now that Snowman is going to Indonesia tomorrow, who’s gonna be the new leader of Maelstrom squad?” A minion asked.

    “Who else? Sierra of course” Stormy snickered.

    “Then it’s our luck. Sierra is like our base-mother. We’re safe” Morgan shrugged.

    “You can say that again, and Teal is definitely cooked.” Stormy smiled, and the smile turned to a grin till the others joined.

    “But then…why is Quentin still not picking your calls?” Stormy asked Morgan.

    “No idea” Morgan replied.

    “Hey!” That voice broke into their circle, and Morgan gasped in recognition, spranging up to see Quentin standing behind their table in the scanty supermarket.

    “Quentin!” She gushed shockingly.

    “Why haven’t you been picking your calls! You left Morgan worried!” Stormy shouted.

    “I got into and accident that morning after I left Mirza hotel, and I lost my phone. I’ve been healing at the hospital” Quentin explained, showing his peeled forearms.

    “OMG! Babe! I’m so sorry!” Morgan started crying childishly as she checked them out.

    “They’re healed now, you don’t have to cry” Quentin smiled.

    “But then who exactly are you? How can you enter this cantonment when you’re not one of the civilians signed by the government?” Stormy asked.

    “His father is a bigwig in the political network, so enough with the questions, Stormy.” Morgan defended, throwing her arms on Quentin’s shoulders.

    “I missed you, especially your sweet cock” she shamelessly confessed, dragging him into a corner in the supermarket while unbuttoning her uniform already.

    “They’ve started again. Lesson never leaned” Stormy muttered, downing her beer.

    [Base, Training Ground]

    “Teal left the communal dinning and went to Snowman’s Unit that night when the video was posted, so he’s the only one who can help” April said, her voice desperate.

    The news of Teal’s arrest has circulated round the base before the promotion ceremony even ended.

    Problem now is how to rescue her.

    “Snowman is flying out and has refused to help according to Sergeant Kash, what to do?” Shannon asked.

    “I’ll have to meet Snowman. Even if it means prostrating in front of him” Rook said.

    “You can’t do that” Theo replied from the side.

    “Oh I can. It’s my best friend we’re talking about here and who knows how fucked up the Base Prison is!?” Rook yelled at him.

    Theo went silent.

    “Theo is right. According to Sergeant Kash, Snowman seemed to be very mad at Teal and when he brought her up, Snowman threatened to punch him to death” Shannon said.

    “What! Why would he be that pissed?” April replied.

    At this point, Brent stood from the fallen punching bag he has been sitting on.

    “It’s my fault” he said, and Rook was the first to face him before the others.

    “What do you mean it’s your fault?” He asked.

    Brent shoved his hand into his shaven head.

    “It’s my fault” he muttered, confusing them more.

    Paine is sitting on a wet brick not far from the bunch, and as he stared at them, he felt Abbey’s phone in his pocket.

    One video from this phone will liberate Teal, but why should he release it when he hates her?

    Also, Teal is not his target audience for the secrets on that phone. There are many others.

    He sighed, lulling his head to the side.

    Right beside him, Skye sat, watching him with hawk-view.

    His abilities are peak, and his intuitions never lie.

    Right now, he feels like Paine is hiding something, behind the pain of Abbey’s death in his eyes, and maybe he’s gonna find out what it is.

    Paine’s eyes met with his own, and when Paine saw him staring, he smirked.

    “Stop staring, Specialist Skye. Or I’ll dig out your organ of vision.” He said, jumping down the brick and leaving the place.

    “Hardtack, but will be worth it” Skye mumbled.

    [Base Prison]

    The straight creaking of the iron door made Teal turn around on her spot, her hands stiffening.

    She has been standing in the middle of the godawful room since she got tired of sitting, and as she expected whoever it is to come in, she swallowed nothing.

    Her expectations were madly high, but they fell low, and disappointment set in when Sierra came in instead.

    Why was she low-key expecting him?

    She didn’t revel in that disappointment for long though, cos Sierra is wearing a different uniform with five chevrons and rockers, then two stars.

    Obviously, it’s a higher rank than Four’s. Does that mean??…

    Wait…Major Sergeant?

    Her eyes widened at her own realization, and Sierra smiled as Allegra came in after her.

    “Yeah, you guessed right in your mind. I’m the Major Sergeant of this base as from today, and I’m like the General’s second in command. You should accord some respect and give me my salutations now” she said.

    Teal didn’t move, her palms just balled up like kitten paws.

    “Oh you think Four is still around? Poor you, you know nothing…do you? He got transferred to Indonesia by the president’s orders, and now you’re at my mercy.” Sierra laughed, and Allegra joined in the laughter as it turned shriller.

    Teal’s throat tightened around nothing, and her balled fists came off on their own.

    “What!” She found herself sounding shocked, and as much as she hates it, she doesn’t care.

    “Why?” She walked fast to Sierra. “Why would the president transfer him out of the country when Usman is still alive?”

    “You must really think you still have the right to question me” Sierra raised her fist at her, fast like a thunderbolt.

    Teal caught the hit with her palm, twisting that roll, but Sierra was able to untwist it, then she slammed a wicked blow to Teal’s jaw.

    Teal didn’t snooze, she returned that blow to Sierra’s jaw,. Hot as blowtorch. Raw like a witch’s cry.

    Sierra punctuated her with an elbow on the jugular, then she proceeded to jabbing her brutally on the belly.

    Teal swung around, returning the lethal hits to her jugular and belly— and a bonus on the chest.

    They both staggered away from each other. Steps rushed, and breaths overflowing from their molten lungs.

    Allegra glowered, wondering what’s going on.

    “Wench!!” Sierra took off her cap and lunged at Teal again.

    Teal strengthened the stand of her second leg on the ground, then she raised the first one in a tsunami-level kick—one of the rare techniques she learnt from her uncles.

    Shockingly, Sierra raised that same leg at her, and their kicks met at the same time, throwing the two of them back to the heaping ground.

    Teal got wounded on her shoulder, and Sierra got a cut on her leg.

    They stood at the same time, again.

    Sweats riding their skins like waves, hate fusing in their eyeballs like bees.

    Allegra’s mouth is wide by the door.

    What’s really really going on? 

    Why can’t one defeat the other? Why does Sierra and Teal have the same techniques and strength?

    Why is…

    Her thoughts got broken when the two ladies lunged at themselves again, both rolling punches like gifts and throwing it at each other with the same frequency. Same energy.

    Teal’s punch met Sierra’s chin with a loud shatter, and Sierra immediately returned it to Teal’s head, nearly bursting the skull.

    Another punch entered Sierra’s mouth from Teal, and her mouth bled colour, but Sierra returned that punch to Teal’s belly, and Teal bled from the mouth too.

    Punch. Bleed. Punch.

    Punch. Bleed. Punch.

    That’s the continuous procedure till they both drew long breaths and stepped away from each other.

    “We need to leave” Allegra pulled Sierra, and Sierra didn’t stop looking back at Teal, wondering what’s going on till they got out of the prison.

    They went to Allegra’s Unit, and Allegra let go of her.

    “What was that? Why does she match up? Why is your stamina on the same level as hers?” Allegra asked.

    “You expect me to know?” Sierra glared, grabbing her phone and dialling her mum.

    The line rang for one straight minute before it picked.

    “You promised to be here for me mum!!! You promised to come for me today! It’s my day of joy where the fûck are you!! Dad is taking Four away from me and I need you to talk some senses into him! Also, there’s someone who matches my energy here and it has never happened before! What’s really going on!!!” She yelled, hitting herself on the wall.

    “I warned you against shouting, didn’t I? Are you begging to be chastised?” Empress’s cold voice filtered in.

    Sierra drew in a loud breath.

    “Now, explain again calmly. What’s going on?” Empress said.

    [Sergeant Kash’s Suite]

    “He really won’t reject the transfer, and it’s bothersome. I can’t imagine working under Sierra. She works with strength, not brains” Kash said, sitting restlessly on the couch.

    “Even if he rejects it, it’s impossible. It’s the President we’re talking about” Cassie replied, coming out of the kitchen with a tray containing dinner which she set on the dinning.

    “He has a betrothed wife, he should at least stay because of Teal” Kash replied.

    “Betrothed doesn’t mean he likes her” Cassie shrugged.

    “But he doesn’t hate her either” Kash replied.

    “So it’s between the margin?” Cassie asked.

    “I can’t even say. It’s hard to understand that man Cassie. His head works differently” Kash replied.

    “Just eat dinner first, then Snowman can come next” Cassie replied, entering the kitchen to text Axel.

    Cassie: Are you fine? I’m worried.

    [Base Prison]

    Thanks to Teal’s wristwatch, it’s easy to count time, though the watch is a little broken from the D-Sergeants drags.

    She has spent 13 hours here, and the time is currently 10pm.

    The dull green bulb on the ceiling is manageably bright, so it’s not very bad except for the silence.

    The silence got more annoying, and she could see the moon peering in through the few cracks of the walls.

    It’s even colder here than the enclosed pavilion, but that’s not an issue to think about right now.

    She’s squatting beside the bed, and her arms are wrapped around her folded legs.

    The blood on her lips from the fight with Sierra is still there, she doesn’t care about wiping.

    But Four is leaving this country?

    How did the President even come to such ludicrous and evil conclusion?

    Is that even making any sense?

    Obviously, Four is Usman’s only match, so when Usman announces his next attack, who’d face him?

    Sierra? The same person whose strength is on the same level as hers?

    And talking about Sierra, how is that even possible?

    Her uncles techniques were created for her alone.

    Refined for her alone.

    Cemented into her alone.

    So why? Why does Sierra know them as much as she does?

    Her uncles owe her explanations, but she’s not getting any if she continues staying in this godforsaken place.

    A crackle came from the door, and she spranged to her feet, hoping she won’t get disappointed this time.

    Her heartbeats picked up—not in fear, but in heavy anticipation and broadened hope.

    It was his scent first, and she felt her jaws loosen as he stepped in, slowly but intentional like he came here to kill her.

    The plasters on his temples are gone, but the wounds are still there, though not fresh anymore, and now she wished she had offered to treat them.

    His presence seized the air like a grim reaper’s, and the shadow behind his huge body is bigger than life.

    With each step he took towards her, she felt his dark intents, and the danger lurking in his eyeballs like an ouija board.

    Something told her to move, and she did. She moved.

    Stepping back with each step he took closer to her.

    It’s like a cat and mouse game, and the respective roles of each of them is obvious.

    She took the fifth step, and her back hit the dusty wall behind her, causing her to jerk a little.

    She looked behind for a beat before throwing her glance back to him.

    He’s still walking, still coming closer like a flood, his gaze still pointed.

    “You shouldn’t leave for Indonesia, the citizens need you” she said before she knew it.

    “And you don’t?” He replied, his voice eerie and tainted with something carnal—something abyssal.

    “Why would I need you?” She replied with another gulp, and she saw his lips compress into a thin line. His chin jutted out.

    “You came back to this base, marked yourself as my wife even before I did, and you think you can go on dates with a twat, smile with a twat, get touched by a twat and kiss a twat?” His harsh voice burned through the space, and her brows furrowed with both shock and question.

    He knows? 

    He knows.

    “It’s a goodbye night, so enjoy the woes I brought with it” he  whispered, the venom seeping deep.

    By now, he’s already with her, and she could feel his incisive words and breaths on her pores with in-depth penetrations—just like his eyes.

    “I didn’t ki—”

    She was cut off roughly when Four’s big palm wrapped like a belt on her throat, and she gasped as the familiar sensations crawled on her throat under his chokehold.

    “Too late, bury the explanation” Four whispered with beastly need, and then his pale lips came crowning her bloody lips, kissing off her words and stealing the remaining letters into his demanding mouth.

    Her eyes widened, and her fingers clutched at his uniform, digging dents into the material as her back pierced into the jagged wall.

    Her knees moved to stab him, but he caught it with his hand, pressing her kneecap so hard that she grumbled into his mouth.

    He ate up that grumble, unravelled her mouth and tossed his tongue around the warmness and slickness of her mouth.

    Her lips curved against his, fingers tearing his shirt, knees jerking on his palm as he devoured her with reckless abandon, eating into the blood.

    He kissed her like his lips were the question, and hers are the answers.

    He kissed her angrily, like her lips owned her an apology.

    He kissed her like her tongue is a meal he’s willing to pay a lifetime for.

    He kissed her with ferocity—insanity and yearning fused into one.

    He let go with a flick, and immediately their lips pulled away, she raised an hand to his face, but he caught it and brought it down, his eyes taking the red again.

    “I hate you…so very much” she hatefully muttered, her swollen lips shaking with his assault.

    “As you should. Get on that bed on your fours, Teal. You’re receiving the ten punishments before I leave” he replied, his words heated like a sculpting knife.

    “Ten…what?” Her eyes widened.

    “It was 6 before, but for the date and the kiss with the twat, it’s plus 4” he replied sadistically.

    “I didn’t kiss him! And who are you to even do this!” She shouted, the green light seeming to be mocking her by brightening more.

    “Eleven” he replied flatly.

    “I’m not getting on that bed” she sneered, feeling the lingering fire on her lips from his kiss.

    “Twelve” he replied.

    “You’re sick” she muttered.

    “Deeply so, thirteen” he replied.

    “I hate you…” She whispered.

    “Feels like you do, fourteen” he said, and her teeth clenched.

    Knowing how twisted he is, he’s only gonna keep counting, and her punishments will only keep heightening, so she got on the bed.

    She fell on all fours—knees and palms flattening on the square mattress which squeaked.

    “You’re spanking, isn’t it? Get it over with.” She muffled.

    “Spanks?” Four smirked, dirtier than mud water as his eyes gleamed.

    “Palm spanks are for stupid gentlemen, and I’m not one.” He said, and then he’s flipping his belt apart.

    He pulled the belt out of the hoops and wrapped the metal buckle around his palm, then his hand latched to her trousers.

    He ripped it apart like it’s nothing, exposing her ass cheeks to the green light and his dark eyes.

    Her palms sweated, gumming defiantly with the sheets.

    “Count” he growled, raising the belt to the air.

    TBC.

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    Bàd Gîrl Love – Episode 21&22

     

     BÀD GÎRL LOVE 

    Bàd Gîrl Love – Episode 21&22

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    “Richie!!!!!!!” Lovelyn screamed with her heart in her throat, but another person jumped in through the window immediately.

    Her hair covered her face at first as a result of the jump, but she immediately tilted her head back, making her face come to view.

    Hwasa!

    She ran just two steps to Ian and jumped on him, kicking the table leg away from him professionally.

    It flew off, and immediately she landed back on the ground, she gave him another kick on the face which sent him flying to the ground too.

    “F*+*k it!” He groaned, and Hwasa released an heavy breath before rushing to Lovelyn.

    “Hwasa” she said, staring at her face, but she didn’t spare her a glance before starting to untie the rope she was tied with.

    Lovelyn spranged up when she became free, and she didn’t bother to adjust her open bra before rushing to Richie who’s almost unconscious on the ground.

    “Richie!” She knelt beside him and raised his head to her laps. His eyes opened drowsily.

    His lips bursted as a result of the punch, and it’s bleeding too.

    “Richie why did you come here?” She cried, seeing his bleeding back again.

    He raised his hand shakily and caressed her cheek gently.

    “Richie…” She cried again, her tears falling on his hospital uniform.

    His eyes closed completely, and she hugged his face to herself, crying louder.

    “No you can’t pass out again, Richie!!!”

    Ian made to stand from where he had fallen earlier, but Hwasa kicked him again, and he groaned loudly as he went back to the ground.

    The door suddenly broke, and it fell of the frame after a loud thud sounded on it.

    Guards came in, more than ten in number.

    “Young master!” One of them rushed to Lovelyn and took him from her, running out of he room with him.

    “Get him arrested, he did that to him” Hwasa told the guards, pointing at Ian who’s still groaning in pains.

    He was dragged up and taken out of the room too, and she took off her shirt, leaving her in her singlet.

    She covered Lovelyn’s body with the shirt, and Lovelyn looked at her tearfully.

    “Hwasa thank you very much”

    “I do come to school to read every Sunday night when I’m not working, and your screams brought me here from the swimming hall” she replied.

    “Thank you” Lovelyn sniffed and hugged her tightly.

    “Stop crying, it’s ok you’re fine now” Hwasa replied, hugging her back.

    *

    MARIA HOSPITAL*

    “What! He escaped the hospital? To do what exactly?” Mr. Kim shouted when he got the report.

    “He left after taking a call and…

    “A call? I clearly told everyone not to allow him use his phone till he’s fully ok! Who gave him the phone!” He shouted angrily, and the nurse stepped forward.

    “President Kim, I’m sorry but he really looked desperate to use the phone and…

    “Fire her, I’ll pay for her replacement” Mr. Kim faced the head doctor.

    “As you wish, President Kim” the doctor bowed, and the nurse went on her knees as she began crying.

    “Now where the hell is my son? Where’s Richie?” Mr. Kim said, and Mrs. Kim rushed in with Ruby.

    “What’s the news I’m hearing? He ran out?” She said breathlessly.

    “Where were the two of you?” Mr. Kim asked.

    “Told you I had something to settle at home, so I left with Ruby in my car” she replied.

    “He obviously left in Ruby’s car after getting a call, but not to worry, we sent the guards out already, and he’d be brought back here” the head doc talked again, and that moment, a stretcher was wheeled in with bleeding Richie on top.

    “Richie!!” Ruby’s eyes widened.

    “How did this happen again? He was already getting better so what’s with the blood!” Mrs. Kim shouted, rushing after the stretcher as he was taken into the ward.

    Ruby went in with them too, leaving Mr. Kim with the guards.

    “Explain everything to me, clearly” he said sternly.

    “According to what the girls we met in school said. A psychopath student was trying to rape a girl, and he called at that moment, he accidentally heard her scream before the call ended, so he ran over” one of them explained.

    “He went to school? To save…

    Mr. Kim stopped talking when Lovelyn came in with Hwasa, and his eyes widened.

    “You again? It’s you again?” He said angrily, and Lovelyn swallowed as he walked to her.

    He gave her a loud smack on the face, and she almost fell but thanks to Hwasa who held her.

    “From now on, you’re banned from coming to the mansion to see Ruby. I’d even tell her to end her friendship with you cos it’s obvious you’re a wicked witch! How could you call him to the school to get injured again when you know tommorow is the company handover, are you planning to ruin his future? Huh? You planning to seduce him so you can ruin the company when he finally becomes the president? What the hell is your target you wretched girl! If you’re not careful, I’d ruin you and your stupid investor mum! Who the hell is she! You both are just irrelevant parasites!” Mr. Kim shouted furiously.

    By the time he finished, stream of tears was already falling from Lovelyn’s eyes. Hwasa was speechless, just staring shockingly.

    “Get! Out!” Mr. Kim shouted, and Lovelyn turned around, running out of the hospital without looking back.

    Hwasa ran after her till they were out, and they bumped into Mira at the park. She’s actually just coming.

    “What the f*+*k! Love!” She gasped when she saw her red face.

    “Mi…ra” Lovelyn hiccupped.

    “Come with me” she pulled her into her car and faced Hwasa.

    “Do you need another evidence that I’m not a bully? Please get in too” she said, and Hwasa got in reluctantly.

    Mira drove out of the hospital and took them to a ice cream shop where she ordered three cups of ice cream for everyone.

    “I don’t wanna eat anything” Lovelyn said.

    Her tears stopped already, but her eyes are still red.

    “You’ve gotta be kidding me, it’d help you calm down so just eat three spoons at least” Mira said.

    “It’s true, ice cream helps” Hwasa said.

    Lovelyn looked at the both of them, and they nodded before she took the cup of ice cream.

    She started eating, and it’s really good, so good that she continued eating even after three spoons. Maybe because she’s really very hungry, she hasn’t eaten since daybreak all because she was worried about Richie.

    “Good girl, keep eating” Mira stroked her hair.

    Hwasa took her cup and started eating too, and Mira smiled.

    “Now…mind telling me everything in details?” She said.

    Hwasa did the explanation, and after everything, Mira was already fuming with anger.

    “Mr. Kim said all that to her? I’ve always known he’s an arrogant man but I never knew it’s up to this level, what the f**k!” 

    “I think she really has a crush on Richie” Hwasa said.

    “I know she does” Mira replied, and Lovelyn looked up.

    “Yeah I know, I saw how you were staring at him during our math assignment” Mira said, and Lovelyn stood.

    “I’ll see you guys tommorow” she said and started walking out.

    Hwasa made to follow her, but Mira pulled her back.

    “Let her be, she needs that alone time” she said, and Hwasa sighed before taking her ice cream cup. She resumed eating.

    “Never knew you fight so well, so why do you allow yourself to get bullied everyday?” Mira smiled.

    “You mean I should fight back and break the nose of one of the rich kids? Then I’d spend the rest of my life in jail. I have a sick mum I have to protect and take care of, so I’d do anything possible to graduate peacefully from Horizon” she replied and dropped the cup.

    “Thanks for the ice cream, and sorry about the other time at the restaurant, you’re actually cool” she said and started walking out.

    “Do you know what happened to the scholarship student of last semester?” Mira said from her seat.

    “She was bullied till she landed in the hospital with a broken back, I heard all about it” she replied.

    “So…you think you’d really be able to graduate peacefully? I feel like they haven’t even started bullying you, they’re just still playing with you, Mabel is not human” Mira said.

    “Let’s wait and see” she replied and left the shop 

    Mira sighed and took her own cup which was already melting.

    “I like her” she smiled and ate just few spoons before paying.

    She left the shop, but just by the door, she came across Mabel and Vista, just coming in hand in hand.

    She pretended like she didn’t see them, and though Mabel tried to stick her tongue at her, but she didn’t look her way, so it was fruitless.

    Mabel rolled eyes as she finally walked in with Vista, and Vista secretly looked back at Mira.

    He smiled cutely before going out of sight with Mabel.

    *

    LOVELYN’S PLACE*

    Surprisingly, madam Cash was already waiting in front of the house when Lovelyn arrived in a taxi, and her eyes refused to blink as she walked to her.

    “Madam Cash?”

    “What? Did I shock you too much? You weren’t at the club yesterday and didn’t come this night too so….

    She suddenly stopped talking, and her eyes widened as she walked fast to her and lowered her shirt roughly from her shoulders.

    “Madam Cash!”

    “What’s with all the bruises on your expensive skin? Even your face Kitten, I told you to always be careful with your skin but what’s all these? Huh? How did this happen?” 

    “I have no explanation to give” she replied 

    “Whatever, just make sure they disappear before tommorow. I don’t know how you’re gonna do it but you must come to the clubhouse tomorrow” madam Cash said.

    “And what if I refuse?” Lovelyn faced her, and she smiled, placing an hand on her shoulder.

    “Skipping the clubhouse for three consecutive days will spell doom for you and you know it. You have to pay Jackson your fake driver yunno? You have to feed yourself and your mum, and you have to pay your weekly contribution of your dad’s debt at the bank, so there’s no argument, I’ll be expecting you tommorow sweetheart” she said and stroked her hair before walking to her car.

    She drove away, and Lovelyn squatted by the door, burying her face in her knees.

    *

    NEXT DAY, HAN MANSION*

    Mrs. Han was descending the stairs when the doorbell rang, and a maid rushed to open the door, revealing Vista and Savage.

    “It’s been a while guys” Mrs. Han smiled.

    “Is Bernie off to school already?” Savage asked.

    “School? No he’s still asleep” she replied, and the two rushed upstairs immediately, running past her at the stairs.

    They barged into his room and met him in bed with several duvets piled over his head.

    “Bernie!” Vista shouted as they jointly raised the duvets only to meet a pale Bernie.

    He’s shaking with cold, and his lips are dry with his hair covering half of his face.

    “Are you sick?” Savage asked.

    “That’s not the issue now, Lovelyn almost got raped last night in school!” Vista shouted, and his eyes flew open. He sat up immediately.

    “What are you talking about?”

    “It’s all-over the school community, Ian did it!” Savage replied, giving him the phone.

    He began scrolling, and it’s really all that’s on the blog.

    • Lovelyn Jeong of the senior class almost got raped by Ian!

    • Heard she was saved by Richie Kim, he got greatly wounded.

    • Please who’s Richie Kim?

    • You don’t know Ruby’s twin?

    • The genius!

    • The truth is…she was s+ducing him, and his girlfriend caught them, that’s why she got mad and hurt him

    • How could she try to seduce a guy with a girlfriend? So b*+*chy!

    • I wish she got raped for real

    The school community is on fire right now, all about Lovelyn Jeong.

    Bernie dropped the phone and rushed into the bathroom for his bath.

    Savage and Vista exchanged glances, and Vista nodded.

    “He overdid it this time, now the students are roasting the poor girl”

    *

    MARIA HOSPITAL*

    “Jessica’s whereabouts is still unknown, I’m so sorry sir” a cop reported to Mr. Kim on phone.

    “What have your boys been doing? There’s no record of her leaving Korea so I’m sure she’s still somewhere in this country, fish her out already!” Mr. Kim shouted.

    “We’d keep trying our best sir, and about Ian…

    “That animal is going to jail! No court hearing and I’m not ready to see any of his family if they show up, throw him in jail” Mr. Kim replied.

    “I’d be flying to America to meet with Jessica’s family tommorow, so don’t worry, she’d come out of her hole the moment I start with them” Mrs. Kim said, entering the ward.

    “Ah!” A sharp gasp came from Richie, and they both rushed to his bed at once to find him awake.

    He sat up by himself , and Mrs. Kim smiled.

    “I guess the pains reduced very much, I told them to give you a lot of painkillers last night”

    “How’re you feeling? You kept screaming from your sleep” Mr. Kim said.

    “Where’s Lovelyn?” Richie asked.

    “That girl again? I sent her away and told Ruby to cut her friendship with her. She’s just a golddigger looking for what to loot” Mr. Kim said.

    “She did nothing wrong!” Richie shouted, shocking them.

    “Richie…

    “I’m the one who invited her to take a stroll with me, I’m the one who went to the school, I’m the one who asked for her number first! Tell me what she did wrong dad, i thought you changed” he said.

    “I told you to find a decent Korean girl as Jessica’s replacement, but definitely not that kind of girl so if that’s what you’re trying to do, I’d never agree on it. She’s below your st…

    “F*+*k standards dad! F*+*k it I wanna leave this place” he removed the drip on his hand and got down from the bed.

    “Richie you have to stay till you’d be ok, you can’t…

    “I’ll be fine mum, call the driver to take me home, I’ll just receive treatments from home” he said and walked out.

    “He shouted back at me for the first time” Mr. Kim muttered.

    “You were too harsh on Lovelyn, I don’t support that too” Mrs. Kim replied.

    “We both know she’s below our level! Please” Mr. Kim insisted.

    *

    HORIZON HIGHSCHOOL*

    Though everything going on in the school community is all about her, but Lovelyn has decided to overlook it and pretend that nothing is happening.

    Girls were laughing at her, calling her ‘S+ducer’ as she walked the hallway alone, but she didn’t shove her face into the ground, she kept her head up till she saw Ruby.

    She rushed to her, but immediately she took her hand, Ruby broke free.

    “Sorry my dad told me to stop our friendship” she said sharply and left her standing.

    The girls around started laughing again, and she sighed before trying to move forward, but Bernie appeared in front of her.

    “We need to talk, Lovelyn” he said calmly, and she scoffed.

    “As if I’d agree to talk to you. You achieved what you wanted so I guess you’re happy now. Everyone is talking about me and I almost got raped! I just hate you” she said hatefully and turned to take the other way, but Bernie grabbed her hand.

    “I won’t take long” he said, and she was about to hit him when students began screaming.

    👥 He so hot!

    👥 I didn’t see him the last time he came!

    👥How can he look so cool while walking!

    👥 His walking steps so s+xy!

    👥 He’s the standard!

    👥 Why so cute!

    👥 My man!!!

    The screams got louder and louder till the cause of it came to view.

    Richie!

    Lovelyn took her hand from Bernie immediately, and Bernie looked at her.

    Richie’s two hands were tucked in his pockets as he walked, and he wasn’t even looking sidewards at the girls screaming their hearts out.

    His focus stayed on the two till he got to them and stretched an hand forward.

    “Give me your hand” he told Lovelyn, and she looked at his stretched hand slowly.

    “Why?” 

    “I want to hold you” he replied.

    👥 Whoaa!!!

    Slowly, Lovelyn raised her hand to his own and placed it on his palm.

    He interlocked their fingers immediately and started taking her out of the hallway, leaving Bernie standing.

    Ruby smirked from her spot, and girls went crazy as they watched them.

    👥 Oh my goodness!

    👥 I can’t breath!!

    👥 I wanna faint!!!

    TBC.

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  • Love After Forced Marriage – Episode 26

    Love After Forced Marriage – Episode 26

     

    LOVE AFTER DIVORCED 

    Love After Forced Marriage – Episode 26

    Theme: {melting his anger.}

    Authoress Isabella Library 

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        Karan entered the room to find Samara seated on the bed, frowning with her arms crossed around her breast. Her face was dark, and her eyes flashed with anger.

    “What’s wrong, why did you leave the dining like that?” Karan asked.

    Samara ignored him, her gaze fixed on the wall.

    “I am talking to you,” Karan said, his voice firm but gentle.

     “Just leave me alone, Karan. Why not go and enjoy dinner with your ex-wife?”

     “I still don’t understand why you’re angry.”

     “Seriously, when did you become so close to Arya? You were never with her like this. What changed? Don’t tell me you’re already having feelings for her.”

    Karan sighed tiredly, his eyes filled with frustration. He shook his head and left the room, ignoring Samara’s nagging.

    Days flew by, followed by weeks. Karan and Arya’s friendship continued to blossom, but it started to bother Samara. Rohan, too, was affected, as he kept receiving photos of Karan and Arya together, laughing and chatting. But he never let Arya know about it.

    The day of Samara and Karan’s engagement party arrived. Everyone was busy preparing the place, and Samara was getting dressed in her room with the help of her mom and Karan’s mom.

    Meanwhile, Karan stood in his balcony, lost in thought as he stared at Arya, who was helping out with the preparations. His eyes were fixed on her.

    Rohan arrived at the party with Abhi, and his eyes met Karan’s. He saw the way Karan was gazing at Arya, and he sighed, his heart heavy.

    Arya saw Rohan and rushed to him, her face lighting up with a bright smile. They hugged each other, and Rohan’s eyes met Karan’s again. This time, Karan looked away, his expression guilty.

    Rohan and Arya went inside, chatting and laughing together, while Karan remained on the balcony, lost in his thoughts.

    The engagement party was in full swing, with vibrant colors and lively music filling the air. Karan and Samara sat down facing each other, surrounded by their family and friends.

    As they began to exchange the rings, Samara’s eyes beamed with excitement. She was radiant in her traditional Indian attire, her smile bright and joyful.

    Karan, on the other hand, seemed subdued. His eyes went through the motions, but his heart wasn’t in it. Secretly, he was stealing gazes at Arya, who stood close to Rohan, her beauty shining in the crowd.

    Rohan noticed Karan’s gaze and felt a pang in his heart. His eyes met Karan’s, and for a moment, they locked in a silent understanding. Rohan’s heart felt heavy, his emotions conflicted.

    As Karan placed the ring on Samara’s finger, she let out a delighted squeal. The crowd erupted in cheers and applause, but Karan’s eyes drifted back to Arya.

    Arya, oblivious to Karan’s gaze, smiled and clapped along with the others. Rohan, however, couldn’t shake off the feeling that something was amiss. He glanced at Karan, then at Arya, his heart filled with a sense of foreboding.

    As the ceremony came to a close, Samara leaned in to kiss Karan, her eyes shining with happiness. Karan’s eyes, however, seemed distant, his mind elsewhere.

       As the engagement ceremony came to a close, everyone congratulated Karan and Samara, and they made their way to the dining table. The table was filled with a variety of delicious food, and they all sat down to eat.

    Arya, sitting next to Rohan, tried to create a conversation with him, but she noticed his distant expression and decided to remain quiet. Everyone else was laughing and chatting, enjoying the food and each other’s company.

    As the evening drew to a close, the party began to wind down. Arya walked with Rohan to his car, and they stood facing each other. Rohan took her hands tenderly, his eyes searching hers.

     “Is everything okay? You seem distant during the party,” she asked.

    Rohan forced a smile, trying to reassure her. “Yes, everything is fine.”

     “Are you sure?” she pressed.

     “Yes, you don’t need to worry about me.” He leaned in and kissed her cheek, his lips soft and gentle. “Good night, I’ll see you tomorrow.”

     “Okay, drive safely.”

    Rohan nodded and got into his car, driving off into the night. Arya waved goodbye and then turned to enter the house, almost bumping into Kiara.

    Kiara was staring hard at Arya, her eyes blazing with an intense gaze. Arya was taken aback, confused by Kiara’s look.

    Kiara’s eyes seemed to bore into Arya’s soul, and Arya felt a shiver run down her spine. She didn’t know what to make of Kiara’s intense stare.

      “Um, is everything okay?” Arya asked Kiara, confusion etched on her face.

    Kiara scoffed.”Enjoy while it lasts.”

    She walked away, leaving Arya staring after her, perplexed.

    Meanwhile, Samara stepped out onto the balcony, a happy smile still plastered on her face after her engagement with Karan. She inhaled the fresh air, feeling carefree.

    But her gaze caught sight of a familiar figure standing outside the compound, looking up at her. Her eyes widened in surprise, and she gasped, quickly rushing back into her room.

    She managed to sneak out of the house without anyone noticing, her heart racing with excitement and nerves.

    Once outside, she grabbed the person’s hand, and they moved to a secluded spot.

    “What are you doing here?” She asked, her voice barely above a whisper.

     “I came to see you and our unborn child.” He said, smiling 

     “Listen, Frank, I told you already, once my wedding with Karan is done, I’ll come and see you. Why did you leave the US and come to India?”

    “I couldn’t wait anymore, Sam. I miss you. Please, marry me and leave your boyfriend.”

    “Are you crazy? You know I can’t do that. I love Karan. You know you and I were a mistake. Please, don’t come and ruin my relationship with Karan for me. I love him.”

     “What about me? What about our child? Does he know that the baby isn’t his?”

     “Please, Frank, leave before anyone sees you. Please leave now. I’ll come and see you tomorrow in the hotel.” She said, her eyes darted around nervously.

    “You promise?”

     “I do. Now go.”She nodded.

    Frank smiled and walked away, leaving Samara feeling shaken.

    As she went back inside, she was shocked to see Karan sitting in the living room, lost in thought.

    “Karan,” she called, trying to sound casual.

    Karan was jolted out of his reverie, his eyes focusing on Samara.

        “I thought you were inside,” Karan said, looking at Samara with a hint of surprise.

     “No, I just went outside to take some natural air. But why are you here alone?”

     “Nothing, I’m just tired and I needed to rest for a while.”

    “I know today’s celebration was hectic. Let’s go inside and freshen up.”

     “No, you go ahead. I’ll join later.”

    “Okay, don’t take too long.”

    She kissed his cheek and left for their room, excitement radiating from her.

    Karan sighed, his eyes following Samara as she walked away. He then stood up and left for Grandma Viti’s room.

    “Grandma,” he called, his voice soft.

    Grandma Viti turned to him, “Karan, why are you here? Is everything okay?” she asked, sitting upright on the bed.

    “Grandma.” He bowed his head.

    Grandma Viti’s face softened, and she caressed his hair. “Talk to me, what’s wrong?” she asked, her voice gentle.

     “I don’t know, Grandma. I don’t understand what I feel anymore. I’m confused.”

     “What do you mean, Karan? Are you regretting your decision already?”

    Karan hesitated, his eyes downcast. “I don’t know, Grandma. I think it’s too late.”

       “Don’t think too much, relax your mind, and everything will be fine.”she pulled Karan into a warm hug.

    Karan’s eyes closed, and he let out a deep sigh, feeling a sense of comfort in Grandma Viti’s arms.

    ★To

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  • In Love With My Masters – Episode 17&18

    In Love With My Masters – Episode 17&18

     

    𝙸𝙽 𝙻𝙾𝚅E 𝚆𝙸𝚃𝙷 𝙼𝚈 𝙼𝙰𝚂𝚃𝙴𝚁

    In Love With My Masters – Episode 17&18

    {..Crazy over you..}

    THEME: ROMANCE

    By: Greenie J.

    ****************************************

    He carried her from his lap and stood up, wrapping her leg around his waist. He started walking towards the bed, still kissing her hungrily, before placing her on the soft sheets. 

    His hand found its way under her nightgown and he cupped her br+asts, squeezing their softness, causing Tiara to m0an loudly. She wanted to stop him, but her body wouldn’t let her. She wanted more, she loved the way his hands explored her body. She was extremely aroused.

    He broke the kiss, moving to her neck, sucking on it, and then kissed her cleavage before tearing the nightgown from her body. Tiara gasped. She wanted to stop him, but she couldn’t. 

    “M-master please stop” she stuttered, but he cut her off with a kiss. 

    His hand found its way underneath her, shifting her p@nties aside, and he started rubbing her down there. Her body shook. 

    “Ohhhh” she m0aned. 

    ‘What’s he doing? I’ve never felt this way before’ she thought, m0aning loudly.

    He stopped, removing his hand, and broke the kiss. He looked at her with his drunk eyes before slumping down on her and falling asleep. Tiara struggled to control her breathing, sighing as she saw him sleep off. She bit her lips, feeling scared. 

    “What if he remembers everything tomorrow? Would he call me a slut, even though it’s not really my fault? Would he…gosh” she thought, frustrated about how tomorrow would be.

    She tried to stand up, but he was too heavy, weighing her down. She used all her strength to push him away, and he fell to her side. She stared at him slowly, biting her lips again. Then, she stood up from the bed, took the torn nightgown, and ran out of the room.

    NEXT MORNING, 

    Tiara finished clearing the dining table, and Lucas had just finished his breakfast. He was now in the sitting room. She felt nervous seeing him this morning, and he noticed, but didn’t say a word. Thoughts swirled through her head. She had completed the house chores. Lucas wouldn’t be going to work today, and she almost felt like crying, knowing she’d be seeing him throughout the day.

    As she turned to head upstairs to her room, the doorbell sounded. The guards had been given the day off, except for a few at the gates. 

    “Go answer it and let the person in” Lucas’s deep voice commanded. 

    Tiara obeyed, opening the door to find a handsome man in his mid-30s with Lucas’ pet dog, Mochi. 

    “Hi” she greeted.

    “Hi, is Lucas in?” the man asked, and she nodded, wondering why he addressed Lucas informally. 

    “Okay then” he said, and Tiara opened the door wider, allowing him to enter the elegant room. He admired the living room while a cold voice sounded behind him.

    “Will you tell me its health status? And stop admiring anything you see” Lucas said with an eye roll.

    “Seriously, Cas, I’m your cousin, show some respect” the man, Marshall, replied. 

    ‘Ohh, cousin’ Tiara thought.

    “I won’t repeat myself, Marshall” Lucas warned. 

    “Tsk, whatever. Mochi is now fine, but you’ll need to keep an eye on it. I heard you have a maid, she’ll have to take care of it since you might be busy with work” Marshall said, and Lucas scoffed.

    “You can leave” Lucas said, and Marshall dropped Mochi, who ran to Tiara instead of Lucas. Lucas frowned, and Marshall looked surprised. 

    “Is she your maid?” he asked curiously but Lucas didn’t reply.

    “I guess your silence means yes, she is. And by the way, she’s so pretty” Marshall said with a wide grin, glancing at Lucas with one eye. Lucas glared at him, and he chuckled. 

    “Bye!” he waved, exiting from the mansion.

    Tiara squatted in front of Mochi, laughing as the dog licked her face. She ruffled its hair, and Lucas, who watched, stared at her, saying nothing. 

    She noticed his gaze and she turned to his side and their eyes met, and she quickly looked away. He stood up slowly and walked out. 

    “Meet me at the pool” he said, leaving the living room. Tiara felt nervous but remembered Rita’s advice to be brave and she smiled, facing Mochi again.

    SCHOOL~

    Terry was inside the classroom with his classmates, and a teacher stood in front of them, teaching. 

    His mind wasn’t there at all, he hadn’t been at rest since he lost his first kiss to Sydney yesterday. The girls in the class were busy drooling over him, no doubt, he is the most handsome guy in school. 

    He was still lost in thought when his best friend, Miles, nudged him, and he turned to the side.

    “Are you okay?” Miles asked, and Terry sighed.

    “Dunno, I guess” Terry replied, noticing a gaze on him. He turned to see a pretty girl who looked like a doll staring at him. 

    He smiled at her, and she smiled back. He looked away from her before facing his friend.

    “Is she new here?” Terry asked.

    “Yeah, she just got transferred here today” Miles replied.

    “Oh, she’s pretty” Terry muttered, but his mind thought otherwise. 

    ‘But the stranger I met yesterday is even prettier’ he thought, quickly slapping himself for thinking like that.

    The teacher, who noticed Terry wasn’t concentrating, asked, 

    “Terry, anything wrong?”

    “Hmm, nothing, ma’am” he answered awkwardly.

    “Then focus” the teacher said, continuing with the lesson.

    “Okay, ma’am” Terry replied, biting his lips.

    *

    SYDNEY’S MANSION – SYDNEY’S ROOM

    The room exuded luxury, beauty, and elegance. It was an understatement to call it beautiful. Everything inside was green, her favorite color. Despite being incredibly wealthy, she chose to live a simple life. She owned a game company, a boutique, and a music company. 

    Her popularity didn’t stop her from going out without a mask, like she did yesterday. She preferred not to have guards, as she could protect herself with her judo and boxing skills.

    Sydney was currently sleeping on her bed, looking rough and scattered. Her messy short hair covered her pretty face. She kept turning from side to side, groaning sleepily. Her eyelids opened slowly, revealing her hazel eyes. She yawned loudly and tried to stand up but fell back due to a severe headache.

    She tried to recall what happened yesterday and gasped loudly, remembering everything. 

    “I got drunk because of that kid” she mumbled. 

    “And I spilled everything to my friends… oh no!” She was about to stand up when her maid entered with a bowl. 

    “Thank goodness, Ma’am, you’re awake. I brought this hangover soup for you”

    Sydney rolled her eyes tiredly. 

    “My name is Sydney, not ma’am” 

    The maid smiled and handed her the soup. Sydney gulped it down and returned the bowl to the maid.

    “Your friend, Mr. Liam, brought you home last night” the maid said.

    “Oh, really?” Sydney replied.

    “Yes, but you did something to him” the maid added, trying hard not to laugh. Sydney frowned slightly.

    “Why are you laughing? Did I do something bad?” Sydney asked, raising one eyebrow.

    “You puked on him” the maid said, and Sydney gasped shockingly.

    “The hell! Gosh, Sydney, what have you done?” she exclaimed, raising her fists in frustration.

    “Is my PA here?” Sydney asked.

    “Not yet” the maid replied.

    “Oh, I need to freshen up. Prepare some toast bread with fried egg and thick tea” Sydney said, and the maid nodded before leaving.

    Sydney stood up lazily and strode to the bathroom.

    AT THE POOL**

    Lucas stood beside the pool, his hands in his pockets. He had been waiting for Tiara for several minutes, but she hadn’t shown up yet. Then, he heard footsteps. He didn’t need to look, he already knew it was her. He recognized her by her scent..her f+cking floral scent. He felt her getting closer to him, and indeed, she was already beside him.

    “Why did you call me?” Tiara said firmly, and he scoffed inwardly at the tone of her voice.

    “Getting bold, huh?” He turned to look at her with his usual smirk.

    “It’s cold here, Master. I’m kind of sick due to the injury in my arm, so please tell me why I’m here” she said again in the same tone she used earlier.

    He started walking towards her, and she began stepping back until she almost fell into the pool. But he caught her by the waist and pulled her closer, and she gulped down nothing.

    “Do you know what lying to me is?” He asked icily, his expression turning cold.

    “I had to lie because I wanted privacy for myself” she muttered, and he chuckled, still in the same position.

    “Privacy?” He asked bluntly.

    “Yeah, I have the right to go anywhere I want. Just because I work for you doesn’t mean you can control me” she said boldly.

    “Nice boldness you got” he scoffed. 

    “As long as I’m your master, I own you, girl” he added, staring deeply into her eyes. She shuddered but still wanted to maintain her boldness.

    “No, you don’t. I don’t care if you fire me. I don’t really care” she said.

    “Fire? Nah, I’m not gonna do that. Since you’re always trying me” he said with a knowing smile. 

    “How about I give you a quick punishment?” he said, and before she could process what he meant, he pushed her into the water. The water made a splash sound.

    She immediately raised her head up, gasping. Her arm wound had already opened due to the water, and it was hurting her like hell. She looked at Lucas with nothing but anger. She was still trying to find a way out of the water when she saw something that made her blood run cold. 

    Spiders! 

    The spiders were floating on the water, and she saw a cube glass filled with spiders. Her heart raced in fear.

    ‘No, not spiders, no!’ she thought, trying to swim out, but her hand was hurting her. She started screaming as the spiders kept coming towards her.

    “Noo, please, Master, help me! Master, please, ahh!” she begged.

    “Will you lie to me again?” He asked, looking at her with a mischievous smile.

    “No, I won’t! Master, please help me! Master, it’s coming towards me!” she screamed loudly again, but Lucas just kept looking at her.

    “You have to learn your lesson well, you really have to” he said with a smirk.

    “I promise, please help!” she yelled.

    “Save yourself, little maid” he muttered with a sneer.

    The spiders started surrounding her, and she didn’t know when she jumped out of the pool, even though her hand was already bleeding. She immediately ran to Lucas and jumped on him, looking so scared. Lucas had to hold her by the waist to maintain his balance. She’s extremely afraid of spiders.

    She started crying, and Lucas licked his lips slowly. Her wet dress was wetting his clothes.

    “You’re just a scaredy-cat, a f+cking scaredy-cat. I don’t know why you’re acting so bold” he growled with a low tone.

    “You don’t know anything, Mr. Cold Face. I hate you. Just fire me, just do” she whispered with a sniff.

    “Mr. Cold Face?” He stated with a cold gaze, loving the name already. He didn’t hear any sound from her again and tilted his head to where her head was placed on his shoulder. He saw her eyes closed.

    “She fainted” he said with a hint of surprise before dropping her on the floor and carrying her in a bridal style, going out of the pool area.

    *

    DAWSON BUSINESS COMPANY ~MR DAWSON’S OFFICE

    Mr. Dawson sat on his chair in the study room, wearing his glasses as he worked on his laptop. His secretary walked in and bowed respectfully.

    “Any information?” Mr. Dawson asked, looking up, his eyes narrowing.

    “Yes, sir” his secretary replied.

    “Go on” Mr. Dawson said

    “Her name is Tiara Jones. She’s 23 years old. Her parents manage a small restaurant. She has a younger brother, and she currently works as a maid at Lucas Ross’s mansion after being fired from the baking shop where she worked” the secretary said.

    Mr. Dawson let out a wicked laugh. 

    “I hope that bastard isn’t falling for his maid” he said, clenching his fists. He took his phone and dialed a number, reaching one of his associates who worked for him.

    “Keep an eye on her” he ordered before ending the call. The person already knew who he was talking about.

    “Lucas, you’re meant for my daughter only. If you act rashly, I’ll kill that maid” he said with gritted teeth. 

    “Kieran is also falling for her” he scoffed.

    His phone rang, and he smirked when he saw who it was. He picked it up.

    MR DAWSON: Hello

    UNKNOWN FEMALE VOICE: Meet me at the hotel.

    He ended the call and stood up, walking out of the office. His secretary clicked his tongue with a knowing smile before following him out.

    HOTEL ROOM*

    Mr. Dawson and the woman who called him earlier lay together, catching their breath after a long passionate s+x. She rested her head on his chest, tracing his hairy chest with her red-manicured fingers.

    “That was amazing” she said. 

    “That old man was never good in bed. He’s just handsome for nothing”

    Mr. Dawson raised an eyebrow. “You think so?”

    The woman nodded, kissing his chest. 

    “I can’t wait to see his reaction when he finds out what’s coming his way”

    Mr. Dawson smiled wickedly. 

    “He has no idea what’s in store. Have you seen the will?”

    “Yes, his son’s name is written on the will…meaning all his wealth belongs to him even though his son is freaking rich, but we’ll get rid of both of them and get all their wealth for ourselves” The woman smiled mischievously. 

    Mr. Dawson’s eyes gleamed with excitement. The woman’s hand slid underneath him, and she started stroking him. He groaned in pleasure, hovering over her.

    “You’re so naughty” he whispered, kissing her neck.

    “I know your wife doesn’t please you like I do” she said with a grin causing Mr. Dawson smirked.

    “You should know that by now” he replied, before thrusting into her again, and she moaned loudly.

    “Gosh!!”

    *

    LUCAS’S MANSION – LUCAS’S ROOM

    Tiara slept peacefully on Lucas’s bed, wearing his shirt, which reached mid-thigh. Her hair scattered across her face as she snored adorably. Lucas had invited a nurse to treat her and change her into his shirt, even the nurse was surprised, thinking Tiara was his girlfriend. The nurse left minutes ago, assuring Lucas that Tiara would be fine and wake up soon.

    Lucas’s eyes never left Tiara’s small figure on his bed, who looked like a child. His cold gaze remained fixed on her as she struggled to open her eyes. When she finally did, she yawned tiredly but tried to stand up. However, she caught a familiar scent and turned to see Lucas sitting in a chair staring at her intensely. His hair covered half of his eye, making him look dangerously handsome.

    Tiara was still drooling over him when she snapped out of it and gave him a hard glare. She looked around the room, realizing it wasn’t her room but Lucas’s. 

    “I’m quitting my job here, so go to hell, Mr. Lucas Ross” she said coldly, trying to stand up. 

    However, she felt unfamiliar cloth on her body, she looked down, saw she was wearing a shirt, she inhaled the scent of the shirt and  lgasped, recognizing the scent as Lucas’s, the same devil who almost got her killed in the pool.

    Then, she gasped again as something struck her. 

    “Who changed my dress?” she asked, her eyes widening in shock as she faced Lucas. 

    “You… don’t tell me… you changed my dress, you saw my n+kedness, ahhhhhhh!” she screamed loudly, while Lucas remained expressionless, his eyes still fixed on her.

    His gaze fell on her chest, where the buttons of the shirt were slightly open, revealing her cleavage, and he smirked. His eyes then went to the hickey on her br+ast and neck, and his eyes twitched slightly. He hadn’t noticed it earlier due to the cloth she wore, which was a turtle-neck top.

    “Who gave you those hickeys?” he asked, his voice calm but cold. 

    Tiara, still ranting, stopped immediately and froze. 

    “I just asked you a question” Lucas repeated, his eyes narrowing slightly. 

    Tiara gulped, 

    “Huh?”

    *

    *

    TBC.

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  • In Love With My Masters – Episode 17&18

    In Love With My Masters – Episode 17&18

     

    𝙸𝙽 𝙻𝙾𝚅E 𝚆𝙸𝚃𝙷 𝙼𝚈 𝙼𝙰𝚂𝚃𝙴𝚁

    In Love With My Masters – Episode 17&18

    {..Crazy over you..}

    THEME: ROMANCE

    By: Greenie J.

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    He carried her from his lap and stood up, wrapping her leg around his waist. He started walking towards the bed, still kissing her hungrily, before placing her on the soft sheets. 

    His hand found its way under her nightgown and he cupped her br+asts, squeezing their softness, causing Tiara to m0an loudly. She wanted to stop him, but her body wouldn’t let her. She wanted more, she loved the way his hands explored her body. She was extremely aroused.

    He broke the kiss, moving to her neck, sucking on it, and then kissed her cleavage before tearing the nightgown from her body. Tiara gasped. She wanted to stop him, but she couldn’t. 

    “M-master please stop” she stuttered, but he cut her off with a kiss. 

    His hand found its way underneath her, shifting her p@nties aside, and he started rubbing her down there. Her body shook. 

    “Ohhhh” she m0aned. 

    ‘What’s he doing? I’ve never felt this way before’ she thought, m0aning loudly.

    He stopped, removing his hand, and broke the kiss. He looked at her with his drunk eyes before slumping down on her and falling asleep. Tiara struggled to control her breathing, sighing as she saw him sleep off. She bit her lips, feeling scared. 

    “What if he remembers everything tomorrow? Would he call me a slut, even though it’s not really my fault? Would he…gosh” she thought, frustrated about how tomorrow would be.

    She tried to stand up, but he was too heavy, weighing her down. She used all her strength to push him away, and he fell to her side. She stared at him slowly, biting her lips again. Then, she stood up from the bed, took the torn nightgown, and ran out of the room.

    NEXT MORNING, 

    Tiara finished clearing the dining table, and Lucas had just finished his breakfast. He was now in the sitting room. She felt nervous seeing him this morning, and he noticed, but didn’t say a word. Thoughts swirled through her head. She had completed the house chores. Lucas wouldn’t be going to work today, and she almost felt like crying, knowing she’d be seeing him throughout the day.

    As she turned to head upstairs to her room, the doorbell sounded. The guards had been given the day off, except for a few at the gates. 

    “Go answer it and let the person in” Lucas’s deep voice commanded. 

    Tiara obeyed, opening the door to find a handsome man in his mid-30s with Lucas’ pet dog, Mochi. 

    “Hi” she greeted.

    “Hi, is Lucas in?” the man asked, and she nodded, wondering why he addressed Lucas informally. 

    “Okay then” he said, and Tiara opened the door wider, allowing him to enter the elegant room. He admired the living room while a cold voice sounded behind him.

    “Will you tell me its health status? And stop admiring anything you see” Lucas said with an eye roll.

    “Seriously, Cas, I’m your cousin, show some respect” the man, Marshall, replied. 

    ‘Ohh, cousin’ Tiara thought.

    “I won’t repeat myself, Marshall” Lucas warned. 

    “Tsk, whatever. Mochi is now fine, but you’ll need to keep an eye on it. I heard you have a maid, she’ll have to take care of it since you might be busy with work” Marshall said, and Lucas scoffed.

    “You can leave” Lucas said, and Marshall dropped Mochi, who ran to Tiara instead of Lucas. Lucas frowned, and Marshall looked surprised. 

    “Is she your maid?” he asked curiously but Lucas didn’t reply.

    “I guess your silence means yes, she is. And by the way, she’s so pretty” Marshall said with a wide grin, glancing at Lucas with one eye. Lucas glared at him, and he chuckled. 

    “Bye!” he waved, exiting from the mansion.

    Tiara squatted in front of Mochi, laughing as the dog licked her face. She ruffled its hair, and Lucas, who watched, stared at her, saying nothing. 

    She noticed his gaze and she turned to his side and their eyes met, and she quickly looked away. He stood up slowly and walked out. 

    “Meet me at the pool” he said, leaving the living room. Tiara felt nervous but remembered Rita’s advice to be brave and she smiled, facing Mochi again.

    SCHOOL~

    Terry was inside the classroom with his classmates, and a teacher stood in front of them, teaching. 

    His mind wasn’t there at all, he hadn’t been at rest since he lost his first kiss to Sydney yesterday. The girls in the class were busy drooling over him, no doubt, he is the most handsome guy in school. 

    He was still lost in thought when his best friend, Miles, nudged him, and he turned to the side.

    “Are you okay?” Miles asked, and Terry sighed.

    “Dunno, I guess” Terry replied, noticing a gaze on him. He turned to see a pretty girl who looked like a doll staring at him. 

    He smiled at her, and she smiled back. He looked away from her before facing his friend.

    “Is she new here?” Terry asked.

    “Yeah, she just got transferred here today” Miles replied.

    “Oh, she’s pretty” Terry muttered, but his mind thought otherwise. 

    ‘But the stranger I met yesterday is even prettier’ he thought, quickly slapping himself for thinking like that.

    The teacher, who noticed Terry wasn’t concentrating, asked, 

    “Terry, anything wrong?”

    “Hmm, nothing, ma’am” he answered awkwardly.

    “Then focus” the teacher said, continuing with the lesson.

    “Okay, ma’am” Terry replied, biting his lips.

    *

    SYDNEY’S MANSION – SYDNEY’S ROOM

    The room exuded luxury, beauty, and elegance. It was an understatement to call it beautiful. Everything inside was green, her favorite color. Despite being incredibly wealthy, she chose to live a simple life. She owned a game company, a boutique, and a music company. 

    Her popularity didn’t stop her from going out without a mask, like she did yesterday. She preferred not to have guards, as she could protect herself with her judo and boxing skills.

    Sydney was currently sleeping on her bed, looking rough and scattered. Her messy short hair covered her pretty face. She kept turning from side to side, groaning sleepily. Her eyelids opened slowly, revealing her hazel eyes. She yawned loudly and tried to stand up but fell back due to a severe headache.

    She tried to recall what happened yesterday and gasped loudly, remembering everything. 

    “I got drunk because of that kid” she mumbled. 

    “And I spilled everything to my friends… oh no!” She was about to stand up when her maid entered with a bowl. 

    “Thank goodness, Ma’am, you’re awake. I brought this hangover soup for you”

    Sydney rolled her eyes tiredly. 

    “My name is Sydney, not ma’am” 

    The maid smiled and handed her the soup. Sydney gulped it down and returned the bowl to the maid.

    “Your friend, Mr. Liam, brought you home last night” the maid said.

    “Oh, really?” Sydney replied.

    “Yes, but you did something to him” the maid added, trying hard not to laugh. Sydney frowned slightly.

    “Why are you laughing? Did I do something bad?” Sydney asked, raising one eyebrow.

    “You puked on him” the maid said, and Sydney gasped shockingly.

    “The hell! Gosh, Sydney, what have you done?” she exclaimed, raising her fists in frustration.

    “Is my PA here?” Sydney asked.

    “Not yet” the maid replied.

    “Oh, I need to freshen up. Prepare some toast bread with fried egg and thick tea” Sydney said, and the maid nodded before leaving.

    Sydney stood up lazily and strode to the bathroom.

    AT THE POOL**

    Lucas stood beside the pool, his hands in his pockets. He had been waiting for Tiara for several minutes, but she hadn’t shown up yet. Then, he heard footsteps. He didn’t need to look, he already knew it was her. He recognized her by her scent..her f+cking floral scent. He felt her getting closer to him, and indeed, she was already beside him.

    “Why did you call me?” Tiara said firmly, and he scoffed inwardly at the tone of her voice.

    “Getting bold, huh?” He turned to look at her with his usual smirk.

    “It’s cold here, Master. I’m kind of sick due to the injury in my arm, so please tell me why I’m here” she said again in the same tone she used earlier.

    He started walking towards her, and she began stepping back until she almost fell into the pool. But he caught her by the waist and pulled her closer, and she gulped down nothing.

    “Do you know what lying to me is?” He asked icily, his expression turning cold.

    “I had to lie because I wanted privacy for myself” she muttered, and he chuckled, still in the same position.

    “Privacy?” He asked bluntly.

    “Yeah, I have the right to go anywhere I want. Just because I work for you doesn’t mean you can control me” she said boldly.

    “Nice boldness you got” he scoffed. 

    “As long as I’m your master, I own you, girl” he added, staring deeply into her eyes. She shuddered but still wanted to maintain her boldness.

    “No, you don’t. I don’t care if you fire me. I don’t really care” she said.

    “Fire? Nah, I’m not gonna do that. Since you’re always trying me” he said with a knowing smile. 

    “How about I give you a quick punishment?” he said, and before she could process what he meant, he pushed her into the water. The water made a splash sound.

    She immediately raised her head up, gasping. Her arm wound had already opened due to the water, and it was hurting her like hell. She looked at Lucas with nothing but anger. She was still trying to find a way out of the water when she saw something that made her blood run cold. 

    Spiders! 

    The spiders were floating on the water, and she saw a cube glass filled with spiders. Her heart raced in fear.

    ‘No, not spiders, no!’ she thought, trying to swim out, but her hand was hurting her. She started screaming as the spiders kept coming towards her.

    “Noo, please, Master, help me! Master, please, ahh!” she begged.

    “Will you lie to me again?” He asked, looking at her with a mischievous smile.

    “No, I won’t! Master, please help me! Master, it’s coming towards me!” she screamed loudly again, but Lucas just kept looking at her.

    “You have to learn your lesson well, you really have to” he said with a smirk.

    “I promise, please help!” she yelled.

    “Save yourself, little maid” he muttered with a sneer.

    The spiders started surrounding her, and she didn’t know when she jumped out of the pool, even though her hand was already bleeding. She immediately ran to Lucas and jumped on him, looking so scared. Lucas had to hold her by the waist to maintain his balance. She’s extremely afraid of spiders.

    She started crying, and Lucas licked his lips slowly. Her wet dress was wetting his clothes.

    “You’re just a scaredy-cat, a f+cking scaredy-cat. I don’t know why you’re acting so bold” he growled with a low tone.

    “You don’t know anything, Mr. Cold Face. I hate you. Just fire me, just do” she whispered with a sniff.

    “Mr. Cold Face?” He stated with a cold gaze, loving the name already. He didn’t hear any sound from her again and tilted his head to where her head was placed on his shoulder. He saw her eyes closed.

    “She fainted” he said with a hint of surprise before dropping her on the floor and carrying her in a bridal style, going out of the pool area.

    *

    DAWSON BUSINESS COMPANY ~MR DAWSON’S OFFICE

    Mr. Dawson sat on his chair in the study room, wearing his glasses as he worked on his laptop. His secretary walked in and bowed respectfully.

    “Any information?” Mr. Dawson asked, looking up, his eyes narrowing.

    “Yes, sir” his secretary replied.

    “Go on” Mr. Dawson said

    “Her name is Tiara Jones. She’s 23 years old. Her parents manage a small restaurant. She has a younger brother, and she currently works as a maid at Lucas Ross’s mansion after being fired from the baking shop where she worked” the secretary said.

    Mr. Dawson let out a wicked laugh. 

    “I hope that bastard isn’t falling for his maid” he said, clenching his fists. He took his phone and dialed a number, reaching one of his associates who worked for him.

    “Keep an eye on her” he ordered before ending the call. The person already knew who he was talking about.

    “Lucas, you’re meant for my daughter only. If you act rashly, I’ll kill that maid” he said with gritted teeth. 

    “Kieran is also falling for her” he scoffed.

    His phone rang, and he smirked when he saw who it was. He picked it up.

    MR DAWSON: Hello

    UNKNOWN FEMALE VOICE: Meet me at the hotel.

    He ended the call and stood up, walking out of the office. His secretary clicked his tongue with a knowing smile before following him out.

    HOTEL ROOM*

    Mr. Dawson and the woman who called him earlier lay together, catching their breath after a long passionate s+x. She rested her head on his chest, tracing his hairy chest with her red-manicured fingers.

    “That was amazing” she said. 

    “That old man was never good in bed. He’s just handsome for nothing”

    Mr. Dawson raised an eyebrow. “You think so?”

    The woman nodded, kissing his chest. 

    “I can’t wait to see his reaction when he finds out what’s coming his way”

    Mr. Dawson smiled wickedly. 

    “He has no idea what’s in store. Have you seen the will?”

    “Yes, his son’s name is written on the will…meaning all his wealth belongs to him even though his son is freaking rich, but we’ll get rid of both of them and get all their wealth for ourselves” The woman smiled mischievously. 

    Mr. Dawson’s eyes gleamed with excitement. The woman’s hand slid underneath him, and she started stroking him. He groaned in pleasure, hovering over her.

    “You’re so naughty” he whispered, kissing her neck.

    “I know your wife doesn’t please you like I do” she said with a grin causing Mr. Dawson smirked.

    “You should know that by now” he replied, before thrusting into her again, and she moaned loudly.

    “Gosh!!”

    *

    LUCAS’S MANSION – LUCAS’S ROOM

    Tiara slept peacefully on Lucas’s bed, wearing his shirt, which reached mid-thigh. Her hair scattered across her face as she snored adorably. Lucas had invited a nurse to treat her and change her into his shirt, even the nurse was surprised, thinking Tiara was his girlfriend. The nurse left minutes ago, assuring Lucas that Tiara would be fine and wake up soon.

    Lucas’s eyes never left Tiara’s small figure on his bed, who looked like a child. His cold gaze remained fixed on her as she struggled to open her eyes. When she finally did, she yawned tiredly but tried to stand up. However, she caught a familiar scent and turned to see Lucas sitting in a chair staring at her intensely. His hair covered half of his eye, making him look dangerously handsome.

    Tiara was still drooling over him when she snapped out of it and gave him a hard glare. She looked around the room, realizing it wasn’t her room but Lucas’s. 

    “I’m quitting my job here, so go to hell, Mr. Lucas Ross” she said coldly, trying to stand up. 

    However, she felt unfamiliar cloth on her body, she looked down, saw she was wearing a shirt, she inhaled the scent of the shirt and  lgasped, recognizing the scent as Lucas’s, the same devil who almost got her killed in the pool.

    Then, she gasped again as something struck her. 

    “Who changed my dress?” she asked, her eyes widening in shock as she faced Lucas. 

    “You… don’t tell me… you changed my dress, you saw my n+kedness, ahhhhhhh!” she screamed loudly, while Lucas remained expressionless, his eyes still fixed on her.

    His gaze fell on her chest, where the buttons of the shirt were slightly open, revealing her cleavage, and he smirked. His eyes then went to the hickey on her br+ast and neck, and his eyes twitched slightly. He hadn’t noticed it earlier due to the cloth she wore, which was a turtle-neck top.

    “Who gave you those hickeys?” he asked, his voice calm but cold. 

    Tiara, still ranting, stopped immediately and froze. 

    “I just asked you a question” Lucas repeated, his eyes narrowing slightly. 

    Tiara gulped, 

    “Huh?”

    *

    *

    TBC.

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  • Twisted Empire – Episode 29&30

    Twisted Empire – Episode 29&30

     

    TWISTED EMPIRE

    Twisted Empire – Episode 29&30

    (Her Blade, His Neck )

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    No part of this publication may be reproduced, copied, or reposted in any form, or by any means without a written permission from the author.

    Copyright © 2025 

    by Naomi Cindy B.

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    A clusterf+ckèd look balanced on Xanthe’s eyes, but Teal’s was worse.

    Her shock-filled eyes are still on the man who just pronounced her as ‘married’ in front of a stranger.

    And the craziest part? He looks normal—blank in the face like he’s not the one who just blurted the shenanigans.

    Four is not easy to read—no—he’s not even readable but his dark irises are overly ominous right now.

    Xanthe cleared his throat, his smile still latching to his expression as he shoved his right hand into his pocket.

    “Did I annoy you, Mr. DeVille? Sorry, she was too beautiful to ignore at my party. Next time, hold your bride” he said, his voice bringing Teal back to the present.

    “I’m not married, especially not to him” She quickly denied.

    “Last night, by my damn door…” Four started, his voice damned, drawing a crawling sensation on her skin.

    Her eyes widened again, and she quickly held him by her second hand, sinking her nails into the visible flesh of his wrist.

    It didn’t cause him pain—or if it did, he didn’t show it.

    She’s not gonna have him narrate how he assaulted her last night to a stranger, which she’s very sure he’s capable of doing.

    This man has no limitations whatsoever.

    She was saved when a butler came to get Xanthe, and the president’s son followed the butler into the garden.

    Teal faced Four almost immediately…

    “I’m not married to you. I dunno what dubious deal your parents made with my late parents, but I’m sure it was something corny and they had no choice but bend for your parents. I know my parents well, and they’d never betroth their fairy to a crazy man like you who assaults females by dipping their hands around their bodies” she said, unable to stop the incessant flow of breaths from her nose.

    Now that she’s standing in front of him, she’s able to see him all and pay attention to certain details.

    His hair is styled back, and he’s wearing a tuxedo too, but his is tailormade, and it made his height sharper—like a businessman you’d see on the cover of Forbes.

    His muted eyes are trained on her, and that alone should make her scared, but she has learnt not to show her fear in front of him even if she develops any.

    He’d feed on it and taunt her with it later.

    The calm timbre of his voice broke into the scene softly…

    “You walked to my unit with your own legs, Ambrose. You started the game, and I simply played along. Are you still smart-mouthed like this because I didn’t ram my fingers into your pusxy and finger your brains out?” He talked without minding the partygoers who’re passing by.

    The darkness in his eyes thickened, and Teal instantly felt bile rise in her throat at his rawness.

    Will she ever win against him?

    “You’re shameless” she spat, and he gripped her forearm, pulling her closer with it so their faces are almost colliding.

    She felt cold air licking her nape, and her deviant eyes spit fire at his face which he just put out with his icy demeanor.

    “Since you know that, try not to provoke me. I don’t like it, and I’ll also make sure you don’t like the outcome. That’d be 5 by the way” he gravelly said, releasing her.

    The part of her arm that he held still burned even after he let go, and she had to rub it to kill the fire.

    “5 what?” She found herself asking as she stared at his behind.

    “Future punishments, we’re still on the count… Ambrose” he replied, entering the garden and leaving her standing there like a homeless pup.

    “Motherf+cker” she muttered, balling her fists as she looked around, still searching for hidden anomalies.

    When she found none, she stepped into the garden too, and she was greeted by the colourful bursts of the bright lights and the memorable smell of the flowers…

    Yellow begonia and orchid.

    Their scents sprayed across every table, and Teal couldn’t stop the smile that pulled her lips as she stared at the unreal beauty.

    She loves orchids, but it’s not supposed to be obvious, so she deleted that smile.

    The party is in full swing. 

    Men and women are dressed for the occasion and are chatting animatedly among each other.

    Classical music played in the background, and somehow, the sound gave her a sense of serenity—a promise that everything is gonna turn out well even when it’s obvious things would soon go south.

    *No eating or drinking*.

    That’s the first rule, so despite the several servers lowering trays at her, she never touched the glasses.

    She stood in the middle of the hall, watching everything closely.

    Where the hell is Four?

    She touched the bud in her ear at a point, connecting to the others.

    “Any anomalies yet?” She asked.

    “None seen” Rook replied from the compound.

    “Not yet” Shannon replied from the top buildings.

    That only upped Teal’s restlessness, and when the president made his entry, she had to move out of the way, giving him a bow as the rich guests welcomed him with applauses. Her eyes shone with realization.

    Did she just see the president of this country face-to-face? 

    She’d have snapped some pictures to brag to her uncles later, but she’s on duty, so she can only view.

    President Spyros saw her even before she moved away, and the old man smiled benevolently.

    “From the base?” He asked, taking a step closer.

    “Yes, Mr. President” Teal said blankly, and he gave her a long stare which made her feel uncomfortable, then his eyes found his son who’s in the middle of the crowd.

    Xanthe came closer.

    By now…the guests attention is on them.

    “She’s beautiful, isn’t she?” President Spyros said openly.

    “I told her that already” Xanthe smiled.

    “You both met already?” President Spyros said surprisingly.

    “Yes dad” he continued his excessive smile which is now very unneeded.

    “Hope you make fast moves, she looks like the type who’d keep a home together” President Spyros said, and the applause from the guests resumed as most of them laughed at his straightforwardness.

    Finally…Teal felt him.

    Four.

    She felt him behind her head somewhere around the crowd, and she knows he’s probably glaring daggers at her right now, but who cares?

    In fact, anything to provoke him.

    “I’d love to know you more too, Xanthe” she knowingly said, and Xanthe gave her a nod.

    “You owe me your number before you leave this party” 

    “Sure” she said without a smile, and Xanthe finally left with the president to the cake table.

    Teal turned around, and her eyes clicked on Four’s from across the garden.

    He’s standing in front of a pole, and he’s even in a height competition with the pole as his eyes unraveled her like a criminal.

    “6” he mouthed with a slanted smirk, and she was about to smirk back when she felt something else…

    Someone suddenly walked past her, and their bodies brushed slightly.

    The body felt different.

    It’s a joyous gathering tonight, so everyone is happy, and there should be no reason for anyone to be shaking.

    But the body that just walked past has chills, and she could feel it within that millisecond, so she turned around, but the person already mixed with the crowd.

    She saw no one around herself.

    Four noticed her restlessness and within one sec, he was with her.

    “A shaky body touched mine just now” she said.

    Four tapped his bud, twice.

    “First anomaly detected.High alert ” he said.

    “Copy that” Rook and Kash’s voice came from the other end.

    Four led the way into the crowd, and Teal followed as discreetly as possible.

    [Compound]

    Immediately the anomaly report came from the garden, Rook and Theo strengthened their defences in the compound.

    Though…the tension rolling off the two of them is palpable, but that’s definitely not a topic for now as their duty comes first.

    Theo was the first to notice the second anomaly—the compound lights.

    They’re flickering, but it’s not the normal type of flicker.

    It’s a faint one which would only be noticed by those paying attention, and at each dull flicker, the brightness decrease.

    “Second anomaly noted” Theo said, tapping his bud.

    “Copied” Kash replied very fast from the other side.

    There are two powerhouses in this mansion, so Theo and Rook split, each going to the different powerhouses.

    [Rooftop]

    Everyone is holding their sniper rifles in place on top of the white bricks, and their index fingers are ready behind the triggers, their eyes ready behind their microscopes.

    Kash is in the middle.

    Shannon and April are by his right while Brent and Abbey are by his left, and they’re all on a knee, waiting for any slight sign to come so they’d spring into action.

    Everyone is calm except Abbey who’s busy thinking about Axel’s proposal.

    He has to ruin this mission. It’s already going too well.

    Something has to happen to muddle everything. He has to make a move.

    “Do not blink. Do not fuckin blink. Eyes on the main mansion” Kash sternly ordered, and everyone’s vigilance got heightened.

    And then it came, their own sign.

    On the rooftop of the main mansion, a shadow wrapped in black jumped down the white brick.

    He’s covered by the shade of the double roofing, but thanks to their microscopic view, he’s seen.

    “Brent” Kash ordered, and just when Brent was about to pull the trigger of his rifle at the shadow, Abbey staggered, acting dizzy.

    He fell on him.

    Instead of the shadow, Brent’s bullet flew to one of the LED bulbs on top of the mansion, shattering it to pieces.

    Kash was smart enough to cover up though.

    He pulled his own trigger, shooting the shadow who fell on the roof and rolled down, landing in the mansion pool at the backyard.

    “Brent, are you high?” Kash faced him.

    “Abbey fell on me!” Brent defended.

    “I didn’t, are you drunk?” Abbey scoffed.

    “You f+ckin fell on me when I was about to pull the trigger, f+cker! You intentionally did it!” Brent angrily slammed his rifle head on Abbey’s forehead.

    “Brent!” Shannon and April shouted from the other side.

    “I swear he fell on me!” Brent shouted back as Abbey’s forehead bled into his mouth.

    “Drop your rifle and sleep on the ground, Abbey. Face the sky” Kash ordered.

    “What!” Abbey gasped.

    “Now!” Kash snarled, and Abbey left his rifle, laying flat on his back and facing the dark sky.

    “Go check the body, April.” Kash ordered.

    “Yes sir” April replied, running down the roof.

    Shannon and Brent stayed on either side of Kash, and they resumed their takeoff positions.

    Abbey snickered on the ground, wishing he could push them all off the roof.

    [Military Base, Axel’s Unit]

    The soft knock on the door made Axel come out of his room.

    He hasn’t stopped smoking since the squad went for the mission, and his only expectation right now is for them to come back with failure.

    Even though he sent Abbey to ruin it, he’s still restless, and the smokes did nothing to douse his restlessness.

    His upper body is bare, and black boxers is the only thing hanging on his waist as he pulled the door open, revealing Cassie.

    Her outfit is the first thing that caught his attention. A crocheted skirt and the matching tie-up top which hugged her breàsts and left out her hiplines.

    And that innocent look is in her eyes again. Damn that innocent look.

    She walked in, and Axel closed the door on them.

    “Finally gave it some thought?” He said, keeping his smile intact like a treasure.

    “Listen, Axel. This will end whenever one of us gets tired, and you must give me whatever I want anytime I want it—money or material things. Also… protect Shannon my sister” she said, her voice highly decisive like she has really pondered over this for long before coming.

    “Fair enough” Axel replied, and she immediately slid her skirt away from her waist, letting it fall at her ankles before she stepped out of it.

    She made to take off her top too, but Axel stopped her.

    “No, not yet. I’d love to take this step by step. I get the low view today, then tomorrow the top one” he said, coming closer to latch his hands to her lace underwear.

    He tore it away, and Cassie wasn’t allowed to gasp before he shoved the shredded underwear into her mouth, blocking her breaths.

    Axel pushed her to the wall and flung his belt apart, aggressively zipping down before freeing his length.

    He didn’t stroke, he didn’t wait.

    He just pushed the whole thing into her, and her teeth grinded against the p@nty in her mouth as he began moving.

    He didn’t go slow or nice.

    Right from the first move, he slashed her, ruined her with every brutal thrust, moulding her against the hard wall.

    Cassie’s saliva wet the underwear, and her cries are heavily muffled as he s+xed her in the hardest way she has ever experienced, tearing her p+§§y apart.

    The sound of their slapping skins is like an opera crescendo, and when the underwear fell from her mouth, her teeth scrapped against the wall as her cries rolled out with her tears.

    “Go slow, Axel. Go slow! Go slow urggg!! A-xel…Aaa…go— ahhh gawd!!!!”

    [Allegra’s Suite]

    The hourglass on the table seemed to be running faster than actual time.

    The ballotini is pouring so fast that the watchers had a hard time watching it.

    Sierra and Allegra.

    The two are in different corners in the lounge, and as they watched the hourglass, their anxiety levels rose.

    “Are you sure you’ll get what you want this time?” Allegra asked.

    “So far I remain Sierra” Sierra replied, and Allegra tried to calm.

    Seconds turned into minute, and minute to minutes.

    The hourglass was nearly at the finishing point when Sierra’s phone rang, and she rushed to pick it up.

    It’s her mum.

    “Yes mum?” 

    “Done” the woman’s voice came from the other side.

    “Done?” Sierra said in disbelief.

    “I’m Pedro’s first love, sweetie. What Yulia can’t take from him, I’ll take. You’re in, and you’ll remain my sweet, sweet daughter for life. Update me about everything later” the woman replied, and the line went flat.

    Sierra turned around to look at Allegra, and they both screamed out at once.

    “Yes!!!” They hugged like besties from abyss, but the buzzing of their phones made them break it.

    There’s a new update on the base group, posted by the General himself.

    General’s Office: The 30th Promotion Ceremony of this base  is fixed for two days time.

    “Yes!!!!” Allegra and Sierra hugged again.

    “Gawd!!! I can’t wait to see you wear that uniform!!!” Allegra shrieked.

    [General’s Office]

    Pedro hasn’t left his office since the squad left for the mission.

    He’s standing in the middle of the office, staring hollow at nothing in particular.

    The only thing that can ease his tension right now is him hearing that the mission is successful.

    Nothing else.

    There’s an Ambrose couple painting on the office wall, plastered carefully between the national anthem and the pledge. 

    His eyes met with it, and he went closer, and he nodded at the tiger in the painting.

    “Rue and Vaughn Ambrose. You both didn’t deserve to die that way…I’m sorry” he muttered.

    He stared behind when the door opened.

    Yulia came in, and he gave her a smile which she returned.

    “You didn’t eat dinner, so I’m here to kidnap you. Go back with me and eat” she held his arm, taking off his cap also.

    “I’m on the edge. If the mission fails, then the president mansion will blow up in flames, and the military will probably be diffused” Pedro replied.

    Yulia stroked his cheek.

    “I’m on the edge too, but not eating will only worsen the level. You should eat and make strength to take any news” she pulled him towards the door, and he followed.

    “By the way, you didn’t tell me the promotion ceremony would come that fast. Who’s getting promoted this time?” Yulia asked curiously.

    “It’s a secret” Pedro replied, though his mind is webbed with contemplations.

    Things will definitely get messy, but he’d wait till that day comes, and he’d handle it.

    There’s always a solution.

    [President’s Mansion]

    Teal and Four traced the whole garden…, searching for the suspicious figure with their alerts blinking red.

    Teal’s mind’s eye is excessively bright, and Four’s own is probably an halogen.

    Teal nearly collided into a server as she slid out from below a table, but Four pulled her out of the way, and he didn’t let her go till the server disappeared into the middle of chatty guests.

    Together, they cornered another angle, and then they saw a man sitting calmly in the middle of the guests with no friends.

    No presence. Nothing.

    He looks suspiciously calm that they began going to him.

    He stood immediately, sliding out through the backdoor of the garden.

    Teal and Four ran after him, bypassing guests and jumping over the garden door.

    They met him behind the garden like he has been waiting for them, and they both pulled out their guns, aiming him from the same spot.

    “Fine…fine.” he turned around to face them with his arms raised.

    “You know how human bombs work, right? You shoot me, you detonate the bomb. It’s a ten minutes duration timer, so be careful” he said, his tone hopeless.

    “How much did Usman pay you to make you into a human bomb? You planted a bomb inside yourself with surgery, and you’ll kill yourself just to kill the masses? Are you insane!!?” Teal shouted.

    “Usman doesn’t need to pay. We’re his followers, and dying for him is a sacred vow! Our life belongs to him!” The thin terrorist shouted back, grinning satanically.

    “You’re scared to die, aren’t you?” Teal replied, and his grin paused.

    “Your body touched mine earlier, and it was shaking. You’re scared of death!” Teal continued, and then his grin returned.

    “Bull, we’re five inside this mansion, and I think one is already down at the rooftop 3 minutes ago, meaning in about 7 minutes, the first bomb will blow” he said.

    Teal tried to use her earbud to alert Kash immediately, but seems all network has been flushed out of this mansion, so it’s irresponsive.

    She started trying to get the router out of her sleeves…

    “Go over” Four ordered aptly.

    “Yes, Master” Teal fastly replied, rushing off.

    With unyielding force, Four and the terrorist lunged towards each other, and a step before Four would get to him, he went down, so the terrorist’s fist flew past his head.

    Opportunistically, Four threw his knuckles into his belly, punching him with an inhumane energy.

    He flew some meters away, landing on a pile of fallen flowers and spurting blood from the mouth.

    He looked at Four shockingly, definitely not expecting that insane strength from someone who lived in his room for years.

    Four stood straight, straightening his stance with ease.

    “I can’t kill you, yet. But you can take some lessons. I’ve been keeping this shit in for a long time” he said, his voice lacking warmth or coldness. It’s just there like a duplicate.

    The terrorist suddenly pulled out a gun from nowhere, his movements sharp and carefully cut as he fired at Four’s legs.

    Four flung himself to the side, hitting his own back on the flowery garden wall. Yellow orchids plucked off, falling like rainfall.

    His earbud fell unnoticed.

    He snuck into the shadows of the flowers, kicking the gun away from the terrorist before backhanding him on the throat with thick lethality.

    His mouth opened as more blood flooded out, and Four gripped his tongue, forcefully pulling it out of his free throat. 

    His gurgles splashed Four’s ironed face with crimson, and together, they slammed into the garden, bursting into the party and startling the guests who stood to their feet with horror beaten to their faces.

    “Protect the president and the guests!” The mansion guards shouted through a loud voice aid.

    A bunch of them formed a circle, and President Spyros was immediately covered together the the guests who’re now in one side of the scattered hall.

    Without giving them audience, Four picked a fork from a table and stabbed the terrorist’s tongue, tearing it out with intended cruelty.

    The terrorist’s shaky body fell on a table, then it rolled off, landing on the ground.

    Blood pooled around it.

    Four wiped his bloody lip and eye corner with his thumb, then he slowly looked up, his eyes clashing with Xanthe’s.

    Teal hasn’t even gotten close to the rooftop when she was blocked by another one of the men.

    Fearlessly, she drew out her knife and went flat, swinging the blade around in a practiced swirl which made her hair sweep the ground.

    Her heels are out of her feet, and as her knife sliced through the leg of the terrorist, he stumbled but maintained his stand, wanting to crush her head with a fire extinguisher which he plucking from the wall.

    Teal’s moves were madly calculated as she swirled on the ground again, moving with the air before flinging him back with her legs.

    Shocking him, she pulled out the wifi router from her shoulder pad and quickly connected to the rooftop…

    “Human bombs! Do not kill!!” She shouted before throwing the wifi away.

    She stood and received a stinging face kick, but she turned back with the third swirl.

    It was nasty and wild as she shoved the man to the garden wall before stabbing him in the neck—in a non-dangeous spot, just to render him immobile.

    His hands fell inert at his sides, and then…

    Gore.

    Blood. 

    It soaked Teal’s gloves.

    [Rooftop]

    “Human bombs? Then the one we killed at the double roof!” April said, wide-eyed after they received the Intel from Teal.

    Kash made to go down immediately, but Brent got in his way.

    “I’ll go, let me. Trust me” he said, and Kash gave him a nod.

    Brent rushed downstairs.

    “But Brent is weak!” Shannon said urgently.

    “He’ll be fine ” Kash stressed confidently. “We’re going downstairs”

    He took Abbey’s rifle together with his own.

    April and Shannon hung their rifles on their shoulders, going downstairs with him.

    Abbey stood from where he has been lying, and he kicked the brick in annoyance as he took off his suit and threw it at the mounted chairs.

    He ran downstairs too, and he was met with numerous party guests who’re already getting escorted out by the mansion guards.

    He went to the park and looked around carefully to make sure no camera is in sight.

    He messed with the first front tyre of Four’s car.

    When Brent got to the back pool, he jumped in and pulled the terrorist body out.

    The bomb on his body is already reading -5.

    Meaning he has to get him out of this mansion in five minutes before he blows and kills people.

    He carried the bastard on his back, dragging the bloody dead body down the poolside with difficulty.

    On getting down, he continued dragging him to the park, delving through the crowd of running guests till he got to the car.

    He tucked the human bomb into one of the base cars and got in with him.

    By now, the bomb is reading 2 minutes.

    Roughly and bravely, he screeched out of the mansion.

    [Second Powerhouse]

    As expected, Theo met one of the bloody terrorists in the powerhouse, messing with the wiring and trying to soak the mansion in darkness.

    The terrorist gave him an impossible smile, and he smirked, hatred inhabiting his eyes as he remembered how these same terrorists visited his happy home last year December.

    How they made his father sleep with his junior sister and how they did disgusting things to him.

    “F+ck y’all!! F+ck You All!!!” He shouted with all his strength, aiming his rifle at the terrorist to shoot, but his finger began shaking on the trigger, rendering him useless.

    He continued shaking,and his index refused to curl under the trigger as he stood there, his face reddening with the anger he’s supposed to fire out.

    “You’re an idiot! Think you can escape Usman?” the terrorist laughed, pulling out a gun to blow him off, but Rook appeared, shooting him in his two legs.

    The bastard fell to the ground with a bloodbath to his legs, and Theo’s riffle fell from him as he backed the wall, sweating like crazy and clutching his shaky hands.

    Rook gave him a short look before pulling the shit terrorist out of the room.

    He met a terrorist in the first powerhouse too—a minute ago—and he had shot him in the legs too just like this one.

    With bloodstained hands, he dragged the two outside, meeting the rest by the park.

    Four already tucked the body of the tongueless one into the second car and Teal threw the body of the one she stabbed into that same car.

    Rook tossed the bodies of the remaining two, making four human bombs inside the same car.

    “They’re not dead yet, bombs aren’t active, but Usman might activate it anytime at all, so they need to be out of this compound now” Kash said.

    “Stay here, everyone” Four said, fishing out the car keys.

    “I’ll go” Kash offered.

    “It’s an order, stay here with the rest” Four replied, giving Teal a short stare before getting in the loaded car which drove out of the compound roughly.

    Abbey smiled secretly at the back.

    “You think he’ll be able to get the car out of the streets before it blows up? I don’t wanna imagine losing Master Sergeant, but gawd knows I can’t stop imagining” Shannon said.

    “He’ll be fine, and Brent too” April replied.

    “Wait… Brent?” Teal faced them.

    “He drove the first human bomb away” Shannon replied.

    “What!” Rook and Teal chorused.

    “Brent is weak!” Rook said alarmingly.

    “I don’t think that’s the main issue right now” a passing guest said, facing Abbey.

    “I saw you, you messed with the front tire of the Hyundai.” She said, and Abbey frowned, masking his shock.

    “What are you saying!”

    “I saw you! I saw you messing with the tire when the mansion guards were ushering us, and that’s why I wasn’t able to stop you!” The guest pointed out.

    Abbey pushed the woman away.

    “I don’t know you! The f+ck are you talking about!”

    “Wait…you mean to tell me that…apart from the human bombs in the car with Snowman, his front car tire is also faulty?” Rook said.

    “Yes! He deflated it!” The guest shouted, and Abbey locked the guest by the chest this time.

    “Stop lying on me! I didn’t deflate tire!” He shouted.

    “She didn’t say you deflated it, she only said you messed with it” Teal smartly said, and Abbey gulped, swear bathing his temples.

    “You deflated his front tire?” Rook’s eyes widened with the rest.

    By now, Kash is already trying to contact Four’s earbud, but he’s not responding. He’s not even picking his calls too.

    “Kneel” Teal suddenly said, snatching a rifle from April which she pointed at Abbey, her demeanor mean.

    “Kneel!!!” She repeated, shoving the gun barell into Abbey’s mouth.

    Abbey fell on his knees, and the others just looked on.

    Kash is still trying to contact Four, so he’s not even concerned with this conversation.

    The gun is still in Abbey’s throat, and his hands are up as he smelled death in his nostrils.

    “Teal…” April and Shannon chorused.

    “Battery… don’t shoot” Rook said, but Teal’s focus remained on Abbey who’s already freezing with the gun in his mouth.

    “Now shut your f+ckin eyes and start praying for his safety, cos if he dies in that car… you’ll be the first person I’ll ever kill” Teal said.

    TBC.

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  • Twisted Empire – Episode 27&28

    Twisted Empire – Episode 27&28

     

    TWISTED EMPIRE

    Twisted Empire – Episode 27&28

    (Her Blade, His Neck )

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    Teal’s palm became sweaty on the weapon of destruction, and she found herself gulping spit and allowing it to flood her throat.

    There are only two options.

    One; let go of this thing and leave this unit before he does something nasty.

    Two; carry on with this game and see how long he’d hold on.

    She choose the second one, mainly because she’s not a loser…no matter the situation.

    She let go of his c0ck though, but her hand slithered back to his chest. 

    Just when she was about to continue her game, she was completely caught off guard.

    Four grabbed her wrists, turned her around with a rough force which made her skirt bunch up her thighs.

    He made her face the open door and crossed her arms behind her back.

    This way, his figure pressed against her behind, and she received a whoosh of his cologne in her nose.

    It’s faintly smoky, which means he smoked before she arrived.

    Teal’s breaths dropped, and when she noticed the door is open, her head burned.

    She tried yanking herself away from his unyielding grip, but his digits digged into her wrists, causing her to wince.

    She could feel his boner pressing on her arse, and it’s as hard as a pillar.

    That made her gulp, again.

    “Close the door at least” she found herself speaking.

    “It’s payback time, Ambrose. And you didn’t hear me telling you to shut the door when you were doing me” he replied, the cold tenor of his voice bathing the back of her neck with a thrill which stemmed to her chest.

    In this position, she could barely move. And it’s unfortunate that he’s the only one who knows how to hold her in traps like this.

    She wriggled against him again, but then her body went rigid when he flattened his palm on her belly—under her top.

    His fingers crawled coldly on her bellybutton.

    “Stop… Four” She wriggled again.

    That sound was like gasoline to his burning blaze cos his hand moved up, slowly without finesse.

    He’s not gonna touch her up there, is he? She’s not wearing a br@, so if he moves that hand a little bit more…

    “Let go!” She stubbornly struggled, and he twisted her arms harder, causing her to push out her chest.

    “Can’t take what you dished out, Ambrose?” His stupid raspy voice came again, beating her skin.

    She could feel his smug dirty smirk at the back of her neck as his hand snaked deeper, and just like she suspected, he touched it…

    Her breaths dipped shallow, and she went still when she felt his hand on the flesh of her br+àsts.

    He cupped it, taking the right one in his palm like it’s his little toy.

    It fitted into that palm like it was custom-made for it, and she’s not even ready to think about the possibilities of what he’s gonna do next cos it might be anything.

    She hardened her bones, and her wrists turned crusty as he gave her n+pple a hard pinch.

    She took her lips into her mouth, the coldness of his hand doing nothing to ebb the crawl under her skin.

    “Four!” She struggled again, and she was rewarded with a bite to her ear as he squeezed that br+ast, so hard that she squirmed.

    “The harder you struggle, the more punishment you receive. So why not stay still and be good?” He groaned evilly again her ear, giving it a bite which is surely not a replica of the ones she gave him.

    His bite is savage, and it left deep redness on her ear shell.

    “F+ck you” she cussed.

    “That’d be ONE future punishment” he replied, pulling her second n+pple and flicking it between his cold thumbs.

    “Four… bastard!” She panted.

    “2” he counted.

    “I hate you!” she shot.

    “Hate you more, three” he counted, squeezing her soft br+àst in his wide corrupted palm again.

    When it’s obvious she can’t win this, Teal stayed still, and the air from outside seemed like it swept away her strength as he continued doing awful things to her br+àsts, leaving her helpless.

    They’re by the door, and If anyone appears, things would go ugly.

    He bit the hollow of her shoulder, and she bit her own lips to hold back any sound of discomfort that might tear free.

    His hand travelled down her belly, and she wasn’t prepared for when he dipped it into her skirt…

    “No…don’t!…” She shook her head frantically.

    “4” he counted, and her stunned eyes opened totally when he cupped her pusxy through her fabric panty—just the way she held his cock through his trousers.

    “I..hate you” she muttered.

    “Good” Four swiped his tongue on his lip when he felt her core breathing into his palms.

    Teal felt frozen in time. Only the warmness of his breaths behind her neck reminded her of the present.

    “You hate me, but you’re badly wet already? I can feel your dampness through your underwear. Did you like it when I touched your swollen breasts and the hard rosy nîpples? Hmm?” He whispered into her ear, and this time, she successfully released herself.

    He allowed her the freedom, and, she bolted crazily out of the unit without looking back.

    Four’s smirk wiped off instantly like it was never there.

    He lifted his finger, and he rubbed their pads together.

    They’re dry than fire.

    She wasn’t actually wet. 

    In fact, he felt nothing down there when he cupped her. It’s like she’s immune, so he said those words just to make her feel small.

    He touched her br+asts, so why the f+ck was she still dry? Is that how much she dislikes his touch?

    Not like her disliking his touch is a problem, but the fact that it did nothing to her.

    There are certain ladies who’d dislike a man but still… their bodies betray them when the man touches them, so what the f+ck is with her? Why did she not get soaked?

    And his bastard c0ck had the nerves to rise when she touched him?

    He looked down at the bastard, and when he saw it’s still poking his trousers, his smirk returned.

    F+ck.

    He disappeared into the bathroom and had a five minutes shower to calm the bastard.

    By the time he came out, the timer on the flat screen was already beeping, meaning it’s time to leave.

    He’s in his dress uniform, and he’s wearing his long uniform coat too since it’s a cold f+ckin night.

    He picked his phone and was about to pocket it when he suddenly paused, then he dialled Kash’s number.

    “Sir?” Kash picked almost immediately.

    “Add a name to the mission roleplay” Four replied, exiting the unit.

    His black boots made rough contacts with the cobblestones.

    “Name of who?” Kash asked, and Four rode his jaws before mentioning the name.

    [Teal’s Suite]

    Teal literally jumped into the bathroom when she arrived.

    She peeled off her sinful outfit and snuck under the shower after hitting the button.

    Her palms roamed her body, running carefully on her skin as the water enveloped her, leaving her fresh and clean.

    “I can feel your dampness through your underwear. Did you like it when I touched your swollen pointing bre+sts and the hard rosy n+pples? Hmm?”

    His voice, that haunting calm voice stormed her head, and she hit the button again, harder this time to increase the flow of water. She just wants it to swallow her.

    She knew she wasn’t wet. She held it back with everything she had back there with him, so maybe he just said that to make it seem like he’s in control…as usual.

    Four loves control, he’s obsessed with holding the reins.

    She has spent enough time in his company to know that.

    But she wasn’t gonna give him that joy, and that’s why she held it back with her life. She wasn’t gonna fall apart for him.

    To think that she planned this game, but it nearly boomeranged. 

    Who knew that jerk would do exactly what she did to him? And to think that he touched her bre+sts?

    Damn him.

    Well that was the only time he’d ever get the chance to be a god, cos it’s never happening again.

    Four DeVille might think he has gotten under her skin, but he’s far from it. It’s far from happening.

    She slammed her palm on the button, stopping the water flow before stepping out of the shower.

    Immediately she did, she felt a gush of warm liquid sliding down her thighs.

    It must be the bathwater, definitely.

    She bent down to take a look.

    Lo and behold, It’s not bathwater.

    It’s her juices—the one she refused to let out when he was assaulting her br+àsts earlier.

    It’s gushing out of her p+ssy like crazy, and she nearly got scared at how much it is since it’s her first time.

    “Shit” she muttered, rushing back under the shower to open water on herself again.

    [Training Ground]

    It’s some minutes to 8pm, and the dark clouds took over the skies completely already. 

    There’s obviously a loud turbulence going on in the base, but it’s none of the business of the two people who’re standing toe-to-toe.

    Skye and Axel.

    Axel definitely said something unacceptable, so Skye’s face is in a twisted scowl.

    “What did you just say?” 

    Axel smiled cunningly, placing an hand on his shoulder.

    “Your girlfriend—April, she’s part of the squad, and she’s going for tomorrow’s mission. Make her ruin the mission, and I’ll return you and her to your units. Don’t you feel ashamed living in the barracks with Privates?” He said.

    Skye shook his hand away quickly….

    “You’re the same person who made me a suspect, you made everyone believe I colluded with the terrorists and locked me up at the pavilion for months. You cemented me and tortured me every f+ckin day, but now that I’m out—thanks to Snowman—you’re trying to turn me against that same man?” He said.

    “I’m giving you a lifelong offer to be on my good side forever!” Axel snapped.

    “I don’t want it! Don’t you get it? I’ll never bite the hand that fed me! You can just kill me and everything will be over, but me telling April to ruin the mission cos of you? Forget it” Skye replied, and Axel slapped him.

    It was so thunderous that Skye felt the hit in her cheekbones, and he almost believed his cheek would tear.

    He didn’t move till the second slap came, then the third and fourth and fifth…

    Axel didn’t stop slapping till the tenth, and by now, Skye’s lips are already bleeding from the inside.

    “Are you sure you can take whatever is coming? I’ll make you return to the pavilion with a bigger offence, and this time, it’s Four himself who’d lock you inside” Axel said diabolically like a dark angel from a godforsaken hellhole.

    Skye spit out sticky blood..

    “I’m not betraying Master Four cos of you” he stood his ground.

    Axel nodded. “Nice choice”

    Then he walked out of the field.

    On getting to one of the main buildings, the prediction about turbulence wasn’t wrong at all…

    Cos Privates are running around with their phone hanging in their hands and thrills beaten to their faces.

    The whole building is noisy. In fact, every building in this angle is noisy with what he doesn’t understand.

    It’s like a war is coming, but with a crazier frenzy.

    He stopped in the middle of that hallway and called a Private who was about to run last him.

    “Sir!” The guy stopped.

    “What’s going on?” Axel asked with a frown.

    “Someone posted a s+x video on the telegram group, featuring Morgan and her boyfriend in the abandoned ambulance” the guy replied.

    Axel dismissed him with a wave, then, he took out his phone and checked telegram.

    The video is there, getting insane number of plays and likes with unending comments, dirtier than sewer base.

    “Wow” Axel smiled, imagining himself as Quentin and Cassie as Morgan.

    He settled down on a bench, watching with a hard-on.

    [Allegra’s Unit]

    Morgan and Stormy have been here with Allegra since morning.

    Allegra didn’t want to go to the clinic, so they brought her here and lay her in bed to rest.

    Allegra didn’t rest for long though.

    Despite her swollen mouth and face, she got up from the bed and has been shadowboxing in her small boxing room since noon.

    She’s the strongest lady in this base, and no one has defeated her since she began holding that title, so what going on?

    First was that mad bi+ch—Teal, and now it’s April?

    Allegra, April, and Sierra entered this base at the same time, and during their basic trainings, it’s a known fact that April was the weakest of the three.

    So why? Why was April able to beat her?

    Is it because she has been spending almost all her days f+ckin Axel? Is that why she has lost her fierceness?

    She threw another punch to the air, sweat cascading down her glossy body and crawling over her tattoos.

    She has been on the shadowbox for three straight hours, and she’s not ready to stop till her arms ache and her head breaks with answers.

    Why are things suddenly turning around for bad?

    She threw herself to the bouncing wall, and she was bounced back, but she swung herself upside down, landing strongly on her feet.

    Stormy and Morgan are standing far from the inside, and they both look amazed as they watched her.

    “She’s insanely good” Stormy muttered.

    “Then why does she always get beat up? Does she forget her moves during a fight?” Morgan muttered.

    Sierra entered the room, and they both shifted away from the door.

    “You got discharged” Stormy said surprisingly.

    Venomously, Sierra looked at the two, eyes hotter than coal.

    “Leave” she said harshly.

    Stormy pulled Morgan out of the room very fast.

    Allegra is still boxing like crazy, her stomach hollowing like she doesn’t eat at all.

    Sierra ignored her and stood by the window, staring out.

    She saw a scene earlier at Four’s unit, and she needs to erase it from her memories as fast as possible.

    It didn’t happen. It never happened.

    She has to climb higher, and it’s not even the normal type of higher.

    She needs to top the food chain and lead the ladder.

    She pulled out her phone and dialled a line saved as “Mum”

    “Hello, sweetie?” A woman’s voice came, and Sierra backed the wall.

    “I need you to talk to dad. Even if it means threatening him. I want something, and I’ll get it” she said, her voice angry.

    “Just mention it, and it’s done” the woman assured.

    Sierra shot a glance at Allegra. Allegra has stopped boxing, so their eyes met.

    “Finally?” Allegra said, peeling off her puffed gloves with her teeth.

    “Finally” Sierra smirked.

    Morgan and Stormy were unaware of the chaos going on in the base till they got outside.

    They saw Privates running around and Sergeants laughing in shallow corners, and they wondered why as they walked side-by-side.

    “Did someone win a jackpot?” Stormy scoffed.

    “This ululation doesn’t look induced by a jackpot” Morgan replied.

    Their curiousness kept stemming till they entered the field, and Privates immediately surrounded them like ants would a cube of sugar.

    “What’s going on?” Stormy asked with high shoulders.

    “Oh… Quentin!” A Private mimicked Morgan’s creaky moans.

    “Harder… daddy!” Another mimick came from another lady.

    Morgan’s eyes popped hard, nearly pulling her sockets apart.

    “Leave the base, Morgan. Start a p0rnhub and we’d be your regular subscribers” Abbey said with a breaking laughter.

    “I can’t believe you went three long rounds with that guy in the ambulance! Shit … You’re a whore” Paine added, spiting saliva at Morgan.

    Before it could reach her, Stormy kicked Paine in the belly, and Paine swayed back.

    “We don’t know what you’re talking about!” She said defensively.

    A big-cup br@ and three used condoms were immediately thrown at Morgan, and when Morgan saw them, she felt like vanishing.

    They’re the c0ndoms Quentin used on her in the ambulance, and the bra Quentin tore from her chest that night.

    They must have gone to the ambulance to pick them up.

    “Cat’s got your tongue? You and your  hairy-D boyfriend are insane” a Private said.

    Morgan was already shivering like a leaf in this season. Her fingers are interwoven, and they look iced.

    At once, she bolted out of the middle, and Stormy rushed after her.

    The other Privates followed them, screaming “whore” as they ran at their hot heels.

    Abbey and Paine were suddenly summoned by Axel, so they left the chase for others.

    Morgan hid at the back of the burnt building—the one Four burnt during their escapism trainings.

    She squatted, pulling out her phone shakily. 

    She dialled Quentin’s line multiple times, but the guy didn’t pick.

    She was about to dial again when she got a notification from the base disciplinary board.

    • Morgan Hall, you’re to face the disciplinary board in two days, and till then, you’re not to step the dinning or use the bathroom. Remain in your room and keep your face hidden in your sheets!

    She began crying as she read the notification.

    “Am I gonna be stepped down? If I go back to Kalynda, mother would kill me” she muttered, shaking her head.

    Stormy found her in the corner, and she stood.

    “Stormy I’m in trouble, Quentin isn’t picking my calls and I’ve been ordered to remain in my room by the disciplinary board. I can’t come out till I’ll face the panel in two days.” She said.

    “I alerted you when you were going astray. I told you you were doing too much with Quentin but you said I was judging you” Stormy replied, and Morgan held her.

    “No you can’t forsake me at this point. You’re the only one I have. If I get stepped down and I return to our hometown, mother will kill me you know it. You have to help me before I face the board. Please Stormy… please…you’re smart just think of something” she said.

    Stormy pushed out a exhale, then she crossed her arms.

    “I have a plan, but I’ll have to meet with Allegra first.”

    “What plan?” Morgan sniffled.

    “You’ll deny it, and we’ll insist the video was edited and posted by Teal” Stormy replied.

    “Teal?” Morgan blinked.

    “Who else has trouble records in this base? Of course it’s her” Stormy replied.

    [Kash’s Suite]

    The tiredness from the overnight class took a wild toll on Kash, and he has been sleeping since daybreak.

    He only ate breakfast, he didn’t even wake up to eat lunch, and he hasn’t eaten dinner yet. 

    He’s still sleeping. It’s like his body is in a total shutdown since it’s been weeks since he last slept.

    Cassie opened the bedroom door, and when she saw he’s still dozing, she closed the door and strolled to the last couch in the living room.

    Her phone screen lit up with a message, and her chest pounded.

    She unwrapped her palm from the device, checking the text.

    It’s not from who she expected, it’s from the hospital, alerting her that her father’s machine maintenance for this month has been payed for.

    Kash probably payed for it last night.

    She stared at the words for a while, debating variously in her mind before bringing out the gift box from her bum shorts pocket.

    She opened it, and the sparkling necklace stung her eyes as she ran her fingers through the rhinestones.

    She kept up the action for a moment before closing it back, then she took her phone again and texted Axel…

    Cassie: Tomorrow night when Kash leaves for the mission with the squad members, I’ll come to your unit.

    Immediately she clicked ‘send’ , the bedroom door opened, and Kash came out, looking droopy-eyed and pale from tiredness.

    “Baby” Cassie quickly turned off her phone, standing.

    “Your necklace?” He asked, noticing it first. He touched her bare neck.

    “I lost it yesterday, it must be somewhere in this house. I’m still searching” she awkwardly replied.

    Kash gave her an exhausted smile, then she hugged her.

    “I’m so tired” he muttered.

    “I’ll made your favorite food, go freshen up and I’ll give you a massage.” She replied, patting his back.

    “Glad I have you” Kash breathed.

    [Axel’s Suite]

    “You want us to ruin tomorrow’s mission?” Abbey said.

    He’s standing in front of Axel with Paine, and Axel is blowing cigarettes like a local on the couch.

    “There’d be rewards. The Promotion ceremony will soon be held. You both don’t wanna go from Privates to Specialists?” He said.

    “Not all squad members are going on the mission. Only ten people are going since it’s a party, and the list of the ten isn’t even out yet” Paine said.

    “Ten or not, I’m sure one of you will be on the list. I don’t care if it’s only one of you, just ruin the mission” Axel insisted.

    He dismissed them after they gave him their word, and he picked his phone from the couch when it chimed.

    It’s the message from Cassie.

    “I knew it” he laughed in victory.

    [President’s Mansion]

    Located in the heart of Greece, the building towered above almost every building in Greece, it’s only competitor being the DeVille Castle.

    It’s built to serve Greek history and paint a unrivaled medieval picture with it’s period-like immaculate walls and sleek marble flooring. 

    Surroundings are bedecked with sprawled flower gardens, and every inch of the property has threatening weaponed guards walking around.

    Plus the excessive shower of lights which gave the mansion a vainglorious touch, the moonlight seemed to sit on top of it.

    Four arrived in his Hyundai sonata, and the mansion gates were automatically opened for his entry.

    The overprotective atmosphere only means one thing… The president’s son is back.

    His coming has been announced even before he came, so he was led to the president’s meeting circus where the old man is sitting with different foreign guards surrounding him.

    He’s in his late sixties or more, and his hair is all gray. His features are memorable… especially his well-carved nose which looks aristocratic.

    President Spyros Dimitris.

    Four gave him the needed salutations, then he took off his coat before settling in front of the man.

    “Four DeVille, the man with the unforgettable name” President Spyros said smoothly.

    Four remained silent on his comfortable chair.

    “I was told you only speak when necessary, so I’m gonna cut to the chase. Why did you request to meet my son?” President Spyros questioned.

    “Cos I wanna see him” Four replied.

    “Why?” President Spyros asked again.

    “Cos I wanna see him” Four remained blank.

    “He’s difficult, isn’t he?” A rich voice said as someone else entered the circus.

    Xanthe Dimitri, the president’s son.

    He’s not as tall as Four, but he’s got his own share of tallness and full hair which is in a mullet. His nose is pointed like his dad’s.

    President Spyros left the circus after giving four a probing look, then Xanthe took his seat, his tattoos dark on his open chest.

    “I’ve heard a lot about you, Four. The man who spent nineteen years in his room.” he smiled sleekly.

    “Cancel the venetian masks from your birthday. Make it an ordinary party, and have everyone scanned before they enter the garden” Four replied, going straight to the point.

    “Why? My birthday is Usman’s next target?” Xanthe smartly said.

    Four went flat against his own chair, and Xanthe sighed, drumming his fingers on the table.

    “Usman…that bastard” he muttered before facing Four again.

    “And I’m guessing you didn’t want to tell my father cos he’d insist on cancelling the party?” He said.

    “Obviously, and that’s all. You can leave the rest to my squad” Four replied, standing up.

    He walked out of the circus, and three minutes later, he’s back in his car at the wide park.

    He grabbed the steering wheel for a second, his fingers leaving impacts on the leather as he let out a little sigh.

    Kash’s call rang on his mobile, and he took the phone with a pull to his brows.

    “Yeah?” He brought it to his ear.

    “I’m about to release the names of the mission goers, and I added Teal’s name as the hitwoman like you ordered” Kash said.

    “Go on” Four rasped.

    [Military Base, Teal’s Suite]

    Luckily for Teal, she has companions.

    Rook, Brent, Shannon.

    April is with Skye again, and it seems they’d be seeing less of her these days which is understandable.

    Skye needs her.

    Teal needed something to take her mind off what happened between her and Four, and she luckily got these three company keepers.

    Brent is preoccupied with the rulebook. Rook and Shannon are chatting.

    “Wait… guys! The Master Sergeant is not the highest Sergeant rank!” Brent suddenly read from the rulebook.

    “Of course. Major Sergeant comes before Master Sergeant, but Major has never been chosen in this base before, so it’s always the Master” Shannon replied.

    “So what if the General suddenly changes his mind and decides to choose Major? The Major will be above Four? Who’s worthy of being above him?” Teal said, and all eyes turned to her.

    “Battery..did you just speak in his favor?” Rook blinked.

    “I’m just stating the obvious, don’t twist it” Teal quickly replied.

    “Major will never be chosen, no one is eligible for that position, so y’all just calm down while we wait for the list of mission goers” Brent said.

    “But Morgan’s case is still shocking, she’s definitely facing the disciplinary board” Shannon said.

    “Did you watch the video?” Teal asked.

    “Of course, it’s important to have something to taunt her with later. She slapped me when you were locked at the pavilion, and I’m still gonna slap her back” Shannon replied, and Teal caressed her cheek.

    “Thank you” Shannon pouted, and Teal chuckled.

    “It’s out!” Rook gasped immediately the list appeared on the squad group.

    They all checked their phones quickly.

    “Rook, Stormy, April, Theo, Abbey, Shannon, Brent, and Teal?” Brent read out the names.

    “Teal? The hitwoman?” Rook and Shannon chorused shockingly.

    “Me?” Teal said shockingly too, not believing her ears.

    Why would Four suddenly add her to the list after how sinfully he touched her earlier?

    What’s his point? What’s that snake up to this time?

    [Next Day, President’s Mansion]

    Three cars brought the squad members, and as they alighted in the dark second park, everyone went to their designed posts.

    At the overnight class, they already studied the blueprint of this mansion, so it’s easy to locate places.

    Teal is the only one who’d enter the party with Four.

    Theo and Rook will stay in the compound.

    Kash led the remaining four to the top of the small buildings.

    Seeing the squad and the hefty guards surrounding the property, penetration seems almost impossible, but Usman is a hellhound who’d find a needle in a haystack.

    Teal and Four were the last to get down from their car, and the tension Teal has been trying to erase finally hit her on the skin like raging tsunami.

    Four drove the car throughout the one hour journey, and no conversation happened between them.

    Knowing his personality, he can stay silent all day unless provoked, and she’s grateful for that.

    He focused on the pavement while she focused on her phone.

    That eased the awkwardness a little bit, but now that they’re out of the car and heading towards the party garden together, she felt the awkwardness in waves.

    Her gown is black with moderate jewel stones in the front, and the back is low-cut. Not too tight, not too free. Not too extravagant. 

    It was provided by the cantonment store, and she’s wearing one of those fancy white gloves which will definitely be soaked in blood at the end of this party.

    Her shotgun is strapped to her thighs, and her poisoned knife is strapped to her second thigh.

    Four made insane arrangements before tonight, so the garden and compound is surrounded with explosives and non-active bombs already. 

    She made sure to keep her distance from him as they walked to the garden entrance, but she could feel his thorny eyes on herself.

    There are surveiling guards in front of the garden who’re scanning the loaded guests, checking for any foul play.

    Teal was marked as one of the guards, so she wasn’t checked.

    She was about to rush into the hall when she was blocked, and she blinked up to see a quirky guy who has a welcoming smile on his face.

    If the pictures she has been seeing are true, then he’s the president’s son—tonight’s celebrant.

    Xanthe.

    He’s wearing a black studded tux with undone buttons which flaunted his inked chest, and his right hand is already stretched forward.

    “No date at my party? Let’s fix that, nice to meet you… beautiful. Your name is?” he sweetly asked

    She paused.

    Despite the fact that she’s looking at him, she’s also vigilantly looking around for any flux..

    “Your name is?” Xanthe’s rich voice came again, and she averted her gaze back to him.

    She offered no smile since she’s not in the mood to mingle tonight.

    He’s handsome—story for the gods. Not her.

    She decided to just reply him and go in, but the moment she stretched her hand forward to take his own, her hand was immediately covered by a bigger, warmer one.

    Four’s presence fell beside her, and she looked up at the mountain of a man whose eyes are literally bleaching Xanthe.

    “Married” he frostily said, and Xanthe frowned.

    Teal tried wriggling her hand from his raw hold, but he fisted it tight, almost breaking her fingers.

    “Married?” Xanthe repeated.

    “That’s her name, she’s Married” Four declared like a breeze.

    TBC.

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