Category: STORIES

 THĒ JÃILBĪRD

Thē Jãilbīrd – Episode 87&88

(Female•In•Disguise)

By; Naomi Cindy B.

★★★★★★★★★★★★★

#UNEDITED

“Interesting. Kill your grandchildren, slut” he said sadistically.

Selesta choked…her throat moved abruptly.

A dead silence fell in the cathedral as most attention snapped to Madden at the bomb he just dropped.

Even Zoya got distracted from her kids for a moment, and her eyes went to Madden who’s so cold like he’s not the one who just spoke.

Sergei and Klara were looking too shellshocked, and their eyes wouldn’t stop widening as the waves slashed through them brutally.

Selesta mustered an awkward smile, but throughout her shocked phase, she was smart enough to not lose guards on the kids she’s using as shield.

“Stop trying to sway me!!! It won’t work!” She yelled, swiftly pressing her wrist on Aleksandr’s head.

There’s a digital wristwatch on that wrist, so a button was pressed in the process, and that instant, Green class 4 laser beams filled cathedral, activating from the ground and trapping everyone on their spots.

“You rotten bî+ch!!!!” Maya screamed.

“Shit… Don’t move” Malik whispered to Jinx.

“Yeah, I know what it is” Jinx replied, staying still. One of the beams is on her neck, and one small move, her head will be on the ground.

Loud held his breaths, and Zoya literally stopped breathing.

Klara and Sergei were left totally speechless at the new development.

Madden took a step forward, but immediately his body touched one of the beams, it cut through his suit into his skin, and he began bleeding.

He looked up, and Selesta laughed out crookedly when their eyes met.

“I know you’re smart, Madden, but I’m brilliant too. Every new building in this compound is connected to me, including this cathedral. I know you built this cathedral cos of your plan to kill me inside, but let me burst your bubbles, I’m not dying today!!!” She yelled.

Madden dipped his hand into his pocket, and the beam got his elbow, giving him another deep cut.

“Madden stop moving!” Maya shouted when she saw his blood dropping on the ground from under his suit.

“Chill, I don’t feel it” Madden calmly replied, getting his phone out.

He placed it on the pulpit, and another beam cut his tummy as he played a voice record on the phone.

“Madd!!!” Maya cried again, but he just smirked as his blood stained his black undershirt, then the record began playing.

“Where are you taking my semen to? You just suddenly told me to masturbate for you and… And I thought you finally noticed me” Corey’s voice said, and Selesta’s bones tensed.

“Noticed you? We have the same thing under our damn p@nts, so there’s no way I’ll do shits with you. Get over it” Madden’s voice said without attachments.

“Then what are you gonna do with my semen?” Corey’s voice said.

“Donation” Madden replied nonchalantly, and the record ended.

“You…you submitted Corey’s semen?” Klara froze.

“Shocked?” Madden smirked again.

“It’s a lie!!!” Zoya cried out, moving in the process.

She got cut on the back.

“Arggghhhhhhh!!!” She yelped…

“Stay still, Zoya! Stay still!” Sergei shouted.

“I suspected it” Maya muttered with cold teeth, folding her fists nervously.

The mere sight of Nazeera in the cloak is scaring so much, and she’s trying her best to not pass out.

“You’re a step ahead again, aren’t you?” Selesta finally talked with a sad smile.

“What are you gonna do? You now have choices… Aren’t I so benevolent?” Madden replied with a squint.

“There’s nothing benevolent about you, you’re a beast!!!!” Selesta yelled.

“A beast you made! It all started when you began injecting me with that shit, and now you’re complaining? You don’t have that right” Madden muttered, the white in his eyes reddening.

“Why don’t you listen to my story first, everyone? You can’t move anyways, so even if it takes all day, listen to me!” She seethed, taking deep breaths.

“I was kidnapped from Iran, by Ivan. Ivan visited Iran for a business back then, and he developed instant lust for me immediately he set eyes on me that day at my father’s mosque. He stole me” she muttered as a tear fell from her eyes.

*

IGOR’S SUITE*

True to Sin’s words, Igor’s door had to be broken down before Ksenia could get access inside.

She’s sitting beside him in bed, pressing a cold towel to his pale sick face cos he really developed fever.

“I’ve always known you’re emotionally weak. I wish everyone could see what I’m seeing” she muttered, dipping the towel into water again before placing it back on his head.

“Who’d notice when he’s always been a jerk?” Sin replied.

He’s standing behind her with Andrei.

“Is his temperature getting any better? Or do we need to take him to his nurses at the clinic?” Andrei asked.

Ksenia hasn’t replied when a compound guard rushed in.

“Who said you could enter without sounding the alarm!” Andrei gave him a punch impatiently, and the guard shifted back before bowing.

“There’s a big problem at the cathedral… No one can enter and no one can come out. Nazeera appeared with the twins as hostages, she’s Lady Selesta, the Masked Monster. She trapped everyone in” he reported.

Igor’s eyes opened immediately, and he jumped down from the bed despite his sickly face.

He rushed out of the room like lightening, and Andrei followed him fast.

“Lady Selesta? Masked Monster? Nazeera? Same person? Who’s she exactly and why the f+ck would she hold the kids as hostages?” Ksenia faced Sin in confusion.

“She’s…the mother of Igor and I” Sin replied slowly.

“What!” Ksenia gasped, and Sin rushed out of the room too.

Ksenia quickly followed.

*

CATHEDRAL*

FLASHBACK, TO THE YEAR IT ALL STARTED*

Ivan Smirnov, Erik Orlov, and Sergei Yakov are the tightest friends in the history of The Bratva, so much that their tightness is the envy of others.

They promised themselves to enjoy their late twenties to the fullest.

Everyday after their office sessions, they meet at their private penthouse to have fun with slutty women and alcohol.

One of such meetings is happening right now, and the three friends are in the middle of the groove room, having fun.

Ivan has a woman on his laps, and it’s same with Erik, but Sergei’s laps is free.

“When will you stop being a saint, Sergei? Life without women is bland” Ivan said with a chuckle.

“I already have a fiancee, and you know it. I like her” Sergei said.

“So what? Ivan has a wife…what’s her name again?” Erik said.

“Klara, and she gave birth to my first daughter Maya already. You don’t see me behaving like a saint because of that” Ivan shrugged, kissing the woman on his laps.

“It’s your choice, but just be careful. You’re the next Pakhan yunno? And The Bratva punishes men who go against the rules” Sergei said, and Erik patted him.

“You only live once” he said, and Sergei scoffed.

“By the way, there’s a surprise for you both. A hot one” Ivan winked, pushing the woman on his laps away.

The three friends left the groove, and Ivan led them to the inner chamber where he opened a iron door which led to a basement.

Inside the basement, is Nazeera, curled up like a ball and crying cos she’s chained to the wall, and she’s n-ked.

“What the hell is this! Ivan!” Sergei turned his back immediately.

“She’s hot, who’s she?” Erik licked his lips.

“I stole her from Iran two days ago. She could be useful” Ivan said cruelly.

“As in a s+x slave?” Erik raised his brows.

“Correct, this is why you’re my best friend” Ivan laughed.

“I won’t be a part of this” Sergei said and quickly climbed up the basement, leaving them.

“I shouldn’t have involved that saint in the first place” Ivan hisses.

“Please… please spare me… Let me go back to Iran… I belong in my father’s house, not here” Nazeera begged with  shaky lips, her body full of bruises from the clutches of the chains.

“No, sweetheart. You belong here” Ivan said, getting the ready hot iron.

“Shall we?” He faced Erik who was looking undecided.

“After you” Erik replied.

“No … No please don’t…my body is the temple of God please don’t!!!!” Nazeera cried, facing the ceiling as Ivan pressed the iron to her chest in a straight line, then he pressed it again in a crossed line, forming a cross.

“This is Haram!!!!” Her screams came again, but it’s like her screams are making Ivan happy.

Her screams excite him so much.

“THIS TATTOO MEANS YOU NOW BELONG TO US… YOU’RE OUR SLAVE!!!” Ivan growled, and another round of tear fell from her eyes as she struggled with the chains.

“Please…. please let me ..go!!!”  

“I’ll take her today, and you can take her tomorrow. We take turns” Ivan told Erik who nodded.

“Of course, have fun”

He left the basement, and Ivan immediately spread Nazeera’s legs wide.

Her chains made her helpless as he undressed and pushed his member into her.

“No!!! No!!!” She screamed, but the more she screamed, the more Ivan screwed her like Satan.

He didn’t stop till she passed out, and he left her in blood, without any care.

The next day, it was Erik who came, and he made sure to clean her blood before taking his turn.

His own was gentle, and it didn’t take so long, so he was done within ten minutes.

He simply dressed up and started leaving…

“I know you’re not as heartless as the other man” she spoke up, and he turned back.

“You mean Ivan? It’s normal… Ivan is actually not ok mentally. Tears make him happy” he said.

“What’s your name?” She asked.

“Erik” he replied after a while.

“Can you tell him to at least unlock the chains? I’ve been defiled so I can’t escape and go back to Iran. How will I even escape? It’s not bad here, just boring” she said.

Erik sighed, and she smiled as he stepped out.

The next day, it was Ivan who came, holding a Bible which he dropped in front of her.

“Erik told me you’re bored here, you can read the bible to pass time, and I hate your name. Answer Selesta from now on” he said.

“But I can’t…

“No arguments” Erik cut her off and unchained her.

He did the rough screw again, making her cry and pass out before leaving her in blood again.

When Erik came the next day, he took care of the blood again, and he didn’t bother touching her afterwards.

“You’re not… Gonna…do it?” She asked.

“Not in the mood” he shrugged, leaving her.

The circle went on for weeks, but it’s just Ivan using her anyhow.

Anytime Erik came, he only brought her food and they talked randomly.

Nazeera conceived after the first month, and she was expecting Ivan to bring a nurse for abortion, but he didn’t do that.

She gave birth to the first child in the basement, and she named him Igor.

Ivan didn’t take the kid from her, and she can’t even look him in the face without getting disgusted since he’s a product of rape.

It was Erik who took the kid from her and began taking care of him as his own.

Two years later, she gave birth to another boy for Ivan again.

She named him Sinclair, and Erik who took him from her and took care of him as his own too.

Two years later again, she gave birth again, but this time, it’s Erik’s.

She named him Corey, and she didn’t allow Erik to take him since she’s the only one she could look in the eye without getting disgusted.

Erik had to threaten Ivan with The Bratva before he was able to take her away from him.

Erik was the one who took her out of the basement and gave her a new life.

BACK TO THE PRESENT*

All eyes are now wide after the revelation, all eyes except Madden’s.

Igor and Sin are by the door, though they’re unable to enter, they heard everything.

Nazeera wiped her tears and scoffed.

“I wasn’t planning to kill Ivan in the hotel that day, but I was too angry. I couldn’t contain it, so i slit his throat and escaped, but even after his death, I wasn’t satisfied. My anger was still there” she said.

“So you decided to start tormenting I and my brother cos we’re the kids he had with Klara?” Maya muttered.

“Yes!!! I disguised as a maid since Erik wanted me hidden, and with Erik’s help, everything was easy., I always cover my chest tattoo and arm scar with skin plasters, and I mask my scent with masking perfumes. No one suspected me anyways, not even the smart Madden” Nazeera replied, facing him.

Madden remained expressionless.

“What are you expecting now? Pity? I lack that since day one, and my f+çking father enslaved you, not me and my sister! You had no right to wound us emotionally!” He grinded out angrily, moving again.

The beam got his cheek, and blood ran down his jaws.

“Madden please stop moving!!!.. just please!!!” Maya started crying fearfully.

Klara was speechlessly frozen in place.

“I see no reason why you should be spared. Your father was a maniac who loved seeing tears. Even if I hadn’t injected you, you’d have been mentally unstable like him” Nazeera said.

“We need to crack the code, else she’s gonna kill everyone and escape!” Ksenia said by the door.

“That’s right… Sin” Andrei said.

Igor was already crying pathetically again when Sin rushed off with Andrei.

*

COLORADO, 6PM*

“Finally some fresh air” Trixie stretched herself immediately she deplaned with Adeline.

Adeline smiled through her mask, and Trixie hugged her.

“Your eyes are sad, please cheer up. I know you miss Madden” she said, and Adeline sighed softly.

“What’s the address godmother gave us?” She asked, and Trixie broke the hug.

“We’re going to Gothic road, then we ride a taxi for thirty minutes” Trixie replied.

Adeline took her hand, and they took the escalator out of the building.

When they got to the roadside, the merry man who’s selling spring rolls across the road was the first thing they sighted.

“Madden told me you like them, so I’m gonna go get you some” Trixie said.

“Madden did?” Adeline asked.

“Yeah. He took his time to tell me everything about you immediately he told me you’re my sister. That man is insanely obsessed… He even told me how many freckles you have” Trixie replied with a chuckle before crossing to the other side of the road.

Adeline blinked back her tears as she watched Trixie buying the spring rolls, but then she heard a faint beep beside herself.

She looked back to see she’s standing beside a black car, and the back window of the car is open, but then there’s something else.

On the black seat of the car, there’s a countdown of some sort.

01:02

01:01

Before Adeline could get it, it was already too late.

It’s a bomb!

“Trixie!!!” She yelled in horror, but immediately she took a step away…

00:00 … The bomb read, and the car blasted together with her.

The spring rolls fell from Trixie at the other side of the road, and madly hot tears ran out of her eyes.

She yanked her mask off, running towards the scene.

“Adeline!!!!!”

But she wasn’t lucky too cos she entered the road just when a car is about to move.

She got hit by the car, and she flew up in the air before landing back on the tarred road.

*

RUSSIA, POWER HOUSE*

“Do something! Maya is in there!” Andrei shouted at Sin whose fingers are dancing relentlessly on the keys.

They’ve been here for an hour, and Sin is still unable to crack the code.

“That Maya is my half-sister, ok? And Madden my half-brother is in there too! Godmother and everyone else in inside so stop talking like I’m doing nothing! The beam code is new and can only be decrypted by the one who encrypted it! I’m trying to hack but it’s giving me red! Nazeera is not simple! So chill the f+ck out and let me think!” Sin yelled, his eyes not leaving the screen.

Andrei gulped, going silent.

*

CATHEDRAL*

Everyone is still trapped inside, and no one can go in yet, not even the thousands of guards surrounding the cathedral.

Everyone inside is still in their spots, and Madden’s bleeding grew worse.

He’s like an example to others cos if he’s bleeding this much with just slight contact with the beams, then any rash movement will cost lives.

No one is even thinking about the election anymore right now.

Angelika’s cries rented the whole building, she hasn’t stopped for once, and Zoya is almost in tears too.

Nazeera looks like she’s waiting for the right time, and when she saw 6:30 on the wall clock, she smiled satisfactorily.

“You had many opportunities to kill me with your meals, why haven’t you done that?” Madden spoke finally.

“In the history of my cooking, I brought a total of 77 meals to your manor, but you only ate one, and that one was poison-free cos I have no plans to kill you. You’re a replica of your father so I only want you to run mad! I was waiting for the right time to find your weakness” she replied.

“And now?” Madden asked slowly.

“Adeline Wilson… I’m sure every American news station will air the news of her bombing… Klara thought she did you good by sending her out secretly with her sister, but I’ve got connections all-over the world, thanks to Erik… I killed her” Nazeera said, and Madden’s eyes widened.

For the first time in his life, he panicked, and his eyes met with Klara’s who was already shaking.

“Addie” he muttered, his lips barely opening.

“Now enjoy the pain till I’d come back and plant another one. For killing Corey, we’re just starting… Madden” Nazeera said, pressing another button on her watch.

The ground below her started going down, together with the kids.

“Thank you, Sergei, for staying good. I’ll take care of our grandkids, trust me” she smiled.

“No” Sergei mumbled.

“Leave my kids out of this!!!” Zoya screamed as the ground sank lower.

“Mommy!!!!” Angelika cried loudly again.

Aleksandr stayed quiet, and Selesta did the last smile as the sinking finished, and she disappeared down the ground with the kids.

Immediately the ground closed, the laser beams disappeared automatically.

Madden was the first one to run madly out of the cathedral, and Zoya ran to the spot Nazeera stood on.

“Aleks!!!! Angel!!!” She started hitting the spot crazily.

Her soldiers rushed in with the thousands guards, but it’s useless.

Nazeera is gone with the kids.

“Find her!!! Find Nazeera!!! She wouldn’t have gone far!” Sergei shouted, and the cathedral fell in chaos as the securities, guards, and soldiers ran out.

*

Madden was panting as he climbed the mountain, and right now his sanity is twisting violently.

He barged into the manor, and the moment he couldn’t smell her scent, his head snapped, and he heard a loud smack in his skull.

He saw the food tray he brought for her last night that she didn’t eat.

It’s still sitting on the lamp table as he walked past it, into the bedroom.

She’s not there.

He entered his bathroom, workroom, office, archive room, tunnel, living room, and every other room in the manor, but she’s gone for real.

He was literally floating as he went back to the living room and got his phone with shaky hands.

He searched for current American news, and he found the news all-over the internet.

“Adeline Wilson, a 25 year old lady who was said to be escaping from The Bratva in Russia has been blasted in the bombing which happened in…

He quit reading, thick sweat falling from his brows as he clicked on the video.

Immediately it played and he saw Adeline wearing his clothes, standing beside a black car, his sanity broke.

The rest of it got destroyed completely when he watched the car blasting together with her.

The phone fell from him, and he just knew he has already lost his damn senses as he walked to the control room where he checked the camera footages.

From there, he saw everything… Every interaction of Klara with Adeline…

He heard it all.

The screens were the first thing he broke with his bare fist, and he was grinding his jaws satanically as he walked out of the room.

He literally stormed out of the manor, his eyes spitting fire and brimstones and melting volcano!

He slammed into Klara on the mountain, and she stopped.

“I did it for you….trust me… She was ruining you! I didn’t know Nazeera had plans. I’d do anything for you and…

“Would you die for me then?” Madden interrupted frostily, and she stepped back.

“Madden…

He grabbed her callously by the hair, and Klara cried out as he pushed her down.

Immediately she fell, Madden pushed a large rock with his foot, and the rock rolled mightily to her.

“Madden!!!!” She shrieked terrifically, and the next sound that came was a…

CRACK.

The crack of her head.

The stone actually rolled on it, cracking her head open in the wickedest way ever.

Madden didn’t even look at her body as he started going down the mountain.

Maya climbed up, and with the insane, mad, crazily feral look in Madden’s eyes like the devil’s child, and the blood flowing down the mountain, she knew it has happened 

She walked past dark Madden, and when she got to the top and saw Klara’s body and cracked head, she staggered, getting her phone as tears left her eyes.

She called Andrei..

“Maya” Andrei’s voice came.

“Please… please stop my brother…. He must not leave this compound…” she said breathlessly.

“I saw him driving out just now, and he looked like he was gonna burn down this city and everyone in it” Andrei replied.

The phone fell from Maya, and she fell on her butt to the rock, landing on Klara’s flowing blood.

*

CITY SQUARE*

Seems some politicians came for a manifesto in the popular square hotel, and the meeting is just getting over.

The hundreds of politicians were already pouring out of the hotel in groups, and the square on its own is always crowdy, so it’s full to the brim when Madden’s Cherokee drove to a rough halt in the middle, spilling dust.

He stepped out gallantly, his eyes darker than before.

He’s not seeing anything right now, just red. 

He’s not smelling anything too, just blood. 

He’s not hearing anything either, just death.

A little tear came out of his left eye as he pulled the trigger, opening fire on everybody ruthlessly.

* Hell!!!

* Oh!!!

* Run!!!!

* Ahhh!!!!

* Oh shit!!!!!

People began running Helter skelter, away from the dark devil who’s ready to destroy, but they weren’t lucky.

In a minute, he shot down over fifteen people and still counting cos he didn’t stop shooting.

When he ran out of bullet in that gun, ge threw it down and got another one from his back pocket, continuing the shooting ritual.

In three minutes, more than thirty bodies went down in the square, but his ruthless shots kept coming, ready to wipe out everyone.

The tear kept falling from only his left eye alone, and he was walking in the middle of the corpses as he shot.

The national LED TV carried the news immediately.

… All residents of Fili district are advised to stay indoors, and if you’re outdoors, please find a hiding place cos right now, a mad gunman is on the loose at the square! Stay safe everyone!…

Madden dropped the second gun and picked the third one, loading it before resuming his merciless shootout.

There are more than fifty dead bodies on the ground right now.

He could hear police sirens faintly at a distance already, but who bloody cares?

Another tear fell out of his left eye, and he fired a car tank.

The car blew up, shining fire light on his madly bereaved face.

“Her only sin was that…I loved her…dementedly” he muttered as the police sirens got nearer.

The cops shot at his direction, and a bullet hit him on the stomach.

Blood spilled out of his mouth as he looked down at his bleeding stomach with satisfied eyes.

He smiled with bloodily red lips.

“I’m coming with you, Addie”

TBC.

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 THĒ JÃILBĪRD

Thē Jãilbīrd – Episode 83&84

(Female•In•Disguise)

By; Naomi Cindy B.

★★★★★★★★★★★★★

#UNEDITED

“What’s that in your hand?” Igor’s voice suddenly said behind her, and Ksenia’s eyes widened.

She quickly hid the papers behind herself before facing Igor who looks suspicious.

His eyes are on the hands Ksenia is keeping behind herself.

“Nothing… Just…my panties” she said with an awkward smile, her heart racing nervously.

No.

No.

He can’t see this.

“It’s either you show me your hands, or i take it forcefully” Igor said sternly.

“I said it’s my pant…

Before she could land, he was already walking to her.

She squeezed the paper quickly and made to shove it into her mouth, but he was already with her.

He violently took her hand and twisted it back.

“Arhh!” She winced, and her towel fell off her body in the process.

Igor didn’t even care about her displayed nakedness. He only snatched the squeezed paper and stepped away from her.

Ksenia quickly tied the towel back, breathing hard as she watched Igor unfold the paper.

As Igor read the letter step by step, she could see the layers of shock that took over his face, second by second.

His eyes were wide like he saw a thousand ghosts, and he was still on it with Sin came in.

“What’s going…

The rest went back to his throat when he saw the strange scenerio, so he went closer and snatched the letter from Igor.

Immediately he did, Igor bent down and picked the picture from where it fell on the ground.

The moment he saw masked Nazeera holding him and Sin with Ivan behind them, he gagged.

Sin took the picture from him, and when he saw Ivan’s face, his hands began shaking.

“Bullcrap” he muttered in utter disbelief.

“How!!!!” Igor yelled suddenly, grabbing Ksenia by the shoulders.

He slammed her back on the wall, and her hair covered her face at the exerted force.

“You’re f+çking hurting me, Igor!” She shouted, her face hurtful.

“Do I look like I give a f+ck? What was that? What did I just read? What did I just see!!!!” He yelled, his eyes brimming with tears already.

Ksenia opened her mouth to talk, but nothing came out, seeing the tears in his eyes.

“Tell me it’s not true! F+çking talk to me!!!” He shook her aggressively.

“I’m sorry” was all she could mutter, and Sin staggered behind them.

He was already crying too, but his emotions are just not all-over the place like Igor’s.

Igor suddenly let go of Ksenia and stormed out of the room with tears pouring out of his eyes like waterfall.

“Igor!” Ksenia shouted after him,, then Sin followed him.

“Shit!” Ksenia removed her towel and threw on one of Igor’s multicolored shirt and knickers.

She rushed out too.

*

OUTSIDE THE COMPOUND*

The mob kept getting crazier.

Right now even the fingerlings of The Bratva are here.

The lowly thugs and touts, the terminators.

Some of them are sitting on the tall fence, and a lot are sitting on the car trunk and hoods.

Igor pushed himself into the middle, still crying like a kid till he got to where Maya and Andrei are standing in front of the house of Orlovs.

He dragged Maya’s arm, but Andrei pulled back.

“You will not take her. If you wanna vent on anyone for how she stabbed you, then do it to me” he said.

“Get off!” Igor glared, the tears in his eyes making it sinister and different from his normal eyes.

“Let go” Maya told Andrei, looking at Igor’s eyes.

“But…

“Let go… Andrei. I’ll be fine” Maya cut him off, and he reluctantly let go.

Igor pulled her out and Andrei followed as he took her into the house.

“What’s going on?” Maya asked, but he was silent till he dragged her into Klara’s office where Klara is busy talking with the top 5 about the ongoing chaos.

“We need to talk”  He muttered, and the top 5 exchanged glances with Klara.

“We’re in the middle of an important meeting as you can see” Klara said.

“I said we need to talk!!” Igor yelled, and Sergei stood.

“Let’s take a thirty minutes break” he told the others.

The men followed him out of the room, shutting the door behind them.

Igor walked to Klara’s desk and rested his palms on it, facing her as she’s still sitting down.

“Your husband Ivan… Is the father of I and Sin?” He said with shaky breaths, and Klara stood skeptically.

“Pulling this stunt is unnecessary. Are you insane? My husband has just two kids… Maya and Madden” she said with a mocking smirk.

That instant, Sin came in with Ksenia,  and Sin dropped the letter and picture on her desk.

Immediately Klara saw the handwriting, she snatched the letter, and as she read, sweat formed on her brows.

Maya came closer too and took the picture, and as she stared, she got goosebumps on her delicate skin.

She began shaking till the picture fell off her hand, and Klara picked it.

Maya froze completely on her spot, and Andrei had to hold her so she won’t fall.

Klara fell back on her chair like she got pushed, and she began shaking her head endlessly.

“No… No no….no!!!!!!!!! Ivan can’t do that to me! He… He can’t!!!” She stood, pushing everything on her desk away violently.

She pushed the glass table away too, and it broke to shatters at Maya’s feet, almost hurting her.

“Stop it!!!” Andrei yelled.

“Ivan can’t be the father of Igor and Sin!!” Klara cried, screaming out insanely again.

“All the evidence are glaring. Who owns this handwriting if not Erik?, and the picture is in black and white, dated back to years ago too… What other evidence do you need?” Ksenia replied savagely.

“Take me…out of here” Maya told Andrei, and Andrei immediately complied, holding her by the waist as they walked out together.

Sin sat on the office ground and backed the wall, shaking his head with a sad smile.

He couldn’t form a word as Igor resumed crying, his face depicting how hurt he is right now.

He could barely carry his legs as he walked out.

Ksenia gave Klara one last look before following him out.

Klara punched the chair furiously. “Ivan…” She muttered.

“How could you..”

She stood straight and took another look at the letter and picture before screaming…

“How could you!!!!!!”

*

MANOR*

Klara knowingly left the tablet for Adeline so she’d continue watching the chaotic compound.

Adeline is still sitting in the living room, staring at the compound footage in the tablet with dry eyes.

She stopped crying some minutes ago, and now she’s doing it in her heart.

The fact that she made him promise to win the election is another thing to be guilty about cos right now he’s at the brink of getting disqualified all because of her.

Maybe if she hadn’t come into the clan for revenge, maybe things would have been different.

If Kimberly hasn’t tricked her into coming here, maybe Madden wouldn’t be facing all these because of her.

Maybe they shouldn’t have met at all.

Maybe they weren’t meant to be after all.

Maybe… The only things she’s destined to do here is kill Kimberly and find her little sister.

Now that she achieved the two, maybe it’s time to really get out of his life.

Another tear fell out of her eyes, but she wiped it before turning off the tab, then she dropped it and did a quick walk to the bedroom.

The first thing she saw was the blood moon rose which he placed in a flower pot for her.

The small golden pot is sitting on the bedstand, so she took it and hugged it to her chest.

“You might be a heir of darkness and king of sadism, but trust me… I fell in love with all your dark parts and they’re my favorite parts of you” she sobbed, taking her phone eventually.

She turned it on and immediately received a mail from the house of Orlovs.

Definitely, it’s from Klara.

• Election has been dragged back to tomorrow. Change of plans, get ready to leave tomorrow morning.

Adeline dropped her phone and lay on the bed, hugging the rose pot again as her eyes went shut.

*

ZHITNEVO*

Corey is in his room at the top floor, sprawled in bed and staring at the ceiling with his eyes zeroed on just one spot.

On that spot, he could clearly see Adeline’s face. Just her face.

He was smiling faintly as he stared, wishing she’d stay safe and that Madden would be able to protect her till the end.

He’s aware of the ongoing riot in The Bratva, all because of her.

It’s the first time since it’s establishment, and surely, it won’t be easy to quench.

His phone buzzed beside him, and he picked it to check.

It’s a notification from the underworld news.

The election has been dragged back cos of the ongoing riot, and instead of two weeks, it’s happening tomorrow!

“What the…

He spranged up and was about to dial Nazeera’s line when the danger alarm sounded throughout the building, reaching his room.

He ran out of the room, taking the elevator to the main floor where he saw the workers running around with panic on their faces.

He grabbed the first person he could reach… Gianna.

“What’s going on?” He asked breathlessly.

“Our walls are going down, and our door locks are deactivating, even the defences are falling. We got hacked!” She replied.

“That’s impossible!” Corey retorted.

Gianna grabbed a door beside herself and shut it, then she activated the lock.

Right in front of them, the lock deactivated.

“Fûck!” Corey muttered, remembering his meeting with Madden yesterday.

He took the elevator to the down floor and ran down the park to check his car.

True to his suspicions, he found a digital tracker beside the front tyre.

“Oh no” he muttered, removing it, but it was already too late cos that instant, three black cars zoomed into the park.

Corey felt his pocket for his gun, but it was nowhere, so he started running back into the building.

Immediately he opened the door, the first car door opened, and Poe jumped out, shooting him in the leg.

“Urghhhhh!!!!” He groaned, falling on the ground.

He looked back and saw the other two cars opening, then the other girls stepped down.

Loud and Malik are the only guys, then Madden himself came down last, rolling eyes immediately his foot touched the ground.

“Motherfûcker!” Poe laughed at Corey, and he quickly crawled into the building.

Madden took the lead into the building, and by the door, he got a text.

He retrieved his phone and saw it’s from Maya.

Sociopath: We share the same father with Sin and Igor. Ivan Smirnov is a bastard!!!!

He just locked up after reading it, and he could imagine Maya screaming as she typed the text.

So far he’s still in The Bratva world, then he has promised himself that nothing would have the ability to shock him again.

Not even the death of his loved ones 

The only deaths that’d change him completely is either Maya’s or Adeline’s.

And those two aren’t happening anytime soon.

He clicked on his manor camera which was connected to his phone, and he easily found Adeline in the bedroom.

She’s sleeping in bed, hugging the rose pot.

He faintly smiled and nearly got distracted, but then he switched off the phone and pushed it back into his pocket.

When all of this is over… He’d go on a vacation to Colorado with her like she asked.

He focused back on what’s in front of him, and thank gawd he focused fast cos he was about to get shot by one of the workers.

He shot that one on the neck, and he went down with the bodies that are already on the ground.

He’s the only one still standing in that angle.

Poe has led the others to the other floors, and they’ve killed a lot.

He’s here for just two people.

Nazeera, and Corey.

He got a compass out of his pocket. It’s connected to the digital tracker.

Corey removed it from the car earlier, and so far it’s still with him, the compass will lead him to Corey just like it led him here with his team.

The compass pointed at a door, and he entered.

*

MAIN FLOOR*

Over fifty bodies of the workers are on the ground already, then Madden’s team lost three of the teen girls already.

There is blood on the walls, on the ground, on their faces and black outfits.

Jinx and Loud are currently hiding behind a wall opposite each other, and they could hear the faint sounds of approaching footsteps.

They exchanged signals, and at once, they came out from their hiding places and shot forward.

Their shots brought down two workers, then more of the workers poured out of a room, led by Gianna.

Another showdown of bullets started, and Gianna ran off.

“I’ll follow her” Poe said, smashing the head of one of them to the door before shooting her.

“Yeah… I’ll take care of things here” Jinx replied, not halting her shots as Poe ran after Gianna.

Trixie arrived at that angle with the other girls immediately, darting her arrows around professionally.

She never misses a shot.

Meanwhile… At the other hallway, Malik and Loud are both on top of a very thin staircase.

Their breaths are low and steady as they waited for their meat to come out.

As predicted, a worker tried sneaking out of a restroom, and they both shot her down perfectly.

Together, they jumped down from the stairs, landing in the middle of more workers.

“Good” Loud smiled, but then one of them threw down a smoke bomb.

That instant, Malik threw down a smoke extinguisher, and the smokes cleared sharply.

“Y’all have no other weapon than the darn smoke bombs?” Malik scoffed, shooting the one who dropped the bomb.

Surprisingly, none of the workers shot back.

They’re with their guns, but they ran out of bullets already.

This attack surely met them too suddenly, so there was no preparations.

The ten of them started running off in various directions.

Malik and Loud switched spots, and Loud went on a knee before the two of them shot the ten workers down mercilessly.

Their bodies landed on the ground like duffles, and Loud exchanged glances with Malik.

They both smiled before going up the stairs, climbing to another dimension.

*

Madden has been entering numerous doors as the compass led him, and it’s like there’s no end to the silly doors.

He entered the fifteenth one, and he sighed cos he’s sure Corey is in here.

The room smells like camphor, just like Nazeera smells.

Nazeera has always scented like temple camphor, and that’s why he wasn’t shocked when Gerrard told him about it cos he already knew.

Corey as her child would surely inherit the stupid scent, so he’s not surprised.

He saw blood on the ground, definitely from Corey’s shot leg.

He traced it as stealthily as possible, and it led him to the back of a shelf.

Through the holes in the shelf, he could see Corey in front of it.

Corey is currently dialling Nazeera’s number, saved as “Mum”

Madden kept up with his quietness till Nazeera picked up.

“Why am I not receiving any signal from your end? Why is my screen not coming on why is everyone not picking my calls!!!” The voice yelled.

Madden recognized that voice immediately, and he smirked sinisterly.

“Madden infiltrated into the building with his team” Corey replied, holding his bleeding leg with his other hand.

“No no that’s impossible and you know it! Our walls are unbreakable unless….” 

Nazeera stopped talking at this point, and Corey sniffled.

“I’m so sorry, mother. Madden entered through me. He planted a tracker in my…

“You met Madden? You met that devil? Corey!!!!!” Nazeera yelled madly.

“I wasn’t thinking, I only met to tell him about Ade and…

“You ruined my plans with your silly feelings?” Nazeera interrupted.

“I love Ade! How else should I interprete that!” Corey yelled, and that was the last straw 

Madden came out from behind the shelf and shot his second leg.

“Arhhhhhhhhh!!!!!” He cried out as the phone fell from him, and pains carried his cried around the four angles of the wall.

Madden squatted in front of him and took the phone.

The call is still on.

“Even darkness bows at my fuçking feet, so get ready, cos you won’t only bow. You’d bleed, you’d break, you’d cry, and you’d beg! But one peculiar thing about me is… I hate pity, and I’m quiet allergic to mercy. Go start digging your grave, Nazeera” he said, shooting Corey again on the two arms, rendering him immobile.

“Ahhhh!!!!!” Corey screamed again, blood splurging out of his mouth.

Madden ended the call, smirking afterwards.

“Now this is exactly how Nikolai felt when you killed him back then during the cabin attack. You’re behind the attack, aren’t you?” He muttered.

“Mother told me to, and it was supposed to be you. Nikolai was just unfortunate” Corey replied weakly.

“Your darn mother wants me dead cos you’re Erik’s hidden son?” Madden smirked again, and Corey shook.

“You knew”

“I was suspicious at first, but after Maya texted me about Igor and Sin being my father’s children, I knew it was for real. Who else would be the son if not you? How would you stay safe in Russia when the whole Bratva is after you if not for your father Erik’s protection!” Madden snarled.

Corey smiled bloodily, agony registering in his eyes.

“Nothing goes past you, right? Even after father planted me beside you to find out your weakness as your bodyguard, you showed me nothing. You really have no weakness, do you? I guess you have wickedness flowing through your body instead of blood. And what you feel for Ade is nothing but bloody obsession. You’re nothing but a psychotic man looking for who to control. You’re a control freak, and you don’t deserve Ade” he said.

Madden stood slowly, getting his phone to check Adeline through the camera again.

She’s still sleeping peacefully in bed, hugging the rose pot.

He returned the phone and faced Corey slowly, his eyes changing and his brows stretching.

“I’d burn with her. For her. In her. I’d willingly set myself on fire if she asked me to do it… That’s how far I can go for this woman, bastard! Cos I don’t only own her, but she owns me too. She’s the only thing holding my tiny sanity together, so shut the fûck up!” He yelled, getting a dagger from his back pocket.

He squatted in front of him…

“I don’t need you at the election. Your mother is my major opponent. It’s a pity you won’t be able to introduce yourself to your kids. The boy is quiet interesting” he muttered.

“Wh…what?!” Corey stuttered with popping eyes, and Madden replied by sinking the dagger into his mouth.

“Ugghhuuharg” Corey gurgled powerlessly.

He cut off Corey’s tongue without blinking, and the tongue fell from Corey’s mouth to the ground.

“That’s for kissing her” Madden muttered wickedly as Corey fell dead below the shelf.

*

MAIN FLOOR*

Poe has been chasing after Gianna for over ten minutes, but no success.

It’s like she’s knowingly taking her around the floors, and now they’re at the top floor.

She’s already breathing tiredly, but she didn’t stop chasing till Gianna finally entered a room.

Poe was about to enter with her when her earbud clicked.

“We finished them off already… Where are you?” Jinx’s voice came.

“At the top floor, Gianna is still standing” she replied and removed the bud before entering the room.

Surprisingly, there’s no sign of Gianna, but immediately she took the fifth step inside, something gripped her leg.

“F+ckkkkkkk!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!” She screamed, falling on her butt as her gun fell from her, sliding down the tile.

It’s a trap!

She just entered a deadly metal trap, and right now, her ankle is about to cut off from her leg as her blood filtered out of the wound.

The major problem is not what the trap is doing to her leg.

It’s what it’s doing to her whole system cos the pains shot through her like molten lava.

Seems like the trap is poisoned.

“Arhhhhhh!!!! Ahhh!!” She cried in raw pains.

She was already feeling herself in hell when Gianna finally showed up.

She picked her gun from where it fell on the ground and grinned.

“Yunno one thing about the trap you’re in? It’d take an hour for the poison to kill you, but that one hour will be spent begging for death. It’ll hurt like a bîtch” she smiled.

“Arggghhhhh!!!!” Poe cried again, and Gianna laughed.

*

CLAN, KITCHEN*

Aleksandr and Angelika are currently at the dinning, though they’re not eating.

Angelika has her hands clasped together, and her eyes are closed while Aleksandr watched her.

Zoya suddenly came in, happiness dancing wildly in her eyes.

“Where’s Selesta? The election is tomorrow, meaning I’m getting married to Madden tomorrow morning. I need to pick my dress ASAP!” She said excitedly.

“In the inner kitchen” Aleksandr replied, and Zoya rushed in.

“What are you doing?” Aleksandr asked Angelika.

“Praying to God for Adeline’s safety” Angelika replied.

“God? But I heard you saying Arabic too…” Aleksandr said.

“I’m praying to Allah too. Lady Selesta taught me how to pray in both religions.” She replied.

Aleksandr was about to talk again when they both felt a pound behind them, and immediately they turned back, their eyes were covered.

Blackout.

*

ZHITNEVO, TOP FLOOR*

“Arggghhhhhhh!!!!!” Poe cried painfully again.

Her blood has nearly finished draining, and she’s bleeding from the mouth, ears inclusive.

Her veins are already mapping her skin disgustingly, and they’re all black.

One could see her blood draining through the veins.

She looks unrecognizable already, and her size reduced as a result of the blood she lost.

“Fûckkkkkkk!!!!” She yelled again, and Gianna laughed.

“Told ya it’s gonna be unbearable”

Her laughter was shortlived when the door was kicked open, and Jinx came in.

Gianna would have shot her, but Loud came in at the same time, and he shot faster than Gianna.

Gianna got hit in the heart and fell dead to the wall.

“Poellina!!!” Jinx cried, rushing to her.

Tears poured out of her eyes when she saw the trap on her leg. 

Her leg is almost in two cos it’s cutting deeper every second.

“No… please don’t… Leave” Jinx cried hotly, and Poe vomited blood again.

“Kill me” she muttered, and jinx shook her head.

“Kill me… The pain is too much. Please shoot me” Poe begged.

Loud was already crying as he knelt beside them, and Malik came in with Trixie and the other girls.

“Damn” he muttered.

“Oh my gawd” Trixie covered her mouth.

“No… No Poellina!! Please don’t make me!!!!” Jinx cried loudly.

“I can’t!!! Please don’t leave me!!” 

“Remember what we used to tell each other when we were still blind at the roadside?” Poe muttered bloodily, her voice faded and her white eyes shutting.

“That if one of us died, the other one won’t hesitate to live on!!!” Jinx cried again, her face so red.

“Continue living your life, ok? I love you Jinx…. Stay loyal to…to Master” Poe muttered, her voice failing her already.

“Tell Adeline that I’m sorry about everything, and tell her that… If she leaves Master, then I’d become a ghost and haunt her. Tell her that… Master might not show emotions, but…he…he loves her. I see it in his eyes” she continued.

“Poellina ple .. ase…” Jinx pleaded in a cracked voice.

“Loud, Malik, Trixie… Trust me I was starting to like you both, especially you… Loud” she said.

Loud cried harder, and Malik’s tears poured too.

Trixie was literally overflowing with it.

Poe took Jinx’s gun and placed it in her hand.

“Please… Kill me. End the pain. I can’t…I can’t endure for one more hour…. please” she muttered.

Jinx took the gun shakily, pressing it to Poe’s chest.

“Poellina…” She mumbled tearfully.

“Jinx… Jinxel” Poe stuttered, pushing Jinx’s hand closer to her chest.

Jinx shut her eyes tightly and pulled the trigger.

“Poellina!!!!!!!!!!!!”

TBC.

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 THĒ JÃILBĪRD

Thē Jãilbīrd – Episode 81&82

(Female•In•Disguise)

By; Naomi Cindy B.

★★★★★★★★★★★★★

#UNEDITED

“No…No…no no….. No….no….no….no…  No…..no!!!!!!!” He yelled in utter shame as he continued walking backwards.

His shoe hit a stone, and he fell on his butt, tears falling out of his eyes as he looked up to lock eyes with Adeline who was still looking so shocked.

She was about to take another step closer to him when Madden stepped in front of her.

“No going close” he told her strictly, and she nodded.

“No unnecessary contacts, I’m just gonna talk” she said, bringing an hand to Madden’s face.

She caressed his jaw slowly. “Hmm? Please” she said.

Madden reluctantly moved back, getting himself a cigar which he lightened and began smoking as he rested on the car.

He saw Corey’s car at a short distance, and he smirked as he stared, blowing smokes out of his nostrils and mouth aggressively at a time.

Adeline squatted in front of Corey, and he drew back on his butt, unable to look her in the eye.

“I’m not condemning you for being bis+xual. You didn’t create yourself so it’s none of my business if you m+sturbated for Madden or shared your… First kiss with…him” she said, and the last part obviously came out with difficulty.

Slowly, Corey looked up, and immediately their eyes met, another tear rolled down his eyes.

“What do you mean by my identity is about to be out for the whole of Russia? How did you know?” She asked, and he gulped, wiping his tears before standing.

Adeline stood too, matching his height.

“That’s not important right now… The important thing here is for you to stay safe cos from now on, I won’t be able to protect you” he said, and Adeline could feel bile growing in her throat.

Corey spared Madden a short glance behind her, then he tried to smile at Adeline, but he couldn’t.

The fear of Madden didn’t allow him to do it, so he just gently walked to his car and drove out of the zone.

Madden threw down his cigar butt and matched  it down with his shoe.

Adeline kept standing at her spot, staring at him from there with her palms folded.

She wants to act bold and tough cos she has Madden.

She wants to act careless and nonchalant cos he’s here with her and he’ll never let her go, but what’s this fear gnawing at her heart?

She can’t seem to pinpoint what it means, but whatever it is… It’s not a good sign.

She felt her heart slamming so fast and hard, not only because she’s in love with the man in front of her, but also because she’s so scared.

When she was taking too long in coming to him, Madden made the move himself, walking to her with his eyes transfixed on her eyes.

Immediately he got to her, she closed the space, drowning him in her arms… A f+çking tight hug which pushed minty fresh breath out of his nostrils.

She smiled, feeling much better as he hugged her back.

“Are you gonna cry? Maybe I’ll finally get the opportunity to drink your tears” he insanely said, and she laughed, breaking the hug to hold him by the sides delicately.

He’s taller by just two inches, but it’s still so f+çking obvious.

Adeline stared deeply into his eyes, his lips, his pointed nose, sharp jaws and scarred chin, his neck which has one revealing vein running through it.

He’s so damn perfect in every way, and it’s killing her.

“Is this a new act? Staring till your eyes water?” He asked cluelessly, his voice doing it’s own seduction.

“So…you had your first kiss with Corey?” She said, changing the topic.

She slid her arms on his neck this time, and he had to crane his neck for her a little bit.

“Are you jealous, Adeline?” He replied bluntly.

“Nah, that’s not accepted. I’m Addie” she quickly said, and he leaned in to drop a deep but quick kiss on her lips.

“Gawd…I love you” she bursted, and she saw his lashes dropping and his brows arching at the sudden confession.

A drop of rain touched her arm as he held eyes with her, but she dared not look away.

Madden wasn’t even blinking as he stared obsessively at her features…

Full eyebrows, blue eyes, fade freckles, full red lips, round face and short chin.

He suddenly found a big reason to smile, and immediately the smile appeared on his face, Adeline kissed it.

She kissed his lips… No… Her lips.

His lips is hers.

She kissed him, and the raindrops tripled, then it began raining.

It’s not an heavy rain, but it got them wet within seconds.

Their lips made a quick pop when Madden broke the kiss and pulled her into the car.

He drove them out of that zone to the streets where almost everybody is walking with umbrellas cos of the rain.

He stopped the car, and Adeline looked at him.

“I know you love the rain” he said, and she smiled widely before stepping out of the car.

They’re in the city square right now, so she stood in the middle, spreading her arms and allowing the rain to beat her.

Her eyes were already closed when Madden came out of the car and joined her.

He stood in front of her, staring at her closed eyes in the rain.

Suddenly, the rain isn’t that bad, the rain felt like the best thing he has ever experienced.

Adeline opened her eyes and jumped into his arms, hiding her face in the crook of his neck.

“I don’t know what’s coming for me tomorrow, but please…I need you more than ever now” she whispered.

“I’d rather suffer in the pit of hades than let anyone from The Bratva touch you… Addie” he replied, holding her tight as her hold on him got tighter too.

“I love you so much, Madden…” She confessed again, bringing her face back to him.

“I didn’t say it to hear you say it back. I said it so you’d know how I feel” she said, and he gave her a different look through his wet lashes.

She was breathless when Madden crashed his lips on hers, kissing her properly this time.

Immediately their tongues began swiping repeatedly, she knew it was gonna be a long kiss, so she held to his hair for balance.

The rain continued beating them, and as they kissed obsessively in it, a loud thunder boomed, tightening the bond of their souls.

*

ZHITNEVO*

Corey’s white car looks like it paraded ghost town as he drove into the garage.

The car body is smudged with muddy water, and he was still wiping the tears in his eyes as he jumped out of the car, going into the building with rainwater dripping from him.

He didn’t bother using the dry-cleaning service at the door, so he was messing up everywhere he stepped on as he went deeper inside.

The workers are still busy posting about Adeline on their servers, so no one gave him attention till he got to the main office where Gianna and several others are.

“Corey! What the f+ck! Why are you wet?” Gianna gasped with wide eyes, and the others faced him too.

Corey took a look at the systems, and when he saw the posts are almost done, he stepped back.

“Carry on” he said, leaving the room.

“Is he trying to get himself killed because of Adeline?” Gianna scoffed.

*

CLAN, 12 MIDNIGHT*

Madden ran a warm bath for Adeline immediately they got back to the manor.

She looks tired with all the happenings of today, and also… She might love the rain but she’s intolerant to it, so she got the flu.

He offered to bath her, and she objected after stripping herself totally…

“I’m not sick, Madden. I can bath myself” she said.

“I’m not asking asking.” He replied bluntly, sweeping her up in his arms.

He carried her into the bathroom and gave her the warmest bath ever, his hands feeling so soothing to her skin.

He removed her short wig, letting down her original golden hair.

He gave the hair a good wash too, and fingering her scalp as he did 

She didn’t expect herself to sleep off in the tub cos of how good his hands are, but she actually slept off.

Madden finished up and carried her out of the bathroom too.

He dried her up, wore his sweatshirt for her and lay her to bed.

He covered her up and sat beside her,  caressing her lips for a while before standing.

He turned on the bed lamp, then he left the room and turned off every single AC in the manor.

Afterwards, he went to the mini digital room at the underground chamber.

Immediately he entered, the girls stood. Poe and Trixie inclusive.

Trixie came to him. “Where’s my sister?” She asked in a mutter.

“She’s good” he gritted his jaws, and she nodded, stepping back.

“I think we might have gotten to Nazeera’s digital wall” Poe reported, bringing one of the systems to Madden.

She showed him the various lines depicting connectivity, and at the base of the log, he saw a very small plus sign.

“Right” he said grimly.

“Yes, but the thing it … The exact location is not on our servers. Whoever their guru is, then the person is good” Poe said.

“It’s solved then” Madden replied, bringing out a drive from his pocket.

He connected it to that same system, and the process loaded for a minute, then the location appeared below the plus sign.

“It’s here!” Poe gasped.

“Really?” Trixie came closer to check too, and the rest of the girls stood.

“It’s for real” Trixie chuckled.

“How did you do it?” Poe asked, facing Madden.

Madden tilted his head, smirking as he remembered Corey’s car at the death zone.

He actually planted a tracker in his car when he was talking to Adeline.

Not killing him over there was because he still had to serve a purpose, and the purpose is here.

Poe smiled widely, and Trixie stuck hands with her 

“So they’re in Zhitnevo? How clever” Trixie clicked her tongue, staring at the screen.

“Hack their doors, breach the walls and smash their defenses. Y’all are busy till daybreak cos by tomorrow, I’m visiting them” Madden said.

“Yes Master!” The girls chorused, and everyone went back to their systems.

“I’ll do the supervision, Poe. You can leave and come back at dawn” Trixie said, and Poe looked at Madden.

Madden gave her a slight nod, and she smiled again before leaving.

She came out of the manor through the balcony door, then she went down the stairs, leaving the mountain.

She was still smiling as she walked through the forest.

Madden might not say it directly, but she’s sure she has earned his trust again, and that alone is enough for her.

She was about to enter the compound when a black bird collided into a teak tree, and the bird fell dead in front of her, the blood staining her boots.

“The hell” she muttered, jumping over it.

She entered the compound and branched at the trampoline.

Surprisingly, the rest are still there 

Loud, Jinx, and Malik.

“You guys planning to drink till daybreak?” She joked, snatching Loud’s bottle.

She chugged it all, and Loud smiled.

“None of us are feeling sleepy yet” Malik replied, and Poe laughed, looking at his plastered head.

“You look happy. You should make up with Jinx” Loud said.

“Am I the one who needs to do it? She slapped me, dude” Poe replied, and Jinx cleared her throat.

Malik smiled…

“Stop smiling!” She snapped.

“Wait ..what? How is my smile connected to your apology?” Malik blinked, and Jinx rolled eyes before facing Poe.

“I’m sorry” she said.

“I didn’t hear that” Poe said.

“I’m sorry, bî+ch” Jinx repeated, and Poe grinned, hugging her.

“So … Are we back now? The four of us?” Malik said.

“We were never apart, and point of correction… we’re five” Loud replied.

“Of course, you’d always speak for Adeline” Poe said, and Loud smiled again.

“Anyways… I think we have a big mission tomorrow” Poe stood, inserting her hands into her jacket pockets.

“But we got no mails yet” Jinx said.

“It’s a brand new mission this time” Poe winked, leaving them all in confusion.

*

DAYBREAK, IGOR’S SUITE*

Igor refused to sleep in the bedroom cos of Ksenia.

He slept in the living room couch with Sin cos Sin spent the night here too.

He refused to go back to his own suite last night since Trixie has been scarce these days, but even with Igor here with him, he couldn’t sleep.

He was walking around the living room restlessly, thinking about what he did to Corey.

Now that Erik is dead, there’d be no one to save him when Corey finds him, and then there’s Trixie who’s completely clueless about the whole thing.

He sighed out and eventually left the living room.

He entered the balcony and surprisingly, Ksenia is there, legs mounted on each other as she read a book.

“I bet you didn’t sleep a wink… You’ve been parading the living room what’s up?” She asked, dropping her book.

“You don’t look like you can solve my problems” he replied, sitting in front of her 

“Try me” she shrugged, pouting slightly.

“You can confide in me… I’m becoming your sister-in-law soon anyways” she said.

“You’re not really in love with my brother, are you? Igor is a p+$$y” he whispered, and she chuckled.

“I know, but he’s interesting, and to me…he’s a baby… He’s just spoilt and insecure” 

“Wow, you see through him” Sin blinked.

“So what’s bothering you?” Ksenia asked.

Sin rested back on his chair before talking…

“So I did something bad to two people, and I’m feeling f+çking guilty, and…

“Take the guilt off your chest by confessing. It’ll only get worse if you keep it for too long” she cut him off.

“But Trixie will hate me if she finds out” he replied.

“The hatred will be less than if she finds out herself, or if you take longer” she replied.

“Really?” Sin muttered, and almost immediately, Igor’s scream alerted the two of them.

They spranged to their feet, rushing inside to see Igor staring at his phone in the living room.

Ksenia snatched the phone from him, and the news she saw made her jaws drop.

The underworld is in total chaos right now cos a picture of Adeline dressed as a girl in Colorado is everywhere, and her real identity, family house address, parents and siblings name, even the fact that she went to jail for the murder of her parents.

Every detail about is out, and the fact that Madden has been aware since long ago 

The Bratva Fractions are fuming and boiling right now.

Everywhere is hot with hate!

* She’s dying.

* How dare she deceive the organization?

* Get the assassins!

* I need her head!

* Adeline Wilson? The ex prisoner?

* No this is f+çking ridiculous!

* Get that bî+ch out! She should be stoned to death!

* No, acid rain fits her better.

* And Madden?

* He’s getting disqualified! Igor deserves the throne!

* He deceived us too? He’s a betrayal like his father. Blood runs deeper than the surface!

* If Madden won’t get disqualified, then The Bratva us trash!

* Trash!!!

“F+ck… F+ck” Sin muttered in fear.

“Who’s she?” Ksenia asked.

“She’s… She’s Madden’s woman” Sin replied.

“I can’t believe I didn’t notice anything… She’s a woman? I’m scared for her” He muttered again.

“No this is outrageous… How dare she deceive everybody! She’s not the only one who needs to be stoned, Madden too” Igor said when he finally found his voice.

The commotion of cars outside made the three of them rush to the door, and when they saw how rowdy the compound has become, their mouths widened.

There are over hundred cars of important people from The Bratva, and everyone of them is out, surrounding the house of Orlovs and demanding for Adeline’s head.

“This will be a long week” Ksenia muttered.

Klara is standing in front of the house of Orlovs, and as the protests and screams of the angry mob entered her ears, she got so disoriented that she almost screamed for them to stop, but that’d only aggravate things.

She should have noticed… She should have found out from the time she inhaled the purple female scent from Adeline.

Now Madden will get disqualified from the contest, and everything she toiled to gather over the years will go down the drain.

That can’t happen, at all.

If anyone needs to bear the brunt of this, then it’d be Adeline.

Maya appeared with Andrei, and when the bktg saw what’s going on, their eyes were wide.

Maya was immediately surrounded by the angry mob.

* Where’s your damn brother!

* Bring him out here!

“He’s in his manor. Y’all know the way there don’t you? Are you scared to go?” She boldly replied with a degrading smile, and they almost swallowed her, but Andrei covered her quickly.

“Don’t F+çking come close!” He glared, draping his arms around her.

Zoya is in front of Selesta’s apartment with Selesta and the kids.

As expected, Angelika is crying when she saw the ongoing chaos all because of Adeline.

“They’ll kill her…they will” she muttered.

“Of course, they will” Zoya smiled, crossing her arms.

Selesta looked at her and sighed before looking at Aleksandr who’s smiling like a maniac.

It’s like the ongoing chaos is making him happy.

From the trampoline, Poe and the rest are watching with lots of other mobsters.

“If anyone told me this day would come today, I’d deny” Loud sighed.

“But they dare not gi near the manor, will they?” Malik said.

“Unless they wanna die” Poe replied.

“But this isn’t ending soon… The compound will soon tear with the crowd. They’re much” Jinx said, and at the same time, they all got dings on their phones.

They checked it out at once, and they exchanged glances.

It’s Madden, giving them updates about the mission.

For the first time, they’d be going on a morning mission, and they’re going through the second hidden gate at the back of the forest.

*

MANOR*

The sound of cutleries hitting a china dish was all that could be heard in the bedroom as Adeline ate her dish of pasta and meatballs.

She’s sitting between Madden’s legs in bed, and he’s the one holding the plate for her as she ate.

Wherever he got it from is still a mystery cos she’s sure it’s not from the kitchen.

Lady Selesta’s meals tastes differently from this one, and also, there’s no way Madden cooked for her, so she’s just gonna settle for maybe Jinx or Trixie.

“It’s delicious” she said with a mouthful.

“Of course it is” he replied, caressing her hair, and she chuckled as she took the water to drink.

He forbade her from touching her phone. In fact, he switched it off so she’s not aware of what’s going on in the compound.

“I’m full” she said.

Madden dropped the plate on the bedstand, then the cup followed.

“Thank you,” she faced him, and he planted a kiss on her lips and eyes, then on the chin and her neck which made her moan slowly.

“Madd…

“You will not come out of this manor or open the door for anyone till I come back” he said, leaving the bed.

She quickly grabbed his arm.

“Where are you going?”

“To clash with Nazeera… Stay here, no outsiders” he sternly said, and she left the bed, hugging him from behind as he dressed up.

“Come back quick” she said.

He unlocked her arms from his tummy and faced her with a slight nod.

“Be good” he said, caressing her button lip with his thumb.

“I’ll be good, I promise” she replied, and he gave her hair one final stroke before stepping out of the room, of the manor.

He met Poe and the rest waiting at the mountain, and Trixie was the first to step forward.

“My si…

“She’s fine” he cut her off, leading them down the back of the mountain.

They all followed him behind, and five minutes after they left, Klara climbed up the mountain.

Her long white gien was flowing with the morning air till she got to the top and rang the manor alarm.

She rang close to seven times, but no reply came.

“Your sister is still alive, Adeline!” She shouted, and almost immediately, Adeline opened the door with wide eyes.

“What did you just say?” 

Klara sighed, and three minutes later, they were already inside the manor together, in the living room.

“Trixie?” Adeline said, tears gathering in her eyes already.

“I didn’t know till I found out your real surname. Trixie is a Wilson. Erik brought her from America when she was just three days old. I’ll tell you the reason, and I’ll help you and your sister escape Russia without getting caught by the mob and without wiping your memories” Klara said, and Adeline shook her head.

“No. I don’t want to leave Madden. I love him I swear…I…

“Your love will do nothing but ruin his future, do you even know the density of what you did?” Klara scoffed, giving her a tab.

Adeline took it, and from the screen, she could see everything happening in the compound and the HATEUL comments on her and Madden, especially the ones saying Madden should be disqualified.

Tears ran down her eyes.

“Do you know what’d happen if he loses the Pakhan position for you? You won’t be able to forgive yourself, and you’ll still die cos there’s no way you can stay in here forever. You’ll….

“I’ll leave” Adeline looked up tearfully.

“Good, and he must not hear about it” Klara said.

“But give me one more week to hug and feel him…

“You have just three days. I can only hold the mob down for three days” Klara cut her off and stood, leaving the manor.

Adeline covered her face with her palms, sobbing painfully.

*

IGOR’S SUITE*

Sin and Igor are still by the door, watching the riot which is becoming heavier by the minutes.

The mob in the compound are too much, and there’s hardly any space to stand or park cars now 

Even the front of the gate is full… First time in history.

This obviously won’t be settled till Adeline is provided.

Ksenia is currently in the bedroom.

She watched enough of the ruckus already, so she came to take her bath since it’s already 10am.

She was wrapping the towel around herself when she noticed something peeking out from under the bedstand.

It’s brown like an envelope, and she frowned as she squatted.

She lifted the stand with all her energy, and she kicked out the envelope.

She was panting as she took the envelope, retying her towel before sitting in bed.

SECRET was written boldly on the envelope, and that even got her more curious.

“What’s this?” She muttered.

Does this mean even Igor hasn’t seen this envelope?

She opened it quickly, taking out the contents.

There’s a letter among the content, and she squinted as she read…

To Igor:

I’d probably be dead if you’re reading this, and my hidden son would be in charge already. You’ve always craved for your real mother, but isn’t it amusing that I’m not even the real father of you and Sin? Nazeera birthed you, and are you curious about your birth father? Check the other papers___ERIK.

The letter ended there, and Ksenia stood with shaky hands as she checked the other paper.

That one contains pictures.

They’re pictures of Sin and Igor as kids, but then there’s a different one.

In that picture, Nazeera is holding them, though her face is hidden cos she’s masked in the picture too.

She’s holding little Igor and Sin in her arms, and their father is standing behind her.

When Ksenia saw the face of the father, she gasped shockingly, covering her mouth so she won’t scream.

The father… He’s Ivan!

Ivan Smirnov, the father of Madden and Maya!

“What’s that in your hand?” Igor’s voice suddenly said behind her, and her eyes widened.

TBC.

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