Category: The Jailbird

  • Thē Jãilbīrd – Last Episode

    Thē Jãilbīrd – Last Episode

     

     THĒ JÃILBĪRD

    Thē Jãilbīrd – Episode 103

    (Female•In•Disguise)

    By; Naomi Cindy B.

    ★★★★★★★★★★★★★

    #UNEDITED

    “Erik is back!!!!!” The scream came from the back, but Madden didn’t even flinch.

    Nothing could stop Nazeera’s doom today, not even Satan himself.

    He threw the burning cigar at the cathedral, and it literally blew up.

    Madden turned to face the crowd, and when his eyes met with Sin’s, he almost strangled him.

    He was actually the one who did the scream.

    “It was meant to be a prank, don’t look at me like that big brother” Sin smiled in a silly manner, but Madden won’t stop glaring.

    “I told you it’s not an advisable prank” Trixie muttered beside Sin, and she bowed.

    “I’m sorry on his behalf, Pakhan!” She said, and Sin did the same.

    “Erik is still rotting in hell, and no one is opening the gate for him” he smiled.

    Adeline came to the front, and Madden held her by the waist, then they both faced the burning cathedral together.

    “Finally” she muttered.

    “Yeah… finally” he replied, kissing her eyes before bringing her head to his chest.

    “Let’s go to the manor” she said.

    Madden lifted her in his arms immediately, carrying her heavy self out of the place.

    The faces of others came to view afterwards, all standing in twos.

    “So…what next?” Andrei asked, facing Maya who’s hanging beside him.

    “Celebration…the party is not over” she replied, and he grinned.

    “I love this fire” Ksenia cooed.

    “Me too” Igor replied, rubbing her hair.

    “Like I said, I’d take my swimming and archery classes serious. Remember i have to win awards” Trixie said.

    “I’ll help you” Sin replied.

    “Is this happy ending?” Jinx asked.

    “Of course… It might not be the end yet, but everyone got closure, and tomorrow is the start of a new life for all of us” Loud replied.

    Sergei came to the front, raising a bottle of vodka.

    “To the comeback of The Bratva!” He shouted.

    Everyone raised their fists too.

    “To The Bratva!” They chorused.

    *

    NEXT DAY, KONSTANTIN*

    Konstantin is the tallest skyscraper in Fili, used for special couple events and functions only, and tonight, the aura and energy is different.

    The exterior of the skyscraper is embroidered with expensive floral designs, all colour red and screaming wealth.

    There are scenting candles too, and there are red lights and ice-cold pearl stones in outrageous quantities.

    A red limo halted in front of the skyscraper, and pretty Adeline stepped out of the car, her mouth widening when she saw the glory of the building.

    Madden ordered for her to be brought her, and she’s still wondering what The naughty Pakhan wants with her tonight.

    She was smiling as she was led into the building, and some female guards had to hold the tail of her dress behind since it’s so darn long.

    She entered the elevator alone, her smile still intact as it went up.

    She can’t pinpoint what’s about to happen yet, but she trusts it’s something big cos her Madden doesn’t make a move without a remarkable reason.

    She held her white gown herself when the elevator got to the top floor and opened.

    There are many guards on standby on that floor too, and they all bowed to her Majesty.

    “Welcome, godmother.”

    Adeline began blushing hard. She’s not used to getting called that name at all, but it feels too good each time.

    “He’s waiting at the rooftop” they further told her, opening another door for her.

    She followed their lead , and immediately she entered that door, her mouth and eyes widened at the same time.

    Blood moon roses were sprinkled on the red-rugged ground everywhere, and there are red candles too, scenting so good.

    The place has an open roof, but the walls has their flowery designs too, looking too much.

    There’s a classic music playing softly, and she let go of her gown tail, looking around for any sign of him.

    When she finally saw him, she was stunned.

    He’s beside the low railings of the place, staring at her like his ultimate universe.

    He’s wearing a black suit, deciding to change colour tonight, but he looks even more s+xy.

    He changed his haircut too, and now it’s in a slightly tousled cut with some of the strands falling on his right eye.

    She did a little penguin run to him, and he grabbed her immediately, giving her a little princess swirl which made her giggle like a baby.

    When he dropped her on the ground, he rubbed her tummy and lowered himself to kiss it.

    “Don’t run like that anymore, you can’t hurt the baby” he said, and she gasped.

    “You knew?” 

    “Who wouldn’t? I don’t need a test to recognize a lady who’s carrying my babies” he replied, and she grinned, hugging him tightly.

    Madden kissed her neck affectionately before picking a bouquet of blood moon from the waiting table.

    She took it, smelling it addictively.

    “Told you I was gonna replace it every week. We should start now” he said, and she smiled widely.

    “I can’t wait”

    Every single light in that area suddenly went off, but then a bright light came on where they are, and she gasped, looking up at the galaxy beauty.

    “I could die for you without blinking, Addie” he suddenly said, and that brought her eyes back to him.

    “I’d give all my life investments just to watch you smile everyday, and you only have to order me to burn, and I’d set myself on fire” he said, and she started getting teary.

    The look in his eyes as he said those words is too heavy, and she’s drowning in it without a plan to come back to the surface.

    “I love you enough to allow you into my rock of a heart. I love you enough to let you communicate with my demons. I love you enough to let you take over my heart, body and soul. I love you enough to let you give me orders, and I’d follow. I can’t promise a non-toxic relationship when I’m toxic itself, but I love you enough to allow you correct me anytime you feel I’m going astray. I respect you as my woman, Addie, but now I’m going to change that. I want to respect you as my wife officially. Marry me, Adeline Wilson” he said, and Adeline let out the tears immediately.

    “Yes… Yes Madden!” She stretched her fingers forward, and Madden went on a knee, bringing out the glittering ring box.

    He opened it, and the shine from the big diamond almond blinded Adeline.

    She gasped for the countless time tonight, and when he inserted it into her finger, she felt the overwhelming weight, it was heavy.

    Madden stood, and then he held her face and wiped her warm tears.

    “I love you” he said it first, and she started crying again.

    “Say it again” she whispered.

    “I love you, dusha moya” he replied, his eyes spitting emotions.

    “I love you too, Maddenchik” she said, and she smiled as he brought his lips closer, crashing it on hers so hard she forgot to breathe.

    Two years ago when she was still stuck in jail, she never thought of this. She never even had this dream.

    Even when she left jail and came to the clan as Micheal, she was too busy training to dream.

    When she left the clan and became Tessa, she still didn’t dream this, but now after becoming Adeline again, the shock hit her like a typhoon.

    Madden Smirnov is a man she never expected to win his black heart completely, but she did it.

    She did it!

    And now, that powerful man, feared by all… Is hers… completely.

    She found her other part finally, and their third part in in her stomach, ready to come to life seven months from now.

    If this is a dream, then she wants to be stuck… FOREVER.

    *****

    EIGHTEEN YEARS LATER, A DINNER HOUSE*

    A black car drove into the exclusive park, and a minute later, Adeline stepped out, looking as gorgeous as ever.

    It’s like eighteen years never took it’s toll on her body at all. Her skin is an A+, and so is everything on her.

    Her guards surrounding the dinner bowed in respect, and she nodded at them, then the backdoor of her car opened, letting out her three kids.

    Two boys, and a girl… They’re triplets.

    The two boys are Matvey and Makar while the girl is Mariya.

    “Now I have just one warning, Makar” Adeline said sternly,.

    “You’re always behaving like I’m the black sheep of the family” Makar replied grimly like a stone.

    “You’re not the black sheep, darling, but everyone knows you never listen to anyone, not even your father” Adeline replied, and he scoffed.

    Mariya and Matvey grinned.

    While Makar has Madden’s temper and personality, Matvey has Adeline’s own.

    As for Mariya the girl, she’s both. She just switches everytime.

    “If you ruin this dinner, then no playstation for you throughout this week” Adeline said.

    “I’d go to uncle Sinclair’s place for it then” Makar said stubbornly.

    “Sinclair is out of the country at the moment, so you better behave” Adeline glared” 

    “Yes mum” he grunted with displeasure, and the other two chuckled.

    Adeline led them into the house, and immediately they got in, she already knew this dinner is ruined.

    Zoya and her twins are inside already, having dinner too.

    “Hey Mariya!” Angelika winked… She’s a grown lady now.

    “Hey Angel!” Mariya winked back prettily.

    Angelika might be a lot older, but they get along a lot, and as for Aleksandr…

    “Hey wifey!” He winked at Mariya too.

    “That twat!” Makar waltzed to him immediately, pulling him up by the collar.

    Aleksandr is not that tall, Makar is taller despite the age difference.

    “I already told you to stop calling my sister your wifey!” Makar glared poisonously.

    Makar and Aleksandr are enemies for no reason, they don’t just like each other.

    “Too bad, I made up my mind to marry her since years ago” Aleksandr replied bluntly.

    “But you’re older than me with many years” Mariya retorted sassily.

    “Doesn’t mean I can’t f+I ck you” Aleksandr replied, and that was it

    Makar dealt his face with heavy loaded punches immediately, and when Aleksandr started fighting back, Matvey joined Makar, and the fight turned bigger.

    Angelika and Mariya stayed beside each other as they watched their brothers fight while Zoya and Adeline sighed.

    They’re obviously tired of seeing scenes like this.

    They didn’t even bother to separate cos it’s useless.

    “What’s this shit show?” The deep voice said by the door, and the fight stopped immediately.

    The boys let go of each other with wounded faces as Madden came in, holding his gun in hand.

    His two boys came behind him, and Mariya joined them too.

    Aleksandr and Angelika went to Zoya.

    “Tell your son to stay away from my daughter, else he’d die by my hands” Madden warned darkly.

    “If only he listens” Zoya replied.

    “I don’t plan on listening” Aleksandr boldly said.

    “Good. I love blockheads” Madden smirked.

    His boys were glaring at Aleksandr as he led them into their private room with Mariya and Adeline.

    Twenty minutes later, the faces of the boys have been tended to, and they’re all settled down already, eating with the parents.

    “You’re too much” Adeline told Makar.

    “It’s my fault again? Aleks started it I hate this!” Makar spranged up and made to walk out…

    “Sit down” Madden told him.

    “Not doing that, dad” he replied obstinately and began leaving.

    Adeline went after him, pulling him back to hug fondly.

    “My hothead… sorry ok?” She said, and Makar calmed down eventually.

    Mariya and Matvey came to join the hug too, but Madden remained on his seat, watching them.

    His family. 

    His peaceful family that he’s been doing everything to protect for years, and he’d continue to do it.

    He stood eventually, joining the big hug and kissing Adeline’s lips in the process.

    Adeline chuckled, kissing him deeper.

    It’s an happy ending after all.

    They didn’t meet by accident, their fire was predestined to burn.

    THE END.

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  • Thē Jãilbīrd – Episode 101&102

    Thē Jãilbīrd – Episode 101&102

     

     THĒ JÃILBĪRD

    Thē Jãilbīrd – Episode 101&102

    (Female•In•Disguise)

    By; Naomi Cindy B.

    ★★★★★★★★★★★★★

    #UNEDITED

    “Aleks!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!” Zoya screamed with petrified eyes, coming to a sharp halt on the afternoon snow.

    It’s like blood and water stopped running her system, and she lost her balance completely as she watched Aleksandr falling flat.

    She’d have fallen flat too, but her boys ran crowded that area, joining Ksenia and Sergei in the firing.

    The street became bloody, and Angelika started crying.

    “Aleks!”

    She ran to him same time as Zoya, and Zoya sat on the ground before placing the young boy’s head on her laps.

    He was already gasping for breaths, and his fists are folded, showing just how hard he’s fighting this.

    “That’s right, Aleks. Remember what I told you about Death? He’s tough, and that’s why the real death hasn’t killed him throughout his dark existry. You can do it sweetheart, hmm? Stay with me” she said, nodding at him.

    Angelika squatted with him too, taking his folded hand 

    “Please don’t go” she shook her head in tears, and Aleksandr opened his mouth to talk, but he gasped again, and the mouth closed.

    His eyes went shut too, and Zoya gasped…

    “Aleks!!!”

    By now, the military men finished off Nazeera’s men already, so Sergei and Ksenia quickly called an ambulance.

    Aleksandr was quickly taken away.

    *

    COLORADO, ODESSA’S PLACE*

    Nazeera was still inside the cage when Madden turned his back on it, facing the ongoing fight like a spectator.

    Trixie is not even standing close to her opponent at all. She’s standing by the stairs while the opponent is by the base, and from there, she’s firing him with arrows.

    He was escaping perfectly at first, but immediately one of the arrows hit him, he staggered and became weak.

    The arrow blade is poisoned.

    Trixie fired him another one, making him weaker before jumping from the stairs, pouncing on him.

    Andrei’s opponent died so fast, he smashed his head on the cage metal, and his forehead cracked right in front of Nazeera.

    Nazeera gulped as the body dropped in front of the gate, and Madden smirked, enjoying the raw fear on her face.

    Loud and Jinx fought their opponents together, taking turns to exchange the guys every minute till they smashed out their eyes.

    The last hits sent the guys flying to their deaths on the wall.

    Their bodies hit the hard surface, and they landed on the ground with a loud thud, their blood draining on the tiles.

    Igor’s opponent almost had the upper hand, but the moment he removed his gloves and hit his forehead on the opponent’s own, it was over.

    The guy’s eyes rolled up, and Igor kicked him to the kitchen door energetically.

    His back got cut by the sharp hinges, and his blood poured, joining the others on the floor.

    Sin and Malik flipped their opponents at the same time, then before the two could recover, they got knives and shoved it up their @sses, killing them easily on the spot.

    Maya’s teeth is designing her opponent’s body, and her rants filled the living room as the opponent pulled her hair.

    “You should have said no when she payed you to be her men. Do you know what I and my brother faced in the hands of this bî+ch? Huh!!” She yelled, slapping that one.

    He elbowed Maya on the tummy, and Maya staggered.

    Madden almost went to the scene, but Andrei stopped him.

    “Allow her to have her own victory this time, please. Trust her she’d kill him” Andrei assured, and Madden took a fresh breath.

    “You dirty scumbag!!” Maya yelled, pulling out her knife from under her sleeves.

    She went for the opponent again, giving him a cut on the jaw this time. The guy threw her a punch which she  swayed to avoid, then she stabbed the knife into his arm, making him scream.

    She removed it, and he grabbed her face with his second hand, trying to destroy it just like that, but she wriggled out of his hold with a red face and elbowed him.

    He staggered, and she hit him between the legs, making him squirm, then she threw the knife at him.

    The sharp blade got his throat, and Maya smiled as his blood spilled out, wetting her face.

    He landed dead on the tile with the other opponents, and Nazeera became a corpse in her cage.

    The guys exchanged glances, cos Adeline is nowhere to be found.

    But then, her head suddenly came up behind the biggest couch, she’s holding a bloody knife.

    She stood with blood all-over her ruthless face like Maya, and when she revealed her second hand, she’s holding the heart of her opponent who’s already dead.

    All the anger she felt from when Dominic’s guards were pushing her around last night, she had applied it into ruining her opponent, which is why she ended him mercilessly like this.

    She threw the heart at the wall, and the organ bounced back, hitting the ground and wasting away.

    She looked up, meeting the eyes of everyone on herself, and she smiled widely when she saw Madden’s eyes.

    His eyes are full of intrigue and respect right now, and she’d kill hundreds of opponents to see that look again.

    She walked fast to him, meeting him in front of Nazeera’s cage.

    Their lips met in a fierce kiss, not minding the blood on her hands and face.

    Madden pushed her to the cage, and her back hit it, then he lifted her up and her legs wrapped on his waist before they’re deepened the kiss, their lips making pop sounds.

    Madden opened his eyes during the kiss, and his eyes met with Odessa’s inside the cage.

    Odessa fell weakly, and he smirked into the kiss before closing his eyes back, kissing his woman harder.

    Maya got a quick call, and when she finished talking on phone, she smiled.

    “Zoya got the twins, though there’s a little complication, but it’d be solved” she announced, and everyone took a proper breath.

    “No…no it can’t be… There’s no way they got the twins!!!” She yelled.

    “Dream on, bî+ch” Maya muttered.

    Odessa smiled on the rails.

    *

    NEXT DAY, A COLUMBARIUM*

    Adeline is dressed in a black gown, and Madden wore a black suit for her sake since they’re coming to visit her parents.

    The urns containing their ashes were placed beside each other on the wooden shelves among others.

    Evelyn Wilson and Jade Wilson were written on the urns respectfully… Their names.

    Adeline dropped the flower bouquet she brought, and Madden dropped one too, following her lead.

    “How have you been up there, momma and papa?” She asked as if she can see them.

    She touched their urns with so much sadness in her eyes, and she couldn’t stop the tears immediately.

    Her tears fell.

    “I miss you both so much, and I wish you’re here to see the man I got. He’s not only handsome but powerful and always there for me too. He might be mad, but I love his madness too, and I’m ready to go mad with him” she said emotionally.

    Madden held her right hand immediately, and he started rubbing her knuckles to calm her tears with a small smile on his face.

    “I love him a lot, and he loves me too I know it. He gave me a new home, and I’m not ready to ever leave him again. I promise to come yearly from now on, and by next year when I come, I’d come with my child I promise” she further said, and Madden pulled her into a comforting hug immediately, letting her cry on his chest.

    “I’ll take care of your daughter… It’s a lifetime promise” he said meaningfully, staring at the pictures attached to the urns.

    No doubt, Adeline resembles her dad more than the mum. The only thing she picked from her mum is the golden hair, everything else belongs to the dad.

    He had to carry Adeline in his arms out of the columbarium, then Trixie came in with Sin too.

    The first thing she took was the pictures attached to the urns, and as she stared at the faces of her parents, she was driven to tears too.

    “I look a lot like mum, but I inherited dad’s dark hair” she said, showing Sin the pictures.

    “Real” he smiled, and she chuckled before facing the urns again .

    “It’s a pity I didn’t get to meet you both, but I promise to live the best of my life, and I promise to be good. I’ll make you both proud, and I plan to take my swimming and archery classes more serious from now on. I’ll bring awards here soon” she said, dropping her flowers.

    Sin wiped the tears in her eyes, and she smiled again.

    “She’s fine with me, trust me. I love her a lot” he said, facing the urns.

    Trixie couldn’t help but chuckle again, then he took her hand.

    “Let’s go”

    She nodded, then they exited together.

    *

    TWO MONTHS LATER, RUSSIA~ CLAN COMPOUND*

    The past two months were spent rebelling against the cops, and obviously, Madden and Sergei knew the right hands to grease in the force.

    When Madden stepped back into the country two months ago, they were too adamant about throwing him in jail, but their adamancy went down the moment Madden met the right people.

    The dead politicians were marked as corrupt, and all their corruptive acts were opened for the citizens to see.

    It only means they deserved the deaths, if not more than that.

    The cops lessened their grip on the clan immediately, and then the rebuilding started that same month.

    Now it’s complete, and the gate is even higher and more intimidating than before.

    Just that the house of Orlovs was completely eradicated, and now the new biggest house is The House Of Smirnovs.

    All the kids have their office in the building. Madden, Maya, Igor and Sin.

    It’s bigger than before too, and the cathedral is back in shape with Nazeera’s cries filling the alter everyday from constant tortures.

    The Bratva came together again, and though they’re not as much as before, but they’re ten times stronger now, and their shields have been fortified.

    Once they recruit more mobsters at fall, numbers will go back to before.

    The clan is busier than usual today, cos tonight, the new Pakhan will be crowned during the Dark Night Party.

    Erik’s vote has been forfeited, so now the votes will come directly from the family members, the top 5, and the mobsters.

    No one knows who gets the crown yet, but it’s between the three men… Madden, Igor and Sin.

    Aunt Odessa is the new kitchen lady! She choose to do it though since she followed them back to Russia.

    She’s busy cooking the clan meal that evening with Jinx and Trixie in the kitchen, stealing from her stock every now and then.

    “It’s a pity Malik won’t be attending the Black Party” Jinx said.

    “He needed to go for Death’s errand… He’ll get the gist when he arrives tomorrow” Trixie replied and tried stealing another stock meat, but Odessa hit her hand, and she pouted.

    “I’ll tell Sinclair”

    “Whatever…stop stealing the meat” Odessa rolled eyes, and Jinx laughed out, pulling her out of the crowdy kitchen.

    *

    MANOR*

    Adeline is busy staring at four  dresses in front of her, trying to take a pick for the party, but she’s just not feeling any of it.

    She has been losing interest in things these days, and she gets pissed quiet easily too… Her moods are unpredictable.

    She shut her eyes, stretching her hand forward to pick one.

    When she opened her eyes, she’s holding the reddest dress, and she smiled.

    “I’ll just take this”

    Madden came into the bedroom to pick something at that moment, and she frowned at him.

    “Turns me on, your frown” he smirked hotly, and she gave him a gummy hug, almost entering him.

    “I’m mad at you. You didn’t f+ck me well last night, now I’m craving for it and you’re not even available to give it. Can you cancel tonight’s party and stay with me instead?” She said.

    Madden picked his phone immediately, dialling Sergei’s line.

    “What?” She blinked.

    “I’m gonna tell him to cancel the party” he replied, and she took the phone, ending the call.

    “I don’t want that, just stay for five minutes” she said, tightening her arms on him.

    He hugged her back, kissing her hair repeatedly.

    It’s back to gold, and it’s at bob level already since she’s naturally hairy.

    They stayed in each other’s arms for more than five minutes. Madden knowingly extended it to ten, and then he broke it.

    “Don’t go yet” she pulled his shirt in the front.

    “I’ll be back in an hour” he replied.

    “That’s too long I don’t want to go into the compound in search of you. I suddenly don’t like crowds” she replied.

    “Thirty minutes?” He dipped his brows, and she reluctantly let go of him.

    “Twenty minutes” she muttered, and he kissed her lips wetly before leaving the manor.

    On his way out, he got a text from a luxury store.

    It’s the picture of the ring he ordered, but the diamond stone on top of it is not to his satisfaction, so he typed…

    • Get me another one with a bigger stone. I want her to feel the money and my heavy obsession when I insert it.

    He pocketed his phone afterwards, going down the mountain.

    *

    MAYA’S SUITE*

    Staying by the window like her usual habit, Maya has a smile on her thin lips as she stared at the bustling compound.

    Arms suddenly wrapped on her from behind, and she smiled, resting back on the person.

    Obviously Andrei.

    “You enjoying the view?” He asked, kissing her neck.

    “I’ve always enjoyed the view from here, and that’s why it’s my best spot, but it’s a pity I can’t see Madden’s manor. That MaddPsycho decided to build it on the mountain” she said, and he chuckled.

    She faced him, resting her butt on the window wall, then she smiled deeply like she has never done before.

    “Thanks for not letting my witchy room scare you. Even when others were too scared to come close, you did” she whispered, holding his shoulders.

    “I love you, Maya” he smiled.

    “I love you too, Andrei” she smiled back, and he claimed her lips immediately.

    She was about to kiss deeper when he suddenly broke it.

    “The tongue?” He whispered.

    “Give me everything” she replied, and he reconnected their lips immediately, their tongues dancing wildly in their mouths as he swept her up to his arms.

    She tangled herself on him, moaning for the very first time in her life as he carried her into the bedroom, shutting the door.

    *

    IGOR’S SUITE*

    Igor might be the crankiest of all the Smirnov siblings, but his suite is always the fullest.

    Sin and Loud are inside with several other mobsters, then the real Micheal…Loud’s brother.

    The one adeline bought his identity. He followed them here from Colorado too.

    Igor himself is sitting on the smallest couch, reading a medical journal, but his mind is not there at all.

    “Are you really gonna let her go? Bro!” Sin said.

    “You’ll regret it for the rest of your life, trust me” Loud said.

    “I heard she’s a pretty lady” Micheal said.

    If anything, he’s even worse than Loud in talking.

    “Of course… This is why I miss Malik here. If he was here, he’d have told you how pretty Ksenia is” Sin said.

    Trixie and Jinx came into the suite too.

    “What’s happening?” Jinx asked.

    “Ksenia is returning to Italy tonight” Loud replied.

    “What! Then what are you still doing here Igor? You can’t lose her” Trixie said.

    “Oh brother, you’d never find her type anymore. Your proudness will be the end of you I’m tired” Sin stood, facing Loud.

    “Let’s go visit my playstation” he said, and immediately Loud stood, Igor stood too.

    Before anyone could get it, he dashed out of the suite.

    They all exchanged glances and bursted out laughing.

    *

    COLORADO, APEX SYNDICATE EMPIRE*

    Baron was having a syndicate meeting in the penthouse when a guard came in to report a visitor’s presence.

    He had to excuse himself from the meeting and go out when he heard who it is.

    He was led to the gate where he met Malik waiting.

    “Death sent you?” Baron asked surprisingly.

    “Yeah” Malik replied, opening the boot of the van he came in.

    There’s an image of Baron there, perfectly moulded.

    “Oh…” Baron smiled, grinning as Malik took the image out of the van 

    Baron hugged the image tightly like it’s his most priced possession, and Malik smiled.

    “I’ll give him all the billions in my account for this. Just give me his account number” Baron said happily.

    “He wants no cash, he just wants business with your empire in the future” Malik replied.

    “Anytime… Anytime he wants I’m ready” Baron laughed, and then Fatima rushed out of the gate too.

    “From Russia?” She asked breathlessly. She has been rushing obviously.

    “Yeah” Malik replied, and she brought out a letter from her pocket.

    “I’ve been wanting to send this for a long time. Please give it to Adeline and Trixie. Tell them I’m sorry” she said.

    Malik took it with a big smile, and when their eyes met, Fatima smiled too, wider than his own.

    *

    RUSSIA, INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT*

    Igor literally jumped out of his Audi, rushing into the airport breathlessly without stopping to catch his breath.

    He was forced to stop when an announcement came from the intercom.

    • The red-eye flight from Russia to Italy is taking off now!

    He stopped abruptly, resting his palms on his knees as hit breaths escaped his nostrils.

    She’s gone.

    He didn’t even know when tears escaped his eyes.

    Those motherf+ckin’ eyes of his are always ready to cry.

    He squatted there and continued crying like a kid, oblivious of all the people walking past him.

    He just wants to cry.

    He should have come earlier. He should have listened to Sin and the guys earlier.

    She wiped his tears with his jacket, but another round fell.

    He was about to wipe again when someone tapped his shoulder, and he slowly looked up to see the pretty face.

    “I knew you’d come” Ksenia said with a big smile, and he slowly stood.

    “You…you weren’t on the plane?”

    “I had no plans to go back to Italy before… It was a stunt to make you come out of your shell, and it worked. Look at his eyes” Ksenia laughed at his tears, and he quickly started wiping them.

    “Such a crybaby… Come here” she widened her arms for a hug, but instead of that, Igor pulled her closer by her neck, kissing her publicly.

    Ksenia smiled into the kiss, raising one of her legs behind as she held his arms, receiving the kiss sweetly.

    *

    CLAN COMPOUND, 10PM*

    The Black hall is full to the brim with The Bratva crowd already, and they’re still pouring in.

    Many of them are surrounding the hall, talking in the dark while giggling in joy.

    The crowning ceremony is in some minutes, and they all can’t wait.

    Andrei and Maya are in front of the hall, seated together on their designated seats, then Sin and Trixie too.

    Igor and Ksenia came in same time as Madden and Adeline, but Adeline’s beauty is definitely unmatched with her red mermaid gown and the loubotins.

    She’s shinning, and she added a lot of weight too, especially on the cheeks, br+àsts and but+. She looks healthier, younger and calm.

    Igor was glaring at Madden till they got to their spots, standing beside each other.

    Zoya was one of the last to come in, and she’s holding the hands of the twins who’re both beaming.

    Aleksandr survived the gunshot, luckily.

    Sergei and the other top 5 came to the top, and silence descended in the hall when Sergei cleared his throat.

    “After the collective voting of we the 5, the mobsters, and the Smirnov siblings, The Bratva will receive a new Pakhan tonight…” He said calmly.

    The hall became calmer.

    “Madden Smirnov” he announced, and everyone began clapping as the votes were displayed on the LED screen.

    Everyone really voted for Madden, even Igor.

    “He’s so cool” Aleksandr said from Zoya’s side as Madden went to the top too.

    “Now that he’s not our father” Angelika said.

    “I’ll take him as my role model, and I’ll just marry his daughter in the future” Aleksandr replied, and Zoya smiled as she clapped with the others.

    “I have nothing to say, really” Madden said when he got to the top, and Adeline began blushing as she snapped pictures of him talking.

    Finally…dream come true” she muttered, biting her red lip.

    “I’ll control the Bratva to the best of my brains, cos my heart belongs to that one person” he said, and Adeline blushed harder.

    “By the way, you still have to say thanks to me for your face” Igor stood 

    “They’re about to start again” Maya muttered, and Ksenia already started laughing.

    “For the love of Satan, I’m not telling you that” Madden replied bluntly.

    “I gave you that face @sshole!” Igor insisted.

    “I’ll include it in my will when I die” Madden replied.

    “You f+çking ingrate!” Igor snapped.

    “Crying machine” Madden muttered, and Igor gasped.

    “Bring him down here, I’m his senior with two years! I want to take my vote back” He said seriously.

    By now, almost everyone in the hall are laughing seriously.

    “Aren’t my brothers so dramatic?” Sin grinned.

    “Tell me about it” Trixie smiled.

    Loud and Jinx’s laughter was the loudest among the mobsters.

    In ten more minutes, Madden is in the at the cathedral.

    He opened the door, and his black shoes took him into the house of agony.

    That’s the right name for it cos the only person inside is a representation of the word agony.

    Nazeera. She looks like she experienced hell on earth.

    All her teeth is gone except for the remaining four scattered on her gums, and half of her hair has been pulled out.

    Her tongue got twisted too, so she can’t speak, she can only scream. Any normal human would die with her condition, but she was injected with a serum to keep her alive while watching herself deteriorate.

    Her fingers aren’t complete anymore too, and her left eye is gone.

    She’s smelling too, awfully.

    “How does it feel, to feel hell on earth on the alter?” Madden asked, squatting in front of her.

    She couldn’t speak, just looking at him with her one sorrow-filled eye.

    Madden smiled cruelly, taking off his cross necklace.

    He emptied all the poison into her mouth, then he returned the necklace to his neck before standing.

    “Pashyol k chyortu (go to hell)” he whispered in Russian, lightening a jaguar cigar as he walked gallantly out of the cathedral.

    Gasoline was poured in by the mobsters, and when he got out, everyone was already waiting in front of the building.

    He joined the crowd, giving the cigar a bored look before looking back at the cathedral, then he smirked.

    He was about to throw the burning cigar at the cathedral when someone suddenly screamed from the back…

    “Erik is back!!!!!”

    TBC.

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  • Thē Jãilbīrd – Episode 87&88

    Thē Jãilbīrd – Episode 87&88

     

     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 – Episode 87&88

    Thē Jãilbīrd – Episode 87&88

     

     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 – Episode 83&84

     

     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 – Episode 83&84

    Thē Jãilbīrd – Episode 83&84

     

     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 – Episode 81&82

    Thē Jãilbīrd – Episode 81&82

     

     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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  • Thē Jãilbīrd – Episode 55&56

    Thē Jãilbīrd – Episode 55&56

     

     THĒ JÃILBĪRD

    Thē Jãilbīrd – Episode 55&56

    (Female•In•Disguise)

    By; Naomi Cindy B.

    ★★★★★★★★★★★★★

    #UNEDITED 

    “I need it more” he replied, and despite Adeline’s teary face, she couldn’t fight the chuckle that crackled in her throat, then she looked up at him.

    “Can you stop being arrogant for once, Madden?” She comfortably said, and he slowly brought his cold hand to her face, fingering her freckles and wiping her tears at the same time.

    She leaned into his touch, and his brows dipped attractively as he watched her.

    “It’s inbuilt, and every other f+çked up stuff in my bloodstream. Don’t be surprised if you find out more triggering things” he said meaningfully, and she almost threw him another question, but he already grabbed her by the wrist, leading the way while taking her away.

    She just followed, and till they left the basement vicinity, she didn’t look back for once.

    She already filtered Kimberly out of her memories, and though the betrayal still hurts like a bî+ch, she’d bear the fire so far Madden stays with her.

    Though he’s an emotionless beast who doesn’t know how to sympathize or console.

    Hell, he even lacks empathy and pity, and he’s wicked to a fault, but still… The little flicker of kindness he showed her will not be taken for granted.

    Her mind went back to Corey’s words…

    “If you need help to escape the clan, I’ll help you”

    Can she even leave now? She still needs to find out why The Pakhan ordered Corey to kill her parents.

    Yeah. Maybe when she finally finds that out, she’d leave, but can she really… leave?

    Her eyes went to her wrist which is still held by Madden who’s walking beside her, and she traced his arm to his handsome face, smiling slightly.

    Deeply, she’s glad she has him.

    They finally arrived at the mountain and entered the freezing manor together.

    *

    DOWNTOWN, SERGEI’S OFFICE*

    A political meeting ended just now, and several big burly men could be seen pouring out of the office.

    Igor is in front of the office, watching them with little patience till the last one came out, then he went in.

    He met Sergei on seat, and he settled in front of him without being told to.

    “A sudden meeting with you doesn’t sound appealing, Igor Orlov” Sergei said, weaving his fingers together on the glass table.

    “You know why I’m here, so quit acting blind” Igor replied, and Sergei chuckled, adjusting his tie.

    “I stand with Madden till the end. We have an unbreakable relationship” he said.

    “Madden won’t give you anything! He’s not winning this game! I have my father’s support so tell me how he’s gonna overpower me!” Igor spat.

    “Your father’s support? How daft can you be, Igor” Sergei rested back, and Igor spranged up, raising a blow to his face.

    Before he could punch him, guards rushed in front different angles in the office, and one of them yanked Igor away, throwing him against the smaller table.

    Igor lurched back, breathing heavily as Sergei stood.

    “Madden is easily a part of my family,, and if you wanna make me turn my back on him, then you need to do more than this childish offer. You seriously look like an highschool kid. Tasteless, classless and strategically dry. You’re clueless too, which is why Erik has been riding you like a pony” he said with a clear tone of ridicule and left the office.

    His guards followed him, but two of them stated back to escort Igor out.

    Igor hit his shoe against wall immediately he got out, then he cursed out countlessly.

    “That old d+ck!” 

    He dished out his phone and dialled Andrei.

    “It didn’t go well like I predicted?” Andrei’s voice came from the other end.

    “Shut the f+ck up and tell me what you think! Sergei is a hard nut to crack, and I need something to hold him down” Igor replied restlessly.

    “Are you asking me for advice right now?” Andrei said, and Igor could imagine him scoffing.

    “Don’t rub it on my face. I’m helpless here @sshole!” Igor shouted.

    “Come back then, and we can talk” Andrei replied, and Igor hung up, driving off the area.

    *

    CLAN, LADY SELESTA’S APARTMENT*

    Angelika is asleep in bed.

    She dozed off immediately she ate her dinner of garnished noodles.

    Lady Selesta got her sleeping socks and sat beside her in bed, taking her tiny legs to wear them on.

    The weather temperature is going high these days, and that only means the first rain of the year is happening soon.

    It’s March ending anyways, so the downpour will come anytime and mark the beginning of spring.

    The heat changed her mind about the socks, so she removed it from Angelika’s foot and covered her with the quilt instead.

    Immediately she did, her phone rang on the bedstand, and she quickly went for it.

    Fear was written boldly on her face when she saw the caller, and she speedily swiped green.

    “Hello ma’am!” She stood at tension.

    “How’s my daughter doing?” The cold female voice asked.

    “She’s already asleep after taking noodles” Selesta replied.

    “Didn’t you say she’s allergic to shrimps?” The voice asked.

    “Yeah. I usually garnish her noodles without shrimps trust me” Selesta said, and silence rented the line till Selesta spoke up again.

    “You’ve never called this late before” 

    “The special ops had late field training, and as the commander, you don’t expect me to be full of time. Why the questions though? You mean I can’t call to ask about my daughter anytime?” The voice replied, sounding colder.

    “No no no that’s not what I meant, ma’am. I was just…

    “Is that my mommy on phone?” Angelika’s voice suddenly asked, and Selesta turned to see her sitting in bed already with a questioning look on her round face.

    “Oh no” Selesta muttered.

    “Mommy!!!” Angelika shouted, getting down from the bed quickly.

    “She caught me, ma’am” Selesta said on phone.

    “Give her the phone” the voice replied, and she handed the phone to Angelika immediately.

    “Mommy?” She slowly said.

    It took a while before the voice spoke…

    “Hey baby”

    Tears of joy rushed out of Angelika’s eyes, and she held the phone tighter to her ear.

    “I love you mommy. I love you so much but why are you refusing to see me? I want to see what you look like and snap pictures with you so I can show my classmates when we resume next week. I’m not going back to the boarding house if I don’t see you!!” 

    “I want to see you sweetheart, trust me but I only need time. I miss you a lot and it’s hard to sleep at night” the voice said.

    “I miss you too but how much time do you need? I can’t wait anymore” Angelika said, wiping her tears.

    “Just a little more time, ok? Selesta told me you rejected my gifts, are you that mad at me?” The voice said.

    “I’ll take them now that you promised to come back soon” Angelika quickly replied.

    “How’s your fath…I mean Madden. How’s he doing?” The voice asked.

    “Oh…the scary man? He’s probably at his red manor by now. Mommy he kills without blinking, and everyone fears him here including me, but how do you know him?” Angelika asked.

    “I’ll tell you the story when I’m back” the voice said.

    “Come back soon mommy, I can’t wait to see you in the soldier uniform. I love you so much!” Angelika beamed.

    “I love you too baby, now go to bed” the voice said.

    “Yes mommy” Angelika replied, returning the phone to Selesta before going back to bed.

    “Goodnight m…

    Selesta hasn’t even finished talking when the woman hung up, and the phone made a loud click.

    “Her mad temper” Selesta muttered before going to the bed.

    She covered Angelika with the quilt again, rubbing her hair.

    “How do you feel now?” She asked.

    “Too good” Angelika said happily, and Selesta kissed her hair as her eyes went shut.

    She slept off.

    *

    MANOR, 11PM*

    The manor is dead silent except for the sounds of Adeline’s heartbeats.

    It was literally hammering throughout the house as she slept cuddled in Madden’s arms in bed.

    He had mandated her to eat some pancakes then she had her shower before changing into one of his sweatshirts again.

    She’s wearing nothing under it, and the shirt is so short that it barely covered her @ss, so the intimacy is almost skin-to-skin since he’s wearing just white singlet and boxers too.

    Her face is on his chest, and despite her determination to sleep over the betrayal she just experienced, she couldn’t sleep.

    His scent… His damn snowy frosty scent again.

    How can a man smell so good?

    She was inhaling it greedily while trying to adjust her position so she could look at his face.

    His arms are so muscular and tight that it felt impossible to move from the position he kept her in, but she finally did it after struggling for more than three minutes.

    She flicked up her eyes slowly, and she nearly gasped when she saw his eyes closed.

    Is he asleep?

    It almost feels illegal to see him sleeping. It’s the first time she witnessed it.

    He has never been in bed with her cuddling before. Even the s+x they had here, he left the bed after screwing her hard, and the nights he allowed her to spend the night on his bed, he stayed in his workroom.

    It’s almost like he’s allergic to sharing the same bed with her, but tonight, he didn’t only share it with her, but he’s sleeping?

    She was speechless as she stared at him, and even in his sleep, he looks dangerous.

    Her eyes went to the small scar on his chin, and she raised her hand to touch it gently… caressing it.

    She has always wanted to ask how he got it, but apart from that, it’s a s+xy one.

    She was about to drop her hand when her eyes caught his lips, and she gulped.

    She almost touched the soft flesh, but she restrained herself before dropping the hand, then she returned her face to his chest quickly.

    “Also, Madden is not someone you can fall for. He destroys everything he touches, and his secrets are too dark. Don’t fall for the devil” 

    Corey’s words haunted her head again, and her teeth grazed her lower lip.

    There’s nothing like falling for him.

    She doesn’t even feel anything for him, right?

     He’s her Master, and she’s the trainee.

    She only needs his body warmth right now, and she’d be fine for the night.

    Right…she’s only using him.

    She threw her arms around him, almost entering his skin.

    She could feel his huge d∆ck poking her thighs repeatedly, and till her eyes closed, she didn’t stop feeling it.

    She slept wetly… In the middle.

    Five minutes after she dozed off, Madden’s eyes opened.

    He wasn’t sleeping.

    Actually, he’s aware of Adeline’s sneaky moves ten minutes ago, but he only kept his eyes closed to humour her.

    Sleep? He doesn’t do that shit easily, especially with someone beside him.

    He untangled her arms from his body and got down from the bed, throwing on his sweatpants and a red shirt before exiting the room.

    He left for the main door and opened up, revealing three guards on the mountain.

    The ones he sent after Adeline earlier.

    “Yes?” He frowned, and one of them handed him an envelope.

    He took it and emptied out the content.

    They’re pictures of Adeline and a guy at a construction site, and judging by her positions in all the photos, she was obviously fighting the guy, and she’s dressed like a female.

    The weird thing is that the guy’s face isn’t clear in everything. Only Adeline’s face is lucidly clear.

    “The f+ck is this?” He faced the three.

    “Micheal took the car, but someone else came out of it…it was a lady” they replied.

    “I am not taking about that, dumbass! Why is the guy’s face blurry like a f+çking foggy mirror!” Madden snapped angrily.

    “I think he knowingly stood in camera-shy spots throughout their meeting. We’re sorry” they quickly apologized, all three trembling so bad already.

    Madden took another look at the pictures then sent them away.

    They ran down the mountain, and he returned into the manor, his eyes not leaving the pictures.

    Despite the blurriness, there’s only one guess.

    Only one person knows the truth of the assassination except Kimberly herself.

    Only one person can take brutal beating like that from Adeline without fighting back.

    Corey… Her ex-boyfriend and his ex-bodyguard.

    The ex-assasin of this clan, the guy who tried to rape Klara before escaping this clan.

    They met? 

    His jaws hardened and went gritted as his strides became faster, but this time, he went to the workroom.

    If he enters the bedroom like this, the demons in his head might just drive him to choke Adeline for answers.

    He entered the workroom and shut the door on himself, then he got a mail from Jinx.

    Jinx: Can you please forgive Poe for my sake? You know how we always are, and it’s boring without her.

    He typed an instantaneous reply.

    Madden: Motherfuckin’ No.

    He dropped the phone, and Corey came into his mind again.

    He hasn’t even seen Adeline dressed as a female before, but she dressed as one to go meet him?

    That short red gown__his favorite colour…the heels, the lipstick…all for Corey’s eyes?

    Gawd… F+ck it!

    He held his head with his right hand and stood.

    He wants to kill someone. Corey in particular.

    His demons are screaming blood right now, and it’s sure that if he steps the compound, he’d kill more than one.

    He forcefully pushed an exhale out of his lungs and sat back, deciding to mould.

    That’s the only calming pill right now. Else, he might run mad in this room.

    *

    NEXT DAY, IGOR’S SUITE*

    Andrei is in the living room with Igor.

    They both didn’t sleep till daybreak, and the bags under their red swollen eyes are ridiculous.

    All they did was think and try to strategize, but everything they came up with ended up going down the drain cos Madden is not to be underestimated.

    “At this point, there’s no other option” Andrei finally spoke up, yawning.

    “And?” Igor looked up at him.

    “Marry Sergei’s daughter. Isn’t she single?” Andrei said.

    “Marriage? I’m not venturing into that commitment anytime soon. The organization gives cruel punishment to any married man who cheats on his wife so I’ll be locked with one p+$$y forever. I can’t imagine myself doing that, and also… She’s too thin! How sure am I that she won’t break when I start f+çking her?” Igor said.

    “Is everything about p+$$y and s+x to you? We’re talking about your future here and I’m only giving you ways, but you’re surely not ready for the upcoming war, so do whatever” Andrei replied and left the suite.

    “Andrei! Andrei!!” Igor called after him, but no response.

    “I’m gonna kill that d+ckhead!” Igor spat, pacing the living room.

    *

    TRIXIE’S SUITE*

    The whole living room is noisy with screams coming from Trixie’s playstation.

    She’s sitting in front of the screen with Sin, both holding the controllers as they played the second session of the ongoing game.

    Sin stood from his couch when the tension got too much, the controller becoming hot in his palms.

    His eyes were wide, and Trixie stood too, placing a leg on the chair and tapping the controller aggressively till the end of the session.

    She won!

    “F+ck! Yes!!!” She threw the control away, jumping up in ecstasy.

    “Sinclair you owe me a Ferrari” she winked tauntingly.

    “I know” he replied, dripping the controller slowly.

    “C’mon don’t be sad!” Trixie jumped on his back, and he groaned, holding her to himself.

    “You’re so light” he laughed, and she kissed his hair.

    “I hate heavy food and you know it” she said, kissing his hair again as he carried her on his back around the room.

    Though, his mind is heavy with series of thoughts. The day Corey arrives is the day he dies…that’s for sure.

    He wishes to tell her the truth before then, but it’s not that easy.

    Trixie kissed his hair for the third time, and that brought him out of his thoughts with heavy laughter.

    From the slightly open door, Maya could be seen looking at them blankly.

    She has been there since some minutes ago.

    She blinked before turning around, making her way back to her suite, but luckily for her, she bumped into Andrei.

    He walked past her though, but she obviously wouldn’t take that.

    “I’m sure you see me” she said, but he kept walking.

    “Andrei!!!!!” She yelled crazily.

    Sighing, he stopped to look back.

    “You told Death that you don’t like me and I don’t like you. Why don’t we keep the shit that way. He warned me to stay away from you and I’m only obeying. Good morning” he said and then walked away.

    Maya knowingly smiled, folding her arms as she watched his back.

    “Is that…anger? He’s mad at me? Oh my gawd I love it. So cute” she muttered, smiling wider.

    *

    MANOR*

    Adeline woke up to emptiness beside herself, and she just knew her suspicions are true.

    Madden hates sleeping beside her after all. Does she disgust him that much that he can’t even wait till daybreak before leaving her side?

    The top buttons of her shirt are open, spilling out her br+àsts, so she quickly did the buttons and got down from the bed, but then she saw her phone blinking on the bedstand.

    She went for it and saw a new text.

    • Where are you, Adeline? I lost your contact since you left jail and I only just got it back. We need to talk about your parents involvement with Russia. Come see me as soon as possible~ Odessa.

    Her eyes widened, and she dashed out of the room swiftly.

    “Master?”

    “Madden!”

    “Where the fûck are…

    Madden came out of the workroom, and she almost crashed into him, but she halted just in time.

    His eyes are red like he didn’t have a sleep, and the ice is back in them. He looks like he’s pissed about something, but she’s too overwhelmed to notice.

    “My aunt from my father’s side… She seems to know something about my parents involvement with The Pakhan…I have to fly to Colorado as soon as possible. Red-eye flight tonight if possible. I’ll be back in two days” she said, expecting him to go against it, but his answer took her off guard.

    “As you wish” he said, walking past her to the bedroom.

    Adeline turned slowly, looking confused as hell.

    What’s going on again???

    *

    6PM*

    At exactly 6pm, Madden’s Audi drove to an halt at Moscow international airport.

    Everything is still confusing to Adeline, but this is not the time to prob.

    That’d wait till she’s back from this trip.

    Madden even followed her…he’s currently beside her at the backseat.

    Jinx and Loud are at the front, but as usual, they’re closed away.

    Adeline looked at Madden when the car stopped, and he expected him to say something, but he stayed silent with his stony face, so she got her small backpack and opened the car door.

    Before she could step down, Madden suddenly pulled her back by the wrist, so she came face-to-face with him, his scent choking her.

    “Madden…

    “Don’t go” he said, and she nearly screamed.

    Is he mad? Why would he suddenly…

    “Don’t go” he repeated, his strangling eyes settled on hers, and the look in his eyes are so f+çking different from anyone she has ever witnessed.

    She almost melted completely….she almost kissed his sinfully hot lips, but if she does, then she’d be done for, so she locked up.

    “Give me just one day… I’ll be back” she said, and with that, he let her go.

    Her heart was slamming wildly as she finally stepped out, and maybe she’s running insane too, but she expected him to pull her back again, but it never happened.

    She folded her fists as she walked to the airport main door, but then she slowly looked back, waving at Loud and Jinx in the front.

    The tinted backseat window is already closed, so she didn’t have a final glance at Madden’s face before Loud drove the car away.

    She stood still for a minute before turning around, entering the airport.

    Some minutes after she did, someone else came down from a taxi, carrying a backpack too and his head covered with his white hoodie.

    It’s Corey, and he entered the airport too.

    *

    The drive back to the clan has only been ongoing for three minutes, but Madden felt uncomfortable for the whole three.

    Though he confirmed the text Adeline received, and it’s really from Odessa, then he planted a tracker on her phone too, but still…

    The lingering feeling that something is not right almost turned his head upside down, so he changed plans suddenly.

    He’d just go to Colorado with her.

    “Go back to the airport” he suddenly ordered, and Loud stopped the car abruptly.

    He looked back with Jinx at the same time.

    “Airport?” They chorused.

    “Step on the f+çking gas and go back!” He snapped, his brows dangerously knitted.

    With a rough turn, Loud rounded the highway and started driving back, but that was when it happened.

    A burst of gunfire shattered through the air, and bullets hit the car body repeatedly, but thankfully it’s bulletproof, so it can’t penetrate.

    “Shit!” Loud cursed.

    “Who the f+ck are these animals?” Jinx muttered, getting her gun from the straps.

    Madden’s sharp eyes sighted the enemy so fast.

    The gunshots are coming from another car from the left side,..a black Sedan.

    “Stop the car” Madden ordered, but immediately Loud tried to do that, bullets hit the tyres, and they all went flat on the asphalt.

    Loud ducked, instinctively hitting the gas. The car surged forward, narrowly avoiding a deadly head-on collision with a coming car before coming to a rough stop.

    The enemies Sedan screeched to a stop too, tyres squealing loudly like the cry of a banshee.

    At once, Madden came out of the Audi with Jinx and Loud.

    Six masked guys came out of the Sedan, and immediately Madden saw them, he knew where they are from.

    The cross tattoos on their necks is enough verification.

    With boiling rage, showers of gunshots started.

    The highway became a deadly battleground. Gunfire echoed through the night air, illuminating the darkness with flashes of light.

    In a heart-stopping moment, Madden crossed to the other side, narrowly avoiding a massive truck, but he kept shooting though, swirling and swerving to avoid getting hit.

    He fired a straight shot, hitting one of the enemies between the eyes, and that one dropped dead in the middle of the road__his blood coloured the gravel.

    Madden targeted another one and fired again, bringing down the second one to the asphalt.

    He fell dead just like the first one, and his head cracked open.

    Their determination clashed with Madden’s fury, and it became f+çked up.

    Loud’s bullet got one in the chest, and Jinx shot another one on the neck.

    Now it’s two of the enemies left, but then the plot changed when they threw down a smoke bomb.

    The bomb exploded with a wrecking energy, scattering cloudy thick smokes across the road. 

    It stings the eyes too like teargas, so Loud and Jinx stood still, trying to minimize the effect. They can’t even see each other.

    Suddenly, they heard a car zooming off, and their senses went high on alert, but it was useless since they still can’t see anything beyond the smokes.

    Three minutes later, the smokes cleared off, but Madden is nowhere to be found! And the enemies Sedan car is gone too!

    “Where the f+ck is Death!” Loud faced Jinx.

    “No f+çking idea! No idea ok?!!” Jinx snapped, both facing each other in the middle of the now silent highway.

    They were breathing heavily fast as the dreadful realization hit them.

    “He got kidnapped” they muttered.

    TBC.

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  • Thē Jãilbīrd – Episode 35&36

    Thē Jãilbīrd – Episode 35&36

     

     THĒ JÃILBĪRD

    Thē Jãilbīrd – Episode 35&36

    (Female•In•Disguise)

    By; Naomi Cindy B.

    ★★★★★★★★★★★★★

    #UNEDITED 

    “If that belt touches me again, i swear to my master, I’ll wound you” Adeline muttered.

    Kimberly’s arm went down limply, and her jaws dropped on the ground at the words.

    “What did you just say?”

    “I saw Corey’s picture inside Trixie’s necklace, and I think I’m getting close to what I’m looking for, so instead of abusing me, why don’t you just watch me do my thing? I haven’t seen you doing anything about the case too. I’m the only one working so please… Don’t reopen my wounds” Adeline shook her head and turned around, walking out on her.

    Kimberly almost screamed her name, but she had to stop herself by folding her fingers into her palm, hurting the flesh in the process.

    “She trusts him enough to swear on his name?” she muttered, dumping the belt on the ground before storming out of the forest too.

    A minute later, Angelika came out behind the sunflower again just like the other time.

    She heard everything, and she saw everything too.

    She dropped the sunflower in her hand and walked to the belt, picking it up sadly.

    “That must have hurt her” she muttered, thinking about Adeline’s cheek.

    She exhaled, looking ahead.

    “Kimberly is a bad person” she mumbled.

    *

    MANOR*

    Madden literally barged in since the door is not locked.

    He waltzed crazily into his workroom, and he wasn’t surprised when he met Trixie inside.

    She’s in front of Corey’s statue, staring at it with a lot of pain in her eyes.

    “Madden” she spoke when Madden came in early bloodshot eyes.

    Madden pushed her aside so he’s standing in front of the statue instead.

    Swiftly, he sent his fist like a bomb into the statue, and the image exploded, shattering everywhere..

    “Madden no!” Trixie shouted, but then he faced her angrily.

    “Stop it” he muttered, his tone reeking of destruction.

    “You promised not to break it again” she replied.

    “I hate keeping promises. How many times do I have to tell you not to trust anything that comes out of my mouth. I don’t do no damn promises! I didn’t only mould his image because you begged me to, I also did it for myself cos I come here to break him everyday when I remember what he did! I killed him 205 times already, and tomorrow I’m gonna remould and kill him again. I’ve been doing it everyday since he escaped, and I’ll keep it up till I get him and send him back to hell” Madden thundered.

    “Everyone in here might hate him for that incident, but I know for sure that he didn’t do it. Corey was framed. Please believe me Madden” Trixie pleaded.

    That only seemed to fuel Madden’s anger more.

    “How do you explain the cabin attack then?” His venomous eyes nearly swallowed her as he glared.

    “He’s an assassin yunno? And he probably had a grudge against this clan after what happened, maybe that’s why he planned the attack” Trixie defended, and even in twenty years to come, she wouldn’t have expected what happened next.

    Madden picked his gun from the moulding table, and before she could dodge, he shot her in the right arm.

    “Arhhhhhh!!!!” She held the bloody arm as tears streamed out of her eyes, and she staggered.

    “I lost four men in the attack including Nikolai who’s the best silencer here! Four damn men! And you’re here defending him? F+ck you Trixie! F+ck you!” He yelled and was about to pull the trigger on her again, but the entry of Sin stopped him.

    Sin came in with his gun too, shooting at Madden.

    Madden swerved to the side, and the bullet escaped him before flying to the wall, then he sent a kick to Sin.

    The kick met the gun in Sin’s hand, and it fell on the ground, then Madden came stood straight before shooting him on the right arm too.

    “Damn!!!” Sin staggered, holding the arm.

    “Madden!!!!” Trixie shrieked in horror.

    Madden pushed Sin to Trixie’s side, and they both fell on the sofa, holding their bleeding arms.

    “Now listen, you both. Whatever I do in this clan is no man’s business. This organization belongs to my f+çking father from the start, and if anyone tries to play smart, then we can go blood for blood. I’ll be your doom” Madden muttered.

    “Those who call you the beast weren’t lying. You’re worse!!!” Sin yelled.

    “By all means” Madden replied darkly, his voice harsh.

    “Madden?” Maya’s voice sounded outside, and his head snapped to the door.

    Maya stepped in, and her eyes widened madly when she saw the shot two.

    “Are you crazy? What have you done?”

    “Gave them something to remember for the rest of their lives” Madden replied, and Maya pulled Trixie and Sin up.

    “Let’s go” she said, taking them out.

    She looked back at Madden when she got to the door…

    “At this point, I’m scared of you, too” she said.

    “It’s only normal” Madden replied without any remorse.

    Maya took the two away completely, and Madden dropped the gun on the ground, falling on the sofa which is stained with Sin and Trixie’s blood.

    This is only just the beginning though, cos apparently, Corey got help from someone in this clan.

    To reveal the person, he’d have to get Corey first.

    Corey.

    *

    3RD RESIDENTIAL WING*

    Adeline met no one inside when she arrived.

    Not Malik nor Loud.

    She grudgingly walked to her bed and sat slowly, going down with the right side of her body, eyes open as she remembered Kimberly’s words earlier…

    “DID YOU FORGET WHAT COREY DID TO OUR PARENTS BECAUSE OF YOU?” 

    She sat up, shifting back on the bed so she could back the wall as she delved into the memories again.

    FLASHBACK, FIVE YEARS AGO~COLORADO*

    It was her parents birthday.

    Coincidentally, both parents share the same birthday, which is why they call themselves match made from heaven everytime.

    Mr. Wilson is mute, so he stays home most of the time since no one wants to hire a mute, but he hates being idle, so sometimes, he produces handmade perfumes since he’s so good at it, and he sells them online.

    The mother, Mrs. Wilson works at a cyber security company as a secretary, and though her salary is not much, but at least they live comfortably with it.

    Twenty people from her place of work are present at the house already, chatting around with juice cups in hand as they waited the start of the small party.

    The couple are in the middle of the room, and Mr. Wilson could be seen talking to his wife with sign language which every member of the family understands.

    “Why is he cake not here yet?” He signed.

    “Kimberly is almost here” Mrs. Wilson replied, and Kimberly rushed in immediately, carrying the medium-sized cake which she set on the center table.

    “Is Adeline not here yet?” She asked breathlessly.

    “Nope, wasn’t she supposed to be with you?” Mrs. Wilson replied.

    “My son-in-law too, Corey is supposed to be here now” Mr. Wilson signed.

    “They’ll soon be here, chill” Kimberly signed back.

    Meanwhile… Adeline is some distance away from the house, waiting for Corey since he wanted to come together with her.

    She was kicking stones with her sneaker as she stood by the roadside, hands in the pocket of her jean jacket.

    “Why the f+ck is he taking too long?” She muttered, getting her phone to dial him…

    “Ade!” His voice made her look up to see him coming out of a Uber, holding a wrapped birthday cake in his right hand, then a wrapped bottle in his second hand.

    “Babe!” Her face brightened till she got to her and handed her the cake.

    “You didn’t have to get it, Kimberly got one already” she smiled.

    “Stop it and just take it” he replied, handing her the wrapped bottle too.

    “What’s this?” She shook it.

    “You said your dad complained of backache days ago. I asked my granny to make some medicine with herbal leaves, and trust me it works. Your mum can take it too” he said.

    “Aww, thank you” she hugged him.

    BACK TO THE PRESENT*

    The medicine bottle.

    That darn medicine bottle ruined her life. That bottle murdered her parents.

    Adeline almost started crying, but she quickly fought back the tears.

    She has cried enough when she was in jail for five years, so there’s no time for anymore waterworks right now.

    She’s here for revenge, and she’d get it.

    She needs to go confront Trixie again.

    She got down from the bed, but at the same time, Malik entered the room.

    She ignored him like always, but he talked as expected.

    “Why is Death so inclined to you? Are you both gay?” 

    Adeline turned back to him and nodded.

    “Did you come into this clan to observe me or what? Why are you so f+çking obsessed with me?” 

    “Because Death treats you specially. What’s the secret?” Malik replied, coming closer.

    “Tell me, cos the moment I find out by myself, you won’t be able to hold me” he said.

    “Bark all you want… Woof!” Adeline rolled eyes and walked out on him.

    “Bastard” Malik cursed.

    * *

    * That’s bloody, man!

    * Death shot his siblings?

    * They’re not siblings directly. Call it cross-sibling.

    * True. They’re not related anyways.

    * But isn’t it still too much? 

    The mobsters tongues were wagging as Maya escorted Sin and Trixie down the compound, towards the clinic.

    They were still on the journey when Igor’s car drove in.

    He didn’t get to the park before stopping the car, and the fire in his eyes grew hotter when he saw the gunshot wounds on their arms.

    Andrei came out after him, looking just as pissed.

    “Who the f+ck did this?” Igor questioned.

    “Don’t act like you care, you’ve never acted like a brother” Sin replied and left.

    “I’ll go take care of him” Andrei told Igor before following him.

    “I’ll take care of myself. I at least know how to remove a bullet” Trixie said and left too.

    “Tell me Madden didn’t do that to them” Igor faced Maya.

    “So what if he did?” Maya replied, and Igor grabbed her brutally by the hair.

    “You idiot!” Maya spat.

    “I was coming for Micheal before, but starting with you and your brother is cool, too” he said and began dragging her away, but he was unaware of when she took out her knife and jammed it into his hand.

    She stabbed his arm, and his blood pumped put as he let go of her.

    Mobsters gathered around immediately, ready to feed their eyes.

    Maya’s eyes reddened within seconds, and her body began shaking as she stared at Igor’s pouring blood.

    “I knew it. Your blood is disgusting” she muttered, and Igor looked up slowly, his eyes blazing.

    “How dare you!!” He yelled, coming for her again.

    Maya lifted the knife again, but instead of him, she cut herself on the arm this time.

    “You bloody psycho!” Igor shouted, and she laughed, showing him her bleeding arm.

    “See the difference?” She grinned and tried cutting again, but Andrei appeared and took the hand, bringing it back down.

    “Stop it, please” he told her, exhaling hard.

    He could feel her body shaking as he held her hand, and Maya went silent.

    He suddenly carried her in his arms, and Maya gasped, looking shocked as he took her away.

    Igor watched them till they went out of sight, then he looked at his bleeding arm and the mobsters around.

    Kimberly is in their middle, but he didn’t see her before heading for the house of Orlovs.

    “Is he fine?” Kimberly mumbled, watching his backside as the mobsters dispersed.

    *

    TRIXIE’S SUITE*

    Removing the bullet from her arm was easy, but she lost a lot of blood already, so sue felt sick.

    Nevertheless, she wrapped a bandage on the wound and rested back on the couch.

    The wound generated tiredness, and she was even unaware of when she slept off.

    She was on the doze for two minutes when she felt another presence in her sleep, and that made her eyes open fast 

    She grabbed the arrow and bow beside herself and set it swiftly, shooting forward.

    The arrow flew to the door where Adeline is standing, but thanks to Trixie’s wounded arm, she didn’t target well so she escaped by hand standing to another spot.

    Slowly, Trixie lowered her hand, and pains powered through her as she did.

    Her lips are so damn pale 

    “What do you want?” She questioned.

    “I only want you to tell me who Corey is, to you. Do you know where he is right now?” Adeline asked hopefully.

    “Who is he to you, too?” Trixie questioned.

    “That’s not important, but I came here to kill him. He ruined me, and I’m ending him” Adeline replied, and Trixie walked closer, smiling with her dry lips.

    “What if I tell you he’s closer than you think?” She said.

    Adeline held her breath, and Trixie leaned in, whispering something into her ear.

    Adeline’s eyes widened more and more till she was done, and Adeline stepped back.

    “Are you… playing with me?” She muttered unbelievably.

    “It’s left for you to decide” Trixie replied and entered her bedroom, leaving her in the living room.

    Adeline felt dead on her spot for a fraction of second, then she started taking slow steps out of room.

    Her eyes were darkening, and her palms balled, then her jaws went set, and her whole features crumpled.

    It can’t be.

    Immediately she stepped out, she met the house of Orlovs guards outside, and before she knew it, she was grabbed.

    She broke free, kicking the two guards back before trying to flip the third one, but she was outsmarted.

    She got flipped instead, then she pulled the leg of that one, so he joined her on the ground with the other two.

    Five more guards rushed over, surrounding her.

    “You’ve been summoned by the godmother” their head said, and Adeline stood, dusting her shirt.

    Without another word, she followed them, and she was led to the house of Orlovs.

    She entered Klara’s office, and she met Igor on seat in front of the woman.

    Igor stood and walked to her immediately.

    He grabbed her by the neck with his two hands at the same time, and she choked so much that the veins below her eyes popped out.

    Igor raised her and threw her forward, landing her on Klara’s desk.

    She rolled on the papers before landing on the ground at Klara’s feet.

    Klara looked at her, her eyes indifferent.

    “You must be thinking I’m easy, isn’t that why you boldly took the job to betray me?” Igor ranted, breathing hard.

    Adeline stood, her eyes cold.

    “Now, you need to die” he smiled deviously, retrieving his gun.

    Before he could even raise it up, Madden came in.

    He tried to play the smart-ass game by pulling the trigger fast, but the gun made an empty sound, indicating no bullet.

    “What the f+ck!” He spat, and Madden smirked.

    “I removed the bullets too when I stole the laptop” Adeline spoke up from Klara’s side, taking the black bullets out of her pocket.

    “What the…

    Igor’s statement was still incomplete when Madden lunged for him.

    Igor ducked and threw him a backhand, but it met Madden like it’s nothing, then he grabbed his throat just like he did to Adeline.

    He threw him over Klara’s desk, and he crashed into the ground, bruising his forehead.

    Klara didn’t move at all, and Adeline has her eyes on Madden, looking at him with a newly brewed hate.

    She’s literally killing him with her eyes.

    Igor stood slowly, and Madden walked slowly to him, his muscles almost bursting.

    “Warn your juniors, or I’ll kill them and pop champagne on their bodies” he said deviously.

    Igor faced Klara, feeling betrayed.

    “You weren’t planning to help, were you?” He said.

    “Why would I? Erik is currently out of town. You can report to him when he comes back, then you both can do whatever you want. I regretted saving you from Madden in the cathedral back then, you should have been dead by now” Klara replied.

    “Whore!!!” Igor yelled angrily.

    “She’s a whore, but at least she’s still here. But you… Erik hasn’t told you who your mother is, has he?” Madden’s voice came.

    Igor faced him, swallowing hard.

    “Erik impregnated her three times, and she gave birth in secret, then he took the kids from her and payed her off” Madden said.

    “Motherf+cker!” Igor spat, his voice painful.

    “You don’t even know her face, do you? But you badly wanna see her, and that’s why you used MOTHER as your laptop password” Madden smirked.

    “Asshole!” Igor spat again, the pain in his voice doubling.

    “I have plans to find her and murder her before you and your siblings even meet her” Madden continued, and Igor rushed to him, grabbing him by the collar.

    “Stop talking bastard! Damn stop talking!!” He yelled desperately, and Madden smirked again 

    “Why are you getting scared? Your father killed my father, and killing your mother would make up for it” he said, removing Igor’s hands from his shirt.

    He went straight to Adeline and took her hand, walking out of the office with her.

    Igor left the office too, and Klara sat back on her chair.

    She’s sure she inhaled Micheal’s scent when he landed at her feet earlier.

    Purple… He scents like purple., and something feels strange about it.

    *

    Madden let go of Adeline’s hand once they were out of the house, and his eyes immediately caught the red swell on her cheek, caused by the belt.

    “What the hell is that?” He frowned, and she touched the swell with her right hand.

    “I hit my face on the door” she lied.

    “Just how daft do you think I am to believe that shit?” His frown deepened.

    “Can I eat with you tonight?” She replied, changing the subject while holding eyes with him.

    She saw his brows tilt, and his eyes shifted slightly.

    “I… have something to discuss with you over dinner. Please” she begged.

    “Tell Selesta to serve dinner then” he replied and left her there.

    Adeline let out all the breaths she has been holding, folding and fisting her palm repeatedly as she watched him walk away.

    Trixie’s words haunted her again…

    “MADDEN IS COREY. EVER HEARD OF FACIAL RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGERY? HE DID THAT. HE CHANGED HIS FACE”

    Just how stupid has she been? To think she was starting to sink into his trap again for the second time.

    The tounging at the saloon was the worse, and how he saw her half-naked already.

    He did surgery? Did that also change his eye color or did he deceive her with lenses too?

    Now it’s obvious why he took her under his wing.

    He wants to make sure she’ll never be able to go far, and it’s true.

    No matter how long she trains, she’d never be able to beat Madden Smirnov, aka Corey.

    She’d finish him off once and for all, and then the clan can do whatever they want with her 

    She was raging as she made her way to the kitchen.

    Loud and Jinx are there, stuffing their faces with food.

    Angelika is with them.

    “Micheal!” She beamed immediately.

    Adeline didn’t even look her way.

    Loud and Jinx noticed her sour mood too.

    “Are you ok Mich?” Jinx asked.

    “Buddy” Loud stood.

    “Where’s Lady Selesta?” Adeline asked.

    “In the inner kitchen” Jinx replied, and Adeline went in to meet her 

    She already packed Madden’s dinner into a pearl basket, ready to take it to the mountain.

    “I’ll take it” she said.

    “Really? Thank you Michael” Selesta smiled, not arguing before handing her the pearl basket.

    Adeline left the kitchen through the backdoor to avoid further questions from Loud and Jinx.

    She made her way back to the manor, and while walking through the forest, she snuck into the blind spot where she dropped the basket.

    She brought out Madden’s cross necklace from her pocket.

    Actually, she picked it from the ground when they where leaving the CEO’s hallway yesterday in Alaska.

    Must have fallen from him during the fight.

    She planned to give it back to him, but now it’s gonna serve a better purpose.

    She opened the right cross and poured the black poison into all the dishes, including the drinking water.

    She packed it back, climbing the mountain with the basket.

    Surprisingly, she met the door open when she arrived, and she slipped in.

    She’d have gone straight to his bedroom, but she heard classical music from his workroom, so she went there and met him inside.

    He’s busy moulding a porcelain, and his attention is zeroed on his masterpiece.

    Adeline was glaring venomously at him as she dropped the basket on the tall table.

    “Water” he told her.

    She quickly got the jug of water from the basket, pouring it into the drinking cup before handing it to him.

    He wiped his hand before taking it, and Adeline smiled secretly as he gulped down everything at a go.

    He must be really thirsty.

    He dropped the cup and wiped his second hand, then he looked up at her…

    “You wanted to talk about what?” He said and stood to his feet, but he immediately staggered back, grabbing his chest.

    “Jesus fuçking christ!” He groaned, blood escaping his mouth instantly, staining his lips.

    He began sweating despite the coldness of the house, and when he stretched his hand to take the bottle of vodka not far from him

    Adeline kicked it away with her leg before he could reach it, and it shattered on the ground, wasting the vodka.

    Madden looked up, streaks filling his eyes and his neck choking visibly.

    His body started stiffening, and he couldn’t even open his mouth to talk as he fell from the chair to the ground, holding his neck.

    “How does that feel, Corey motherfûcker!” Adeline spat, his groans mixing with her words.

    “You think changing your face will save you from my wrath? I’m thankful that your siblings hate you, else, I wouldn’t have gotten the info, and you’d have fooled me for the second time!” She yelled.

    Madden backed the chair, still bleeding from the mouth.

    “What did my parents do to you? Huh? What did they do!!! All I ever did was love you! All I did was hand tiy my heart but you smashed it! How evil could you be to try deceiving me with a new face!!” She yelled again, her voice fused with hatred.

    “I know I’ll never be able to beat you even if I train for hundred years, so let’s part ways like this. I don’t care about whatever the organization will do to me. You only have to die, ok? Go to hell!!!” She yelled again.

    Madden stopped moving this time, and his eyes closed completely as his body went limp.

    Seems like he submitted to death already. He submitted to himself.

    “Good” Adeline breathed coldly and looked around.

    She was about to rush out when she suddenly saw a picture under the tall table.

    Skeptically, she walked to it and picked it up.

    Her eyes almost fell on the ground when she saw the people in it 

    It’s a picture of Madden and Corey. It’s an unaware picture though, but it’s the two of them.

    This only means one thing….the fact that they’re in one picture means one thing.

    Madden is not Corey.

    Trixie…. Trixie lied

    Trixie lied!

    The picture fell from her as her breaths seized, and her eyes widened again as she looked back at Madden’s body on the ground.

    “Trixie…” She muttered in a fretted shaky tone, swallowing her own saliva before trying to run out of the room, but she couldn’t cos…

    An hand grabbed her leg suddenly, and she froze as cold sweat cascaded down her backline.

    She turned her head back slowly, and she went insane when she saw Madden’s eyes open.

    The blood on his lips made him more devilish and dark… Like Lucifer.

    His classic smirk is on his bloody lips, and his hand is holding her tight by the ankle as he spoke poisonously…

    “Where the f+ck do you think you’re going Adeline?”

    TBC.

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  • Thē Jãilbīrd – Episode 23&24

    Thē Jãilbīrd – Episode 23&24

     

     THĒ JÃILBĪRD

    Thē Jãilbīrd – Episode 23&24

    (Female•In•Disguise)

    By; Naomi Cindy B.

    ★★★★★★★★★★★★★

    #UNEDITED 

    ‘I’m not to be trusted, Adeline. I’ll ruin you’

    He allowed the weed to fall down from his lips, and immediately the roll hit the ground, he drove his fist into Corey’s statue, shattering it to pieces with his punch.

    The clay pieces flew across the room, hitting every available surface.

    He closed his eyes, letting out hot breaths from his nostrils as his chest rose and fell harshly.

    ‘I ruin everything I touch, and that’s why no one chooses me. No one ever choses me’

    He opened his eyes and released a exaggerated breath, checking out his knuckles which got bursted and is currently bleeding cos of the punch.

    He looked at his shot arm which is still untreated, and he returned to the bedroom where Adeline is still sleeping peacefully in bed.

    She has changed her sleeping position, and her chest bandage is currently open, revealing a large part of her breasts.

    He stayed beside the bed, the red light making his shadow mysterious as his eyes followed the swell of her breasts.

    He stared at it for over a minute too long before pulling the duvet to cover her, then he left the bedside and started looking for something.

    He found it shortly and left the room, going back to the workroom.

    He took his seat and opened what he took in the room.

    It’s the balm container… The one Adeline brought the other time.

    He started applying it on his knuckle, staring at Corey’s broken image as he did.

    He has to remould that before daybreak.

    Otherwise, someone won’t like it.

    *

    CLAN KITCHEN*

    Almost every of the mobster ate dinner already, and as they returned the plates to the kitchen, Lady Selesta washed in the zinc bowl.

    It’s a lot of work, but it’s like she was born for this.

    She’s used to it.

    Angelika sat on the kitchen island, playing with her bunch of sunflowers while humming a song.

    Lady Selesta looked back at her and smiled.

    “Do you want candy?” She asked.

    “Yes!!” Angelika squealed.

    “And here it is!” Jinx came into the kitchen with Poe.

    “Jinx!” Angelika gasped, and Jinx chuckled before hugging her.

    “You didn’t tell me Angelika is back” she said.

    “The school academic session came to an end yesterday. Her boarding house nanny brought her not long ago” Lady Selesta replied.

    Poe just stood by the door, watching them with a scowl of disgust on her face.

    “Aww, I missed you! And I bought you a lot of candies when you were in school. I’ll come with the pack tomorrow ” Jinx said, stroking her cheeks.

    “I can’t wait” Angelika smiled out her dimples.

    “Meet me outside when you’re done” Poe said, going out immediately.

    “I can never like that one” Lady Selesta said with a sour face.

    “Poe is cool, she’s just not used to people ” Jinx replied.

    “As if” Lady Selesta rolled eyes, and Jinx smiled.

    “I’ll see you tomorrow Angel. Goodnight!”

    “Bye!” Angelika waved, and Jinx left too.

    “To be honest, I don’t like Poe too. She looks wicked” Angelika said.

    “I know, right?” Lady Selesta replied.

    “Also, I think there are more females in the clan than everyone thinks” Angelika said, and Selesta faced her immediately.

    “What do you mean?”

    Angelika smiled. “It’s a secret, and she’s pretty” she said.

    “You’re not serious” Selesta shook her head, returning to the dishes.

    *

    JINX AND POE’S ROOM*

    “What was that in the kitchen?” Jinx queried immediately she got in with Poe.

    “What do you mean?” Poe returned it.

    “You walking out and not saying anything to Lady Selesta or Angelika” Jinx retorted.

    “Have I ever cared about anyone except you and Master? Why are you acting like it’s new” Poe glared 

    “Poe…

    “Listen… For one, I don’t like Lady Selesta or whatever. For two, I don’t like the Angelika kid cos she’s a kid, I hate kids!” Poe snapped.

    “You changed drastically” Jinx muttered, and Poe released a breath.

    “Especially since Micheal got in here. This is not the Poe I knew back then.” Jinx shook her head.

    “Get used to it, Jinx… you’ll be fine” Poe smiled then entered the bathroom.

    Jinx continued standing there, eventually sighing out before falling on the bed.

    “I just hope Loud is fine” she muttered.

    *

    MAYA’S SUITE*

    Maya was already asleep when the alarm came at the door.

    “Who the hell is that this late?” She muttered, leaving the bedroom.

    Her long hair fell on her back as she walked to the main door in her white nightie.

    She checked the camera before opening the door…

    Trixie and Sin stepped in.

    “What are you both partners in crime doing here?” Maya questioned.

    “We’re taking you out to the club” Sin said flatly.

    “Are you both out of your damn minds?” Maya looked from one to the other.

    “Staying in here all day and night and hurting yourself in the middle of your burning candles will only make you age quickly. Let’s go clubbing! I’ll chose the outfit” Trixie winked, rushing into the closet.

    “I’m going nowhere” Maya crossed her arms, taking her seat on the couch before crossing her legs too.

    “We’ll see about that” Sin replied, smiling trickily.

    “Sick boy” Maya mumbled, and Trixie finally came out with a gown, a belt and gladiators.

    “I’m not wearing those” Maya said.

    “Did you forget the club is in this compound? Not like we’re driving” Sin replied.

    “I said I’m not going!!” Maya yelled, and the two juniors exchanged glances.

    They came for her at once and started trying to pull her up from the couch, but she held the couch tightly, refusing to let go.

    “You’ll go” Sin said.

    “I’m not going” she replied, holding the couch tighter.

    “You’re going” Trixie added, pulling her leg.

    “Little bî+ch let me go!” Maya yelled, but the two successfully pulled her away after a lot of struggles.

    Trixie literally forced her to wear the outfit and shoes, and twenty minutes later, they left for the club.

    The clan clubhouse is right beside the abandoned basement, and as they walked past the basement, Maya couldn’t stop staring at it, imagining Madden inside the basement, locking himself away from the world just the way she locks herself in her room.

    They finally entered the booming clubhouse with several mobsters who’re having fun.

    The smell of sex and ar+usal filled the building, indicating the amount of sin going on around the corners.

    “I’ll stay here, get me a bottle of bourbon” Maya said, taking her seat beside a wall.

    “Copy that” Sin said, leaving with Trixie.

    They went to the bar, and every mobster there cleared immediately, leaving the space for them.

    “A bottle of bourbon, two bottles of tequila” Trixie said.

    “Yes miss” the bartender replied respectfully, and as he got their drinks, Sin noticed the eyes of almost every guy around on her.

    He slowly slid to her back, covering her with himself from everyone else.

    Trixie looked back when she felt his presence, and she smiled to herself.

    *

    IGOR’S SUITE*

    Igor returned to the suite just now after having a lot of talk with Erik at the house of Orlovs.

    He’s so full of expectations for tomorrow cos obviously, tomorrow will be another disappointment for Madden, and he can’t wait.

    He had plans to sleep immediately, but then Andrei came in, marring the plan.

    “I don’t wanna talk, you’re wounded so you should be asleep right now” Igor said.

    Andrei walked to him anyways.

    “You really aren’t behind the mission attack?” He asked.

    “You heard when mother said it herself that the black bullets were a coincidence! By tomorrow, you’ll know the truth so go to bed, Andrei” 

    “When are you gonna tell me about your family history then? Why is everyone of you pretending to love each other when you actually don’t like each other, even The Pakhan and godmother Klara” Andrei said.

    “You mean to say… Why is everyone pretending to love Madden when they don’t like him?” Igor grinned, and Andrei raised his brows.

    Igor grabbed his shoulder tightly, holding eyes with him…

    “My family is like a cinema show. Madden thinks he’s the main character, but he’s not, cos he’s gonna die even before we get to the middle of this show, and I’ll take my position as the main character” Igor said.

    “I still don’t follow” Andrei said.

    “Just calm down and continue watching, and by the way Micheal will be joining you soon.” Igor replied, entering his bedroom.

    Andrei’s confusion grew even worse.

    “Michael?” He muttered.

    *

    MANOR*

    “Do you like it?” Corey asked as he fed Adeline with chopsticks in front of a Korean restaurant in Colorado.

    They’re currently on their first date, and Adeline couldn’t even ask for more.

    It’s been a week since they started dating, and Corey has been behaving like a godsent angel.

    He pumps her account with money, buys her things she doesn’t even ask for. He even met her parents already, and he never asked for s+x.

    That even made her trust him more, then his extra-caring attitude.

    She chewed slowly on the tteokbokki before nodding.

    “Mmm!” She m0aned. 

    “It’s so good. Spicy but good!” She nodded, and Corey stretched his hand to her lips, wiping the sauce with his thumb then licking the thumb.

    Adeline felt the flip in her stomach immediately, tripping harder.

    “I’ll feed you too” she took the chopsticks, feeding him some.

    While doing that, a couple came out of a bus across the road, each holding the hands of their two kids.

    “So how many kids should we have in the future?” Corey suddenly asked, and she turned back to him.

    “Eh?”

    “Yeah… How many kids?” He asked, coming to sit beside her.

    “A boy and a girl?” She replied wholeheartedly.

    “Two boys” he argued.

    “No a boy and a girl!” Adeline argued back.

    “A boy and a girl!” She frowned, and he started laughing.

    The echo of his laughter resounded over and over in Adeline’s ear, and that woke her up with a jerk.

    It’s a dream of her past with Corey, and immediately she sat up in bed, she started laughing at her own silliness.

    “A boy and a girl? Two boys? Oh Adeline you were very stupid” she held her forehead, laughing till water came out of her eyes.

    “Gawd … He must have laughed so hard when he got home that day” she sniffled, but then she noticed her surroundings.

    The cold, the mirror walls, red lights, snowy smell…

    She’s still in Madden’s bedroom?

    She must have slept off, shit!

    She quickly got down from the bed and retied her chest bandage before putting on the shirt which already smells like blood.

    She rushed out of the room, but she immediately came face to face with Madden himself.

    She came to a screeching halt before she’d bump into him, then she stepped back and took a better look at him.

    He’s shirtless, and his tattoos are on display right now.

    None of his tattoos are friendly__There’s a viper snake, a ghost face, a knot, a gun, smokes coming out of a mouth.

    Among everything, his cross necklace sat poignantly on his chest, and then the scar on his chin…

    She looked at his hands, they’re soiled with clay.

    “Are you…a potter?” She asked, finally looking at his eyes.

    “Finally decided to speak after checking me out for two minutes straight?” He replied

    “I wasn’t checking you out, just wondering why you have so many tattoos are they’re all dangerous. Aren’t I allowed to get curious about my master?” She said, and he came closer, making her step back.

    Her back hit the wall slowly, their eyes not leaving each other for once as his body caged her in.

    He rested his right hand on the wall above her, staining it with clay, then he raised the second hand to her chin, raising it with the curve of his pointer finger.

    Adeline kept up the eye-to-eye game as his eyes settled on her freckles, then they wandered to her cheek.

    There’s a scar there just like the one on his chin.

    It’s the scar he gave her on her first day here when he threw the blade at her.

    He smirked, unable to look away from it as his cold breaths fanned her face.

    “Masterpiece” he muttered, finally letting go.

    “Are you really a potter?” She asked again.

    “Isn’t there enough evidence right now?” He raised his two hands, and she smiled slightly.

    “I’m sorry for dozing off in your bed, and thanks for treating my wound” she said.

    “Didn’t treat it for you, I did it for the clan. If you die from the wound infection, it’d be a loss to the clan. We lost enough already” he replied, entering his bedroom.

    “Such a cold @ss man” she mumbled, leaving the manor.

    As she walked down, she got a new mail on her phone.

    She brought out her phone and checked it out…

    It’s from the house of Orlovs… Her mission is set tomorrow.

    She has to kill a man in the second district, and she got all his information already.

    She sighed, returning the phone.

    Should she go back into the manor and tell Madden?

    That’d mean she defied The Pakhan, and what if he kills her like he promised?

    She shook it off and went down the mountain, going back into the compound, straight to her room.

    “Where have you been Micheal?” Loud asked when she stepped in.

    He’s sitting on Nikolai’s bed, looking forlon, but he’s better than before.

    “Master treated my wound, and i slept off. I’m sorry for leaving you all alone dude” she replied, sitting with him.

    “It’s fine, I knew the wound would make you tired. And Death treated you? That’s new” He dryly smiled.

    Adeline pulled his head to her shoulder, and he smiled again.

    “Only girls do this”

    “I don’t care” Adeline replied, and silence enveloped them as they both revelled in Nikolai’s absence.

    “The Pakhan wants to send me on a mission tomorrow, Loud. He told me to be secretive about it and not tell my master. I’m confused and I dunno what to do” she spoke up.

    “Everyone in that family is cunning, including Death himself. They only use and dispose people, so none of them is to be trusted, even Death himself. He’s the most manipulative. Just do what your mind tells you” Loud replied.

    “Thank you” she smiled.

    Now the choice is hers, and she has to make it before tomorrow.

    The two of them slept off like that, and when morning came, she pulled Loud out of bed.

    “I don’t feel like doing anything today” he groaned.

    “Nah… Are you gonna stay moody again? Where is the cheerful Loud? C’mon shake it off buddy!” She energetically said.

    Loud grinned as she pulled him out of the building, straight to the kitchen.

    They met Lady Selesta this time, and breakfast is already set in the warming glasses.

    “Here comes the grieving boy. Don’t take over Nikolai’s quietness, be your older self” Lady Selesta said.

    “I’ll try my best” Loud replied, picking a walnut cake.

    He was about to take a bite when Angelika came in…

    “That’s mine!” She snapped.

    “Geez! Angel is back?” Loud gasped.

    “Since yesterday” Lady Selesta smiled, and Loud gave the walnut cake to Angelika who took it with a pout.

    “How was the boarding house?” He crouched, stroking her hair.

    “Was boring without mum and y’all. Hey you can have it” She pointed the cake at Adeline.

    “Me?” Adeline blinked.

    “Yes” she replied.

    Adeline squatted in front of her and took it with a large smile.

    “Thank you, Angelika”

    “You’re pretty” Angelika smiled back.

    “How can you tell a man he’s pretty? And you gave him your cake but not me?” Loud said.

    “Jealousy?” Adeline replied, and Loud scoffed.

    Jinx suddenly rushed into the kitchen with a pack of candy which she gave to Angelika before facing the rest.

    “An Intel came in about the snitch, and Death will be going to handle it tonight ” she announced.

    “Seriously?” Loud and Adeline asked at once.

    “Yes” Jinx smiled.

    *

    NIGHTFALL, 7PM*

    Madden drove out of the compound ten minutes ago, then Adeline drove out too.

    Thankfully, Madden has the snitch to distract him so she’ll be done with Erik’s mission and will be back before Madden comes back.

    Knowing the exact location of her target helped her cos the drive only took thirty minutes.

    She arrived at the two skyscrapers facing each other and stepped out of the car, going to the trunk to take her black bag.

    She wore a black mask before entering the second skyscraper.

    She had to use the elevator to get to the rooftop of the building.

    She went to the edge and located a good spot where she can target the man from…

    The man she was sent to kill stays at the top floor of the first skyscraper, and she’s gonna be targeting him from here.

    She unzipped the bag and brought out the sniper gun, setting it on the bipod stand at the center.

    She adjusted her mask and turned on the red dot light on the gun, zooming into the man’s room through the attached camera.

    According to his schedule she received, he’ll currently be in the bathroom, so she zoomed further into the bathroom and saw him in his bathtub.

    He’s having the time of his life with three naked girls surrounding him.

    “Pity” Adeline muttered, preparing to shoot.

    *

    FIRST SKYSCRAPER*

    Madden is currently entering the elevator after killing the seven guards by the door.

    His hands and face are stained with their blood, even the elevator door.

    As the elevator door closed, his eyes went shut too, playing different scenarios in his head.

    He should have been here ten minutes earlier, but The Pakhan only gave him the name of this district.

    He didn’t give him the exact address, so he used the first ten minutes to search for this skyscraper before getting it.

    The man he’s going to meet is not the snitch per se, but he’s a weapon dealer who trades bullets from the Iranian market.

    The snitch probably bought the black bullets from him and gave them to the bastards at the cabin to attack with.

    He needs the information from him so bad, and he better be at home.

    The elevator door opened at the top floor, and he strode to the man’s door.

    He could already hear loud pop music blarring from inside as he reached the door and tapped his earbud, connecting to Sin.

    “Serial number? Country?” Sin’s voice came.

    “0401, made in Shanghai” Madden read, and it only took Sin a minute to get it done.

    “Passcode is three dots” he said.

    Madden punched in the code, and the door opened.

    He stepped into the loud big house, his steps calm as he walked towards where the music is coming from…

    The bathroom.

    He could already hear the laughter and screams of bi+çhes inside.

    “Oh my gawd! Your head! There’s a red dot on your forehead!” One of the bi+çhes suddenly shouted.

    Madden’s eyes widened, and he began running into the bathroom…

    “What are you saying!” The man tried to standup from the tub, but it was too late.

    The sniper bullet came breaking through glass walls, flying into the bathroom and ramming into the his head, between his eyes.

    “Arggghhhhhhh!!!!!” The three n+ked bi+çhes let out frightened screams as they ran out of the bathroom.

    The man’s body fell back into the tub, and blood filled it instead of water.

    Immediately Madden came in and saw the spot the he was shot at, his blood boiled to the lid.

    He got shot between the eyes???

    He’s the only one who shoots that way__and one other person.

    No… It better not be.

    He ran madly out of the house, back into the elevator.

    *

    SECOND SKYSCRAPER*

    Adeline’s mask is still intact as she hastily packed the sniper back into the black bag, her hands shaking as she carried the bag and ran back into the elevator.

    She has seen Madden through the sniper camera!

    After shooting the man, she saw him running into the bathroom!

    What was he doing there?

    It better not be what she’s thinking…

    The man she killed can’t be the man who has intel about the snitch, right.

    The one Jinx talked about earlier, he can’t be him, right?

    If it’s him, then there’s no way The Pakhan would send her to off him.

    The elevator got to the base and she rushed out of it, opened the car and threw in the bag.

    Before she could get in herself, someone pulled her from behind, and she gasped as she was twisted, coming face to face with Madden.

    He actually got down before her and has been waiting.

    He tried removing her mask, but she punched his hand away and turned back to run.

    Pains seared through her when Madden punched her in the back, the spot of her wound.

    “Arhhh!!!” She groaned, staggering.

    Madden caught her again, and in a whim, he tore away her face mask.

    Her face came to view, the locks of her golden hair covering a part of her  face as their eyes met.

    The disappointment she saw in Madden’s eyes was insane, and she just knew immediately that she has been used.

    The Pakhan used her against his own son!

    She went crazy immediately, where would she start explaining from?

    Madden said nothing as he walked back to his Cherokee, driving away roughly.

    She quickly got in her car too, driving roughly after him without minding her already bleeding back.

    The wound definitely reopened again.

    It was like a cat and mouse race on the asphalt till they got back to the clan and he pulled off brutally at the park.

    She did the same, coming down from the car same time as him.

    “Master!” She started rushing after him as he left the park.

    “Master I promise there’s an explanation! Master!” 

    She walked faster, and he fastened his walk too.

    “Master!!” She shouted and switched to running.

    That worked cos she caught up in no time, but she made the mistake of pulling his left hand back.

    “Master it’s not my…”

    And that was it.

    Madden faced her, and his right hand flew to her face.

    He slapped her!

    “Ah!” Adeline gasped as her lower lip bursted, and her eyes widened insanely.

    She looked up slowly, her already streaked eyes meeting with Madden’s scorching ones.

    “If any man ever slaps you in the face for correction, fight back. Your pretty face is too precious, Adele” Her late mother’s words rang in her head, and tears wet her blue eyes.

    “You have no damn right to slap me!!!” She yelled, raising her right hand too, to his face.

    She slapped him back!

    TBC.

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