NIKAELEON *** Three years. For the first time in three years I was breathing clean, untainted air. As I stepped out of the prison gates, I raised my face to the sky and took a deep breath. I'm a free man. I smiled, then I began to laugh. “Yo, Nik. It’s good to see you man.” Tedros said as he stepped out of the car with Anika. We all used to be friends before I went to jail three years ago. They had gotten married while I was in jail, and they now had a little daughter. She was probably in school by this time. “It’s good to see you too.” I said as I hugged him. “But why are you the one picking me up, where’s Uri?” I asked him. I couldn’t wait to see her. “Let’s get you all cleaned up first. You must be dying to eat something that’s not prison food.” He said to me with a smile but I knew he was forcing it. Something was wrong. Being in prison had taught me to be hyper perceptive. You needed to be very careful behind bars or your next breath would be your last. “What’s the problem

“NOOOOO!” Uri yelled as she saw blood drIp to the floor between Nik and the man that had tried to take her. She rushed out of Tedros’ arms, he had been distracted by the gunshot so his hold on Uri had loosened enough for her to escape easily.She got to Nik just as the man and him fell to the floor. Uri quickly turned Nik over but it turned out that he wasn’t hurt, it was the man that had been shot while they had both been struggling for the gun. Nik only fell because of the impact of the gun’s recoil.“Oh my God! Nik! Are you okay?” Uri asked in a panicky voice as she touched him all over.“It’s okay, it’s okay, Uri. I’m okay. The blood isn’t mine.” Nik said as he pulled her closer and put his face in the crook of her neck.“I’ve called the police, they should be here soon.” Connor said as the rest of them walked up to Nik and Uriel.They helped Nik off the floor just as the club’s security came in to find out what happened. They had heard the gunshot.“What’s going on here?” One of

"Tell me where they are. Where is the wedding?" Nik asked as he paced."There's no need to go there, Nik. You'll just get hurt even more if you see them." Anika said as she touched his arm but he shrugged her off."No. I need to see with my own two eyes.""You're angry, Nik. You may do something that may send you back to jail for an even longer sentence. Is that what you want? You just got out." Tedros said.Nik took deep breaths and tried to smile."I won't, I promise. I'll just congratulate the happy couple." Nik said. "No, Nik. I'm sorry, but you may have good intentions but you won't be able to stand seeing them. I know how much you love Uri, and Connor has been your best friend for years. I can't trust you to go there and not cause a scene that would get you arrested.""Why do you care if I ruin the damn wedding, huh? Are you part of their plan too? Are there cameras here somewhere recording me while I lose my mind so you all can watch it later and laugh at me?" Nik said with a

NIKAELEON***Everyone turned to look at me, but I didn’t give a damn as long as I got Connor’s hands off my woman. I’m sure this was all a big misunderstanding, Uri would never leave me. Connor must have forced her into this.“I said let her go!” I said again as I walked towards them.Everyone moved out of my way. Uri looked petrified as I got closer to them, but Connor just smirked. I realised why he was so calm when some security personnels tackled me to the ground. I wanted to wipe that smirk off his face so badly. The old Nik they knew would have been subdued by guards, but not this prison hardened Nik. I punched the first guard that was on top of me on his face and it felt so good to hear his bones crunch because of the force of my punch.I kicked the second one that was crouched close to my legs and had been trying to cuff my hands and dragged the third one down to headbutt him. People screamed as I battered three more guards, and hearing how afraid they were of me filled me wi

NIKAELEON***It was still early evening as I walked down the busy streets. I watched people go about their daily lives and I was filled with resentment because they got to live normally while my life was being ruined. I knew that it was nobody but Connor’s fault, but that knowledge still didn’t appease me. I took a bus and sat at the back as it moved.Scorpion had asked me to meet him at a warehouse in one of the shabby parts of town. I got off the bus at the stop closest to the location and continued walking. I brought out a phone that Scorpion had given to me from my pocket and dialled Scorpion’s number as I reached the warehouse gate. It was the only number saved on the phone.“I’m here, standing right outside where you asked me to meet you.” I spoke as Scorpion answered the call.“I can see you, turn around.” Scorpion said to me.I turned and saw him come out of a car I had just passed that was parked by the sidewalk. I had thought the car was empty, the windows were tinted so I