Sage Robinson and Old Man Thompson had convinced Amber to get out of bed and take a walk around the basement as that would help her bones stretch out more; she had been shot in the rib cage and she needed to exercise,Amber had been in her feelings since the conversation with Adam and the old men wanted to do something to help her lift her mood,Sage and Old Man Thompson smiled as they watched her have a moment with Ariel, Leila walked forward gently with a little smile on her face as she sighted the trio,“Hello.” She said simply with a wave.“Hiii.” Old Man Thompson responded with a smile, while Sage nodded with a little smile,“I’m Leila.” She said and stretched out her hands for a handshake.“This is Old Man Thompson, and Sage Robinson,” Adam supplied, pointing at the old men,“He’s my mentor,” Adam said, while pointing at Thompson, and then at Sage,“He's a friend and an ally" Those words touched Sage, as his cheeks darkened a little. Within herself, Amber huffed,“Nice to meet

Cecil, Louisa and her brother had just walked out of William’s house with nothing and no idea of where to go,Louisa stared at her mother and brother hoping for them to come up with something as they were they were the mischievous ones.They stood outside the gate for a while in the burning sun and stared at the road and the cars. Other passersby and road users stared at them and wondered why they were standing by the side of the road as though they did not have a destination,“Are you headed north?” A taxi driver who parked in front of them asked.“We are headed down your butt hole.” Cecil thundered at him as she stared at the car angrily.“Hey woman, mind your language.” The man thundered back at her, pointing his fingers at her,Cecil became furious and charged at the man’s car angrily and used her elbow to bang on his windscreen angrily, leaving a crack in it,“Mother, why did you do that?!” Louisa asked her mother as she knew that acting alone could cost them more woe,“Shut you

Stefan cleared his throat and ran his hand through his hair, he knew how erratic Cecil could be, after all, he had befriended her to get through the bastard Adam, He couldn't understand how she had come to know of his real name and identity, he had never disclosed his name to her. She continued glaring at him, but they weren't in the right place for him to explain himself, so rather than doing that, he turned to face Louisa and Logan, her very useless children,“You both would stand there and watch that man hit your mother?” He asked them with scorn as he looked at Cecil, who had her arms crossed to her chest and was spewing profanities.The onlookers had fizzled out after the hot slap Cecil had delivered to Stephan's face, the area was left with all four of them.Heaving a breath, Stefan calmly walked towards her, raising his hands as he did, to show he wasn't any threat,“Let me help you to the car," he urged her, and she rolled her eyes at him, huffing and puffing, but she let him

“Dad, that was tough.” Ariel said as she stood up and began walking towards her father,“Yeah, it was.”Adam responded, wiping the sweat off her forehead,“That was quite impressive for a first try,” He said and smiled at her as he noticed the look on her face. She didn’t seem impressed with her performance as she missed so many shots at first.“Listen Ariel.” He said, pulling her closer,“You wanna know why it was difficult for you to get the first shots?” He asked her and she nodded immediately in response to him,“Because you were not filled with the right amount of energy.” He replied and she stared at him with creased brows, she did not understand what and where her father was heading. She felt very powerful until her father drained her with his multiple moves. “I know what you are thinking Ariel," he said with a smile, and moved her to the front of one of the training dummies in the auditorium, placing both of his hands on her shoulder,“Imagine that it is an enemy,” He said

“Adam fucking Sanders!” Stefan nearly screamed in response and kissed his teeth, almost snarling at Cecil while she went completely still, staring at nothing in particular. Her brain refused to process that Adam had handled him, causing him to flee the country,“What do you mean by Adam?” She asked with scorn and adjusted herself on the floor where she was sitting,“That loser.” She yelled pointing in the direction of the door, as though Adam was standing right there,“You call that man a loser?”Stefan asked her with a scoff and burst into loud and resounding laughter, he could not believe how ridiculous Cecil sounded for thinking that Adam was a loser,“You dare call that man a loser?” He reiterated and continued his laughter,“It is obvious that you have no idea who he is and what he is capable of doing to you all,” he said as he raised his gaze at Louisa and her brother who had been standing in a corner and staring at the entire situation.“What could that loser possibly do?” Cec