Several days passed by in the manor and Brian settled into the routine that almost seemed normal, counting out the part of training with weapons. Brian helped with some company work in Edward's study. He learned a lot about the L.A.K.E conglomerate in the process, its net worth, some of the companies under it, and other things.After helping out, he joined the other men in the training area. Arata decided to take over Charlene and Melanie's teaching session. Arata was an amazing teacher and in no time, Brian learned a lot about gun shooting and was starting to learn sword fighting. Arata also taught him some martial skills that Brian suspected were Japanese. They were amazing nonetheless. Brian got along with everyone in the manor and made some friends out of them, although he kept some distance from the Butterflies. Brian also got along with his father gradually while they worked. Edward occasionally taught him all he needed to know about being the heir of the Addams family. Bri

The night was accompanied by a chilly wind that blew Edward's neck-length hair. Edward stood on the manor's rooftop, gazing upon the wide view of the forest and lights from Wesville in the distance. From the rooftop, it was a beauty to behold. He held a lit cigarette in his left hand. Crickets or some other animals were probably making some noises in the forest but because of the distance between the manor and the forest, not a sound could be heard unless you included the whipping of the wind. Below, in the compound, the Gray Guardians who had the night shift stood in their positions, with shades on their face, armed and alert as always. Anyone who saw Edward would know immediately he was deep in thought as he smoked. He wasn't a usual smoker but smoking always helped him in critical thinking. "Hey, Eddie." Richard's voice said and Edward turned to see Richard standing by the doorway. "Is it okay to join you?" Richard raised his brows at him. Edward started at him for less than

"What happened to the Knights?" asked Brian. They haven't been news about the Knights. They weren't really popular like the Addams, so their absence didn't bother everyone much. Brian wouldn't be surprised if no one knew about them. Edward answered. "The whole Knights engaged in the battle so they died in the building. The Knights don't exist anymore." Brian scoffed inwardly. Served them right. "What about the Lennox?" asked Brian. "The Knights attacked the Lennox first in their mansion and assassinated them all except Richard. He managed to escape." Brian covered his mouth, muffling the gasp that escaped his lips. Greed made the Knights evil to this extent? The power of envy and greed shouldn't be underestimated. Good thing Edward and Richard were able to survive, else, the bloodline of the Addams and Lennox would have been wiped out. Brian slowly let his hand drop from his lips. "It must have been really hard coping with all of this." Edward smiled, but Brian almost saw p

Finn looked at them, his grin turning to a smirk. "I mean, why won't I? I produced the drug after all." Margaret frowned. "What do you mean by that?" "Don't think much about it, dear." Finn wavered his hand. Just then, a beep was heard and they turned. The words, "Encryption Complete" appeared in green uppercase letters on the screen and the laptop shut down immediately. You girls did a great job though. Using EXT-35 to drug them and carry on with the mission? Kinda cliche but still pretty good." Margaret walked back took the flash drive from the laptop and moved back to her original position. "Well, you busted us." She said flinging her hair behind her shoulder blade. She walked towards him slowly, swaying her hips side-to-side. Christabel knew at once what she was trying to do. "What are you going to do? Report us to the police?" asked Margaret when she reached him. She wrapped her arms around his neck and moved her body closer to him, making sure her chest was closer to his

Later that day, at seven o'clock in Richard's mansion, Brian sat under a gazebo near the swimming pool with Melanie and Charlene. Dalton was inside the mansion. "Wait hold on." Charlene held up her hand after listening to Brian's hypothesis of Mr. Jim's departure. "What makes you think he was kidnapped?""I just said it. It's unusual for Mr. Jim to leave without informing us." Brian said."Maybe he forgot or something else happened.""It's been a month and nothing. Trust me, Charlene. Something is up. Mr. Jim would have called us unless something happened.""And you think he's been kidnapped?" "Well...considering the current crisis going on in our city, it is possible," Melanie said. "I hope these kidnappers get caught soon and peace will return to our beloved city.""Are they really kidnappers though? I mean if they were kidnappers they'd have dropped a note for ransom and so far we haven't heard of any ransom conditions." Charlene pointed out. Brian hummed as he thought of this.