Helen downed five glasses of bourbon without blinking as she felt the tips of her fingers start getting numb. She couldn't afford to give her self time to think because she knew what the only thing on her mind was."Why did he have to go? We could have just left the country and gone to live in some settlement in the North pole" she sighed to herself as her words left her mouth in a long drawl."I can't lose him too, not after grandfather, I can't" she sobbed quietly as she downed another glass to bury her sorrows.Ding!The doorbell rang and she flew off her chair and raced to the door before the doorman could reach it. She hoped within her heart that it would be Leo at the door but when she pulled the door open she was disappointed at who she saw standing there.Kyrian Homer was standing outside the door looking like a disheveled rat and just the sight of him brought Helen's rage out of her in waves."You!" She said in an accusatory tone, "What have you done to Leo? You sent him into

Leo walked wearily through the unending darkness, his only beacon of hope was the bright light ahead. It seemed distant yet tantalizingly close, always just out of reach. The darkness pressed in around him like a suffocating blanket, threatening to consume him whole. But Leo pressed on, driven by an instinctual need to follow the light, to escape the abyss that threatened to swallow him.As he ventured deeper into the shadowy labyrinth, Leo's senses sharpened, attuned to every whisper of movement and every subtle shift in the air. He knew he was not alone. The darkness whispered sinister promises, weaving illusions that toyed with his mind. Yet each time doubt crept in, Leo's resolve strengthened, his grip on the light tightening.Suddenly, the darkness ahead coalesced into a monstrous form—a towering, twisted figure with glowing eyes that pierced through the gloom. Leo's heart raced as fear threatened to paralyze him, but he held out the light before him. The creature hesitated, its

Johnson's heart raced at a hundred beats per minute as he heard the words from the voice outside his. He got up and quickly made for the door. "What on earth are you talking about?" He asked in mild shock. "We just received the body of your son now. His fiancee just arrived too. She's in shock and we haven't been able to get any words out of her" the person outside replied."Alright, I'm coming out" Johnson took a deep breath to steady his nerves before coming outside and shutting the door tightly behind him. "Inside that room you will find a dead girl. Get rid of her body and contact Arthur Columbus. Tell him I apologize for killing one of his whores and I'll pay whatever he seems necessary and appropriate enough for a whores life" Johnson said as he patted the man on the shoulder before hurrying downstairs to the confirm if the news he just heard was true. As he got downstairs, he first noticed the weeping Melissa before he saw the stiff body placed on the ground.Where his righ

"Who's this?" Helen asked into the phone as she frowned."Hi, are you friends with the owner of this phone?" The lady asked without responding to her question."Yes, and who are you?" Helen asked again with acid in her tone."All in due time Helen" the lady replied. Helen's name was on the caller ID just as Leo saved it."Where is he?" Helen asked making sure not to call Leo by name. From her earlier words she could tell that the speaker knew nothing about Leo."He's fine, in fact he's right here with me although he is unconscious" the lady replied."Unconscious?" Helen asked in surprise. "Yeah, he looked like he was running from something or someone. He was probably exhausted and from the look of things he hadn't eaten in at least a few days" the lady said again and Helen was even more confused now."Running from something? What?" She asked in her confusion."I don't know, only he can answer that and he's still unconscious for now" the lady said."Tell me where he is, I need to see

"Let all be ware. A new dawn is coming. A beast shall walk the grounds of this town and when the sun shines anew, it shall burn away all that is old and the beast shall build itself a fortress from the bones of its enemies and all that defies it"The whole room went silent as they all recognized the words. Every member of the the Divine Clan knew those words and were all taught to know the implications."Yes, your parents and clan members were not killed for no reason. The false god is coming and they refused to be a part of his evil plans and that's why Terry Dubois killed them" Leo said to the shocked group."What about you? Did he spare you because you were his son?" Ross asked him in a suspicious tone that almost made Leo laugh. "Spare me because I was his son? You didn't hear what I said earlier? I met him in the Red Fruit Mangrove and he tried to kill me" Leo replied to the absurd suggestion. "I heard that but I want to know why you survived that night and not all the others"