The hot, cold drink hit his throat, burning him up immediately and so sharply that he had to withdraw the cup away and shut his eyes so tight. Rina laughed seeing his reaction and stood up."Now that my friend, is the first step to becoming a fearless king. Being able to take in even the strongest alcohol that every one thinks not possible." She applauded and patted his shoulder before she walked back to the bar. "Why don't you drink as much as you want? Not that I visit here frequently. I am worried most of this drinks would reach it expiring dates before I realize it.He drew his brows with a thought that the drink he had might be expired but she waved her hand and shook her head."Not the least expired," she answered as if hearing his thought. "Just got it three months ago all the way from Vietnam. One of my most expensive wine,"He heaved a sigh of relief and went for another sip.....The next morningThe sun ray stoned on his face forcing him to groan and tossed to the other sid
Richard wasn't going down to the water, neither was he dead but instead, he felt a hand holding him from behind. He tried to look over his shoulder to see who had caught him but he couldn't see anyone."Before you try to kill yourself next time, you can drop off the ring of the abyss. That is worth a country." She warned and pushed him back, making him to fall to the ground."Sira?" He called but in a low voice as he stared at her with widened eyes."You are nothing but a weakling. I never expected you to be brave anyway.""How did you find me?""It was easy to get you. I mean, you left your tracks behind and I so happened to find it first. You were lucky I saw you or others would have pushed you down themselves.""I want it anyway. I want to die."She sighed deeply and crossed her arms. "Don't worry, I will give you a chance to speak to me about your problems. I wouldn't mind being your therapist." She informed and pointed at her cat. "A ride is waiting for us."He glanced at the ca
Richard quickly picked up his phone again and read the message. His parent? His parent where involved with the abyss too?He had a lot of questions running in his head that needed answers but there was no way he could get any. What was going on? What was going to happen to him? Disembody him? That is a worst way to die. If he drops the kingship too, he would die nevertheless.What should he do? What choice would he make? Who sent him the message? Who should he trust?He swallowed hard and made way for his room. Getting in, he locked up the door behind him and hurried to the mirror. He placed his two hand on the mirror table, trying to steady his breath.He felt panic following in and that was almost making him go crazy. Slowly, he lifted his face and looked at his reflection in the mirror.A smile crept to his face but not a beautiful smile as the one he had but a devilish grin that he could almost not recognize himself in the mirror.He moved his hand across his hair and roughened it
The bullet grazed Richard cheek giving him a cut. Luckily, it missed his head or wherever the shooter had planned on shooting him."Let's leave." Jack said to Richard and they all rushed out with the securities around aiming their guns for whoever shot their king.Richard was taken back to the room where he met with the lords earlier. "What was that?" Richard questioned as his body was shaken in fright of what would have happened to him. He thought he was a goner."Congratulations, you have an enemy." Juliana informed. "You should leave now. Your new house is ready.""My lady, he is coming with the Deltas tonight. We need to celebrate his victory in our clan as it is a tradition." Rina answered and faced Richard. "Your car is ready my lord.""Then if he is going with you, we need to send a whole lot of security after you." Sebastian suggested. "After what just happened, we can't tell what would happen if you step out alone."Philip rolled his eyes and faced Sebastian. "Let the king m
Richard slowly slipped to the ground, resting his back on the wall as his gaze remained fixed on the dead bodies. He was torturing himself by looking at the bodies. His mind was clouded as the scene of how they were shot and fell dead to the ground kept replaying it self in his head.He had to do something about their death and he would be able to. Why waste it? He needed to know what they did and why they had to die the way they did but first, he needed to attain power.He couldn't do anything as he wasn't officially crowned the king yet. The lords of the game showed a display of power. Richard thought he should also have same authority.They should be under him right? He slowly stood up and rolled his fist into a ball. "What ever you did, it doesn't deserve this inhumane act." He remembered Sira telling him about their daughter.They just made the poor girl an orphan. They ruined her life. He needed to make up for it. He examined himself and slowly looked towards the door suddenly
Richard felt his heart crawling to his mouth as his body stilled and all noise disappeared except his racing heart being loud to his ears.He never signed up for what he was about to do. Kill somebody? No, his life should be at least peaceful and not carrying the guilt of ending anyone's life. No one told him about the mess he was about to make. No one told him the ritual involves a person life. He had made a terrible mistake by agreeing to be the king of the abyss. By agreeing to join.Now, his life was on the line if he doesn't commit murder."What are you waiting for? We don't have all time." Philip reminded, bringing the gun so close to his skin and Richard shivered at the contact made with the cold metal.He shakily rose his arms up, pointing his gun towards the man while his wife kept pleading that their lives be spared.I can't do this. I can't do this. I can't do this. Those words repeated in his mind but he dared not say it out loud or the wicked bullet would create a hole i
Richard took his gaze to the man who had spoken. A very tall man who he was sure was 6 to 7ft. He was also muscular and huge, giving him an intimidating stature that could cause anyone to fall on their knees.He walked closer, not taking his gaze away from him. They all had their masks on and he couldn't see their faces but he could tell they were four men and four women."Sir Philip, we explained......"The man, who happened to be Philip Makani, the king of shades, rose his hand to stop Rina from speaking any further."Don't the king have a mouth to speak?" He questioned, still not taking his gaze away from Richard.All eyes were on him. Richard felt the world spinning around and he wished the ground would open up and swallow him. He thought he was ready, but he wasn't. He wasn't ready to face the people standing before him.They were all intimidating and powerful. The aura they carried with them."Philip, you shouldn't talk to our new king like this." One of the lords came further a
Richard stood in front of the tall mirror before him as he stared at his reflection. Some days ago, he did same to go to the party in Danica's mansion. He was satisfied with his simple look and had being so proud that he would make his girlfriend happy. At the end, he got disappointed.Now, the person in the mirror was different from the person he knew he was. Just a little glow up and he became a different person entirely.His black suit gave a lot of his new status, fitting perfectly to his body and his hair was all styled back bringing out the color of his eyes. His father or mother, he had no idea who he looked like but he was sure his parent were good looking and had blessed him with their looks."Today is your coronation day. You must be so happy. Wealth would finally be yours." Rina said out, walking into the room with her heels making clicking sounds at each step she took. She looked at his reflection and smiled in satisfaction. "Perfect. The perfect lord of the abyss look." Sh
"Richard Flair," he replied.She walked back to him and looked at his fingers. "Can you show me your ring finger?""Huh?""Please show me your ring finger." Her voice was calm.Richard looked at the people around, wondering if he could trust them to show his ring. Noticing how uncomfortable he was, Rachel walked closer and said to him."Don't worry, I am the only one aware of it."He nodded and slowly pulled off the glove he wore, revealing the ring.Seeing the black, shiny ring, Rachel's eyes widened. What her sister said was true, the ring of leadership was with the Delta clan."Let go of him immediately." She ordered to the securities, who obeyed her but not without sharing a glance."Offer him the best service you have never offered to anyone. Make him as comfortable as he can be," she said to the staffs, who were all filled with wonder.The young man was almost thrown out of the bank few minutes ago, but it all turned around and they are been told to offer him their best services?