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." She complimented."Is everyone ready to leave?"She nodded. "We are all waiting for you."Richard felt a skip in his heart beat but tried to maintain his stance. He was finally going to meet the big guys. For the past days he had stayed with the Deltas, they had taught him a lot but he wasn't sure it would be enough to meet the lords yet."Be fearless. Be bold. Do not let them see your weakness or they use it against you. Remember, you are their lord and you should behave like one and not like a puppet." She encouraged him and patted his shoulder.Richard let out a deep breath before he curled up the corners of his lips. "Of course, I won't disappoint this clan."She nodded and walked out of the room. Walking down the hall and heading outside the house, a member of the clan, Matilda, joined her."After the coronation, the leadership would come to this house. Nice plan you've got Rina." She said in a whisper but clear and loud enough for Rina to hear."We just have to keep going on with the plan and he wouldn't find out about this. We just have to make this coronation a success." She halted and faced Matilda. "They would try to make this coronation a failure so I hope all the guys are ready?"She nodded. "Yes. We did as you said.""Good," she nodded and continued. "After tonight, the king of the abyss would be our puppet and we will gain back our power through him. After everything is done, we do away with him."They both walked out, leaving Richard who had overheard them in complete shock. He couldn't move and was stuck to where he stood.Use him as a puppet and dumb him when they have gotten what they wanted? Not what he was expecting but he did had a bad feeling about it all.He rushed back into his room and locked the door behind him. They did gave him an option to either join them or to die.He rubbed the back of his neck and sighed deeply. This is going to be his new life.Taking in deep breaths to calm himself, he left the room and went to join his clan members. He sat in the same car with Rina.All through the car ride was filled with silence as no one said anything to anyone. Richard had his mind fixed on what he heard.He just had to pretend he never heard them.They took a lonely road and the car drove through the dark with no other car passing by. He got to a gate and it was opened for them by the officers.Richard thought the journey would end there and wondered why they were going through a long quiet road, but the car drove down the road and went beneath a bridge.He got an eerie feeling and the hairs on his skin rose as he put his attention on the road they were going through. It was like, a road to hell. A road to a slaughter house that was hidden far away from the city."How far are we gone?" He questioned Rina whose head was rested on the headrest and her eyes were shut.She sighed deeply before she replied, "The drive from the city to this dark-hill is an hour."An hour? They travelled for an hour without him noticing?He looked out again and swallowed deeply. What exactly has he put himself into?The driver finally pulled over immediately they drove out of the bridge. "Where is this place?" he questioned in curiosity and looked around for the sign of a house or anything, but there was nothing.He expected to see a very big mansion with guards all over, but they were in an abandoned area with no life or house around."We are at the abyss," she answered and came out of the car.Abyss? Where exactly was it? He wondered and came out of the car, still looking around.Rina walked to the side wall and placed her palm on it. A blue light glowed on the wall and her hand was scanned.He was dumbstruck seeing it. There was something behind the wall. The wall divided into two, revealing a dark opening."Let's go in." She said to him and walked into the dark space. Richard hesitantly went after her. "We are going down first." The wall closed up, immediately turning the lights on.Richard gasped as he realized where they were. An elevator. She pressed a green button and they went down. It only stopped when the red lights came on and the elevator opened.A large space painted in white. There were paintings on the wall. Paintings that tells a story but he couldn't figure out what it was.A young woman walked to them with her head bowed. "The lords are waiting. This way please." She said and led them to a room. She opened the door and moved away.Richard stepped in and his heart dropped for a minute. He was standing before the lords of the game?"So you are the new king? A brat like you?" One of the lords asked.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 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 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
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 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
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
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
Being able to do anything for someone you love is truly a bliss to the heart. Someone who deserves it, who makes your meaningless life meaningful again.He was ready to do anything for the sake of that one person, Danica Armstrong, his girlfriend.Richard looked at the mirror one last time and smiled in satisfaction of how he looked. Even though he wasn't classy enough, he made sure to look as good as he could. He planned on making his Danica proud.The door opened and a young man his age walked in. Seeing him through the mirror, the young man laughed out loud."What do you think you are doing Richard? I thought you listened to me when I told you to forget about the party? That party isn't for someone like you. The class of people attending are way more than your class. Infact, you are just a piece of garbage to them." As always, his friend Mike was there to mock at him.He has always being jealous of him since he started dating Danica so Richard wasn't surprised at all.Danica is of