"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? Could he be her son or relative or a son of an influential man?"I apologize for the embarrassment. I wasn't able to recognize you from the beginning. Please do not hold it against me my lord."My lord? They began to murmur among themselves in awe. The all, proud and powerful Rachel Julius, called a young man 'lord'? They had a lot to ask but dared not voice it out."Are you guys deaf or something? Get to work immediately!" Rachel snapped, bringing them out of shock, as they all scurried away."Please come with me to my office. You shouldn't be standing here." She said politely, with a smile on her face.She led the way back to the elevator while Ricky followed behind her. "My sister told me that you would be coming. I actually went outside to lead you back in but I got confused."Ricky smiled, "Yeah. I wasn't dressed in expensive and designed suit."They got to her office and sat down. Almost immediately, the door opened and one of the staff came in with a bottle of wine while the manager followed behind him."Ermm, you don't have to do all this really. I just need to give you my details and leave soon."She shook her head, "You are the new leader. It is a pleasure serving you my lord. Just take a little gift from me. And also, you thought to open an account in my bank, this is more than I could ask for.""Well, you've got Rina to thank. She recommended this bank."She smiled proudly and took her gaze to the manager. "Mr Flair here will be opening an account with us. He is our very important customer and the infinity card should be given to him."The manager's mouth dropped. The infinity? That card was only used by Rachel. It is the highest card and she doesn't give it to anyone.There are three cards for the VIPs, with the golden being the highest but the infinity, higher and rare. The other two are the silver and bronze. They all cost alot of money to attain. Each card type represent the safe that would be given to it buyer and they all have different prices, with the golden card been the highest price."Ma'am, are you sure about this?" He dared to ask but got a glare as an answer.Without been instructed again, he hurriedly left the office to go get his computer."I heard about the passing of Ben. He was a good leader to the Delta's but that was his destiny." she sighed and moved back. "You look young and unfamiliar. I am sure you aren't a big business tycoon or an important person, so how did you win?"That was a crazy story. He wasn't meant to win, infact, Ben was the winner. Death was his fate but it got turned around and he was involved in the game somehow.He accidentally won the game and was declared the king of the abyss."I guess Rina must have told you what to expect. Nothing on earth comes free. You declared the winner of the game sets you on a burning coal that would burn you up if you aren't careful." she took her gaze to his black ring, "Everyone set their eyes on that ring. Congratulations, you just signed up for a long time battle."Richard's eyes were widened as she explained it more to him. He really did signed up for something dangerous and would soon dance to the tune.The manager came back in, distracting them from their little chats. "I will need your fingerprint sir. It would serve as one of the passcodes to access your money," he said, bowing to the young man before him.Richard stretched his hand. He suddenly remembered what had happened at the prison and what Mr Stallion revealed. He did know something about his parent and from what he said, he might be involved in their deaths. Rina wasn't ready to tell him which clan Mr Stallion was in.He released a deep sigh and registered his fingerprints. Getting his name and information registered, he was done opening the safe."Thank you my lord for coming." Rachel stood up and bowed her head."You don't have to do that. You are way older than me."She smiled and shook her head, "You shouldn't be too soft my lord. This is not a kingdom to be ruled with softness. You are dealing with prominent and powerful people here."He nodded. "I know and that's why I will rule my own way."His phone vibrated in his pocket. Bringing it out, he tapped on his school's department group chat and read the current messages silently which involved him of course.'I heard that useless Richard is still coming back to school. His scholarship wasn't withdrawn. So sad.' A message reads.'i hate to see his face. He is so annoying.' another reads.Richard scrolled down, ignoring the rest. Getting to the last messages, his heart dropped.'Jason was in school today. He looks so handsome as always.''Danica was also with him. Such good looking couples. I really hope they end up together, their kids would be beautiful.''I heard the both of them will be in school tomorrow.''A beautiful union that rat almost ruined.'The rest was filled with laughing emojis.Jason. Richard planned on speak to him about his parent and how they are involved. He needed to go back to school.He hurried out of the bank after being greeted again by Rachel, and stood by the busy road. Dialing Rina's number, he placed it on his ear."Hello Rina, can the lesson for tomorrow be cancelled?""Do you have to ask? Just give an order and it shall be done immediately my lord. Also, you are meeting the lords of card tonight." she reminded.Tonight?"Will I get to see Mr Stallion too?"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 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