Hey, readers, Lynxx here, again. Thank you for reading this chapter. For fun, I made some ships. Melanie + Brian – Brianie Dalton + Charlene – Darlene Dalton + Melanie – Delanie Brian + Charlene – Brialene What's your favorite? And if you have a better name for any ship, you can comment. Kim Harvey, thanks for the comment. You are my first commenter. Keep the comments coming guys. Thanks.
"You have a nice manor," Brian remarked as they made their way upstairs. Edward hummed. "Hmm-mmm. I built this one since our last one was destroyed." "Destroyed? How?" "Bombing." Brian paused as his mind processed something. "Was it the bombing that...killed our family?" Edward nodded. Brian pursed his lips and remained silent. Edward started. "Well, there are lots of rooms in the house, so let's get started. Brian agreed. Starting from the top, Edward began the tour in the manor. He showed him the rooftop which had a low brick wall around it to prevent anyone from falling. Then he proceeded inside and showed him each room. The top floor occupied his study. It was just like the study at Richard's mansion, only that this one was wider and had more books. After the study was the weapons room, where weapons, mostly guns, were kept. Brian was amazed by the sight of the different types of guns – revolvers, pistols, revolvers, shotguns, and the like – hung on hooks attache
The backyard wasn't your typical backyard, whether common or wealthy. It was more like a military training area.The backyard was filled with different training equipment and facilities. It was like an outdoor version of the training rooms, only wider. Edward said this was the main training area, where everyone comes to train together. The area was brimming with training activities. Different groups trained in different areas, either hand-to-hand combat, sword fighting, gun shooting, and the rest. There were about twenty people in the area now.The perimeter of the training area was marked out by one-step bricks. Beyond the training area, two buildings were constructed, one in each corner of the fence. Brian noticed that the building on the left was too small for someone to do anything inside. Two guards stood by this building.Brian followed Edward as he walked behind the row of Grey Guardians practicing gun shooting. None of them missed their target dummies. They seemed so good at
Upon hearing Brian's voice, the men snapped their heads towards the door instantly. Their eyes widened when they saw the person they tried to kidnap a month ago. The same person that landed them here. The one he was looking at stood up and went forward a bit. Brian recognized him as the leader."Please, pardon us, sir. We didn't know you were part of a mafia." He started pleading. The men thought they were mafias."He isn't just part of us. He's my son." Edward deadpanned, with a stern face. Their eyes widened even more. They tried to kidnap the mafia boss's son? Uh oh!"We are...we are sorry. Please, have mercy on us.""Tell him what you told us," Edward ordered."Huh?""Who sent you to kidnap him?" "We already told you."Edward hardened his expression. "Don't make me get the whip." The leader flinched. His body hadn't recovered from the last beating he was given. He started revealing. "OK, OK. We don't know who the person was because he was masked. He gave us your picture and
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
A/N Hey readers. Lynxx is back with updates. I'm sincerely sorry for the lack of updates for the past few days. I don't want to lie. The reason is I've been feeling a bit lazy and my workload was much. But seeing the number of new readers I had now made me feel guilty about it. Hope you can forgive me, please? I was also stockpiling chapters for February, so I can assure you (not promising though) that there will be daily and regular updates in February. If possible two chapters per day. So there won't be many updates in the remaining months of January but there will be in December. Lynxx is no longer lazy, readers. Thanks, y'all who stayed. It means so much. If you've read the previous chapter before this one, you might want to remove this book from your library and add it again. I made a change to that chapter. Don't worry about the chapters you paid for. They'll remain unlocked. I made this chapter free for you. Enjoy, y'all.Mwaah. ******* Brian stared at the photo in be
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
An awkward and uncomfortable silence dwelt among Brian and Edward as Brian stood beside his father, resting his arms on the wall and breathing steadily.It wasn't until he glanced at the cigarette pack that Brian broke the silence."Can I have one of those?""Have you smoked before?" Edward asked.Brian shrugged. "There's a first time for everything." Edward thought for a moment before shrugging. What was the worst that could happen? Brian was an adult already. And he probably won't like it much.Brian took a cigarette out and lit the tip with the lighter."Suck gently," Edward told him and Brian did as he was told. He felt smoke fill up his mouth. "Now, swallow."Brian tried to swallow but the bitter tobacco taste wouldn't just go down his throat. He jerked back and coughed. It was the worst thing he had ever tasted."Yuck. That's horrible." Brian gagged, crunching his face with disgust. "How do you guys take this with a straight face?""You'll get used to it if you take it often."
"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