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From Pitiful to Powerful: The Concealed Heir Elevation Chapter Twenty-eight
Standing with their body turned to the side, Raymond and Brian circled, their fist curled up. All the people in the parking lot, Melanie, Charlene, Gabe, and the others backed away and stood behind a car. Tension was in the air. The same question was on everyone's mind as they anticipated the start of the fight. Eventually, Raymond decided to take the first. move. He targeted a blow at Brian's gut. Brian lowered his arms and blocked it. He raised his legs at Raymond's ear. Raymond crouched down and tried to jab Brian as he stood up. Brian tilted his head backward and jumped back, creating some distance between them. Brian wriggled his fingers and curled them back. Brian realized Raymond seemed to possess some fighting skill, unlike Gabe. Raymond charged again and the fight intensified. It was like watching a Jackie Chan movie. Both threw different attacks but they just kept defending them. Just like in the arm wrestling, they were evenly matched. Studying his movement, Bria
From Pitiful to Powerful: The Concealed Heir Elevation Chapter Twenty-nine
Charlene had never seen Dalton look so angry before. His face, calm before, now looked fierce and cold. Dalton's eyes seemed to throw daggers as he breathed heavily with his fist tightened. Raymond stared at him from head to toe. Wasn't this the friendless dude from the Medicine department? "How dare you hit me, you scumbag?" Raymond yelled, his face contorted with fury. He got up and approached Dalton. "You'll pay for that. You little piece of...ah." Dalton hit his elbow hard on Raymond's nose while he was still speaking. Raymond screamed and staggered back. Blood oozed out of his nose. "You...you broke my nose," Raymond said in disbelief, covering his nose. "Yeah. Try anything else and I'll break more than your nose." Dalton threatened. His voice didn't have the calmness it had before. Dalton didn't look like the cute and calm guy Charlene once knew. She was taken aback by this new version of him. Even Raymond was surprised. His fierce look was enough to frighten him. Da
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At the front porch, while Melanie and Brian argued, Charlene was cleaning Dalton's elbow which was grazed due to Raymond's teeth."Geez, harsh thing you did to Raymond." She commented."I could have done more," Dalton replied. The cut inflamed under the touch of the spirit but he didn't flinch at all."Hmm, who would have thought you knew how to fight? You look so...gentle." Charlene stared at his hazel eyes. She could still remember how fierce it looked when Dalton shrugged. "Never judge a book by its cover. How's your head?"Charlene rubbed the back of her head. "I came off with a little lump, but I'll be alright.""Let me see...if it's okay with you." Charlene turned around. Dalton pushed her orange hair away. Charlene loved the way his fingers touched her skin. "Oh," Dalton said, after sighting the lump. "Just apply some pressure and ice on it and it will be alright.""Sure," Charlene replied, almost dreamily. She wanted to press her head into his hands but he had removed hi
From Pitiful to Powerful: The Concealed Heir Elevation Chapter Thirty-one
"So, you were working undercover?" asked Melanie.Dalton nodded again. "For Brian's safety, Edward appointed me to watch Brian in secret. I'm sure he has other Nightbirds watching Brian secretly too.""Sounds like something Edward would do," Melanie said."OK, can someone explain what a Nightbird is?" Brian interjected, getting confused with the Nightbjrd talk."Oh, you don't know yet. Well, your father has three categories of workers and men. The Nightbirds, Gray Guardians, and Butterfly. Dalton is a Nightbird, while Charlene and I are Butterflies." Melanie explained and pushed back some strands of her hair.Brian blinked. "And why am I just hearing this now?" They only shrugged. Brian shook his head. "So my father has...Nightbirds...watching me in secret?""He didn't tell me, but I'm sure he does. He can't assign just me." Dalton said.Brian hummed. He wondered who the other Nightbird might be. It could be anyone. People he knew, people he didn't know. Anyone."Well, this explains
From Pitiful to Powerful: The Concealed Heir Elevation Chapter Thirty-two
Gabe and his friends froze as three men approached them. They were masked and dressed in all-black. "What...what...do you want from us?" Gabe stammered, trembling. "Who is Gabe Peterson?" The man in the middle asked. His voice was so deep that it sent shivers down their spine. Without hesitation, they all pointed at Gabe. "Take him." The man ordered. Gabe's heart skipped a beat. "What? What did I do?" The other two men drew closer to him and grabbed his shoulders. "Follow us if you don't want any problems." One of them said. Gabe gulped and glanced at his friends. Fright was evidently etched on their faces. They didn't make any move to come to his aid at all. Seeing there was no point fighting, Gabe reluctantly allowed himself to be pushed by the men. At the doorway, Gabe looked back at his friends. They still made no move. He sighed and walked out. It was almost midnight. Their house was located in a neighborhood secluded from the highway, so the area was quiet except fo
From Pitiful to Powerful: The Concealed Heir Elevation Chapter Thirty-three
"Brian Ashton and Melanie Spears, the chancellor called for the both of you." An unknown student announced in Brian's Financial Accounting class. Brian sighed. He had been expecting the announcement since he came to school that day. After getting permission from the Financial Accounting lecturer, they left the class amidst the stares from the whole class. They walked in silence to the building where the office was located. They climbed the staircase to the office and entered when they arrived. Gabe, his friends, Charlene, Raymond, and Dalton were already in the office. Miss Claudine stood beside the chancellor who was seated on his swivel chair. The office was quiet except for the creaking of the ceiling fan and the vibrations from the water dispenser. Brian could see a view of the school from the window behind the chancellor. "So, can anyone tell me how the bloody fight started?" The chancellor joined his hands and interlocked his fingers immediately the door slammed shut. His
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Silence fell immediately in the cafeteria. The whole students gaped at Brian with their hung open or eyes widened. Dalton froze the moment he felt Brian's lips touch his cheek and faced him in shock. Even Melanie and Charlene stared at Brian dumbstruck. Brian smiled at the reaction of everyone and wrapped his arms around Dalton's shoulder. "Let's go." Brian gently nudged Dalton out of the cafeteria. Melanie and Charlene followed shortly. The students, still silent, watched them walk out before the murmur increased its tempo. They only used the gay stuff to make jest of Brian but was Brian truly gay? The next hot topic was slowly brewing. As they walked to their car, Charlene demanded. "What did you that for?" Brian merely shrugged. "They want something to gossip about, they got something to gossip about. After all, everyone thinks I'm gay." "A little warning will be appreciated next time," Dalton said. "Yeah. Sorry about that." "Next time?" Charlene raised her brows. Bria
From Pitiful to Powerful: The Concealed Heir Elevation Chapter Thirty-five
Christabel emerged from the taxi when it arrived at the rental apartment building. After paying the taxi driver, she turned and looked at the building. She frowned. This was Brian's old apartment building. She wondered where Brian lived now. Probably somewhere rich. Hmph, lucky him. She thought. She tucked some strands of hair behind before walking in. She climbed the stairs to the next floor and headed to apartment 25 and knocked on the door. "I'll be there in a minute." Margaret's voice responded from inside. Some minutes later, the door opened. "Welcome, Christa." Margaret beamed at her. Christabel became dumbstruck at Margaret's new appearance. Her dark skin seemed to have become lighter, almost fair. Her hairstyle was now a round afro hairstyle. Makeup beautified her face greatly. Two gold round earrings hung on her ears and she wore a crop top and bum shorts. "Are you coming in?" Margaret's voice snapped out of her daze. "Uh...yeah." Christabr got a hold of her
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"SURPRISE." Brian's heart skipped as applause and cheers filled his ears. He blinked repeatedly and looked. The living room was crowded with a lot of people, at least two dozen and they were all clapping and cheering. Edward and Rosanna stood in front of them with smiles on their face. Conan was behind them, grinning. About two dozen of Nightbirds, Gray Guardians, and Butterflies also filled the room. Brian looks around. There was a line of flag pennants attached to the ceiling, together with flags with letters forming the word, "Happy Coronation." "Welcome home, honey." Rosanna stepped forward and hugged Brian. "I...you guys didn't have to throw a welcome home party for me," Brian said after they separated. "This is not a welcome home party, silly." Rosanna laughed softly. "What is it then?" Edward stepped forward to explain. "Well, it's the tradition of the Addams to celebrate the heir of the family on their eighteenth birthday. Kinda like an heir coronation. But with the gi
Chapter Sixty-nine
Brian became dumbstruck after Lana dropped the bombshell. Charlene's mouth hung open, Melanie covered hers while Dalton was the one who spoke in astonishment. "She's-what now?" "The person that called said she tried to carry out an abortion, but...it..." Tears streamed out of her eyes. Brian didn't need the complete statement to understand. His ex-girlfriend was dead. Alexia Baker was gone from this world forever. Brian exhaled deeply. Perhaps, if he was still dating her he would have burst into tears and rushed to the hospital like an insane person to hug her corpse and cry harder. But he didn't do that. His sadness for her death wasn't overwhelming. She wasn't worth his tears. But that didn't mean he wanted her dead. Alexia, just like Patricia, did horrible things but they didn't deserve death. They could have changed their ways and lived better. "I told her not to do it. This is all my fault." Lana continued crying, refusing to wipe her cheeks which were wet with tears. "
Chapter Sixty-eight
"Nebula news. Just last night, the kidnappers responsible for the disappearances going on in our city were caught and abducted. The victims were unharmed and saved. And sources tell us this was possible only because of a young man called Brian Ashton..."Brian could still remember the news as he was seated in the middle row of seats in the Dolly Hall.Just as he thought, the news about Brian saving the victims spread like wildfire that in three weeks, Brian was like a celebrity in the city.All the victims were returned to their families after being checked on in the hospital. Brian received a lot of thank-you messages from them on social media. Brian couldn't be happier.The children in Richard's mansion were also returned to their families. And what more?Brian snitched on Gabe and his friends about his connection with the kidnaps and his drug dealing. They were now in the police station, preparing for his verdict.These last few days were nice. Students now treated Brian like a cel
Chapter Sixty-seven
"He escaped." Dalton completed. "What? How?" Brian exclaimed. "We tried holding him but some guards came to his rescue. We were outnumbered." Melanie explained. Brian curled his fist. He should have sent some men to help them. But then, he wasn't expecting them to be outnumbered. "Did you see anyone with dreadlock run this way?" Brian asked Arata. Arata shook his head. "We guarded here heavily. No one left or entered." Brian's brows furrowed. How did Raymond escape? Was there some kind of secret passageway or tunnel in the house? Melanie let out a weak gasp and winced. The pain on her side was getting intense. Brian returned his attention to her and stared at her side. She seemed to have been stabbed where she was stabbed previously at Alexia's place. She needed treatment immediately. Just then, a deep voice boomed, causing Brian to jump a bit. "FREEZE." Brian turned. Blood drained from his face at what he saw. Several men barged into the compound. They were all armed
Chapter Sixty-six
"You are not the only one with a bullet vest here." Miss Claudine cackled and pointed her black pistol at him again. "You are all dead meat."Before she could pull the trigger, Dalton moved and kicked her hand. Her gun skidded from her hand and she yelped."You must have forgotten you are outnumbered," Dalton said. "No one is dead meat except you."Miss Claudine straightened up."It's over." Brian raised his gun at her. A gunshot was heard in the hallway, causing Brian to turn. Two guards lay on the ground meters from them. They were shot by the Nightbirds.Raymond took advantage of the distraction. He grabbed Melanie's hand and twisted it.Melanie winced in pain and left her gun. Then, Raymond delivered a kick on her abdomen which propelled her towards Brian. As Brain caught her, he and Miss Claudine took off in the direction of the stairwell. Dalton raised his hand to shoot but they started moving in a zigzag manner making it difficult for Dalton to target. They entered the stairw
Chapter Sixty-five
Brian's heartbeat increased its rate as he glanced at the guards pointing their guns at them as if they prepared for this moment their whole life. Melanie and their others stood in the same state of shock as Brian. The guards were about ten in number. Some of the guards stepped forward and took their guns, leaving them with no means to defend themselves. "Awn, sweet Brian thought his plan would work. Haha." Miss Claudine cackled maniacally. "But we were already one step ahead." Brian gritted his teeth at the sight of his Business Law teacher. Nothing had changed about her except that she was wearing a black shirt and black leather jeans, something he thought he would never see her wear. Her dimples, which once gave her a nice look, now made her look sinister with the wicked grin. "Long time no see." Raymond chirped in. Brian glared at him. Raymond also wore black like everyone else and for the first time, Brian saw Raymond without his earrings or chains. His dreadlocks dangled on
Chapter Sixty-four
Conan tapped a button on the control unit of the kit after Brian's order and sent the command to the transmitter. Instantly, the lights went off and the area was covered in darkness. Brian tapped the button by his glasses and jumped out. He started seeing in radioactive green through the glasses. He moved towards the fence with the others. Just like they planned, the Nightbirds stood on the shoulders of the Gray Guardians. The Guardians stood up, lifting the Nightbirds to touch the electric wire.Since the power supply had been disrupted, they were able to touch the wire without being electrocuted. They snapped the wire quietly with wire cutters. Still on the Guardian's shoulders, they shot all the guards they found in the compound. As if fate was on their side, the cloud had covered the full moon, so the darkness thickened a bit.After they'd shot the guards, they indicated to the guardians that the coast was clear by tapping their feet on their shoulders.The Guardians lifted the
Chapter Sixty-three
The black Sienna drove through the road in the forest. The headlights were dimmed to avoid easy spotting so Dalton had to drive carefully because of the limited light. Luckily, the full moon helped with some illumination. Some meters behind, two black minivans, in which Richard, Sasha, and the rest of the men and women were in, trailed behind. For some reason unknown to Brian, the cars made little noise as they moved. The laptop stood on the middle of the car dashboard. They were following the dot on the map which was still moving on the water as represented on the map. There was another dot on the map. It was a blue dot that represented them, enabling them to know how far they were from the kidnappers. The two dots were meters apart, the red dot being by the right and ahead of the blue one. Brian's uneasiness came back for a moment but he shoved it aside. He had started this already, so there was no point being negative. "Will our gas be enough for the whole journey?" Brian inq
Chapter Sixty-two
Brian watched in amazement as a Nightbird, whose name was Killian (he was apparently the best voice imitator and actor they had), put on a Mohawk wig that resembled Gabe's hair. His face had already been covered with makeup, giving him Gabe's complexion. His eyes were covered with contact lenses, giving him Gabe's blue eyes color. "Wow, this is impressive work," Brian said to Sasha was just finishing applying the makeup. She bowed and smiled. "Thank you." "Now for the voice part. How's it going?" Killian took out his earpiece with which he had been listening to Gabe's voice. "How's this?" He cleared his throat and changed his facial expression to an angry one. He looked just like Gabe. "Hey, dude. What the hell are you doing?" He spoke in a voice that almost sounded like Gabe's if not for the deepness and pitch. Brian nodded again, impressed with what he witnessed. "Wow. How did you do that?" "Well, I've been listening to his voice since today so I studied his speech tone an
