Helana was stunned as she could not believe that Richard was the one who just slapped her, siding a stranger over her.
"Do you realize who that is? The heiress of the Jade family?" Richard thundered.The words were like a sudden stab right through her heart as she could not believe that it was someone that powerful."But what's she doing with Xander?" She shivered even harder."We want to go and get a meal," Lina responded with a smirk on her face.The war could be equated to a flash of lightning bolts running through the spine of everyone present.They still thought that she might be joking about that. But having dinner with the Almighty Jade's family was something that all of~~~~ them that were present there were going to die for.Helana shivered, knowing just how much trouble she had gotten herself into. If the Jade family wanted you dead, they were going to do it and nobody was nobody finds out anything about it.She understood why Richard did what he did now. Even if she was in his position, she would have done the same thing."Please forgive us," Richard said, turning over to Lina."Forgive? When she tried to slap me? When you hurt the person that is closest to you? Do you dare to get into a duel with the Jade family?Or do you think your Father and everyone in your lineage can compare to ants before us?" She thundered.The resounding of her thundering voice sent cold chills down their spine."We are sorry." They apologize all together with sincerity in their voice."Just say the word and we are going to do anything that you tell us." They muttered almost at the same time."Anything?" An evil smile hovered on Lina's face but they were too desperate to notice it. Their fears clouding their right judgment.""Yes, anything." They responded quickly."Then, since I am not the one with the major wrong here. I want you to kneel before Xander and apologize to him right away." She said,A sudden cough escaped from their mouth. In their opinion, kneeling before that punk called Xander was certainly no different than stepping on shit.They could not speak for a while as they were dumbstruck."Choose what you want. Kneel before him or the destruction of your family." She said.The former was more grieved but it might be that they were going to lose their ego.Richard's father on the other end was having problems with his company and was planning to open a co-peration with her family soon.If he has anything about his son shattering his relationship with the Jades, it is not going to be a good thing for him.Seeing her husband already floating with defeat, Helana knew that there was absolutely nothing that she could do about it.Her bones were weak and the both of them knelt before Xander with apologies on their lips."We are sorry." They apologized quickly.Without taking a bit look at them Xander turned over to Lina as he was already fed up with the event.He was both irritated and had an awkward air around him already."We should get going." He said.Lina nodded her head, flinging a deadly glare at the both of them."You should be grateful that your husband is so considerate." She said and they turned to leave.The guards gathered them From behind and walked them off into the care, Xander being treated like a celebrity all through.The dinner was not going to be held in the family house anymore. It turned out that her grandfather was sick so it had been fixed for a later date."My grandfather will not be able to see you anymore, he just went for a medical checkup." She said and Xander nodded his head.He was already someone nervous to face the most talked about trillionaire in the city in the first place."But I could treat you for a meal." She finally said.She brought out her cell phone from her pocket to scout for the best restaurant in the city.Lina wanted to give her the best treat ever that he was not going to forget in a long while.Then, one of them caught her attention. The most luxurious restaurant in the city, especially for government representatives who came into the city a while ago.Ever since that time, the restaurant has only been presided over by members of the biggest families in the city.She was the outing type and this was why she didn't know this. It wouldn't be bad if she tried it herself.Whispering to the driver, she was soon dropped off at the place. Lina turned over to the guards and said."You can wait here." She said, feeling that Xander was going to feel uncomfortable being around such several people.Even though the head guard was not comfortable with these words, he still nodded his head.Meanwhile, Xander could not help but stare at the luxury of the hotel that lay before him. Laced with linens of gold and Silver, it was a sight to behold.Lina caught a glance of her stare and a smile hovered on her face as she beckoned to him."You can come in." She said with a smile still there.Xander joined her from behind until they finally came to the large lobby. There was a guard there and they walked up to him."We would love to book a meal." She said following the words that he had read online.There was a weird expression on his face but he was still able to maintain his professionalism."Is there a problem?" Lina was able to pick up a quick change of his expression."Certainly not. I will get the lobby manager right away." He smiled and walked off from the place.Soon, they heard the clicking of heels coming from the upper stairs. The lobby manager was a beautiful lady with the perfect grace but immediately her eyes laid on Xander, and her initial facial expression changed into a scornful frown.She turned to the guard, her face dripping over with anger."Did you have to call me over to attend to beggars? Didn't you know what to do?" She flared.Cold chill through the spine of the guard. He was only trying to act professional but guess that was only going to get him into a lot of trouble."Beggars?" Lina could not help but scoff."Guess everyone is doing a good job getting on my nerves these days." She clinched a thought, an angry frown on her face."Pardon?" Her eyebrows shot up.For the first time, Lina's presence which seemed to have been clouded by Xander's was noticed."And you must be his wife, conned as his secretary for some poverty alleviation scheme?" He was beyond stunned.Lina's anger rose to her neck and she could hardly breathe anymore."Call me that one more time and you are not going to like what I am going to do to you." Lina thundered with fury.Her suppressive Aura was enough to send cold chills down the spine of the lobby manager who shuddered under the weight of her words.But she braised up a few moments later. She certainly did not do anything to her, besides, they were in her territory."Just dare it again and see what I am going to do to you," Lina responded to her words.Xander could already tell that something really bad was going to happen if he didn't intervene. He was already used to being treated like a piece of trash.He tried as much as he could to calm her down but then, Lina was not going to listen to him..The lobby manager smiled."Why don't you listen to your husband begging and try somewhere else where they are going to believe those lying lips of yours..." She smiled, wanting to add more disgusting lines or her words.But the next thing she felt was a thunderous slap on her face. The lines of Lina's fingers reflected on her face making it hot red.Xander was stunned.The guard was stunned and so was the lobby manager."Nice going to make sure that you pay for this." She glared with all the anger that she could muster up in her."Do your worst." Lina stood her ground, getting her even more angry than she was already.The rate of their racing hearts seemed to increase, the silence an impending emblem of their rivalry. Xander could already tell that there was going to be a way there for sure. One that they might not be able to control."Get me the manager." The lobby manager turned over to the guard.She shuddered before going ahead with the message that he had been instructed to be. Besides, who wasn't going to be, he was the beginning of all the duels in the first place."Let's see what you are going to look like when coming out of jail." The lobby manager was jealous of her looks, getting her on the edge even more."The question should be who is going to go to that jail instead," Lina replied with a wicked smile on her face.Soon, Mrs. Williams walked into the place and walked up to the lobby manager."Honey, is there a problem?" He said.Lina's eyes bulged, this was certainly going to be interesting for s
The stink of fear and dominance was evident in the room. They had offended someone that they shouldn't have been dear to."We will do anything ma'am. Just spare our lives." They continued to plead.Lina's facial expression flinched, and her hands crawled inwards. They weren't worth wasting her time on. But that didn't mean that she was going to let them go."Mr. Williams." She called out and the boss shivered."Yes! Yes! Miss Lina." He stuttered."Is there any vacation in the cleaning department?" She emphasized and he nodded his head rapidly.Even though there was none, okay would be created immediately just because she was the one who requested it."That's good." Lina smiled slightly walking over to the two couples that were clinging to the floor, their faces washed up with fear."I'm being generous today, how will you like the job of a cleaner?" Lina directed her questions towards Mr. Welson.The drop of sweat on his face soon coupled into a large stream as he shivered at the breat
Xander's heart continued to race. From the way that Lina looked at them, he could tell that the alcohol was beginning to wear off completely.She could at least sense exactly what was going on.Mrs. Jane was one that she was tasked with right after the death of her parents. Her Uncle's wife, James.Even though Mr. Jane never liked her, there was nothing that could be done about it since right after the death of her parents, her grandfather, the Patron of the family, had tasked them with her care.And this ripped Mrs. Jones's heart even more, she was more loved and carried more air of grace than all her other children, fueling her hate and anger even more."Lina? Do you just decide to go about into the slum picking up people and bringing them into the family's Villa?" Her words were likened to the sharp edges of a sword piercing through the heart.The frown that appeared on Lina's face afterward was inevitable.Lina knew that it was her fault and could not allow only Xander to take th
It was going to be a really big insult to Lina if Xander accepted such money and even though he needed it, he pushed it backward to the old man and said. "I can't accept your money, sir." He replied politely.They tried to persuade him but he would not move away from his stance.Mr. James thought it was going to be easy for him after all and this made him frown deeply.Xander was just like his niece. Extremely stubborn. No wonder they were able to find themselves and get along so easily in the first place.But he was not going to sit back and watch them spoil their plans. But after the long time that it had taken them to plot it out.He leaned forward with an irritated look on his face, having the intention to scare Xander away who continued to stare right into his eyes without a bulge.He was one of the most confident people that he had meant who would dare to stare right into his eyes. Even as a poor man that he was.'Maybe he is just trying to act strong just because he is intendin
"How can you make him come up with the man of that root when we barely know anything about it?" The frown on Lina's face knew no bounds.She never thought that her uncle was going to resort to such a means to achieve his aims. Regrets washed over her, for allowing Xander to take up the challenge in the first place."There was no rule to the game right?" The grin on Mr. James's face was one that spoke of pure evil.Lina clenched her teeth, wishing that she could take the root off the floor and snatch it right on the floor so that it was going to shatter.Mr. James smiled because there was certainly no way that he was going to get it correctly. And this way, he was going to be out of their lives forever.In the real sense, he saw Xander as the biggest fool of the century, thinking that he was going to win a fight with the lord of cunningness.The Initial smile on his face broadened even more to the extent that he could not hold it anymore."You can still back down now and leave. But I
"What did you just say?" James inquired in such a manner that got Vincent confused.He could easily tell that something was happening there but he seemed to be the only one in the dark."He simple language, you lost." Xander interpreted with a smirk that was enough to get anyone angry but instead, Mr. James was still imprisoned in the dark realms of his shock. As a loud drum sucked deep down into his body system, he could hear the faint banging of his heart growing louder with an increased velocity.Neither was he ready to accept defeat either way. But it seemed this Xander of a kid just found a way to gag it down his throat.This increased his anger and hatred towards Xander who he now saw as a force to reckon with and do away with as soon as it was possible."I'm sure that he cheated, there is no way that he could have gotten the answers correct, I made sure of that." Mr. James quickly sprouted out.Not only was he going to be disgraced by losing a bet to such a slimy punk. But als
"Why now?" Was the definition of the expression that was written all over their faces.It would have been easy to deal with Xander and Lina together but with the patron around, that was going to be close to impossible.With glares left in their faces, there was nothing left to be done apart from them to welcome him off course.Staying away from their deadly stares as though none of them existed, Mr. Anderson walked over to his favorite with a great smile on his face, and without being told, Lina walked up to him.He was beaming with comfort that he didn't feel when he was with the rest of them and they got into a tight hug.They were like two lovers who just got together after being separated for just a short time, even though it had been just for a few hours."I am so glad to see you, Grandpa." Her smile was enough to clear the whole room from the tense aura that he had encountered when he had walked in the first instance."Too bad that I am not as happy to see you as you are to see
"But he isn't part of the family, he can't join us for a family dinner since it's traditional right?" Vincent quickly chimed in but Mr. Anderson's eyes knitted out the sound of the words.Mr. Anderson wasn't the type of person to be argued with and Vincent knew exactly that the boundary had been crossed.He quickly retracted his hands realizing the mistake but the did had been done already."Do you intend to start arguing with me at this point? Maybe you want the post of the family's Patron?I am sure that you are going to do a better job than I am doing." He said with a deadly frown on his face."I.." Vincent was suddenly short of words. Even though the old man's decisions were always ahead of him, there was nothing he could do about it this time.Vincent sipped in a really deep breath to bottle up his rising anger and went ahead to say."I apologize for my mistake." Mr. Anderson was not too old to catch a glimpse of his mouth-knitted apology.Seeming as though no one had spoken, he
The news of his demise spread like wildfire, a whisper of tragedy that soon turned into a public lament, his name etched in the annals of local heroes, a hero who had fallen in a quest to save a friend, a hero who had died in a blaze of glory.Back at the ballroom, Lina stood by the window, her eyes fixed on the cityscape, her face pale and drawn, her body wracked with sobs. The wedding cake, a testament to the dreams they had shared, now sat in the corner, a bittersweet reminder of a love lost, a life shattered.The sun, a cruel and mocking orb, peeked over the horizon, casting a pale, sickly light over the sprawling cemetery. It seemed to mock the sorrow etched on the faces of the mourners gathered there. The air hung heavy with grief, a tangible weight pressing down on their hearts. It was the day of Xander's burial, a day that had been so eagerly anticipated just weeks before; a day of celebration, of vows, of a lifetime together. Now, it was a day of mourning, a day of tears, a d
The warm morning air carried the scent of jasmine and wisteria, a sweet, heady fragrance that danced around Xander as he stood on the balcony with Lina. He held her hand, her fingers slender and cool against his palm, and his gaze swept across the bustling city below. The vibrant lights of the city throbbed like a giant, pulsing heart, a constant reminder of the life he had built, the life he was about to build with Lina.The ring, a band of polished silver etched with intricate symbols, sat comfortably on his finger. It was the ring that had shielded him from harm, the ring that had made him feel untouchable, a beacon of power that he could draw on. The ring was a constant reminder of his escape, his journey from a humble, forgotten corner of the city to the heart of its power, a rise that was as unlikely as it was exhilarating.But as he watched the twinkling lights and felt Lina's closeness, he felt a different kind of power, a warmth that spread through him like a gentle flame. It
Xander sat awkwardly on the plush armchair, its soft cushions offering little comfort. Across from him, Mr. James, a man whose face usually held a gloomy expression, sat with his shoulders slumped and a worried frown etched on his brow.'Where is Lina?' Mr. James finally asked, his voice a low rumble.'She's resting,' Xander replied, his voice tight with worry. 'The poor girl had suffered too much.'He couldn't bring himself to say more, not after the past few weeks. The events had been a whirlwind of betrayal, pain, and a chilling realization of the true depths of the Dragon Group's influence.Mr. James, as if sensing Xander's feelings, leaned back in his chair and sighed. 'It's all my fault,' he whispered, his eyes flickering to the floor. 'If I hadn't joined the Dragon Group, none of this would have happened.' He looked at Xander, his face breaking into a heart-wrenching expression of regret. 'I was so naive. I thought they were just a business group, a powerful engine of progress.
The rage that had been simmering inside Xander since the first encounter with Scarface, the man with a face etched with cruel scars, bubbled over. The scene in the cellar replayed in his mind – the fear in Lina’s eyes, the taunts of Scarface, the taste of his own blood, the desperate fight against the Dragon Group. But then, the words of the old man, his mentor, echoed in his mind. The old man had said, 'Sometimes, forgiveness is the hardest choice, yet the strongest. It lets the poison go, not just for them, but for you too.'Xander turned to Lina, who was still trembling, her eyes wide with fear and disbelief. He knelt before her, his gaze lingering on the bruises that dotted her arms and the scratch on her cheek, his heart a knot of anger and concern. He wanted to tear Scarface limb from limb, to punish him for the pain he had inflicted on her, on him. Yet, the old man’s words resonated, a soothing balm on his burning rage.“I’ll let him live,” Xander said, his voice hoarse with th
The rage that had been simmering within Xander for years finally boiled over. A raw, primal hunger for vengeance consumed him, leaving no room for reason or caution. He watched as Tobias, his face contorted with smug disdain, casually tossed Lina aside as if she were a discarded rag doll. The movement was a spark igniting the inferno within him, fueling a fury that had no bounds.“Tobias,” Xander snarled, the word heavy with unspoken threats. His body, taut with pent-up energy, launched itself forward like a guided missile, aimed directly at Tobias. The air crackled with anticipation, the silence punctuated only by the thudding of his own heartbeat. He saw Tobias, his eyes widening in alarm as the inevitable collision drew near, raise his hands in a futile attempt to ward off the assault. The impact was brutal, a sickening crunch as their bodies collided with the force of a battering ram. They went down hard, the ground groaning beneath their combined weight.It was a dance of pure fe
The cellar, once a dank and shadowed space, had become a crucible of raw magic and chilling fear. The air hung heavy with the lingering scent of burnt flesh and ozone, a silent testament to the fiery ball unleashed by Scarface, lieutenant of the Dragon Group. Everyone present, with the exception of Xander, had braced for a gruesome spectacle. They envisioned a scene of charred flesh and bone, the young man reduced to nothing more than a smouldering husk. Instead, they were met with a stillness that felt almost unnatural, a quiet defiance that spoke volumes.Xander stood amidst the wreckage, his clothes unmarred, his face serene. A soft smile played on his lips, a smile that held a hint of victory, of an inner knowledge that was unsettling in its calmness. The silence stretched, punctuated only by the ragged gasps of those who had witnessed this impossible display of immunity. Even Scarface, his face still contorted with a mixture of disbelief and rage, faltered, his eyes fixed on the
The dimly lit room, once a den of gambling and illicit pleasure, was now a battleground painted in crimson and laced with the groans of the fallen. Xander, a whirlwind of fury and determination, moved through the chaos with the grace of a predator. His movements, a blur of fists and feet, were a symphony of violence, each strike delivered with the precision of a well-oiled machine. He fought like a man possessed, fueled by a primal rage that defied description.His opponents, initially a horde of thugs, were now a scattered, demoralized mob. Their bravado had evaporated like mist under the unforgiving glare of the sun. They stood frozen, their faces etched with a mixture of terror and disbelief. Some lay sprawled on the floor, their bodies contorted in ungodly positions, silent testaments to Xander's relentless assault. He danced around them, his eyes gleaming with a dangerous light, his muscles taut with coiled energy, a predator circling its prey.The air crackled with an electric t
The oppressive weight of the iron door, thick as a tomb slab, pressed against Tobias's heart, a physical manifestation of the fear that had begun to gnaw at him. His mind, usually so sharp and calculating, was starting to scramble, his carefully constructed plan unravelling. He had anticipated every possible contingency, every threat, yet here stood Xander, a whirlwind of fury and determination, ready to shatter the illusion of Tobias's absolute control.A sickening thud echoed through the chamber, the sound of a man's body collapsing against the unyielding stone floor. Tobias's grip tightened on Lina's hand, his fingers sinking into her soft flesh, the pain a distant, irrelevant sensation. The man, a loyal soldier, had been a mere pawn in Tobias's grand scheme, a sacrifice to buy him precious seconds – seconds he was now desperately clinging to.He watched, frozen, through the intricate screen set into the door, as Xander, his face a mask of raw fury, gathered the raw power of the ri
The acrid scent of clay hung thick in the air, a miasma interwoven with the faint tang of fear. Xander, his fists clenched, couldn't stand there any longer, a caged beast watching his prey chant insults. The man, a hulking form, stood by the racks, his gaze fixed on Xander, but his eyes, darting nervously, betrayed his vigilance. He was a watchman, a sentinel, placed there by the dragon group, the shadowy organization that had snatched his fiancée, Lina.Xander's anger was a roaring furnace within him, fueled by a desperation that gnawed at his sanity. He had tracked them, followed the slithering trail of clues, leading him to this ramshackle pottery shop, a facade cloaking a dark secret.With a roar, Xander lunged, a blur of fury. His fist connected with the man's jaw with the force of a battering ram, sending the watchman reeling backward. He crashed against the wall, but before he could find his footing, Xander was upon him again, his grip like a vise.'Now,' Xander growled, his vo