At the Ashers' residence, Two men sat at the living room bearing gifts. They were dressed in a neat blue suits with their shades on. Mandy constantly glanced at the entrance, looking out for Declan. She had called him as soon as the men showed up. She didn't want to let them in at first, but they mentioned they were sent by Jordan Smith. Out of courtesy, Mandy had let them in but she was not letting them go anywhere close to her grandpa. Once bitten, twice shy. "Our boss would come himself, but he had an emergency.""Tell him I received his call in with thanks." Mandy gave a tight smile "Can we go in now? We have gifts for The Director.""Oh no—my grandfather does not receive visitors. Everyone see me instead.""We insist ma'am. Our boss wants us to present these gifts to the Director himself. He also wants to know how his very good friend is doing... Through our eyes, of course.""Tell your boss his friend is recovering and his granddaughter appreciates his kindness." May's tone
Declan stepped onto the porch of the Smith's villa, about to take the door handle. The shrill sound of his ringtone erupted, bringing him to a halt. He let out a frustrated groan before fishing out his phone from his pocket. "Hello?" He growled and listened to the caller say something. "On my way, now" He dropped the call without waiting for a reply. Glancing one last time at the door that stood between him and his target, he let out a low groan before turning to leave. The next morning, Jordan woke up in the arms of his hoes. They had a pleasure filled night and celebrated to the fullest. He was reluctant to get out of bed. He might as well take some days off now his competition has been struck out. He got off the bed regardless, eager to read the morning papers and what it has to say about the abrupt dismissal of the Titanium queen. "Titanium my foot." He scoffed. After hours of freshening up, Jordan Smith sat at the table head in a golden robe. A banquet has been prepared be
Where did he go?" Tom asked one of his students when he realized he had lost Declan. They had been watching him from a tall tower, but got distracted when their boss called."I have no idea. He was just right there." Tom's brows etched in worry. "Find him, now! ""Right away master." The student turned away and put a call across to the surveillance operator. Immediately, the operator gave him feedback. "Master, he is currently in the basement. What should I do? He acts suspicious and is before the painting ""The painting!?" How did he get there!""Just say the word master, what should I do with him."Tom breathed in heavily, "I'm not sure what his role is in everything that went wrong but I'm sure the boss will be glad if we get rid of him.""It will be my most pleasure to do the boss's wish.""Very good Jeremy, take Jonna with you. I have taught you two so well, bring him to me, in whole or pieces.""It will be my greatest delight." With a curt nod, Jeremy left to search for his p
"! Master! One of Jason's menscreamed, racing to where Tom was. "Keep it down boy! What's the matter" Tom barked, jerking up from his seat instantly."Master— he— our boys." The man's hand pressed on his knee for support, panting. "What boys? Get yourself together and speak properly"The man paused to recollect. His heart raced so fast that he couldn't put his words together."I saw him— he killed them. Jeremy and Jonna are gone." "What do you mean gone.”“They're dead, master. That beast of a man killed them.” “That's unbelievable!"“End my life should I joke with something like this. I saw the man take them down with one blow. He is not human at all, he fought them like a beast"Tom fumed. There's no way his two most powerful men were dead. He trained Jeremy and Jonna himself and could vouch for their skill anywhere. Now what does this man mean that they are dead? How can one man take them down?"Where did this happen. " Tom seethed. "In the basement."“Come and show me. They
Nathan furrowed his brows in thought. How best will he abduct May without raising an alarm? He needed a smooth strategy that would go unnoticed. A thought crossed his mind and he called someone on the phone."Hi, we have a go ahead to attack. What do you have in mind?"Nathan asked and waited for a response."This sounds like a perfect plan. Proceed and give me a call when everything is settled. Nathan dropped the call, the side of his mouth curved in a wry smile. "Now everything will be mine at last." He gloated.At a restaurant downtown. May sat across Jason and waited for their orders. Jason stared at May intensely making her conscious of herself "What? Why are you staring at me like that?" Her voice was low and she batted her lashes in shyness. Seeing her reaction, Jason chuckled. "You're simply so beautiful and have achieved so much at such a young age. I can't help but admire you.""C'mon, whatever I have achieved cannot be compared to what you are. I still look up to you
A pool of water poured on May, jerking her awake. She glanced around her and grew terrified. Where was she? She asked inwardly. She tried to move but was stuck. A rope tied her to a seat in the center of a dark room. The only source of light was the little rays that sneaked in from a window at the top of the wall. "OMG... Where's this place?" May's weak voice cried. Her head ached badly and she couldn't remember how she got into such a situation."Somebody help me!"She screamed and her voice echoed through the walls. "Not now. I'm trying to get some sleep!."The deep voice of a man said from behind the door. "Who are you and Why did you keep me here? Get me out of here this instant!""Else?""You will regret laying a finger on me!""Hahaha...." A deep laugh of another man echoed and May suddenly froze. She recognized that laughter. The only laugh that traumatized her. The bulbs in the room poured out light at the flip of a switch and May squinted from the brightness. When she o
Declan walked into the room where he had left Mandy with Jordan. Mandy turned to look at him and he gave her a small nod. “And where did this lackey of yours go?” Jordan asked, eyeing Declan carefully.“This mansion is so huge that it is almost impossible to find a bathroom.” Declan replied with a small smile on his face. “Well, Mr. Smith, I believe we have both said everything we have to speak about,” Mandy said, rising from her chair. “And thank you for the breakfast, if I wasn’t sure, I would have said you were having a celebration over something” she added smiling sweetly.“No, I just felt like I needed to put on a few pounds today,” Jordan replied, standing after her. Mandy turned to Declan and back to Jordan.“Alright then, we will be taking our leave” she said and turned walking away with Declan in tow. Jordan watched the disappearing figures and raised his hands to his head while breathing as if he had held his breath for the past thirty minutes. He raised his phone and cal
Declan drives straight for Jason’s house while occasionally glancing at the text he had received from May. Where was she? And what prompted her to type a text like this?~“Oh, don’t get teary with me, I haven’t even started yet.” Nathan said, wiping the tears off May’s face. She closed her eyes and threw her face away from his touch. Her ears rang as Nathan palm landed on her cheeks. “Don’t you dare move or you are dead.” He snickered, turning her face roughly towards him. May whimpered, her face stinging with pain. “Oh, you are so cute right now. You know you have escaped my clutches before, but I think it would be a waste to let a body as beautiful as this go to waste, don’t you think so?”“I asked you a question?” Nathan yelled with another slap on her second cheek. Tears trailed down her cheek as she whispered for help. Nathan saw her moving lips and a smile crept onto his face as he lowered his ear to her lips.“D— Declan.” She whimpered softly.“Still putting faith in that use