It was mid night already, Robert stood beside the window, deep in thoughts.
Even though he was sleepy, he wouldn't dare fall asleep when the rest of the family wasn't asleep yet.It was like a daily routine for him, he gets to sleep late and he ought to wake up early before anyone else, and if he fails to do that, it'll be a case of had I known.He sighs and he walked downstairs in order to check if anyone was still asleep.He got downstairs and he was surprised to see his brother in law watching a movie.Robert mentally groaned and he sat down on the couch."What are you doing here?" Davies asked."I, ummm.." Robert trailed off, not knowing what to say, he didn't want to say something that'll annoy his brother in law."I just asked you a question, don't let me repeat myself," Davis said.Literally Robert was older then Davis, but circumstances made him the prey of both young and old."Well, I just came to check if everyone is asleep, so I'll lock the doors," Robert said."You can leave, I'll do it myself," Davis said but Robert hesitated."I said get lost!" Davis barked glaring angrily at Robert.Robert stood, and he ran away to his room, as though his pants were on fire.Robert got to his room and he sat on the bed, with a deep frown on his face.He felt humiliated and insulted, but what could he do? Obviously nothing.He believed life was unfair to him.He sighs and his mind flashed back to how everything happened, literally he has been fooled, perhaps he was the fool himself.With a heavy heart, Robert laid on the bed, he tossed for some minutes then he finally drifted off to sleep.Next morning...Robert was still sleeping when he felt a cold chilled water being poured on his body."What the heck!" Robert half yelled sleepily in fright and he made to stand up, when two reverberating slaps hit him hard across his face, which sent him flying back to the bed.The sleep in his eyes immediately vanished, and he opened his eyes only to see his so called wife and his mother in law glaring at him maniacally.He immediately held his cheek, trying to null the pains."You moron, how dare you defile my order, do you have a death wish!" Mrs Alice, Robert's mother in law yelled."Mum!" Robert said but she glared at him and he immediately corrected himself."Ma'am, it wasn't intentional, Davis asked me to leave, that he'd do it himself," Robert tried to explain, but Davis immediately rushed to the room."Mum, I didn't ask him to leave, I was even planning to tell you about something he did to me last night," Davis said and Robert eyes widened."What did he say to you?" Cassy, Robert's wife asked."He said he hates us all, that we're making his life miserable," Davis said.Robert's heart skipped three beats, he knew there was no use in denying anything because that'll only worsen things for him."You have the efforntery to say such about I and my family?" Cassy asked and she pushed him.Robert fell to the floor and he winced in pain."It's not true Cassy," He said as he stood up.Although it won't any difference if he denies the accusations but he still wanted to say something."And you think we'll believe you? You think I'll take your damn words over my son's!" Mrs Alice spat."He should get punished for this mom," Davis smirked.Robert's gaze met his and his blood boiled with rage on seeing the smirk Davis had on his face.Davis has done this on purpose."Loser," Davis mouthed.Robert balled his fist in rage, he felt like punching Davis so hard but he knew that'll be the end of him if he tries it.Cassy walked to him and she slapped him hard."The audacity you have! How dare you glare at my brother like that huh!" She barked.Robert placed a hand on his cheek, then he bowed down his head."I'm sorry," He apologized. Cassy scoffed."Come with me downstairs," Mrs Alice ordered before leaving.They all went downstairs and they took a sit, Robert was the only one standing."Before I pass your punishment, go make me a cup of coffee.""Are you being serious mom? Why don't you punish this fool now!" Davis half yelled, but with one look from Mrs Alice, he shut up.Few minutes later.....Robert brought the cup of coffee to Mrs Alice, then he stretched the tray to her."Here's your coffee ma'am."Mrs Alice scoffed, then she took the coffee, she purposely spilled some on the floor."Clean it up," She commanded.Robert wanted to get a mop, but she stopped him."No, use your tongue," She frowned.Robert couldn't believe this, but he had to obey or the consequences will be bad.Slowly, he dropped to his knees, as he bent his head to lick the spilled coffee with tears in his eyes, Mrs Alice did something he wasn't expecting.She emptied the whole cup of hot coffee on his head."Aaaaaaa..." Robert screamed, and Cassy found herself screaming too, she literally felt that.Robert instantly stood up."Does it hurt?" Mrs Alice laughed.Robert looked at her with tears in his eyes as he placed a hand on his head, it was really burning him, his head felt like it was on fire."And you had better lower your gaze before I slap you so hard right now," Mrs Alice warned.Robert badly needed something to place on his burning scalp, the pain he was in was just too much.Mrs Alice stood up, then she grabbed his arm roughly and he winced in pain."i. Hate. You!" She said before pushing him to the floor, then she left.Davis and Cassy also stood up."You deserve this fool," Davis laughed before leaving with Cassy.Robert quickly stood up, then he raced back to his room.Robert got to his room and he immediately ran into the bathroom, he turned on the shower and let the water fall on him, still with his clothes on.The image of what had just took place flashed through his mind and he punched the wall in rage."Why? Why? Why?" He kept on saying as he punched the wall.When he has had enough, he fell to the floor."You're useless,""You're nothing but a worthless piece of trash, you should be grateful for this privilege, you're married into a wealthy home," Cassy's words rang in his ears."I made a huge mistake," Robert muttered."I should never have gotten myself involved with a family like this, this is my punishment for getting married to Cassy,"He closed his eyes as he remembered how peaceful his life was before he got involved with Cassy and her damn family.**"Don't you think you went too far mom?" Cassy said as she walked into her mother's room.Mrs Alice who was sitting in front of her mirror and doing her makeup left what she was doing to face Cassy."And why do you say that?""Don't tell me you feel something for that trash, that good for nothing low life!"Cassy rolled her eyes at her mother's words."Not in this life time mom, I said that because what if something bad had happened to him? That coffee was so hot, I wasn't even expecting that,""We don't want him dead mom, that's all I'm saying,"Mrs Alice scoffed."No one dies from something like this, you don't have to say anything Cassy, I know what I'm doing, I was only punishing him, that fool seems to be growing some wings now and it's only necessary to remind him of his status, that's one thing he should never forget,""You know what's best mother," Cassy shrugged."And where's he?""He should be in room crying I guess," Cassy laughed."You should go to him, tell him to make himself useful otherwise I'll be bathing him with a bucket of hot water this time,""His punishment isn't over yet, there's a lot of cleaning to be done and he should see to it immediately, I want the whole house sparkling,""Okay mother,"Cassy walked to Mrs Alice and she kissed her forehead, then she left.Cassy got to Robert's room, she frowned when she didn't see him in his room."Ro...." She trailed off.She could hear the sound of water rushing from the bathroom.She went to the bathroom and opened the door, not caring if he was naked or not."What are you doing?" She asked on seeing him sitting on the floor with the shower turned on.Robert instantly stood up and he turned off the shower."Cassy, I was....," He trailed off."Forgot it, I don't care about what you were busy doing, it's not my business if you catch a cold or not," She hissed.Robert left Cassy to see to the task Mrs Alice gave to him. There were forty rooms in the mansion, and as he walked into each of them, he noticed how clean the room was, this was his punishment for something he didn't do, nor said. He let out a sigh as he switched on the vacuum cleaner, then he began cleaning the floor. "Need any help?" He heard a voice and he turned to face the person. "Hazel." He called, she was one of the maids. "It's fine, I'll manage on my own," He declined. "Well how can I let you do this alone, I still remember how you helped me the other day, I had too much work and you assisted me." "So let me help you too Sir." "Robert," He corrected. "Huh?" "Just call me Robert, there's no need to be formal, after all, I'm just a nobody." Robert replied with a sad smile. "You're not just a nobody, you're married to Ma'am Cassy." "And I'm sure you're also aware of the bad treatment I do receive, so let's just leave it at that, Cassy doesn't see me as her husband s
Hazel got to her room and she went to get her suitcase, then she began packing her stuff, she didn't regret what she did at all, in fact, she was proud of herself, she was glad she didn't keep quiet and spoke her mind. They needed someone to tell them the truth and that was what she did. She wondered how they were able to live with themselves with the way they treat people, this family treats middle class people like dirt, as if they were not humans too. "I just hope and pray that the day they'll meet their match will come, the day they'll come in contact with someone who will treat them the same way they treat commoners, I pray that day should come." "I just hope Robert won't blame himself for this." She put down her suitcase, took one last look at the room before leaving. *** "This is all my fault, Hazel should not have gotten involved in this, It's my fault she lost her job." "How will I be able to forgive myself for this, I'm so sorry Hazel, I'm so sorry, I hope I'll be abl
"Robert, Robert!" Cassy yelled as she walked into his room. Robert was resting on his bed and when he heard Cassy yelling his name, he instantly stood up."What do you want, Cassy?" Robert asked. "Don't you have anything to do?" She asked. Robert sighed "I'm done with my work Cassy, I was only resting.""Dad will soon be back, go make us something to eat." Robert didn't move an inch, his whole body was sore, they have maids to do the cooking, but she still wants to trouble him. All he wanted was to rest, he had a splitting headache too."What are you still doing? Go!!" She barked. "Okay, Cassy" Robert replied, then he left."Stupid man." Cassy spat before leaving too.**Robert sat at the dining table together with Cassy and Mr. Derrick. Cassy's dad.The rest of the family already retired to their room, leaving just the three of them. They ate silently, only the sound of their cutleries could be heard.Mr. Derrick drank some water, then he spoke. "I do hope Robert isn't being a pain i
"Robert! Robert!" The door burst open as Cassy stomped into the room.Before Robert could get up from the bed, Cassy had turned the bucket of cold water on him. "Cassy!" He yelled in shock. Cassy didn't feel remorseful as she wanted to add a slap to that as well but restrained herself."How dare you still sleep at this time when I told you that I would be going to the mall?!" She yelled in anger.Robert looked to the side to check the time on his table clock. "It's just 7 am. Do you want to leave this early?" He asked but that earned him a resounding slap on his cheek."You dare ask me a stupid question?! Idiot. I have given you a quick nice bath. I give you five minutes to change your clothes and come out." She spat at him before making her way out of the room banging the door in the process.Robert held his cheeks for few minutes before he sighed before coming down from the bed. He had to dry the bed again for the third time in one weekHe felt sorry for himself. His single life was far
He looked at the old man in the passenger seat and the driver in a coma and was at loss for what to do.Seeing no one had arrived the scene, he turned and was about to leave. Suddenly he remembered the words from Hazel before she left; "You have to be strong because the world is wicked."He asked himself, "Do I really want to be among the wicked ones because of my circumstance?"As he was contemplating, he heard the old man wince in pain and his eyes were drawn to the dragon shaped pendant on his neck. Subconsciously, something stirred him into actions and his body reflexes worked at an unknown speed.Before he knew it, he had gotten both the old man and the driver out of the vehicle even loosing the seatbelt that held them strapped to the burning car.Another vehicle stopped by to see what was happening only to hear someone identify the old man as boss.He was shocked as he wondered what level the old man had to be at to be so highly respected by the men from the vehicle. Clearly he c
Robert followed the men outside, the driver was walking by his right hand side while two heavily built men in uniforms were walking behind them. There were another bodyguards standing on each sides of the door putting on the same uniform as the one walking behind them. One of the bodyguards standing by the door, pushed it open and ushered the both of them in with a slight bow, Robert and the driver both went in while the two bodyguards stayed behind. A smile played at Robert's lips at the executive treatment he had been getting since yesterday evening till this morning. Every beat of his heart was with joy, Robert was marveled, being treated as a VIP sure has its perks and he was loving the treatment. He heard a slight cough that jolted him out of his thoughts, he had been engulfed deeply in his thoughts that he had walked into the room subconsciously and forgotten why he came. The old man who was on the bed, sat up slightly, a drip was connected to his right hand, his face had few
Robert walked out of the hospital with a smile on his face, he remembered walking into the hospital yesterday with dirty clothes and without a cent but now he is coming out of the hospital with a debit card containing hundreds of millions and something with the potential of making ten times the money in his debit card and he was putting on a new cloth for the second time in his entire life, he was always wearing the clothes that his brothers in-law were tired of.He pinched himself continuously to confirm whether this was all a dream or not because none of this feels real, his smile widened the more as he felt the pain. He was thinking of going home now to meet his in-laws but he kicked against the idea, he no longer need them in his life any longer. "Ummm... It would be best to spend the day in the hotel and decide the next step that I need to take with this money" he muttered and walked to the nearest ATM machine to withdraw money to board a taxi that will take him to a luxurious h
Robert came out of the bathroom with a towel tied around his waist whistling loudly, his hair was wet and few strands of it glued to his face. There had been few not too obvious development on his body since he had that dream and woke up with a dragon tattoo on his arm. He could feel an immense power surging in his body and his chest had become slightly bigger with his abs now tightened. He laid on the bed and picked up the book that the old man, Mr. Lucian had given him, glancing through the pages, he could see a lot of things apart from the medicinal and flavor filled food, it was also filled with tips and how to dos of industries, there were more than one. Robert lips stretched to a full smile, the number of times he had smiled today was a lot more than the times he had smiled in his entire life. “I will come and find you when you are at the top, you are destined for greatness” the words of the man echoed in his head, the man had told just when he was about to leave. “I am goin
EPILOGUE A few years have gone by since Robert had defeated Lucian, immediately after he had brought Hazel to rest a bit there and had stepped out, the rest of the clan members have all walked out of their hiding to thank Will for defeating Lucian who had always been a threat to them and had always made them live their lives in fear that he might attack again, but now that he is dead, there is a huge peace of mind finally for all of the clan members and they didn’t fail to show their gratitude to him at all. Robert stood in front of the ceiling to roof glass in his office, staring at the view with his hands buried deep into his pockets, his mind slowly drifts back to the past few years, that very incident, just after he had saved Hazel. "Where are we?" she finally asked the question that had been on her mind for a long while, since she woke up. "Oh! We are at that castle we once came to through one portal, you remember, right?" "Yes" she nodded her head."Anyways, how are you?"
“Well, you are a very dumb guy, you think I can’t use that same, exact powers you just used to destroy Liam” Robert said with a cold smile and look. “I knew that, I took that into consideration and took steps ahead of time, which was poisoning you, au revoir Robert” he said with a dark chuckle. “What—“ Robert coughed out and he covered his mouth, he felt a liquid on his hand, he raised it up to his face and he saw the red liquid on his palm, “fu—fuck” he muttered and fell face flat to the ground. Lucian let out a loud laughter that was filled with so much joy as he made his way to the clan’s head castle and sat on the clan’s head seat while Wayde followed behind him closely and stood beside him as he sat on the chair. His heart danced with joy as his hands ran through the clan’s head chair. “Fuck! It’s all my goddamned fault” Robert sobbed silently with a deep pain in his heart, his body was slowly feeling numb all over, he was losing consciousness, in a matter of a few seconds,
Robert charged towards him and grabbed him by his collar, he raised him up and was about to slam his back on the ground but Damien grabbed his arm and broke free of his grasp and landed on the floor with a slight cough. Robert doesn't look like he was going to stop any moment from now with his continuous attacks, he kept on throwing several punches on Damien which were all becoming successful hits. Surprisingly still, Damien didn't retaliate, he only tried to step up his defense and increase his speed to match with Robert's current one but his body can't keep up again like in the beginning when he had blocked and evaded almost all his attacks successfully due to the impact of the successful attacks. He struggles to stand up from the floor with a groan, he wiped his nose with the back of his nose and stretched his hand forward, “See, I am your mother’s subo—“ Before he could finish his statement or stand properly, Robert charged at him again and gave him a kick from under his bod
Robert returned back to the Dragon clan’s castle, prepared mentally and physically, he had gone to the human world to clear everything that might have been a threat to his upcoming battle, which are the things that might trouble his mind and not make him think straight, he had successfully cleared them off, now the only thing that is on his mind is removing the obstacle that is in between him and getting the cure for his wife.He walked towards where his wife's body was kept along with Wayde and Lucian by his side as they approached the place, all three of them having a hardened expression on their face. Robert kissed her on her forehead, “Keep her somewhere safe that you know she won’t be attacked and put a very powerful barrier that will prevent anyone from entering there, around the place” he said and walked out. The aura radiating around him was so powerful, overwhelming and intimidating, he walked towards the weapons room and took out a long, curved sword, that he heard that hi
Robert stepped into the portal and sat on the couch with a tired sigh. He stood up back and went into his wine cellar, he picked out a new wine and pick out a glass cup on his way to the sitting room. He sat on the couch and poured the wine into the glass cup. He picked up the wine glass, looking at the red liquid, it was like he was about to puke because of the resemblance of the red liquid content from the bottle to the blood of a human. He dropped the wine on the table in front of him and sat back on the chair, he pulled out the phone from his pocket and dialed a number, placing it in his ear, the sound of the line ringing was the only sound that could be heard in the sitting room. The phone was picked and Alice's voice came in. "Hello sir' she said with a bit of excitement in her voice. "Liam said you went on a vacation, that is the major reason why you couldn't be reached during the past few days, is it true sir? I don't quite believe that man" she said with a slight chuckle.
Liam sat on a swivel chair in the board meeting room with his back turned towards the entrance, his face could not be seen from any angle, apart from the front, it was only his back that could be seen. He heard when the door was being pushed open and when it was locked, the person that brought in Dennis was dismissed with his hand. “Have your seat” he said without looking back. He turned the swivel chair around and faced Dennis with a grin on his face. “Here is your anonymous caller” he said, stretching his hands apart with a smirk on his face. The surprised look on Dennis face just made the smile to widen the more. “Wait, is this a joke, you are telling me that I lost to you” he said, pointing his fingers to Liam with a shocked look on his face that didn’t seem like it was going to be wiped off any moment from now at all. “Well, I am sure that you didn’t expect to lose to someone like me, I am one of his secret trump card who just seem to have a thinking of my own and can make
"If you want to continue this game of yours, then I am ready" Dennis said with a devilish smile on his face, his finger was hooked in the hole of a knife, which he twirls playfully around his fingers. A switch was on his other hand and a mask was on his face. He sat on a desk in an empty room staring at Carlton who was sitting on a chair with his hands tied behind it. "Ain't playing games man, I already told you times without number" Carlton answered shakily. "If you don't admit your crime, then I will have no other choice than to press this switch in my hand and you know what happens when I do" Dennis raised the switch up in the air to show him clearly, he waved it at him. "Don't involve my family in this shitty game of yours, you bastard!" Carlton yelled at him furiously, jerking the chair and trying to break free off it, not minding the pain that he was feeling as he dragged his hand apart but it was all to no avail. "I can also sit here and watch your futile effort to bre
Robert walked towards Lucian and Wayde all covered in blood, from the crown of his head to the sole of his feet, even his shirt glued to his shirt and the sight looked quite scary to look at, the aura radiating around him was scary and overwhelming also. The look on his face was cold and void of emotions, his eyes was dark, he looked like the complete monster himself while walking towards Lucian, and his aura had changed completely. “Fuck!” Lucian muttered underneath his breath as he stared around, from the wall that was covered with blood and guts spilled on it, bodies with incomplete limbs, to the ground that was bathed in blood also. It was such a scary and disgusting sight to behold, the heavy stench of blood filled the whole passageway. He raised his finger and pointed at Lucian, who looked a bit shaken immediately he saw the hand being raised towards him, "make preparations, we are attacking them in a few days, I am not holding back again, the more I stay, the more I get atta
Robert made a stance against Lucian and Wayde, who also made a stance, Robert charged in against the both of them with insane speed, Wayde and Lucian weren’t matching his speed but they made up for that in their numbers which gave them a slight advantage against him to cover up what they lack compared to him. Upon the advantage they have against Robert, he still didn’t seem to be fazed by it, he faced the challenge head on. He stopped abruptly in his steps as Wayde and Lucian evaded him in the nick of time immediately they saw him approaching them. “Come on, you all really need to stop running and fight me heads on are you both scared?” he said while taking slow steps towards Lucian, Wayde saw the opportunity that Robert was finally open and he dashed forward. “Gotcha” Robert muttered under his breath and with perfect timing he turned back and grabbed Wayde who was running with full speed by the neck and he slammed him on the floor, not taking his eyes off Lucian completely and wa