Damien was in the front, eyes on the altar. He could hear his chest beating from his ear. He had been waiting for this day his entire life, and if truth were to be told, he never really expected it would happen.For all the dangers and responsibilities he was equipped with. He thought he’d never have the chance to settle a life afar and away from all the others.Damien’s environment was muted to him. Even the priest’s introduction became mere mumbling to him. He could only hear his heart through his head. Suddenly, the big doors opened. He felt Lilian’s hands wrap around his arm. He lowered his head and looked at her, and Lilian smiled at him sweetly, then urged him to pivot his head onto the door. Damien mustered his being to look, as his eyelids opened to a blink, he witnessed the most beautiful woman in his life, wearing a blooming white dress escorted by two of her male siblings, Yuri on the right and Aleksei on the left. A pristine, net-like veil wrapped her, concealing her myste
THREE YEARS AFTER "Your child has been going in and out of the classroom lately, Mrs. Blackwell, we've asked him what's wrong and he doesn't seem to tell us." In a small teacher's office, a young boy no older than 3 years old sat on a small chair with his mother beside him. The boy had a raven colored hair and big, bright blue eyes, which gazed deeply at his mother beside her who donned the same hue of irises. The boy's mother cradled him close and sighed. "When has this been going on?" "Since last week when Tyrion came to school." the teacher worriedly told her. "He's normally a very well-behaved and soft spoken boy. Tyrion has always been calm, but never that distant. I've been noticing him getting a little panicky lately." "Is this true, darling?" Ash asked her only son, Tyrion and brushed the boy's hair with her fingers. "Is someone bothering you at school?" It has officially been three years since Ash had left the mafia business with Damien. Now, she had become used to her
It was Tyrion’s birthday, and Damien decided to bring the family into the amusement park. He hired the amusement for that day specifically for his son to enjoy. Now, he doesn’t usually go to such lengths to hire an entire park, but it was necessary for his son’s safety and enjoyment. They arrived there with a line of bodyguards. Tyrion was a bright boy., he knew that when the tall men dressed in black, it meant that they were about to go to a place where he should be cautious. “I’ll behave.” He told his mom, which made her smile.“Daddy didn’t have to rent the entire park all to yourself, right?” Ash crouched and pinched her son’s cheeks.He nodded hesitantly. “Eh? You actually want to go to the park?”“I told you so.” Damien crossed his arms and smiled. “He’s just shaking his head because he feels pressured. Now, then, Ty, what should we ride first?”The boy excitedly points to the huge octopus ride, and off they went with his father. Ash only sighed and shook her head while chuckli
Ash started to have a bad feeling when Damien was not answering his phone. All of a sudden, she gets a call from Noel.“Noel! Damien won’t answer his phone!”“I called him earlier to tell him there’s an impostor amongst the staff in the amusement park. I don’t know how he exactly got in. Damien went to the bathroom with Tyrion but that’s also the last I have heard from him.”Gritting her teeth, Ash also ended her call and gave the phone to Damien’s other secretary. “Where are you going, Mistress?” “I have to find Damien.” Ash then sprinted towards the bathroom of the amusement. There were plenty. However, she immediately knew it was the right one because of the other staff that had gathered in behind the building. It seemed like there was a commotion. Ash ran towards them and saw Damien lying on the floor with blood all over him. He was knocked out.The secretary finally caught up, she gasped for air. “Please don’t run like that, Mistress! I can’t keep up. Wait, is that Master Damien
Mikhail’s eyes widened as the bullet almost ended his life. And in his daughter’s hand, too. He stared at her wide-eyed and then stepped back. Ash’s wolf-like eyes were glowing in a menacing shade of blue, the same as his. But what terrified him was that there was no clemency in hers.“Father, I do not want to do this. But you’re leaving me with no choice.”“It seems you have completely disregarded the fact that I was the reason why you were even born in this world! Why do you have all the wonderful and expensive things? Have you completely lost your mind? Have you long abandoned our family and the memories we made in Petersburg?!”Ash shut her jaw and looked away, not wanting to cry in front of him and show him any weakness. She knew her father very well. The moment she would show her weakness, he would turn the tables on her. Right now, she has the trigger to his chest, and she cannot lose that fight. “We made no good memories for me to carry on, Father,” she told him. “And you were
Three weeks since the abduction of Tyrion, Ash, and Damien have not spoken to each other. The Blackwell manor had been silent since the day Tyrion had been taken away from them. Yuri Vasiliev arrived after a business meeting with his emerging company when he heard of the news, so he immediately stormed in the Blackwell residence to see how his sister was doing. Damien was the first person he met upon going inside. Damien was on the couch, his forehead stuck in his two palms as he leaned against the table. Two bottles of scotch were on the table, all emptied to the brim. “Where’s my sister?” Yuri asked him with his new secretary trailing on his back, frantically preventing him from coming inside. Damien lifted his head and then looked Yuri in the eye.“We shouldn’t have gone to the amusement park.” He said. “Yeah, you shouldn’t have.” Yuri sighed. “But there’s no point lamenting about it. Is this the first time you fucked up?”Yuri grabbed his collar. “Why are you just sitting here g
“So talking to the Norwoods and the Colton might give us some insights into where our father would be?”Damien crossed his arms and grabbed his trench coat. “That is indeed the case. I will go and see either of those families and see what I can get.”“I’m coming with you.” Ash stepped forward, but Damien made her sit on the couch again.“You’re exhausted, Ash.” He kissed her forehead. “This was a mistake on my part, so I have to fix this.”“Don’t get hurt,” Ash told him. “I don’t want anything to happen to you, too.”“Nothing will happen to Damien, Ash,” Yuri reassured him. “Let’s go. I know the Norwoods very well.”“Of course you do.” Damien shrugged his shoulders. “You conspired with them to bring me down.”“Let’s not fight, please,” Lilian told them. “What’s important is that we find Tyrion before your father can do something to him. Carlton, you should accompany them too.”“No.” Damien stopped him. “If they see that a member of the police is coming, they’ll become vigilant. We nee
“Damien it’s me, Carlton. Are you with Yuri?”Damien stretched his neck for a bit as he was driving. “I am coming back home. It is late at night. Ash demands I go home now. Why?”“I got some information from the correction officers that frequent Clarissa’s cells. They confirmed that she indeed has a visitor these past days. I’m back in your manor. Come quick and call Yuri too.”“Really?” Damien nodded. “Alright. Let’s meet in the house.” Damien gave Yuri a call too and they all returned back to the place. Damien removed his coat and gave it to the maids before coming back to the family who were now discussing in the living room. Once Damien’s presence is shown, they all stand up to greet him. A few seconds after, Yuri arrives too just in time. They all gather around the living room.Carlton then puts an envelope on the table. “These pictures are taken from the CCTV camera in the prison. It was not easy to get these.”“How much did they ask.”“It drained my bank account if I am going