“The wedding preparations start next week.” Eloise oriented everyone in the room. “We must make sure that this event is exclusive only to the people in Blackwell manor and a few close friends.”“We should invite the Dorwailles.” Lilian said. “They already feel very connected with Damien because of the help he has given them. It is relevant to include them in the guest list.”“Do you agree, Damien?”“Yes.” He nodded and then turned to Ash. “You?”“I’m fine with whatever, really.” Ash smiled at him.“Ash!” Lilian sat beside her. “This is your wedding! Be a little enthusiastic, hm?”“I’m sorry. I just do not know how these things work.” Ash lowered her head. “I’ve never been to a wedding before, and I never thought of marrying.”“Ash…” Lilian frowned. “I see. Well, I am taking you to your designer later so we can choose a perfect design for your wedding dress!”“Lilian, please.” Eloise shook her head at her daughter. “You’re not the one who’s going to get married.”“I know! I’m just excit
Ash’s eyes grew as soon as the other person in the line said that. Her grip on the phone tightened and her chest starts beating irrationally. “Don’t you fucking dare hurt my brother!”“Then come get him and bring your husband with you. We can have a little chat. That’s all we’ve ever wanted.”Ash clenched her fists and took a deep breath. “Let me talk to him first.”“No. That’s not the deal. Come here and we will give you your brother, hm?”“You’re dumb, aren’t you? Calling me to bribe me into fetching my brother saying you want to talk? You want to rain bullets over Damien.”There was laughing in the other line. Ash seethed her teeth. She could tell they were in a big room, and there were many members of Parliament behind the call. And they’re treating her like a laughingstock. “We’ll see you here, right?”“That depends if you’ll let me hear my brother. You have nothing to lose if you give the phone to him, right?”She could hear him consulting with the other members of the Parliam
Damien was in his office finalizing his work for the day when suddenly his phone rang. “Hello?”“Master Damien, it’s me, Noel.”“What’s wrong? Wait… is that crying I hear in the background?”“Yes.” Noel’s voice was in a panic. “Someone just called Ash earlier. It was from the Parliament.”“What the hell do you mean?”“They called her because, apparently, they have her brother, the Czar.” Damien’s eyes flashed wide, causing everyone in his office to stare at him. “Where are you right now?”“We’re going home.” Noel said. “I’ll ask the others to reconvene with you. Make sure Ash is safe.”“Yes, master, we are all on alert and ready to shoot. Apparently, a Kravskan spy is planted here in the city. He or she is currently watching Ash’s every move.”“How did you know that?”“The one who called her knew where she was, and he also knows she’s pregnant.”“Let me talk to her.”“She’s inconsolable.” Noel sighed. “Do you think you can come early?”“Sure.” Damien nodded and stands from his seat
“Are they coming?”The Parliament Palace of Kravska was preparing for Damien Blackwell to arrive in their premises. Yuri was still in the basement, getting beaten up severely. He was pretending to be unconscious but he could hear everything that the Parliament goons were saying.“Boss what if they’re not coming?” Their parliament boss mockingly laughed. “What if they’re not coming?! Bwahahaha! Then we’ll give Czar a taste of his own medicine! We’ll sell him to the highest bidder.”Human trafficking. This was what the mafia and the shady people of the government were good at. Yuri clenched his jaw at the idea of him being sold to the population of the unusual and odd people. He couldn’t digest the things they would do to him. Probably even worse than just beating— he reckoned.“Damien Blackwell not arrived yet?”“No sign, boss.”“Hah. I don’t blame him. It’d be stupid if he bites on our request. He’s not that dumb. Nevertheless, who cares if he comes or not? We have Yuri anyway.”“Ther
“Oh yes, I forgot.” Damien shrugged his shoulders. I want him unscathed. For every injury and bruise in his body, I shall kill one of your members.” He grabbed his signature pistol and reloaded it. “We made no such agreement.”Damien raised an eyebrow, then smirked. “Are you in any position to issue your own orders?” Looking at Damien’s army, who was only one trigger away from clearing everyone in the room, the Parliament gulped and then looked at him in all seriousness.“You and the Czar did not have good relationships with each other. We did you a favor to capture him. We never intended to make enemies with you, Damien Blackwell.”“You’re so bad at lying.” He merely laughed them off. “So bad it makes me pity you weren’t taught how to do it well.”“The Czar may have a few injuries in him, but I am sure it is nothing he cannot handle!” one terrifyingly said. “He even killed some of our best men even with handcuffs on! We’re doing you a huge favor in immobilizing him.” “Are you real
Ash and the others waited patiently in the airport for Damien and the others to come. The girl was hopeful as it had been all over the news that the Parliament had suddenly declared to revoke their positions after a decade of sitting in the throne. She still didn’t know how he was able to pull it off.“Their plane has arrived. They just called.” Noel told them as he approached them. “Yuri is with them as well.”Aleksei and Ash gave a breath of relief and hopefully looked at one another before smiling. They all waited at the entrance anxiously until a group of black-coated men finally emerged. Several cameras immediately flash as Damien Blackwell finally arrives back in the country. He spanned his eyes around and saw his family waving at him. Beside him were Sherlock, Shireen and Yuri. Yuri was slouching, and his eyes were lifeless. He had tons of bandages around his body, but nevertheless, one could not explain why Yuri remained to look so dashing even with so many scars.They say it
The ride home was exhausting. Ash and the others in the truck were all fast asleep. “Look at these siblings. When they’re asleep, they look so innocent, but when they’re awake, they’re so devilish.” Noel commented as he leaves the car. Damien chuckled. “I suppose we all look vulnerable and gullible when we’re not awake.” Damien was the most exhausted from everyone. He had not had proper rest for two days. The maids of the manor immediately approached him as he descended from his car. The matron of the maids, who had been serving the Blackwells since the very start, was the first to greet Damien. “Welcome home, Master. We are so glad to see that you’re home safe and sound. Congratulations for the victory.” “Thank you.” Damien forced a smile even if he was so exhausted. “Have you prepared the room for Yuri that I told you to?”“Of course.” The maids nodded. “We knew you were going to win and bringing him home so we prepared it almost immediately.”“Thank you for your faith.”“Howeve
“Easy, brother.” Aleksei handed a glass of water to Yuri and smacked his back repeatedly. Yuri consumes all of it in one gulp and slams the glass back onto the table, causing the plates to jump for a short second. He gave Damien a strict and then it turned into horror when he looked at Ash.“Are you actually being serious right now? You’re not tripping me?”“Having a baby should have been more surprising that Damien and I getting married.” Ash sighed. “So you don’t consent?”“I just think it’s too fast.” Yuri palmed his face and shook his head repeatedly. “If if they postpone it, there won’t be any time.” His brother whispered to him. “They’re both adults, they have known each other for the longest time, and Ash knows Damien more than anyone else does since she protected him when he was still serving in the orphanage.”“And besides…” he then pointed at Ash’s stomach. “…the baby’s about to be born.”“There still nine months—”“Six.” Ash corrected him. “Six months until my child is born