Alex smiled and carried Ariel up, before turning to her.“You are a girl, he's a boy. It's so complicated that I can't explain it to you. When you grow up you will understand it better,” Alex said dismissively, taking her hand.“Dad, I can walk,” Ariel whispered hurriedly trying to get down.Alex smiled and set him down, wondering why he always acts like an adult.Just at the entrance of the dining room, they met Luz, who was just coming back from the kitchen where he went to deliver a message to one of Mac's subordinates.He stared steadily at Alex and the twins whom he was holding their hands, his cold eyes running from Ariel's head to his foot.Ariel shivered because of the intensity of his gaze, and cold aura which was somewhat like Alex's demonic aura. But they never felt Alex's aura because it mysteriously disappears when the kids were around.Everyone in the dining room turned to watch the silent confrontation going on.Meanwhile, Ariella couldn't help but examine Luz who was a
Alex pulled Ariella closer, simultaneously hugging the three of them, before placing a kiss on each of their cheeks.Ariel sighed in relief, finally breathing fine when he realized that Alex won't die because he healed him. Luz just overreacted because the books exaggerated facts, making Luz think their father got hurt while trying to save him.“Luz, I'm sorry. Please don't be mad at me. I didn't even know what he was doing. I would have stopped him if I knew it was risky or noticed when he started the process,” Ariel whispered, touching Luz's shoulder's over Alex's back. “And that's the problem. You don't know. You don't know anything, he's forcing you higher when you're not yet ready, you don't even know the basics. I never blamed you. Dad is the culprit here, he hurt me, not you,” Luz whispered back, pulling away from Alex.Alex rolled his eyes at their words, before forcing a smile on his face.“Let's go eat,” Alex said with a smile, leading them to the dining.Luz silently took
Alex chuckled, looking up from his meal.“Why do you ask? Or you suddenly decided to be one of us?” he asked, looking up at her.“It's not that easy though. You have to register and take the exams before getting admitted. Even then, you will end up as a foot soldier. It will take years of hard work for you to be qualified to stay in the villa as one of us. Besides, madam, your body is not conditioned for hard labor. It's a very stressful thing, and you have gone past the age where your body can be trained to be resilient like that of men. You have even given birth to the boss's children, passing the exams will be impossible for you. So, you just need to relax. He will always watch your back, no matter what happens. That's the advantage women have over men,” Raz quickly said, making Eleanor speechless.“I only asked for the meaning, not how to join,” she snapped impatiently.“Why do you need to ask? There's no need to gain knowledge that would make you yearn for something impossible. Y
The stunned expression on Alex's face was a spectacle.“Have I ever lied to you in the past? Why will you think I'm lying now?” Alex whispered, frowning at him.“You can lie to placate a dumb kid because you think it's of no consequence,” Luz whispered, looking at the floor.“Are you dumb? You don't fall into the category of dumb kids. Okay, I will be frank with you. But this is actually too difficult to explain,” Alex said, taking a deep breath.“Just talk to me already, you don't have to mince words. No matter what you say, I'm sure I have heard worse in the past,” Luz said impatiently, staring at him.Alex stood up and silently took his hand, walking into his study's secret chambers. After passing a series of dark corridors, Alex brought him into a well-developed medical laboratory.“This is my base 2 underground research secret basement laboratories. I'm the only one who uses them, you are the only person I have ever brought here. They know about the detached laboratories and unde
Luz quickly turned towards the machine, huge balls of sweat dripping down his tender skin.“What are the results of the analysis? Report,” Alex said, also walking towards the machine.“DNA result came out positive. With 99.9% count. This can only mean that sample B belongs to either the child's father or mother. Congratulations to them,” the laboratory system announced.Luz shivered, huge drops of tears rolling down his cheeks. If magic is not to be trusted, what about advanced science? He had been carefully watching Alex throughout the process and can swear that nothing shady took place.“Dad! You are really my father! How is this possible?” He whispered, falling to his knees, tears and snot running down his face.Alex knelt before him, pulling him into his arms, while silently rubbing his back as he allowed his son to vent.After a few minutes, Luz finally recovered his composure, and wiped his face with the edge of his sleeves, sniffing at intervals.“How did you find out?” Luz whi
“At the moment, I don't know. But I'm sure I will figure it out, just give me some time. We need to go back to the twins, Ariella would be screaming and hitting the door at this point. We have been gone for so long,” Alex whispered, freeing himself from Luz's grasp.Luz nodded and followed him, watching as he locked the door, using multiple security systems. “Daddy, where are you?”The sound of Ariella's dramatic knocks and shouts welcomed them the moment they returned to the study.“I knew it!” Alex muttered under his breath, quickly dashing to the door.A sweating and breathless Ariella greeted him before the door, making him sweep her up in his arms.“Why did you lock us out?” Ariella asked, feeling aggrieved.“I'm sorry dear, I thought you both will be busy playing video games,” Alex whispered, his eyes darting to the game set where Ariel and Aridan were hitting it out with maximum concentration.“It's been an hour, I'm sick of the video games! I have been knocking for a while, w
Alex stood before the monitors in the control tower, watching the videos before him.“It was Hailey Campbell who instructed the landlord to throw them out of the house,” Aridan whispered, checking his tablet phone.“What information do you have about her?” Alex asked, sitting down on the throne beside him.“She's Lady Eleanor's cousin from the side branch. She's an ambitious model, who had set her sights on the Campbell family's businesses, orchestrating various plans to send Eleanor who was her main rival away. However, lady Eleanor's competence always ensured that her plans were frustrated. She finally got her chance when lady Eleanor fell pregnant with the twins, pulling some strings alongside her supporters in the Campbell family to kick her out, stripping her parents of their powers. They became equivalent to poverty stricken rags after the incident. It wouldn't have created much problems since Lady Eleanor was well educated and experienced. However, she also pulled strings behin
“There are a few nasty things we discovered about the Winthrop family. They are taking drastic steps to ensure that our efforts to shake up Winthrop's businesses won't affect them much. They are even going as far as laundering money, to siphon illegal funds into the businesses. Karen also kills any employee that stumbles upon any inappropriate scene, or makes them disappear. They also made provisions to ensure that nothing negative will be announced about the Winthrops on the news. The incidents to sabotage their dealings were also tightly sealed. And they increased their security with well trained assassins. Karen seems to have access to a demonic organization. All the assassins employed cultivate dark energies. Karen Winthrop also seems to have someone powerful backing him up. And most importantly, he's desperately searching for you. He has placed a billion dollar bounty on your head on different top assassin organizations; including the dark web, dragon court, and blood temple. He'