Lucian stiffens and his pulse pulsates violently. His fists subconsciously ball into fists and his jaw clenches, his muscles stretching rigorously. "W... What did you say?" He stutters, instantly losing his composure as misery clouds his countenance. "What did you just say happened to my mum, Dad? What?" His voice is suddenly hoarse and gruffy and he is seemingly running out of breath as even though he isn't racing, he is panting as if he is just about to have a panic attack.Michael lets out a helpless sigh as he retorts dejectedly, "This is the reason I initially didn't want to tell you about this despite that I told you I would when you come over until you made me swear. "I didn't want to bring you into this agony and rage I've been feeling for years now, knowing some assholes had their hands on my woman and after they have had their satisfaction, murdered her in cold blood." "I didn't want to bring you into realizing that your mum knew only suffering in the last moments of her
Michael takes a deep breath and looks at Lucian, who is doing so much to hide his emotions, for a moment and shakes his head before continuing, "Her friend, Marilyn Stone, didn't escape their clutches as well, but unlike your mum, she wasn't killed, she was only ruthlessly raped. "All this was made possible because the assholes were armed and shot the powerhouses I ordered to protect your mum before they could even act. After the footage ended, I noticed that they left their guns at the scene and left. 'Perhaps, they forgot it' I thought and was so filled with euphoria thinking they would be useful but then I remembered they wore hand gloves throughout the mission and as such, there was no how we could find their fingerprints. "However, I didn't give up and ordered my men to get the revolvers and we traced them to where they were purchased, only to see that the old man illegally selling them was already killed and his shop burnt down with him. They had purposely led us on as they kne
But to Michael's dismay, as he steps out of the suite and looks around, he sees no trace of Lucian at all. It's just as if Lucian completely vanished from the restaurant! His pupils constrict and his jaw drops. "How is that even possible?" He gasps, utterly flabbergasted. As a martial and sade artist himself, he is, of course, no ordinary man and his speed is ten times faster than the speed of the fastest man in the world so naturally it shouldn't be surprising that he finds it extremely shocking that he couldn't catch up to Lucian who had only just left the suite less than a minute ago. But that's not all. The most shocking part of it all is the fact that he had darted out at his highest speed yet he couldn't even catch a glimpse of Lucian's silhouette, let alone him. "Such speed," he inhales sharply.He has always known that Lucian has extraordinary speed, but he didn't imagine it could reach this level. Never in his life even as an artist did he imagine any mortal being could be
Meanwhile, at the end of Massachusetts Avenue, where Granola Heaven is located, a sudden violent and strong breeze blows, raising dust into the air, and the next second, Lucian's afterimage flashes, after which he appears, coming to an abrupt halt.His gaze instantly sweeps around his surrounding, taking in every bit of it. But even after looking and looking, he doesn't still realize where he is. Everything appears so foreign to his eyes.The last time this kind of a thing happened was in Aurora, two days ago. He had run only to arrive where he didn't know. He can't believe this is happening again. How would he get back if he doesn't even know where he is? His face crinkles."You seem lost," however, at this moment, an elderly woman, seemingly appearing out of nowhere, walks up to him and says whilst staring skeptically at him. "Are you?"Lucian flushes in embarrassment. How can he tell this elderly woman who just appeared from nowhere, seemingly with the intention to help him find h
"That-" the elderly woman now has a complicated expression on her face. This guard wasn't here when she and Lucian started talking but he seems to have casually said exactly how things were turning out between her and Lucian in just one breath.Just a few minutes ago, in between their discussion, Lucian had begun telling her stories of his mum, who he claims suffered the same fate as her daughter. It even turned out that his mum as he claimed bore the same name as her daughter, and that realization made her begin thinking things. Things like if both stories are related or if it is a mere coincidence.But thinking deeper into what the guard said, she is beginning to think that he might actually be saying the truth and everything that happened between her and Lucian must have been staged by him; him suddenly standing lost at the end of the avenue, and she approaching him because she couldn't stand seeing him get lost, which sparked everything that followed.Perhaps, he already knew ab
"Pftt! Pfft!" He spits out two mouthfuls of blood, and his eyes roll far back into his head as he momentarily passes out. This was initially not the plan as Lucian had planned to kill him, but at the last second, just as his foot was about to slam against the bodyguard, he had a change of heart.Unlike the bodyguard, Lucian has never been a cold-hearted person who would kill someone in cold blood. Before he would kill anyone, the person must have repeatedly stepped on his bottom line. The guard was yet to do that so he decided to let him live.Besides, the guard is merely a trained expert of a wealthy family as he can see, not a fully drilled martial artist, so he felt there was no satisfaction in it if he killed him, and he also didn't want to dirty his hands with the murder of such an insignificant being. He couldn't stoop that low.However, he might not have killed the guard, but he sure dealt him a huge blow. As a matter of fact, the guard would never be able to walk again, let
The colors on the faces of the bodyguards fade and chills run down their spines, causing them to shiver explicitly and break out in cold sweats."That-" endless fear courses through their veins, their palms greased with sweat and their backs prickling. Lucian's aura is so menacing that they feel so tyrannized.And, despite his placid demeanor, his voice sounds like the voice of Lucifer himself; so cold, terrifying, bloodcurdling, and devilish. It causes them so much dread. Like, it is so choking and overwhelming."You guys appear to be afraid of me, so why do you still want to fight me? Have you forgotten what happened to your boss? Or perhaps don't you fancy your lives and just want to end up like him?" Knowing that his voice and aura arouse so much fear in them, Lucian sneers sinisterly."W... We actually have no intention of fighting you!" One of them stutters through gritted teeth, his face flushed and his breath raspy. "Just get on with your life and leave our Mistress alone and
"You killed our brother!" One of them, teary-eyed, thunders. "I'll make you pay!" He furiously darts at Lucian.But fortunately for him, Lucian doesn't have time for him or that. He casually swerves his shoulder to avoid him and darts after Mark. But at this moment, the Rolls-Royce Cullinan initially parked a few steps away suddenly pulls over in front of Mark and he opens the door and pushes the elder woman inside."Noo! Wait!" Lucian yells and increases his pace, but before he can get to her, the car has already zoomed off. "Ah!" He yells in an unearthly voice, clearly exasperated, and furiously punches the air whilst staring at the zooming car longingly."You!" A few minutes later, he turns to lash out at Mark, only to realize that they have all left. And they carried Thunder and Terror along. Guess their aim was really to take the elderly woman away, not to fight him. But even at that, it is so infuriating! "Idiots! Rats! Imbeciles!" He curses repeatedly and pulls on his hair.