After Adrian was through checking out the suit for the event tonight with Aunt Emma satisfied about its outcome, she finally let him leave but not without making him promise that he would be at the event on time. Avery was seeing him off to his car, their movement was slow, and yet their steps were precise, each time that she was with him, although he did not show much attention to her except for the holy light, and yet she was just happy to be with him.“So you also came here to try out some dresses or is this just a women's thing?” Adrian asked as they both stood before his car.“Aunt Emma is my friend and so are her workers. I came to try out the dress that I will be wearing for the event tonight and also do some catching up with the girls there until Aunt Emma came in”“I see, she likes you a lot”“Same with you, which can only say that we have a lot in common” Avery teased and let the pretty smile curl up her lips each time she did that, he was always fascinated by her beauty.“
Mrs Smith arrived at the fashion runway show dressed in a very elegant dress. The company was finally doing well, more impressive than they had expected, especially after Mr. Smith encountered the sanctuary.She was dressed in a golden sequin gown that was screaming luxury, the dress flowed through the floor while she carefully walked in with her hands firmly clutching onto her purse, her makeup was perfectly done and this time, Mrs. Smith made certain that the jewelry were all authentic, that way she did not have to get intimidated by those rich elites again.“Your invite please!” The huge bouncer at the entrance asked and at that moment, she recalled that she had totally forgotten all about that.Mrs. Smith had not been invited to the runway show but after she heard the elites at the Club talking about it the second time that she visited the Club, Eleanor did not think for a second about how she was going to go in there, all she was interested about at the time that she heard the ne
Freya hurriedly found herself a seat where she immediately grabbed a glass of champagne, her eyes staring at the beautiful view around. The runway was yet to start and most of the guests were so busy mingling with each other, Freya on the other hand had a client she was hoping would show up but since he wasn't here yet, she decided to relax and watch the beautiful view.“I can't believe that fate is indeed on my side” a deep male voice standing behind Freya expressed, she swirled her head in his direction and was surprised to see that it was the same man she had met at the supermarket earlier today.“Jason?” she called out and as soon as she did, she regretted it because he could see that she remembered his name.“Yes. It is me in the flesh, from the way you recalled my name, looks like I have not been the only one doing all the thinking right?”“I did not remember your name because I was thinking about you, I am a statistic manager and I am always faced with remembering all the numbe
The smile on Avery's face faded at the sight of Seth. Freya knew that this was not a discussion that she wanted to be around, so she quickly got on her feet.“I will see you later Avery, there are some clients that I would like to say hello to!” She winches an eye at Avery and hurries away from the table while Seth immediately occupies the seat that she was previously seated in. “Avery Hi!”“Seth, I had no idea that you were invited to this party”“The Maxton group is the biggest investor of her brand, there is no way that we wouldn't be invited!” He bragged and that was a part of him that she had totally forgotten all about.“I see… you can enjoy the party, I still have a few friends that I need to mingle with” She tried to get on her feet, but his hands immediately grabbed her by her arms, his eyes tender with sympathy.“Listen to me, Avery i know that I messed up pretty badly, but please am I that bad that you can no longer stand the sight of me?”“Why won't I be able to stand the
Jason was at the show, and even while it seemed like he was there for the show, his eyes were fixed on Avery and Adrian when a message immediately came through his phone. He briefly glanced at the screen of his phone before calmly hurrying outside the hall so that everyone was engrossed in the show and no one would even notice that he was gone.In a red Porsche car, Kelvin was seated at the driver's side of the car. He was just about to leave after work when Eva informed him about the contract with the Maxton group that Daniel was trying so hard for his son to get hoping that it was going to get his son more scores around the board.He immediately left the office and with his telepathic skills, Kelvin could tell just where Jason was at the moment so he drove right to the runway venue when he arrived there, he remained inside the car and texted Jaso, because the last thing that he wanted was bumping into Adrian or his sister.It did not take long for Jason to arrive there, he opened th
Emma could not attend to all the guests who were so eager to speak to her after the show. Adrian who stood next to her was getting impatient and decided to speak.“Aunt Emma, looks like you still have a lot of guests that you need to attend to?”“Yes, dear. And I am so sorry about that. I have been away from town for such a long time that everyone was so impressed with the designs. I am happy about it but I don't know when I will be done attending to them”“I understand Aunt, do you need me to wait for you?”“Yes dear, you are the only one that I want to drop me off at home. You are the only one that I can trust to protect me, especially from competitors that might not be too happy with my come back”“You have nothing to worry about, I totally understand. I will just be in my car and I will come to check on you from time to time, is that alright”“That is better!” She felt relief as she watched him leave and now she could speak to potential investors who might be interested in investi
The light had filled the car, consuming them both. Adrian had not felt anything like this before and was enjoying every ounce of the power and how powerful it made him feel, but he was suddenly interrupted by a knock on the door of the car and as he finally pulled away with the light slowly diminishing, he realizes that it was Aunt Emma and he had totally forgotten about checking up on her.But just when Adrian was about to unlock the car from Avery’s ray, his eyes met with hers, and what he saw made his heart beat so fast that he thought that his heart was going to jump out of his chest.Avery’s eyes were still shut, her head was bleeding and so was her nose, fear took hold of him while he called out to her.“Avery! AVERY!” he yelled out, but there was no response from her.“Adrian open up, what is going on here?” Aunt Emma who was getting impatient from standing outside all this while called out, but he was in a state of confusion and did not know what to do nor did he know how he w
Adrian did not realize how exhausted he was until he was alone with Avery and after staring at her for a while, he fell asleep. He was woken by the sound of a groaning next to him and when he opened his eyes, it was Avery who had her eyes opened and from the look of things, he could tell that she was in pain.“Adrian…. Where am i?”“Avery, you are in the hospital, thank God that you are finally awake. I was so worried that something might have happened to you”“My head hurts so badly, what happened?” she asked and that seemed to be a question he wasn't sure how to respond to. Adrian pulled closer to her as he held her hands.“I am sorry Avery, i never thought that connecting to you that deeply was going to have a reverse effect on you”“Is that why you look like someone who has just been hit by a train, you do not have to feel guilty about anything because it was also my fault”“Avery how can you say this, tell me how is any of these your fault?”“I wanted you to go ahead with it in t
After so much persuasion, Jason was able to get Kelvin to fight this last fight, which they both believed was the last fight. For Kelvin, all that he wanted was a way to get rid of the family; that way, he could have everything to his name with no interference.They stormed the Wesley estate with a large number of men, But took the backside; without going any further, Jason and his men stood afar, watching the large building, which seemed to be on fire.“So what is next ?” Kelvin, who seemed to be getting impatient after a while of seated in the car, asked, but Jason had his gaze fixed at the estate as if he might miss something if he went ahead to pull his gaze away even for just a moment.“We wait!” He responded calmly, still staring ahead but after a while, Kelvin could not help it as he asked.“You do know that I get to take over this place once the entire family is dead, I do not want to have to go through an entire process of renovation so please be careful with whatever it is t
Once Daniel ended the call, he stood there for a while, trying to process all that he just heard.Daniel slowly tapped on his finger as he thought about the best way to deal with this information. He strode towards the dark hallway of the basement, his leg making those anxious sound as he hurried down. but just then, he had noticed two figures in the dark.He instantly came to a halt, at first he was scared and confused wondering who would be at the hallway this night given all that had happened.“Dad!” Adrian who had sensed his confusion called out to him, that was, he would know that it was his son standing there.“Adrian!” Daniel called in a confuse manner, he drifted closer, his thoughts still wrapped around what Mr. Smith had told him.But as he drifted closer and realizes that it was not just his son standing there, he grew more confused.“Kelly! What is the both of you doing here?” Daniel furrowed his brows, his expression was that of annoyance as he tries to grasp the scenari
Reynold and Eleanor stood close to the guard as they listened up on the conversation he was having with his boss. Their eyes were consumed with curiosity and desperation.Reynold knew that he had hurt and wronged his foster son so dearly, yet there was hope and longing in his heart that Adrian, who has a good heart, would look past all of this one last time and listen to his plea.“What did he say?” Mrs. Smith was the first person that say spoken soon as the guard was done with the call”“They insist that they can't see you or speak to you and ask that you leave right away!” He explained, But Mr. Smith immediately let out a frustrating sigh knowing that everything was about to turn sore for him.“Please, call him one last time, inform him that there is something of true importance that I have to speak to him about, or else his life and that of this family will be at risk!”He insisted, his widened in curiosity. Although he had money in his account and at home, they were in a hurry an
Even as Adrian stood there feeling the intensity of the words that were about to come next from his father, he had no idea what to expect, yet he knew that no matter how hard it was, they had to deal with it.“What is it, Dad?”“I just received a call from one of our men up the estate?”“Has the whole fire been put off?” Adrian quickly asked, hoping that perhaps this time it was good news.“Yes, but there are still some places they need to ascertain and make sure that the danger is out, but that is not the main point right now”“The main point, what are you talking about?” Adrian furrowed his brows, his face etched with perplexity.“Your foster family are here.” Daniel finally eased the news gently on his son. Adrian was silent for a long while, he had no idea if this was some sort of joke, but knowing his father very well, he knew that he would never joke about something like that, and not to mention, in a situation like this.“Dad! What did you just say?”“You heard me Son, your fos
Avery had just got out of the shower. They had all been in the basement for two hours now; she was suddenly starting to develop a fever and decided to have a cold bath, hoping that it might ease things off for her.“How are you feeling?” Adrian asked, he stood right behind her, his hand wrapped around her all the way to her belly, gently caressing it, but instead of a response, Avery let out a long and frustrating sigh.“I know that it is not easy for you, you have been forced to go through a lot, especially with the pregnancy, but I believe that soon, all of this will be over”“That is what you want to believe, but you and I know that it is not true. I am so exhausted, Adrian, and it is starting to wear me out; I just want all of this to be over. Even with being here, I am so scared that it feels like I am losing my senses!”She yelled, her voice was at its edge. Adrian knew how badly she was feeling, he wanted to try and get her to calm down, but he also knew that it wasn't going to
Kelvin remained standing, although he soon did not feel comfortable about his actions, yet he remained calm. “Whatever it is that you have to say, be quick with it and leave as soon as possible, I told you the last time that we met that I do not want to have anything to do with the underworld again”“The sanctuary was burnt down” Jason suddenly blurted, ignoring what Kelvin was ranting about.“That is a joke right?” Kelvin asked with a soft chuckle that escaped his lips. “The sanctuary is filled with supernatural items, there is no way that he would burn down no matter what they did, which is why I think that this is a joke”“You think that I will drive all the way to your house in the middle of the night just to crack jokes with you. You are right in some aspect, the sanctuary can't burn down with just natural flames unless it is one with the power of the flames”Jason explained as Kelvin thought about it for a while and could not seem to comprehend what it meant.“Look here Jason, I
Jason opened his eyes as he felt his head banging with pain. He hasn't been without his powers for a long time now and without it, he felt so weak that it was killing him.His eyes trail around the basement as he realizes that he is all alone in there. All members of the Smith family were gone, and with his head pounding with pain, he raised his arm to touch his head and realized that there were traces of blood,d, which was the source of the pain.Jason exhaled softly before he sat upright, filled with regret as to how he had let his guard down. Just while he was still trying to get a grasp of himself, he stared at his phone and realized there were ten missed calls and fifteen messages from his right-hand man.“Fuck!” he cursed, rising to his feet, and despite how weak and sour he felt from the pain and beating he had received, he still hurried away from the apartment.He got into his car and sped off, arriving at the scene where all the men had been lined up and waiting for his arriv
First, they were reluctant to accept the food as they had no idea what sick games he was trying to play. Mrs. Smith stretched out her arm to grab one of the meals that was carefully packaged in a takeout, but her husband immediately stopped her before turning his attention to Jason. “Mr. Jason, why have you brought us this food, is that the way you want to have us killed?” Mr. Smith asked but Jason chuckled so loud that one would think there was not a hint of danger around him. “Poison you, I mean that is an insult to me, if I want you dead, there are just several ways that I would do it and I might not even have to lift a finger, why would I go through the stress of having you poisoned” He explained and knowing how powerful he was, they thought that he was right. “If that is not the case, then why have you brought food to my family when I know that you are going to end up killing us after these” Mr. Smith asked, and this time, Jason, who seemed to be losing his patience, f
Jason was filled with rage when he arrived at the sanctuary; so many members had all burned down, and those who had survived were barely recognized, not to mention the items they had lost.“Boss! What are we going to do now?” His right-hand man, who had called him on the phone when all of this started, asked.“Where were you when the fire started and why couldn't you put it off with your powers?” Jason scolded, he was so angry that he badly needed someone he was going to take out his anger on.“I am sorry Boss, I tried my best, but the fire was no ordinary one, it was Adrian's flame, and no matter what I did, it wouldn't stop instead it just kept getting worse”He explained. Jason's face had turned red, with bulging veins from his forehead like twisted ropes; his eyes were blazing with fury that his right-hand man had to drift backward for fear of what he might do to him.“Adrian….” He groans with his fist clenched. “You have done so much, and I think that it's time to get my revenge;