Cephas dusted the entire floor. This has been his routine for the past four months. His pay has been scheduled till his contract expires. They only feed them and give them basic necessities that they need to survive. All they do is work and work all day and night anytime they hear the bell.His life in the Lion’s house has been pretty much rough. There wasn’t so much unusual going on in the house. The servants were about ten. Five males and five females They also had crazy rules that restricted the househelps from interacting with each other. He had never spoken with the other men in the house. That was the most tiring part of working there.One time he had tried to speak to one of them there but he ignored him completely. Cephha knew he had to abide by the rules or else he would get kicked out of the house.So he focused while he tried to come up with ways to find out information from anyone. The place was very discrete. Their workers were never allowed to go out or leave befo
Pedro pushed the door open for his boss to come in. “What do you mean the Walter boy has been off the radar for some time now?”They entered their storage room. It was a hidden room no one knew about. Only the people that held high status knew about the secret room.The house helps and outsiders couldn’t even locate where the room was because of the location of how the lock was placed “Since his accident we don’t know if he is dead or alive but we checked his work activities. They are very much active, nothing has changed on the inside or outside. It was like when he disappeared a year ago.”Pedro reported as his boss stroke his chin casually, giving what he said a thought.The Walters are the most wanted enemies. They have given the Lions so much issues, and pretty much restricted them from interacting in the society with their real identities.They caused people to be aware of their strengths and how they can ruin the country. They had also exposed their illegal doings in the past a
“That’s me,” Elsa managed to say. “If you hadn’t tied my hands together like I stole from you, my hand wouldn't be creaking.” She spat at Anthonio with all the strength left in her.They used to be close in the past but he was treating her like they never dined and wined on the same table. Their work rules had prevented them from becoming more than what they wanted.“Was she talking to me?” He demanded from Pedro who was scared of his boss’ reaction.Pedro knew better than giving any of them an answer, they had been with the company for about thirty years.Yet, they kept getting on each other's nerves like cats and dogs. At a time they became friendly and fell in love.The conflict came in when Lion Giovanni showed interest in Elsa. The Lions made the rules banning the househelps and maids from bonding with each other. Antonio had given an offer to be promoted to an associate Lion to leave Else, He had picked his job over her. This made the Lion have access to Elsa. it broke her hea
“Phew!” Cephas sighed as he helped himself out of his hiding place. Blood flowed into his cramped legs causing him to freeze for a while before he could finally feel his legs again.He made sure that Pedro had left before he attempted to come out.“Why did you save me?” he questioned. He could not believe that the person that tried to kill him and his father was right beside him. “You didn’t seem like a righteous person from the discussion you were having with your friends earlier.”Cephas cautioned himself, remembering that he was under a disguise and he could blow his cover if he kept being emotional.“I did not save you, young man. I did that for myself. You must be delusional if you think that I would go any length for anyone, especially a stranger that I don’t know and have absolutely no connections to.” She smiled and sat up properly in her chair.“Were you putting up an act when I came in earlier? Acting like you were sick or something?” Cephas asked in surprise.“I was prep
7:00 pmThe lion's private residence, Underworld, New York.It was agreeable to Cephas that it was the most scary place to work. He felt like someone was reading his mind or watching him anytime his mind crossed his last discussion with Elsa. He didn't want to wear his anticipation and excitement for something new on his face so he managed to contain all that emotion till it was night time.After waiting all day for this moment, he had done his work with extra Cephas got from his bed in his tiny little room. He had skipped his dinner on purpose, pretending like he was ill. He had noticed that anytime he had dinner, he was always extremely weak after and he also falls asleep almost after.He took his time to study the pattern of how things were being operated in the house. A magnate like him whose IQ is also classified one of the highest in the world, he could not be fooled alongside with the other people there.Time was running past him and he needed to fix things up before they bec
He opened the door to the secret room where Elsa was. She was smoking with her eyes closed. He wondered for a moment why she was doing this to herself. She could escape this place if she wanted but she wasn't attempting to do so. Normally he would have regarded what she is doing as stupid but he was suspecting a fight for power. It made him so curious and frustrated at the same time.Elsa seemed like so many things to him, a ticking bomb, a software with so many features, a hard code to crack. She was a woman with intentions. It was very obvious in the she was spoke to him the last time but she was hiding her abilities.She was interesting like a book with cliffhangers and he wanted to know more about her. He would literally pay her to tell him bertying about her but he could not offer heer money.That was the only issue because he would be blowing his cover. Money didn’t seem to be a problem for her. If she was really sleeping with the Lions as Antonio had claimed then she would hav
99Her daughter sent chills down his spine. He would be lying if he said he wasn’t scared for a bit but like the brave man he was, he hid his fear and joined her in chuckling. What killed him? Did he die while he was on one mission she gave him? Was he trying to pry into her business? Was that why he died?“Who knows, I might be different from him.” Cpehas said in a suggestive manner. He didn’t want to seem like he was too confident. He was doing a perfect job in hiding his curiosity.“Well that is pretty easy. All it takes is for you to fulfill some tasks, if you succeed without doing or getting caught then i will consider you to be a very smart man.” Her eyes met his then she gazed away from his direction.He wished she had maintained eye contact with him, he would have been able to read her expression a bit. He was good at using psychology, he could pick up a little information from studying someone's eyes. Elsa seemed like she knew the trick too.It will all be a waste if he tri
100Elsa lit up a stick of cigarette and started smoking once again. A big smile formed on her face as she thought that it would be interesting to watch Cephas accomplish the mission that she gave him.It has been a while since she had fun last, she has captured his sympathy and now he wants to be her partner. He was one of a kind.He didn’t even question her or ask why she wasn’t helpless like he first thought.He was like the kind of men she feared and loved o because they loved to explore, some of them die foolishly while they seek knowledge while the rest find what they seek and never get satisfied.His ,otive was none of her business, she was glad that someone was available to keep her busy till the Lions returned back and they gave appropriate judgment. (Author’s note for the purpose of this story alone: The Lions were the mafias that brought their organization to New York and renamed themselves.)She had vowed to deal with Antonio when the time comes.Till then her little toy