The Undead Trillionaire Heir Wants Revenge

Chapter 8 || Petty Fight

Despite now officially being a Lord, Alex was far from happy; the scowl etched on his face while staring at Kate made it clear. He couldn't believe that she had almost set him up for murder and was bewildered by the sheer nonchalance now lingering in her expression after what had just happened.

At no point in his life had he been required to exercise more restraint than just now, and this was including the fact that he had shared a brutal history with the people he wasn't supposed to kill. What if he actually pulled the trigger? Alex contemplated, while his smoldering gazed fixates on Kate.

She, on the other hand, stood rigid, wondering why Alex hadn't taken the Lord's badge from her or, at the very least, shown any sign of elation as he had passed the test. She dropped her arms and closed some distance, unswayed by the unwelcoming demeanor, he had on.

Now a breath's length from him, her eyes caught his hands, which were twitching furiously. She held them in an effort to calm him and curb the fear he was trying so hard to hide, but was already slipping out. Subsequently, she proceeded to rest herself tenderly onto his chest, placing her ear to listen to his erratic heartbeats. Soon, both of their breaths synchronized, and she glanced up at him, finally meeting his now timid gaze.

She started harshly, “Why do you let the fright from your enemies' death consume you? See how uneasy you look just because you almost shot them. You should relax and breathe; never give your foes or allies the chance to perceive fear in you on both sides. Lesson one.”

Done talking, she pulled from him, but Alex abruptly held her back.

While she halts on her track, Alex bore his eyes into her face, trying to find just a single expression that conveyed remorse for what she had just made him gone though. He found none, so he personally reprimanded her.

“What if I had been persuaded to kill them? Would you still have considered yourselves the good guys? Those murderers would have been denied the justice they deserved just because you people think it's okay to test a man's restraint with another person's life!” Alex bellowed, but Kate wasn't chastised. However, she was fascinated by his outburst of anger, and welcomed it.

“I want to ask you something important, and you honestly must tell me the truth,” Alex huffed, and Kate's brow furrowed. “If worst comes to it, do you people kill the bad guys just to get back at them for what they did?” Alex inquired earnestly. And although Kate regarded the question asked, to random and disrespectful, she held a tormented expression on her face before swiftly concealing it with her usual nonchalant look.

“How dare you,” Yanking his hand away from her arm, she picked her gun, and securely put it behind her. “How could you mistake us for those bloodthirsty Del Rosarios. If we were as spiteful and evil as them, don't you think by now all of them would have been six feet under the earth? The place where all who have suffered their wrath—” She broke off, a quiet sob, escaping her lips.

Quickly, she darted her eyes away, not wanting to be seen as weak.

Covertly cleaning off the droplet of tear that threatened to fall, she prepared to leave, but then Alex pinned her to the ground with a statement. “Promise me you won't make me go through something like that, and you won't ever do something like that. Otherwise, I am not becoming a Lord.”

His last words made Kate stiffened, and a spasm of annoyance spike though her. How could he say those words? Does he know how many people wishes to be a Lord's heir? Could he comprehend the pain his deceased parents went through because of him? Kate pondered indignantly.

She clenched the badge she was to give him, and spun around with a gritted teeth. “Are you really going to deny your destiny? Deny your parents and all who have been hurt by those bastards justice, just for what?” She asked fuming, unbeknownst to Alex, grasping into the badge so hard, it starting to pierce into her palm.

Alex mirrored her once nonchalant expression. “I'm not denying anything; I just want you to make a promise.” He stated firmly and waited for the words from Kate, whose jaw had tightened. “It's just a promise; why is it so hard for...” She trailed him off by gesturing her hand.

Averting Alex's statements completely, she remarked. “Being a Lord is equally as important as being the monarch of Great Britain itself. Refusing what billions of people could only dream of being is stupid and reckless. But since you're ready to throw away your family's lineage, for whatnot, I'm guessing you might—” Alex slyly cut her words short before she could have one over him.

“Not what? Be competent enough to be a Lord? Observe, I did pass your sick test. Our allies know I'm the biological son of my father, and I have been recognized as a Lord by the knights.” Alex heaved a deep breathe, and then continue, “Besides, you need me. You need me out in the lights and in the warfront because you know that's how the battle between the Del Rosarios would be won.”

He added, and Kate fell silent—mildly dumbfounded. Soon, an impressed chuckle escaped her lips, followed later by a full-blown laughter that reverberated around the room. Both Alex and the beaten-up men stared at her blankly, astonished by the sound of her laughter whilst wondering why she was suddenly laughing.

Deep down in his guts, however, Alex could tell she laughed at him, not out of mockery, but something totally different. He didn't know what but was going to find out.

“Woah! Every time you are pushed to the very edge, you reveal a side of you that has never been seen before; it's incredible.” Smiling, she stated. “Who knew you were this good with words? If I weren't me, I would have probably been swayed, scared even. You are definitely your father's child. Catch!” Tossing the pendant to him, he caught it with no effort.

“I promise,“ speaking for everybody now, she added. “We all do. No knight or Lord is going to take a person's life on my or your watch, Boss Lord” Crossing her heart with two fingers placed together, she promised. And Alex smiled inwardly knowing that despite the unexpected test, he had gotten something important today: respect, approval, and guarantee from the person at the top of the Lords family's hierarchy.

He was all set now, but first.

Shifting his gaze to the whimpering men, he inquired. “What is going to happen to this two? They have seen us and heard our conversations. How would you get rid of them?”

Slightly recalling the tragic accident he suffered in the hands of the man, and then remembering how they almost finished off his adopted mother, he balled his hands into a fist, inorder to stifled his seething rage.

“They would be thrown into the deepest darkest jail cell in the world: Melrose, a island prison in the coast of Germany. Rest assured, even if they die there ghost wouldn't be able to escape and the Del Rosario's wouldn't be able to contact or break them out.“ Kate guaranteed, and listening to her words the men vibrate furiously in there chairs, pleading for mercy.

Alex couldn't hold it in, he strode quietly to where they were, each of his footstep creating an ominous tone.

Getting to them, he surprisingly punched one of men, and he falls sideways to the ground with letting out a painful gasp. The other whose eyes where now widened in apprehension, received a painful kick to the chest, that hurled him into a wall, and consequently the ground.

Alex rolled his hair back, arranging the messy mane with his fingers. “That is for trying to hurt my mother, you assholes!” He mouthed menacingly, then glance at Kate who held a flabbergasted expression. “What? is not like I'm killing them. They deserved those hits and more.” He huffed.

A grin crept on her face. “Just as I said: Something new is revealed anytime you are pushed to the edge...”

A knight footstep suddenly resonated in the room, and they both turned towards him. He carried a tablet and handed it over to Kate.

She held it firmly, and turn to Alex. “It's time! Time for you to be announced to the world.” With absolutely no expression, she revealed to him.