Unrivaled In The World: Rise of Kaiden Blackwood

Chapter 6.

Sage stared at Kaiden Blackwood in disbelief. His head spun. His pride was in pieces. He had never been humiliated like this in his entire life.

Vivian's voice cracked in anger and agony as she saw her precious son on the floor.

“You bastard! A filthy mutt with no father! We fed you, clothed you, and this is how you repay us?”

Kai chuckled at her absurd claims... was she being serious right now?

"Pathetic swine!" She screamed and charged at Kai, her hands clawing for his face.

Kai caught her wrist instantly. His grip was iron.

He never hit women. Never.

But today?

Today, she had gone too far.

Her words weren’t just insults. They were knives piercing him. And she had also driven them straight into his mother’s grave, she's free to cuss him but she should never use her bad mouth on his late mother.

His patience snapped as he thought of all the insults thrown at his mother.

With a forceful shove, he sent her crashing to the floor.

Vivian yelped as she hit the ground.

She looked up at him, eyes wide. Fear flickered in them. Her lips trembled. She scurried back, scrambling like a wounded rat.

This wasn’t the Kai she thought she knew.

This wasn’t the weak, desperate fool they had stepped on for years.

This was someone else entirely.

“You... You monster!” she gasped.

A scraping sound.

Kai’s ears caught it instantly.

He turned.

Sage had grabbed something from the doorway. A vase. A lamp. He didn’t care what. The coward was about to throw it.

Kai smirked.

"Like mother, like son, like daughter," he said, his voice dripping with mockery. "Attacking from behind, typical in your family huh?"

Sage lunged.

Kai moved faster.

A sharp backhand knocked the object from Sage’s grasp. It hit the floor, shattering into useless pieces.

Then, without warning...

BAM!

Kai’s fist slammed into Sage’s gut.

Sage choked. The wind was knocked out of him. He staggered, but Kai didn’t let up.

Another punch.

Then another.

Sage’s back hit the wall. He coughed, gasping for breath. His face twisted in agony. Blood trickled from his mouth.

His legs buckled. He was done. This man was a wounded monster.

"Mom!" he wheezed. "Give it to him! Just...just give it to him! Give him whatever he wants!!"

Vivian sat frozen, her hands trembling.

Kai took a slow step forward.

His eyes locked onto the silver chain hanging from her neck.

"The necklace," he demanded, his voice sharp as a blade.

Vivian clutched it. "It’s mine... you have..."

Kai’s merciless stare made her stop.

Vivian whimpered.

Her fingers fumbled with the clasp.

With shaking hands, she removed the necklace and held it out.

She was panicking now.

Begging.

“I'm sorry, I was wrong! I shouldn’t have taken it! It belongs to your mother!”

Kai didn’t hesitate, he grabbed the necklace from her.

The moment the necklace was in his grasp, the family ceased to exist.

With a sigh, he turned and began to walk away without a glance at any of them.

"Bastard." Sage cussed.

Kai paused for a split second. Then, without turning to look at the bloodied man on the floor, he kicked Sage aside like a piece of trash blocking his path. Sage crashed against the gate, his curses turning into strangled gasps of pain.

Sage lay sprawled by the gate, groaning in pain. Kai walked past him without hesitation, but just as he reached for the small gate, Sage’s voice rang out behind him, laced with venom.

"Get lost with that lousy necklace, you bastard! Next time we meet, I’ll cripple you!"

Kai stepped outside, not having time for them, the cold air greeting him. The sleek Rolls-Royce awaited, its polished exterior gleaming under the light. A burly man stood beside the open door, his sharp gaze flicking toward Sage.

For a moment, the world stood still.

Sage, groaning on the floor, looked outside the gate in disbelief.

A Rolls-Royce?

For Kai?

His mind reeled. No. That was impossible. It had to be a mistake. But the way the suited man carried himself, the way he glared at Sage like he was dirt beneath his shoes...this was no mistake.

Kai slid into the car without a word. The door shut behind him with a quiet finality.

Sage clenched his fists, humiliation and rage boiling inside him. But his body ached too much to move. He turned to his mother, his voice cracking with both pain and anger.

"Take me to the hospital. Now."

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At the hospital, Astrid Laurent stormed through the doors, her heels clicking against the tiled floor. She'd received a devastating call from her mother and her anger was boiling over.

Her mother was already there, sitting beside Sage’s bed, her eyes red-rimmed as if she had been crying for hours.

The moment Astrid entered, Vivian shot up, grabbing her hands like a woman on the verge of collapse.

"Astrid, my baby! You have no idea what we’ve been through!" Her voice trembled with just the right amount of misery. "That monster nearly killed Sage! He’s out of control!"

Astrid’s gaze flickered to her brother. Sage looked pathetic, bandaged up, his lip swollen, one arm wrapped tightly.

"Start talking, mom," she ordered.

Vivian wasted no time.

"He barged into our home like a madman," she wailed. "He snatched my necklace! The one you gave me as a gift! And then..." She craned her neck, pointing at the faint red marks. "Look! He attacked me! If Sage hadn’t stepped in, I might not even be alive right now, you'll have become motherless!"

Astrid’s nails dug into her palms.

Kai did this?

Her pathetic ex-fiancé, who used to beg for her love, had dared to lay his hands on her family?

"Where is he now?" she asked, her voice cold.

Vivian sniffled. "I don’t know! He just—just left in some fancy car like he’s suddenly important!"

Astrid froze.

"A car?"

Vivian nodded frantically. "A Rolls-Royce!"

Astrid’s stomach twisted.

No.

That didn’t make sense.

Kai was nothing.

He should be rotting in some filthy apartment, licking his wounds. How the hell was he leaving in a luxury car?

Her fingers curled around her phone.

She dialed his number.

It rang.

Then...

Click.

He hung up.

Astrid’s blood boiled.

"That bastard!" she spat.

Sage groaned from the bed. "You have to deal with him, Astrid. He’s getting too cocky."

Astrid’s lips curled into a sneer.

Oh, she would.

Kai thought he could humiliate her family and walk away?

He thought he was better than them now?

She would personally put him back in his place.