NEXT DAYAfter doing his morning routine, Elijah came downstairs and was a bit surprised to see Hank already waiting, dressed in a suit.“ Woah! You look responsible right now” Elijah teased but Hank rolled his eyes without saying a word.“ I am here to escort you to the West Empire, your grandfather wants to hand over the Empire to you” Hank informed and Elijah nodded and led the way to the parking lot.Getting there, there were countless flashy cars of different models and brands. Elijah was stunned to see such beautiful cars in his villa.“ I am sure this is Bishop Leo's doing, “ Elijah chuckled. Hank took out a car key from his pocket and pressed a button making one of the cars to hunk.“ Bishop Leo ordered me to drive you in this Bugatti Chiron Super Sport 300” Hank walked to the car and opened it. He turned to see Elijah still standing which made him furrow his brows.“ Aren't you getting in? We are running late” Hank made it known to Elijah that they are running late because of
The male was still smirking when a middle aged woman walked into the sitting room looking pissed off.“ When will you return to Georgia, Damien? How can you stay here doing nothing when your grandfather is announcing Elijah as the heir after leaving for three years?” The middle aged woman shouted angrily, her eyes blazing with fury.“ Calm down mom, we will take the morning flight back to Georgia and sort out things with grandpa “ Damien said, trying to calm his angry mom.“ How could father do such a thing to you? After what you've done for the company? You put your blood, sweat and tears in the West Empire yet, he wants to hand it over to Elijah who went missing for three years, that's total bullshit!” the woman shouted and went straight to the dinning room to get a glass of water to calm her raging anger. Seeing his mother so upset, Damien folded his fists and gritted his teeth in anger, determination laced in his voice.“ Await my return Elijah, I will make you pay for taking e
NEXT DAYElijah left his villa early in the morning to go jogging since it's been a long time since he jogged.“ Should I go with you?” Hank, who was already at his house, asked but Elijah declined.“ It won't be fun going with you, don't worry I will be fine” Elijah tapped Hank's shoulder before leaving the house. He was ten minutes away from the villa when he saw a scene where three men were dragging a lady.Elijah squinted his eyes to have a better view of what was happening. It dawned on him that the men were trying to steal from a lady but she was pretty strong because she kept struggling with them. The thieves thought that it would be easy to steal all she has since the estate where Elijah lives isn't developed yet and is as silent as a graveyard.Before he could stop himself, Elijah ran as fast as lightning towards the scene.“ Stop!” He shouted and the three men immediately turned towards his direction.“ What are you trying to do? Steal from a lady and harass her?” Elijah
“ Why are you here?” Elijah asked. His voice was cold and unfriendly, anyone would think that they are both long time enemies.“ Can't I visit the Empire again? Remember this Empire is where it is because of me” Damien bragged.“ I am sure that this isn't the reason why you're back to Georgia” Elijah said and Damien smiled and moved closer towards Elijah.“ Well, well, well, it seems you know me so much cousin brother” Damien chuckled while Elijah sneered at his hypocrisy.“ Why are you here, Damien?” Elijah asked once again. His patience was running out already and at the sight of Damien, he gets angry though he doesn't know why.“ I am here to collect why rightfully belongs to me. I mean, I worked day and night for this Empire for three fucking years and just because you were found, the Empire was given to you. That's not how politics works, Elijah” Damien stated but Elijah seemed uninterested in his speech.“ If you're done with your speech because you aren't saying anything useful
“ What are you talking about?” Elijah furrowed his brows.“ What I meant is that Daniel, Damien and one other unknown man is responsible for the loss of your memory” Cory repeated.“ And who is the unknown man?” Elijah inquired but Cory shook his head, indicating that he knows nothing about the man and who he is.“ How do you know about it, Cory?” “ I— overheard Daniel speaking with your cousin Damien” Cory explained and Elijah exhaled. The information which has just been revealed to him was just too much for his head to process.How could his cousin do such a thing to him?“ That explains the reason why Daniel hates me so much even when I was still the son in law of the Payton family “ Elijah explained and shoved his fingers into his hair, but the ringing of his phone distracted him so he took it out and picked up the call.“ Hello, who is this?” Elijah asked.“ Are you Elijah West?” A strange masculine voice asked from the other end of the phone.“ Yes I am. What can I do for you?”
Just before Damien could lose his consciousness, Hank came running towards the parking lot.“ Elijah! Get a grip of yourself! What do you think would happen if the board of West Empire finds out that you're about to choke your cousin brother to death?” Hank asked, trying to talk some senses into Elijah's head, maybe he would stop choking Damien who is enjoying the show.“ Get a grip of yourself! Killing him won't solve anything!” Hank said again and that was when Elijah released Damien and stormed out of the parking lot.Hank faced Damien who was still smiling with his bleeding teeth and face.“ You're a bastard who doesn't deserve to live” Hank sneered and walked away. Few minutes after Hank left, Sarah and her daughter Rachel came looking for Damien and found him groaning and wailing in pain on the ground.“ Damien!” Sarah shouted in horror and rushed towards her son.“ What happened to you? Who did this to you?” Sarah rushed her questions as she helped Damien up.“ I guess he ups
PRIME MINISTER'S MANSIONIsabella walked into her house with a sad look on her face. She was too sad to notice that her parents had some visitors they were discussing with in the sitting, so she just walked past them and was heading to her room when she heard her mom's voice.“ Isabella” Mrs Dylan called and Isabella turned around to notice the visitors which made her gasp softly.“ I am sorry, I was lost in thought that I didn't notice we have some visitors in our home” Isabella apologised and walked into the sitting room to greet the visitors properly. Despite she's a Prime Minister's daughter, Isabella is very calm and humble and doesn't have pride like all other rich kids who are arrogant and flaunt their wealth all around.“ This is my daughter, Isabella” Mr Dylan introduced his daughter to the visitors who had a satisfactory smile on. Among the visitors is a young man with good features and is also handsome. It seemed as if he was forced to come but nevertheless, he smiled t
“ Isabella? Why are you walking at night?” Elijah broke the hug and asked.“ My parents want me to get married against my wish so I ran away from home” Isabella replied and Elijah sighed.“ You're a lady and shouldn't be walking at night, tell me your home address so I can take you home” Elijah helped her up and led her towards his car.“ Can I crash at your place only for tonight?” Isabella asked and Elijah declined immediately.“ We are just getting to know each other, I will urge you not to trust people too quickly, you don't know what harm they might cause you so be weary” Elijah helped her in the passenger seat and ordered Hank to start the car. Isabella reluctantly told Elijah her home address and Hank drove towards her home only to meet her parents already outside their home waiting for her to arrive.“ See, your parents really love you, they are waiting for you to come home, so go” Elijah urged but Isabella rolled her eyes.“ Come down with me” she pleaded and Elijah had to
“ I won't kill you Master Xi'an, instead, I will make it fair. We would participate in a sword fighting, whoever wins, kills the other” Elijah said, making Isabella gasp as she stood up and walked towards him.“ What are you doing? Now is your chance to end him, why are you trying to kill yourself once again?” Isabella was extremely worried.“ Did I ever tell you that I can't die if death isn't natural? So put your mind to rest, this will only make it a fair game” Elijah smiled.“ Kelvin, let him go. He needs to clad his sword with Lotus flower poison, so he can kill me once again” Elijah said in a mocking tone which made Hank and Dracula burst into laughter.Once Kelvin let Master Xi'an go, he disappeared from the board room. All this while, Elijah held Tim so that the members of the board meeting wouldn't know what was going on.“ Don't tell me you hid back time?” Isabella was surprised.“ Yes I did. I practised my powers so much that there is literally nothing I can't do” Elijah sm
“ Hey, Grant. Don't faint just yet, I am not done.” Elijah smirked and walked closer.Everyone was surprised including Hank and Dracula, but Isabella was more surprised than anyone else.Her eyes were as wide as an orange and her mouth parted which refused to close.“ He is not the one, he is a ghost?” Nora stuttered as she spoke but Elijah turned towards her.“ I see you survived from death after what Isabella did to you right?” Elijah smiled but she shifted back.Before Elijah could turn to Isabella she fainted on the ground which caused him to chuckle.“ I guess she is the most surprised one” he muttered and walked towards her.“ Hank,” Elijah called, snapping Hank from the surprise mode he was in.“ Yes…yes young master”“ Get me a bottle of water” Elijah ordered and Hank took one bottle of water from the table, handing it over to Elijah who fetched some into his hand before sprinkling it on Isabella's face.She woke up almost immediately and the first person her eyes met with wer
THREE MONTHS LATERIsabella came down from a Lamborghini Aventador which was driven by Hank while Dracula was her assistant.“ What is on my schedule today?” Isabella asked as she walked into West Empire, her heels clicking on the marble floor as she walked.“ The board members called for a meeting today” Dracula replied looking at his tablet while Isabella nodded.“ Okay, just let me know when it's time for the meeting “ Isabella replied and the trio walked into the elevator leading to the top floor. On getting to her office, she sat down in the swivel chair which belongs to Elijah.She kept touching the chair and table and it felt like Elijah was in the office with her.“ I know you're missing him, but you need to move on” a voice said inside Isabella's head.“ Yeah, I need to move in as prove to him that his Empire is in safe hands” Isabella nodded her head and almost immediately he became business-minded and focused at the same time. She took the telephone to place a call cr
The ambulance sirens pierced through the night’s air as Elijah was rushed to the best hospital in Georgia.Isabella, Hank and Dracula followed closely behind the ambulance, their faces etched with worry and fear, most especially Isabella. She just couldn't accept the fact that Elijah died in her arms. She refused to believe it.As they arrived, the best medical team from different hospitals in Georgia were already present in the hospital waiting for the arrival of Elijah. He was quickly taken into the emergency ward, leaving the trio waiting for the news anxiously. Thirty minutes felt like an eternity as they paced back and forth in the waiting area. Isabella sat in a chair, her hands and legs shaking against her will. Sweat clouded her forehead as he kept biting on her quivering lips.Finally, the doctor walked out of the emergency ward, his expression somber. Isabella stood up from the chair she was seating and rushed towards him, her eyes locked with his, pleading for answers.“
“ Look around Uncle, your disciples are all dead and you will be the next” Elijah smirked as he took slow steps towards Master Xi'an.“ Not so fast, Nephew. My disciples might all be dead but I think you will be the next, I am not dying but you're the one dying” Master Xi'an said as he took his sword from its sheath.It glittered amidst the collision with the sunset.“ Nice sword you have there,” Elijah smiled, but his smile disappeared almost immediately as he positioned himself, ready to charge towards Master Xi'an. Isabella, whose heart was beating faster than normal, wanted to join Elijah in the fight with Master Xi'an but Hank stopped her from going.“ It's his fight, don't get involved” Hank gave her a reassuring smile before taking her to a small house where they stood waiting for the fight between the two relatives to take place. Isabella kept rubbing her two hands together, praying earnestly to whatever god she believes in to help Elijah win the fight... Master Xi'an a
MASTER XI'AN’S TEMPLEMaster Xi'an came out of the temple to the field where all the soldiers were gathered.“ It's time to march. The battle font!” Master Xi'an shouted.“ Yes, Master!” The soldiers chorused before marching with Master Xi'an and Nora behind them As they marched, Master Xi'an had a smirk on his face because he had something to rely on that would surely kill Elijah.“ I am sorry Nephew, but you're dying by my sword” Master Xi'an said inwardly. After ten minutes of marching to the alley where the battle would be taking place, they already met Elijah and his men there. They were standing with a blank expression. That's number one rule in winning your enemies; they shouldn't know your next move or your expression on what you feel at that moment.“ Dear Uncle, have you told your disciples the truth?” Elijah stepped forward with a mischievous smile on.“ Uncle?” Nora's eyes widened in shock. Never in her wildest dreams would she have thought that Master Xi'an is
Dracula did as Elijah told him. Surprisedly, it didn't take long before his father agreed to help Elijah with hope of nothing in return.Dracula kept asking his father repeatedly, maybe he would change his mind about helping Elijah but he never changed his mind.He assembled all his men, as they all prepared for the mission, with their guns in their hands and their faces void of emotions. MASTER XI'AN’S TEMPLEOutside the temple were hundreds of men with their swords in its sheath. They stood in a straight line with master Xi'an as their leader.“ Today, we will take our fate into our hands! We must kill the Lord of the Seven Heavens if not, doom would be brought to the Earth!” Master Xi'an shouted so that the people at the back would hear him.“ We must kill him or he will kill us, I understand!” Master Xi'an shouted.“ Yes Master!” They all shouted in unison. “ Do not move, stay until I give further orders” Master Xi'an said and walked out of the field with Nora behind him.“
After much struggle, Rose kicked the bucket when the poison had affected all her system. Her body turned black because of the poison effect. Almost one hour later, Kelvin and Tristan got back from school only to find the house empty.They were surprised because usually, their mom would already be preparing dinner for them before they got back to school, but she was not in the sitting room, nor was she in the kitchen.“ Mom?” Young Kelvin called but there was no answer.“ Kelvin? Where could Mommy be?” Young Tristan was already afraid.He loved his Mom so much that he would always stick to her wherever they went, so not seeing his mom made his heart skip.“ Hey, don't cry. We will find Mom soon” Kelvin was trying to stay strong because of his younger brother, Tristan. “ Tristan, stay in the sitting room while I find Mom “ Kelvin said and placed Tristan on a sofa before running upstairs to his mom's room. He stood on his toes to open the door and when he did, the sight that gre
“ What? My late wife? How did you know about it?” Mr Ramos started to stutter.“ Why won't I know when you have a son here?” Elijah smiled pointing at Kelvin who stepped forward.“ Why would you say something like that? We both worked hard for this company, it belongs to us both but now that she's dead, it belongs to me” Mr Ramos shouted angrily.“ It doesn't belong to you, Father, because you killed my mother all because you want the company to yourself and want to bring in Gregory and his mother” Kelvin said, his eyes blazing with hatred as he spoke.“ What are you talking about, bastard! Why would my father kill your pathetic mother?” Gregory stood up from the ground and rushed towards Kelvin, but Elijah held his wrist tightly, not letting him take another step further.“ What do you know?, bastard!” Mr Ramos walked towards Kelvin and landed a deafening slap across his face.“ You can slap me for all I care, but I won't let a murderer reap where he didn't sow” Kelvin gritted his te