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Ashanti An Argument
AshantiI won't lie, I've been on edge since the meeting. I barely go around Lee these days, he's practically staying at Caleb's presently, which is why I'm making it official by carrying a few of his things with me.The number of detours and cars I've taken and changed can't be counted. I won't take any risk to their lives. I'm still getting the silent treatment from Caleb, he's angry, and it's understandable. If I had taken my time to read the folders and not just let my emotions get the best of me, I would've known that killing Carter and Jenkins was going to plant some bad seeds I didn't need. I'm currently parked in Caleb's underground park, practicing my speech in my head.For the last two weeks, I've been looking over my shoulders and have had Surveillance cameras surrounding my building.The parking lot is quiet, save for the opening and closing of my car door, follow by the thudding of my feet on the pavement. I click the button on the elevator and scan my right fingerprints
Ashanti Boom
AshantiThe heavy sound of my feet thudding on the pavement echoes in the quiet and dark night. It's a bit chilly which is why I'm wearing a hoodie, that I pair with black jeans and black boots. Now that I'm determined to set my plans into motion, I just need to get Lucas to understand why I need to work with Lucien. As crazy as it sounds, I would rather not start my battle with my family mad at me.I push the door open to the warehouse, and the sound of metallic music is the first thing that greets me. I don't know how Lucas can listen to all of this noise, and be able to focus on work. As I walk further in, I spot Lucas bent over putting some mechanics together.“Sup Old man” He lifts his head at the sound of my voice and grins.“Sup kid. What are you doing here?” he says as he lifts himself from the mechanics and opens his arms to pull me in for a hug. I walk forward and wrap his hands around his waist. As I lean my head on his chest, I get a whiff of his scent, which in honestly
Ashanti Roman
Ashanti“I can't even believe this is happening right now,” Roman says as he paces his living room, I arrived here a few minutes ago. “What happened?”“Someone is out to get me. Lucien, I think. Two of my warehouses were fucking burned down, police were given tips about another. The place was railed, and a few men are in police custody currently”“Aren't you worried they'll snitch out our name?”“They won't” he sounded confident.“You seem to trust those men, for all we know they are probably selling you Right now”“They won't, even if they do. They don't know me personally, and the business isn't headed by me.”“Ah, I see, so what's the plan?”“That's why you're here. I have a feeling the person is testing the waters, trying to see how I'll react and how their plans will play out. “ Nope, that wasn't my plan, but carry on “I strongly Believe Lucien is behind this”“Have you asked your men to check it?”“They did, the surveillance cameras got burned, along with every other informatio
Ashanti A Glimpse
WARNING! TRIGGER OF VIOLENCE AND RAPE IN THIS CHAPTER! PLEASE SKIP TO THE NEXT CHAPTER IF IT IS A TRIGGER FOR YOU.!************Ashanti“Tell me again, why are you working with this" I lift my head at the sound of his voice” with this Lucien guy?”I look across the table at Caleb, where he's been working on his computer for some minutes now. Apparently, my explanation wasn't clear enough for him.“I thought I told you my reasons?” I tilt my head curiously.“You did. I don't see any one of them good enough,” he lay back in his chair and cross his hands under his chain “Convince me”.WowI scrunch my nose “Okay, he's an enemy of Roman, and he's influential, and he's resourceful"He's silent for a minute or two “So are you. You're one of the best I know at what you do. You think working with this man is the best?”That was what Roman said.“I told you about him like an hour ago, why are you bringing this up now?”“Because there's no information about this man whatsoever. No family, frien
Ashanti Disturbing Revelation
Ashanti“What if Roman isn't responsible?”I gulped half of my bottle as I pondered over Caleb's words, I can't believe he said that shit to me right after I explain what happened to me.My mind has been reeling with what Caleb said, what the fuck does he mean it doesn't add up? Shit adds up for me, my dad worked for Roman and ran, so he sent his men after them. I had to live in pain and experience so much shit because of that. Does it get deeper than that? No, it doesn't.Why would someone lie to a 10-year-old, vulnerable girl? What could she possibly do?My phone pinged with a message, but I just ignored it, like I'd been doing for 3 hours straight.Caleb and I had a heated argument—well I yelled, and he listened mostly, and tried to get me to understand right before I storm out of his office.My phone starts ringing, the name Roman flashed on the screen and I clenched my jaw, feeling the full weight of everything weighing on me.He's responsible for this. He's behind this. I chant
Ashanti Predator
Ashanti I know what it means to be prey.I lived the life of prey for seven years.Seven bloody years.When I escaped, I live a life of prey, looking over my shoulders, developing high sensitivity to my environment, being camouflaged, and mostly being defensive or tried to be.I'd tried to act tough and pretend I wasn't shitting in my pants, but I was, as I grew older, I realize that being a predator comes with a certain satisfaction.When you're lurking in the darkness, awaiting your prey you feel powerful, you feel satisfied when they flinch or pale when they see you, how they walk faster when they hear your footsteps. I've grown to love being a predator, which explains why I'm comfortable waiting in this darkness for him. I've made sure to disconnect his line, so he can't have access to any light when he gets here. It's been almost two hours since I arrived here and no sign of him, but that's okay. I can wait, I waited fifteen years, what's a few hours?The flash of the car lights
Ashanti An Insight
Roman I stare into the quiet night as I maul over the problems that I've been encountering lately.Two of my warehouses were burned down, and an anonymous call was made to the police.I sigh as I rub my temple.I stare into the city below, lights are illuminating the beauty of New York. I love the quiet, I've always been a child who was alone and didn't need drama and issues.I remember when I was 7 years old, my father got angry because I wouldn't push a kid back that pushed me. He called me a weakling, a disappointment, and other terrible names.Tried as I might, but it hurt, and I guess that made me rebel against him. Doing everything he didn't like to piss him off, and I like that.I like the idea of him sitting at night, pissing himself over where I'm at and what I'm doing.I'm no fool, I know what my father was involved with, but that didn't matter to me. It became my concern when my mother was killed, I was still little when it happened.I remember walking into the room and see
Ashanti Caleb
WARNING! WARNING! Trigger of violence and torture in this chapter! PLEASE SKIP IT IF IT IS A TRIGGER FOR YOU.! THANK YOU************Caleb Something isn't right.The story doesn't add up.I've listened to Ashanti story, and it's a fucked up thing for anyone to go through, but it doesn't make sense at all.First, Who could possibly take her from her parents and then kill them afterward?I haven't seen this Roman guy in person yet, but I don't think he's older than thirty-five, if my calculations are correct then someone else is pulling the strings but who?Who could benefit the most from this?I think I know where to get answers, I walk out of my office and see Lee sleeping on the couch. Ashanti won't listen to my plans to send him away from here until everything is over. She's stubborn and hot-headed. Sometimes I wondered just how similar she is to my late girlfriend. She was stubborn and loving too. She had a heart of gold, which is precisely what led to her death.When I told he
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Ashanti Author Notes
Dear Readers,Thank you so much for being on this journey that took me almost a year to complete. When I decided to write this book, I didn't actually think I had to deal with the dramas I went through, and part of that is partially my fault since I didn't Balance my schedule.However, hope you enjoyed this book, and thank you for following me through to the end. I have different books coming but will make sure my schedule is balanced before they can be published. I need to be more committed to them than I was to this one, but if you enjoyed it. Don't worry to vote, send Gems and reviews my way.This is also my source of income, so please be nice, I'll edit the grammatical errors and have this book to the T soon. Pray for me and fingers crossed ❤️🫶🏿Have a blissful and wonderful day, until then.Sincerely yours:Angel❤️🫶🏿
Ashanti Epilogue
AshantiIt's been a year since everything, and I've been traveling around. Trying to know more about myself, and I'm pleased to say that I like different colors other than Black.Yellow for example. It's just so beautiful, and I like how it glows in the summer sun. Mane, I am like a teenager in a candy store when I learn something new about myself.I like to read. I like novels and books, and I even took an online class to have a diploma. I didn't know that could happen, but I found this school that was offering, and I went for it.I'm a diploma holder! Hurray.Although I've been having fun learning and developing, I've missed the people I love.Yes, Love.I've finally understood those words, and although I can't say, I don't think about my past like before, but I am proud to say that I'm no longer bitter and carried hate in my heart.Everything happens for a reason, and it's okay to not be okay.I'm currently sitting on the beach, watching the waves and just looking at the people lau
Ashanti Away
“Okay. We're waiting for you” I smiled and goes to turn around when I heard a gun sound, I felt the impact before a body falls over me and the smell of blood filled the air.I screamed as I realized the body belongs to Mason, I pushed him to the ground and hover over him.“What's going on?! What the hell happened?!” Caleb screams at the end of the line “What's happening Ashanti?!”“Breathe Mason!” I watch as he struggles to breathe, his eyes are on me, “Fucking fight Mason, you're okay to be okay!”He smiles, although it's a grimace, “I never thought the day would come that I'll see you crying for me” He chokes out, and that made my tears fall harder.“Stop talking please!” I sob, “You're okay to be okay! You're going to be okay! You will be okay” I repeated more to myself than to him “You're going to be okay!”Blood is gushing out of his shirt, I just know he was hit in the chest. I apply pressure on the wound, “Help!” I scream, Angel and Roman run over us, "Help us! Caleb sends help!
Ashanti End of Him
AshantiHe runs at me with full force and I feel the impact of his blow in my belly. I tried to block another, but he was relentless, and I can barely keep up with him.“You think you have what it takes to beat me?” He snarls just as he dodges one of my blows “I thought you everything you know today” He punches me and I feel my face whip to the side “And you think you can defeat me?”I feel my eyes reddened with rage, I've never fought him angry before, and from the crazed look in his eyes, he has never fought angry before. I push him and watch as he takes a few steps away from me. I widened my stance and tried to calm my heart, if I'm going to beat him, I will be the calmest I can be.“You may have taught me how to fight, but you didn't teach me to kill.” I snarl, “And I will let you know how it felt when I took my first kill”He snarls, “Come and get me then. You're a weakling and you're pathetic. I should've killed you long ago”I know what he's doing, antagonizing me to anger, push
Ashanti Battlefield
AshantiI run outside just as the gunshots get louder, it's complete chaos out here.I spot Marcus walking with his guns blazing and taking men down left and right. I can't help but grin. He's a beast.I would like to join in, but I've got a man to target and if anyone steps in my way, they won't live to tell the story.“Duck” Yelled Roman, I just managed to bend before the bullet breeze over my head, I whipped my head up to see a bulky man, I ducked back and looked around for an exit route.I don't want Lucas leaving this building, Roman pulls the trigger and there's a thud on the other side, I nod at him and stand to run while running left and right, helping whoever I can.On my left, I see Angel fighting a man twice her size with bare hands, why men underestimate this woman, I'll never know. I whip out my knife and shoot at the back of the man's knee, he hollers just as Angel somersaults and lands on his neck. She wrap her legs tight around him and winked at me just as she breaks hi
Ashanti Culprit
AshantiMy eyes widened in horror as his eyes were fixed on me with humor.I shake my head because I must be losing my fucking mind. There's no way I'm seeing Lucas standing before me.“You?” I whisper, my eyes widening even more, if that's even possible. “You're behind all this? Lucas?”He smirks “The one and only” My heart drops to the bottom of my boots “Tell me Bella, how does it feel knowing you kept running to me, explaining while I was behind it all along?”My vision becomes blurred, and it takes me a while to know that I'm crying. This is the man I thought was my father, the one who stood up for me and supported me, and it turns out “Ah, poor baby. Are you crying?” He taunts, “You can do better than that. I didn't teach you to be a weakling"“So everything, was for sure? Just to know what I was doing and when I explain my story to you, you pretend and when I'm gone, you throw a kick-ass party?”He smirks, “Err I wouldn't say a party but something along that time”Now everything
Ashanti Backstory
AshantiMason looks at me and smiles, “You don't mean that, okay? When all this is over, I'll show you how much I love you”“You don't he's going to let me walk out of here alive? Or You? You just signed our death certificate, well, yours because even if he doesn't kill you, I'll make sure to do it myself”He scoffs, “He's not going to harm you, and we will be together. You'll see”My Chest is burning with anger, I redirect my gaze to meet the old ones of Lucien, he smirks when our eyes lock. I glared at him, and he smiles “You're feisty Ashanti, imagine what I thought when I heard you were working with Roman, we've been great. We've done so much together”I scoff, “We were never going to work, you don't trust me as far as you can throw me, same with me. I don't trust you, I never did, and I was right to do so”He smirks, “What I'm curious to know is how you were able Roman was able to convince you to join him. How was that possible?” He turns his eyes to Roman and grins when he looks
Ashanti Betrayal
AshantiWe walk into the building, on alert. Out of my parallel vision, I see them checking out the building as I am. Just why did Lucien choose this building?“Are you sure we're in the right place?” Marcus asks, falling into role play.“Yes we are” I answer loudly “Up ahead, they're waiting for us”“I just don't understand why we had to meet out this far. We could've used anywhere close to the city”.“Shut the fuck up because we're here already” I hiss out. The building is old, and small paints are falling from it, the ground looks unkept and there's the sound as our feet hit the pavement. We round the corner and right there, In front of us, are Four men, with Lucien in the middle. Looks like everyone was ready for battle because they're wearing black, similar to what we are wearing. The two men standing behind Lucien are tall, bulky, and lean. They're wearing black slacks and with two different colors of shirts.My eyes zero in on Lucien, he's wearing a blue dress shirt and black
Ashanti Ready?
Ashanti“I just received the location from Lucien” The guys looked at me, “Where is it?”“About three hours' drive from here. It's further out of the city” I answer Marcus as he watches me closely.Caleb is currently at the safe house with Lee, while Angel and the rest of them are at the warehouse since yesterday.“He sure has this plan, doesn't he?”“He does, are you guys ready?” A silly question to ask, since we've been ready about eight this morning.We took a bath, had breakfast, and been waiting for his message. Strangely, Roman has been looking at me differently since last night, I don't want to think about what it is, but I'm intrigued.“Can we at least talk before we go?” Roman asks as he walks up to stand before me.I peer over his shoulders to find Marcus looking at us, his eyes meet mine before he looks away.“Sure” I nod as I turn to head to my bedroom, his quiet but sure footsteps follow me.He walks into the room after me, the thudding of the door closing and the lock be
