Marilyn's breath hitched in her throat as she looked at her son's body with tears flowing down her cheeks. She couldn't imagine a world without Keith in it. Losing Ryan was painful enough but now to lose her son too? She could not bear it.The silence stretched out as she struggled to catch her breath. Marilyn watched her ex-husband with sympathy, but there was nothing else she could do.Finally, Ava managed to pull herself together. She nodded her head slowly, resigned to the fact that it was too late for RyanMarilyn's eyes narrowed slightly as she observed Ava. She had never seen someone like this before. She couldn't help but notice that her white hair seemed to shimmer slightly in the dim light of the room.It was beautiful yet strange at the same time. Marilyn couldn't shake the feeling that there was more to Ava than meets the eye."You are different", Marilyn spoke softly.Marilyn leaned closer to Ava, studying her with an intensity that bordered on obsession. She seemed trans
"Ahh" Aurora groaned as she chopped the wood into a dozen pieces. She hated chopping wood. It was tedious work and it was hard for her to concentrate properly, even when all she had on her mind was that damn song she couldn't get out of her head. The song that her grandfather taught her recently She grumbled some more under her breath as she tossed another chunk into the fireplace. As soon as she got the logs arranged, she went to grab a bucket of water from the well outside the house. She could just use cold water as opposed to burning the log pile. She was sure if she kept heating it, she would get too warm to finish with the fire. It took her ten minutes and about six gallons of water to start making a good stew out of the log. Her grandmother always taught her to make sure they were fresh vegetables, meat, and whatever other stuff she needed in the stew., Aurora wasn't the best cook She had inherited most of it from her mother, who died when she was young. So now she tried t
Sweating profusely........ Tied up by his hands with hard, big chains...... Scars, cuts, and wounds filled his chest... It still wasn't enough for Ryan, he wanted to make him suffer "Please I beg you, my Lord, l know nothing of this" He said, being hanged for his death Ryan looked down at the man, smiling coldly and viciously..... "You don't have anything to be ashamed of, your family was a part of it" He continued. Ryan grabbed the man by his shoulders, forcing him on his knees. Then he lifted him to his feet, grabbing hold of his neck in his free hand... The man struggled, he did...but Ryan didn't let him go he held onto him tighter, making the man choke on his words "My Lord!" the man cried out His eyes were closed as if in pain "I am so sorry, I promise I'll tell you everything I know" The man tried to pull away from him. But he held on even stronger. Ryan smiled... His smile dropped immediately, making the man's heart skip a beat "Where is it?" Ryan asked gl
"Fine, but you owe me" He smiled reaching out for her hand "Owe my foot" She muttered under her breath stretching out her hand, the blood almost filled the room but Aurora's hand was long enough to reach his She felt him wrap her fingers in a tight grip And then there was nothing His body suddenly went limp, he couldn't feel his nerves, and he felt dizzy for a second... Aurora observed that and held his scarf tight, but unfortunately loosened it, revealing his face... Aurora froze as they both stared at each other... She didn't know who he was, but Ryan's face appeared in the view She didn't know who he was, but she could recognize his face.....and his eyes... That one look of confusion turned into complete shock. "Your eyes" She whispered trying to figure out why he had noticeable red eyes and how his iris seemed so pale and lifeless. It was like looking into a mirror ..a reflection of what someone had once been....... Immediately, Ryan pulled her away from hims
"I'm fine Lucas, get her, she has what I'm looking for, she has the gem...... Don't let her get away" Lucas nodded reluctantly and started running after Aurora * * * * * * * It didn't take long before Aurora ran out of the bar, she ran as fast as she could like someone was chasing even though she didn't know if that was true or not... She stopped for a while and looked around to check for Ryan, but no sign of it... Suddenly, she saw the same man that was with Ryan in the bar earlier, she noticed that he was heading towards her direction. She immediately got scared, she ran as quickly as she possibly could, trying to find a way out, something to help her, but she couldn't see anything, and there were too many people on the street, too many obstacles and she knew she had to hide now... But where? Where? Her eyes scanned desperately around the street when she suddenly noticed a small alley. She was so relieved, she didn't know what to do. She tried to hide there behind some garbage
Aurora woke up to her horror staring bluntly at her ceiling, she couldn't believe it... After everything she did to convince her grandmother to let her leave the house and now she is moving away, from all those things she built for herself and all those memories that she loved with all her heart... And what's worse - She has no idea where she will end up, she's never been outside of this city before so who knows where she'll end up in a place like that but if she were lucky maybe there' would be something she could do to make her life worth living again Aurora sighed and reached over to see the clock on her wall, it was 4 AM and her body was screaming at her to go back to sleep, but she couldn't find it in herself to close her eyes again when she already knew what she had to do today She got out of bed as quietly as she could and slipped into her slippers and grabbed her keys and headed towards her grandmother's room to take a look inside, she slowly opened the door to see her grand
"Grandma, you can't just let me go!!!!" Aurora yelled despite being dragged to a carryall "Grandma!!! I'm your granddaughter..... grandma!!!" The words were muffled and unintelligible by the bag being shoved in front of her face. Aurora's hands flailed as she fought for balance against what would be her death... but she could not escape... Aurora was trapped. There was only one thing she could do... yell. "Grandma please!!" It took all her strength to scream into the bag, her lungs felt like they were burning. She did it again and again until there was nothing left inside.... no air. ***** Earlier before the incident... Aurora rose her head up high, counseling herself on her way to the stream that lay hidden in the forest behind her family's house. The sounds of the wind rustling through the trees and water flowing over rocks, so close. It almost reached out and enveloped her. It was her last day in this town, but the wind was doing a great job calming her down. It brought
"If only I could crush all you nitwits with my hands" Ryan sighed as a gust of wind blew through his hair. He stood up at his balcony, staring at every single people of the town with disgust.."You all made my life miserable, I'll do so by returning the favor" he said looking up into the sky and smiling a littlethe world looked brighter when he smiles. That's why Ryan doesn't smile that much. His lips are always slightly curved downwards, but not a lot."Ryan?"Ryan's thoughts was interrupted by a deep voice, he turned and saw his guard Lucas standing behind him"Lucas...you fucking bitch, I thought I made myself clear that I'm gonna murder you if you come back"Ryan said in a low voice like he wasn't actually serious. Lucas looked at Ryan with sad eyes"Yeah," Lucas said softly as he walked up to Ryan and put his hand on Ryan's shoulder "But you wouldn't really kill me...""You fucker! you know damn well I can't"His low voice responded and smiled"At least you got the girl"Luc
Marilyn's breath hitched in her throat as she looked at her son's body with tears flowing down her cheeks. She couldn't imagine a world without Keith in it. Losing Ryan was painful enough but now to lose her son too? She could not bear it.The silence stretched out as she struggled to catch her breath. Marilyn watched her ex-husband with sympathy, but there was nothing else she could do.Finally, Ava managed to pull herself together. She nodded her head slowly, resigned to the fact that it was too late for RyanMarilyn's eyes narrowed slightly as she observed Ava. She had never seen someone like this before. She couldn't help but notice that her white hair seemed to shimmer slightly in the dim light of the room.It was beautiful yet strange at the same time. Marilyn couldn't shake the feeling that there was more to Ava than meets the eye."You are different", Marilyn spoke softly.Marilyn leaned closer to Ava, studying her with an intensity that bordered on obsession. She seemed trans
Aurora flinched in horror, staring at the gushing blood from Keith's body, she looked at Ryan who just stared at the bloody body before turning to Ava with pure fearAurora screamed loudly, covering her mouth with one hand as she fell backwards"Keith!!!"Ava screamed trying desperately to break free from her chains, but they were tightGabriel kneeled next to Keith's body while Ryan watched helplessly, he watched as Ryan glared at him hard"So... let's just get this thing done with quickly, so we can go home. Right?"Gabriel said and laughed out loud."Oh my gosh, this is hilarious"Gabriel added.."Shit!! shit!!"Ava cursed trying hard again to break the chains, but she couldn't do soGabriel grabbed another gun that laid near to Keith and pointed it at Ryan.."Why don't we end this and for all you fucking bastards!!"Gabriel pulled the trigger and shot Ryan on the leg, which caused him to scream in pain, making Gabriel laugh again.."Ryan!!!!"Aurora screamed frantically trying to
"Don't even think about it!! bastard!!'Ryan glared at him"Isn't this interesting!!"Gabriel shouted, laughing hystericallyAurora gasped when she saw the blade and backed off a bit "Kill them all!!"Gabriel ordered his guards, the guards rushed towards Ryan and the others with their swords drawn.Ryan grabbed his sword, blocked their swords and pushed them aside, grabbing a guard by the collar with his hands and lifted him, throwing him against a pillar making him drop his sword"Aurora stay close to me"Ryan whispered to her fighting off the guard close to him, he kicked him away and jumped up to grab him by the waist, and throw him against a pillar again, he grabbed him by the waist and threw him away againAurora stared with wide eyes at Ryan, who was jumping and kicking like a wild tiger. She was shaking violently. She had never seen him act like this.They kept fighting for almost half an hour, the guards were finally tired after struggling so hard against him. Ryan was sweati
Few minutes later...Ryan was already exhausted, bodies filled the room everywhere, blood and guts scattered around the place making it resemble a slaughterhouse.Ryan stood still panting heavily, covered with a thick layer of grime and sweat, and blood covering his body. He wiped it off his face and turned to face a Gabriel who was approaching him and smirked evilly at him."Wow, you actually killed them all? wow!!"He muttered moving closer to Ryan, kicking the dead bodies as he is doing so.Ryan glared at him gripping his sword, his expression showing no emotion, but inside he was boiling with anger and annoyance."Just get Keith, I... don't want to..."What?"Gabriel interrupted "You don't want to what?!! hurt me?"He added with a laugh"That's what you said years ago""Gabriel!! for the last time! release Keith...he has nothing to do with it...release him...or else I won't spare you this time Gabriel"Ryan warned"Oh come on now Ryan!!! I'm pretty sure you won't kill me, you are
In the dungeonAva and Keith both sat on the floor resting their heads on the wall, neither of them had any idea how much time had passed but they both found comfort in each other's presence, Ava was glad Keith was there."Hey Keith?""Hm?""Do you believe in fate?""Uhm... I guess so.."He said hesitantly"Me too..""You too?"Keith asked"Yeah, I think it's strange that we managed to meet up in these conditions.""Yeah...."Keith saidThe two fell silent. "Are you gonna find a way for us to get out of here"She asked Keith nodded slowly, still not convinced, even though he tried really hard not to think about what happened earlier."I'll try...."They were both silent for a while, staring at the floor, until finally Keith asked"Hey......."Hmm?"She hummed in acknowledgement"How are you holding up?""Better...."Ava replied, looking back at him"Can I ask you a question?""Sure!!""What about your family members, don't they know you are away or something?"Keith asked and heard
"How do you expect me to help you?!?"Keith growled glaring daggers at Gabriel who had an amused expression on his face.He looked over his shoulder once more"Easy!! in the next few hours, Ryan is gonna come here.."Why the hell would he come here?""Are you clueless? come on!! you are his son!! if he hears you are here being my hostage, he is gonna come crawling to me"Gabriel explained with annoyance clearly written all over his face."Hate to burst your bubble but you clearly don't know who Ryan is, he doesn't give a fuck about anything else about from his little girlfriend and himself, so.. you are fucking wasting your time!!"Keith explained, pointing directly at himGabriel rolled his eyes impatiently and stepped forward menacingly"You are hilarious trying to prove that you know my foolish step brother more than me...He spat angrily at Keith"Step brother?"Keith muttered"I know Ryan more than you, and I know in the next few hours, he is going to barge through that door with
The next day.."Ryan, why do we have to leave immediately, can't we just wait for a few days?"Aurora asked worriedly staring at Ryan stuffing all his clothes into the traveling bag, preparing their bags for travel."No, I'm sorry babe, we need to leave now."Ryan sighed and placed the bag on the couch next to him"But.."Don't worry Aurora, I got this, just relax okay? you don't need to stress yourself for this"He kissed her forehead sweetly before grabbing his luggage"Are you sure you want to take these too? they look heavy and it would probably cause an accident"Aurora spoke concerned.Ryan smiled reassuringly at Aurora"Don't worry about them, I know what I'm doing alright?"He repliedImmediately he heard a knock and Ryan headed towards the doorHe opened it and saw Lucas standing there looking terrified"What happened?"Ryan asked staring at Lucas's worried face"I need to talk to you..."He paused and took a quick glance at Aurora"...in private"He finished drafting his att
The morning light filtered through the bedroom window, Aurora could see Ryan slowly waking up as well He yawned and stretched and Aurora giggled seeing him She moved and he quickly pulled her body closer, hugging her and nuzzling her neck "Morning Aurora"he murmured sleepily. Aurora hummed and leaned her head back into his shoulder before closing her eyes.She could feel his lips moving across her neck before a small peck made its way onto her bare skin.She giggled when she felt that familiar sensation on her skin"Morning"She responded softly, rubbing her hand against his arm. Ryan sighed and tightened his grip on Aurora for a moment before gently letting her go. He sat upright and looked down at her with a bright smile.He reached out his hands and helped Aurora sit up, then cupped her face and brought her into a warm kiss."How is my baby?"He asked patting her flat tummy gently, Aurora giggled and blushed slightly. He grinned before planting another kiss on her soft lips
"Three?"Jay yelled and a loud trigger was heard..Ava covered her ears, squeezing her eyes closed.She looked at Keith shocked when he turned around protecting her from the gun shot.."Arghhhhh"Keith fell to the ground groaning loudly as blood fastly trickled down his arm"Oh my God Keith!!"Ava screamed as tears filled her eyesThe three assailants stared in shock when they saw Keith in front of them clutching onto his wound, crying out painfully."Shit! boss, are we supposed to shoot him? we have no idea who he is"One of them cursed"Shut the fuck up and run!! the gunshot was loud for everyone to hear"Jay yelled..The attackers hurriedly ran away leaving Keith on the ground in pain."Keith!!!"Ava called out sobbingAva ran to him rushingly trying to help him but he stopped her with his hand, shaking his head"Just go!! you've done enough!!"He yelled making her startle "What the fuck are you talking about? I have to help you, you were literally just shot in the arm stupid!!"S