Alexandra’s last words had Left Darius puzzled. He watched her walk away with narrowed eyes. Although her words hadn’t directly stated it, the noirette could tell that today was going to be more eventful than he had planned for.With a silent chuckle, he walked into the back forest, stunned temporary by it magnificent beauty and spaciousness. Beside a green lush tress, his father sat on an outside chair and the moment Melina spotted him, she beckoned him over. He exhaled through his lips before stalking towards them.“Darius, dear, why don’t you team up with your father for the hunt?” She suggested and offered a crossbow.Darius took one look at the weapon in his stepmother’s hand and felt irritated. Why was she trying to act as if she knew him well enough? Before this they had barely ever held an actual conversation, so she trying to act all motherly towards him just disgusted him.“Darius, answer your stepmother.” Mr. Bianchi called out. He reached for his licensed hand gun and bega
The grey family summer hunt had always been an event that drew in the crowd’s curiosity. What happened during those five hours of total isolation and what were the rules set?No one except from the participants knew the answer to this.The whistle for the hunt’s first half had been blown and people along with their partners scattered in different directions of the forest. Alexandra picked up her weapon and watched as her family members went in different direction, making sure to keep tag of where each of them had gone.After she had them all memorized and stored in her brain like a memory disc, the blonde turned towards her partner and beckoned with a wave of her hand.“Come on, we have a hunt to enjoy.” She walked off, leaving Darius to sigh out before following along. He really didn't want to participate in this crazy activity.Contrary to her words, Alexandra did no hunting. The moment she and Darius had set off in the direction of their hunt, she tucked her weapon away and instead
A considerate amount of time had passed since the whistle for hunting break went off. Eleanor watched as her granddaughter interacted with her father, smiling widely after her commendable return and catch. The elderly woman had never know Vivian had it in her to capture a moving target and to do it on her own alone, that certainly surpassed her expectation.As if feeling her grandmother’s eyes on her, the brunette turned around and with a wide smile, and waved her way. The elderly woman waved back before turning her attention to the person beside her.“Hope our family hunt is treating you well, Mr. Bianchi?”“Certainly!” The elderly man chirped as he took a sip from his glass of refreshing juice. He let out a groan of satisfaction before turning to face Eleanor. “It has surpassed whatever rumors have been building in the outside world for decades.”Eleanor chuckled. “I’m glad to hear that, but please, be sure to keep whatever happens here a secret.”“Does that grant me another ticket
Things weren’t going Eleanor’s way. This little fact nearly drove her over the edge.As soon as Alexandra left and all the guests were seen out, the elderly woman matched into the dining hall and screamed in frustration as she destroyed the dining layout. The sound of culinary falling to the floor and glass breaking did not sooth her mood in the slightest.She just couldn’t understand why Alexandra was being so defiant. Even after all the talk they have had so far, she still could bring out a valid reason for the blonde’s relentless pursue to drag her down. So what if she had killed Miguel and Nova? If only Alexandra knew what they had both done.Even for her it was heartless. And what they both planned to do to her… the entire Grey family after that, it was just too much.“She knows nothing.” Eleanor muttered as she stalked towards the window overlooking the forest. “I’m protecting her. All I’m doing and have ever done was for the benefit of this family! She should be thankful, so wh
Flashing lights and blurry faces, they all flashed before Alexandra’s eyes as she slipped in and out of consciousness. In each moment, she could make out a certain word said by a different person. Unfamiliar voices and hospital beeping machine surrounded her.The blonde knew she wasn’t going to die, the injury inflicted on her during the car accident wasn’t that great enough to claim her life, but still, that didn’t stop every part of her body from aching like hell. But then she remembered Michael and didn’t want to stay still for another second longer. She tried opening her eyes but ultimately failed. At the end, she settled for a few hours of rest and recovery before taking any immediate action. Maybe then she’d have a clearer mind and not actually want to murder her uncles** ** ** **The water was hot and with each drop that ran down his back, his unstable thoughts seemed to come to a calm. After his hour long shower, Darius turned off the tap and stepped out. He dried his body an
The drive towards the hospital felt slow and almost excruciating. It was around three in the morning but yet there still seemed to be an amount of traffic on the road. It took him quite some time, but successfully, Darius arrived at Grey Enterprise’s medical center.He rushed in almost immediately and walked to the counter.“Alexandra Grey, where is she?”“Hello, may I ask how you are related to the chairwoman?” The receptionist politely asked, making sure to remain in character despite of his sudden apperance.“I’m a friend of hers.” Darius informed with urgency.“Okay. If you could please sign here.” She placed forth a clipboard. Darius collected it and quickly drew down his signature. “Okay, the chairwoman was just moved out of the ICU and is currently resting in room six twenty. Doctor Eliot is currently running some final check ups on her so if you have any question, please ask him.”Room six twenty. Darius kept the number in his mind as he jogged forward, rushing towards the des
He was always there. Everywhere she went, Lucien had always been there, and that was one thing that baffled Alexandra about his existence. Lucien was unaware of this, and the more he tried putting his presence back into her life, the more she shrank away, scared to be hurt by the man she had once loved but broken by.She wanted to minimize contact with him as much as possible, but Lucien wanted the opposite. Staring at the redhead standing at the door, her face slowly fell and all the relief and assurance she had felt seconds ago while speaking with Darius slowly began to dissipate.Staring at her emotionless face, Lucien felt like he wasn’t welcome at the moment, but despite that, he pushed forward and asked. “Mind if I come in.”Alexandra swallowed as her eyes fluttered. Weakly, she nodded her head. “Suit yourself.”After her words, Lucien took his time stepping in. He gently closed the door behind him before proceeding towards her hospital bed. He stopped at the foot of the bed and
Not long after Lucien had left, the night sky opened their door and it began to rain down, as if the universe was rubbing Alexandra’s ordeal in her face. The blonde stayed quiet and blankly stared at the empty flower vase, planning her next moves out.The door to her hospital wing pulled open, distracting her from whatever plan she had been brewing in the past five minute of silence. Darius stepped in with his hands half full of snack bars and a can of coke. After he had closed the door, he stood in his spot and looked around the room, sensing something was definitely off from when he had first left.“Did something happen while I was away?” He questioned with narrowed eyes.Alexandra chuckled. Once again he had read the room with she even needing to tell him. He was weird; his presence annoyed her and at time made her feel safe. It was like he was this sort of protection bubble that she so desperately wanted to get rid of, but each time she remembered how it has comforted and kept her
Mazikeen blinked. The girl in front of her with lush blonde hair imitated the same action. She blinked again and so did the reflection.Finally having had enough of the stare off with her reflection, the teen turned away from the mirror and sighed.Her eyes found the luxurious clock hung above the TV and she chewed on her inner check as each passing moment reminded her of her impending torment.It was the last Saturday of the month, and as per the long existing tradition, her family had to go over to the Langer Family Vila for a wholesome picnic time.Sure, any normal person would enjoy such outing, except her situation was different. The reason why she dreaded their usual family picnic was because of a certain noirette boy that always seemed to make her life a living hell each time she encountered him.Vincent Langer, the original ruler of hell. Or so she put him, but for some reason, only she did.Even her own mother thought he was a saint.Bloody hell, the whole Seattle saw him as
~Five years Later.~Alexandra stood in front of her parent's grave- both Cory, Nova and Miguel- dressed in a fashionable black dress that draped down as far as her knee.Her hair- which had now grown back to it's full length- was packed up neatly and rolled into a bun at the end, accompanied by the black net cap she had on her hair.Alexandra stood with a bouquet of white roses in her right hand and daisies from the nearby meadow on the left. Those were not only symbols of peace, love, and hope but also reminders that life was still going on. She looked around slowly as if giving herself a moment to reflect upon how things have changed since then.Five years ago, when she had lost everyone she loved and was shattered to the core after her divorce with Lucien, Alexandra thought her life would never be same again. She had felt helpless and hopeless that time even with all the power and must accomplish goals, but now as she looked at both her adoptive mother and Biological mother grave w
Alexandra rushed off to the location on her screen as soon as she could, even though she wasn't too kin on it. On her way there, she couldn't stop herself from asking all the what ifs, re-running even those possibilities that did not exist in her head as she drove.What if something happened to Darius?What if some enemy of hers got to him?What it Eleanor had sent someone after him?By the time she turned up in front of the given location, her mind was feeling with all sort of possiblities that she didn't even know that the house she had pulled up in front of was one of Darius's.It was only after she had rushed up to the front door and found it open that she took the time to examine her surrounding and this only made her worry all the more.Whoever she was going up against now had been smart enough to bypass Darius and his security and even broke into his house.Alexandra had felt her mind begining to reel once more when she calmed herself and reminded herself that she dealt with El
The next two days after that passed by quietly. Alexandra hd released the tap of her father's black box footage to the police after turning in the driver and after a few days of searching, they found Eleanor passed out on the floor of her house in her paralysed state.Eleanor was admitted into a hospital under sever watch to take care of her and later on admitted into the prison's medical center while her trial was underway.Although she had been saved from the dehydration and over thinking that caused her to pass out, her case of paralysis couldn't be solved and even thought it could be, Alexandra made sure that that option was rendered invalid.Apart from that, the other development that had brought a smile to Alexandra's lips was when Leonardo was suddenly caught at the air port while trying to flee with Eleanor's last fortune under a fake name.He was charged with a few crimes, one of them being his illegal use of a fake identity and the other being his illegal stash of cash.Botto
~Day One Out Of Seven.~Alexandra returned to the Grey Manor that night after her conversation with Eleanor over the phone had ended.The first thing, or rather, the first person she saw as she stepped into the house was Darius. He was pacing around the living room for a while until he noticed Alexandra and quickly rushed to meet her."Alexa... Where were you?" He asked, his voice dripping with concern and worry.Alexandra softly sighed out. "Calm down, Darius." She said while gently stroking his hair. "I'm fine. I just had to take care of something little.""What?""I found out how Eleanor knew about my pregnancy. The waiter back at the cafe was a spy for her and he must have reported our conversation to her that day." Alexandra informed."What?" Darius was angry, but then seconds later, his face crumbled and a tinge of guilt set in.I'd the waiter had only reported their conversation that day and Eleanor found out about their unborn child, then it was his fault. He couldn't stop his
Eleanor pressed the button and imagine in that moment how it all played out.The best part of it all being that Alexandra was finally out of the way and she had emerged victorious after the long battle.No other thought could have made her smile the way she did.Eleanor's train of thoughts were interrupted by the sound of her phone ringing. She frowned, not taking too lightly to the fact that one of her useless henchmen or sons were distrubing her moment of celebration.She reached for her phone and picked it up, ready to lash out brutally in whoever's name was written on her phone screen, but to her utter dismay, it was an unsaved number.Eleanor stared at the digits of numbers across her screen with creased brows.'Who is it this time?' She thought after a while as she answered the call and placed her phone to her ear."Who is this?" She asked sternly.The other end of the line was silent for a while. Eleanor could make out the sound of someone mumbling in the background and then th
Six out of seven of those days bad gone by. Eleanor had been unusually quiet. One would have almost thought that she bailed and ran away.But Alexandra knew better than that. She knew that the woman who had raised her in disguise as the perfect grandmother was more of a deadly predator than her sins gave her credit for.In other words, she isn't one to tuck her tail between her legs and run away. It was just a matter of time until she acted.'A matter of time...' Alexandra pondered those last few words as she watched as the last fragments of oranges, reds and yellows faded into a dark gray. The sunset had gone, and the blanket of night began to cover the world in the darkness of its shadow.After a while, she pulled her gaze away and sighed, focusing on the pile of work that was on her table.Because of Darius's over protectiveness, she had worked less in the last few days and barely ever came to the company. Today, she had escaped by miracle- miracle meaning that she had made more th
For the first time in a long while, Alexandra felt panic shot through her as she read the letter in her hands. She allowed the paper drop to the floor after awhile as her thoughts became more loud than the sound of her heart beat.How was it possible? How could Eleanor have found out that she was pregnant?Alexandra thought, after all she had done everything in her power to make sure that Eleanor did not find out. To make sure that the news of her being pregnant did not reach the ears of any of her foe. Yet, here she was, hyperventilating over the fact that Eleanor had learnt of her child's existence while breathing like some dying cow.'Calm down, Alexandra.' she tried to calm herself as soon as she noticed how ragged her breathing was becoming.She found her way back to her bed and sag down, controlling her breathing and thoughts together. After a while, she picked up her phone and dailed Darius's number. The line rang for a few seconds as usual before Darius picked up."Alexei? Wha
Alexandra arrived at Albrecht Manor an hour later. She was welcomed nice and warmly, remembering her of the days when she once used to be their mistress and was looked down on, snickered at and even laughed at.Memories of the olden days flooding in made the blonde clench her teeth together. She bo longer wanted to think of those days. Her Chapter with the Albrecht family was over and sincerely speaking, she was happy with her life with Darius.Sure, she did get sad at times while thinking of all the grief she has had to endure and all the pain Eleanor has out her through, but Isabella's wonderful food and care, Alistair's headstrong way of supporting her, Darius's unlimited love and affection that grew by each day and her unborn baby made up for all that sadness.So now, she wanted to finally close things with the Albrecht family and return to her content life as soon as possible.Drawing in her breath, Alexandra prepared herself, carrying her shoulders well, before she stepped into