Chapter 4

"What happened to him?" Eden asked curiously. 

"He was obsessed. So, I got a restraining order on him, I haven't seen him since, and it's been 4 years." Sienna sighed but remembered her current boyfriend and smiled. 

"Your cousin is a lot better, don't worry." Eden laughed and Sienna was glad she could make her feel a little better. 

After 2 rings, Alec picked up Eden's call and regretted it not even 5 minutes later. A phone call wasn't the most ideal thing, but it was better than a text. And Eden couldn't face Alec right now so the phone call it was. 

"I can't be with you Alec. I started to fall in love with you but after what you told me, I'm scared to be around you. I'm sorry. We're done." 

"That's what she said. Those were her exact words; fuck I don't know why I didn't listen to you Kai and I know your happy inside right now because you were right so fuck off." Alec quoted Eden and explained the situation to Malakai who listened with a straight face. 

Kai wasn't happy per say, but he was right and that fed his pride. When was Malakai De Luca ever wrong? 

"I told you not to get involved Alec, love and murder don't go together." Malakai said once again, and Alec let out an aggravated sigh and ran his hands down his face. 

"Fuck I know. I know damn it. Now I've lost her. She's scared of me, and I can't even do anything about it. I feel like an idiot.” Alec mumbled, wishing this wasn't what it had to come to, he felt like he loved Eden. 

"Let it be for now. If she really loves you, she'd accept the life you lead. She'd accept the job, if she doesn't, then question the love she had for you. That's my advice." Kai knew Eden wouldn't return. 

You see, Kai had been watching Eden for a while, only to see if she wasn't a threat to Alec and his business. Creepy I know. He needed to make sure Eden had no bad intentions and what did Kai find? Nothing. 

Eden was an absolute angel. She was good, pure, seemingly innocent minded. There's no way she's going to accept Alec's profession. 

But there was always something about her too. Something that always pulled Malakai in, closer and closer, until he used to watch her for hours. He'd promised not to be a stalker and he wasn't. He only used to watch her when she was studying or something, nothing too extreme like following her places. After that, he would leave Eden alone. 

But he knew he had to back off. For 2 reasons. 1 was that she was Alec's. And now Alec's ex which isn't any better. And 2, just as he saw with Alec, love and murder don't mix. Love and crime don't mix. It always ends badly. He wasn't about to go against his own words. 

"She won’t accept Kai. Eden is too good, and now she's gone." Alec let out a little tear but wiped it away as quickly as it came. He and Kai might've been together for years but he's not about to show up weak now. 

"Okay, how about a distraction. Is that family dead?" Kai's distraction from the shit of life was always business. Business was his escape and it kept him busy, so his mind didn't run to places it didn't need to. 

"Yeah. I killed them the same night you told me to. I sent the proof to your email." Alec might as well distract himself too. 

"Very well. I need to go, I have a shipment coming from Japan, I need to personally see it." Malakai was getting his jacket from behind his chair as well as his phone. 

"Japan? Who do we have in Japan?" Alec asked. He was sure they had no connections in Japan unless he's forgetting. 

"The Yakuza." Malakai simply said and left, leaving Alec wide eyed. Damn Malakai really finds his way around. I mean, the Yakuza. That’s no small thing. But with Malakai, connections were everything.  

Malakai walked down and his bodyguard followed him. Sure, Malakai didn't need anyone's protection since he could easily handle himself but 2 was better than 1. He would’ve taken Alec, but he wasn't in the right state of mind right now. 

He got into his black Maserati and started driving towards the docks. He had made a deal with the Yakuza once he handed over one of their most wanted enemies who had fled to California. Since then, they had been in business with Malakai and delivered drug cartels and weapons. Weapons that Kai would then illegally sell on the black market. 

Like he said, if things went his way, he'd be fine. Normally his bodyguard would drive but Kai loves driving, finding a thrill in speeding down streets. 

Malakai couldn't help but think back to Eden. She clearly wouldn't be okay after what happened, she'd go to the university's library to study so much her brain would start to hurt. She was no different from Malakai, making work her distraction.  

However, he needed to stop thinking about it, as he said countless times, love and murder do not mix. And he wished Alec understood that sooner so he wouldn't be going through heartbreak right now. He doesn't like seeing his friend in that state. 

He reached the harbour and saw a few ships docking already, perfect. Just on time. Malakai stepped out of his vehicle and put his hands in his trench coat. He was clad head to toe in black, and practically screamed power. 

He wore a mask too because his identity wasn't to be revealed. He walked with slow caution steps until he reached the man he wanted to meet. The boy stretched out his hand to Kai who shook it with own gloved one. 

"We had no difficulties; everything is there and intact. The drugs are on the left ship, the weapons on the right. I trust you know what to do of course." The boy said. He was a little young though, looked around 15 or 16 years old. 

"Aren't you too young to be doing this?" Malakai spoke his mind and the boy smiled. 

"My father does this, I simply follow him. Besides, there's a thrill about crime I don't think many people understand." The boy said and Kai smirked, impressed with him. 

"It's only a crime if we're caught." He said and motioned to his men to check the ships out. 

Just then Malakai got a call, another job. An assassination. 

If you haven't already gathered, this isn't a story about heroes and villains. It's not about who's good and that good overruling the bad. No. 

This is a story about misunderstood criminals. A villain is only a villain because they haven't had a chance to tell their story. A hero must win every time. But the villain only must win once. When we're kids, we idolise heroes. When you grow up though, you understand the villains. 

So no, there are no heroes in this story, only villains. It's not a story of good and bad. It's a story of only the bad, about that little psychotic part of everyone. About that little evil everyone has in them, it's about the demons that everyone has. 

Malakai was a perfect example of a demon in disguise. And Eden? Eden was the perfect villain. After all, no one expects an angel to get the world on fire.