Why are you still here?” Came that deep voice across the dungeon?
Completely paralyzed as his shadow comes close, he looks around for help and hears screams.
"You had your chance to leave, and now it is too late." The whisper sends shivers down his spine.Dominique opened his eyes and saw his body covered with wires, tubes, and straps. Nausea swirls around his stomach, irritating him to frustration. His eyes slam shut as the left side of his head begins to palpitate with excruciating pain. Panic fills his body, and his breathing accelerates. Loud inhales and exhales seem to fill his lungs with anything but air.
The anticipation of Death is what Dominque feared most; never would he have imagined he would be staring Death in its eyes; through his swollen eyes, all he could see was a tall, dark figure as it emerged into the darkness, "Please stop," he pleaded.
‘Welcome to Dark honor, where Death is more pleasant than being in the presence of Lucifer.’
Joshua and Tiffany grew up in a dangerous neighborhood because their dad ‘Lucifer,’ a well-known kingpin, wanted his kids to be street-smart.
Lucifer was a wealthy drug lord. Lucifer wanted Joshua and Tiffany to grow their independence.
Lucifer traveled a lot, so his kids' safest place, was home, where they had grown up.
Joshua and Tiffany Grew up close, protective over one another.
Being Lucifer's kids, many neighbors feared for their kids to be friends with Joshua and Tiffany.
Tiffany had a fantastic personality, and Joshua was easy to socialize with.
They were born and raised in Beacon Valley Mitchell's plain, where drugs and guns were all around them; people came from prison like it was a second place they called home and often visited.
When Tiffany finished school, she joined the army for two years, Tiffany wanted to be a sniper, and Joshua, well, was selfish and always had this know-it attitude; he wanted to be like his dad.
But he was forced to join the army like his sister.
After returning home, they found out they had a little brother.
His name was Rowan; he was born with cerebral palsy.
That smile reminded everyone of the innocence of a child, how perfect they are, and how carefree they could be.
When Lucifer was around, he had his guys wait by a black SUV armed; no one would dare to double-cross him since most of the guys in the neighborhood work for him.
(About Lucifer Morningstar)Lucifer served several years in prison, where he took the number twenty-seven as a killer.
He had to kill a warden and a cellmate to get that number.
He was only sixteen years old when given this order by The twenty-nine.
Lucifer stabbed the warden multiple times.
He then stepped on the knife and slid it across the floor under the bunk.
The prison wardens pretended to be patting him down and moved along when they did not find any weapon on him.
The correctional officers had witnessed everything but turned blind to what had happened.They were on the twenty-nine payroll.After admitting the warden to the hospital, the warden was dead on arrival.
‘These prison gangs had rankings starting from twenty-five; it created balance.’On the far right-hand side is a gang called twenty-six, a gang that robs people and hustles for money, and on the far left is the twenty-eights, a team that is the rapist and the highest rank in prison with their high majority.
When Lucifer entered the prison, the twenty-six and twenty-eight wanted him to join their gang, but he already knew what number he would take and would get his rank by spilling blood.
One evening the warden was walking past Lucifer's cell. Gripping the blade with tape and paper, he stabbed the warden several times.
The twenty-seven gang approached him as the twenty-eight and twenty-six then sat down in a circle with blankets over the head, discussing which rank Lucifer should take.
The guy who is part of the number twenty-seven has a bald head with a scorpion tattoo on his head and a dagger tattoo stabbing his neck with blood drops tattooed red.
"This man here, Lucifer, is twenty-seven. He killed that guard without hesitation."
The leader of the twenty-eight gang then approached him as they stood up.
"Listen, just because you got the number doesn’t mean anything. In here, we run this joint."
Lucifer, without hesitation, gripped the plastic fork and stabbed the twenty-eight with the plastic fork into his neck.
After stabbing the guy, Lucifer looked around; the inmates looked down as a gesture to say they had not witnessed anything; the twenty-seven then said, "he made his mark," a twenty-seven, and the twenty-nine agreed.
He became the most dangerous person in prison; his rank grew more robust, and he had more tattooed stars as his ranking grew stronger.
Mr. Morningstar, Lucifer's dad, had connections inside; he served a few years in prison and was a drug lord.
When Lucifer was eighteen, his dad died, and he started to run the business from inside the prison; he became successful by running his business inside and outside.
Lucifer started putting the guards on his payroll.
He was released from Prison fifteen years later; his release made many gangs and other drug dealers fear for their lives and their family's safety.
No one dared to mess with or double-cross him on the streets or anywhere.
At the age of thirty-two, he told himself he would be successful.
He had a business deal with a Russian. The Russian tried to double-cross him because he was young.
They had underestimated his capabilities; he tortured the Russians to such an extent that he forced them to sign off all his billions to him, promising a painless death.
Lucifer started importing and exporting grade-A drugs, and he was a man of style and status. He never expressed or exposed emotion to any opposition.
Lucifer loved his silky navy suit with the Rolex watch, and he loved his GT cars.
He met Julia at the age of Thirty-two and got married to her. They had two kids at the time, Joshua and Tiffany.
Joshua and Tiffany spent most of the time with their mother since their dad had traveled quite a bit.
Tiffany had a crush on a boy who messed around with her at school.
Joshua beat the guy up with a baseball bat; the school suspended Joshua, and Lucifer was furious.
He decided to pay when the school visited; when the principal saw Mr. Morningstar, he fell to his knees, pleading for Lucifer to spare his life and promising to cancel Joshua's suspension.Lucifer had his guards beat the principal up for wasting his time.
Knowing his dad is a billionaire gave Joshua advantages over things most people have never seen.
Most kids' dream is to be like their dad, and so was Joshus' dream until he saw how ruthless his dad was.He saw how humble some people are, and he also saw the poor paying tax to his dad because his dad ended up buying most of the Land, through them, out on the streets to run his business from the property.Tiffany was a beautiful young lady, who hung out with rich friends, and even though she knew she was wealthy, she never showed her wealth off by wearing expensive Jewelry.
She loves animals and can be very persuasive, but she has a gift that not even her dad knew she had.
Rowan, their baby brother, was born with the condition that forced them to a warmer climate. Joshua had a dark side to him. He had an eccentric personality.
He had his dad's charm and maybe something darker and evil than his dad that no one knew.Lucifer had many guys working under him; if his workers dared to double-cross him, they would pay with their lives. His guys all had to have a tattoo with the MF. Letters.
Their tattoo was unique a dagger in a heart and thorns with dripping blood engraving MF. Some chose to wear it on their neck and arms, while others decided to have it tattooed across their chest.
Joshua had a different type of tattoo, also mafia but chose to be unique, the same as his dad.
Everyone would know whom Joshua is after getting this tattoo.
When Joshua opened the gate, exited his premises, and walked to his Land Cruser, a gang called the mongrels, six guys with MG on their foreheads and tattoos all over their faces, approached him.Some of them were rapist who was in and out the prison.
They knew his dad was out of town, and his friends were not around. They decided to take a chance and try to Rob him. But they never realized that the apple did not fall far from the tree.
Joshua was more robust and faster.They only heard of Joshua but underestimated him because he was young, and they wanted in on his dad's business.
"Get out of the van,” says the 5.5ft guy.
He has tattoos and piercings all over as he wears baggy jeans and brown leather Timberland boots.
"Hey, we want a cut in on your dad's business. Because of your dad, most of our businesses will be shut down."
"So, how would you like me to help you? Says Joshua removing his glasses"
The guy pulls out a knife pointing it at Joshua, Joshua's reaction. "Careful with that knife; someone might get hurt."
"What are you threatening me?"
"No,” Joshua smiles. ”I am giving you a chance to rethink your actions."
The guy turns to his friends, "Hosh ouens Luister Vir die France" listen to this guy.
Joshua walks up to the guy Frances, "I will give you three seconds to walk away."
"Not going to happen," says the short guy.
Joshua turns around, faces him, and grins; the guy notices the tattoo on his chest since his shirt is unbuttoned.
“We are not looking for problems,” the guys drop their guns to the ground, “we never realized.” Joshua’s eyes darken, “realize what?”
“Joshua, is everything fine?”
It is Tiffany, “Yes, it is fine" the guys realize they have seriously messed up; that is Lucifer's daughter.
“Get out of my sight.”
“It's times I visit these Mongrels."
Reaper was an acquaintance of Lucifer; they referred to the reaper as the cleaning service.
He pays reaper exceptionally well.
Reaper had connections in the Forensic police department worldwide, making missing person files disappear.
Underestimating the Morningstars Sunny day morning, the new family on the block moved in. They had to relocate because the climate was too cold for Joshua's baby brother Rowan. Rowan was born with Cerebral Palsy. Joshua accepts the change for the sake of Rowan.Rowan was born with the condition that made him dependent on others. He was vulnerable due to his inability to walk, sit, or move his hands to do things for himself. Rowan's condition made him completely helpless and powerless to 24/7 care. Julia was a kind-hearted woman who knew what was to be expected with Rowan's inability to do things. But she never saw it as a challenge; instead, she cherished it as a beautiful gift. Their mom was a woman who would not let life get her down. She protected the things she loved and loved the stuff she covered. They arrived at their new home, 218 Paarl Street, Actonville, Benoni. The first thing they noticed was how curious people were. The streets were bustling. It was like one big commun
It is Saturday afternoon. Joshua is waiting for his dad. Tiffany has met a few neighbors since their arrival; also, she noticed that people around there love their alcohol.When moving into their new place, two elderly ladies greeted and welcomed them along with three girls who had accompanied them; they were kind enough to come over and offer to help move their things in. This one girl had kept glancing at Joshua; he had known Tiffany would tease him about this.Next to the house was a tavern fully occupied by drunk people sitting outside drinking and smoking.Four black BMW SUV X5 cruised down the street as the neighbors started to talk amongst each other, looking at the cars stopping by the house. Dad says, Tiffany as the Americans stand up, looking closer and glancing at vehicles.A chauffeur climbed out and opened the door as six guys stood outside the car holding their guns; this 6.5ft gentleman with short hair and a gold ring on his middle finger with his initials on under that
Birds were chirping. The sun was shining through the window. Joshua does a few sit-ups before the shower, freshening up. Thinking of last night, stuck with the thought, he can not help but wonder who is the girl he saw had the most beautiful smile.He returns from the bathroom and remembers last night after seeing the photo of his friend Marcus. Feeling sad and the girl last night, he might have missed a lifetime opportunity. He kind of regrets not approaching her. What if his chances of seeing her again are perhaps zero?Joshua prepares for the day ahead; glancing out the window, he notices the bouncers are gone. Joshua gets ready to have breakfast. Tiffany is lying on the couch on her laptop. The room ahead is his mom's; he walks towards the room to greet his mom and baby brother Rowan and sees no one they have left.“Hey Tiffany, where's mom and Rowan.” “Dad came to get them,” she says as he scratches his head; “that's odd; he left without them.” going about his day, he showers and
It's the weekend as Joshua prepares for this party. “Hey Tiffany, are you done?” There was no answer from the bathroom since she was blow-drying her black hair. She has blue eyes, a slender body, and tall, tanned skin. Tiffany her emotions were not easily hidden on her innocent face. Her pain was evident in the crease of her lovely brow and the down-curve of her complete lips. But her eyes, her eyes showed her soul. They were a deep pool of restless gold, an ocean of hopeless grief. At the same time, she briskly walked up the block in her low-cut evening dress with her brother Joshua. Reaching the house, Joshua lays eyes on Winter and thinks, beautiful in a classical way, with no flowing golden curls or ivory skin, no piercing eyes of green. She was shorter than average and more prominent than a catwalk model, but in her ordinariness, she was stunning. Something radiated from within that rendered her irresistible to both genders. Desmond is wearing a casual white t-shirt, gold ch
Hearing a car pull up, he walks over to the window and notices it. Alex was dressed in a red tie and black shirt with a pair of torn black jeans. Tiffany approaches Alex and hugs him with her sculpted figure, which is twine-thin.Her waist was tapered, and she had a burnished complexion. A pair of arched eyebrows looked down on sweeping eyelashes with a red dress as she broke into a smile; her beguiling, oyster-white teeth lit up the room. It could jolt you like an electric current when that megawatt smile gave you her full attention.Filed to perfection, her Venus-red fingernails ran through her black hair. Climbing into the car and went for lunch.Joshua decided not to sit at home and overthink things; as he showered and got dressed, he got into his car and drove off to a lodge far from home; he then called up a few friends for a party, and they all met up at the lodge.Driving up to the lodge, he pulls over, has two straws of cocaine with a beer, plays
It is 9 am as Joshua hears a cry waking up, stretching, and thinking about last night; what a night it was. Joshua thought of her lips over his, her gentle touch wondering if she was also thinking about him; Joshua climbs out of bed, walks to the bathroom, and sees his mom is back with his baby brother, who is crying; walking up to his baby brother, he lifts him gently, not to hurt him as his bones are fragile, kissing him on the cheek he says “I missed you little one.” His Mom and Tiffany all hug in; staring at his family, he realizes how lucky he is to have this fantastic family. “Joshua?” “Yes, mom?” “That dent on your bumper, what happens." He had forgotten about it, “ I drove into a sidewalk.” “You must have driven pretty fast, son, be careful next time; we don’t want to see you again in the hospital.” He walks to the garage and notices spills of blood on the bumper. Closing the door to the garage, he gets a bucket
“How can it be possible? I had placed all my trust in him, and he dares to double-cross me?”Lucifer ordered his men to take Christopher to the dungeon.“Boss, we just got rid of Antonio's second in command.”“Do as I tell you.”“He thinks he could get away with over a quarter of a million dollars worth of my stash and just hand it over to the Russians.”“He needs to be reminded of who he messes with.”Lucifer headed down into the dungeon and put on his leather gloves.“If there is anything in this world I hate most, it is greed.”The dungeon was cold and dark, the temperature below zero; Christopher had already taken a few beatings; it was only about to get worse.His arms were tied with a rope to a ceiling, blood dripped to the concrete ground, his ripped shirt was stained with blood, his eyes and lips were swollen, and his ribs were severely bruis
"This is a pleasant surprise; I was not expecting to see you today; it’s a beautiful day; the sun is up; I thought we should go for a swim.” “I was thinking of a movie,” Joshua replies. “That is an excellent idea than roasting out in the sun; there is this movie I wanted to watch; let's check if it's playing.” “Sure, as long as it is not Romance.” Joshua jokes. “The skirt you are wearing looks stunning.” -The skirt pooled about her like a cascading waterfall, chiffon layering sumptuously. The halterneck top revealed her smooth shoulders and accentuated her neck, which would have made her appear soft as a wisp if not for the detail in leather crisscrossed under her small breasts and cinching her waist. A touch of strength, just enough to give this princess the presence of a warrior.- “My movie is playing.” Winter is grinning like a kid getting a candy bar. Winter takes Joshua’s hand as she places her fingers between his; he is s
It's been quite a journey, and much more is to come.Please be patient cause there are about three more books to follow.What will happen to Joshua and Tiffany?Is Juliet really trustworthy, or will she help her sister Andrea?Let us know in the comments what you think is going to happen.We would love to read your idea.Due to school and work, I need a little time to make the next book.But dont worry this summer, the next book will be uploaded.In the meantime, go read Retrograde or The venom in my system; both are amazing books too.Thank you for reading.
“Juliet, what’s wrong?” Tiffany walks up to her.“Nothing,” says Juliet staring up at Tiffany with tears.“Hey, we are here now for you. You're not alone.”She stands up, wiping her tears. “I am sorry, it's just,” she pauses and faintly smiles.Joshua then walks out of the room to inspect the other room. The other room has a queen-size bed with a balcony. Its wooden floor is shiny, as if it has been recently varnished. The long gold curtains blend in with the floor, and the bed has a white comforter. Looking outside on the balcony, it’s dark, but the fresh smell of the rain has him drawn to the view. He goes inside, asking Juliet if he can get that room.“Sure,” she says, “that was my room before.”“Oh, sorry,” says Joshua, “I never realized. I would not mind taking any room.”“No, no, it's ok,” says Juliet, “I
“My brother is an accurate shooter,” says Tiffany as she drives off.“Those are some lousy firemen,” she says as she pulls over and lets Joshua take over the steering wheel.“So, where are we heading?” says Tiffany to Joshua.Joshua looks for an answer, “where ever the wind blows us.”“There is this cabin in the woods; it's quiet and away from everything. It belonged to my grandmother and has been empty since. It has power. It's not so far from where we are. Perhaps we can head there?” Juliet says.“And what about Andrea she will come looking for us there. It will be risky.”Joshua now stops, pulls over at a garage to refill, and goes inside to get snacks. Juliet goes in with him as Tiffany sits back and watches how well they get along, but Tiffany senses there is something wrong with Juliet. She is hiding something.Joshua comes out with refreshments, lots of swe
“What a mess the storm destroyed everything.”Casey walks around as Joshua and Tiffany arrange new transportation, “I wish I could get hold of Santiago,” he says, “my email has been delivered, and there is still no reply.He goes to the deep web and scrolls through the profile of the best hackers to be his eyes and ears; however, he cannot find anyone.“Hey,” Tiffany says, “let's call Sammy.”“Who is Sammy,” says Casey.“It's my best friend at school.”Casey immediately goes to Facebook and goes under Tiffany's friends to see if she can spot Sammy. There is no information on her. “So,” says Casey, “why are you contacting Sammy? I thought you wanted to get rid of the past.”Tiffany glances at Joshua, “well, Sammy, her dad, and my dad were in business together, and Joshua and I were like kids to him. We grew up in their house prac
Laying towards Joshua, she holds her arm around his waist as Tiffany holds onto Casey for warmth. It's dark and storming outside as Joshua and Casey are asleep. Joshua, who was warm earlier, is now cold. He removed the blanket from him to make sure Casey and Tiffany had enough blankets to keep warm while the dog was lying on the floor. Suddenly there is a bang upstairs, and he wakes up, finding Casey's arm around him. As he moves it off, he stands up, peeking through the window, but it's dark, and the window is covered with snow. He goes upstairs and slowly opens the basement door. He climbs through and closes the door behind him as he notices the wood covering the window is completely broken. The wood holding the house together is scattered as he moves toward the door. Looking outside, it's dark and snowy. Their car is tilted upside down in the middle of the road.How much worst could it get? Going back downstairs, he locks the basement door regretting ever setting foot in S
“It's storming outside the window, gusting through Silent Valley.”“The generator at least works,” says Casey, “it's just for us to go and buy food now.”“I think we should first complete the mission. Andrea will come after us if we do not get to her first.”“You're right,” says Joshua, “let's get this over with.”He arms himself. Casey runs up to the door covering it, “what if you don't come back?”“We have been through the worst,” says Tiffany laughing, “please move aside. It's for your and our safety.”“Hold on," says Casey, running to her bag and taking out a gun.“Wait, hold on,” says Tiffany, “I thought you said you can't use a gun?”“About that, I lied. I did not feel like going out in the cold and knew Joshua could handle himself.”“And what about,” Tiff
Turning around, Joshua bends and grabs the gun twisting the person's arm. When he turns around, more inmates stand there, “there are seven, not six of them. Ghost, how did we miss this one?”“I am not sure, Sir. My system never picked up the seventh one. It's weird, though. My system just crashed.”“Hold on, Ghost. So you knew we were here, I take it?” he says to the guy.The guy refuses to answer as Joshua twists the hand more, “fine,” the guy screams as the other six guys now have their guns facing Joshua and Tiffany.The guy who was interrogating Tiffany now steps forward. “So, you the Joshua we were waiting for? The so-called cold and dangerous Joshua, who killed his own Father. You fools, you fell right into our trap. You see, that girl is not a hostage. Steve untie her,” he laughs, “that is your dear friend Andrea. Let's say she was not dead when she fell,” he smiles.He removed the bag from her head, “she is the brains behind this. Since we knew your girlfriend would kill herse
“Relax,” says Tiffany to Casey, “you will be fine.”Casey grins, “I know I have been through the worst.”Joshua and Casey now head off back to bed. “It’s freezing,” Casey says, “I thought this place was hot.”“Well, it's that time of the year when nighttime is cold and the day is sweltering.”Laying next to Joshua, Casey's heart is racing at his body heat. All she wants to do is just hold him.She then turns to face Joshua, making it as if she is asleep.Tiffany whispers to Joshua, “don't you think we should send her back home? Because we are endangering her life.”Joshua turned on his side, facing Tiffany, “let's talk in the morning. It has been a long day.”“Yes, it has,” she smiles, holding her pillow tight.“I miss mom,” she whispers as her eyes start to water, reflecting on all their fantasti
“No, there is nothing to sell,” Tiffany laughs, “it is just we like our space, and I think it's best you go back home.”Casey glances in the mirror to look at Joshua, hoping he will say something. Joshua glances and looks at the road. “So,” she changes the topic, “Tiffany, who is the lucky guy in your life?”“No one,” Tiffany laughs.“Come on, you can tell me.”“Nothing to tell,” she smiles.“And you, Joshua?”“Oh, he has a girlfriend,” Tiffany lies, “they have been dating for years.”“Ok,” says Casey looking down at her phone.Arriving in a silent valley, they can't help to notice how quiet the place is. There are broken windows and no one in sight. “Why is this place so quiet?” Tiffany says.“Well,” says Casey, “there was a virus outbreak that killed half the