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“Let’s think of it this way. Remember how I was in the beginning as a delivery guy?”“Yes.”“The Carlson family is me, and the Elon family is the Elon family back then,” Blake explained.Wide-eyed, Julie looked at Blake. Then a loving smile was seen on her face.”“You know, Blake, if you would ever be interested in an experienced woman.” Julie began seductively.“Mother!” Both daughters exclaimed.“Just joking, goodness, just look at you two, and wasn’t it Tabitha’s idea in the first place?”“Again, let’s discuss this at a later date,” Blake said, feeling a cold sweat forming on his brow.‘How did it become like this?’ Blake thought to himself.The limo came to a screeching halt, and everyone was jolted into place.“Sorry, sir, but a van blocks the road up ahead,” Helen said apologetically.“It’s fine. You all stay in the car.” Blake said with a smile to calm them down.Blake left the car alone and observed the van in front of them. There was screeching, and another came behind them,
“No, that would displease my angels here. Leave this to me.” Blake answered him. “Get back into the car while I clear this up.”The sisters nodded and reentered the limo, and closed the door.“Lord, please, my services are at your command, and my organization can be at your beck and call. We are the most sought-after organization in the mercenary field.” The bald man said, still looking at the ground.“Okay, get up. I can’t stand you talking to the ground and not at me,” Blake said, irritated.With his head still lowered, the bald man slowly got up and placed his hands before him like a child being scolded.“Okay, can you get the bounty removed?” Blake asked. He needed it removed, or there would be troubles.The bald man furrowed his brow in contemplation and then finally nodded.“Okay, what is the name of your mercenary organization?” Blake finally asked.“We are the Mid-Easter Mercenary Organization.” The bald man proudly said.“Are you affiliated with the Mid-Eastern Alliance?” Bla
They were guided to a table not too far from the entrance to the gazebo, where Sylvia had her encounter with Steve Anderson. When they were in the eyesight of Lucas and Olivia, their eyes became wide.‘Why isn’t he dead yet?’ Lucas asked himself.“Honey, I thought you had taken care of him?” Olivia asked, whispering through clenched teeth as she placed a fake smile on the group.“I don’t know. They promised results by the end of today, maybe later?” Lucas whispered back.“Welcome, Julie, Claire, and Tabitha,” Lucas said, waving them to have a seat. “Please sit, oh I’m so sorry I didn’t know that you were also arriving. We don’t have enough chairs or room. Why don’t you and your guests have another table?” Lucas said and turned to the maître d’.“I’m sorry, sir, but we are already booked. There are no other tables available for the duration of the night.” The maître d’ said with an apologetic look.Blake looked around, and there were several empty tables around. He smiled and casually
“The CEO of Elon Trust? Is he coming here?” William asked, looking pleased. They had wanted to get to know the CEO of Elon Trust for a merger deal that would bring the Carlton family into the social, economic masses.“Yes. Miss. Susan Writtle, here is his assistant waiting on the meal.” Blake said, looking at William to answer his question.“Miss. Writtle, it’s a pleasure to meet you. Benjamin Carlson.” Benjamin reintroduced himself again.“Yes, I know. You introduced yourself earlier. Do you normally repeat yourself?” Susan asked with disdain in her voice.“No, no, I do not.”“Uhum,” Susan said, then looked at Blake. “Sir, did he not just do it again?”“Why, Miss. Writtle, I do recollect that he did, and it’s a nasty habit when doing business. Furthermore, standing at someone’s table is very rude.” Blake said with a smile towards Susan.Seeing that they were being played, Benjamin became upset and was fuming as Claire and Tabitha tried to stop their giggling over the events.“For you
“Uhm, excuse me, but the CEO will arrive shortly.” Susan interrupted the two brothers.This person is the CEO of Elon Trust, so low-key that no one knows his true identity. Everyone was excited about meeting him for the first time, and even Julie was a little anxious about meeting him.There was a commotion when a man in a white suit entered the building holding some documents. Mr. Sam Wheaton arrived and waited at the door to welcome the CEO of Elon Trust. A handsome man walked in with his hair flowing as a breeze passed, but there was no wind in the building; his aura was that of a warrior and showed dominance over everyone. The onlookers were shocked by the scene before them. This was the same man that was shot and dragged away. He made his way to the shocked and confused Lucas’s party.“Sorry, I’m late. I had the damndest thing happen. Someone tried to shoot my mother-in-law. But rest assured, the culprit didn’t get too far. Now where the hell is our waiter?” Blake looked around w
“Well, a new order of business has to take place,” Blake said as he headed towards the scared maître d’.“You, get all staff out here right now. We are having a meeting.” Blake told the man.“By what authority?” The man asked.“By the authority, I now own this establishment,” Blake said, showing him the papers.Wide-eyed, the man read the papers stating that Elon Trust owned the Shangri-la Restaurant. The two brothers looked at one another and placed their heads lower.“Yes, sir. Right away, sir.” The man almost tripped on his own feet, trying to get everyone out to have a staff meeting.Blake looked around, and there were still a few diners enjoying their meal, and Blake was dissatisfied.“All of you, leave the facility now. Don’t worry about your bill; it’s on the house.” Blake said, telling the rest of the dinners to leave.The diners left one after the other until one stopped in front of Blake with an apologetic look.“Sir, please excuse our lack of help; we are defenseless to the
Blake looked at Julie, surprised at her demeanor changing rapidly, first hostile and then loving, making Blake shake his head in amazement.“Okay, you two.”“Please, we meant no harm. Please be magnanimous and be the bigger person.” Benjamin said, looking at Blake with a pleading look.“Be magnanimous. Be the bigger person? Meant no harm? Who authorized the assassination of Julie Weston?” Blake asked, taking a sip of his wine.Both the brothers looked at one another. They had planned it with Lucas. If the daughters were too stubborn, they would show their strength by getting rid of their mother, giving the girls a sense of helplessness and conquering them in the process. But who in their right mind would confess to such an act when it had failed?“Sir, It was all Lucas’s idea, and William and I had no part in it,” Benjamin stated, hoping not to be found out.Blake frowned at the two men as if he could see through them.“From your own mouth, you were trying to bestow the wisdom to your
“It’s a standard issue when you’re in my position,” Blake said, still sitting with Susan, Helen, and Mr. Wheaton.“Blake, why don’t we place our tables together?” Claire said, noticing that Blake didn’t come to their table after everyone had left.“Sure, let’s do that,” Blake said and had the waiters move the tables around for them. After everyone was settled, Blake was sitting between Susan and Claire.Everyone greeted everyone, and small talk commenced, but every so often, glances toward Blake by the women around him would be noticed by Claire.“Blake, why did you let the Carlson family off with a warning? With the power of the family, it would be easy for you to have destroyed them as well.” Mr. Wheaton asked over his meal.“It’s better to have allies that enemies. I could indeed have destroyed their family, and then there would have been a void that needed to be filled. The family is now in a precarious position with what the men did tonight, and I can use that to my advantage.” B
The voice then didn’t speak any longer as Yawayer frowned. She didn’t want to personally leave Heaven and deal with the Four Guardians herself, but the actual creator wanted her to go, and she was helpless to follow his commands. It was the same with the God wars and the rebellion in Heaven all those years ago. She regretted her actions, but what was she supposed to do? The creator had a plan involving her pretending to be him and utilizing the Heaven Angels to bring the Power of Faith to this dimension. In the end, she lost her bestie and had all of the women of her race exiled to Hell, a barren dimension, as instructed by the creator. Now, he wanted her to personally go and release the four guardians and cause destruction upon the Mortal realm to bring more Power of Faith to them.Sighing again, she prepared herself and took out a golden-lined jade token. With this token, she could easily descend and not have to pay such a price for her cultivation to degrees. She changed into a mor
“Don’t look at me like that. We are to leave for the Inner World now. Ladies, we will depart first.” Blake Three stated and headed to the Traveling Formation.“What, no kiss goodbye?” Clara asked as she dropped the sound barrier between her, Blake Two, and the rest of the world.“I’ll kiss you if you want.” Blake Two said next to her.“I would never deny a kiss from you,” Clara said, kissing Blake Two thoroughly.Blake Three and Susan Hemingway entered the Traveling Formation, and Blake guided the Formation to take them to the Inner World. To Susan’s surprise, a tunnel of lights arrived, and she looked at it wonderfully.“The Thraveling Formation will bring us to a courtyard of the family I married into. The pressure in the Inner World is greater than in the Small World, and the Spirit Qi is denser. I will create a light barrier around us to help with the sudden pressure and see if you can handle the change in atmosphere.” Blake Three said with concern over Susan’s well-being.“I unde
Blake Two saw the revelation in her eyes as she realized the situation. He had a foreboding feeling and saw it change into a lustful stare.“As I had said, you are married, and my cultivation will cause you harm, so I’m afraid I will have to decline your offer.” Blake Two said, looking at Susan with an apologetic smile.The Goddesses laughed at Blake’s comment, which confused the man.“What’s so funny?” Blake Two asked, confused over their sudden outburst.“It’s not only your cultivation inside of you. Do you realize you may also be the cure for the Vampiere condition?” Clara asked Blake.“Cure? How so?” Blake asked, not knowing where this was leading.Susan Hemingway heard what Clara said and was surprised by her words. There was never a cure for her race’s condition. They only had to bear the thirst and hunger of their condition. Normal treatments had all failed when trying to revert back to humans. Many wanted to, but most wanted to continue having the power that the condition brou
Blake was speechless hearing this from Susan Hemingway. Was she not already married to Reginald? She was also of the vampire race, and his cultivation could harm her condition.“I. I don’t think that would be a wise decision. I’m….” Blake began.“All too willing to become yours.” Came a voice that Blake never would have believed saying such a thing.Claire walked to the couple and smiled at Susan Hemingway.“Who is this enchanting woman, Blake?” Claire asked, looking at Susan.“This is MRS. Hemingway of the Hemingway family.” Blake introduced Claire to Susan and emphasized MRS.“Ah, so you are a….” Claire hesitated in her speech.“Vampire, yes, we feed on blood,” Susan said, seeing the startled woman.“Understood,” Claire said and smiled kindly.“Always the gigolo, are we not?” a voice came from behind Claire.Blake looked, and to his surprise, an elderly woman coming from behind her. His surprise was warranted since he had never allowed such a person to enter the Small World. Blake l
“Sorry, but it seemed important. Is everyone okay?” Blake asked, looking at the area where Tabitha had come to call upon him.“Yes, they are in the living room waiting for my return,” Tabitha replied.“Okay, I will take it from here. Don’t worry.” Blake said, hugging her to comfort her fears.“Thank you for coming,” Tabitha said and held onto Blake for a while as her motions became calmer.Blake then let her go, and they proceeded to the living room, where the couple were waiting for Tabitha’s return.They were surprised when they saw Blake’s arrival, as they assumed he was away on business.“You arrived,” Susan Hemingway said with surprise.“Yes, with Tabitha saying that your family was here, I came quickly. What seems to be the trouble? I will help as much as I can.” Blake said he had a good impression of this family and didn’t want more trouble in the future because of their race.“This is the situation. My family is on the brink of extinction.” Reginald quickly stated.“How is tha
Sir. Aldridge then left the room and made a phone call. A man in red robes was drinking a glass of bourbon and sitting next to the fireplace with a nice fire crackling when the phone rang beside him.“Yes.” The red cardinal replied.“Your eminence, the ones known as Azrael, Chamuel, and Ezekiel, have disappeared after the destruction of the holy temple. They left with Blake and have not returned as planned.” Sir. Aldridge replied over the phone.There was silence on the cardinal’s end as the news was shocking and startling. Then, a respiring voice was heard on the other end.“What of the Hemingway family?” The cardinal inquired.“We have been only monitoring them, and they have not caused any trouble since they had last met with Blake Elon. It seems they keep in the shadows and do not want to bring any attention to themselves. Azrael wanted to only monitor their movements for the time being since Blake Elon was a greater threat to the Holy Order, but since….” Sir. Aldridge informed th
The two sisters looked at Julie with confusion. Family vacation? When was this supposed to take place? Then Tabitha’s eyes widened, and she remembered that Blake had promised them a family vacation after Tabitha had graduated from college, and she smiled in her remembrance. She stopped at a posterboard when she first met Blake, and he promised her a family vacation to celebrate her graduation. With all that had happened since then, she had forgotten entirely this promise until Julie brought it up.“I forgot Blake’s promise since then,” Tabitha replied.“Then it’s good that I reminded you,” Julie said.“Mom, with everything going on, it’s going to be a miracle that even he remembers the promises he made,” Tabitha replied and checked on her son, who had woken from his nap.“No, a promise is a promise. Blake has to make it happen.” Julie said, folding her arms to reintegrate her demand.“Mom, I’m a Mother as well, and going galavanting on vacation is the last thing I need to do,” Tabitha
“What do you think Blake is doing to her?” Kelly, who was naïve, wondered as pain and punishment sounded from the home.“Sounds like he is punishing her for not being forward with her information when they came into the truce,” Sylvia replied to Kelly.“Blake doesn’t punish. He’s too nice of a person.” Kelly replied, not knowing Blake for too long.The woman around her looked at her naive nature and laughed.“Blake once killed all those who had occupied this town because they were evil people who were planning on harming the world,” Sara replied, as she had been there when it had happened, even to the point when her cousin wanted to kill her and Blake only to meet his demise at the hands of his saviors.“So, he’s not kind?” Kelly asked, worried.“Blake is kind, loving, and sweet to his family and friends. If you cross his bottom line, you are his enemy, and you will suffer greatly in his hands. Blake always says he would rather have many friends than many enemies. It’s unfortunate; he
“Okay, Clara. How will you guide us, and how did you enter Blake’s Traveling Formation? Only family or someone with a jade token can enter and travel?” Claire asked, leading Clara from the Traveling Formation.“He, he. A little secret, my dear.” Clara said, and this time, she sounded her age.Roseline was, after all, a Formations’s Master. The Formation Blake had created, even with the help of Silver Light, was still a weak Formation that she could infiltrate. If Blake had utilized the Scripture writings, this would have been another story for her.“Okay. Let’s not quibble over details. Is he still with Lucy?” Clara asked.“Yes,” Claire replied, looking at the home Blake had brought Lucy to.Suddenly, loud slapping came from the home, as did loud anguish sounds.SLAP!“AUGHT!”SLAP!“AUGH! MORE!”SLAP, SLAP!Everyone around looked towards the home, surprised to hear the beatings that were taking place within.Blake was there with a paddle in hand, and Lucy was bent over a coffee table