Chapter-3

Author's Pov

Flashback

"What is your problem Ace? Can't you be a bit sensible!" A young girl not more than 17 bottled up in a stunning shimmery dress snapped at the young man cladded in a simple hoodie and sweatpants. He gritted his teeth looking away from her watching her in pure silence as she vent out her anger on him even though it wasn't even his fault to begin with.

"Why did you beat that guy? Do you even have a slightest idea what dad will do to me now?" Ace scoffed standing tall and tough as he ignored the ache he felt on his lips because of the punch he got.

"As uncle should! You're just 17 Aurora! Why did you go to club? I am being 18 never touched alcohol, thinking about going to clubs is out of question then why did you?" Aurora smiled sarcastically at him.

"Yes because you're weak, you can't handle alcohol that's it but I can! You ruined everything, I was having fun but from no where you ---" Before she could continue Ace whispered in astonishment.

"Fun?" Just then Aurora realised what she did, she gulped looking at Ace who gritted his teeth.

"That man twice your age was all over you dancing like you're his and you said you were having a fun!" Ace muttered as he glared at her, the Ace she knew would never raise his voice at her but the hurt and disgust in his tone was evident and it angered yet somewhere deep in her made her feel guilty.

"That's not what I meant!" She tried to grab his hand but he jerked it away before taking a step back.

"Fine then go back and forget you ever had a boyfriend!" Aurora's eyes widened as she watched him walking away from her. 

She didn't waste a second and lunged at him back hugging him like her life was depended on him, Ace didn't push her away like always and let her tighten her arms around him. She gulped letting this foreign feeling scrap her chest, but ignoring it she gave her all focus on apologizing to him and making him forgive her. Her friends were right, she really had to watch whenever she opened her mouth!

"I am sorry, Ace. You know you mean to me a lot, it's just I was angry. I didn't know someone was dancing with me maybe it was because of alcohol." Ace gently pushed her hands away before turning around and facing her finding tears in her eyes, his biggest weakness and her massive advantage when it comes to taming this guy.

"Don't cry, you know I don't like seeing tears in your eyes." She sniffled as he wiped her cheeks before gently enveloping her in his arms letting her press her cheek against chest allowing her to hear his unusually fast heartbeat.

"You're not mad right?" She mumbled hugging him tightly, he sighed wanting not to forgive her this easily but he couldn't help it.

"Yes I am not. Just don't ever go to club until you're at legal age, and if you really want to go then inform me first I will accompany you." Ace muttered trying to surpass his anger as he didn't want to sound like a controlling boyfriend but his protective words only made her roll her eyes but for some reason she didn't want to stop hugging him, it weirdly was comforting. 

"Promise me," He mumbled kissing her head as she lazily nodded her head.

"I promise."

Flashback Ended

Ace steadily unlatched his blank eyes letting those bittersweet memories once again torture him, it wasn't like he was complaining. He liked it, the pain those memories brought did nothing but to spiral the burning fire of vengeance in his heart, he loved the feeling of being betrayed, hurt and pain. It only brought more cases to him to solve and he was familiar with only one solution.

Torture. Torture of different kinds, for the ten years of his painful journey he had learned different ways to reduce his enemies to the extent of them either asking to be killed or trying to kill themselves. And he loved every bit of being the reason of others pain, screams and begging, even though the pleasure never stayed there for long but still it was the only way for him to satiate the impatient fire of hatred which was burning in him for the past ten years.

He stared at the large screen plastered over the wall displaying the daughter and father having their usual dinner, the same hotdog. He wanted to laugh, chuckle and smile in mockery seeing them reduced to rags if he knew how to, the once king and Princess who used to have unnameable dishes at their feet were now relaying on a piece of bread. 

Ace had stopped smiling a long time ago, and getting used to him keeping a stoic face he had forgot to even smile in mockery. He wasn't familiar with a feeling of joy and happiness anymore, he indeed felt deep satisfaction watching them drowning each second but there was nothing like happiness. He didn't know what it was anymore.

Standing up from his chair he walked near the vast window of his room letting the darkness rule his world, once the man who was a ball of sunshine and loved the light that lit up his world now was fond of the darkening sky reminding him of the pain he went through and survived. The scars on his body were a remainder of the pain he had worked hard to avenge.

He heard a meek knock over the door and that was enough to ignite the fire of vengeance in his heart, it was the sign that the time to work on his plan had finally knocked over his slept fate. He stared at the dark sky letting the side of his lips tilt up a bit watching the vision of their upcoming doom. They had lived quiet a good life till now, he was all ready and hyped to destroy that little goodness that was left in their lives.

He wouldn't be the naive fool they named him as anymore, he had became a monster. A horrifying beast having no word as mercy in his dictionary. 

Grabbing his coat, he settled his hair, watch and grabbed his favourite tool laying on the side table. His dagger. There was a scorpion designed over the dagger with a sign at the end of the sharp tool, AS. His initials, it was gifted to him by Russian mafia leader after he took over the throne. The russian old man who was a mafia of the time when Ace newly held the seat as a mafia leader, that old man was a hard nut to crack and an epitome of cruelty, Ace stayed at Russia for nearly month to complete the mission given by the former mafia leader. 

After three years of his reign he heard that old man was killed by one of their enemies and his eldest son took over the throne, Ace met that man only once and he had to admit he was as well the cruel demon. To accept the alliance with Italian mafia he had a small encounter with Ace and gave him this dagger to approve the alliance. Ace as well gifted him a gun to strengthen their relation, and from that day onwards this dagger became his most precious and powerful weapon.

Wrapping in it a leather belt he thrusted it in his back pocket of his dress pants and walked out, his right hand man straighten his posture bowing his head a bit in respect. "Simon," Ace mumbled emotionlessly making the man instantly speak up.

"Yes boss, everything is ready." Ace didn't say anything further and tightening his jaw he walked ahead, he couldn't wait to reach the place after all he was going to come face to face with his past after ten years.

The devil had made the call, he was ready to suck the soul of the people having no idea that their real doom was about to commence.

Meanwhile

"Dad what's wrong?" Aurora questioned her father after he returned from his work and had been making calls repeatedly. He looked tensed and somehow aggrieved.

"I have done a grave mistake Aurora!" Alvin, her father muttered under his breath as he palmed his forehead. They just finished their dinner, and she noticed how even during dinner her father didn't eat the food properly.

"What mistake?" Now she was tensing as well, she thought that after they paid the bank and those loan sharks their lives might get better a bit but seeing how depressed her father looked, nervousness started disturbing her as well.

Alvin gulped, "Remember I told you I took a small loan after I sold my cars, the loan was on interest." Aurora frowned deeply.

"But I am sure you must have paid it after all we took money from loan sharks a way after that." Alvin shook his head in defeat staring at her with guilty gaze.

"I didn't, the debtors never approached me and I forgot about them completely until two days ago, I got a call and they are demanding the money within two days. Today was the last date and I couldn’t collect the money." She gulped before taking a deep breath in order to relax her racing heart.

"How much?" Alvin bit his lower lip closing his eyes in shame.

"The loan was 10 million." She gulped before rubbing her forehead.

"I do have some money, I am sure you must have too, we can offer that to them for sometime." Alvin shook his head not facing her remembering his stupidity.

"But now the loan is 100 million, it was on interest Aurora." Her face paled hearing the amount, she felt a bucket of cold water was thrown over her. She hardly breathe out palming her face when both of them jumped in fright hearing a loud knock on the door. The force almost looked like they will break the door.

"They are here! I am so dead!" She instantly stood up touching her father's shoulders trying to calm him.

"Relax dad, we will talk to them, I am sure there will be a some way." She gulped flinching again when the noise of someone beating the door increased. She could feel her heart drumming in her ears as she took trembling steps towards the door.

Grabbing the handle of the main door and mustering enough strength she parted but what she didn't know that it was the only tool doing a job of barrier between her past and pain. The moment she raised her slightly feared eyes letting them collide with blank yet familiar grey ones her whole being went numb. There was a numbing sound she heard in her head and blank beeping noise in her ears the moment she let those familiar crystals torment her greatly.

The same eyes she missed, cried for, and the same eyes she thought would never appear before her were right gazing at her with no emotion. The soft, affectionate gaze he used to have was no where to be seen, but she still refused to believe he was here. He couldn't, he just couldn't, it was impossible!

He died, he did. After all she was the cause of it.

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