KIARA POV Eric Darkwood Huh, for an elder, he is very short. “Nice to meet you, too, Elder Eric,” I stated. "Ohh, no need to put elder, my dear; you can just call me Eric; you are the wife to our leader, so we are of course under you, he said still with the cunning smile on his face. Xander came close to me and whispered into my ears, “Yeah, definitely do not trust this one; he only does what benefits him, and if that means putting you to the ground, he will.” Really, huh? I'm not surprised, but are the elders that brutal? “Now don't just stand there, little princess; let's head inside and remember, never look weak in front of the elders no matter what,Xander said as he then held my hands and we all walked inside. And there it was again—that feeling of deja vu. For some weird reason, I just feel like I have definitely been here before, but I'm pretty sure this is my first time entering the Darkwood main house. As we headed inside, we were greeted by a lot of unfamiliar faces;
KIARA POVWe left the room and then started walking.“You did a great job little princess,” Xander said.“ Really??”“ Yeah the elders are constantly trying to put people down and you my little princess didn't allow that, so don't think too much about it that how they always are, it doesn't mean much.”Well, I can't be too sure about that, they definitely want me gone, their eyes passed that message clearly.And Eric Darkwood,does he have a hand in the assassination attack? And how dare he boldly threaten me.I thought it was just Jack being stupid, but it seems like there are other higher figures behind this.I really need to be careful now because I don't know who else is after my life.Xander pulled me close to him, it seemed like he noticed I was in a deep thought.“Little princess, don't think too much about it, okay, I'm here, and I will protect you,” he said.“Hmm thank you.”Thank you, Xander, but there is no way I'm trusting anyone with my life, I need to find more about the
Xander POVHmm, Kiara, really seemed bothered after Eric spoke to her, I hope that old bastard didn't say anything stupid.And I know if I ask her, she would definitely not tell me.“Hmm Xander sir, can you hear me?” of the elders said.“I can hear you, you may continue,” I stated.He continued his speech about, honestly I don't even know, it's a really weird speech.Hmm, this meeting is honestly taking too much time. Can they just get to the main point already?“Okay that's it, enough speeches, Abe why exactly are we here today,” I said.“Well, leader, the deal we were supposed to secure with the sharmans..”“Yeah what happened?” I asked.“Well, we have lost it to the bears,” he responded.“Seriously the bears, how exactly did we lose such deal to the bears!!,” I voiced out in a stern voice.The whole room went silent, then Eric spoke.“Well, it seems like someone let out the news that we had problems with the sharmans and then the blades and bears have been trying to get the deal ev
Kiara POVFinally, I'm back home, I made my way upstairs, taken my bath and then relaxed a little. Xander seemed to still be settling some issues about the Darkwood with Lilly downstairs.I wanted to hear what they were talking about, but I honestly needed to bathe and relax.Hmm, the Darkwood main house is massive huh and the 12 elders of Darkwood are really problems and the biggest would be Eric Darkwood.Lilly told me more about him, apparently he's an old man who likes to live in secrecy, he's married with kids but no one has even seen his family in years, he definitely hid his weakness well.I need to find out where exactly they are and there are only two people who can help me with this, the first is Xander, but there is no way I'm asking him for help and the second would be my elder sister Diane.I honestly don't like asking her for favors in particular, but I just have to this time, I made the call, and she actually picked.“Hey Diane, how are you?” I asked.“I'm good, so what
KIARA POV It didn't take quite long, we got to the main house and then headed inside, finally got to the main room office.We both entered and the look on the elders' faces was very intriguing I should say.“Good morning everyone, so as you all know my wife, Kiara will be the one handling the affair of the party, so I just came to drop her off, so bye now,” Xander said and immediately left the room.Did he just leave like that, I knew he wasn't going to be here with me but he practically just disappeared now, I can't believe that man.I turned around, and they all looked like children whose role had been stolen from them in a show, which was quite pleasing to see honestly.“Well good day everyone, so I am definitely pleased to be here today, that I can assure you and in the affairs of the party I already read your plans on my way here, but I would like there to be a mixture of both families traditions,”Before I could continue speaking, I was interrupted by Abe.“My lady, we don't th
KIARA POV A few days passed, the preparation for the event had finally begun and it was really a lot. And finally, it's the weekend, Xander is not around since he has some business to handle, I don't have to leave the house and I can rest all I want.The weird dreams keep coming, and honestly, it is just so tiring cause, no matter how much I try to see who is calling me, it all gets blurred up.I got up from my bed and went to take my bath, got dressed and then as I was about to make my way down for breakfast my phone rang.It was my elder sister Diane.“Hey little sis,” she said as I answered the call.“Hey Diane, how are you ?”“I'm perfectly fine, and also I got the information on the Eric guy and ohh my is he an interesting man huh.”“And what did you find out about him?” I asked curiously.“Well just that he's not really hiding his wife and child, it's more like they are hiding him or should I say are trying to get rid of him.”“What?, what do you mean by that Diane?”“Well Eri
KIARA POV A few weeks had passed now and the Darkwood final exam and the party preparation were still ongoing.It's still early in the morning, but I'm already on my way to the main house.I know I'm really working hard for this but compared to Xander, it's like a joke, I mean that man literally made breakfast and was already in the main house even before I woke up.I still have numerous things to arrange and prepare for, but I really have not been able to talk to Xander a lot either nowadays.Not that I miss him or anything, and he seems very busy with the test preparation too.I finally got to the main house and I met with Daniel.“So the performances have finally been booked and the catering service too but the owners of the garden we decided to use still don't want to give it out, but they accepted to meet with us tomorrow,” he said.“Jeez, it has been 3 weeks now, and they still don't want to let us use it, it's not like we won't pay for the damn space, so why on earth won't th
KIARA POV It is finally just three days to the Darkwood final test examination and Daniel seemed almost prepared for the test, I mean he's nowhere close to my level, but he's a fast learner, and he is definitely capable of passing it in flying colours.They change the type of test every year and this year it is to take place in an underground house, ohh well I have trained him well, so he should be fine.As for the party preparation, it has been really hectic, but we are fully done now, the venue, food,fireworks, and everything else are fully booked and ready. Daniel has been a great help to me in that and seems like he has finally opened up to me and now trusts me.Everything is perfect, nothing can go wrong now, I can fully rest this time.Suddenly, a small towel landed on my face as I sat in the Darkwood main house training room.“I wonder why exactly you are thinking so much about it, that you didn't notice the towel approaching your face,” Daniel said as he approached me.“Just
Kiara POV Finally, after 2 good hours, I had the rest I needed and this time no weird dreams.I got up to check the time and still had 2 extra hours before whatever bidding game they wanted to do.Seeing I still had lots of time left, I decided to read the rules of the bidding game Nola sent.I still don't comprehend why they chose to do this game when we have the actual bidding tomorrow.And I just feel they would definitely come up with a stupid name from this game again.I started reading the rules, and they were pretty normal, I think.So first the game would take place with us all seated at a huge table and there are numbers on the seats to this table which we all have to pick from a black box.The leader of each team is to bring a black suitcase, and they will be informed of what to bring inside it.After picking, we all are to get seated and already have a game plan and then the game will proceed.Are these people kidding me right now!How the hell are we to have a game plan w
Kiara POV “Kiara! Run Kiara, Never trust a _ “Never trust a what?” I voiced out as I suddenly woke up from the dream, My head aching badly as I checked the time to see it was just 8am in the morning. I seriously need to find a way to fully get rid of these annoying dreams that just can't seem to leave me alone. I sat up, my hands on my head as I slowly massaged my forehead, trying to reduce the pain I felt right at that moment. And then the phone suddenly ranged. “And just who the hell would decide to call me this early, huh,” I muttered angrily as I stretched a little to pick up my from the table on my right. Oh, please let it not be someone I detest, I really do not need any more bad energy this early morning. And I seriously could not believe it was Diane, what I had pleaded not to happen came to pass, just why the hell is this lady calling me so early. “And just why are you calling ?” I instantly asked as I picked the call. “You do know greeting first is the pr
Kiara POV Oh, well, I guess that's the end of Mr. Matteo Suits huh, he does deserve the death, though.“Well then Kiara, shall we go see everybody now,” Nola said as she smiled brightly.“Yeah I guess but what about the body ?” I asked.“Ohh that, don't worry about it, it's not like anyone actually cares anyway, and honestly, I'm literally doing everyone a favour,” she responded as she then closed the lid back, covering Matteo's dead body.And then we made our way back to the garden field where everyone else was, and we walked up to Daniel and Mickey.“And just where have you ladies been,”; Daniel asked as he smiled, and then I suddenly remembered his confession.Kiara, get that thought out of your head right now and focus okay.“We have just been having some girl bonding time, right Nola ?” I asked as I faced Nola with a smile.“Yeah, no we were definitely not doing that, now bye ,” she said as walked off.Oh that bitch, I can't believe for a second I thought we might have been cool
Xander POV “Xander, I have the files ready now,” Lilly voices out from outside as I sat down flipping through some documents“Come in,” I said.She walked and then handed the files right to me.“And the stuff I told you to handle?” I asked.“Well sir, I already gathered more than 60 of our men available right now, including 5 elder here now,” she responded.“Okay, that's perfect, things should be much easier with that number,” I stated as I went through the files“But Xander, do we really need to destroy the old family right now, we are already going to win the land, right?” she asked.“You know, as a member of the Darkwood and being my aid, I'm actually disappointed you asked this,” I said as her face grew in shock at my words.“Wait, what? Why?” she inquired.“Well, so do you actually believe with the whole history we have with the old family, they will actually sell our land back to us?” I asked as she stood silent and not responsive.“The old family never intended to hand that la
Kiara POV “Oh shit! Did you just kill that black knight, now that's an entrance,” Nola said as she turned back to look at the view.“Well what can I say, I just have a thing for entrances huh,” I responded with a proud face.“Yeah, no you don't,” she said as she rolled her eyes at me.Oh this bitch, and here I thought I might actually be able to tolerate her during this game, I seriously want to kill her here now.“Okay Kiara, I am sure you already memorized the right will look at it since, so I will be leaving you now, let's meet at the center, then make our way out,” she said as she held her guns out.“And just why do you think I memorized the layout?” I asked.Well, I did memorize it, but she shouldn't just think people would do that, right?“Well because you are not that stupid, right? I mean, any properly trained spy should have already had the layout memorized by now,” she said, I eye right on me.Okay, what is this bitch trying to bring out right now, huh.“But I'm not a spy t
Kiara POV The game finally began and oh my was I the one being utterly shocked.I thought the first match was intense, but this is crazy, how exactly are they all able to move like this.And just when did Mickey become so flexible to the extent of dodging those secret bullets like that.I mean, what kind of training exactly did those two do!!“Oh you seem surprised by them too huh,” Nola said as she let out a smirk of confidence.“Hmm, just what did you do with those two, huh?” I asked.“Well, who knows,” she replied as she chuckled.“ I'm not going to beg you to tell me, I could just wait for them to be back, or you could just do the normal thing and tell me now,” I said.“And just when have I ever done the normal thing huh, Kiara,” she responded as she stared right at me.This annoying bitch, she really won't tell me huh, just spill it out already jeez.“Okay, I guess since I'm in a good mood, might as well tell you,” she said.“Okay, so what was it?” I asked.“Nothing,” she replie
Kiara POV The first set of the game finished with the blades winning and the Grey's qualifying, and oh my Daniel Grey seriously looked beat as hell.It was really a pleasant sight to see. I have to admit, I honestly wished he died instead of the baldie guy.And Nola singing and laughing so happily at the site of everything.I still couldn't believe what I had just witnessed, and I can't believe they all stood there and just enjoyed the show But what was I expecting huh, every one of them here are dangerous mafia groups that have committed various murders, my family, the blades included.A break commenced and then everyone got talking, we already decided that Mickey and Daniel would start in the first match and then Nola and I would go for the second one.I soon after left their side and then decided to walk around, and at every turn all I could hear was about the beautiful artwork they had just seen.I decided to go see how my sister was feeling after the match because I definitely
Kiara POV It didn't take quite long, we got to the site for the game, it was still held inside the old family estate but at the end of it in a very beautiful-looking garden.We walked into it and ohh my it was stunning and just looked ethereal.I'm just curious though, why exactly is every single flower painted pure white, it's gorgeous but still, why white?“So just curious guys, why exactly are all the flowers white?” I asked.“Why do you ask, you have a problem with white flowers?” Mickey asked in a teasing tone.“No I don't, I am just curious, that's all,” I responded.“Well you see Kiara, the white flowers are for the art we will soon be entertained with,” she responded with a smile that seemed dangerous.“ I thought this was just a game, though, so we are also seeing some artwork, huh.”She suddenly laughed out loud as she then stared at me, her eyes blazing as she spoke.“Yeah sure Kiara, we are going to see some astonishing beautiful artwork today, ahh I am so excited honestl
Kiara POV “Run Kiara! Run!!”Ahh, shit not this dream again, for a month I was free of it, and now it is suddenly back, and it just had to come with this seriously annoying headache too, huh.I thought to myself as I slowly massaged my head as I got up from my bed. I honestly can't be having this messed up dream right now.I already feel drained before the day even starts, and it's the day of the game, that I still have no idea about, but I'm definitely sure blood will be spilled. I walked straight into the bathroom, washed up my face, which looked so stressed, took my bath and got dressed soon after.“Okay Kiara, let's kill this,” said to myself as I faced the mirror with a smile and I walked towards my door.As I opened the door to leave, I instantly saw Daniel and just as he was about to speak, I panicked and instantly shut the door.Kiara why exactly did you just panic, ohh my, please just go away first Daniel I beg of you.I waited a few minutes, trying to listen, until I coul