Two things Rolph got from this conversation. One, Hannah was bent on marrying Derrick with or without his approval. She has colluded with Jan to force his hands. Arrrgh! Hannah!Secondly, Jan had kept him in the dark about the stability of the family's position in the underworld. Even though he was the heir-appointed and had started training in the underworld from the very beginning, he had been withdrawn from that life the moment he started attending public schools 2 years ago. And when he moved to Texas and changed to online classes, Jan had still insisted that he finish with his selected educational curriculum, single handedly selected and arranged by Jan himself. Rolph was given a maximum of five years to complete this curriculum after which he was to join the army for another 2 years, retire then gradually take over from the Demonic. Therefore, transfer of power wouldn't start for another 8 years give or take. But
That night, neither of them slept a wink. While Rolph went horse riding into the distant dunes with a Twink and a guard, Jolanta spent the night talking to Hannah who advised her to just leave Rolph alone for now. And the Twink that went with Rolph, he never came back. Hours later, towards evening, Rolph got a call from Derrick. There was still no word on Ben's whereabouts but the top gun of the gang that bought Ben wasn't some random player. He turned out to be one of the biggest, most mysterious, well hidden, Mexican drug Lords, Rolph had been on the lookout for because this guy, Draco by name was consistently, unabashedly putting up huge fees for his assassination on the darkweb. Since Rolph had never met this guy or took any business from him, the only possible explanation was that the guy was connected to Marek. To think that the greatest threat to his life walked into his home, spent the night and even bought his Elite as a slave wa
As Rolph raced his car to his Villa, he made a call to Derrick, giving him a download of what had happened at the ranch and the instructions to find Draco and bring him in dead or alive. When he got to his Villa, men were still around doing a second sweep. Jolanta was outside waiting for them to be done and when Rolph arrived, driving in like a maniac, she got more agitated. But then, she needed answers and only he could provide them. So Jolanta braced herself and approached his car as he was stepping out of it. "Raphael ! What is going on?! They found lots of explosives? Who did this?!""I should be asking you." Rolph turned on her with dark eyes. She stepped back more out of indignation than fear. "What do you mean?"Rolph gave her an intense stare but seeing that she was truly confused and angry at his accusations, he relented but started walking away. As expected, Jolanta hurried after him."Draco came in as a guard u
After surfacing, Derrick and the boys moved to Texas City directly. They didn't dare to stay even a night in San Antonio because they didn't want Jan to catch up on their extracurricular activities.Even in Texas, HD wasn't taken to Rolph's downtown clubhouse where most interrogations were normally carried out. He was taken to Rolph's home in a blindfold, in the middle of the night and kept underground for interrogation. With his help, Nikkie was able to track down Draco who was also brought in, 4 days after HD got to the house. Unlike HD who was chained to the wall but could sit, stand and move around at will, Draco was chained on his feet and couldn't move an inch from his spot. Having discovered that HD knew practically nothing about Ice's work and research, Derrick and the Shadows let him lead them to Ice's hideout located in an out of the way village in the rural part of Mexico. The security of the house was way too futuristic, it outclass
Since their return from Mexico, Ben had recovered well and like he promised himself, he took his training more seriously. Especially his combat training and physical fitness. He was still not allowed to carry guns but Derick had promised him that his speed at gun training would determine how soon he would get a gun. With the whole team focused on cleaning up Rolph's army and investigating Jolanta's kidnap, Ben had too much time on his hands. With nothing to do, Ben spent his free time at a private shooting range owned by one of Rolph's socialite friends. He wasn't going to the shooting range just because he was desperate to get his own gun. It was more than that. Since he realized his feelings for Rolph, a lot of things had changed for him mentally. Unlike before when he just wanted to please Rolph and stay alive, now Ben was ready to do anything to protect his master. He came to the realization that even though Derrick was the second in command t
"Told you she wouldn't agree.""Get the boys ready for what we spoke about. Once the coast is clear, we will move.""We don't need to sneak around. I made sure none of her moles remained.""Good." After Rolph and Derrick left Jolanta in the power room, they went to Rolph's office where they patiently cooped up, waiting for her to leave. This childish attitude Rolph puts up when upset really infuriated Derrick most times but this time around, it felt like the best thing to do. Jolanta's fury was scary. "Are you sure you want to leave Jennifer to her? She might go overboard.""It will have nothing to do with me.""But Jan…""You heard her. She will take care of Jan.""What does she even mean by that?""I would like to know too. I hope everything that could go wrong goes wrong." Rolph sneered. Derrick shook his head in disapproval."I have a bad feeling about this."
On a dark, still and moonless night, near one of the private docks in Texas City, a 45ft, white and elegant yacht sat idling away on the Mediterranean waters. It had been at that same spot for the past 24 hours and the wind subtly carried music from it to the dock intermittently. An all weekend party was going on in it with six sexy, young girls between ages 16 and 19 attending to just one man; Liam Robert. A burky, tall, well tanned man with fair features and a well kept white stubble of beards gracing his chin. At 49, going 50, Liam's birthday was the next week but he never liked all the balls and dances. So this little party on the yacht was his personal treat for himself. Not that he doesn't do this always but the number of girls and locations differed. All the girls on the yacht with him that night were all premium picks from four different harems all over Texas. This wasn't the first time he would be throwing himself a pre-birthday
Liam's first reaction was shock, followed by anger, then a creepy desire to make things blow up. "Who the hell are you?! How dare you do this to me? Do you know who I am?!" Liam started screaming in rage as he tried to get up, completely forgetting that he was warped in ropes. Then the men standing around him actually chuckled aloud. Infuriating him the more. "What's so funny?! Who is your boss?"Rolph quietly turned around and gazed at the funny way Liam was wiggling on the floor. It was quite funny but a stare from him and his boys stopped. He walked out of the cockpit that was separated from the deck with just a wall of plastic and glass and approached the deck. He stopped beside Derrick and stared down at Liam with a pull of his lips that was hanging between a smirk and a sneer. The man in front of him was the one who had been sponsoring his numerous assassination attempts these past two years. All he want
THWWTHW : The String Of FateBlurb:A Young Master's Journey to True Love.Two years after his disappearance in the state of Texas, Raphael Filipiak, popularly Known as Rolph, resurfaces In NewYork city with a new Face and a New name.This isn't his first appearance in New-York City but on this particular visit, he comes across Ray, the boy who appeared before him at Rockport beach four years ago. This time around, Rolph decides to leave no stone unturned in his pursuit of this stranger who makes his heart beat in a peculiar but pleasant way. Excerpt After that day, Rolph (now Ian) would keep turning down Becca's invites with one excuse or the other but will keep inviting Ray out to drink. Since Ian was a lady's man and quite popular with the girls, it never occurred to Ray to keep his guard up. In fact, he was thrilled that an older boy wanted to hang out with him. One day, Ian invited Ray to a cl
ES03 and '01 were the ones sent to meet up with Rolph after he made contact with them while on the train. They were supposed to meet him at the train station but had to set out to meet him two towns away after he told them he was being followed and a trap was already set for him at the Houston terminal. After leaving Houston, they tried their best to leave no trace of their movements but lost Rolph's phone signals when they got to spring valley. So now they had to go online and track him using his tracker. By the time they got to Jersey, they discovered that they were already made, not by one assassin but by multiple assassins. These people were hoping they would lead them to Rolph. These Elites had no choice than to engage and evade. It took them hours to get rid of two sets of assassins and seeing how time was gone and Rolph's signal wasn't moving, they quickly made the decision to split up. '01 revealed himself and led the assassins away w
After racing through the town with the police in hot pursuit, Rolph finally connected to the road that led to the exit of the town but to his surprise, the police suddenly stopped giving chase. Not knowing what to make of this action, he hightailed it out of town, connected to the remote highway google picked and headed towards Houston. Having caused a huge ruckus in Jersey, to the point where the local news stations reported a hot and dangerous chase between the police and some unnamed suspect, it was not long before Jan got tipped about Rolph's whereabouts. He immediately relayed the information to Boris and his men who then hurried over to Jersey but by the time they got there, Rolph was long gone. All Boris could do was try to clear up the mess he left behind. Just after Texas City, close to his now abandoned home, an unknown object flew out of nowhere and hit Rolph by the side, sending him flying at high speed while the delivery bike also
After Derrick left in the chopper, Jan's men hurriedly hid what they could before the army came in to investigate. By the time the military left, Rolph's safety net had run out and it had already appeared on the darknet that he was no longer under the protection of Czarna Pantera. In the wee hours of the morning, as Jan was Preparing to meet with the family's PR team to plan the press conference where they will announce that Rolph was no longer the future heir of the family, Adam's call came in. His voice boomed with anger and resentment. He demanded to know the reason for the darknet announcement. But after Jan's timid explanation, all Adam said was …"Make sure my son-in-law is back at the ranch unharmed by the time I arrive at midnight." He then disconnected the call. Leaving Jan disoriented, frustrated and even more angry. Jan was caught between the cliff and the valley. Jan called Boris."Where is Rolph ?"
When Jan got to the desert, he met total chaos. Dead bodies littered the ground and half of the den was a heap of blocks and dust. His men had Nikkie's surrounded. Two of Nikkie's men were holding up the still unconscious Derrick in-between themselves, while the rest guarded them with weapons drawn. The two teams were having a standoff waiting for who would fire first but this was only possible because Jan had called his men earlier and told them to cease fire. Jan gallantly strolled to stand beside Boris who was leading his men. He took his time to look Nikkie's men over and imprint their faces in his heart before smirking in a derisive way. " So you all are Jakub's men living right under my nose." He nodded his head in acceptance of the fact in front of him. Jan was brimming with anger and the restraints he placed on himself knowing that Jakub could blow up his ranch was evident in his voice and body language. He was trembling and had his p
As Rolph made his way to the nearest safehouse on his way out of Texas State, Every security personnel affiliated to Nikkie but working for Jan were simultaneously packing up. They have always been ready for this day for years. They were Jakub's ears and eyes on the ranch but their main duty was to watch out for Rolph. Now that Rolph was leaving and Jakub had no interest whatsoever in the family's black market businesses, there was no reason for them to stay. Whatever monitoring needed would from thenceforth be done from underground.They were given two assignments. First was to rescue Derrick and the second was to bring Rolph to New-York. But because they were just a few hands and getting Derrick out was going to be tricky, they couldn't divide the team. So Nikkie's team in San Antonio was assigned to Join up with Rolph at Rockport where the nearest safehouse was situated. This team was to get Rolph moving and meet up later in New-York. While Jan was in his room
When Jan left the office, he made his way to his Villa in a very dark mood. All he ever wanted was to reinstate his family back in Poland as his father made him promise before his death. And he could only do that by having a male heir who will carry on the name of the family. But somehow, the universe decided to make a joke of him by giving him two boys and giving those two boys nothing but girls. When he had discovered Rolph's existence, it was a miracle to him because he had already given up hope. Now after years of grooming the boy with everything he had, he was faced with turning the boy into a prey for his enemies to hunt down. If only Rolph didn't take after his soft hearted, peace loving father, right now, Rolph wouldn't be running for his life but they would be celebrating the elimination of a threat. Now his only hope was to find a middle ground with Adam. If not, after the Roberts were done with him, Adam would finish him and his family off for what Jennifer did to Jolan
By the time Rolph stepped into Jan's office, he found Jan standing by a window with a freshly lit cigar in his mouth. Rolph humbly walked over to Jan's desk and stood there with his head bowed, waiting for further instructions. "Sit down." Jan muttered. In fact, if Rolph's five senses, except for his down-turned eyes, weren't focused on Jan, he probably wouldn't have heard the order. It was as if Jan wasn't talking to him. This made him wonder if there were more troubling things to come. Whatever it was that had Jan so distracted could only be resolved by Jan. Even his own present issues were out of his hands. Rolph took one of the seats and waited. He didn't have to wait for long because Jan puffed a fog of smoke then returned to his seat where he opened his laptop and turned it to face Rolph. On the screen was an open letter from the leader of Robert's family. "They have contacted you?!" Rolph gasped."Read it." Jan replied.Rolph heaved and started reading. The first thing
The moment they stepped into the room, two men already on standby grabbed Derrick and dragged him to a set of heavy iron chains hanging down from the ceiling, just like the one Rolph had in his underground torture room back in Texas. Since Derrick was declared as Rolph's property, Rolph had stopped receiving his punishments. Derrick was the one receiving them in his stead. So when he was grabbed, Derrick and Rolph were not surprised and Derrick didn't put up a fight. Rolph rolled his eyes and faced Jan who had settled in his seat, smoking his cigar as he watched his men chain Derrick up. "How is what Jolanta does with Jennifer any of my business? I don't know where they are. Why are you putting this on me?" Rolph demanded with a straight face. Jan chuckled silently and glanced at Rolph before crushing out his cigar on an ashtray on the table beside his chair. "You have really overestimated yourself. Do you really think that i di