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AUTHOR POV

The two boys kept their gaze fixed on the ground as the man in front of them looked up at them with nothing but coldness. 

His grip was firmly tightened on the chair's armrest but his expressions were blank as usual. The two boys glanced at his grip on the armrest and snapped their eyes back on the ground, looking at the ground as if it's the most interesting thing to look at. 

"Why did I send you guys there?" The man in front of them spoke up ever so calmly but his calmness held nothing but an upcoming Storm. 

"To f-find the boy." The guy named Steve spoke up while stammering. He knew the man in front of him would not kill him but he will do something worse to make him regret for the rest of his life and sparing someone was never in his list. 

"Did you find the boy?" The man asked and they shook their heads. "Hmm, so did I order you guys to destroy her boutique and her book, not only that you even stole some of her dresses. Does this shit suit a scar?" The man asked again as his grip tightened even more on the armrest as he bit his lower lip to calm his inner self. 

"We just thought about scaring her." The man standing besides Steve named Aaron spoke up.

"Did I allow you to?" The man asked again and they said nothing. They were regretting everything and wanted the earth to swallow them up so they don't have to answer him anymore.

"N-no." Aaron said and built up some courage to look at the man in front of them, sitting on the chair as if he owned the world and somehow he did. Not this world but definitely another one. 

"But she did get scared, Sebastian." Aaron said while looking right into 'the scar face' eyes named Sebastian.

Sebastian raised his bruised eyebrow as he titled his head at the man in front him, making him lose his confidence by just one stare.

"Scared?" Sebastian asked and stood up from the chair making two of them step back unconsciously. 

He walked towards Aaron and stood right in front of him. 

"She couldn't even reach my shoulder but still she stood up on her toes, pointed at me and treated me like a damn gangster which I am, no doubt but that thing hurt my ego. My own man was proven wrong in front of me by that little thing and you say she was scared? She was indeed scared but...do you know how embarrassing it was in front of the whole crowd?" He roared at the man in front of him as he grabbed his neck in no seconds, kicking his soul out.

"Sebastian, stop it." Steve said as he grabbed his hand on Aarons neck. His face never showed a single emotion as he continued to choke the man in front of him. 

"Sebastian, come back to your senses." Liam came rushing into the room and lashed Aaron away from the beast's grip. Sebastian kept standing there looking down at the man choking and coughing as he rubbed his neck and inhaled in and out for his life. 

"Liam." Sebastian called Liam and Liam immediately left Aaron as he stood up and faced the scar face. 

"Send these two along with their mates to Theodore." Sebastian ordered Liam and he nodded. The two men were in an abysmal condition after knowing their next destination. It was the last place they wanted to go and the man in front of them knew it.

"But I did see that kid's clothes in her room." Steve spoke up.

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AURORA JAMES POV

"What will you do now?" Sophia asked while gazing at the boy sleeping on the bed. His face features were relaxed unlike last time and his pale lips were parted. 

"I don't know, Sophia." I said and rubbed my hands together as I glanced up at the small figure laying down on my bed. 

"But....I want to help him." I said and sighed. I truly wanted to help him. He seemed alone. Maybe, god sent him here. Otherwise there were many shops and houses in this street. Why would he end up only in mine? 

"It's a huge risk." She said and I nodded. Indeed it was a huge risk. God forbid if they came to know that he's with me they'll make my peaceful life full of chaos. 

"I'll take it." I said and she grabbed my wrist firmly. "Have you gone insane?" She asked and I passed her a look of disbelief. I snatched my wrist away from her grip and stood up as I walked towards the window and looked outside at the blue sky. 

"I can't leave him. This poor child can't even speak. We can't even take Police help and you know I don't trust anyone to give this child to. If I let him out, the hungry wolves will eat him up." I said and crossed my arms up on my chest as I leaned on the window and kept looking outside. 

I was taking a huge risk. 

I cannot stand against the scars but I can't leave this boy either. Just look at him. His tiny and skeleton figure. His big doe eyes with his long hair continuously getting into them. His silence yet his sweet gestures such as thank you and sorry. How can I let him go just so he can end up with those horrifying gangsters.

"Are you sure?" Sophia asked as she walked up to me and put her hand on my shoulder. She was truly concerned and why wouldn't she. The scars are on my head ready to blow up my tiny house. 

Although it's been two days since I've been to their territory, I can still somehow feel a strong presence around myself whenever I leave the house. Maybe, I am hallucinating or that's fear. 

Or, maybe, they are still following me. 

I took a deep breath and nodded. "I'm sure." I said and looked at the boy.