《The Mysterious Demon Book 2》


 Chapter 18: News

    Chapter 18: News


    -Dominic-


    I smirked looking down from the door of the jet. The wind barely letting me breathe but it was a thrill


    nheless.


    "You''re not scared are ya?" I looked back at Harry who, like the rest of the members on board, had his


    gear ready to go.


    I scoffed at his question, "Sure I''m the one you''re supposed to be asking?" I asked back with a


    confident look on my face. Heughed and turned to nce at the rest beforeing back round to


    look at me.


    "I guess you''re right, the only reason they''re here is that they trust you know what you''re doing."


    I raised an eye-brow, pointing to the backpacks strapped to us, "About this?" I asked and he nods, "Oh,


    I''ve actually never done this before."


    I watched in amusement as his face turns white. "What?! Dominic you''re going to get us killed!"


    Iugh out loud at his expression. The rest of the crew seemed to have heard myughter over his


    concern which was for the best. Having one person panic was fine but having the whole ce know


    I''ve never actually skydived yet am making them do it for the first time with me would then actually get


    us all killed.


    "Just do as we trained and you''ll be fine! Trust me, I was taught by a professional." I reassured him


    while patting his back.


    The truth was, Xavier was the one who told me about how to skydive during one of our training


    sessions. We had gotten sidetracked from a physics lesson and he just happened to have experience


    which he liked distracting me with by giving me a whole synopsis on ''how to skydive'' only to kick me


    from behind and scold me about pausing my consecutive punches.


    I shook my head. What was I doing? Having my life sh before my eyes? I didn''t have the pleasure. I


    had to give our team back up as soon as possible.


    "Ready?!" I shouted, and everyone got in their positions. "WOO!" I eximed, jumping out of the ne


    first, instantly having my breath knocked out of me. For a moment, life, death, fighting, walking, living,


    breathing, it was all forgotten and I felt amazing. For the first time, I felt at peace. Falling through the


    air.


    "Dominic!"


    But unfortunately for me, peace wasn''t really my scene. I let out my parachute and glided towards


    where Nick was. I had already nned beforehand that London would help the outer right, Sydney


    would help the outer front and Texas would help the inner right. That left me to help Nick deal with


    central.


    After what happened to Tyler, most of the Texas division had started to fear or respect me slightly. That


    in itself allowed me to get to talk to them. I knew I didn''t have a lot of time so nning an escape wasn''t


    easy. The best way to do it was to have Harry and I convince them to join our side.


    We came to realise that the reason this division specifically went against Nick was because of theck


    of involvement. They wouldn''t be involved in shipments, in ns and weren''t told everything that they


    should have been told which then led to a lot ofck of trust. Florida promised a tighter rtionship, it


    was more beneficial for both of them which had them agree.


    Aside from that though they all had a tight friendship with Nick and the rest of the divisions and for the


    most part, didn''t even want this to happen in the first ce, rather, they needed something while Nick


    was away.


    I used that to my advantage, convincing them that they were needed, how much Nick cares for all of


    them, so much so that even I -someone who didn''t know any of them- could understand. Which was all


    true. I then ended up promising them that they''ll be satisfied with the oue of this war if they joined


    our side. They hesitated but ended up agreeing.


    Through them, I was able to know what Florida was nning, where they''d be and what strategy they''d


    be using. I informed them of our n and we made a separate one. The one we''ll be using now.


    "Dominic!" Nick called as Inded. I grinned at him, getting out of my parachute gear before making my


    way towards him.


    "Hey!" I then looked to see there was a guy behind him already tied up but he wasn''t unconscious like


    the n said Nick would end it. He was awake and looking down at the floor. "That him?" I asked and


    Nick nodded back at me.


    I walked up to him, crouching down in front of him which made him look up at me with confusion. "He''s


    a little young isn''t he?" I ask Nick again while flicking the kid''s forehead, making his eyebrows furrow


    but he didn''t talk back.


    "He turned 23 a couple days ago, he''s not that much younger than us," Nick answered which seemed


    to make the kid''s ears perk up with surprise, turning to look at Nick


    "You remembered?" Despite Nick telling me, he wasn''t that much younger than us, the way he said that


    made me soften. It reminded me of a ten-year-old child who had thought everyone forgot about him


    and from what I know about Nick and his gang, I probably wasn''t too far off.


    This instantly made me protective over him like he was my little brother or...like a son.


    Nickughed back at him, "Of course I remembered! I buy you a new de every year! Well, except for


    thest 10 years because I was in prison of course." He then reached into his backpack before taking


    out a long box. "Here."


    I untied Liam and let him reach for the box, taking it gently before unwrapping it. I watched as a smile


    formed on his face, looking down at the knife that had his initials engraved on it. "Your first knife?" He


    asked Nick to which Nick nodded positively. He tried to hide it from Nick but I saw a few tears


    streaming down his face in happiness making me ruffled his hair with a grin.


    We then heard someone running in our direction and I brightened up when I saw ke emerging from


    the forest. He seemed battered but overall fine which was a relief. When he saw me, his worried


    expression turned to one of happiness. "D!" He then ran up to me as if going in for a hug which I was


    ready to ept but then an image shed in my head.


    Tyler. The way he touched me.


    "Let''s save the hugging for when this is done, alright Love?" I said casually which made him pause,


    slightly confused but respected it anyway which I was thankful for. Instead, he stood next to me and I


    took that chance to slowly put my hand in his, enjoying the warmth that came from it. He squeezed my


    hand back in reply.


    Suddenly, Nick and ke both put a hand on their ear-pieces, listening in to the radio from who I


    assumed was the other members. "Most of the opposing members are down. We had some surrender.


    It won''t be long until this is finally over." Nick announces which makes me sigh in relief.


    "By the way sis," Nick starts,


    "Hmm?"


    "How the hell did you get London and Sydney here?" He asked, truly bewildered which amused me all


    the more, but apart of me was concerned.


    I tilted my head to the side to emphasise my worry. "Have you forgotten that I live in a mansion, Nick?


    I''m rich!" I startughing when I see the look of realisation hit his face. "When you first said that London


    and Syndey wouldn''t be able to make it with the costs and distance, it was in my house! Maybe it was


    the stress, I don''t know, but I knew right away that getting a private jet and having them arrive wasn''t a


    big deal and since you werepletely out of it, I decided to surprise you!"


    This time all three of us burst outughing, I caught Liam chuckling along too.


    ---


    It was safe to say that after hours of fighting, our side finally won. Everyone who opposed us was


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    knocked out safely and fortunately we had some peoplee with us willingly.


    It was 7 pm when we got back to the meetup sight where we set up camp and waited for everyone to


    wake up. As soon as they did, this was going to turn into a huge stepping stone for Nick. He talked to


    me before about what he was nning but whether he''ll y it out or not, I''m not sure.


    I sat down in a private little area, away from everyone for a bit, drinking some water and clearing my


    thoughts when someone took a seat next to me.


    "You okay?" ke asked calmly. I wanted to tell him I was fine but...I couldn''t. I knew the guilt would


    eat me up inside if I didn''t tell him about how Tyler had touched me, even if it meant it would change


    things between us.


    I shook my head negatively in reply, sighing slightly, before telling him. I told him the truth about what


    happened, how it happened, what I had to do as a result of what happened and although, for the most


    part, I didn''t care, after I told him my hands were shaking.


    I didn''t want to look up at him because if he was disgusted or angry, I didn''t want to see those emotions


    in his eyes but he made me look up anyway. I shut my eyes tightly but,


    "Look at me," he says which makes me open them and I see nothing but love.


    "What he did to you was disgusting and cruel, he deserved everything he got back and that doesn''t


    make you any less strong and beautiful. You don''t need to worry, you will always be mine, okay?" He


    whispers before kissing my forehead.


    It took everything in me not to cry as I smiled and said, "Okay."


    "BOO!"


    I almost jumped out of my skin, letting my reflexes act and swinging a punch at whoever had tried to


    scare us. To no surprise, it was Jake who was now holding a bloody nose, moaning in pain.


    "Sweeetheaarrrrtttt, it was just a joke. This hurts you know! I hurt all over!" Heined his whole


    body swinging towards us again. I chuckled a little,


    "Should have thought about that before you decided to scare us, but I''m sorry J," He grinned back at


    me after that.


    "It''s okay! Also, I was meaning to tell you that the gang is awake and Nick is going to talk to us all now."


    I nodded and together all three of us made our way to the giant campfire where Nick was now standing


    in the middle. Nick turned back and looked at me for confirmation. I nodded back at him, giving him my


    full support. He then turned and looked at all of his members, all of who whether they liked him or not,


    was listening intently, waiting for what he was going to say.


    "As of today, I am disbanding The Skulls and Bones Gang!"

 Chapter 19: Disbanded

    Chapter 19: Disbanded


    -ke-


    "As of today, I am disbanding The Skulls and Bones Gang!"


    For a second I stopped breathing.


    "WHAT?!" I couldn''t pinpoint who was the one who shouted, or more urately how many people


    shouted out because there was definitely more than one.


    I ripped my gaze away from Nick and turned to Dominic, she had started walking towards Nick. She


    seemed to be the only one who wasn''t fazed by what Nick had said, her face was calm and...satisfied?


    When she got to Nick''s side, she put a hand on his shoulder which seemed really tense and squeezed


    it gently. This made him sigh and smile at her, it was as if a weight had been lifted from his shoulders


    but it''s not like he could just leave it like that. No one else was satisfied.


    "What the fuck do you mean?!" Liam eximed, standing angrily, Nick''s knife in his hand. He marched


    towards Nick, "This whole war!" He grabbed onto Nick''s cor which made me step forward instinctively


    but I knew Zack and Jason were right next to him and avable if he tried anything.


    "You fought this whole thing just to break us up?! What kind of fucked up logic is that?!" He shoved


    Nick and continued shouting in anger. "Are we that much of a bother to you?! Why can''t you just be the


    leader we want you to be?! You selfish prick!" Liam then stepped forward to try and punch Nick but


    Zack stepped in front of him and kept him back. Liam continued trying and struggling but seemed weak


    in Zack''s hold.


    However, even though Zack was keeping Liam back, he himself looked at Nick with saddened eyes.


    "What''s going on Nick?" He asked softly, hurt in his voice. Zack was the first friend Nick had, the


    person to start the gang with him, of course, this was going to hurt him.


    Nick gave them a wider smile which confused both of them so much so that Liam stopped struggling


    just to try and understand.


    "The reason I''m disbanding the gang is that this isn''t a gang. You''re all my family." He grinned at their


    shocked faces, looking around at every single one of us before carrying on. "I can''t let you guys risk


    getting injured and hurt and punished because of me! We''re so much older than when we started and


    yet we haven''t even begun to start living!"


    Nick stepped forward and put a hand each on Liam and Zack''s heads, "Let''s start living from now on."


    "If living means being in a gang, then make your own. If it means getting your dream job, do it. If it''s


    finding love and having kids, some of us are already almost 30! What the fuck are you waiting for? Lets


    fucking live! Together and safe!" Nick breathed out. "Let''s live."


    I''m not sure what the rest of the guys felt but I smiled at the end of his speech. I definitely understood


    where he wasing from. I walked forward towards him and Dominic, nodding at him when he turned


    to me. Jake came up to us too also grinning from ear to ear.


    Zack sighed in relief and also seemed happy with what Nick said, so was Jason. Now it was the rest of


    them left.


    "We''re still family right?" Nate stood up and asked out loud.


    "Always!" Nick replied which made Nate smirk.


    "Then what''s the problem? The rest of you, get off of your asses, for the first time in 13 years we''re all


    going to spend this night together!" He eximed.


    Zack took that opportunity to grab his ss that was left where he was sitting before and raised it, "To


    the disbanding of The Skulls and Bones, and to the creation of a stronger family! Cheers mother


    fuckers!"


    "Cheers!"


    -


    The rest of the night was spent in a way that a few years ago I wouldn''t have been able to imagine. To


    have so many people all together in one ce, to know them all and spend so much time with them all,


    was amazing.


    A lot of the guys had drinks out, passing them around and after getting tipsy or full out drunk started


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    singing messed up camping songs and kumbaya. I was passed a drink as well and got to catch up with


    a lot of the guys that I hadn''t seen in person since the first time we met.


    Jake had grabbed Dominic away from me and excitedly wanted to introduce her to the rest of the


    women that were present and it seemed like she was reallyfortable with them straight away,


    socialising but seeing her do so for so longfortably made me really happy.


    One of the guys seemed to notice that my focus had drifted off because he nudged my shoulder which


    made me turn back to them. "Fancy someone Mr Lucifer?" Kade teased which made me smirk.


    I nced at the other guys who were amused by Kade''sck of knowledge and how the situation was


    ying out and decided to y with the guy a bit. "Not sure but I do feel something for the girl with the


    grey eyes," I say and he looks a little confused. He leans back to take a look at which one I could be


    referring to. When he spots Dominic, his eyebrows raise a bit.


    "That''s the girl that was with Nick right? She new?"


    "Something like that," I answer


    "What''s her name? She''s hot." Oh, I know.


    I look back at him before I answer, "She''s Dominic, my girlfriend." The way his head whipped back to


    me after he checked Dominic out made the rest of the guys that were listening in to our conversation


    burst outughing.


    "She''s the girl ke imed as his ''future wife'', didn''t you?" One of them says, apart of Texas and was


    probably there when they took Dominic. I nodded back which made Kade''s face whiten.


    "I''m so sorry dude, I didn''t know," He apologises which makes meugh, I reassured him that it was


    fine when Jason walks up from behind us.


    He probably heard the conversation because he says, "You introduced her as your girlfriend before you


    did Nick''s twin sister," whilst chuckling to himself.


    Kade spits out the drink he had just started drinking when Jason said this, "SHE''S WHAT?!" Which


    then makes us allugh unanimously.


    After that, I got up and headed towards Dominic. When the group of girls and Jake saw meing


    they turned and greeted me. I sat on Dominic''s left side, Jake was on her right and the girls sitting in a


    broken circle in front of us.


    "Wee ke," Jane greets and I nod, "Dominic, I actually have ke to thank fo still being here to


    meet you, he saved me from andmine earlier," I tensed a little, hoping that didn''te off a little


    weird to Dominic but instead she chuckles.


    "I''d be worried if he didn''t save you from andmine. I heard they were scattered everywhere!" Dominic


    then turned to me, bringing my forehead against hers before saying, "I''m proud of you, you did great,"


    quiet enough for only me to hear it. It made me grin back at her.


    It was the first time someone had said they were proud of me, it was something I didn''t get to hear from


    my parents and thought I''d never hear ever but she proved me wrong making the evening a thousand


    times better than it was already.


    "Thank you."

 Chapter 20: Peace

    Chapter 20: Peace


    -Dominic-


    "I assure you, Arthur, everything''s fine and I''ll see you as soon as I can," I try to reassure Arthur who


    was on the other side of my phone call. He had been blowing my phone up this past week but because


    of everything that''s happened, I hadn''t been able to get in contact with him until now when I was less


    than five minutes away from my house.


    He had told me that he needed me to exin everything to him, that he needed to hear the truth and


    that he needed to talk to Nick properly as well. I jokingly asked if he wouldn''tsh out like he did before


    but he gave me an unsure, "I can''t promise you" before carrying on. It was worrying sure, but there had


    been so much going on that this now seemed almost insignificant. Almost.


    "Is he still mad?" Nick asks from behind me, the rest of the guys following pursuit too.


    "Seems like it," I answer.


    In terms of Nick''s now former gang, they all separated to go home after that night but it wasn''t a


    goodbye. Everyone left thinking that this was a new beginning, a new chapter to their lives. Some were


    stopped them. Other''s thought they''d take the opportunity to start somethingpletely different. In


    general, no one left angry or dissatisfied. The group even agreed that they would all meet annually and


    do some kind of event. This year was camping, maybe next year it''ll be a dance. Regardless, we


    agreed we''d do it together and it would be crazy.


    We also all agreed to stay in touch more, visit around and see each other more individually.


    Agreeing to all of these things felt off to me as if we were making new year resolutions but inte


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    March. It seemed so weird to be so happy and...peaceful?


    My body wouldn''t rx and I wasn''t sure why. It wasn''t that I felt that anyone there was a bad person, a


    lot of them were really friendly and didn''t present themselves to have any hidden agendas. I would


    know since I''ve been around a lot of people who have. And yet my body felt it was ready to fight. That


    something would go wrong.


    In any case, I stopped outside of the door to my house which made the rest of the guys pause too but


    although they probably thought I stopped because of keys, I actually stopped because even while I was


    here, I didn''t feelfortable. Granted, I never had.


    I had only started paying for this house before losing to King. I built this off of reducing money, myst


    winnings, until I had picked up the business and afforded the ce that way, but the feeling never left


    me, I''d go as far as to say it haunted me.


    It was why I never liked being at home and left everything almost looking minimalistic. My room was


    supposed to bring me peace by being simple but instead, it emphasised my feeling of loneliness,


    leaving me trapped in my thoughts.


    I''d often wake up, curling myself in as tight as I could to get away from the walls or I''d go to sleep


    tugging at my hair to try and stop my head from spinning. It never worked.


    I didn''t want our moment of victory and peace to be ruined in this way though so I pushed the feeling


    back quickly, knowing none of the guys would have noticed anyway.


    I had forgotten that Arthur was on the phone because he hadn''t said anything at that moment too,


    "Arthur?" I asked through the phone, looking down at it as I opened the door and let us inside, thinking I


    may have hung up by ident.


    However, just as I looked up from the phone, I and Nick from what I felt, had been engulfed in a hug. It


    left us both pretty confused, especially since it was Arthur that we had received it from. He was still


    pretty tall inparison to me and only a little taller than Nick so it wasn''t hard to tell.


    I had thought that meeting him again would mean another argument, a fight, a need to have him


    understand but this...this was unexpectedly pretty nice.


    I nced at Nick who had done the same to me and after conversing mentally a little, we both went to


    hug Arthur back with the one arm that we each had avable, the other being too squished.


    "I''m d you''re both safe," We hear him say which brings a warm feeling into my chest. Up until now, I


    was hearing nice things from people I hardly knew so the feelings didn''t quite hit, not the way that these


    current ones did. Hearing my brother say something so caring to both Nick and me, was a calmer


    feeling on its own.


    We pulled apart a little after, smiles evident on all of our faces, Nick''s was a little more nervous though


    until Arthur''s hand rubbed behind his neck and he says, "I''m sorry for being as angry as I was before


    instead of confronting you properly,"


    Nick straight away shakes his head negatively, "No, you had every right to be angry, I''m sorry," he


    turned his head to me, "To the both of you," he continues, "I''m a dick,"


    "Was a dick," Zack came in, swinging an arm around Nick''s shoulders, "Now I think he the balls,"


    Jake tutted though as he walked forward too, "Maybe just one ball, still needs to grow the second," he


    turns to ke, "Right bro?"


    ke then makes a face as if pretending to think about it, the act was quite cute, "Sorry Jake, the way


    he disbanded the gang definitely took multiple balls,"


    "Do they do this often?" Arthur whispers to me, I was relieved to think I wasn''t the only one who


    thought this conversation was weird but Iughed anyway.


    "But he did do it whilst almost shaking so I don''t know ke," Jason too? I started genuinelyughing


    at this point, Arthur and the other guysughing in the background too until,


    "Wait, The Skulls and Bones are disbanded?" The voice was a mildly familiar one but it wasn''t familiar


    enough to be considered safe. I grabbed the gun out of Nick''s backpack pocket and swiftly pointed it in


    the direction that the voice came from. However, I was left shocked when seeing who was there.


    It was Jordan.


    The rest of the guys were as shocked as I were. Despite not being in a gang anymore, it didn''t instantly


    take away their reflexes, they were armed and they were ready to shoot as I was. I just hoped it could


    be avoided or if it were to start anything, the house went down with it.


    What ended up breaking us away from our trance surprisingly was Arthur, "Do you guys know each


    other?" I looked at Arthur with a confused look on my face.


    "Do you know him?" I asked and Arthure looked back at me as if confused as to why I was confused.


    "The Men of Mayhem were allied with the Scorpians. A lot of our information was gathered from them


    and Jordan became one of my closest friends," What a small world. "I thought you knew since Jordan


    was also how Xavier got some of his information too, in terms of gangs and what The Men of Mayhem


    were doing anyway." It was this piece of information that had me fully turn my attention away from


    Jordan andpletely onto Arthur but before I could question him further, ke took a step in front of


    me and questioned Jordan first.


    "What are you doing here?" His voice was low and threatening, something I didn''t hear often but it sent


    a shiver down my spine, I enjoyed it.


    "I thought I could talk to Dominic but since you''re all here, I might as well tell you all," Jordan starts,


    looking around and getting a nod of approval from Arthur. "I left the Scorpians and we need to be


    protected."


    "We?" I asked whilst also noting what he said. It wasn''t surprising that he left, when I knew him from


    before the whole gang business, Jordan was a good guy, but to ask for protection from people he tried


    to kill?


    After I asked my question, a woman emerged from the other side of the wall. She had a round face and


    her defining feature was her short curly ginger hair that shone under the sun but it was thebination


    of both which made me specte.


    Jordan seemed to know what I was thinking or trying to figure out because he introduces her, "This is


    Anna,"


    "She''s..?" I start, in my head finished the sentence, ''-the girl you used to tell me about?'' Jordan reads


    the question perfectly and nods with a smile, confirming it. It''s that which makes me lower my gun. If I


    were to guess the reason why Jordan joined the gang, it was to protect Anna. Her family being tied with


    people that also had strong links to the Scorpians was dangerous and he''d often tell me he wished


    there was a way to break her out of it.


    This must be it.


    I spent quite a while getting Nick and the guys to ease up to Jordan. I didn''t me them for being so


    hostile considering the gang''s biggest enemy was the Scorpians in the first ce but by using what


    Jordan did for me while I was in prison, I at least got them to listen.


    I spent a lot of time with Anna as well. For some reason, I was able to feel at ease with her a little. Our


    upbringing was nothing alike but being with her was a lot of fun. I could tell I was helping her ease into


    the situation as well. It made sense she was ufortable around so many people she only knew for


    being violent and criminals, myself included, but after a bit, I got her to open up a bit and genuinely


    enjoyed herpany.


    It was midnight when we were able to settle things with some kind of agreement. There wasn''t


    and the rest before they went towards a hotel they''d be staying. This truce we had would ensure that


    we protected them but as individuals rather than a gang so if they did get involved in something


    troublesome at night, we couldn''t say we''d be there for them and couldn''t risk getting caught up in it but


    we would be watching.


    I couldn''t fully trust them either.


    Regardless, after they left so did everyone else until my house was almost empty. ke was going to


    go home too but before he could leave, I got anxious and held him back by holding a little of his shirt


    from behind. "Don''t leave," I say in a quiet voice and he doesn''t question me any further, he keeps me


    considering what happened with Tyler but with ke all of my muscles were rxed and I felt like I


    couldn''t be morefortable and trusting with anyone else.


    "I haven''t had you all to myself in a while," he says softly and he ys with the ends of my hair. "I


    missed you,"


    I look up so that our faces are only a couple of centimetres apart, breaths dancing together as I say,


    "I missed you more."


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 Chapter 21: Love Me

    Chapter 21: Love Me


    -Dominic-


    As the words left my lips, ke''s hand took a hold of my neck and brought himself lower, pushing his


    lips against mine. We kissed, it was passionate but also longing. Both of us longing more but I knew


    ke wouldn''t push me past my boundary, I had to tell him it was okay.


    So, between the dance of our lips, I gently bit his lip, tugging it, which was enough. His tongue fought


    against mine, mapping out my mouth as my hands start travelling up the sides of his bare chest but he


    pulls away.


    "What''s wrong?" I ask, trying to hold back my need that was growing for him, showing worry instead,


    but he smiles down at me, his eyes bright and hungry.


    He shifts so that he''s on top of me now but doesn''t move to carry on just yet. I watch as he traces a


    finger from my jawline down the side of my body before fiddling with the ends of my shirt. It was as if he


    was inspecting me, or teasing me, I wasn''t sure. He looks back up into my eyes before saying, "I want


    to try something."


    I smirk, this would be the first time, "Go for it." I say which makes him grin back down at me, quickly


    giving me another kiss before standing up. I sit up, watching as he goes towards my drawers and pulls


    something out. From what I could see it was one of my ck shirt ribbons.


    He walks back to me, I can''t help but have my eyes wander down his chest, his muscles, his v-line.


    There were marks and some bruises but I found them all the more attractive. I look back up now that


    he was sat in front of me. "Close your eyes." He orders, voice low, so I did. When my eyes were closed


    I felt the silk of my ribbon being put over them, tied at the back. My other senses seemed to go on


    overdrive now that I couldn''t see. ke''s cologne hitting my nose, the hairs on my arms and neck


    standing at how close he was but how little he was touching me. "I''ll be right back." He then murmurs


    into my ear, I could feel his throat rumble against me, his lips on my skin, his teeth brushing against me


    as if he was going to bite but he resists and leaves the room.


    I sit there for a bit, wondering what he went to get. With the darkness, an image of Tyler springs into my


    mind which makes me hold my breath. However, I reminded myself that I was with ke, the man I


    love, the man that I trust.


    I suddenly then hear something being ced on my nightstand before I feel a hand gliding me down so


    I wasying on my back. "ke?" I asked, making sure.


    "It''s me, don''t worry," He says, this time by my neck. Hearing his voice makes me rx again.


    He seemed to understand that I was ready now, seeing my muscles rx because he starts kissing


    along my neck, nipping at my skin with both his lips and teeth from time-to-time. He travelled around


    before finding the perfect spot before targeting on and sucking on the skin in the area slightly. At the


    same time, his hand that was stationed by my waist made itself way under my shirt, rubbing at my bare


    skin, tracing my abs.


    I was starting to get hot.


    I ran my own hands through ke''s hair, the soft feelingfortable under my fingers. When he was


    done with the spot on my neck he came back up and almost attacked my lips with his own. He was


    getting as excited as me now. The force in the kiss proved that to me.


    As we kissed, I felt his hand suddenly go to my lower waist which caught my attention instantly. I could


    feel him smirk against my lips, knowing that he''s getting a reaction from me. He doesn''t undo my jean''s


    buttons but instead pushes his hand down, keeping close to my core. I hold my breath, squirming


    slightly.


    I then feel two of his fingers rub me from over the fabric of my underwear, instantly making me arch


    against him. I hear ke chuckle at me, "Enjoying it are we?" He asks, rubbing more consistently, in


    circr motions but really slowly. I knew I was going to get wet fast this way.


    "You tease," I breathed which makes him let out a satisfied sound before pulling his hand out. I almost


    groaned at the loss of heat but he doesn''t go far. Instead, he starts pulling my jeans off of me,


    underwear with it before I feel him spread my legs apart. He also takes the time to lift my shirt over my


    head but before I could pull my arms out, he used a hand to hold them above me.


    It was silent for a second, the only thing I could hear was the shuffle of whatever ke had put on my


    nightstand before he says, "You''re gorgeous," but before I could reply I suddenly feel something ice-


    cold rub at my core.


    I let out a moan, the feeling was new but it was so good. A shiver travelled up my spine, exciting me


    even more as ke rubbed what I assumed was his fingers and an ice-cube against me. He rubs


    faster after hearing my moan which makes me let out more. The cold hitting my hot wetness, was


    amazing.


    He only paused when the ice melted a bit before slowly, inserting the rest of it in me. I bit my lip,


    arching my back again. His own three fingers followed the ice-cube, inserting them in me, "ke- ah!" I


    moan out as he goes in and out.


    I then feel ke close to my ear again. "I love it when you moan my name," He enters again when


    make me open my mouth and he took that opportunity to explore with his own once more.


    After that, he travels down my body until his head is at my opening. I could feel his warmer breath


    against me but he doesn''t touch me yet. Instead, he stops which confuses me. "ke?" His hand goes


    onto the scars on my legs which makes me understand. I could imagine it, him looking at them softly,


    worriedly.


    "I''m sorry you had to go through so much pain," he says, kissing the scars and the stitches on my legs


    one by one. "You won''t go through that again," he promises, voice dark and almost angry? As if he was


    talking to the one who did it.


    After that he drives his tongue into me, catching me off guard. "Ah!" I moan out and try to move my


    hands to his head but the shirt restricts me. ke notices my struggle and I could feel his grin by my


    entrance. The way he stops makes me whimper.


    "You''re not allowed to move your hands or I''ll stop," he says and continues, his tongue working


    wonders, circling, going in and taking my juices. "You taste good so I''d rather you don''t move as well."


    He hums. I let out more moans than I ever had before, tightening my legs around him to try and pull


    him in closer to me without my hands but that makes him chuckle as well. "You''re going to choke me,


    love,"


    "I''d be sorry but your restrictions have me desperate," I say back, grinning.


    "Is that right?" he starts at it again but this time a lot slower. His tongue traced my clit, only half


    touching my g-spot before softly pushing against my entrance.


    I could feel iting, my hands gripping at my sheets. "ke!"


    "Yes, my love?" he continues to kiss at me slowly


    I bite my lips again, I hated doing this and he knew it too but I had to swallow my pride, I knew what he


    wanted. "Please," I say and try bringing my hands down but he gets up and doesn''t let me.


    "Please what?"


    His voice held such a strong teasing tone. He knew what he was doing to me. "Please...set me free" I


    finally say and that seems to satisfy him.


    "As you wish," he says before untying my blindfold, letting me see his beautiful face, his eyes glowing


    with lust. I also take notice of the bulge he has in his trousers as he lets my hands go.


    I decided to use that to my own advantage.


    -ke-


    As soon as I let Dominic''s hands go, she flips us around, pushing me against the bed with her body


    climbed over me. I wasn''t expecting her to make that move but regardless, her strength made it easy.


    The way her hair hung down towards my face, her eyes taking in my body as I did hers, her jaw and


    her abs were the sexiest to me, they made her irresistible. I noticed my mark on her neck too, glowing


    in colour, letting the whole world know she was mine.


    I looked at her, questioning what she was doing, as her sweet taste lingered on my mouth. She saw my


    look and a sh of mischief went through her eyes but it was that which had distracted me and


    suddenly I''m forced into letting out a pleasureful groan.


    Her hand was rubbing against my already hard dick. I tried to contain my needs for as long as possible


    because I wanted her to feel really good tonight but now that she was touching me, it was bing


    hard to hold onto my urge.


    She saw the look on my face and carried on rubbing with her hand whilst kissing at my chest, leaving


    marks of her own as she trailed lower and lower. My trousers were bing really constricting now


    but as I reached to take them off she stopped me and mumbled, "I''ll do it," against my skin turning me


    on a thousand times more.


    I watched as she unbuttoned my trousers and pulled them down before kissing down my v-line. She


    was so close, her mouth was so close. I could feel her tongue on the line of my underwear but she had


    yet to take that off.


    I took a hand and pushed her head gently closer to me, her hair tangled in my fingers.


    She kept rubbing my dick with her hand over my underwear, circling the head which made me groan


    again as she continued kissing my stomach and waist.


    That was when I realised she was teasing me back. "Fuck," I let out when she rubs faster. She seems


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    happy with my reaction and goes faster. "Dominic," I breathe out and she gets the idea, releasing me


    from my underwear and allowing me to be free which has me let out a relieved sigh.


    She then continues kissing down which I wasn''t expecting. I watched as her fingers circled with the


    head, moisturising it with my pre-cum as sheys soft kisses up my shaft. I push her head against me a


    little more, tightening my grip on her hair on reflex which then causes her to lick down it. "Arg-


    Dominic," I moan out when her tongue reaches my tip which has me pushing back a climax.


    "I want you in me," she says against me and I didn''t waste any more time. I pulled her up and made her


    "I don''t have a condom," I tell her but she doesn''t seem fazed.


    "I know."


    I smile to myself and line up with her entrance before pushing myself in. She was already close to her


    limit because of all of the teasing and so was I. I pushed against her, rocking in and out, going faster,


    both of us breathing hard. "Harder, ke!" I hear her shout which makes me grin and I go in harder


    and faster, her hips grinding against mine making this feel so good.


    "I''ming," I let out, despite enjoying the rhythm.


    She moans out, "so am I" so I wait under I feel her be even tighter before finally reaching our


    climax.


    I stay inside her, cuddling her as we catch our breath, nuzzling my head in the crook of her neck. This


    makes her run her fingers through my hair which I loved the feeling of. But it wasn''t the only thing,


    "I love you," I told her and I feel her smile against my forehead.


    "I love you too."

 Chapter 22: Hopeful

    Chapter 22: Hopeful


    -Zack-


    I had imagined that if I were to ever write something it''d be a st.


    It would probably start with a sex scene, with a hot chick that I would have brought home after an


    awesome night out, partying as if the world was going to end, dancing and cheering like nothing else


    mattered.


    It would have. If I was still 17 years old and had no aims, no dreams and just wanted to have fun.


    Other days would be spent training, shooting at my targets from all angles, knowing that I would never


    miss. I was the protector of our division, of our leader. I was supposed to be the backbone, the partner,


    the guy who didn''t have to think about shit but was ready to act whenever and I was reliable.


    But now, I stand looking down at a rejection email. The fifth one this week, thirtieth this month. There''s


    nothing exciting about this which in itself is a letdown. I thought getting a job would be easy, I thought


    getting a life would be easy. Except now I just sound like an old man.


    Dominic would have given me a job if I asked but she''s helped me so much as it is, tutoring me with


    business, letting me use her books, supporting me mentally when I couldn''t go to anyone else, but at


    this point, I just feel like a burden.


    We''re not a gang anymore either so my shooting skills are useless and no one really needed


    protecting. When Jordan and Anna came around asking for us to guard them almost, that was probably


    the only option I had left and even that I wasn''t happy about. At least this way I got to walk outside of


    their hotel for a few minutes each day, make sure they''re okay before heading home. I didn''t expect


    anything drastic to happen though and I''m not sure how involved I want to be for them either.


    I sighed, deleting the email and getting up from my bed to go into the kitchen of Nick, Jason and I''s


    apartment. I wasn''t sure who was home and who was out since I had stayed in my room all day and


    now it was 4 pm and it felt like the whole house was empty. I guess that was the perfect opportunity for


    a drink.


    I took out a shot ss and some vodka before sitting at the dining table. It suddenly felt ufortable


    though. Not just the fact that I was sat alone when I''m used to the room beaming with people but


    drinking as a whole. When I was younger, I wouldn''t have hesitated, never liked the taste but whoever


    drank for that? The buzz is what I loved about it.


    But now, looking down at my ss that I had yet to fill, I almost didn''t want it anymore. Something


    repelled me, but thinking it was just the fact that I wasn''t used to it since it''s been 10 years, I screwed


    off the lid and was about to pour.


    But my hand was stopped.


    I looked up and Jason had been the one who had stopped me. "You know," He begins, taking the bottle


    from me, setting it aside and sitting down at the table as well. "I was confident you had gone sober after


    your ten-year hiatus."


    I scoffed a little, covering my tired state with a grin, "You say that as if I was addicted!" Iughed but he


    didn''t join me in it.


    "You were." His tone doesn''t really change but it made my mouth twitch nheless, almost having my


    grin fall in surprise. He nced my way, catching my reaction before leaning back on the chair and


    looking up. "We were all aware of it you know? How much you tried to distract yourself with alcohol


    when you were in pain. None of us was ignoring it, it''s just that none of us knew a better solution at the


    time."


    This time my grin shattered, I didn''t think anyone had noticed, didn''t think anyone had cared.


    "But now, it''s not really the same thing," He continues, standing up, grabbing the bottle before patting


    my shoulder motioning for me to stand as well so I did. We walked up to the sink where he then passed


    me the bottle. I looked at it confused, hesitantly taking it in my hands and waiting to hear what he


    wanted me to do with it. Except, when he said, "Empty it," I suddenly froze.


    I looked down at the sink, the bottle before looking back at Jason, I couldn''t- "You can do it, you''re


    stronger than this Zack, we all know you are. Besides, you don''t need to rely on drinks to get you by,


    you have us. So please, rely on us a bit more.


    I looked down at the bottle again. This time a wave of motivation hit me. He was right. I had friends and


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    people I could call my family, people I could trust. They...are here for me.


    And so I emptied it. Watching the liquid go down the drain and possibly, gone from my life forever. It


    was a freeing feeling and once it was all gone, my shoulders felt lighter, I felt a lot happier.


    This time I was about to turn to Jason with a real grin but when I did, I was engulfed in a hug that I


    wasn''t expecting but, it felt nice and warm. Yet, before I could hug him back he pulled back with a


    proud smile and told me to follow him into the living room this time. He let me walk in first so I opened


    the door but only to have my breath taken at the decorated room and the cheers of those there.


    It seems I wasn''t home alone after all.


    I turned back at Jason, disbelief and excitement on my face, not knowing why everyone was at our


    house but happy nheless and he mouthed, "We''re all here for you," Which made my eyes tear up


    in happiness. I looked back at everyone realising that they were caring for me this whole time, they did


    notice, and they believed that I would be able to let go of my fears.


    Nick then came around and put an arm around my shoulders before happily pulling me further into the


    room and the group. "We''re always looking out for you bro," he whispers in my ear before saying out


    loud, "And as much as this was a reason for celebration as it is, I don''t think we can forget that today


    Zack will finally be joining us at 28!"


    Iughed along with everyone else, being sat down in between, Nick and Jake as Dominic put a cake


    in front of me. It was such a cliche thing for them to do but, I needed this. Not a huge party with the


    whole house filled with people who wouldn''t give a shit but these people. This one room, this one


    group, this one cake, it was all I needed. All I''ll ever need.


    "Man you made me give up alcohol on my birthday?"


    "Zack!"


    "I''m kidding!"

 Chapter 23: Best Friend

    Chapter 23: Best Friend


    -ke-


    "I don''t think I remember thest time we were been able to hang out together like this, ke,"


    I grinned at Jake as he put his next card down during our round of ckjack. "I know, seeing your ugly


    face for this long is quite something," I reply which makes him scoff.


    "Hey! We have almost identical faces! I''m surprised Dominic can stand yours." He retorts which makes


    me chuckle. I put my card down.


    "Yeah well at least I''ve got someone who can, where''s yours?" I ask and he pouts a little, trying to


    distract himself by looking through the cards in his hands.


    He ends up deciding and changes his pouted expression to a more mischievous one, "I''ll find her one


    day, in the meantime, I think we should test how well Dominic can tell us apart. Wouldn''t want you


    getting married to someone who could mistake you for another man now, would we?"


    "You do that and you''re dead," I say casually which makes him grin.


    "I''m doing it!"


    I roll my eyes but smile at his childish behaviour. I would have found myself getting angry at this a few


    years ago but now, I had the utmost trust in Dominic; I knew that even if he did do this, it wouldn''t make


    a difference. She loved me as I did her.


    "Where is she anyway?" Jake asked.


    Dominic was with Anna right now. It''s been a few weeks since she and Jordan have been around and


    in that time Anna and Dominic have started to be really close to one another. They weren''t simr


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    It was the first time I had seen Dominic act so friendly with another person, that too a woman. Ever


    since high school I''ve known her to be independent or surrounded by men who either want to kill her or


    want something from her. We had been some of the only friends she had but now that she''s found


    Anna, I''m happy that she gets to live somewhat normally and...happily.


    I heard from Dominic that Anna had had her do things she had never done before whether that was


    going to the cinema, going to the arcade, dancing at home, doing karaoke. And although she admitted


    to being ufortable about them at first, she ended up enjoying doing them with her. She also made


    Anna do things too like going shooting which Anna was surprisingly good at and going to fights which


    Dominic said wasn''t something Anna was super into but they ended up having a great time anyway.


    This morning they had gone for a walk around one of the bigger parks in the city, probably going to do


    other things too and should be back soon.


    I told Jake this and he nodded excitedly before going on about his ''grand n'' which involved us


    switching clothes and some kind of training that he said we''d go overter. First, we needed to change.


    Jake was wearing a casual white shirt, a grey zip-up hoodie and light denim trousers at the time. I was


    wearing a ck button-up shirt, ck trousers and a burgundy leather jacket. I think it was safe to say


    we definitely had different styles and I would find it weird that we were swapping clothes but we used to


    do it a lot as kids so I didn''t really mind. Jake didin about doing so many buttons though and


    that burgundy was a weird colour.


    After that Jake tried mimicking me which was honestly pretty funny.


    "You''re always really angry so I guess I shouldn''t smile a lot?" He then put on an exaggerated angry


    face which made wrinkles form between his eyebrows, making meugh before I pped the back of


    his head.


    "I am not angry all the time,"


    "Sure dude, also, you gotta start pretending to be like me, call her sweetheart and be a lot livelier" I''m


    pretty sure he was just insulting me now. "What do you call her by the way? What''s her pet name?"


    I scratched the back of my neck while thinking of an answer, it wasn''t really something I had thought


    about, anything we call each other would just be out of instinct, "D, I guess?"


    Jake looked at me as if asking ''am I serious?'' Which made me shrug. "D? Not ''love'' or ''hun'' or ''babe''?


    You''re a terrible boyfriend. I bet she''d love me." I sighed, almost regretting agreeing to this.


    "Yeah, and that''s definitely why I''m her boyfriend," I reply and he smirks at me while doing his hair,


    getting pretty into his role.


    It wasn''t long after when I heard Dominic and Anna''sugh outside the door and I started getting a little


    nervous but pushed it back. It''s not like anything would happen.


    The door opened and the two women walked in, "I''m home!" Dominic calls out, she''s been doing that


    recently which gave the house a more warm feeling than before. Before it used to feel like a ce that


    didn''t belong to her but ever since our night, she''s made it feel more homely.


    I was about to reply but Jake beat me to it, reminding me that I was supposed to be him and him me,


    "Wee home love," he says, walking towards her. His voice was perfect somehow, the way he


    walked towards her, arms outstretched casually too, he was really good. They hugged which made me


    hold my breath a bit. I knew Jake wouldn''t do anything, I trust my brother, but still.


    He got significantly closer to her face now and it looked like he was going to kiss her. I got up to stop


    them but before I could step forward Dominded a hard punch to Jake''s stomach, making me flinch


    slightly as he groaned out inint towards Dominic but then I slowly smile as Dominic walks up to


    me after giving Jake a weird look.


    I hold the back of her neck and give her a short weing kiss before holding her waist, rubbing the


    tips of my fingers on the sides of her stomach when we break away and she turns back at Jake, "What


    was that about?" She asks me and I shake my head,


    "You don''t want to know,"


    Dominic chuckled then guided Anna into the living room after that, waiting for me to follow which I did


    after helping Jake up. "She''s a keeper," Jake says in between his groans which makes meugh.


    "You don''t have to tell me twice."


    We both sat on the sofas in front of Anna and Dominic after. I watched as Dominic excitedly told us


    about what they had been doing today, as sheughed along with Anna, eyes gleaming, smile wide. I


    loved seeing her so happy, knowing she deserved this in every way and if I could preserve it at all, I


    would.


    There was something though, something that felt very off about the room. I felt it when Dominic and


    Anna first came into the house and I had started feeling it now too. The room was filled with chatter, it


    wasn''t awkward or abnormal but there seemed to be a void that felt weird to me. I looked in Anna''s


    direction to see her looking down at herp intently for a second before looking up again and joining in


    the conversation again, all as normal.


    I was going to push this feeling away, thinking it was just me being paranoid when suddenly the whole


    house went pitch ck.


    It was more than just the electricity being cut off, the windows were blocked from the outside as if


    caped by something. "Dominic!" I called, reaching forward to where she wasst and being able to find


    a shoulder that I was sure was hers. I could feel Jake behind me too, probably looking around for the


    weapons we had stored around the house but,


    "Dont bother,"


    A low toned voice said which made us tense, looking around to try and find the source which didn''t take


    long.


    A wind blew outside which lifted whatever was blocking one of the windows allowing a little bit of light to


    enter between us and her.


    Anna stood there, looking almost like apletely different person which her innocent expression no


    longer on. I grit my teeth and then suddenly remembered.


    I whip my head towards Dominic who held a pained expression on her face. So much so that it hurt me


    to see it. "Anna," The name left her lips slowly, her eyes then shut tight a second before opening and


    the expression of Dominic''s face changedpletely as well. She looked at Anna as if she had done


    any one of her other opponents, no ties whatsoever.


    "My father''s gang couldn''t just ept a defeat from people like you," Anna said before slowly raising a


    gun and pointing it in our direction. Both Jake and I stood in front of Dominic in an attempt to protect


    her but all Dominic did at seeing the gun was chuckle.


    "Finally showing your true intentions are you?" Her voice masking what must be painful with pride.


    "Don''t act so smug, you were fooled so easily. Letting people into your home."


    I heard a safety lock of a gun being released from behind me which made me shut my eyes. It seemed


    that even though she finally found her first best friend, she was still prepared for something like this. To


    take it all away, even if it meant so much more pain.


    "Maybe," Dominic says and raises the gun to aim which makes Anna visibly tense but she doesn''t


    waver in her own threat. "But I don''t regret it. After all,"


    "I enjoyed every second."


    Two gunshots were fired.


    And silence followed.

 Chapter 24: Loss

    Chapter 24: Loss


    -Dominic-


    "Hold on Dominic!"


    Like a sister. That''s what she was to me. She understood the feelings I didn''t have to exin. She


    made me experience what I had always wanted as a child. Away from the bullying, away from the


    people who thought I was too boyish to be a girl but too girly to be a boy. That my eyes were too


    ghoulish. My strength a w.


    "You''ll be okay!"


    Of course, I was. Although she had made me think I could finally be normal that I could finally fit in and


    be epted- who would want that anyway? Hah, I was crazy to be sofortable around


    something...something so peaceful.


    "Breathe! They''re going to help you!"


    Arthur had always raised me to be cautious about everyone. I never had friends, I had enemies so that


    instruction became an instinct to me and although weughed, although we did our make up together,


    although we watched movies together, although we walked and danced together, I carried a gun on my


    waistband.


    And when I saw her draw her gun, pointing it right at me despite hugging me only moments before, I


    knew. I watched her shoot before, she was urate, she was precise. She was better than me at


    shooting it despite her telling me through a smiling face that she hadn''t done it before. It was a lie of


    course but sometimes you like to hope.


    Regardless, I knew that I had to protect the people I loved and if it was her that they had to be


    protected from then I wouldn''t hesitate. For their sake, I was prepared to shoot the one person who felt


    like the first female friend I had ever had. For their sake, I shot her first.


    I saw it, when I pulled the trigger, the fear that ran through her eyes, the tremble in her hands, the


    nce she took at ke and how she was about to redirect her aim but I stepped forward and caught


    her attention again. She shot less than a second after me but it was out of fear.


    She wasn''t a liar.


    She had told me that her father forced her to join his gang, that she was forced to see people killed and


    that she hated it. I watched her breakdown whilst describing how she had to sit through people being


    burned, being stabbed, being shot. She was tortured by watching others. It was a punishment her


    father gave her for wanting to escape and that punishment continues every time she remembers their


    faces of pain and agony.


    She was the exact opposite of me. An Angel she was, wanting to escape the hell she was trapped in


    while I was a Demonfortable in my ring. She healed those imprisoned by her father when he


    wasn''t around while I beat those who stood against me.


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    ''My father''s gang couldn''t just ept a defeat from people like you,'' she had said. If I were to guess he


    probably wanted her and Jordan toe to us on purpose. He probably told her that destroying us


    would finally set her free.


    And I told her I would help her.


    That fearful look that stained her face as my bullet hit her chest, will forever be engraved in my head, in


    my heart.


    Her bullet had hit my stomach at that time. I guess it was only fair. A life for a life.


    When she copsed I stumbled towards her, "I''m sorry," I had said and she shook her head, her eyes


    slowly closing.


    "Thank you.." her voice delicate and almost at a whisper, "Thank you for giving me the freedom my


    father never did,"


    And like that, my sister was gone.


    I leaned against ke, having a hard time standing, as he kept reassuring me that people were on


    their way and that I''d be helped soon. His voice was desperate and panicked though. We were at a


    loss as well and we both knew it. Both of our hands on top of the bullet wound that wouldn''t stop


    bleeding.


    "JAKE PLEASE HELP US!" The pain in his voice was unbearable.


    I had only just found out that I could be pregnant. Missing my periods was normal because of my fights


    but because I hadn''t fought in a while, my periods were stable again until this month. I had all of the


    symptoms and the timing would have been perfect for it.


    When I told ke, he was ecstatic, shouting out in joy as if he had wanted it forever. I joked that I''d


    rather have my abs than the baby but now when we were losing it, I would do anything to be able to


    save it.


    I couldn''t hold it in. I let out a scream of pain.


    ---


    "Dominic?"


    I looked up from my stomach to the door where Jordan stood. He wasn''t on his own, I noticed. Nick


    and Arthur had both been standing by my door this whole time and now stood just behind Jordan that if


    he tried anything he was in arms reach.


    When we caught eyes he immediately started tearing up, the flowers in his hands were dropped and he


    went to cover his face. "I''m so sorry. I didn''t know I swear-! And your b-"


    I clenched the bedsheets on top of me and stopped him from continuing. "Jordan," I say, voice stern


    but there was weakness in it. When I caught his attention he stared at me, his eyes also in pain. "We''ve


    both lost people dear to us today," I gave him the best smile I could conjure. "I''m sorry." He shook his


    head but didn''t say anything further, picking up the dropped flowers and putting them at the end of my


    bed before slowly taking his leave.


    When he was gone both of my brothers let out a sigh before letting silence consume us for a bit.


    "Where''s ke?" Nick finally asks.


    I turn to the window which had a view of a nice canal where some parents and children yed by,


    feeding the ducks and having pics. "He''s grieving."


    When I got to the hospital he had been at my side, he didn''t leave until he made sure I was okay and


    that everything was taken care of. I had drifted off to sleep due to theck of blood and thest I


    remember was him kissing my forehead before leaving the room.


    Considering how happy the news of my pregnancy made ke, I knew that this event made it that


    much harder for him. "Want me to get him?" Arthur asked but I shook my head negatively. He would


    need time. I would need some time too.


    Later that evening, after I convinced my brothers to go home for the night, I started getting dressed and


    walked out of the hospital. I had started to get ustrophobic and needed some air. Besides, it wasn''t


    like I didn''t have experience getting shot, the healing process wasn''t an issue.


    I then walked out to the canal that I had seen by my window and kept walking under the stars which


    reflected so beautifully against the water. I listened to the water swaying and the silence of the streets.


    This would have been the perfect night for a fight.


    "It''s dangerous out here on your own." A familiar voice called from behind me which made me smile.


    "I didn''t know you were still around." I could hear him let out a breath before walking towards me,


    wrapping his arms around me from behind, immediately engulfing me in the warmth I had been missing


    all day.


    I breathed in his scent which rxed me instantly. "I couldn''t just let you be alone. Not at a time like


    this." I closed my eyes and let him support me, "Besides if I wasn''t here I''m pretty sure you would have


    gone and gotten yourself involved in something violent."


    I chuckled at his words, "You know me well, ke,"


    After that we stayed under the night sky for a bit longer, thinking about what could have been but


    thankful that we still had each other.

 Chapter 25: For Her

    Chapter 25: For Her


    -ke-


    "Again."


    Hit.


    "Again."


    Hit.


    "Last one."


    A huge crash echoed the training room as I finished boxing practice with Xavier. I let out a breath and


    finally got to rx my stance, taking off the gloves on my hands. I was finally getting used to the regime


    that Xavier had created for me. My breath was more stable at the end and my stamina had built up a lot


    now.


    "Want some water?" Xavier offered, going into the mini-fridge.


    I nodded and thanked him once I caught the bottle he threw at me.


    I had been spending a lot more time here training ever since the incident with Dominic urred. I was


    determined to be able to protect her better but not only that, if we were to have a family in the future


    then I''d want to protect them as well. Although, at the moment, I don''t think Dominic wants to go


    through that anymore.


    "You have to stop fighting with anger." Xavier suddenly says, leaning against his desk. I looked back at


    him a little confused which made him carry on exining. "I know you''ve been through rough patches


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    I tried looking back at Xavier''s expression to see him looking at me with understanding but he was as


    stern as always. "Fighting angry will distract you and blind you from being able to read people''s


    movements properly."


    "You speak as if it''s from experience," I say and he scoffs.


    "There''s nothing for me to be angry about, I''m one of the most feared fighters in history!" I rolled my


    eyes at his pride but his eyes then stopped gleaming and he looked away with a straight face for a


    moment. "But," he continues, "The only time I did let my anger out on the ring was when Dominic was


    defeated."


    His face held a look of annoyance now and even I felt tense. "That prick. Theck of respect he had


    and the way he treated Dominic was infuriating. I gave him a good punch to the face but he was


    looking for a fight." I watched him hold his fist, possibly trying to calm down.


    "Why don''t you give him one? It''s not like he''s not around."


    "Because I can''t look at his face without boiling with rage and if we were to fight, I''d be more focused


    on trying to smash his head in rather than looking at what he''s going to hit me with." He suddenly


    started walking up to me and then put a hand on my shoulder, grip hard enough to threaten to break it.


    "That''s why you''re going to do it instead."


    My eyes widened at his words. "What?" I asked, almost breathless.


    "I''ve watched the guy fight for years now and taught you in confidence that you can be the one to fuck


    him up."


    For some reason when he said that, I felt motivated. I could feel my blood pumping around that little bit


    faster. I was excited.


    "So, Beast, are you in?"


    His eyes were gleaming again, a smirk stered on his face and I couldn''t help but reflect that.


    "I''m in."


    We fist-bumped each other and he walked towards his desk again, taking out a clip-bored and sliding it


    against the table for me to see. I walked towards it and looked at a list of names, all of which were


    street fighters.


    "Then it''s time to sign up for a fight."


    ---


    -Dominic-


    I''ve been away from home for a while. The face-offs were in a month and that''s usually the busiest time


    for us so I''ve been all around the state at each of my locations making sure everything was going as


    nned and we were still striving. It had been difficult for a while but we were starting to boom again,


    meaning that I could rest assured for a little while longer.


    When I did get back home and to Xavier''s branch though, I stood by the entrance in surprise. This


    branch was usually the slowest in terms of business at night, mostly because of the King, so seeing a


    whole line to the entrance was quite surprising.


    The only reason I was here was that I knew ke had been spending more time here recently and so I


    wanted to go home with him tonight. Plus, I needed to check on updates with Xavier, now more than


    ever.


    I walked towards the back entrance, the guard ncing at me and letting me inside without hesitance


    and inside it seemed more packed than it was outside and for the first time in a long time, the room was


    filled with noise.


    My ears perked in excitement at the cheers that would be enough to deafen you. My heart starts


    racing. As I walk around a grin settles on my face, seeing so many fighters and spectators, here again,


    brought me back to my past and the days I loved so much.


    "BEAST! BEAST! BEAST! BEAST!"


    People chanted repeatedly, and although this wasn''t a street fighter name I knew, something about it


    felt familiar. It was then when I finally turned to the ring and saw him.


    His stance was strong and determined, fists colliding with his opponents face, breaking their jaw but he


    doesn''t stop. Instead, he wastes no time in swinging around and kicking his foot against the guy''s rib,


    giving him no time to recover or hit him back.


    "ke,"


    His name softly left my lips. He had left me in awe.


    I then suddenly felt an arm wrap around my shoulders. I knew who it was already, "Impressive, isn''t it?"


    Xavier asked and I nodded positively, unable to rip my eyes away from the fight in front of me. "I wasn''t


    sure about him at first, but Demon, I think I''ve learnt to trust in your judgement. ke is a really good


    guy, but also," He leaned in close to my ear and finished, "A really good fighter."


    When he said that I turned to face him but he pulled away from me and started walking towards the


    ring where ke had made his finishing blow. It made my attention focus on him again as well as


    Xavier''s voice announcing,


    "AND THE WINNER IS THE BEAST!"


    ke put a fist in the air in celebration, taking in the cheers of the crowd and as his eyes scanned


    around, they finally met my own and I was struck. His grin faltered for a moment but then I raised my


    own arm to match his own, grinning from ear to ear myself through the tears that threatened to fall.


    When he saw this, his happy expression was ced back onto his face and he continued to celebrate.


    I walked towards Xavier''s office/training room after that, still able to hear the cheering going on outside


    but that didn''t bother me. Not long passed when Xavier and ke both walked into the room as well,


    both of themughing and happy. It pulled the strings of my heart a bit because it reminded me exactly


    of how Xavier and I would end our night of fighting, how we''de in exhausted but all the more


    proud. I missed it.


    When ke saw me he ran towards me for a hug which I indulged in with open arms. As much as I


    missed it, this was ke''s moment now and I couldn''t be any prouder for him. "You''re going to get


    blood on me, let go," Iughed when he wouldn''t stop.


    "I don''t care," he says, and I could feel his smirk against my skin. He thenes in for a strong kiss, an


    electric feeling surging within me when he does until I begin to taste something warm and metallic in


    my mouth.


    I pull away from him, chuckling but pretend to be in disgust, "Now I''ve got your blood in my mouth!" I


    exim but the taste was one I was all too familiar with. It shes in my head, the number of times I''ve


    had holes in my cheeks, bleeding gums, ripped lips.


    ke spins me around and holds me from behind whilst saying, "And you love it." To which I roll my


    eyes but don''tin and instead hold a smile.


    I expect Xavier to make a sarcasticment towards us like he usually does, tell us to ''calm down'' or


    ''save it for when we get our own room'' but he doesn''t and when I look at him, he''s holding a smile of


    his own, warmth in his expression.


    "What''s his training schedule?" I ask and Xavier takes out a sheet of paper, passing it to me.


    "You might recognise it," he says as I read over it to see it was pretty simr to mine a long time ago


    but it wasn''t as intense. Plus ke didn''t have to be educated in between the training so I assumed it


    would be a bit easier. Regardless, looking at it, it made sense as to how ke was able to be so


    strong in such a short amount of time.


    From behind me, I feel ke let out a sigh before saying, "I''m going to enter the face-offs, D," I look up


    at him, unsure for a moment but decided that it wasn''t my ce to take something like this away from


    him. I know the feeling of wanting to fight, to win, topete. I nodded positively at him with a small


    smile. "That means I''ll be going against King," he continues.


    The name made me freeze. I start to remember how I was beaten, sliced at, how my identity was


    ripped from me. For a second I feared for ke. I didn''t want to see him go through the same thing I


    did. I didn''t want him to be in pain like I was or want to give all this up after just finding it.


    But when I looked into his eyes, I saw dedication. It was as if he was begging me to let him do


    this...and I couldn''t say no. "Okay," I say which makes him grin down at me, giving my cheek a kiss


    before pulling away from me.


    I looked back down at his schedule in my hands and couldn''t help but furrow my eyebrows, especially


    after learning that ke will bepeting. "There''s something missing isn''t there?" Xavier seemed to


    notice my expression so I sighed and exined.


    "You''ve put a heavy focus on boxing which is usually the right way to go, but against King, I''d


    rmend kick-boxing to be your priority. The techniques he uses are centred around the krav maga


    martial arts which emphasise the use of your arms. It was developed for the Israel Defense Forces and


    Israeli security forces so it was no wonder it caught me off guard. Aside from kickboxing, taekwondo


    would be your best bet."


    As I say this I look up to find Xavier giving me a half proud half mischievous look. I raised an eyebrow


    at him which prompted him to say what he was thinking. "Then you better start training him."


    "What?"


    He walks closer to until his face was close to mine. He must have realised by now that intimidating me


    with height was going to work but by closing in on distance, especially with how close he was now, I


    started to tense and he could see that. "You''re the only one who has experience fighting King and I


    know you''ve been analysing every second of you guys'' fight because you regret letting such a sick fuck


    get the best of you like that." I sucked in a breath, knowing he was right.


    For days and weeks after our fight, I used recordings to go over our movements, to look into his


    techniques, to figure out how he was fighting, how I could have avoided it, how I could have won.


    Despite that though, it just emphasised how much I didn''t.


    "Train ke to be the fighter you couldn''t be that night."


    I looked back at ke, he was watching us intently. I didn''t know how much of this they had nned or


    for how long but he seemed just as shocked about me training him as I was. Yet, I knew that only I


    could have ke win the fight in a months time.


    With that decision, I nod back at Xavier,


    "Let''s do it."

 Chapter 26: Fight

    Chapter 26: Fight


    (A/N: Dear Readers, thank you all for your patience, I know I haven''t updated in a while but you''ve


    caught me in the middle of my final exam period, Ramadan and Eid but topensate, I''ll be making


    this chapter longer than usual. Enjoy!)


    -ke-


    An rm woke me up that morning, making me get up instantly.


    I''ve been training with Dominic for 3 weeks now and these weeks have been some of the hardest I''ve


    had to go through physically. I thought having Dominic as my trainer would have been easy, we''d have


    fun all the time -and sometimes we do, but there''s fear in her eyes, fear for me.


    As I brushed my teeth and changed into my workout gear, I''m reminded why. Just as much as it hurts


    me to think that she was beaten up and humiliated in the worst way possible, she probably felt that


    same way thinking about me and what would happen if I were to go against the King. I''ve acted


    confident for her, told her I could do it, trained my ass off to get stronger and stronger eaching day,


    trying to put her fears to the side but in truth,


    I doubted.


    As strong as I was getting, there was still a part of me that thought that if Dominic couldn''t do it, then


    how could I? And if I were able to defeat him, to gain the title of strongest street fighter, then how would


    that make Dominic feel? I didn''t want to put her through something like that but whenever I''ve tried to


    talk to her about it she''d tell me that things like that weren''t a problem, that thoughts like that would just


    drag me down, have me hesitate.


    ''Think of me as your challenge, not your setback. Just like how I thought of Xavier,'' she had told me so


    I shook the thought out of my head. I was doing this for her and would win whether I liked it or not


    because he needed to be taught a lesson.


    I walked down to the training room where Dominic was waiting for me. I caught her testing out one of


    the punching bags, her swings sharp, the contact loud and in the end, she did a quick turn and kicked


    at the height of someone''s head which made the bag swing off of its hook. I stood impressed before


    going in to help her pick the bag up again but before I could, I noticed that her face which was semi-


    hidden by her hair held a smile.


    "Morning," I greeted and she turned to me with a grin,


    "Good morning!" We shared a quick kiss, the gentlest part of the day, before getting ready, "This is your


    sessions from 9 am-3 pm, myst day of independent workouts from 9 pm-11 pm, myst day before


    the fight.


    I grinned,


    "As ready as I''ll ever be."


    -


    We were at the 5-hour mark for today''s training session, Dominic was teaching me a new hold which


    involved me being locked under her and as much as this position would have been desirable any other


    time, right now it was painful as fuck. Thankfully, she unlocked it when her phone went off, leaving me


    "Alia will be here soon," she lets me know after her phone call. Alia was one of Dominic''s trainees and


    she''de for her lesson once a week for an hour as well. During this time Xavier woulde and


    train me. In that sense, Alia is my saving grace. I love Dominic, but her workout sessions are far from


    easy. Even now when I should be used to the intensity, my legs shake, hardly able to carry me and


    even though we aren''t focussed on ab work,ughing, sneezing, makes my core ache.


    I look up to see Dominic leaning down to look at me while I was still on the floor. Her face held a soft


    expression, her beautiful smile ying on her lips, her eyes gleaming.


    I wanted to ask her a question but nerves got the best of me and it ended up getting stuck in my throat,


    so instead, she lightly taps my cheek twice and says, "Come on hun, you had your break already, carry


    on going until Xavier gets here"


    ''hun'', that was new but it gave me a warming feeling so I wasn''tisant when getting up, even


    though it hurt like hell but before I could fully stand, "Why''s your ass on the floor ke? Don''t tell me


    Demon can still beat you this close to thepetition!"


    I rolled my eyes at Xavier''s exmation as he walked into the room, jacket swung around his shoulders


    as if he ruled the world. "Don''t be mean," Dominic says but just as I was starting to think that she was


    defending me, "beating me isn''t that easy of a feat." Their chuckles filled the room, and a sudden


    realisation that these street fighters were going to be the death of me made its way into my head. They


    were the actual demons.


    Aliaes in not too long after that, we nod at each other in formal greeting but we don''t usually talk. I


    do catch a bit of their training while I''m having my break with Xavier though and something about it


    tempts me to ask, "Why is she so much nicer to girls?"


    While Dominic would raise her voice when giving me quick instructions, was rough, would tell me to go


    faster or that I was too weak, her voice was still stern but more gentle with her, she was formal, she


    was caring, and she made sure Alia wasfortable all the time.


    Xavier was confused at my question until he turned to them and realised what I meant. "Because boys


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    are assholes."


    I looked back at him with a raised eyebrow and he shrugged. "If she were to show any ''nice-ness''


    during her training sessions with guys they''d walk all over her, call her weak, or wouldn''t take her


    seriously. Boys are assholes. Girls, on the other hand, respect her no matter how she speaks to them


    so she doesn''t bother being rough. It strains the throat you know."


    "You say, ''boys are assholes'' as if you aren''t one of them."


    Xavierughs at me wholeheartedly before eximing, "Because I''m a man!"


    ---


    -Dominic- Two Dayster-


    "It feels weird, doesn''t it?"


    Xavier was standing next to me in my office in the bar. There were 15 minutes left until the Face-Offs


    started and the whole ce was packed. Xavier was thementator for the fights tonight, I was the


    supervisor, but all we could think about was how we used to stand in the street fighter''s section in the


    midst of the screaming and cheering and wait for our names to be called out.


    "It does," I answer.


    I feel him nudge me after that so I turn to him to see his hand outstretched. "For old times sake," he


    says which makes me grin before locking my hand with his,


    "Through this, we, the first and second strongest, promise to stay true, stay fair and stay bloody no


    matter who we''re fighting or what we''re fighting, even if it''s each other."


    He pulls me in and hugs me after that before going on and telling me to ''wish him luck'' as he exited the


    room. The next thing that could be heard is his voice booming through the speakers,


    "LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, ARE YOU READY?!"


    And as the cheers grew, my goosebumps started to form so I took in a deep breath and walked out of


    my room. The fights were starting.


    -


    After a few hours, the tournament rounds were ending quickly, fights being 2-5 minutes on average.


    There were a lot of new fighters this year but unfortunately, a lot of them were inexperienced and would


    quickly be defeated by those who were year-long fighters. Even then, almost none of the fighters I used


    to go against were here anymore. The only person I did recognise tonight apart from Nick and the rest


    of the guys was Destroyer but he wasn''t here to fight, he came up to me to say hi, telling me he only


    came to see me since the fights were held in my bar this year. When I asked him why he didn''t sign up


    he told me it wasn''t fun if I wasn''t going to be a part of thepetition.


    "You could have had a shot at beating King," I tell him and he scoffs.


    "That trash of a human being who calls himself ''King''," we pause to look at the ring where he was


    currently fighting and although Xavier told him to stop already, he continued beating the unconscious


    fighter until Xavier pulled them apart forcefully, "deserves to be ripped apart by you, M.D"


    I can''t help but smile, "Still calling me M.D when the whole world knows my real name?"


    He shakes his head, "I didn''t want to find out like that. I wanted maybe a handshake, a formal greeting-


    " I stopped him by extending a hand which he looks down at with shock.


    "My name is Dominic,"


    He shakes my hand excitedly which makes meugh, "Wait I wanna take a picture too!" And after our


    selfie, I start paying attention to the ring again. ke was up for his semi-final match.


    ke had been doing really well in the fights so far. I wasn''t worried about his stamina because we had


    been training in long hours for weeks so he had built that up, I also made sure that these past two days


    he was resting so that he''d have the energy to go all out tonight. The only thing to worry about now was


    his technique and how well he''s able to adapt to his opponents. During our spars, I made sure to


    change my fighting style often so he wouldn''t get used to the same thing. He had also been fighting at


    the bar on his own which would have helped that too.


    I was still worried though. Every time he''d get hit, I''d flinch, hoping he wouldn''t get hurt too bad but that


    was unavoidable tonight, especially if he were to go against the King. But I was confident. I taught him


    as much as I could in the short amount of time we had. I had him work hard and it''ll be worth it.


    It''ll be worth it.


    I made sure whilst ke was fighting, I was near the ring, showing my support and giving him pointers


    whenever I could. This time was no different. After this semi-final match, he''d be going against King


    who, judging from the match that just took ce, was still bloodthirsty.


    When ke saw me he grins, showing the blood pooling in his mouth which makes me chuckle, "Win."


    I tell him and he nods at me, determined.


    Their match starts and ke doesn''t hesitate to go right in, dodging the other guy''s punch before


    responding with his own, one at the jaw, another on the side but afterwords, he got kicked which


    separated them again. This went back and forth for a while until he was finally able to hold the guy in


    the hold that I had taught him which not only trapped the other guy from moving but also the angle at


    which his arm was held was probably causing a tremendous amount of pain. The guy was being


    persistent though if only ke was to make it tighter he''d dislocate the shoulder.


    "Tighter ke!" I shouted after a few more seconds you could see the shouldere undone, making


    the guy scream out in pain and finally give in.


    "THE WINNER IS THE BEAST!"


    "Yes!" I eximed as ke got up and made his way towards me. I gave him a kiss which he returned


    excitedly.


    "Only one more left," He whispers in my ear and we both turn to look at King who was walking up to the


    ring.


    I made ke look at me before Xavier could announce the start of the fight. "Remember, if he''s using


    the des they''ll most likely be at his joints, his elbows, his knees. If you see himing in with those


    then you need to avoid it at all costs. Use your legs. Stay strong." I tell him and he nods at me. With


    that I let him go.


    "You can do this!" I cheered but it gets lost in between those of the crowds''.


    "Having both of the street fighters train you? I can hardly call this fair!" King eximed at ke but his


    smirk is still stered on his face. He didn''t care about fairness, never did. "You put in a good effort to


    get this far boy but you''ll lose to me, the King!"


    I hoped ke was ignoring him as he nodded to Xavier who announced the beginning of their fight.


    "START!"


    Kinges in quickly, quicker than ke could register and he was punched roughly on the jaw.


    However, ke regained his focus and moved in with a few punches of his own which were easily


    blocked. He tried kicking too but King took a hold of his leg before swinging him over and crashing him


    onto the floor. ke didn''t day down though, he knew better than to do so. He got up and was able to


    kick at King''s legs, making him fall which allowed ke to throw punches at his face a few times, blood


    dripping onto the ring but what he failed to see was,


    "ke his elbow!" I shouted but by the time he noticed it was toote, King brought his elbow down


    where I could clearly see a de stick out slightly from the shirt and jam into ke''s leg. "Fuck,"


    The pain in ke''s leg was distraction enough for King to be able to free himself and go in to swing his


    leg around and hook ke''s neck before dragging it down and locking him into ce. e tried


    struggling but all of King''s weight was on top of him, he couldn''t move which made Kingugh out loud,


    theugh that haunted me. He continued beating ke and at this point I just wanted ke to give in.


    It hurt.


    But he didn''t, he continued fighting and I could see King was getting impatient too because he raised


    his elbow again, the same one as before, and pungled it into ke''s ck by his right shoulder de.


    "ke!"


    However, he didn''t stop the fight just yet and although I was looking at Xavier with desperation to stop


    the fight, he was looking for something which made me stop and look too. ke was holding onto the


    elbow which held the de in his back, keeping King from removing it, before sharply pulling it to the


    side. This made the device attaching it to him break. The knife was still stuck in ke''s back but King


    was thrown to the side.


    The cheers became quiet at this. King was exposed.


    That was Xavier''s queue, "IT SEEMS KING HAS BEEN BREAKING THE FIRST RULE OF THE RING.


    THERE ARE NO WEAPONS ALLOWED! AND FOR THIS, HE IS DISQUALIFIED!"


    I quickly jump onto the ring when Xavier announces this and I rush to ke who was struggling to get


    up. He tried smiling at me when I got to him but the pain stopped him and he let out a groan. "I''m sorry,


    I couldn''t beat him," he told me but I shook my head.


    "You did more than enough, you need help now,"


    "Fuck off! I could have won without the knives! This is bullshit!" King shouts from behind me but Xavier


    wasn''t having any of it,


    "Shut the fuck up you sick bastard, and get off of our ring!"


    "Like hell!"


    Since he was behind me, I couldn''t see what was going on but judging from the gasps from the crowd


    and ke trying to say, "Behind you-!" I knew he was nning on attacking me while my back was


    turned.


    I quickly got up as he was trying to bring another knife down at me and caught his wrist. This seemed


    to shock him but his anger was still present. "I''m not sure if anyone''s told you but those who break the


    rules will then have to go against me."


    When I said this I could see a hint of fear run through his eyes while the crowd started cheering again,


    this time, for me.


    I turned to Xavier and told him to take care of ke which made him hurriedly get ke out of the ring


    before I started. I looked back at ke one more time to see him mouth the words "Kill him" as he went


    which made me smile.


    After he was gone, I turned back to King with a murderous look. He had been trying to get his wrist out


    of my grip but was failing because I wasn''t nning on letting him go.


    Without giving him the pleasure of a warning, I lifted a leg and kicked him back while I was still holding


    his wrist which I could feel break before I let go of it. While he was distracted by it, I went in again with


    another kick to his side which he caught but I didn''t stop and used his hold of my leg as support to my


    jump and I went in with my other leg which allowed me to crash him down with me.


    As he groaned in pain I walked up to him, grabbing his cor and lifting him before going in for a punch,


    he tried blocking it but his broken wrist was too weak and he ended up hitting himself and falling onto


    the floor again.


    The more I hit him, the calmer I would get, the more I felt like the weight on my soul was being lifted. I


    breathed in and out before letting a smirk grow on my lips as the crowd screamed at me to carry on


    beating him.


    I watched as he tried punching me but at this point, his attempts looked sluggish to me. His swings


    easily avoidable until I grabbed one of his arms, pulling him into a kimura which strengthened my


    position and allowed me to rip the muscles in his shoulder. I took joy in the yells of pain he was letting


    out, continuing to beat him while he couldn''t fight back until his face was unrecognisable, his arms


    loose at his sides. He was on his knees, incapable of moving but I was past mercy.


    "When you''re up against me, You. Will. Die." I threatened as I walked up to him for thest time, ending


    it with a round kick to his skull and watching him fall to the floor.


    There was a moment of silence before Xavier''s voice ran through the hall,


    "AND THE WINNER IS OUR QUEEN, DEMONNN!"


    The crowd confirmed my win with their cheers and I looked up at the ceiling, the lights shining down on


    me but this time not as a failure, in victory.


    "DEMON! DEMON! DEMON! DEMON! DEMON!"


    I put a fist in the air,


    "I AM DOMINIC AND I WILL FOREVER BE THE DEMON OF THE RING!"

 Chapter 27: Stitched Together

    Chapter 27: Stitched Together


    -ke-


    We did it.


    I had been helped into a medical room after watching Dominic''s victory. Watching her on that stage


    once again was an amazing feeling. To see her triumph, to see her finally defeat the nightmare that''s


    been haunting her. I already admired her and respected her but this made those feelings a thousand


    times stronger.


    While I was up there during the face-offs, I knew that winning the finale was going to be almost


    impossible once I was at my limit during the quarter and semi-finals but I couldn''t go down without a


    fight. Not after everything Xavier and Dominic had done for me. So, I set the stage up as best as I


    possibly could, forced ''King'' to use the weapons that Dominic warned me about. It hurt like a mother


    fucker when he stabbed me in the leg and I wanted to conduct what I had nned then but he was


    fast, as fast as Dominic even which was a feat I didn''t think anyone could imitate. When he stabbed my


    back though, I knew that I had to take that opportunity because the next one would kill me. So I took it.


    I made sure the whole hall saw his device, saw the knife, saw that he cheated. And it worked.


    Not only was I dered the winner of the tournament, but I also gave Dominic the opportunity she


    needed to officially beat him the way she should have all those years back and she did. Her moves


    were threatening, demonic, but that''s what made them so attractive to me. She didn''t show mercy nor


    weakness despite so many people believing that these years would have worn her out. Instead, she


    showed the world tonight that she was still the Queen and will always continue to be the Queen.


    Tonight though, I was hoping to make that Queen officially mine.


    I talked about it with Xavier first. It was less about getting his permission but a formal blessing. I didn''t


    think he would be the first person I''d go to but after training with him, I started seeing him as my


    guardian too. I got close to him and look up to him greatly, even if he was a prick sometimes.


    After that, I talked to both Arthur and Nick, they were harder to convince, being overprotective and all


    especially with what happened only recently. But I thought it was because we went through something


    like that and was able toe out of the other side okay that I had to do this. She was the one and the


    only one.


    The nervousness started to rise in my stomach, in my chest. I wanted to ask her this before but I''ve


    backed out. Now was the perfect opportunity and I couldn''t mess it up. I looked down into my hand


    where the ringy, Xavier had been looking after it for me until now. It didn''t even have a box, I was so


    unprofessional but I hoped it was enough.


    My attention was quickly diverted to the door when Dominic rushed in. She saw me and gave a sigh of


    relief before shing a grin at me which I couldn''t help but copy. "You did it!" I eximed, arms wide to


    signal in for a hug which she engulfed me in. We were both covered in blood and sweat but the


    moment, the hug, meant the world.


    I turned to hug her tighter but unintentionally let out a groan in pain at my wound which still needed


    stitching. Dominic pulled away immediately, apologising but I shook my head. "The thing about the


    training Xavier gave you was that he didn''t teach you some of the most important elements to


    bing a street fighter. One of which being recovery. I''ll stitch your wound for you." She tells me but


    before she gets the chance to,


    "Wait," I tell her which makes her look at me in slight confusion.


    My breath hitches in my throat again, the back of my neck sweating but my hands freeze. What if her


    answer is negative? What if this ruins everything? Fuck!


    "What''s wrong?" When I look at her eyes which seem concerned for me, it''s then that I''m reminded:


    she loves me. She loves me just as much as I love her. And that made me rx and smile back at her.


    I showed her the ring that was in my hand and a small gasp escaped her lips.


    "Will you marry me?"


    I notice her hands tremble, something I had never seen and her mouth showing neither happiness nor


    sadness, instead it was just wavering until-


    "Yes! Of course!"


    Her answer almost brought tears into my eyes and the passion I felt through her lips when she came in


    for a kiss sent me on overdrive. She was going to pull away slightly which I let her, only so I could put


    the ring on her finger before I pulled her in for a kiss again, ignoring any pain I felt as they were


    insignificant now. All I wanted to feel was her warm lips on mine.


    There was a lot of love that I could feel between us, something I knew would continue to be a part of us


    for the longest time. This was no longer just feeling, it was a choice, a decision that I knew I''d never


    regret. Because I chose her and she chose me.


    "You''re going to bleed out." She says in between our kiss but,


    "I don''t care," I reply which makes her chuckle yet pull away.


    Her grin was contagious, gleaming so bright at me. "I can''t really have my soon to be husband bleed


    out before we get married." She says, running her finger through my messy hair before going and


    getting the medical equipment. I loved hearing the worde out of her mouth. I couldn''t wait to be her


    husband, already missing her heat but it wasn''t for long.


    After she got her supplies and got ready, she quickly treated my leg first which wasn''t as deep of a cut


    so it was done quickly, bandaged up. As soon as she did, I pulled her on top of myp, having her


    straddle towards me. When she looked back at me I gave her a mischievous smirk to which shook her


    head as she chuckled and began working from over my shoulder.


    Having her work on my shoulder de with such intense care was heartwarming but everything else


    about the situation gave me another type of feeling. Her body was pressed against mine tightly so she


    could do her best in this ufortable position I put her in but that meant her chest was up against


    mine. Her hip constantly shifting and moving against my own, I couldn''t help but get excited.


    My hands which were holding her upper body came down at her sides before each hand took a hold of


    her thighs and pulled her waist even closer to me if possible, pushing her entrance against me which I


    knew she could feel. I was getting hard and I knew she could feel it, I wanted her to feel the effect she


    had on me.


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    Suddenly I feel her lips against my ear which makes me freeze slightly, hairs standing up at the


    I smirk beforeying a couple of hungry kisses on her neck, "I haven''t even begun my love," I whisper


    to her before bringing my hand closer to her entrance, running my fingers around over her clothes. This


    made her react bying up a second before pushing down even more on me which made me have


    to hold in a breath. Our clothes were heavily restricting us, heating us up quickly and we both knew it. I


    was getting hard and her presence on top of me what only making me crave for her more.


    I move to loosen my waist to help me out, as I do I keep kissing and sucking on her neck which she


    angles to give me more room, telling me she likes it. "The stitches are done," She breaths just as I''m


    able to undo my tracksuit bottoms.


    "Then it''s time for the fun to begin."

 Chapter 28: Mine

    Chapter 28: Mine


    -Dominic-


    His kisses made me heat up.


    The way his hand moved against me driving me crazy.


    I could tell he was getting himself ready with his arm holding me as close to his body as possible. I


    wouldn''t darein, I was in ecstasy.


    I pushed my lips against his. I was hungry for the passion he was showing me, gently biting his bottom


    lip which engaged our tongues in their own fight but one that filled with grace.


    My hand alsofortably glided down his bare chest, his muscles teasing my lust when they travelled


    under my fingers.


    I felt him rumble under me from my touch which I loved, but it motivated his own hand to get more


    yful. It climbed to my waistband before pushing into where he could feel my core, already wet and


    excited for him. When he put his fingers in, in an attempt to keep quiet I broke our kiss and lets out a


    hard breath against his neck.


    "Come on now," he hummed against my ear, "I''m sure my Queen can scream in victory can''t she?" He


    asks, moving in deeper with 3 or 4 fingers. I didn''t let him get to me though and instead, I bit his neck


    which made him chuckle. "Fine,"


    He then takes his hand out and I''m sure he was going to put himself in me-


    "Congratu-FUCK!"


    I quickly pulled away from ke and looked around at Xavier who was now covering his eyes as if we


    had poisoned them.


    "I thought you''d be done by now. How long does it take for you guys to fuck each other? Good GOD."


    Both ke and I started tough as I slowly got off of him, being cautious of his wounds. While I was


    blocking Xavier''s view though ke makes sure I''m watching as he licks his fingers, "I guess I''ll finish


    my desertter then." The thought made me heat up again but I quickly turned to Xavier, leaving his


    chuckle behind me.


    Xavier rolled his eyes at us before giving me a warm smile, motioning towards the new ring on my


    finger before saying, "Congrattions Dominic." I grin at him and gave him a heartfelt hug which he


    returned tightly. While in his arms, I get a glips at my ring. It shone brightly at me and although I wasn''t


    someone who''d wear jewellery often, I found myself loving it and I knew I''d cherish it as long as I lived.


    Xavier then turned to ke who had also stood up now and walked up to us, "Am I not going to get a


    celebration hug?" He asks Xavier to which Xavier scoffs.


    "Demon''s the one I love, not you," He replies which makes me shake my head but I hide a little smile


    as I do. When ke rolls his eyes and goes to turn away, Xavier winks at me before grabbing ke''s


    arm and pulling us all in together.


    "Alright, alright that''s enough happiness and love for me," Xavier then says, letting us both go. ke


    took that opportunity to pull me under his arm as we listened to Xavier carry on, "People have started


    to leave but there are some who want to see our winners so go greet them, or kill them, I don''t really


    care, and then let''s go get some rest. I have a feeling we''ll be busy from here on onwards." He finished


    that with a smirk which I reflected to him.


    "Thank you, Champ," I reply and we started walking out the door.


    When getting to the main hall, I expected the whole ce to be empty but there was still a huge portion


    of the people there and once they saw us, the whole hall started roaring alive again which


    unconsciously made me grin. I look at ke excitedly only to see he was already looking at me.


    After that I had a crowd of people approach us each, either asking for pictures, for me to sign


    something or ept money from them. A few years ago I would have avoided this to keep my identity


    a secret but now that wasn''t needed. The Mysterious Demon is dead. But the Demon Queen still rules


    her ring.


    At some point, ke and Inded by the ring and it was here where ke motioned for me to follow


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    him up which I did and when we were both under the spotlight again he starts a little announcement.


    "I hope you don''t mind, but this Queen," he takes my ringed hand in his and lifts it in the air where the


    light made the diamond gleam,


    "Is now officially mine!"


    And through the cheers, ke took my neck and pulled me in for a sweet kiss which only made


    everyone roar louder.


    Hand in hand, eventually we were able to leave the bar but outside I was met with my family who was


    waiting for us.


    "Brother," I say which catches their attention. It''s Arthur and Nick who came to hug us first before the


    rest of the guyse to greet us, congratte us, too. It seems everyone except I knew that ke


    was going to propose.


    It came as a shock to me though.


    Not just the proposal but the fight, the opportunity to win and defeat what had defeated me. I was free


    now. I had a feeling I would no longer suffer at night. I wouldn''t need to hold in tears and pain because


    they were finally let out through my fists and actions tonight. I was lucky.


    I look at ke who had the widest smile on his face as he was surrounded by his brothers. It warmed


    my heart so much. His happiness. Him. He fought with me, for me, and he''s helped me through so


    much and it was having him that made me so lucky.


    "Come on a walk with me," I hear Arthur from behind me so I nod and follow him. We walk through a


    quiet alleyway. At first, it was a peaceful silence between us but then I hear a little sigh. "I''m so proud of


    you."


    When hearing this my head whips towards Arthur but he just smiles at me. "You''ve grown so much,


    be so strong, and God, you''re getting married soon. I''m a bit shellshocked."


    "I''m sure you''re just upset that you''ll never be able to beat me in a fight."


    "I beat you at getting married first didn''t I?"


    "Then you''ll be fine with letting me go?"


    He gave me a look. "You''re not going anywhere. What if ke messes up?"


    This time it was my turn to give him a look. "You really think he''d do anything to me?" I ask and he


    looks back at the group of guys where he sees what I saw before. The light that ke emitted. The joy.


    This made Arthur look a little rxed, "I can''t hate the guy. He loves you, truly."


    I nod, "And I him."


    "Then," We face each other, "I wish you the best...as would our parents."


    I slowly cover my mouth with a hand out of shock from what he said. Arthur noticed my reaction and


    pulls me into his shoulder, his own eyes as glossy as mine but not in sadness, rather in happiness.


    "D, TAKE A LOOK!"


    I slowly pull away and dry my eyes before looking around at where Jake called my name with a grin.


    They all stepped back to reveal my bike which I hadn''t ridden since my loss. My signature gleaming


    back at me.


    "LET''S GO HOME AND CELEBRATE!" Zack shouts and I can''t help butugh as we made our way


    home.


    A different person ready to challenge a different chapter.

 Chapter 29: I Do.

    Chapter 29: I Do.


    -Dominic-


    Oh, God.


    I look at myself in the mirror, in the dress I had never imagined I''d see myself wearing.


    If you had told me when I was younger that one day I would be ending my story just like a princess


    would at the end of hers, I would haveughed at you and told you that was disgusting...and yet, here I


    was. I wasn''tfortable, I knew that I wouldn''t be the moment I stepped into the wedding dress store.


    I could appreciate the beauty, intricacy, tradition but I found out that I had insecurities that I wasn''t even


    insecure about before.


    I was always proud of my figure, broad shoulders, strong arms, legs, back, but when you have


    someone who looks like the stereotypical man putting on a dress, it just doesn''t look right. I still wasn''t


    the princess that Disney had shown presented me, the Queen of Ennd wouldn''t be forgiving either


    I''d imagine.


    My brothers weren''t a great help although Imend their attempt at motivating me. Jake and Zack


    were better but they kept shing with one another about what I looked better in. Zack picked out


    something ince but Jake was convinced tulle was more my style. Jason didn''t show up. The only


    person I was truly grateful for being there was Jessica who already had a bunch of experience with


    wedding dress shopping and was really enthusiastic and helpful. I told her what I was worried about


    and she reassured me that I looked beautiful and that whatever I decided to wear, ke would love.


    After a couple of hours, I was getting tired of getting in and out of dresses that built internal conflicts in


    me but as we were about to leave, my eyes lingered around the room of the little boutique a little longer


    before something caught my eye. The guys had already left and only Jessica and I were there. She


    noticed my pause but didn''t say anything as I walked towards the dress.


    I was in love with it instantly but...unsure. I looked back at Jessica and was about to ask her what she


    thought but fear made the question stick to my throat. It turned out I didn''t have to ask it though


    because when she saw the way I had looked at it, a grin formed on her face and she gave me a nod,


    "It''s beautiful."


    Those words made my chest feel light and so I took it from the hanger in excitement and went to put it


    on.


    Ever since that day, whenever I was asked what dress I would be wearing by any of the guys I would


    joke that I''d be wearing a white suit to twin with ke. They''din at first, Arthur wouldn''t approve


    at all, the rest would roll their eyes and eventually ept the idea.


    "But- but the sparkly train!" Jake cried and Zack would try to console him while indulging in


    exaggerated sadness. It always made meugh.


    Xavier was the only one who called bullshit, saying that if it wasn''t a dress, he wasn''t going to show up.


    I would chuckle at the memory but I was too in awe at the dress that glistened on my body,


    emphasising everything I was proud of while also making me look unrecognisable in the best way.


    A knock on the door caught my attention and I looked round to see Jessica in her bridesmaid''s dress.


    All of the bridesmaids, who included the girls from Ottawa and Tara from Texas, were in a deep


    burgundy but all of them in different styles that best suited what they wanted to wear and their body


    types. They all looked beautiful which they proved to me when the rest of them peaked through too,


    squealing orplimenting me as they came in which made me smile in glee.


    After they helped me with some finishing touches we went down to meet the guys who were waiting for


    the "suit" that I was going to be wearing. Their backs were turned to me when I got there and apart


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    My bridesmaids warned them that I was here and started counting down.


    "Three...Two...Look!"


    And in unison, they turned around, faces going from nervous or in to showing shock and excitement.


    "It has a train!"


    Jake eximed which started their eruption of cheers.


    Iughed along at their reactions


    Iughed along at their reactions. Nick was the first toe and hug me, holding me tight in his arms


    with Arthur right behind him. "I wish our parents could see you right now," he says quietly with my head


    in his chest for a moment. I pulled back to see tears rolling down his face which made me bite my lip. I


    stroked the tears away from his face but wasn''t able to say anything, knowing it would prompt me to


    get emotional too.


    "Hey," Nick says, putting a hand on each of our shoulders, "They''re always here," he carries on by


    moving his hand from our shoulders to on top of our chests.


    "Always," I repeat and we smile at each other, going in for another shorter hug before I turn to the rest


    who were eager toe closer too.


    "You look stunning." Zackplimented first.


    Jake jabbed him with his elbow in reply to it, "Don''t be having any thoughts now, she''s my brother''s,


    ''aight?"


    "Pff I know that! He should be thankful to me, I bet when I showed him that drawing of hers in ss that


    tied their fates together!"


    I shook my head slightly as they continued to argue before we were told to head towards the alter


    where ke was waiting with everyone else.


    The wedding was held in a Castle venue in the UK where we were both born. It was very grand but I


    wanted something to represent the greatness of our own lives. Nothing about it was easy but it was


    rewarding just as this was going to be. I wasn''t too fussy about the nning and some may say I didn''t


    care enough about it, but the little things are what mattered most to me. There were red and white


    roses scattered around the hall and garden, the red symbolising the blood of those who were taken


    away from us along the way. Everything was a traditional victorian theme but with little ents of the


    modern because we were in our own time celebrating a ssic celebration. We didn''t have a priest


    because we felt that would be a little too ironic and we wouldn''t want to be stood up for that long


    anyway. We stuck to having personal vows before mentally queuing the ''you may now kiss the bride.''


    That was the n anyway.


    Everyone went in and sat down at the round tables that were in the garden. I along with Xavier were


    now the only two people left to go. Xavier walked up to me and offered his arm which I took hold of in


    silence.


    Until now he hadn''t said anything to me but-


    "I knew you were bullshitting." He tells me, ncing down at me with a smile that used to be a serious


    face.


    I chuckle back at him, "I couldn''t have you turning away from my wedding now, could I? Not when


    you''re walking me down the aisle."


    His hand squeezes my own, "I almost don''t want to do it." He admits which confuses me.


    "And why''s that?"


    He doesn''t say anything for a bit before sighing,


    "I don''t want to take care of the bars while you''re on maternity leave," he says with such a pained face


    that I can''t help but burst outughing. He''s notughing with me at first but as I clutch my stomach he


    startsughing with me too, rxing us both before our show began.


    We hear the music start which was our sign. As we open the door I ask him, "So, did things go


    ording to n?"


    All he does is smirk back at me before we start walking forward where ke was waiting.


    -ke-


    The music starts ying, the doors open, and my Queen walks out onto the Castle Garden.


    I don''t know what I was expecting, but Dominic''s entrance blew any of those expectations away. Words


    wouldn''t be able to express the love and admiration I felt for her and God, did the dress she was


    wearing make her beautiful beyondpare, on a league of her own.


    I had been nervous until now, hoping everything was going to go perfectly, that the work we put in


    would be worth it, but after seeing her, those nervous emotions washed away because I knew as long


    as she was here, everything would be okay.


    My instant reaction to her walking in was clutching the shirt by my heart where it was pumping at what


    seemed like a thousand miles per hour. A grin spread on my face and I had to close my eyes in order


    to contain the excitement that made me want to jump up in exhration. When I opened my eyes again


    she was grinning right back at me which made butterflies form in my stomach. She was perfect. So


    fucking perfect.


    And with every step, she was closer to being my wife.


    -unknown-


    "Keep the Helicopter steady! Once they say their ''I do''s '' we''ll shoot them down."


    I call out to my men who were flying in the helicopter with me, ready to shoot at our enemies after years


    of waiting. This was perfect, they were conveniently all here. I smirked down at their innocent


    ceremony.


    "There couldn''t be a more romantic end to The Skulls and Bones Gang."


    -Dominic-


    I wasn''t nervous until Xavier passed my hand into ke''s and suddenly my heart was racing. He


    looked amazing. Granted, he always did but the suit he had on made him look all the more like the King


    he was to me.


    I remember first seeing him. Thinking that I instantly rted to him. It turned out that although we


    seemed simr externally, internally, he was everything I wasn''t. He was caring, he was stable, he was


    able to give me strength in everything that I was weak in. One of the only things we shared internally


    was our love for each other and I wouldn''t have it any other way because that in itself was something I


    had never thought I''d find or feel and yet now, I had it and it was so beautiful.


    That was the beginning of my vow and as I said it, ke''s hands held my own tightly, and so I carried


    on.


    "I want to continue fighting through life with you, no matter what. ke, do you take me to be your


    bride?"


    "I do."


    I let out a little sigh in relief after hearing his words which seemed to ignite every electric feeling of


    happiness within me.


    "Dominic," He started, "If I were to say I fell in love with you from the moment I saw you, I''d be lying. I


    fell in love with you when I got to know who you truly were when you weren''t hiding and instead when


    you were on your stage being the strongest person you could be. And by stage, I don''t just mean in the


    ring, although that was also what makes you so amazing to me, when we''re at home, when we''re


    celebrating, when I get to see you smile orugh or cry, just getting to stand by you while you be


    yourself has been such a pleasure and..." We look into each other''s eyes as he says, "I can''t wait to


    spend the rest of my life with my best friend,"


    I felt like my chest was going to explode.


    "This was so corny," Iughed which made everyone join in with me too.


    "Shut up," ke says even though he''s chuckling along.


    I smirk a little as I remember a line from a day that was particrly special to me.


    "Make me," I say back to him and I can see something sh through his eyes. He knew just as I did as


    to what I meant. It was my own way of saying ''I do''.


    He pulls me in after that, leaning me down into his arms before giving me a passionate kiss, marking


    our promise to the world.


    Cheers erupted from everyone in the crowd and just as we nned, everyone took out the guns they


    had stored under the tables, pointing them up to the sky and like fireworks-


    Boom.


    ke held me close into his arms and we were about to walk into the castle when suddenly we hear


    loud noises and we look up to see a helicopter falling out of the sky and towards some distance away.


    We watched as it crashed, instantly burning into mes.


    "That wasn''t our gunfire was it?" I ask


    "Maybe," ke replies


    "Should we go check?"


    "Nah, I''d much rather dance with you now,"


    Weughed and walked together towards the Castle hand-in-hand.


    "I love you"

 Chapter 30: Epilogue

    Chapter 30: Epilogue


    The night had been a long one.


    Dominic had just finished conducting the fights that took ce at her bar after a day of management


    and although the thrill of watching blood be spilt on her stage enticed her greatly, her time as a fighter


    was only spent acting against those who broke her rules or when Xavier was bored after a long day


    and needed the rush.


    Tonight was peaceful though. When the stage was cleaned and the doors were locked, ke drove in


    toe to pick Dominic up.


    A small conversation was made before Xavier bid the couple well, closing the door of his luxurious car


    and drove off.


    "You don''t seem to have gotten mixed into any trouble tonight," ke says scanning Dominic who


    hadn''t gotten any new scars like she sometimes would. He held one hand on the steering wheel of his


    car while the other was intertwined with Dominic''s.


    "Unfortunately." Dominic finishes off which causes the two tough.


    When they made it home, everything was quiet. 5 AM was typically the calmest point in the night for


    them but when Dominic asks, "Is Amelia asleep?" Referring to their 17-year-old daughter who Dominic


    named after her birth mother, ke motions forward where Dominic turned to see her daughter by the


    staircase, eyes reflecting the colour of hers but her hair was light and wavey like her father.


    "Is everything okay?" Dominic asks, it wasn''t unusual for Amelia to be awake sote but Dominic


    recognised the dedicated look Amelia had in her eyes, dedicated and dangerous and that was


    worrying.


    It seemed that something was bothering Amelia, it had been for a while.


    Her parents were the most hard-working and loving people she knew. They were always there for her


    and supported her. She grew up with a huge family, even if most weren''t blood-rted and she was


    strong. Both her mother and sometimes her uncle, Xavier, would train her in basic martial arts which


    earned her medals and awards inpetitions over her years in high school.


    She spent a lot of time in her mother''s bar during the day, it was like her second home. She was close


    to a lot of the workers and it built her confidence since people were more than willing to speak to


    Dominic''s daughter. However, it was because of her time in the bars that Amelia started to feel as if


    something wasn''t right.


    She started to notice a lot of people were talking about them when they weren''t around. She could


    never make out anything specific but she was always under constant watch, always having people


    whisper, always watching out for people who seemed a bit too eager, a bit too fake.


    Amelia realised she had to find out why she was being treated like that, why she had to constantly be


    protected by her mother and father so when she was able, she started to ask around.


    No one would tell her anything for a while, people holding back due to some kind of fear. That was until


    one person finally gave her her first clue. He said,


    "Ask The Mysterious Demon."


    The words meant nothing for a long time because he didn''t go further into who that was or where they


    could be found, Dominic pulled her away from the man before he could. If she asked anyone else who


    The Mysterious Demon was they''d tell her she''s wasting her time but she couldn''t help it. This hidden


    identity and its slow consumption of her thoughts, for some reason, gave her a feeling her parents were


    specifically hiding something from her.


    So she had to ask.


    "Mother," She starts and Dominic''s hands roll into fists, worry starting to build.


    "Who''s the Mysterious Demon?"


    -THE END-


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