Ava had tracked Ethan’s phone’s signal to this location before it suddenly vanished, so she had come here. Talking to him earlier, he had said “Someone was here,” in a hushed voice, and then he ended the call. He had asked her not to bother, but she had been so worried she had traced his phone to this location and came to check it out.“What business could you possibly have in a place such as this, Young Master,” she muttered to herself, standing outside the warehouse she had tracked him to. She was contemplating leaving though. She had disobeyed a direct order, and more so, she had tracked Ethan’s phone without his permission, she could be severely punished for that, so she was going to leave before he found her, but then she heard the sound of gunfire inside the building, and her heart skipped a beat.Without thinking twice, she alighted the car, pulling out two hand guns from the glove compartment. She was dressed in a black two piece trouser suit, with flat heels, but the way sh

The morning light poured through the wide bedroom windows, warm and slow, catching against the sheen of sweat on the young man’s skin as he performed his push-ups and pull-ups, the daily routine that sculpted his body into a fine work of art that it had become. He had very lucky genes, but he still put in a lot of work to get the body he had. Broad shoulders, tightened abs, and a well rounded chest that charmed everyone, even his own mother.He dropped from the final rep, and walked up to the floor to ceiling mirror to flex his abs, sweeping back his damp black hair to clear the line of sight for his steel blue eyesHis build and his chiseled jaw gave away his age. He was a young man in his mid-twenties with eyes for cars, women and the chiseled body of a Greek god.Happy with the results he was seeing, he smiled and took out his ear pods, and that was when he heard it, yelling come from downstairsHe grabbed a towel from the bench, slung it around his shoulders, and headed out the d

The air in the room was heavy as both of them stood there in silence, until Ethan’s knees buckled under his own weight.Ava rushed over to try and help him, but he raised a hand to stop her, before staggering back to the bed.He took deep breaths, still feeling pains from all over his body, but the rage in his head was so loud sometimes he couldn’t feel the pain.“You should rest, Master Ethan,” Ava said, breaking the silence. “You aren’t fully recovered.”“...” he opened his mouth to ask what she was talking about, but then he felt it, a sharp pain in his torso, almost as if it had been waiting for someone to announce it before it could start sending pain through his body.It was then that Ethan remembered that something had happened to him. He had been so focused on remembering his past that he had forgotten what had just happened.He remembered the dinner with Ava, telling her that he was fine and didn’t need her following him. He remembered the car he thought she had sent to foll

The mansion was quiet for a long time, but Ethan didn’t really mind it. The silence was something he seemed to enjoy. It allowed him to think, even though his thoughts were starting to get a bit obsessive over the Night Valley Sect, but he wanted answers.After Layla and her mother left though, he found himself thinking about Layla’s unfinished questions. What about his parents? Did he inherit all these from them because they wanted him to take over, or was it because they were going to die.Ava had told him that his parents had disappeared for three years, but he felt the hesitation in her voice when she said that.It was almost as if she didn’t believe it.Ava stepped back inside after escorting Layla and her mother to the waiting cars. The heavy double doors swinged shut behind her, shutting out the last traces of their soft crying. For a long moment, she stood still, letting her eyes adjust to the dimmer lighting inside the house.Ethan was exactly where she left him.Sitting at

The city’s streets were alive with cars, but as they drove past all of them, Ethan barely paid any attention to them even though he was looking out the window throughout.He had too much on his mind to pay attention to nonsense.Ava broke the silence after a while.“Are you sure you want to interfere in this matter, Young Master?”He didn’t look at her. “She asked for me.”Ava didn’t argue, she just nodded.“Okay, sir.”The car went back to silence immediately but Ava kept her eyes on him.She had sat in the passenger seat, positioning herself so that she could monitor Ethan throughout. Even though she hadn’t said anything about it, she was not in support of a man who was unconscious for two weeks, just getting up and moving around town like he didn’t just almost die.“I can tell you are watching me Ava,” Ethan sighed after a while and she adjusted herself.“Tell me, what are we walking into here?” Ava quickly flipped open her tablet.“Ms. Axel is to be married to a man named Alexan