Mrs Sophia's voice was laced with a mixture of confusion and trepidation as she stared into the sky above her.
"That reminds me Melissa, where is the invitation card you were supposed to retrieve from Arnold Lucas?"
Her hands stretched out in expectancy.
"Mom, there was a little bit of a problem with the arrangement."
"What are you yapping about!"
"You had one job, Melissa, retrieve the invitation, deliver it to your grandmother and we can have our normal influential life back at the Stevens fort."
Mrs Sophia immediately lashed out at her daughter, her eyes glimpsing in fury.
"Mom, it was a setup, Lady Megan and Lord Dylan Stevens wanted Arnold Lucas to sleep with me before he could give me the invite."
"When I refused he threatened to forcefully do it, he and Alice connived and held Chloe hostage."
"It was Max's timely intervention that saved me from the hands of that scumbag."
Melissa Stevens went ahead to explain as her mom, Sophia Stevens stared at the whole thing in shock.
Her face was etched with a mixture of confusion and anxiety.
"Was that why your grandmother protested when I opted to send someone with you?"
Mrs Sophia Stevens stared at Melissa as she wondered what was really going on.
"So Max had to beat up the all-influential Lord George Lucas and his son just to save you and Chloe?!"
"Do you know what you have done?!"
"Melissa it would have been better that you allowed Arnold Lucas to have his way with you, now you have just ruined the only chance we have to ever rise from the ashes."
Mrs Sophia's voice was laced with a mixture of tears and anger, she loved her daughter but would have preferred if she did all within her power to make sure that she got that invitation to the grand general's wedding.
"Mom, are you really saying this?…are you suggesting that I should have allowed Arnold Lucas to rape me just so we could get an invitation for a family that threw us out of their villa and took dads company away from us?"
Sophia Stevens asked, her eyebrows furrowed in a mixture of confusion, bewilderment and disappointment as she stared at her mom.
"Yes! Melissa that's what he wanted, you could have given it to him and saved us this misery we call life."
Mrs Sophia yelled as she fell on the floor with tears in her eyes.
Ever since her husband, Walter Stevens died, Lady Megan Stevens had made her life a misery too hard for her and her daughter to bear.
The situation was intense and palpable.
Suddenly Mrs Sophia Stevens got up and landed Max a hot and embarrassing slap in front of his wife and child.
"It's you!"
"It's your fault we are going to be dead broke forever."
"And who told you to mess with the Lucas's, now that our family isn't under the protection of Lord Dylan Stevens, the Lucas family will totally obliterate us from existence."
Mrs Sophia's voice was vehement as she continued pacing around in anger as confusion reeked all over her.
Max Xanderson didn't react to the slap, he only shook his head as he was feeling a bit guilty for everything Mrs Sophia and his wife and daughter were going through.
Quickly the images of him squashing the balls of Arnold Lucas played through his head, he immediately snapped out of it as Melissa walked over to him and hugged him.
"Mrs Sophia…I will get you the invitation to the grand general's wedding."
Max Xanderson's voice broke through causing everyone to stare at him in bewilderment, even his little daughter was shocked to her bone marrow.
"How?"
"What are you even bluffing about Max Carlson?"
Max Xanderson had changed his surname to Carlson the year that Melissa Stevens saved him from the Blueberg River, he didn't want anyone identifying him as a member of the Xanderson's, the most influential family in the whole country and beyond.
"Don't you get the memo…no one has that invite, except for just two influential families, the Lucas's and the Xanderson's."
"That is why so many families are lobbying their way around to get an invitation, I even heard that Lord Mason had paid a whopping sum of 7 billion but was rejected."
"So tell me, are you more influential than Lord Mason or do you have 100 billion to try and lobby yourself in and get us an invitation?"
Max was silent as he stared askance at Mrs Sophia.
He wanted to tell his wife that she was just the bride of the wedding tomorrow. But he tried his best to hold it back. He wanted to keep the surprise for her. He wanted her to be the happiest bride tomorrow.
"I thought so."
Mrs Sophia's voice was barely above whispers as she shook her head and continued pacing around.
"Mrs Sophia, I know a friend that can get us the invitation to the grand general's wedding."
"Shut up loser!!!"
Mrs Sophia yelled as she dragged Melissa and Chloe to the Stevens fort.
Picking up his phone, Max immediately quickly dialed a number.
"C'mon pick up your phone…"

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“Max Xanderson, you left me for dead, you and your minions that you call soldiers.”“You thought you would get away with handing me over to death, I was only trying to make little Chloe Maxwell cry a little just for my audience and you barged in and took me towards the edge of death itself.”Alice Stevens said as she laughed out loudly in a bid to taunt Max Xanderson.Max Xanderson immediately stared behind him and his gaze fell on Jack Oniels who was now taking out the goons of Alice Stevens as he made his way deep into the dark hideout where Alice Stevens was keeping Melissa Stevens, little Chloe Maxwell and Mrs Sophia Stevens.“Alice Stevens, I asked you a question, how the heck are you even alive, I watched you die and I told my men to throw your body into the lake…how are you here?!”Max Xanderson asked immediately as he pulled out a sharp-edged katana from behind and the blade glinted in the dim moonlight.“Hahaha…Max Xanderson after your little stunt, I was sinking down the riv
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“I'm very sure we didn't leave the door open, someone must have broken into the house while we chased those three men.”Jack Oniels immediately said as he walked closer to the front door.He immediately kicked the door wide open and the loud voice of Max Xanderson called out to Melissa Stevens.“Melissa!”“Mrs Sophia Stevens!”“Little Chloe! Where are you guys?!”Max Xanderson immediately called out as he stared into the dark living room.“General Cobra Claw…what do we do now?”Jack Oniels asked as he squatted by the side of General Cobra Claw.“Jack Oniels, I really don't know…they were right here when we left and I clearly recall telling Melissa to lock those doors!”“What sorcery is this?!”Max Xanderson asked as he kicked the window next to him and suddenly a well-hidden piece of paper fell off and dropped to the ground.Jack Oniels immediately picked up the paper and gave it to Max Xanderson, the grand general Cobra Claw.Max Xanderson slowly gazed at the paper as he voiced out s
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Max Xanderson and Jack Oniels slowly took a deep breath and just as they turned to look at the man behind them and to their greatest surprise, he was now standing by the cliff edge.The wind from the trees was still making the whole place spooky and scary.Max Xanderson immediately walked closer to the man who was now by the valley edge, “What are you doing by that valley edge?!”“Do you really want to kill yourself?”Max Xanderson asked as he stared at the man who was now threatening to jump off the cliff.“What do you think you are trying to do?!”Jack Oniels immediately asked as he stepped closer to Max Xanderson who was almost closer to the man.“I can't take it anymore, Max Xanderson and Jack Oniels!”“I told you she will be back and I don't want to be another unlucky person added to her kill list!”“Max Xanderson and Jack Oniels, you really don't understand who is it you both are messing with…I can't deal with her!”The man's voice was laced with a mixture of confusion, trepidat
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The dark figure stopped immediately and seemed to grow, its shadow stretching along the walls, twisting and writhing as if alive. The perimeter felt like it was closing in, the air heavy with an unnatural chill.Max Xanderson held his ground, his jaw set and his fists clenched at his sides.Beside him, Jack Oniels’ smirk faltered for the briefest moment before returning with a defiant edge.The man behind them, still kneeling on the ground, clutched at his head and rocked back and forth.“You don’t understand,” he whispered hoarsely. “You’ve brought this on yourselves. She’ll kill us all.”“Shut up,” Jack Oniels snapped, throwing a glare over his shoulder. “You’re not helping.”Max Xanderson ignored them both, his eyes locked on the figure. “You’re good at theatrics,” he said, his voice steady despite the palpable tension. “But I’ve faced monsters before, and you’re no different.”The figure tilted its head, as if considering his words.When it spoke, its voice was layered, as thoug
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Max Xanderson and Jack Oniels stared at the dark shadow as it began to grow and shifting into something beyond scary.Jack Oniels immediately was taken aback, he knew he wasn't supposed to be scared as he and Max Xanderson, the Grand General Cobra had fought most possibly demons and stood a chance.But as the dark figure shape shifted, Jack Oniels immediately swallowed a hard lump.Max Xanderson, the Grand General Cobra Claw, kept his gaze fixed on the dark, shifting form before them.Max Xanderson's jaws was set, and his hands were clenched into fists at his sides.The figure was no longer just a shadow; it was becoming something far more tangible and terrifying, more like something you be seeing in a scary night movie.Tendrils of darkness shot out immediately and coiled like living serpents, and a pair of glowing red eyes began to pierce through its body and tails.Jack Oniels took a step back, his usual now a bit faltering.He immediately swallowed hard, the lump in his throat a t
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The man opened his mouth to respond, but the eerie sound suddenly grew louder, drowning out his words. He froze immediately, his face draining of color as he stared at the shadows. “She’s here,” he whispered, his voice barely audible. “She’s coming.”Max Xanderson immediately stepped forward, his presence commanding and laced with authority States and determination.“Let her come,” he said, his voice low and dangerous. “We’ll be ready.”Jack Oniels immediately smirked, his confidence returning. “Yeah,” he said, cracking his knuckles. “Bring it on.”The man stared at them, his fear now mixed with disbelief. “Max Xanderson and Jack Oniels, you both don’t understand,” he said, his voice trembling. “You can’t fight her. You can’t win.”“Maybe not,” Max Xanderson said, his eyes cold and unyielding. “But we’ll go down fighting.”The haunting sound reached its highest height, and the shadows around the perimeter immediately seemed to shift and twist, as if something—or someone—was about
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