After Valerie had finished reveling in her newly acquired satin sheets and downing almost a whole bottle of Don Perignon, she had gone into the bathroom reeking of both alcohol and cigarettes. She quickly took a relaxing bath and once she felt okay enough, she stepped out of the tub and dried off. It took Valerie forever to actually pick out and outfit to wear and go downstairs but it was even longer for her to style her hair and work up the nerve to face those men again. She didn’t really care about the time limit that they gave to her. She just wanted to relax and enjoy the pleasures of being somewhat rich again. She would do whatever she wanted on her own time. That was her mind set because after all, they were going to pay her to be here so she had the upper hand.About three hours passed by and Valerie finally left the room she was given in a black as night Saint Laurent gown and sashayed through the hallways, touching and glaring at everything in sight.“Men have no taste. This
As per the call that Ben had received in where to find Valerie, the trio had arrived at a rundown motel on the outskirts of the city. The place could be in an indie movie with the way it was poorly maintained and had flies and the smell of old and dried urine stinking up the place. It was a horrible place to work at, talk less of actually renting a room to sleep in it. James could feel his skin crawl as he took one look at the building. He expected Valerie’s workplace to be a bit better as she always bragged of working or having illustrious things but as his eyes landed on a thin smoking figure at the edge of the motel, he sighed at the drastic change. He and his family walked over to the figure, who still didn’t notice them and looked like she cared less what happened in this dump she called a workplace. An already lit cigarette was in her hands as puff of smoke left her lungs and filled the air around her. Mathias scrunched his face at the unpleasant and cheap smell. “Valerie.”Va
“Where is my wife Valerie Wilde? I need to see her.” Lucius asked.James who became silent gave way to Ben to speak up and allowed Mathias to quietly leave the room.“We’ll talk about that later. For now, we just want to make sure that you’re okay.”Lucius gave them a suspicious look but said nothing about his suspicions. They were keeping something from him and he would make sure that he found out what it was. Although he was told that they were his family, he didn’t know this people one but and was not sure if what they actually wanted him for but for some reason the man who said that he was his father looked a bit familiar.James frowned, worry showing on his face as he took a step towards the door.“We have to go now. We’ll leave you in the hands of the doctor. Get better.”“Hold on. Have I seen you before? I mean apart from today that is. You look very familiar. What’s your name?”James paused and turned to his son.“Yes, you have. Several times. My name is James Steele. Your ful
Lucius’ eyes opened up to reveal the white and sterile look and smell of a room that was plagued with an incessant beeping noise. Bright lights briefly blinded him causing a sharp pain to go up his head as he shielded his eyes from the light. He groaned as he found himself lying in a hospital bed, his head and arm wrapped in bandages and a throbbing pain in his skull. He turned over and saw a nurse checking his vitals and scribbling in a notepad. As she saw him look at her, she smiled at him a bit shocked that he opened his eyes in the first place. “Mr. Steele. You’re awake. Oh, I have to inform doctor Clifford. Hold on just a bit. I’ll be back soon.” She didn’t wait for Lucius to speak before she booked it out of the room in order to call the doctor in charge of his case. Lucius winced as he tried to sit up a bit still waiting for the nurse to come back. He placed his hand on his head and felt the bandages. What happened to him? The nurse didn’t disappoint as she waltzed back into
It had been a month since Lucius received the sinister gift from who he suspected to be Alexandra. There had been no movement from her since then and the police had not been able to come up with her whereabouts. Even Layla couldn’t hack the public servers enough to find her. Lucius had recruited all the people he thought could help but no one could find her. It was like she fell of the face of the earth. It was unnerving but there was not much he could do about the matter.As for Nathaniel, it didn’t take long until he was charged with all the overwhelming evidence the DEA found against him. Lucius had the officers offer him a deal. If Nathaniel would give up his mother then he would have a reduced sentence. Nathaniel refused and tried to put up a fight by hiring the best lawyers but even that couldn’t save him. Although Lucius and his family couldn’t attend due to their impromptu house arrest, Nathaniel was sentenced to court and was found guilty of several crimes against the city an
Lucius didn't sleep a wink till the next day when the sun came out and its rays filled his room. He sat on the floor next to his bed, alone in his room staring at the abomination he had received. The bloody red box still sat on the balcony, a swarm of flies beginning to perch on the remains.Lucius eyed the pictures in front of him. These were pictures from before he ever got involved with Nathaniel. Did this mean that they had him in their sights for some time now? If so, what were they planning as of then? And how in hell did they infiltrate his home? His room? Why didn't they just kill him while he slept? What was the point of this?He rubbed his eyes, a grown leaving his mouth as the same questions ran through his mind over and over again without him having an answer to any of them. Lucius grunted and stood up. He figured that time had passed by enough and he had to inform his family of the most recent development. He eyed the box one last time before he turned around and walked o
As one relevant gunshot resounded in the large warehouse, a body dropped and blood spilled all over. One of them had fallen. One of them had failed. One of them had won. As Nathaniel laid on the ground withering in pain due to the gunshot wound in his right shoulder that removed the gun in his hand, Lucius let out a breath he didn't know he was holding. Even though he was in slight shock at the fact that he had actually shot a person, he didn't let his guard up and kept on pointing his gun at Nathaniel as he walked closer and kicked the nearest weapon on the floor away from the man. “Bastard! I hope you're happy now. You have her and all the wealth that comes with her. Don't you already have enough? Are you that greedy?” Nathaniel said, trying to provoke Lucius into making a mistake. "Don't try to patronise me Nathaniel. I'm the one who has a gun to your face. It might do you well to keep your mouth shut.” Lucius said shutting Nathaniel down. Nathaniel chuckled.“Why? Are you goin
Nathaniel pulled Zara away from the front side of the building towards a huge truck. He turned around it and bent down causing Zara to do the same. He looked at her, slowly regretting his decision to bring her along.“Stay down and don't say anything. When the opportunity arises I'll get you out of here. You won't get caught."Like before Zara had no idea what to say. She could only give him fervent nods, her mind going into overdrive when she realisedl that she was about to be in a shootout between the cops and the cartel. In all honesty it was a bit much for her to handle at the moment.As Zara was trying not to have a panic attack due to her predicament, a police officer's voice rang out through the building. He was using a megaphone.“Come out with your hands up and weapons on the ground. We know how many of you are in there and who exactly runs this operation. We already surround this building and all exits and we would rather do this without violence so surrender quietly and the
Several days had passed and still Zara and Lucius kept in contact with one another. They spoke everyday with Lucius, his family and Layla combing through every piece of video or feed they could get from her time with Nathaniel. Once Zara entered the Black mansion she was met with love and care but only one person showed her none of those. Alexandra Black. She was not necessarily cold to Zara, nor did she hate the girl but she did keep her at arm’s length. Zara had tried to get on the woman’s good side but so far nothing was working. She gave up and decided to focus her efforts on Nathaniel.For the most part Zara spent a lot of time with Nathaniel, always asking questions and prying into his personal life. This had caused some certain situations to occur such as Nathaniel reading a message wrongly and trying to make love with Zara. She turned him down under the guise that she wasn’t mentally ready to go back to the way that they were in the past. A reason that Nathaniel conceded to and
Alora Quinn
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Sage Athalar
wow. I love the beginning already