The Rose:
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"Sir would you please come with us to identify the body?"
"NO I WOULD NOT! I DO NOT BELIEVE MY SISTER IS NO MORE. SHE HAS TO LIVE WITH ME! FOR ME! SHE IS MY SISTER! DO YOU UNDERSTAND THAT?" Tim roared at the officer will teary red eyes.
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[22 hours ago]
"What is this?" Reina asked Sheina after taking a good look at the unknown identity card that was placed in the palm of her haind.
"Can you not ask stupid questions?" Sheina hissed.
It had been years since she had been recruiting members for her own independent clan, who will fight for her against The Master but she had only been able to recruit 1/7th of the army she needs to even start thinking about starting a fight with them. At this rate, it looked impossible.
And this girl was not helping the situation at all. She had to contemplate for almost 5 hours before finally coming up with the idea of changing Reina's identity to maintain the secrecy of her clan's internal activities from The Master and also Reina's father, as he was an influential man and was starting to act up on the absence of his daughter for more than a month.
The cops were keeping no stones unturned to find Reina. It was getting increasingly difficult to keep the girl with her. She couldn't set her free as Reina already had quite a bit of knowledge on her troop's operations. She couldn't keep her by her side as, if in case the police finds her, they'll get caught and even if the uses The Master as a card to get away from the situation, her individual operations would be at stake. At this point you'd think that finishing her off would be the best option right? Wrong.
Master would shoot her in the head if she decides to kill Reina.
Thus, after a lot of brainstorming, Sheina came up with the idea of changing Reina's identity in order to keep them out of the picture of doubt.
"Rose?" Reina looked up at Sheina with wide eyes.
"Pretty name right? From this day onwards you are my assistant. Is it clear, Rose?" Sheina said looking at her with bored eyes.
"I'm Rose?"
"Yes. Now you better not ask any more questions. It is becoming increasingly difficult for me to stand in the same room and breathe the same air as you and not think about killing you every passing second."
Reina was about to ask another question but instantly stopped herself when she saw Sheina loading her gun.
"Okay ma'am."
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(Yuca Family House)
"WHAT DO YOU MEAN YOU CAN'T FIND MY SISTER!?" Tim yelled at the top of his lungs. While walking down the corridor near his father's office, he overheard some parts of the ongoing conversation between his father and investigator they hired to find out Reina.
"We are very very apologetic sir but our team has failed to locate Ms. Reina. The police are also on the look out."
"I REFUSE TO BELIEVE THAT A PERSON CAN JUST DISAPPEAR IN THE THIN AIR LIKE THAT!"
"Tim, lower your voice. I believe that sir here will be able to do something about the situation. So do not worry." Kim said in order to calm his son a little. "You may leave now."
"I demand an answer. I want my baby sister back. I give you and your bloody detectives a week. If you fail to find my sister, then I'll go search for her myself." Tim warned his father and left the office room fuming in rage.
"Do something about it soon. Tim is my heir, he cannot get involved in this game of deals. I do not care what you do, but sort this mess out as soon as you can." Kim said in a voice an octave lower than his usual voice sending shivers down the investigator's spine.
"Yes sir."
With that the investigator bowed to the man in front of him and left the office.
"You okay there old man?"
Kim turned to the source of the voice. It was his newly wedded wife, Tina.
Giving her a gentle smile, he extended his arms to her.
"Sorry honey, didn't see you there."
"It's okay. You are stressed, I get it."
Tina gave her husband a warm hug. Only then did Yuca realize how much in need of a hug he was. Snuggling into her arms, he let out a deep sigh.
"You have overworked yourself. You are worried about your daughter right."
Kim did not reply anything to that. In fact he could not. He knew that he was only worried about his secrets and business life getting leaked. He was also worried about his son who was going crazy to find his sister. But other than that, being worried about Reina was the last thing on his list.
"She will be alright honey, trust me." Tina said giving him a peaceful smile.
"I guess. What's for dinner?" Kim said diverting her attention from the ongoing topic.
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Rose.
Is it wrong that I feel like a new person with this new name?
Rose.
So fragrant.
Rose.
So gentle.
Rose.
Beautiful and fresh.
But Rose.
Also filled with thorns.
Rose.
Filled with power.
Rose.
Filled with will.
I have to fight back. Fight with all I have. Fight with everything. This is my new beginning. I am Rose. No Reina. No Yuca.
Just Rose.
As cruel as it is, but it is better to leave a few things as they were in the past. The captain of Arsitey would never let me come back to my place so might as well start anew all together.
Rose. I am Rose. I will work for ma'am and gain enough power to make everyone who insulted my parents and my upbringing pay for what they did.
I might be a lowly person but my parents are not.
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[Present time]
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"Sir would you please come with us to identify the body?"