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"Because I want to protect her. As if It is my responsibility to protect her. My guts are telling me that she needs protection and help from us. No matter what, I'll protect her at any cost" Mr.Bellamy said as he remembered how she was standing in the rain, shivering. 

She still didn't come to terms with the tragedy that snatched everything from her but she was determined to have revenge. That impressed him but he couldn't ignore the fact that she needs protection. 

If anyone gets to know that she is alive, mainly Orion family, they'd even put a bounty on her without any doubt and he was sure of that.

He knows she is the heir of Celeste's and even if she is a girl, he could literally see her parents in her and he was sure she is strong enough to do what she is determined to do.

 "What if it is planned by Orion's or Celeste's to kill us and take our empire down? You yourself used to say how strong and determined her dad was to get revenge and bring our empire down" Derek said thinking.

 "Her dad was determined, but he never would do something like this. Because he would prefer coming straight to me and putting his gun directly on my heart and killing me instead of sending his daughter to me and he is no more. You think I would want to stop fighting with someone who kills me by my back? Her dad was a man full of rage and violence but he never let anything happen to his daughter. Because no one exactly knows that he has a child let alone a teenage daughter. And you think Ida would herself come to a place where she could get killed in a minute if they know  her identity? If their plan was to bring us down, we won't be sitting here and talking if she knows how to kill us" Mr.Bellamy stated.

 "What if it's just the other way round?" Ellis asked, doubting if she is playing an innocent damsel in distress role. 

"If she is at fault, she wouldn't dare to put her feet in this house or in this empire. She would be killed in a snap if she is at fault and she is sure of that '' Mr.Bellamy snapped at his son. 

"I know you guys are having so many questions but shut them out. I trust her and I want to protect her. I can see how daring and determined she is to kill the Orions and mainly that Alden. She could become one of our strongest fighters in the team if we train her correctly and the need of her revenge is her fuel to work ten times harder. And I want Ryan to train her and don't forget, I'm still ruling this empire" Mr.Belamy added as he looked at his sons who looked flabbergasted.

"All that is okay dad but what was the need to punch Ryan because of her?" Ellis asked, frowning.

 "First, she has a name and that's ida, stop addressing as if she is something you guys play with" Mr.Bellamy said and three of them nodded their heads but Ryan was still not looking at him, showing he was still angry and hurt by the punch.

 "Ryan '' Mr.Bellamy calls out, his voice soft as his elder son raises his head and looks at him. He pats the place beside him on the sofa and RYan walks to him avoiding eye contact and sits keeping a safe distance. 

Mr.bellamy shakes his head at his stubborn nature and sighs. "I'm sorry for punching you son, but what you did there was wrong" Mr.Bellamy says guiltily but that was the only way he could stop Ryan from speaking anything that could hurt her. "Why dad?" Ryan asked, more like a whisper. 

Mr.Bellamy kept his hand on Ryan's shoulder who looked at him, his eyes clearly showing how hurt he was. "I'm really sorry for punching you but you are at fault. You shouldn't have spoken to her rudely. She is hurt" Mr.Bellamy said, his voice much calmer than before. 

"Dad you are still supporting her" Ryan tried to argue but kept quiet when he felt his dad's hand slipping away from his shoulder.