Chapter 42: Damn Marcus

SAMARAH 'S POV -

I had seen my fair share of mansions, villas, penthouses and the rest working in the entertainment industry but to think that Kendall was brought up in such a house just blew me off. Thia was so different than how I was brought up.

She had been brought up like the perfect princess she is while I....

I clenched my jaw hard thinking of my dark past. In my anger I hadn't even noticed the presence of a woman who was promptly hugging Kendall tight.

"Hope you all had a good journey. I am sorry for the blindfold and all. Just some standard procedures.", her sweet voice sounded like avid in my ears. It had haunted me since long now.

" And who do we have here?", a firm hand was placed on my cheek. " That's Samarah, my friend and Damon's mate.", Kendall introduced. Meanwhile I took deep breaths to calm myself down and avoid the chasm of her eyes.

Eventually I looked at her and only found malice written across her entire being for me. No....no..no .......not again. I had worked so hard to escape all this.

Stroking my cheek, she slowly turned her unholy gaze on Miranda," And if I am not wrong, this must be our Luce Mia.", her venomous voice left my skin crawling.

"Yes, mom. That is her.", Kendall said warmly to her mother. No wait ..... I mean my mother, who bowed in mock respect.

I couldn't fathom what she would do to me once she found me alone. Miranda gasped," Oh please! Don't do that.", while going in for a hug. Poor Luce Mia. She wasn't even aware what the vile woman had been planning for her. I had to protect her.

MIRANDA 'S POV -

I couldn't be more thankful to Kendall's mom. She had been so kind and welcoming unlike the king I had had the displeasure of meeting.

Oh God! I really hoped that he was alive though! I really didn't want to become a murderer directly after becoming a God. It would taint my picture.

Just then Kendall burst into my room. We had been given seperate rooms so, I couldn't guess why she was here instead of sleeping like a log ( in her room) just like I was about to do so.

"Can I sleep with you tonight?", she said almost pleading with puppy dog eyes. "Why don't you go to Damon then?", the sentence came out a little sharper than intended but I was too tired to care.

She sighed," I would have only if his door hadn't been locked. I didn't want to disturb him.", I threw my head back sarcastically stating," Sure go ahead and disturb the pitifully single friend while your lover sleeps like a log."

She elbowed me in the ribs staring cross facedly while I just rolled my eyes and said ," FFFIIINNNEEEEE. You can crash the night. Just don't hog the blankets or I might kick you off the bed."

AFTER A FEW HOURS -

I shifted wildly in my sleep as the voices kept muttering incoherent words. Until one screamed," GO TO HERRRR!"

I bolted up on the bed with a buzzing sound in my ears. I held my ears which pained until the low buzzing slowly ceased. Worried of waking Samarah up, I glanced towards her side of the bed.

But the faint moonlight trickling in made it obvious that the bed was empty apart from me hogging the sheets.

A raspy voice echoed in my ears," Down down its down...", at the same pain a sharp pain shot through my chest which made me buckle over.

Unbeckonest to me, my legs started to move and I found myself in large living hall. I tried to make sense of what was happening to me when I felt a draft creeping up from underneath the floorboards. I bent down to inspect it when I heard mumbled sentences like," I won't kill her..... I won't ever....kill her.... Not Kendall....never ever......neither Luce Mia.....You are more a beast than my motherrrr......" followed by an ear splitting scream which had to be Samarah's.

I ran as hard as I could to gather everybody and barge in to whatever was going on down there.

SAMARAH 'S POV -

My mother....more like my worst nightmare had returned to haunt me. She had been planning to kill Luce Mia since forever. In fact, it was the literal reason she had brought me up.

It was the task she had set for me to achieve. And I had complied for all these years only because all I ever wanted ever, was for her to accept me. To be proud of me.

I took every beating, every whip thrown at me withput shedding a single year and never made her doubt me. But the day she crossed a line was when she asked me to kill Kendall, a few months back, since she would be a hindrance in her plan to finish Luce Mia.

God! I hadn't even known that Kendall was my sister until today; yet I had refused to kill my friend since she was the closest I had ever had to having a real famil and I had fled from her clutches that day, never looking back.

Although one thing I was thankful to my mother for was to set me as a lookout for Kendall all those years back and report to her whenever Luce Mia was found.

Now, I would protect Kendall and Luce Mia till my last breath. It brought me undeniable happiness to know that I was getting away from my evil mother's clutches. I was tearing her murderous plans to shred.

I whipped my head to the sound ofdoor cracking open and her emerge in the room. I wondered whether she was here to kill Luce Mia.

I think my guess couldn't have been more off the mark as her lips thinned and a small sigh left her mouth.

Grabbing my arm tightly, she flung me to the basement. My face met the hard concrete floor even before I could process what was going on.

Pulling me up, she hung me from a bar with chains encircling my wrist and feet. Harshly, grabbing my cheek, she hissed," You useless mistake. What should I do with a mistake like you? Should I kill you or will you finally do your job?"

Her grip left my jaws hurting as I repeated like a mantra," I will not hurt my friends. I won't kill her... I won't kill Kendall.", her grip tightened muffling my voice but I urged on enjoying being defiant to her," You are not my mother ....you never were.....you are more a beast than my mother." Her grip on me loosened as a hard resounding whip cracked my back and I let out a blood curdling scream. Behind me, I saw a man walk with a whip in his hands. It was the same man who had tried to murder me back at the party.

Damn Marcus.