chapter 3
Anthony reentered his limo, and they began chasing the taxi hotly.
Meanwhile, the masked driver kept speeding, he was literally flying on the road, making Sergio's head swing around in the car till it finally hit the window.
That spot began bleeding, and he faced the driver with heavy breaths.
"Who're you?" He panted, but instead of answering, he made a turnaround and trespassed into the other side of the road, making Sergio's head hit the window again.
"F**k!!" He groaned as his blood wet his face again.
The driver ventured into a street shop, knocking away all the wares of the shop owners just to make way for himself.
He was able to maneuver, and he entered another street.
The tyres screeched yet again when he made a dangerous u-turn, and for the third time, Sergio's head hit on the window.
He only groaned quietly this time since questions don't seem to work on the driver.
He looked at him, and his eyes caught hazel eyes which were left uncovered by the mask.
That's the only thing visible on his face, then the veiny hand he's driving with.
He has had more than twenty drivers, but none is surely as skilled as the masked guy driving him right now.
It'd surely take centuries before any normal human can drive roughly with just an hand without missing anything out.
A poisonous smile formed on his lips as he continued staring at the masked face, did he finally find the protector he needed?
The car finally halted in the silent part of the street, and that brought him back to the present.
Seems Anthony and his girls lost them already cos there's no sign of any coming car.
"Who're you?" Sergio asked calmly, and he faced him slowly before removing his mask, only to reveal a f**king handsome face, Franklin's!
Sergio's eyes widened, and he eventually smiled.
"You're a baddie"
Franklin's face held no emotion as he got down from the taxi to check it out.
The body is wrecked already as a result of the hot race, and he became even more sad.
"If you're worried about the taxi, I can pay for it" Sergio said, coming out too.
Franklin didn't look at him before going back into the taxi to get the red teddy he got for Serafina.
He was actually on his way back from the store when he saw the scene.
"I don't need your money" he told Sergio and got back in.
"Why did you save me?" Sergio asked.
Franklin took a while before talking.
"I dunno, maybe I couldn't watch someone die in front of me again" he said bluntly without looking at him.
He finally drove off, and Sergio smiled again.
"You've got nowhere to run to, you're mine from now on" he muttered.
He touched his bloody head and grinned loudly.
"Anthony, you bit more than you can chew this time, and your blood will face the consequences" he muttered wickedly.
A black car came speeding immediately, Barnabas is the driver.
He's in his early forties with full grey hair, obviously dyed.
"Took you long enough, I could have died!" Sergio shouted.
"I'm a mere advisor, not one of your bodyguards, so don't pour the anger on the wrong person, you should strengthen your castle more instead of this" Barnabas replied, and Sergio got in the car.
"I lost twenty-two guards! Twenty two you heard me! Anthony messed so hard and I'mma pay back in folds!" Sergio shouted, wiping his bloody face with an hanky.
"How'd you escape?" Barnabas asked as he drove.
"Just drive" Sergio ordered.
"You could have called Doctor Luciano to come for your teeth implant in the castle instead of trying to go meet him in the hospital, Anthony is f**king tricky and his girls are everywhere, you should have known better, Sergio" Barnabas said.
"One more word from you, and your tongue is gone. You only speak when I ask!" Sergio snapped, and Barnabas sighed, resting back on his seat as he focused on the road.
They arrived at the castle shortly, and Sergio left the car immediately.
"Inform my sons and the top bodyguards to meet in Eden in thirty minutes" He ordered and left for his palace.
He stormed in and went straight to a wall hanger in the living room where various weapons were hung.
He picked a combat knife and removed it from it's sheath.
The blade glimmered, and he smiled darkly when the beams reflected on the wall.
"Told you not to tempt me Anthony, but now that you did, you leave me with no choice" he muttered and placed his left palm on the wall.
The spot beamed red immediately, bringing out the shape of his palm, and that same minute, a spot opened on the ground, leading to his underground cell vaults.
He was still smiling as he walked there with the knife, and immediately his foot touched the spot, it began going down like an elevator till he went out of sight, and the spot closed up.
*****
THIRTY MINUTES LATER, EDEN**
Eden is the name given to the hall where Sergio meets with anyone when the need arises, it's in the middle of the castle.
Sofia and Ghost walked in together, and when they met Aurora on seat already, Sofia smirked.
She knows better than to talk again, so she kept her thoughts in as she walked to the round table and sat with Ghost.
"Hey Aurora" Ghost winked, trying to start a conversation.
Aurora gave him an hateful look as expected, and when he made to talk again, she smiled, and he went silent.
Aurora never smiles, but whenever she does, it's a dangerous warning.
"Why bother talk to her, not like she's a queen or something" Sofia said beside him, and Armani came in that moment with a lollipop trapped between his lips as usual.
He sat quietly beside Aurora, and Aurora gave him a hard glare immediately.
He stood and sat far away from her to avoid chaos.
Rocco came in next, then Romeo.
They sat on the round table too, Sergio came in, reeking of blood.
This time it's not the blood from his wounded head, it's surely the blood of another person.
Immediately he got to the center of the round table, he stopped and rested his bloody palms on it.
"How many guards are left guarding the castle right now?" He asked.
"102" Rocco replied.
"We need recruitment as soon as possible, and about Anthony, he payed for the guards he killed already" Sergio replied, and Romeo raised his brows.
"How?"
"That's not important right now, I made a plan" Sergio finally sat.
"What's it about? Boss" Sofia asked.
"Going around with too many guards might be meaningless, what happened today might happen again so I've decided to create a R5 with the top guards. They'd do my guarding apart from going on missions, and of course, your pays will be raised" Sergio replied.
"R5?" Ghost asked.
"Ruthless 5" Aurora replied smartly, and Sergio smiled.
"But we the top guards are 4" Armani said, and Sergio sat back.
"An addition is coming in today, definitely" he said confidently, and a guard brought Mia in.
Her neck is all red from the choking she got from Sofia's belt, and immediately Romeo saw it, he spranged up.
"The f**k is up with your neck?" He asked, but she ignored him and walked to the open space on the table where a pen and blank paper is waiting.
"You draw while I describe" Sergio ordered.
"Yes father" she replied obediently and sat, waiting for the description.
She's a perfect drawer, part of the basics of being a plastic surgeon.
Sergio was about to start describing when Romeo left his seat and went to her
He grabbed the pencil from her and broke it into two, then he tore the paper too and pulled her up from her seat.
"How did this happen to your neck?" He asked calmly.
"I dunno" she replied.
"Romeo, disturbing the peace of Eden is forbidden!" Sergio barked.
"And I'm demanding to know the identity of the shitty person who did this to your f**king neck!" Romeo shouted angrily, and Mia flinched as she pointed slowly at Sofia.
Romeo smirked as he walked the her Immediately.
He pulled her up from her seat and slapped her soundly, shocking everyone.
Armani smiled, and Ghost stared at Romeo with pure hatred in his eyes. Aurora kept her poker face on.
"Romeo!" Sergio warned, but he slapped her again immediately, and Sofia fell on the ground.
"Ahh!!"
Romeo kicked her on the face, and her face flew to the table leg, hitting it hard.
"Argg!" She groaned, bleeding from the mouth.