Royal Saga 1: ATHENA, Princess of Costavia

(book 2)Capitolo 23

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MAXIMUS' POV

The overwhelming urge to kill the man in front of me almost made me lose my cool but I had to control myself and follow the plan. I shouldn't mess this up even though I wanted nothing but to end his useless life once and for all.

"Who are you?" I heard him ask and my eyes squinted in anger.

"Don't play dumb because I know you still remember me. Now, I want you to raise your hands and slowly face me. Don't try anything funny or else..." I warned him and he did as he was told. When our gazes met, I caught a glimpse of shock and anger in his eyes. But if he was angry, I was livid and full of unexplainable rage.

Seeing the man that I once called my father made my stomach churn with disgust. I couldn't believe that I once considered him my father. Now that I finally saw him again, I finally understood why I've never had any desire to really make an effort for him to recognize me as his son when I was young.

Even though I didn't know that he wasn't my biological father back then, I already felt that distant feeling within me; the feeling that he wasn't related to me. I thought, I just felt like that because he never gave me any attention but now, I understood why.

"You..." He uttered.

"Yes, it's me. Surprised? I've grown tired of this cat and mouse game of ours and decided to come and visit you here. Missed me, papá?" I asked sarcastically.

"What do you want from me?" He asked, ignoring my question. My eyes squinted even more in anger as I threw the folder that I was holding at him. Because of what I did, all the papers that were clipped inside of it scattered on the floor.

"Take a look at every page." I instructed emotionlessly and I saw his jaw flex before he did what I told him to do. I saw how his eyes went wide in surprise upon seeing what was written on it but he tried to appear fine.

"This is nothing but lies." I felt like the blood in my body rushed to my head because of his reaction. He was feigning innocence and it just added to the rage that I was feeling.

"I don't want to hear your bullsh*ts. I just want to erase you out of my sight. You don't deserve to live." To my surprise, he suddenly laughed like the devil as if he was so amused of the situation. Then, he tore the papers into pieces.

"What the hell are you doing?" I asked through gritted teeth.

"You're still the kid that you used to be. Weak, ignorant and oblivious."

"You—" I was about to take a step forward to attack him when he stopped me.

"—Don't move a muscle if you still want to live!" His voice became menacing as he smirked at me like he had won the battle or something. Then, he raised his right hand as if signaling someone to come out and I was right.

"Now, throw you gun!" I saw from the corner of my eyes that two men came out of the shadows before the door opened and two more men came in with their guns pointing at me. I was already surrounded.

I tsked and then threw my gun about four feet away from me. The pleasure of success crossed Giuseppe's eyes as he saw me obliging.

"Do you really think that you could outwit me? Never, Vázquez. Not the likes of you." He uttered full of disgust as he laughed once again while shaking his head.

"You're nothing but a coward." I uttered firmly. He stopped laughing and then closed the gap between us and punched me in the face. I grunted.

"I've been waiting for so long to get a hold of you like this. You don't know how much I've been dying to kill you with my own two hands."