The Traps of the Black Swan

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Ruby Jane reached the race starting point, that's the foot of Mount Mocon. She didn't join the play yet, she watched six bikers slash wealthy heirs laughing and challenging each other as they spoke about their dear motorbikes.

Vance hid his turmoil and tried to blend with them. He had received many calls from M Psychiatric hospital but he hadn't dared to answer it. The reason is truly simple, it's guilt.

He had no idea how he lost control with Libby, current fiancée but he woke up in the hotel suite with that woman instead of the Highlands restaurant private room. He was yet to recollect the situation, somebody barged in the room and slapped him across the face fiercely.

That's Libby's father putting on a great show.

The high drama of Libby's family with his mother gave him a terrible headache and finally, it ended up with a forced engagement with the lady he didn't even know. He didn't know how to face Grace Wells either after everything hence he avoided her.

He joined the race hoping to get some peace of mind away from the world. Will he get that peace? Or Is that going to mess his mind more? The time will speak of it... No, Ruby Jane will determine that.

Ruby Jane sipped her coffee in the café watching the six getting on the motorbikes. The two motorbikes were standard country superbikes, three were imported and one was custom made. Then her eyes fell on her black beast imperiously waiting for her in front of the café, that's the beauty Jisoo loved and suggested her to buy.

Her eyes went back to the bike-riders. Inserting the key in the ignition of the motorbike they pulled the choke all the way out at once as if they were doing it on command. She could make out in her mind the continuous click sounds by the turn the keys in the ignition to the ON position.

Knowing the next moves of the riders, her eyes involuntarily shifted to their left foot where they made sure the gear was in neutral. Her gaze lifted to their left-hand when they squeezed the motorcycle clutch lever till the grip.

Ruby Jane started her count down, 'Five...' They pressed the start button with the right-hand thumb. 'Four...' The engines of all the bikes fired up. Creating the roaring sound on the road that attracted the passerby's attention. The girls who were present there, shirked in cheer to support their favorite heir or probably friend which Ruby Jane really doubted.

'Three...' The riders covered the panel of their helmets after glancing at each other as though they were challenging. 'Two...' She took the last sip of her coffee and raised her head placing the cup on the small coaster, "One..."

'Zoooom...' The superbikes roared on the road as they left the spot and the sound slowly vanished as Ruby Jane made her way towards her black beast in calm and composure.

She was just a named heiress of the Kim family but she never had the privilege to learn anything other than her parents sending her to school. In fact, they never let her pick any specialty to learn. Music or dance, painting, or sports, they stopped her as soon as they got to know.

She didn't know the reason for that in the past but now, she is well aware of every fact, cause, and result. The best decision she took in past was to fool her parents and study business and finance management. That determination and decisiveness proved her so very precise for her that she is pleased for having Mino, Jisoo who helped her to learn everything she showed interest.

Now it is time to test what she learned. Failure? She isn't scared of it, she will face it to make it as her victory in the end.

She gracefully wore her helmet ignoring the admiring gaze of the café owner. Igniting the engine, she rode her beast towards the road and got every single one's attention on her.