The Knife In My Hand

Prologue

Point Of View - Elma Rose      

      Elma Bellona Rose is my name. Sometimes I just wonder, 'can I even be a normal teenager.' No I can't, I chose this path at the age of eleven years old. Natsuo gave me two options. When he told me he was the Don of The Japanese Mafia. Be given a new life or Train to become his heir.

      My heart was already dead from the inside by the people I was around at the age of eight. Clara acted like a mom towards me until she started to regain her mind. Dale, he acted like a caring dad until... He killed Clara and revealed his real family. Ever since I stepped into that house of theirs. I have lost the meaning of care and love in my life.

      They took me in as a maid and not a step daughter. Treated me like I am a disposable little thing in their life. I even believed them that this was better than other foster homes. That's why I ran at the age of ten and met Domoto Natsuo. He had rescued me from some drunk men harassing me in an alleyway. He saw the darkness in my heart but also potential in me.

      Years of hard work on my physical strength, fighting skills, and my knowledge in business. Even if I am still a kid in appearance. They're wrong, people call me deadly and it's how I live. I am known by different names but I always get my way... Even if it means me with The Knife In My Hand. I have built my empire throughout the years of destruction and torcher. 

      Through the year I have learned many basic facts of things just to pass as an expert in different things like car models, guns, drugs, and other different topics. The different things I tend to specialize in are knives, business, debating, and street racing. Bad habits of mine are being very clumpy and falling asleep during serious situations. Another thing is that I don't have the best aim while using a gun and I don't have so much patience for people.

      One thing I have learned is that destruction is not always the answer. There is love and joy if you dare to look for it. That's what my adopted family tells me, The Shepherds Family. My new light shining out of the darkness. They accept who I was and I feel like a kid again even if it's just a moment of laughs and giggles. They accepted my past and the Devil inside of me. Before I met the Shepherds, I knocked out all of my emotions. They helped me learn that emotions make you human and being human is not bad.

      You never know what you miss until it happens. I miss being with my family and going on missions with them. They understand the difficulties of running a mafia. Papa and Alvin gave up the German Mafia to me. It was a hard decision but the German Mafia was starting to decline and Alvin was not gonna cut it. There were changes to be made and I did. I created The Rose Dragons out of The Japanese Mafia and The German Mafia.

      Reputation is almost everything in the underworld. I am known by many different names: The Monarch Dragon, Butterfly Assassin, Madam Rose, and plenty more. The Monarch Dragon is known for being the Donna of The Rose Dragons, Mafia. The Butterfly Assassin is known for her skills with knives. Madam Rose, the founder of Black Guard Technologies. These are just different names I have made over the years.

      Currently I am hiding as Elma Walker. You think I might change my name. Ya, no this identity was my first one. About seventeen years old with a deep history. I know my original name is Elma because of my silver butterfly necklace. It's engraved on the back of it. The last name Walker came from Dale when Clara married him. When I was seven Debra blurted out that Clara was not my real mom. Four years after that Katsurō went behind my back and found my bloodline. Being me, I ordered him to erase all traces. My world is dangerous, people will go after every weakness just to destroy them.

      My laying low as a Walker. It's a torture to my physical and mental self. They treat me like a maid and they have no clue of my true nature. I truly want to kill them for myself but I am not sure about returning to Germany. Papa is kinda mad about me going to New York after the incident in Japan.

      While I was in Japan I got kidnaped by The Chinese Mafia. One thing for certain is that why are the Chinese in Japan? I don't know but the lucky thing is that they had no clue who I was. It was just a random pick up. The Chinese Mafia is the most popular human trafficking ring. At the end of all of it I ended up with a broken foot. 

      Lately I have been just going to school in person like a regular teenager. I could not handle the bullying so I stopped it. Currently there is no bullying in Locust Point Secondary School, courtesy of me. One thing I have learned is that I like online school much better. I can do my job and do school. But not doing that since Papa is making me go in person for school to distract me. I prefer to be away from the house as long as I can.

      After school I hang out at my apartment to work with Mila. Brooklyn and Huston have been dealing with things in person for me. It's too risky to go in person, someone could see a pattern. Someone could notice that the Monarch Dragon has a boot just like the Butterfly Assassin.

      My apartment is nice and it does the job I need it for. It's a second floor apartment, one thousand one hundred fifty nine square feet, one bedroom, one den, and two baths. It's a modern designed interior and a brick exterior. The price is about seven thousand five hundred eighty two dollars in total. Which really is not a bad price but I don't really care because I am one of the richest people out there.

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Thank you for reading my Prologue. About 1,103 words in the Prologue. Knife In My Hand is also a draft so things will be edited and changed to find the right storyline.