DARK DESIRE ( BAD SOCIETY #1 )

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001 - THE TALES HE TELL
caius russo's point of view

I was always an observer, maybe that's why i was drawn to her at nine. Lumaki ako alongside the Russo's but i was not one of them. Kaya't alam ko kung bakit hindi ako ang kanilang center of attention, Isa siguro ito sa dahilan kung bakit lagi akong nasa gilid ng kwadro na papasukan ko, Always watching, always listening, and then one day, My eyes went to the toothless girl called Tasha.

It was during one of the Russo family's charity events that I first saw her, the Hernandez family present among the guests. I watched her from the shadows, my eyes drawn to her like a moth to a flame. She was a vision of innocence, the kind of child that every parent dreams of having.

To everyone around her, she was perfect, innocent and goody to shoes But to me, she was something darker. I was drawn to her in a way I couldn't explain, a fascination that went beyond just admiring her overtime.

And at this point, i knew i was a sick fuck. Everything began there, When i was nine and she was eight.

Natapos ang charity event, madaming tao ang dumalo kaya hindi kami nabigyan ng chance upang kilalanin isa-isa ang guest, None of the Russos had met her, none of them had looked at her the way I did. Somehow, a strange sense of ownership settled over me, as if I was the only one allowed to see her, to watch her.

Ang kasunod na kita ko sakanya was when i am but twelve and she was eleven, during her graduation ceremony, the first one of her that I ever attended. Naalala ko pa, narinig ko lamang na magaganap ito through our bodyguard Tyrone, his daughter attended the same school as her kaya naisipan kong sumama kay Tyrone sa graduation ng anak nya, to see her.

Her braces was the first thing i noticed upon seeing her among the crowds, and her hair was longer, more beautiful than I remembered. She walked up to the stage with a smile, and I found myself captivated once again. I couldn't help but observe her every move—how she adjusted her hair, the sweat forming on her nose, and how she nervously gripped her uniform. I noticed every detail that others overlooked

Afterwards, I returned to "The Ascension," a training process meant to prepare me for my role within the Russo family. Despite my training, I often found my thoughts drifting back to her. Being a Russo has it's ups and downs, at isa sa mga hindi ko ninais dito ay yung pagtigil naming lahat ng pag aaral to fully focus on the Ascension, instead of going to school ay binigyan kami ng sarili naming tutor.

Only Andres was given the chance to study, he needs to be a Surgeon dahil one day he'll be the CEO of Russo Medical Hospital. But the rest of us were put to business course at a young age, groomed to understand everything at once.

Rather than playing and acting at our age, we were force to put our nose in our books, ang mga kamay namin na dapat ay naglalaro? Were forced to hold a gun and identify the gun base on their gunshot sounds.

This is Russo.

My Ascension as an official member of Russo Corporation and High Order ended when i was sixteen, sobrang saya ko pa ng panahon na 'to dahil sa wakas. Sa wakas wala ng pipigil sakin sa mga gusto kong gawin, No more training, No more full schedule, No more.