Into The Unknown (COMPLETED)

Chapter 44: ZEVENTHEEN GRAYSTONE

Since I was a child, I have been exposed to different types of violence.  Ever since I was born and have my own thought, I have been a witness to things that ordinary people do not normally see and witness.

My birth seems like a blessing and a curse at the same time.  Many lives were lost before I even witnessed the world I live in at this time.  Many lives have been sacrificed to preserve mine.  Many lives were thrown away because of my birth.  My birth seemed like a danger and a threat to the people around me.

That's why every breath and beating of my heart seems to be my debt to the people who sacrificed just to protect me.  I was born into an influential family.  It is recognized inside and outside the country as one of the richest, most influential and most successful when it comes to the business industry.  That's what everyone thinks, that we're just a successful family.  But the truth is that our family has a dark side that doesn't matter to those who earn, especially ordinary people and families inside and outside the country.  The identity of my family of origin is just a mask that will hide its true identity.

I was born and raised in the iron hand of my grandmother, the Chairwoman of the Graystone Empire Group.  Amillury Graystone, who replaced the former leader of our Family when he passed away in an assassination.  My grandmother didn't have enough strength and influence then, so she kept her mouth shut about my grandfather's death.  But before he died, he gave me to my grandmother, that's why she became my parent.  Yes, I still recognize my parents who gave birth to me as parents because they have not been deprived of the right to recognize them as my real parents and the same as true of the Chairwoman.  She did not begrudge me the right to meet them.  But even so, the Chairwoman had more rights when it came to my life.  Ever since I was a child, the Chairwoman has held me in her hands, like an eagle's claw buried in my neck.  All the things I will do, I will do by her command.  She held and controlled my life since I was young, that's why I was a witness to the violence and dark things that our Family was doing.  Because my family is a member of a Familya with hundreds of members from rich and influential families from inside and outside the country.  My family is a member of the mafia family, where various dirty things are done.

Right from childhood I was taught and mastered how to use guns and knives, I've gone through a lot of hardship training and learning different fighting skills to fight and to protect myself from the enemy.  Starting at a young age, my hands were exposed and stained with blood because of things that ordinary people would not want to do.

I was born in exchange of many lives, I was born to take and charge lives.  I was born to fight evil and fight for good and peace through dark and dirty methods.  Because from a young age I was taught and made aware of how evil and dirty the world is, where the weak and impetuous have no place in a world full of evil, violence and greed.  I was born and raised in a family that fights and defends good through evil as well.  I'm fighting evil through evil ways to fight along with the good.

My birth is a blessing and a curse at the same time, because my birth is salvation and death.  I was born and chosen to fill a position where I must protect and serve hundreds of people.  But despite that good intention for the majority, many also turned their backs and went on strike against me.  Many members do not agree that I should be elected to the position as the next leader of the Family.  Because of intense desire and greed I was abandoned by what I considered to be my family, I was stabbed and betrayed.  They even killed my loved ones just to fulfill their lust and greed.

Until their desire and greed became the result of death.  Death of my family and many more innocent lives within our Family.  This resulted in great chaos, conflict and war between the members of our Family.  Many lives were owed, until this time the conflict of our Family is still not over, the war and chaos that is contrary to the knowledge of ordinary families.  Until now, our Familya is still suffering from endless conflict and fighting.  It seems that we are divided by hatred and anger that has destroyed the peace and tranquility of our Family.