THE TRINITY

20.

STORMI

I was walking downstairs after hearing a lot of noise thinking my parents were fighting again. They usually stopped when they saw me not wanting me to witness their altercations.

I've been trying to sleep for a while and the thumps are keeping me up. The rain is also getting extremely heavy outside.

I carried my small feet to the bottom of the stairs and across the foyer, getting closer to my dad's angry voice.

"I told you it's nothing personal" my father spoke, holding a needle behind his back like he was planning to use it on the man.

"Roman, we had an agreement" The man was equally as angry as my dad. I peeked my head around the corner watching. My dad's back was facing me, and the other man was standing in front of him. There was a shadow casting over his face in the dimly lit house so I couldn't see who it was. All I could see was that he was wearing a black tank top and black pants.

"The agreement was for you to be by my side" my dad seethed as the thunder crackled outside and the rain grew louder.

"Yes, as equals... not as your sidekick"

"Enough"

"I'm not running things like this." the faceless man challenged.

"Oh yeah. What do you plan to do then? Are you going to kill me? Take over MY empire?"

"No" The man stepped closer but was still in the shadows. "I'll build my own empire. I'll get so powerful you won't be able to stop me. I'll take everything you have little by little and watch you suffer. I'll bury your business in the ground. I'll start with that daughter of yours and end with you."

"Don't talk about my daughter." my dad grew angrier.

"She would be amazing at what we do... I'll start her off young so she can become well trained and then in due time. I'll send her to finish you."

"That won't be happening Damon" My dad raised his arm quickly and shot the man right in the chest. I gasped in horror as the man fell on his stomach to the ground causing me to scream.

"Stormi! Why are you down here?" my dad ran towards me.

"Get away from me" I cried, backing up and tripping over my nightgown.

"Shhh it's okay" he sat behind me cradling me in his lap. Suddenly I felt a poke in my neck. "It's all just a dream. You're okay. It's a dream" He shushed me.

My rapid chest started to calm, and my eyes grew tired. I looked at the man lying on the floor noticing two things before I fell into a deep sleep. A flash of lightning lit up the room revealing a glimpse of his face and a tattoo on his shoulder. It was a moon, a star and a sun.

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I gasped for air sitting up in the bed. I looked around the room quickly trying to catch my breath.

I felt a weight on the blanket and looked down to see Bonnie sleeping like the lazy cat she is, and I sighed realizing it was all just a dream.

I knew I recognized those tattoos from somewhere. The man in my dream has the same one. Well just the sun part. It's identical.

There is no way this is a coincidence.

Was the tattoo even there before or is my conscious just adding it now?

Why do the boys have the same sun tattoo as the man in my dream and why is the same symbol on my dad's ring?

I looked at the time reading 2 AM and decided to walk downstairs to get some water and calm down.