Dark Archery of Elites. Known as D.A.E is a school kept under the radar. This prestigious school is a training ground for the future dons and donnas of most mafia around the world, also a training ground for assasins and hackers who are all called t...
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~I deeply belong to myself~
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We were watching our all time favorite show, Bridgerton, in silence when Kehlani broke it
"Where's everyone" Kehlani asks
"Blair must be with her girlfriend and I think Delilah went to swim because I saw her in a bahing suit" I answer popping a popcorn in my mouth. Kehlani was disturbing me because a very interesting scene piqued my interest
"You know everything about everyone it's both creepy and an advantage"
"Hey you know I can barely sleep so I heard them sneak out" I say defend myself
"Rigght. Wait what did you say what happened again?" Kehlani sits upright and looks at me with interest piqued in her eyes
Guess I'll have to pause the part where Penelope asks Collin to kiss her.
I'll catch up later
"I lived with my real parents in Malawi and they got shot in front of me. After that I was traded from man to man and eventually got adopted by my dad"
"Aww Zuri, I never knew you went through so much. Do you miss your parents?" Kehlani shifts to me and engulfs me in a hug
"Fuck no. They were going to sell me off to some fucked up prince for money when I reach the age of thirteen. But their deaths did however trigger me" I mumble and my mind flashes back to that day
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"Zuri you have to run to your aunt's and hide" My mother said in Chichewa. (Malawian language)
"Mama I don't want to leave you" I respond in the same language as I clutch to my Zuzu who is my home-made doll I took with me everywhere
"Just run Zuri and hide. Now!" She pushed me behind her with trembling hands
Before I could speak, loud banging noises filled the room making people scream outside.
That made me extremely scared, terrified even. I hug Zuzu tighter to my small body to take away the fear but it just increased.
Soon, English men came in holding something that looks dangerous in each of their hands. What caught my eye was that one of them held on to papa's hair, dragging him to the floor and pushed him to mama's feet.
"This area is under Donovan's name. I suggest you leave" a big bulky guy with a big X scar on his cheek said.
"I'm not leaving my home just because some stupid asshole said he's going to build a huge fucking holiday home. Go tell Donovan to fuck himself!" Mama said with anger and in one breath
"You should have listened" The big guy with an X scar shook his head and pointed the dangerous object at dad who was whimpering on the floor
A loud bang rang again and when I looked at dad again, there was a hole and blood oozing out of his forehead. His eyes and mouth were still opened with fear in them.
I then started running towards the backdoor, clutching on Zuzu for dear life. I was so close. So so close. The door is just a few steps away. I'm gonna make it
Before I could make it, strong big arms wrapped around my tiny body, picking me up in the air. When he lifted me up in the air, Zuzu fell our of my grip which made me scream.
"Noooo! Zuzu!!" I kicked and punched and bit his hand but he just laughed and placed me in front of my mother.
"Zuri, when you grow up I want you to be a beautiful woman and marry a rich handsome man" mama smiled and a tear slipped down her cheek
"Mama don't cry, crying is bad for you" I pout and take a step towards her and brush the tear away. I then turned to the man with the scar and gave him an ugly look
"You're very bad naughty men" I said in Chichewa because I didn't know what language they were speaking.
Theman thenhadan evil smile, a witches smile and nodded his head to my mother. Behind her was another scary man who pointed the same dangerous object at my mom. Before I could make of the situation-
BANG!
Another loud sound rang in my eyes and my mother fell on top of me. Blood splattered on my face when the sound rang.
"Nooo Mama nooo!"
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"Mom no!"
"Zuri it's not real!" A very loud voice called out but I was too busy trying to wake my mamma up.
"Mom wake up!"
"Zuri sweety wake the fuck up!"
I immediately open my eyes, my hands were wrapped around Kehlani's neck, tears were pouring like a river down my cheeks.
I immediately pulled my hand back as if I got a third degree burn.
I almost strangled my friend to death because of a damn trauma attack
"I'm so sorry"
"Don't sweat it. I'm not really bothered however I think I'm gonna lose my shit like Kai because of the amount of air it needs right now. But seriously, how is someone so handsome so stupid" she whispers her last statement.
Typical Kehlani
I see what she was trying to do. She was trying to change the subject or rather, act like she wasn't just strangled by a She-Devil a few seconds ago.
"Kehlani I'm so sorry. You didn't have to get caught up in that" I swallow a hard lump that formed in my throat
"Zuri you don't have to apologize, it was out of your control" she rubs circles on my back
"It doesn't mean I have to strangle my fucking bestfriend" I grit out
I'm so tired of my friends getting caught up in this. I'm so tired of being afraid to sleep because whenever I close my eyes, I see my mother's fucking petrified face. I'm so damn tired of this fucking life.
I just wanna-
"Don't even think about it bitch" Kehlani calls out.
Is she phsycic or something?
"I'm living on a loose thread Lani...I can't take it anymore" I sigh
Before Kehlani could retort or slap the living shit out of me, our phones buzzed catching my attention
"We'll deal with that later, now we have to focus on you Zuri"
"I need a distraction from all of this" I say standing up and opening my phone to look at it and what my eyes landed on made the death of my parents stand at the very back of my mind
