Chapter 3

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Jackson's POV

I flopped down onto my bed after a really hot shower. Temporarily I had forgotten about the Matthew incident. When I had walked out of the living room this afternoon, I had planned to find Matthew and give him a slow and painful death but Mom talked me out of the idea out of my head....for the moment. And to make matters worse, I was assigned a job with Dad. He and I never got along, even when I was a kid. I just knew this was going to be a disaster. I became lost in my thoughts, drifting in and out of sleep for God knows how long.

I was dozing off when I heard shuffling in Khloe's room, which was below mine. I got down on my knees and placed my ear on the floor, trying to find out what she was up to. That was when I heard the scream. I got up and raced down to her room. I almost collided with Mom, who was coming down the stairs.

I burst into her room, standing up and holding her right shoulder was Khloe, beside her was a guy lying on his back groaning, a bruise already forming on his right cheek. I instantly recognized him as a guy Khloe used to hang out with when they were younger; "I'm alright...deal...with...him....take h-him...to the (clears throat) basement." She struggled to speak. She was acting as if she wasn't in pain as if she was all that strong but I knew she had a breaking point, one she was approaching at this moment. I made a step to help her but the look she gave me told me that if I disobeyed her order, I would pay for it.

That was the thing. Khloe was the youngest in the house but she was the leader. Even though she got us in this mess, she was still loved by us. As we kept her in hiding from Vadim Markov and because she knew so much more about the group, she assumed the responsibility of guiding us through the whole process of the jobs we were given.

I dragged Joshua down the stairs to the basement. He hit his head several times but I didn't care. I flung him into the torture room, feeling sorry then for what Khloe was gonna do to him when she finished bandaging her arm. I leaned against the wall thinking about what she told me earlier about Matthew coming to the school. I thought about all the plans we had made about keeping her safe just in case they came looking for her. I knew that eventually they would find her no matter how many precautions we took. Khloe came down the stairs with a hard look on her face. She was really thinking about what she was going to do to Joshua before she started asking questions. I sat on the stairs waiting until she was finished. As soon as she closed the door behind her, I could hear the screams of her victim.

Khloe/Kohl's POV

I really enjoyed last night. It had been a long time since I had blood on my hands. It was exhilarating. I'd say better than sex but I know that nothing could compare to that kind of ecstasy. I left Joshua in my basement, tied up, no food or drink. I didn't get as much answers as I wanted but I intend to get them. When I came to school this morning, my friends noticed the change in my mood and with their smutty ass selves asked if I got laid. They noticed that Joshua was absent even though it was something regular, especially Mickala who was especially worried. I made up my mind to keep my eye on her as I didn't know if she worked with him.

I saw Matthew around school but he didn't pay me any interest, which I was especially glad for. After Bio, I had Art class with Daniel, and Khalia, who kept pestering me about why I was in a good mood.

"C'mon Kohl, tell me Please Please, Please, Please. Please, Pleeeeeeeaaaaassse..." Khalia kept asking. I shot a look telling her to shut the fuck up. Then she turned to Daniel, who was actually concentrating on his piece; he wouldn't let us see it. "Daniel darling, Kohl doesn't want to talk to me, make him talk to me." She started sniffling near the end as if I had hurt her feelings, I'm not even sure if the bitch has feelings. Daniel only looked at her and mouthed 'hush' and went back to his piece. Khalia huffed indignantly, turned to me and drew her finger across her throat. I only chuckled as the art teacher, Mrs Bailey, came into the classroom and started checking the work. I didn't do anything in class but I had a piece I was already working on in my bag so I took it out and put it on the easel as if I had been working.

As lunch time neared, Principal Beckford entered the classroom. He whispered something to Mrs Bailey and then waved for me to follow him. Daniel and Khalia looked at me, asking if I knew what I was being called for but I only shrugged. I hiked my bag up my shoulder and followed Beckford out the door. When we left the class, Beckford made a sign, crossing his middle and index fingers, touched his heart and then made a fist. I understood immediately: the boss was in town. I stared at him wide-eyed. Vadim Markov never left his estate, only to go to his cover businesses or for pressing mafia reasons and the fact that he was in Yorkshire I was the pressing mafia reason. It all connected now: Matthew coming to the school, Joshua knowing about the gold gun, breaking into my house and knowing the code to the safe said gun was in.

Viktor Markov aka Steve Beckford was the older brother of Vadim (pronounced vaHDEEM) Markov. A decade ago when Viktor was to take over the business, he was dating this girl who his father didn't believe was fit to be a boss' wife. But he got married to her behind his back. Vadim, who wanted to be the boss but because he was the younger one, found out and told their father, who in turn disowned Viktor. When I ran from the mafia, pretending to be dead, Viktor found me and helped me. He helped me carry on my life and I owed him. He wouldn't tell me what he wanted in return no matter how much I pestered him as I didn't like being in debt to anyone.

 He wouldn't tell me what he wanted in return no matter how much I pestered him as I didn't like being in debt to anyone

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"Kid, I think it's time you took up my offer and skip town. Look, Vadim's here. He is obviously looking for you. You think I don't know about the break-in. I'm telling you it's not safe especially with that kid Matthew being here at the school. It's best for everyone if you just left." All this he said in Russian.

"What are you trying to say 'it's best for everyone if I left'.....something happened didn't it," I grabbed on to Viktor's hand, physical contact wasn't something he liked, and looked him in the eye, "who got hurt.....you've got to tell me Viktor, please, is it Jackson, Mom, Dad?"

"It's Jackson....he went on a trip with your dad and he came back alone. When they found him he was covered in blood....his own blood. He's in the hospital right now; his cuts were so bad they had to put him into a medically-induced coma."

"How'd he get them?"

"They think he got attack by a wild animal but....he was found in the city." He looked at me as if he expected me to know what that meant, I did. There aren't any wild animals in the city so it meant that the animal was set on them.

"It was Vadim, wasn't it?" Tears started flowing down my cheeks, crying wasnt something I did often. I knew that he hated me for what I did but I didn't think that he would hold a grudge against my family especially if he thought I was dead....unless he knew I wasn't. "He knows.....but how? I took every precaution there was. No one except you and my family knows about the transformation."

"What about the doctors who helped with it?"

"Killed them. I told you I took every precaution." Raphael smiled at me as if he was proud. He was like a second dad to me but I didn't tell him that.

"Well we still have to get you to your mom. I already took her to a hotel near the hospital your brother's at."

We walked hastily to the parking lot, where his car, a Lexus LC 500, waited.

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