A world full of violence, treachery, dishonesty and atrocity certainly don't have a place for a child, an innocent soul between evil.
Aaron was a kid like others, with a single parent walking over time and striving for him, his mother was all he had, he had never known his biological father, he stick to his mother's side and cherished her, though at a very young age he was so brilliant, little did he know his little world of comfort will soon crumble.
It began with the secret code of a treasure which was made known to him by his mother, and she forced him to swear never to tell.
Then at five he lost her, she was murder by the same heartless man in the mask who had ripped him from his mother and made him submissive, the same man who had made him watch his mother died helplessly, the same beast who had forced him into the mafia and disappeared just like he came.
Days, weeks and months past, life became harder and more terrible for him, he only live with the haunting memory of the man with a cobra tattoo on his wrist pulling the trigger. No more comfort, no more innocence, no small opening for a little light to rush through just darkness, pain, scar and void. He was made to know the rules of the jungle, he was trained to steal and serve, his heart harden with each torture, he learnt to laugh in the face of pain and accept whatever he went through as his own life burden. He was chained forcibly and made to be a slave to the Mafia.
Not until he met Kendrick chuckles, the strongest of all mob boss in town, well known as the Crime Lord, he was feared for his instinct of killer, he killed with cold blood like there was no tomorrow, no mercy, only tooth for tooth or was it money for service, and blood for treason.
What of the treasure code and the assassin? Will Kendrick presence change anything? Read to find out
Elliot's partner was his whole world, but after Allan's death, his ghost haunts Elliot's dreams. Everyone tells Elliot to move on, but he isn't sure he can.
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It's been a year since the love of Elliot's life, Allan, passed away. Everyone thinks he should have recovered after that much time, but Allan still haunts Elliot every night. He struggles to maintain relationships with his family, and despite a coworkers interest he can't summon up the courage to date. Elliot is living for the past, because to live for the present means he'll have to live with a hole in his heart. But the question Elliot has to face chases him through his monotonous days: is mourning Allan with everything he has truly living?
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