10321-chapter-1314
“I have not even started, sweetheart.” He muttered to her face, and she sucked in a slow breath, the fragrance of his aftershave encroaching her nostrils.
They didn’t break the eye contact, and she didn’t stop trying to hold back the tears either, sniffling every second.
He’s not staring at her, he’s staring into her soul, breaking her walls and settling himself in the deepest part of her.
No doubt, this unhinged guy right here will stop at nothing to ruin her, and true to his words, it looks like he’s really just starting.
She broke the eye contact and looked away, sniffling again.
“Let go of me” she muttered.
“No Cole here anymore, do you understand?” He replied hoarsely, his voice rippling through her eardrums.
She kept mute.
“Do you understand?” He muttered, meaner than the first time.
She nodded once, still not looking at him.
“Words, and look at me while answering” he replied, and she slowly looked back into his crazed eyes.
“I’ll be good” she mumbled.
He gave her one last gaze before letting go of her arms.
The two fell beside her, and he didn’t look back as he walked out of the room.
Hazel sat on the ground beside the wall, finally letting out her tears as she stared at the scattered phone.
Who knows how much Cole got it?
It’s Samsung, and the price is probably more than her mother’s salary for one year, yet he broke it without caring?
What the hell did she get herself into?
Why is she entangled with this bastard?
How is she gonna cope?
She propped up her knees and buried her face inside, crying gently into it.
*
SECOND MANSION*
“Where were you?” Natty asked when Kenzie came in.
“Not in the mood for questions. Get me a new phone” he replied, sitting beside Miguel who’s smoking silently.
“Phone? You got yourself a new phone already” Natty frowned, settling in front of him.
“It’s not for me” Kenzie replied.
“It’s for who?” Miguel asked, and before he could reply, Eminem came downstairs, wearing Kenzie’s shorts and hood.
“I don’t share clothes, and you know it twat” Kenzie spat at him.
“Sure, everyone in this house is aware of your OCD, so consider these clothes gone! They’re mine now” Eminem smiled like a Cheshire cat, and Kenzie rolled eyes murderously, making Natty laugh.
“Oh…I forgot to tell you I gave all the wears you got for me to Hazel! They fit her more, especially the shorts” she said, and Kenzie frowned.
“That was one of the shorts I bought?”
“Of course, didn’t it look good on her? My girl looks hot” Natty said proudly.
Kenzie scoffed.
“Of course she does, why else would Ken stare at her for two minutes straight” Eminem grinned, pouring himself some warm coffee from the jug.
“It was three minutes” Miguel spoke, and Natty laughed.
“You guys counted?” she said, and Kenzie stood.
“Are you feeling caught? Ken” Eminem laughed, and Kenzie grabbed his coffee cup from him, plus the jug on the table.
“Those two are my favorites from my dad, captain!” Eminem shouted, but it was already too late.
Kenzie threw both on the floor, breaking them before going for the door.
“How does that feel, @zzhead” Kenzie scoffed and left finally.
“I’m gonna ki|| captain myself, no one has the right to stop me ok? I’m cutting him limb by limb” Eminem seethed loudly, and Miguel started laughing.
Eminem gritted his teeth, falling beside Natty on the couch.
“Why the silence, Natty?” Miguel asked.
“I have an intuition, i feel something is gonna go sour at the initiation tonight” Natty muttered.
*
MAIN MANSION*
There’s no one at the living room when Kenzie came in, and he appreciated that with a sigh before moving upstairs, but then he met Lee by the stairs, coming downstairs with a bowl of chips.
Kenzie almost walked past him, but he blocked him quickly.
“Can you at least pretend to see me? We haven’t even talked since your arrival. Seems your bitçhes are more important than me” he muttered.
“Are you mad?” Kenzie replied.
“A lot, and I demand an apology” Lee grimaced.
“A what?” Kenzie scowled.
“But…
“Just eat your chips” Kenzie replied, finally climbing the remaining stairs.
“You’re a douche but i love you Kenzie!” Lee shouted after him, and he immediately turned back with a murderous glare.
“I love you, Kenzie” Lee winked, and Kenzie took off his right shoe, throwing it at him.
Lee ducked, and the shoe landed downstairs.
Before Lee could declare love again, Kenzie was already in his room, shutting the door behind.
Should he just cut off Lee’s diçk? He’d think about it
He sat on the bed, and his mind went to Hazel so fast.
It sounds sick, but tears actually look good on her, so far he’s the one who made them spring out.
Inflicting pains on others brings him pleasure, but in her case, it’s different.
Despite how beautiful the tears looked on her, he couldn’t feel the pleasure he always feels with tears and blood…
What the hell is she? And why is he so inclined to her if she’s as boring as a snail like he claimed?
He rubbed his crotch slowly, her words from earlier doing a tour in his head.
“WHY ARE YOU DOING TO ME, KENZIE…WHY?”
Fûck! He can’t even give answer to that.
He loves dominance and submission, he loves weak@zz girls, which is why he’s so obsessed with winning trophies and making females fall to his feet, but Hazel’s weaknesses hits different.
The more he witnesses it, the more he wants to feed on it and swallow it whole.
He h@ťěs it.
He bit his mouth wall so hard, and the taste of copper filled his mouth as blood erupted.
He threw his weight on the bed, and his phone buzzed.
When he checked to see a text from Amber, he smirked.
Amber: Still expecting your apology for what you did, and you need to explain what’s between you and that filthy girl.
He left her on read, then he went to his gallery to check out the last picture there.
It’s a picture of a young boy with long hair like a girl, female earrings, female makeup, even female clothes.
He couldn’t stare for long, he turned off the phone, and his eyes went shut.
He fell into a deep slumber, and ten minutes later, Anna came in.
She shut the door carefully behind herself and smiled when she saw him asleep.
She sat beside him in bed, stared at him for a while before bringing her hand to his face.
The moment her thumb touched his lips, she smiled wider, moving the finger to his chin.
Kenzie’s eyes opened, and he grabbed her hand in a quick snatch, making her gasp.
“Ken!”
“What are you doing, Anna?” He asked, his eyes already so red from the short sleep.
“I…I was just checking on you…I mean no harm, Ken” she awkwardly said, and he looked her dead in the eye before letting go of her hand.
She rushed out of the room, shutting the door before holding her chest.
She calmed down before going downstairs, arranging her hair awkwardly.
*
ANNEX, 11AM*
“Are you sure you’ll be fine with Amber?” Maria asked worriedly as Hazel prepared to wash up.
“I’ll be fine I promise. Penny will be there and Hope will be there too” she replied, tying her towel on her body.
“I’ll change your lenses” Maria replied, opening the holding container.
She got fresh ones, and Hazel smiled as she opened her eyes wide, allowing the removal of the ones in her eyes.
To her, Maria is the best mother in the world, and that’d never change.
She would have taken part-time jobs to support her, but no one is willing to take her because of her eyes, leaving her with no choice but to weigh all her responsibilities on Maria.
She feels bad most of the time, just like now, and immediately Maria finished wearing her the lenses, she hugged her.
“I love you mum” she said, and Maria hugged her back immediately, stroking her skin.
“I love you too baby, now go wash up and don’t be late. Need to go make lunch” Maria replied.
Immediately they broke the hug, Maria left the annex, and Hazel entered the bathroom.
After some minutes, she stepped out clean.
She unwrapped the towel from her wet body, and while creaming, she suddenly felt weird like she’s being watched.
She felt eyes on herself and immediately turned back, but no one’s in.
She sighed, thinking it’s her oversensitivity.
She finished up and threw on one of the trousers and simple top from Natty’s gift.
She’s not a fan of makeup, so she only checked out her face and smiled.
And oh….she really really needs to visit Dr. Dora soon again cos obviously, the gloves didn’t work in the bathroom.
She left the annex, and two minutes after, someone else came out of her room, sneaking away quietly.
*
Surprisingly, Natty was waiting inside a sports car at the garage when Hazel walked past, and she had to stop.
“Hop in, I’ll drive you to Amber’s house” Natty winked from the window.
“No. I’ll do the drive” Kenzie appeared, and Hazel turned back quickly.
He’s wearing a really baggy cardigan, denim pants and black boots. He even styled his hair and sprayed it pink, then there’s a ring on his right brow.
Christ… he’s fuçking…
Hazel swallowed her spit, quickly turning her head away from him.
“You didn’t tell me you went for a touchup. You look hotter” Natty beamed as she came down from the car.
“You were asleep” Kenzie replied curtly, getting in the car.
“No games, Ken. Handle her with care” Natty said as Hazel got in the car with him.
“We’ll see about that” he replied, and Hazel gulped as he zoomed out of the estate.
She was gulping at intervals, and his eyes never left the front mirror as he watched her.
He activated auto-drive and left the wheel, then he faced her.
“Are you scared, sweetheart?” He asked, and she bit her lip secretly.
He licked his lips and brought a bag from the backseat.
He placed it on her laps, and she looked at him before taking it.
She blinked in shock when she opened and saw a new phone, obviously an iphone.
“What’s…this?” She faced him again.
“You need glasses to see it clearly?” He replied straight.
“I mean…
“It’s a replacement, evergreen” he replied, grabbing the wheel again.
“Can you stop calling me evergreen?” She replied.
“So you prefer sweetheart?” He faced her, and she blinked thrice, gulping before hugging the phone to her chest.
He scoffed as his phone buzzed on the space between them.
She glanced at it, and her eyes caught the message he received.
*Few hours to the initiation*
He turned off the phone screen, and she began wondering.
What initiation???
*
Penny was already waiting in front of Amber’s mansion when Kenzie’s car pulled up, and she rushed out of the car to hug her.
“Amber is waiting inside with Hope and the team. We only have to sign the paperwork and we’ll be done” Penny replied.
“Let’s go” Hazel pulled her.
Penny gasped when she saw Kenzie in the car. “Ken dropped you?”
“It’s nothing” Hazel pulled her in.
Penny couldn’t stop looking back till they disappeared behind the door.
Kenzie took a good look at the mansion through his lashes, and he squinted before trying to drive away, but then he saw Hazel’s green ribbon on his seat again.
He smirked.
“Fûck, she’s a baby” he picked it up, dropping it in his drawer with two others, making three.
He drove off.
*
“Welcome to my warm cozy house, Zel” Amber stood immediately Hazel entered the house with Penny.
Hazel stood dumbfounded as Amber walked to her and gathered her in a warm embrace.
“I’m so sorry about that incident. I was having period cramps that day and my cramps come with lots of craziness. Sorry I took it out on you” she said.
Hazel broke the hug. “Cramps?” She blinked.
“Yes. I know it’s strange. By the way you’re pretty, but I love your voice and dance more. Welcome to the band, I’m sure Erika will be proud up there” Amber smiled widely.
“Thank you” Hazel smiled back, and Amber hugged her again.
She didn’t realize there are others in the room till they broke the hug.
There’s Hope, and there’s Katherine which she immediately recognized as Cole’s girlfriend cos he once showed her picture on his phone.
Katherine didn’t try to hide her hatred. She’s giving Hazel death glares, and Hazel quickly looked away.
“Glad to have you here” Hope stroked her hair.
“I’m like the youngest here” Hazel chuckled.
“Of course, our baby star” Amber said, and the team members chuckled.
The paperworks were signed so fast, and Hazel left the house same time as Hope and Penny.
The team members left last, leaving Katherine and Amber.
“Penny was right. She’s fuçking naive cos she’s an illiterate, and she trusts everyone” Amber laughed.
“Illiterate? She didn’t step school?” Katherine faked a retch, and Amber chuckled.
“Trust me! Ok fine, her mother homeschooled her, but that was till she turned 10. Since then, it’s been darkness. Fûck! This will be so easy”
“Get the champagne out here then” Katherine replied, and Amber grinned as she rushed to get the bottle.
She poured for the two of them, and they clinked glasses.
“Cheers”
*
TORRANCE ESTATE, 8PM*
The family ate dinner as early as 7, so Maria is back at the annex.
She’s the only one who served though cos Hazel complained of headache.
Surprisingly, she couldn’t find Hazel inside when she came back.
“Where did she go?” She muttered, getting her phone to dial her line, but Hazel’s phone rang on the bed
“She didn’t take her phone? And where did she get this from?” She muttered, picking the phone.
..
Meanwhile, Hazel is currently at the estate garage, completely disguised.
She’s wearing a black cardigan, and the hood is covering her head, then she’s putting on extra big glasses and tight black jeans.
She’s not the type who pries, but since she saw the message about the initiation on Kenzie’s phone earlier, she has been d@mn curious.
She opened the trunk of the black car since they always take that while going out at night.
She climbed in the trunk and closed it.
Thanks to the cold, she’s free from heat.
She took a deep breath, and then she started hearing chats approaching the car.
“How many members were gathered this time?” Eminem’s voice said.
“40” Natty’s voice replied.
“I bet only four will remain standing at the end” Eminem’s voice came again.
“Four is a lot, make that one” Miguel’s voice said.
“Make that zero” Kenzie’s voice came, and Natty grinned with Eminem as they all got in the car.
They drove out, and Hazel held her breaths, not knowing if she should be thankful for not getting caught or sick that she has no idea what she got herself into.
The car turned, and she rocked back and forth, the drive turning from smooth to bumpy.
The ground underneath the tyres suddenly sounded like a grinder, indicating gravel after about thirty minutes drive.
The car stopped moving, and the engines died as the guys came out of the car, howls filling the air.
Hazel peeked out through the thin space between the trunk, and she felt sweat falling from her brows when she saw they’re in a forest.
There are other black cars clattering the place though, and that made her more curious.
What the hell are they doing here?
She could hear shuffling of feet as the guys moved to a certain direction, and a minute after they left, she stepped out of the booth.
She adjusted her hood and glasses, making sure she stays disguised as she faced the only building in the middle of the forest.
It’s like a cathedral, so big and old.
Boldly, she ventured towards it, walking as stealthily as possible.
The inside is dark, but thanks to the starry sky light filtering in through the cracks on the concrete roof, she could at least see her own feet.
She kept walking, inhaling more of the spicy scent as she got closer and closer.
Kenzie’s scent.
Is it strange that her betrayer nose recognizes it anywhere anytime?
Someone else suddenly came in behind, and her eyes widened in the dark.
She quickly gummed herself to the wall, holding her breath till the person opened a door.
He’s a big man with guards trailing behind him, and immediately she saw his face, she recognized him as Lord Steel, New York’s most notorious criminal.
She kept her breaths down till they left behind the door, then she exhaled and left her spot
Steel is involved? Just what the hell is going on inside that door?
She held her breath and pushed it open at once, and her eyes widened when she landed in the middle a crowd, both males and females, assembled behind the building.
Sweat covered her brows again as she stood beside one of them, and the door was locked behind her.
d@mn it! No escape.
She couldn’t count, but there are like 40 people in estimation, and she gulped.
Kenzie, Natty and the rest …are they part of the crowd?
“Welcome to The Devils initiation. Stepping in here tonight means you got the invitation and made the right decision to attend” Lord Steel’s voice boomed, and everyone went mute.
Hazel couldn’t believe her ears.
The Devils? The deadly gang?
Fûck! Death is officially knocking on her door right now.
“It’ll be an hunting game. The four top members will chase you all through the forest and fight you with any weapon they dim fit. You have the right to fight back and win if you can, but if they successfully bring you to the ground, you’ll be eliminated” Lord Steel said, and then Hazel got the biggest shock when the top 4 members stepped out, wearing all black like ninjas, and black neon-stitched masks.
Even without seeing their faces, she could already tell who they are, and the tallest among them is surely Kenzie who’s holding a club.
They’re top members of the gang?
“Now!” Lord Steel’s voice broke through her influx of thoughts, and everyone ran into the forest at once.
Hazel’s heart was in her throat as she ran into the forest too, hoping she won’t get caught or die here.
The forest is a big and deep, and fuçking dark.
Stunts kept pulling her legs as she ran breathlessly, praying inwardly not to get stung by snakes.
She ran like her life depended on it cos it’s obvious that if she gets caught tonight, she’d be dead.
First, she came here without invitation, and second… she knows nothing about defense.
She suddenly heard thudding sounds behind her, and she froze, turning back slowly as she felt warm sweat dropping on her back.
A top member (Eminem) grabbed one of the runners already, and the guy is viciously fighting to keep standing, but he couldn’t match up.
A kick from masked Eminem sent him to a palm tree, and he ricocheted, landing on the ground with a bloody mouth.
Hazel’s mouth ran dry, and she picked up her race immediately, running deeper into the forest.
“There’s a sneak in here! There are 41 runners instead of 40! Find whoever it is and gun him down immediately” An announcement rang round the forest from Lord Steel, and she froze once again.
Dang!
She swallowed her spit and made to continue her race, but she jammed into a hard surface.
She bounced back, landing on the ground.
Shivers overpowered her as she looked up slowly to see who it is.
It’s masked Kenzie, standing right in front of her like a fuçking giant.
She scrambled up in fear and made to run, but he grabbed her in a heartbeat, and she gasped as he threw her on the nearest pine tree.
She let out a whimper as her disguise glasses fell off…her hoodie slipped away from her head too, revealing her face.
She swallowed fearfully, staring inside his dark orbs which were left out by the mask.
The moment he recognized her, his eyes altered.
“Found her? Captain” Lord Steel’s voice came in again.
There are cameras surrounding the forest actually, and he’s currently watching everything.
“Yeah, but I want her on my bed tonight. After i have her, I’ll ki|| her myself” Kenzie replied unfiltered, and Hazel couldn’t believe her ears.
“Granted” Lord Steel’s order came.
Kenzie immediately bundled her on his shoulder so easily.
Hazel couldn’t breathe well as he started taking her out of the forest.
“You have no idea what I’m gonna do to you, little trouble” He whispered.
TBC.
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