He finally moved his body from the position he was standing in and headed downstairs. The sound of his shoe echoed loudly as he majestically walked down the stairs.
The black cloth he was putting on gave him the advantage of blending in with the shadows, especially since his house lacked any bright light or any brightness at all.
"Young master?"
His now live-in housekeeper and former nanny called his attention. She was the only one that ever called him by that title, she had been his nanny since he was a toddler and had worked for his parents and now for him after his father's death. She was the only one close to being a mother to him.
"Yes Annie."
"Will miss Bora be staying tonight? shall I prepare her room?"
"Mm, she will be staying tonight but in my room."
Annie raised a brow in question.
"She is quite ill, do look after her while I am gone."
Annie nodded, she slowly found Elric's hand and she held unto it. She knew that there was no way she would be able to convince him to stay and forget about avenging his father. She had been there when he had turned from a sweet little child into a cold man with a heart of stone. Most people believed that he was too ruthless to even be considered for someone that has a heart of stone, they rumored that he was completely heartless but Annie knew him in and out and she knew that he just needed that one person that would change his whole life completely and melt his stone cold heart.
The determination in his eyes were blazing with so much fire and no amount of water could quench it at this point because the man standing before her was no longer the chubby unprepared teenager she used to look after but a man ready to burn the whole world down if it meant getting his revenge.
His eyes softened as he noticed the worry lines on her aging face.
"I will be back before the sun rises tomorrow."
He assured her and placed a kiss on her forehead.
He stared at her and more worry seemed to have appeared on her face.
He sighed, the women in his life were not making things easy for him.
"Be rest assured, I will return safe, not even a single scratch would be on my body."
Annie squeezed her hand in a fist and slammed it on his chest in playful anger and protest.
"I know you," She scoffed as she eyed him. "You would just stay under the moonlight until you heal properly before coming back home."
His beautiful mouth curved up in a genuine smile.
Curse this woman and knowing him so well!
"Fine," he raised his two hands up in surrender. "That was my initial plan but alright, do not worry, I will be very careful and bring this gorgeous body back to you without much scratches."
"Haha! your handsomeness is really getting into your head. That aside, have you informed your uncle?"
"Uncle Shane?"
"No, your uncle Rob!" Annie retorted.
"Annie!"
"Yes, your uncle Shane, for the love of all things beautiful, you have just one uncle that I only talk about."
"He traveled out of the country and will be returning next week, I will just inform him when he is back."
"Okay, I guess I have to let you go now."
She gave his hand a little squeeze before finally letting him go.
He walked out of the house and the cold breeze attacked his exposed skin. It pushed his hair and his long coat backwards, making him look like he just dropped from the sky.
By the time he got to the backyard, his men were already gathered there waiting for him.
He stood and allowed his eyes to sweep through the number of men there and his eyes fell on two skinny teenage boys.
He pointed at them and they walked towards him and he signalled to Brett to come too.
When the trio got to his side, he spoke.
"Your names?"
"I am Corey Anderson and this is my twin brother Tyler." The blond one answered while the other one with black hair just stared at Elric.
"Can he not speak for himself?"
"He doesn't talk?"
"It's not that he's dumb, he just haven't said a word since we were five, even I don't know why."
Elric stared at Tyler and he felt a sudden connection to the child. He turned his sharp gaze to Brett.
"Why are this kids here?"
"I..I didn't know they were kids, I thought they were just skinny men."
Brett admitted, he found it hard to breathe as he felt the sudden bad aura coming out of Elric.
"Sk-skinny men?"
"We are sorry, we did lie..I mean.. I lied so we could get in..I...we.. i just really wanted to impress you."
"By risking your young lives?"
Elric's face was clear but his voice carried a coldness that sent shivers to even his men.
Tyler grabbed the dagger his brother was holding and handed both it and his own to Brett and without sparing them a single glance he began walking away.
"You and your brother should wait for me inside, you both are not allowed to leave that house until I return!"
Corey nodded and after apologizing again, he ran after his brother.
There was just something about this boy Tyler!
Elric pushed aside the thought of the boy, tonight was definitely not the time to have irrelevant things on his mind.
He returned his gaze to his men and cleared his throat.
"Tonight, we attack!"
His men responded with a cheer, their whole veins were pumping with adrenaline and excitement.
"Aiiiiiiii." They all shouted in unison.
"Tonight, we will fight!"
"Aiiiiiii."
"Tonight, we shall emerge victorious!"
"Aiiiiiii."
"And tomorrow, a new dawn!"
"ALPHA E! ALPHA E! ALPHA E!"
He raised his right hand high and the chants and cheers immediately died down. He formed a strong fist and shouted.
"FIGHTING!"
They all rushed towards the Jet and got in one after the other. In a few minutes they were all in and the pilots prepared for take off.
Brett nudged Elric and he responded with a simple "Go."
"GO! GO! GO! GO! GOOOOOO!"
Brett shouted at the top of his voice and all the Jets slowly began taking off and soon they were now all on air.
Elric closed his eyes as the memories of him preparing and training hard for this day. Even on days he had been ill or days he had been severely injured.
The vampires had hurt him once and just that single blow from them had ended his life. He felt dead and soulless ever since his dad died and now he would return the favor and give them ten folds of the pain and anguish they made him go through.
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