Chapter 1
Chapter 1: Mayday
Ace POV
Let me introduce myself, the name is Ace black, I'm twenty-seven years old, head of the black dragon family. We're more like an outlaws kind of family, not blood related but brothers none the less.
My mother was a druggie and my father, I have no idea who that man might be. I left home when I was fourteen and joined the black dragon family, I started low like everyone else, at the bottom of the food chain till I made it to the top, I'm the head of the family now.
I haven't heard from my mother for over ten years, she's now in her forties. She quitted the drugs and married some guy with money on him, when I left she had another kid, a half-sister of mine. She was three at the time and I haven't heard from her or my mother ever since.
This brings us back to the present, I own a club named Secret. I'm sitting in my office with the woman who gave birth to me, she's crying and clutching a paper for dear life.
"What do you need from me Elena," I ask calling her by her name and not mother, I stopped doing that when I was seven.
"Arya...Arya needs help" my mother says, Arya is my little sister, I doubt she had any idea about my existence since she was too young when I left.
"And what does she need my help with?" I ask skeptical about my mother's presence and goals. She offers me the paper she's been hugging, it's handwritten and full of tears but the words are clear enough to be read.
Elena.
I need help, Damien isn't what I think he is.
He won't let me go out or get access to any phone. I'm sending this message through a friend and hope you receive it. I have no idea where I am.
Help me, please.
Your only daughter
Arya.
"Who's Damien? And why does she need help" I ask through gritted teeth, my sister is only a child?
"Damien is her boyfriend, she ran away from home. I haven't heard from her in the last six months till this. Please you have to help her" my mother says still crying.
I lose it, my baby sister, she's a kid she shouldn't have a boyfriend or run away from home or ask for help.
I always had a temper, it gets worst when innocent people get abused. I stand up mad, I'm ready to kill someone preferably whoever this Damien is.
"How could you let her!! She's only a child? She's not supposed to have a boyfriend, to begin with!" I yell at the negligent woman.
"I couldn't...I didn't it just....just happened" she stutters and I'm ready to kill someone now.
"What's the full name of her boyfriend what do you know about him," I ask needing information to find that son of a b***h.
"I...I don't know...she never told me" she says and I completely lose it.
"You negligent, d**g addict, a poor excuse to a mother. How could you!" I scream at her she tried to reply to defend herself but I stop her "out. Get out of my sight. I'll take care of Arya now out" I scream.
Once that woman left I called my best hacker, tracker, and best friend Leo, also known as ghost around the family. He came in sensing my bad mood he got us both two glasses of scotch. Leo is only twenty-two but he's old for his age, life made him mature early. He joined the family a few years after me and even with the age gap between us, we became friends.
He waited till I'm calm before asking me what's wrong.
"I have a sister, Arya, she's..." I take me a minute to calculate how old she's supposed to be sixteen now, a f*****g kid. "Sixteen men, she's sixteen men. She ran away from home and sent this to the woman who gave birth to us" I say handing him the letter.
He scans it quickly and nods before leaving to do his work. He's the family ghost he can get to some things...no one else can leaving no trace hence the nickname.
I close my eyes trying to calm myself, I need more scotch. Some people shouldn't be allowed to have children, Elena being number one on the list.
It's gonna take ghost some time to find her, I just hope we're not too late. I should have taken her with me when I left, being on the street is easier than living with that woman.
I pray for Arya to forgive me, I'm getting my sister back only this time I'm not letting her go.
Chapter 2: little sister.
Ace POV.
Ghost did a wonderful job finding my baby sister, took him a full seven hours to find her. She's being kept in a house owned by Damien Garcia, a well-known d**g dealer. I know him personally, we did some job together before although it didn't end well for him. I could try and call demand that he hand me my sister, but knowing she's blood related to me would probably put her in more danger.
So I did what my temper told me to do, the reason I became the family leader is that I'm not someone to be messed with. I did the only logical option, in my eyes anyway, I did a full-on raid on his house.
I'm getting my sister back, one way or another. I sit in the car with my two guns ready, I have an extra one tied to my leg too. You can never be over-prepared in things like this, my men are also armed and ready to go. We have three SUVs full of men ready to get my sister to safety.
Once we arrived I gave the signal and went in, me in the lead. I'm not someone to put my men in danger while I'm hiding in the safety of my home. The security outside wasn't that great, only two guys keeping their eye on the gate, we don't kill. I'm not trying to start a war, it's a rescue mission. My man is also armed with sedative injection, it will knock them off for about four hours, more than enough for us to be done here.
We step into the house and it's quiet inside, we start searching the rooms only finding one made, I don't let them sedate her. I need to know where my sister is, she doesn't speak English and is talking quickly in Spanish.
I slap her on the face hard making her shut up.
"Arya? Where is ARYA?" I ask her having enough of her babbling.
She points with a trembling finger toward the basement, the door is locked. When I asked her about the key she started babbling again giving me a headache. I took a sedative injection from my man and stuck it in her arm making her scream before she falls down on the floor.
"Finally quite" I mumble turning back to the door. It's metal, no amount of kicking will get it to open without a key. I call ghost, he got more than one skill, and opening closed-door virtual and real ones are one of his many skills.
He uses his key locks tools and messes with the door for a bit until it opens. Finally, I walk down with ghost behind me, I find a small girl laying n***d on the floor.
She's thin, too thin, her blond hair match mine only hers is dirty and matted on her head. Her blue eyes are hardly open, I can see bruises all over her fragile body. Taking off my shirt I cover her quickly and pick her up leaving this hell behind.
"You're safe now baby sister" I whisper in her ears she closes her eyes letting darkness take her.
I move out of the house leaving Damien on a quick note.
You messed with the wrong girl.
We leave in our cars while I call a doctor to meet us at my home, she needs medical attention asap.
The doctor gave her an IV, took some blood tests, and a r**e test. Which made my blood boil, her bruises are bad but nothing was broken, she'll need attention and care especially for her mental health, she's been through hell and back.
Finally when my baby sister's eyes open again I jump from my seat needing to assure her she's okay and safe.
"Who are you" she rasped.
"I'm your brother Arya. I'm ace don't you remember me" I ask and she shakes her head no then whining from the pain the motion caused her.
"You were three when I left Arya, I'm sorry I left you behind but you're safe now I'm not letting anything happen to you"
"How old are you," she asked in her scratchy voice.
"I'm twenty-seven. How about some water" I offer and she nods, I get her a cup and help her take few sips.
"You're not sending me back to her" she stated, her probably being our so-called mother.
"Never Arya, you're staying with me. I'll keep you safe I promise baby. Close your eyes and rest okay" I assure her and she smiles at me a little smile, but a smile nonetheless.
"I like you," she says yawning.
"And I love you, little sister. I'm sorry" I kiss her forehead leaving the room letting her rest.
Once I'm outside I let all my anger out, screaming in the gym while hitting a punching bag imagining it's Damien and my mother.
"Hey man," Leo says.
"Hey" I reply and keep throwing punches.
"She's okay?" he asks.
"As okay as you except a sixteen years old be after being r***d and thrown to a basement starving till death," I say through gritted teeth still punching the bag.
"She'll get better. She got the whole family now" he says offering me a slight smile.
Every one of us went through something, from being abused at home to being homeless, going to bad foster houses, even going to juvie.
I just wished my sister didn't have to go through any of that, I wished for her to have a happy story.
Chapter 3: Nightmares.
Arya POV.
I have a brother, he saved me. I can't believe he came, I can't believe my mother asked him for help.
I'm Arya I'm sixteen, my life at home was pure hell so I ran away with my boyfriend. He told me he's a part of a g**g and I thought he's so cool, I ran away with him, we planned on marrying and having kids and living our happily ever after.
But it happens that way, our first night together he tried to touch me and I refused so he forced himself on me. It all went downhill from there, let me spare you the details, I've been through hell.
Till ace my brother saved me, he said he'll keep me safe forever and god knows how much I crave to be safe.
I can't sleep at night, I couldn't sleep since I was young always having my sleep invaded with nightmares. Tonight isn't any different I'm having nightmares again only they are really bad, bad enough to make me scream.
I'm covered with sweat and having a hard time breathing I can't get enough air to my lungs. My door is thrown open and in came to my brother and his best friend Leo. I live with those two now, we live in a condo over their club, now that's really cool.
They both had guns up which made me scream in fear, I hate guns. Once they saw I was in no real danger only a nightmare they let the weapon down. They both came and sat next to me on the bed, sandwiching me in the middle.
"What's wrong baby girl" Leo ask
"Nightmares" I whisper
My brother's face softens, I've been here for a full week and the only time my brother talked to me was when he introduced himself and his friend telling me I'll be the safest girl on planet earth, cross their hearts and hope to die.
His friend on the other hand been friendly with me, smiling when he sees me, I've mostly hidden in my room.
"Ace can stay with you if you want" Leo offer and I look at my brother who nods his head yes.
"Okay..." I whisper anything is better than being alone.
Once Leo left I move to make space for my brother, he slides under the cover but keeps his distance.
"Wanna talk about it," he asks
"Not really" I whisper
"Good night ari " he turns the light off and I want to scream leave them on, I'm afraid of the dark.
But instead, I whisper again "can you leave the lights on" he grunts in response and turn the side lamp on offering me some light.
My brother fell asleep in a matter of minutes I was still scared to sleep, I extended my finger slowly and hold the back of his shirt when he doesn't wake up, I tighten my hold on it and close my eyes trying to sleep.