THĒ JÃILBĪRD

Chapter 8

CLAN POOL*

Though it was designed for everybody, but Trixie took over already, so no one has access to this place except her.

It's her favorite place to be, even more than her suite. She spends most of her time here.

There's a dartboard glued to the wall at the other end of the room, and she practices her arrow plays there.

Every child of the Orlov family has something they're specifically good with since they were kids ...

While she's good with arrows, Maya handles knives, Sin handles the hacking, Igor handles needles and guns.

And as for Madden...

Apart from pottery, there's hardly anything he can't handle.

No one trained Madden like the rest of them.

Madden only woke up one day when he turned ten and decided to become untouchable, and he really did it.

He trained himself, and that's why she'll always respect and look up to him.

Just like everyone else, Madden is her favorite sibling.

She released the third arrow from the bow, and it flew to the dartboard, hitting the center.

She smiled satisfactorily, water dripping from her bikini bra.

"Bravissimo!" A playful voice said behind her, and she turned with a scowl to see who she expected.

Sin.

It's like he has something against clothes cos he's still wearing only his shorts, and it's hugging his midsection tightly, his c**k protruding.

"Go wear something, asshole" Trixie rolled eyes and started walking out of the pool.

Sin stood by the edge, and she raised her hand up. He took it and helped her out, then he picked a towel immediately, throwing it at her face.

"Sinclair!" She shouted, taking the towel off her face with a glare.

"I hate my full name and you know it. Sin is hotter" he winked.

"Oh please" she wrapped the towel on her waist and sat on the recliner, fingering her wet hair.

Sin settled beside her.

"What do you think Madd is gonna do with the new guy?" He said.

"Michael? I think he took him in because he tried. Come to think of it, he did 99 out of hundred, it counts" Trixie replied, taking another towel to start drying her hair.

"Madden? Come off it Trix, we both know he never bends his rules for anybody or gives anybody a chance. He's a tricky bastard" Sin said.

"Whatever. I just hope he didn't take him in to kill him" Trixie shrugged.

Sin took the head towel from her and started drying her hair for her. She relaxed and enjoyed his hands

"Is there any mission tonight?" She asked.

"Yeah. Madden is meeting the Wild Boars with Jinx and Poe" Sin replied, and instead of drying her hair, he suddenly tied the towel on her face.

"Sinclair!" Trixie spranged up, but before she could control her feet, she fell back into the pool.

"Enjoy the rest of your day, Trix" Sin laughed, walking nonchalantly out of the place.

Trixie struggled for a minute before she was able to untie the towel, and she threw it away, cursing Sin under her breath.

"Can't believe he's two years older than me, thak skunk!" She spat angrily.

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IGOR'S SUITE*

Maya was smiling knowingly as she took each step closer and closer to the suite, and when she arrived at the door, she didn't bother to knock before opening the door, but before she could go in, Andrei came out.

"Igor is currently busy, you can't see him" he said straight, and she relaxed her face.

"So I have to book a meeting before I see my brother now?" She said expressionlessly.

"You can come back in an hour" Andrei insisted, and she smiled, suddenly raising her hand to his face.

Immediately she touched him, he stepped back, but she pulled him back to herself with the front of his shirt, their faces almost touching.

"You know what I like about you? Your bluntness. What if I tell you I want you as my bodyguard instead? Would you leave Igor for me?" She whispered, her words hitting his face.

"No" he replied bluntly again, and she released him, pushing him back with her full palm.

"You're garbage" she muttered.

"Thank you" he replied, and she relaxed her face again before talking...

"The Wild Boars mission, tell him mother handed it to Madden already" she said, and before Andrei could answer, Igor stormed out of the suite.

"What the fûck did you say? The mission was mine from the beginning!" He spat

"Not my problem" Maya crossed her arms behind herself, walking away.

Igor literally ran off, all the way to the house of Orlovs where the parents office are.

As expected, he met Klara on seat, but Erik is nowhere to be found.

It's even be better cos he's worse than Klara, and Klara is the one he wants to talk to anyways.

"What do you mean by the mission is taken away from me, mother?" He asked, and the woman looked up from the pile of papers in front of her.

She slowly removed her glasses, smiling with her lips.

"I thought we made the rule that greetings comes first before any conversation?"

"Don't even talk about rules right now when you're breaking it too! The mission is mine! Take it back from Madden and give it to me!" He yelled.

Klara rested back on her chair, giving him a critical look before speaking again.

"Wild Boars can't be handled with slippery hands like yours. I changed my mind only because I didn't want you to get hurt, Igor"

"But I can do it!! It's been two fuçking months since I went for a mission! It's always Madden, Madden! Madden! I feel fuçking useless!" He yelled.

"You're still not over your jealousy over him?" Klara lifted her brows, her words coming out with much ease.

"Mother!" Igor snapped.

"Out, Igor" she sternly said, her eyes changing.

"Mother...

"Igor!" She hit her palms on the table, and he scoffed before storming out of the office.

He was fuming and boiling as he walked away from the house, his palms folded on each side of him.

"I'll destroy you, Madden. Wait for it"

*

5:30*

Dinner was taking too long to come, do Adeline decided to visit the kitchen by herself.

She needs to load herself with enough food before her training will start tonight, and she can't risk it.

She was on her way to the kitchen when Malik crossed her, and she sighed.

"What again?"

"You managed to get in, Micheal, and it's all good, considering the fact that you'll be dead soon" he said with a toxic smile.

"I'm starting to get tired of the suspense too. When are you killing me?" She replied, faking a scared expression, and he came closer, leaning into her ear to whisper...

"Keep acting superior like that, but always remember I'm stronger than you, and that's not for joke" he said, and Adeline blinked as he left her, walking away.

She stood there for a moment too long, then she made faces, mocking his expressions, then she noticed a blade stuck on the wall.

It's the blade Madden threw at her.

She moved closer and removed the blade, then she started checking it out on her fingers.

It's so damn sharp and slim, still stained with her blood, and she felt the chills.

He really threw this at her? What if it gave her a deeper cut?

What kind of human is he?

As if to answer her, Jinx and Poe came out of their residence, and they got in a black sports car together.

Madden joined them, putting on a black leather jacket as he walked towards the car.

Loud talked about Wild Boars mission... Are they going for it right now?

He looked her way, and she quickly stood at tension, saluting him like a soldier.

She cursed herself for doing that immediately.

Madden smirked the devilish smirk again for the forth time before getting in the car

He drove out with the girls, and Adeline dropped her hand from her head slowly.

Was that stupid?

Yes.

And what's with his smirks?

She smirked too, imitating him before continuing her journey to the kitchen.

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