The Last Valdez

Chapter 4

“Lily you should listen to those people, they are saying the truth. I have killed people more than I can count, I have killed man and women and made children orphans. Do you still see me as a brother?”

“Those people must have done bad things.” she argued.

“We are rogues, we do not care about other people and you should really start to behave like one before you get killed. No one will be there to protect you all the time.” he snapped at her making her quiet all of a sudden.

Just when Storm thought he has finally gotten through her, she muttered. “I know you won't let anything happen to me. You care about me but you act like you don't.”

“And I care about you too, that's why I want to learn how to fight so that I can protect you. You fight all by yourself, you don't have anything to protect you.” she said leaving Storm so dumbfounded.

No one has ever said that to him in a long time, he truly didn't deserve lily at him. No one does not even kloud and Clarissa, her parents. She was too precious and pure for this sick world.

“Dad doesn't want me learning how to fight because he doesn't want me getting involved in his affairs but I really need to.”

“If kloud doesn't want then there's nothing I can do for you.” he said this time with a less growling voice.

“Please Storm…. Please….” she said giving him a puppy eyes.

“No it won't work on me, you should really listen to your dad.” he said as he pushed her out of his room.

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“I think it's time for us to attack that blue Moon pack. I have been waiting for this day all my life, this is the time for us to finally take our revenge.” kloud said to his mate, Clarissa.

“I do hope that you are seeking this revenge not just because of Susan.”

“What does Susan have to do with this for crying out loud? She has nothing to do with this.” he defended.

“Kloud you know that he has everything to do with this or should I remind you how?” Clarissa hissed.

“Love I promise that you have nothing to be worried of, that was the past. You are the present, my present and it's you I love so much.” he said and she just rolled her eyes.

“When the time comes, would you be able to kill her?” she questioned.

“I don't care about her anymore, come on Clarissa it's been over 15 years and you are still on this matter.”

He continued seeing that she dropped the topic. “Storm is the perfect weapon for the Valdez and it's so perfect because he has an unquenchable hatred for the Valdez. Everything is working out for us and it is going according to plan.” he said with a big smile on his face.

“What if something goes wrong?”

“Clarissa you are too paranoid, nothing would go wrong. The plan is already to kill Michael and Alex and I am sure he wants to kill Alex after everything he did to him.”

“So what are you doing to do with Storm afterwards? Do we just let him go?” she inquired and he laughed. “We kill him of course.”

“Kloud! Why would we kill him? Storm hasn't done anything wrong to deserve that.” she began to raise her voice than kloud had to use his hands to cover her mouth.

“I didn't say he deserved that but it's something we have to do because he could turn against us in the future. He has been gone to me but I have been betrayed too many times so I can't risk It.”, he explained but Clarissa still shook her head clearly not in support of what he was saying.

“It would break Lily's heart when she finds out that we killed her brother.” Clarissa said in a whisper.

“She will get over it and besides it's not like they are real siblings anyways.” he replied without remorse.

She shook her head. “She would never forgive us if she finds out.”

“Since when do you ever care about Storm or Lily's feelings? You didn't like the fact that I brought him here and you did terrible things to him when he arrived here so why are you acting like a saint now.” he fired and she flared at him.

“At least I tried to be nice afterwards because it wasn't his fault but did you ever treat him like your son?” she fired back.

“Either you believe it or not, he is like a son to me, why are we even arguing about this right now? We …..”

Storm got too tired of listening to their conversation so he blocked their voices, what were they thinking talking about it in their room? Didn't they remember that werewolves have great hearing ability?

This wasn't the first time he was hearing this like this but he didn't care if kloud and Clarissa wanted him dead after he finishes whatever revenge they wanted him to carry out, you would think that he'd care but he doesn't.

He owes it to them after all they were the reason he is alive after all, he would have died years back.

He hated everything and everyone.

“Storm?” that tiny voice called out.

Taking his word back, he hated everything and everyone except Lily.

He was feeling too many emotions but hurt and sadness were the stronger and they were not his emotions, his eyes widened when he realized that they were Lily's.

“Lily?” he called and she quietly entered his room with her puffy red eyes and running nose. She had been crying uncontrollably.

Did she overhear what kloud and Clarissa said?

“You are not my real brother?” she asked as more tears rolled down. He was right after all, she did overhear them. How careless could they have been!

“Is it true?” she pleased with her eyes telling Storm to please deny it but unfortunately she needed to know. That way, she would stay away instead of clinging to him.

“Yes, your dad saved my life and brought me here.” he said and her heart broke into pieces and Storm could feel her emotions so strongly that he wondered how.

The pain she was seeing tugged his heart that it began to break seeing her this way.

It was quite obvious that Storm wasn't kloud's son, not everyone knows but it was quiet obvious with the way they were treating him and all.

“And they are planning to kill you, how can they do this to you? They are not parents, they are the real monsters.” she said angrily and Storm was surprised to hear that from her mouth. That was the first time she said a bad thing about someone.

“If they kill you, I will kill myself. No matter what anyone says you are my brother not a monster and I will protect you.” she said with determination as she wiped her tears.

“Lily.”, Storm gasped hearing that she would kill herself if he dies. For the first time after so many years tears filled his eyes.

He bit his lips trying not to cry in front of his sister, what kind of brother would he be crying when he is supposed to be the strong one.

“Even if kloud doesn't kill me, many people will still kill me. You have no idea how many enemies I have. he managed to say trying not to sound too vulnerable and pathetic.

She went to his sides and hugged him, her little hands couldn't cover his whole body but that wasn't what was important. “I love you Storm and I will protect you from your enemies.”

“I love you”, he kept on repeating it in his head. Nobody has told him that since he was little.

“Do you believe me?” she asked and Storm found himself nodding.

“Can I sleep in your room? I don't want to be alone right now.”

“Lily.”

“Please please please, I promise not to talk too much, you wouldn't even notice that I'm here.” she said giving him that puppy eyes.

“If you talk to me, I am kicking you out. I mean it.”, he said in a serious tone and she nodded.

They were both lying on the bed, it was very quiet and even if Storm will never admit, it was nice to have lily here with him.

“Hmm there's a……” she didn't even finish her sentence before Storm shot her a deadly glare but Lily didn't care.

“There's this boy, he's my friend and I like him. No ….no no it's not like I like like him in that manner, I like him, how you will like a friend, he's a good friend and it's just that …. He's nice, he doesn't even make me feel like the others, and it’s not that I have feelings for him….. I can't have feelings for him. I just …..” she continued rambling until Storm tied her mouth with a cloth.

She shot him a deadly glare and he chuckled softly.