THE FORMIDABLE SON-IN-LAW [TFSIL]

Chapter 2: Sam Rock

He knew and he could feel it. He had never been that surprised. His blood just unlocked abilities from a pendant he'd been wearing so casually. Getting up, he smiled dangerously and jumped. Then he stared at the door and felt Jude's presence still in his house. Stepping out of the bathroom, he walked differently, though still looking rough due to the fight from earlier.

Unexpectedly, he then met Jude, still sleeping with Kayla, in his sitting room, and Kayla didn't seem to see the wrong she was doing. If he had died in there, it wouldn't have mattered. He held his heart, which seemed to resume bleeding, and tapped Jude on his shoulder. Jude frowned and pushed Kayla to the floor in anger. Something Marcus would never do to her in the middle of making love.

Jude felt he still had the upper hand, and when he turned, he was stunned to see Marcus looking completely healed. "I see! How did you do that man?" He questioned him but Marcus didn't answer.

"You never give up huh? See what I have been telling you, Jude?" Kayla spat and walked out feeling very upset. She wished she could just make him disappear.

Seeing as she had given them space, Marcus launched his first mystical punch on Jude's face.

It sent him dumb and confused at the same time as Jude tried to figure out where he was at the moment. He tossed around the sitting room, but Marcus had lost the patience to pity him. He grabbed his shoulder this time and cracked his arm joint. "Ahhh," Jude screamed in pain, and Marcus rushed to shut the door before returning to him.

"This is for the disrespect!" Marcus spat and punched him on his nose so that he bled instantly. "This is for your ass!" He spat again and tripled the punch. "This is a thank you for all your s**t!" He said and stepped on his chest, giving him countless punches, and then gave him a hard kick to his manhood.

Jude felt like he was going to die. He never saw this strength coming and didn't know if he could fight back.

Marcus got out of his body and saw that he was already in the state he was few minutes ago. He then dragged Jude to the bathroom and rubbed him all over the bathroom floor, making his flesh gather all the blood that had dripped out of his skin earlier. He then left him there and walked out of the house to never return.

When he got to the entrance, he found Kayla pacing around the door with tears in her eyes. He wondered if that was regret.

The moment she saw him looking rough and energetic she frowned more and stormed towards him. "You will regret this. You dare touch my lover. I promise I will make sure he makes you pay for this." She said to his face.

"You said earlier that this marriage is over. I accept it! I'm done being in this s**t! Make sure you tell your family what you did! They will surely be happy for you." He told her and walked away.

"You have nothing. You can't survive without me. My family supports us even as we live alone. You are a disappointment. You should be thanking me." She screamed from behind, so loud that he could hear her till he was out of sight.

Bloodstone City has different parts to it. The high class, the middle class, and the lower class. He thought he could survive all these years only for his life to end him shambles. He had the urge to curse it but couldn't. Nowhere to go. No family to call. His last resort was to walk around to see if he could get a quick grab of money to survive but after walking all through the rest of the day, he found himself walking in the darkness of the night, with no knowledge of where to lay his head. He got to a part of Bloodstone and paused, stared to his left, and caught sight of the infamous dangerous woods. Taking a deep breath, he decided that he was going to spend his night there and then he started going deeper into it. He got to a part where lots of tubers were arranged and thought he should retire there. The tubers could keep him hidden till dawn. He thought. Getting to the back of it, he lay on the earth and rested his back on the tubers. In thought, he finally fell asleep only to get woken up in the odd hours of the night by some alarming movement. Sitting up instantly, he peeped at the other side of the woods and found a young woman running for her life.

Shit!

What he heard about here was true!

He got alarmed, wondering if he should run with her, but when he realized he was stronger than before, he took a bold step and got up. He moment she got closer to the tubers, he grabbed her and covered her mouth to prevent her from screaming. With her eyes wide open in shock, she tried to beg him to free her.

"I'm not going to hurt you." He assured her and successfully got her hidden. She was breathing heavily with blood all over her body and suddenly louder footsteps were heard running past the angle she ran through. Her body got tenser. "Relax!" He begged her and she nodded until the men ran past, obviously still trying to find her. He tore his badly bloodstained dress and started cleaning the blood on her body, wondering how someone could do this to a woman but the more he tried to stop the blood, the more it gushed out of her skin.

She cried bitterly.

It was like she was about to give up.

"You will be fine I promise." He told her only in fear and it made her tears increase.

"He's so cruel." She whispered, tears almost choking her. He held her, hoping nothing would happen as his sweat increased. He didn't know what he would do if this woman were in his arms, and the thought of it freaked him out.

Marcus got confused for a while when his chest suddenly felt hot. He stared at his chest and found the pendant glowing brightly again. The woman stared at his chest and was speechless. He regretted not wearing something thick at that point. Suddenly, it got into his head and he found something sharp on the earth, gave the tip of one of his middle fingers a cut, and dripped a drop of his fresh blood and one of her fresh wounds.

She was going to scream but then he held her mouth to prevent a sound that could rat them out. Marcus studied the wounds on her body and watched as the wounds vanished from her body like a magic had occurred. She was stunned. She looked up at him. "Who are you?" She asked but was met with silence. After about twenty minutes she stared at him again. "Only you have ever managed to save me from him. I don't think I can ever thank you enough." She burst out crying in his arms as she shivered. "Please never ever let me go! I'm willing to be yours, even for free as long as I never ever get found by him." She pleaded, feeling like she had just found her lifelong savior.

Him? She has mentioned him twice.

"Who is he"?" He asked her.

"Sam. Sam Rock!" She spat and shivered as she mentioned his name.

Marcus froze.

Sam Rock?

That name sounds familiar. Sam Rock runs the second-best hospital in the city after Levin Hospital and was also rumored to be the master of a dangerous underground gang.

Marcus chuckled.

"I do have some skills for sure, but I lack the influence. Do I'm sorry, I'm not capable of saving you from Sam Rock." He told her and she held his chin.

"Is it money? I'm the only daughter of the famous Luther household. I can help with money. I promise I will always be loyal to you and help you keep all your secrets. You just have to agree to protect me from Sam." She said to him.

Marcus froze.

Luther?

The city's strangest family filled with secrets and conspiracies? If she's the only daughter of that family, it means she's... "Are you Mia Luther?" He asked and she nodded her head instantly.

"But just call me Mia!" She replied. "So...do you agree to keep me with you?"

"Mia, I'd love to. But this is between me and two strong backgrounds. If your family couldn't even save you from Sam, I really can't. I can get you to a safe place where you can live happily and free but I can't keep a jewel like you close to me. I'm a nobody Mia. I have nothing. Alright, get up so I can get you to safety," he spat and got up to lift her when suddenly a fleet of cars appeared and surrounded them around the tubers in the woods. The doors to the cars flew open, and several men looking like guards stepped down in black as they then marched towards Marcus and Mia.

"Damn it. I'm dead!" Mia cried.

"f**k!" Marcus cursed.