POWER

Chapter-5

I was 12 when my parents dropped me into an orphanage. They said that they didn't want a girl in their house anymore. They wanted to hand over their company to their son. The doctors said that I had a mental disability due to which I would die by the time I'm 20y/o. My mom cried a lot knowing I wouldn't have a future. But my father, didn't really care and sent me off to an orphanage. My mother would come every week to visit me. She was finally killed by my own father and then I was adopted by John who was a far relative to my family. He tells me to be grateful and reminds of how cruel my family was to me.

But the pain that John gave me was becoming unbearable. I tried to escape once, he sent his men to kill my elder brother who is now taking care of my father's company. My only brother, who hopes I'm still alive and would go back to him.

Yes, since the day I was adopted I haven't talked to my brother. John and my brother, Joseph are business partners. He would show my brothers photos to me and threaten to kill him if I ever tried to escape.

Two children of the same family. One living his life, and the other fighting against her life.

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My body is laid down carefully on a bed and a warm hand strokes my hair. He kisses me on my forehead and get up from the bed

Wait, who kissed me?

I grab his hand immediately, telling him to stay. I open my eyes and blink faster trying to adjust my eyes to the room light. I turn around to see a blur figure in front of me. I blink again, this time it gets clear.

The mysterious Greek god

" Yes, I kissed your head sweety, get some rest", he says

He's right. I ll teach him a lesson later.

"sure", he says.

How is he even reading my mind?

"power", he says and walks out of the room leaving me lost and surprised .

Soon the darkness consumes me.

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"Alice", John says

I look around to see my father tied to a pole.

" look at him die", he whispers into my ear and grabs a g*n from his table.

" Alice, no, don't trust him. Your mother is still-", my father tries to say something but -

Bang

Bang

"no, wait, stop! ", I scream. Fear grips my body.

I watch my own father die. I-

"Alice?", someone calls out my name-

Merrick's pov

I run towards her room to find her drowning in her own sweat. Her screams echo through out the building. I pull her on my lap and stroke her hair gently.

"Alice? ", I say a little louder than I meant.

"wake up"

She opens her eyes and sits straight. Horror all over her face. She murmers something

"what?", I ask

She pulls me into a tight hug and sobs over my chest. I pull her into me and hug her tightly. After a while she murmers something again.

"what?", I ask but it comes out more like a whisper

"I need to pee, Where's the

bathroom? " she asks.

"over there", I point towards a door.

She immediately walks away and closes the door behind her.

Dumb, beautiful assissin

I heard her thoughts before she screamed. She saw her father die.

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