Midnight Prey

Chapter 3

Fleg

The blood on my arms travelled down in an endless stream of red water down to my hands causing the stickiness to intensify. I gripped my sword with a tight grip and looked straight in the eyes of my prey, the one who dared to raise his sword at me and cause me to bleed.

I saw a wave of fear pass through his eyes and his body shivered with fear before he composed himself and prepared to fight. I lashed at him with my sword in a speed that was hard to capture by an ordinary man. My sword cut through his skin and his agonized screams caused a satisfactory pleasure run down my body.

The forest around me was now smeared by a pool of blood and bodies decorated the forest ground a sight I love to gaze at. I heard a movement nearby which caused me to tighten my grip on my sword, ready to slice them up. I spun around and my sword stopped an inch away from the intruder’s throat. ‘’Jake, what are you doing here?’’ Jake’s eyes were filled with dread by merely missing the sword. His Adam’s apple bobbed up and down as he strained to speak.

‘’I…I just wanted to see what you were up to. Goddamn would you move that sword away from my throat?! He shouted in panic. ‘’Damn, you nearly killed me today.’’ I moved my sword away and tucked it under my black cloak before taking a look around to look for more threats.

I lifted my head and saw Jake eyeing me and I knew he had questions and he was going to ask them any second now.

 He hesitated at first, took a deep breath and asked, ‘’So master, were those Mario’s men?’’

I felt a fire erupt inside me at the name of Mario but I kept the fire inside me suppressed for I knew how destructive it can be if I lose control. I gave him a small nod to satisfy him and upon hearing that Jake let out a few curse words under his breath. We both stood there in the midst of blood and dead bodies deep in thought of the upcoming storm.

I made a step to move forward by something held me back. I felt a strange kind of pull towards something or towards someone. I looked around to see what it was but I could not find anything. 

Strange. Why am I feeling this way?

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What was that feeling back in the forest?

We returned back and I went straight to my room and slammed the door shut. My body was worn off but my thoughts kept running wild. I ran a hand through my hair and my head started to spin. I was utterly confused of what I felt at the forest and now I had to figure out what Mario’s men were up to.

Mario is one of our enemies. He is also an assassin but he betrayed us and shook hands with the Mafia. He wants to take over the assassin world and become leader of the assassin world but what he doesn’t know is that I will never let that happen. The day he defeats me and becomes the leader of the assassin world hell will freeze over that day.

It is not easy to defeat Fleg Anthony the most feared leader of the assassin world. I thought with a dark chuckle.

‘’Master, a few men have come to meet you. Then say that it is an urgent matter.’’ A voice called out from behind the door and a minute later I could hear footsteps walk away. I heaved a breath to calm the raging storm inside me which was threatening to come out and walked over to the door, pushed the door open and stepped out.

I walked in the hallway lit up by lanterns and walked down the wooden stairs. I could hear laughter and sound of glasses clinking together. The minute I entered the hall there fell a silence in the room. The people gathered in the room bow their heads down in respect as I walked past them to my seat to the very front of the table.

‘’Gentlemen what was the message that you wanted to convey?’’ My loud voice boomed in the hall.

A man stood up shakily and said, ‘’Master, it is regarding Mario’s men. They…they have gotten desperate over the years now. They are causing problems in our business and killing our men. We’ve heard that they are raiding the houses of innocent people and killing them. ‘’

My hands turned into fists causing my knuckles to turn white. ‘’Their greed has now overshadowed their brains.’’ I growled.

I stood up abruptly and the others followed me in haste with bowed heads. ‘’Thank you gentleman!  I’’ll look into this soon and let you know. The meeting is over you may leave.’’

They pushed their chairs back and rushed out of the hall.

‘’Jake!’’ I called out to him. ‘’You stay back. I have something to discuss with you.’’

‘’Back at the forest did you feel anything unusual?’’ I asked him. Jake seemed a little uncomfortable and a series of emotions crossed his face.

‘’Master, I felt someone’s eyes on us from afar. I felt like someone was watching us, trying to see through the forest straight at us.’’

I looked at Jake in a scrutinizing way to see if he was being completely honest. He was. He knew that our world was a secret and if anyone of us is exposed to the world outside of the assassins that person is bound to die.

‘’Alright Jake you can leave now.”

Who can that person be? 

Whoever that person is, he or she won't be alive to witness the next daylight if we find out who it was. Our world is a secret we are to take to our graves. We are normal people but our lives are anything but normal.

We reside in the darkness and we kill without any regret or guilt. Death accompanies us in every step and we are a living killing machine.    

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