The Outlaw

Secrets are one of the things the the entire world has in common. There is no doubt about it, some has grueling secrets while some have innocent ones but everyone in the world have secrets. If you ask me I’d say secrets are independent individual, your true colour. They have the potential to bring out emotions and actions that you couldn’t even conjure. No matter what people say, we humans are greedy and to protect something that hold importance to us we can go to extend of killing or worst, even though the other person is doing the same to protect their own secrets. In the end it eventually comes down to who has more power to protect their secrets.

My thoughts were clouded as i ran through the beach trying to clear my head. There was no sight of crowd apart from a few people who were trying to squeeze an early morning exercise. I eye went to the horizon where the sun showed its majestic sight, the sensual hues of orange and yellow mixed with the bed of blue diamond that shined in glory of its beauty. I sighed as the thumping in my head stopped momentarily, the chirping of the seagulls and the melodic sound of the ocean caught me in a spellbound. I stopped for a second to take in everything that happened just a few hours ago.

The thumping in my head started to subside little by little but that came to a halt when I heard my name being called out, “Lilly!!” I heard her yell a few meters away from me. A sour taste bubbles in my mouth, I am not in the right state of mind to deal with her at the moment, I wont be able to control myself if she comes near me.

Without giving much thought to her I resumed my jogging. It didn’t take long before I lost her, I may not be as agile as I was but I am still faster than Layla.

The nature acted as a calming song as I jogged around the beach. After an hour I went back to hotel only to encounter Layla in the hallways, “Why are you avoiding me?” she asked without beating around the bush. I looked at her enraged while I took a swing of water in my bottle, i took a quick glance around us before calming nearing her. I could tell she was confused by my calmness, the unintentional slip of bloodlust didn’t go unnoticed by her earlier.

I chuckled, shaking my head, before she could open her moth my hand flew across her face landing a harsh slap. The impact was enough to send her to the floor, before she could realised what happened.

“we have been through so much, as friend and family. We shared everything Layla, everything. But looks like being dicked matter more to you than the bond of sister. I didn’t expect you to betray me, you of all people. But seems like I should have taken my own advise of not trusting anyone.” I said irked by her attitude.

“I am pretty sure you never considered me your sister” I spat at her maliciously and walked away from her into my room. I closed the door to the sound of her sobbing in the hallway.

“don’t you think you were a little harsh on her?” I heard his voice, I smirked walking towards him to the balcony where he was sitting facing the beach, with a table full of breakfast. I wrap my arms around his necks and kissed his cheeks, “Says the don!” I whispered huskily licking his ears, I felt him shiver under my touch.

He moaned pulling me on his lap and started attacking me with kisses, my laughter turned into moans soon enough. I straddled him as he held me tightly in his arms as if I am going to slip away any second now, “I thought you’d leave me but that scare me so much as the thought of you hating me!” he said pulling away from my neck.

I quietly ran my hands through his hair, “I cannot imagine a life with you lilith! Thank you for accepting me for who I am.” he said looking into my eyes. I smiled cupping his cheeks, “We are not as different as you think, Gerardo. In realty we are more alike than you think, we both are monsters with a kind smile. Both of our hands are tainted with blood, we both have committed gruesome acts that can never be redeemed. But that’s just who we are, infact everyone in this world is a monster, no exceptions.” I said cradling him closer.

Last night when he opened up, I don’t know why I wasn’t shocked. His attitude and personality gave a hint that he was just not only a businessman but something more ominous. In all honesty I understood why he hid such a crucial part of himself from me, he needed utmost reassurance. He wanted to be sure that trusting me isn’t a mistake and that he truly loves me and wants to spend the rest of his life with me.

Because I did the same thing, I needed to be sure that I wanted to be with him for the rest of my life. And that is why I told him about my dark side, “I want him dead, Gerardo. I want to feel his heart plumping in my hand as I rip it out of his chest, I want to see the fear in his eyes when his life flashes before his eyes.” I spat venomously looking at the beach before my eyes, “You will my love, you will kill him. I will make sure of that” he said making me look at him with furrowed brows.

I was about to retaliate when he stopped me, “I know what you will say, that its your fight or you don’t wanna involve anyone but you see, my love, we are now one. Your fight is my fight, whether you like it or not, I will help you!” he said looking into my eye tenderly. My heart melted by his words making bolts of sweet electricity flow throughout my body.

I cupped his face caressing his cheek with my thumb, “Asshole! You know exactly what to say!” I said with a pout and snuggled my face in his chest. He chuckled cradling me closer to him, his hands ran through my head trying to calm my bloodlust.

“you need to settle things with layla. You forgave me but not her although we both hid the same thing!” he said after a couple of minutes. My body instantly stiffed, sensing my reluctance his grip on my waist tightened, “This is not the time to stress over other things, Lilith. At this point of time you need to focus on executing the plan rather than worrying about Layla.” he explained seriously.

I nodded my head in agreement, climbing off him, “I know but I couldn’t control my rage. She is my sister after all, she should have trusted me…” I trailed off, her betrayal hit me harder than I thought. We have been through so many ups and downs and she didn’t even have the decency to tell me the truth.

“Don’t fret now. We will leave after breakfast.” he said getting up from the chair, “Just get refreshed fast, the food is still hot!” he said gruffly as if something is on his mind.

I didn’t bother asking too much and did what I was told, I was getting hungrier by second anyway. After a much needed shower I joined Gerardo for breakfast in balcony but he was busy talking on the phone.

I didn’t bother interrupting him as the call seemed to be important. I was half way done with my breakfast when he ended the call, “Did you gave someone our location?” he asked looking at me pissed. I furrowed my brows, “Of course n– wait, I did. With Dylan but whats the issue?” I asked in confusion.

“Dylan came to the island an hour ago, my men through he was an enemy. He is in interrogation room now.” he said getting up and motioned me to come along with him.

“do you have any idea the danger you could have put on people? This island would have become a fucking battle field! If it weren’t for my men regulating every device in this island we would have been fucked!” he snapped at me as we made our way out of the hotel, into the thick forest. I bit my lips in guilt, “I am sorry. But he said he had something on Mason Shawn..” I trailed off. He didn’t say anything after that as we made our way deeper into the forest. After walking for sometime I spotted a big tree house well hidden by the branches of two giant trees.

If it weren’t for Gerardo by my side I would have ran down the hill screaming bloody murderer, though beautiful, the house resembled a hunted house, like the movie cabin in the woods.

We went inside and it looked pretty much like a holidays house but with people in here, “Go talk to him!” he said halting infront of a door. I nodded and stepped into the room, there he was sitting on a chair spotting a serious look oh his face, “Mason Shawn has found out about you guys building case against him. He is after you.” he said as soon as he saw me from the corner of his eyes.

I felt all the emotions drain from me in a snap, without giving much thought I sat on the chair opposite to his, “How?” I asked indifferent.

“Ms Mary” he said and I nodded, the dots in my head connected, Mr Malik’s sudden departure and making me the acting CEO. He found out about about Shawn.

“i need start earlier than I expected” I whispered to myself. My head raced with hundreds of scenarios, “Ain’t you going to ask me how I know?” he spoke after a while. I looked at him dead, “Why would I? when I already know you’re the one behind this! You are his illegitimate son after all!” I said leaning back to the cahir.

His head snapped at me in shock, “H-How did you know?” he asked out of breath making me roll my eyes, “You guys seriously doubt my credentials! I have build over a hundred case against that fucker don’t you think I would stumble upon a very peculiar case of him knocking up one of his maids?” I explained looking at him, the light from his eyes slowly dies hearing about his mother.

“You’re not the only one who wants him dead, lilith!” he said looking at me, his feral eyes showed his true intention.

“Why did you lie to me for so many years?” I asked clenching my fists in annoyance.

“I didn’t know he was my father until a few years ago. As you know it was my grandfather who raised me and my mother who only visited during holidays. But regardless I loved my mother and since my own father didn’t bother to be a part of my life, I turned my back to him a long time ago. Its was just grandpa and mom, they were my only family.

After college my mom suddenly took me to meet my fath– Mason. I was seething after knowing his identity and the more time I spend with him the more disgusted I became…. *sigh* I won’t bore you with the details that made me detest him but the snapping point was the day when you found me by the sidewalk..” he said, I eyed him cautiously.

His hands were clenched in a tight fist, the aura around him was getting darker by second.

“he shot my mother that day, right in front of me.” I said through his clenched teeth, the nerve on his temple pulsating which only proved my suspicion right. The Dylan I know is kind hearted and would never deliberately hurt anyone, unless he has a very strong reason to do so. He just couldn’t betray me or my trust in such a way, when I found out that Dylan was Mason’s son, I wanted to kill him. For playing with my feelings, for making fun of Kilynn, the thought of his betrayal drove me feral to the point I wanted to wipe out every human he holds dear but I stopped myself and after further investigation I got to know Dylan has been staying with him because he has Dylan’s grandfather as hostage or something.

“Do you really think these cases are enough to give him what he deserves?” he asked after sometimes. I smirked at him, “That’s just a small insurance..” I sighed evilly dismissing him, “Our justice system is cheaper than a 2 p. m stripper on a Tuesday” I said looking at him. He shook his head chuckling, “You never cease to amaze me.. Better have a good grip on her or ill take her from you..” Dylan said the last part looking at the huge mirror with a smug smile.

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Third person POV:

The hallway was chattering as the news spread like wild fire. The people looked at the tv in shock as the reporter read the news, “THE CHIEF MINISTER OF LONDON, MASON SHAWN, HAS BEEN ACCUSED OF POSSIBLE HUMAN TRAFFICKING, RIOTS AND MURDER BY SOME UNKNOWN AUTHORITIES. CASES OF SUCH HAVE BEEN FILED TO THE SUPREME COURT—” the news was cut short by an angry looking man.

“You are not getting paid to watch tv! GET TO WORK RIGHT NOW!” he yelled at the crowd, in a matter of seconds the crowds scurried away. He shook his head in annoyance and headed for the boss’s office as the guest trailed behind him.

He knocked at the boss’s door, as his voice came the young man went inside, “Morning Mr. Shawn” the young man greeted the old man at the desk who was surrounded by his pawns.

A pencil holder came flying towards the young man but he dodged it quite easily, “ONLY IF YOUR INCOMPETITANT ASS COULD HAVE WORKED! THIS WOULDN’T HAVE HAPPENED!!” Mason screamed at the young man who remained indifferent to his father’s rants.

“If you were wise enough to not leave tracks behind this clearly wouldn’t have happened!” The young man, Dylan stated with a disappointed sigh.

“WHAT THE FUCK DID YOU SAY TO ME?” Mason shouted in anger, his rage made him see red.

“There is not need to loose your cool father, what is done is done. And to dial down the situation, I’d like you to meet somebody…” on cue the door opened and walked in a smartly dressed woman.

“Dad, I’d like you to meet Lilith Bruton” he introduced her.