The Mysterious Demon

-Dominic’s POV-

Discomfort.Material © of NôvelDrama.Org.

No matter what I did or who I was with I was uncomfortable.

Arthur’s words rang constantly in the back of my head and it was driving me insane. ‘You’re not really my sister so fuck off,’. Sure what he said upset me but it was whatever drove him to say those words which annoyed me too.

I thought I could trust Arthur but now I wasn’t so sure. Not only did he lie to me, but he also wouldn’t tell me the truth after I caught his lie. He was hiding something from me and -as much as I didn’t want to believe it- I had a feeling I knew what he was keeping hidden.

Clearly, I hadn’t killed the whole gang, I thought with minor anger but took a breath and relaxed.

I looked up to see the lads in the room that I was in and let a little smile hit my face. The guys were all chilling over at my house now after our meeting with the gang’s division in Florida. They were getting ready to attack another gang and it was important they went through the plan with Nick and if they needed supplies we would be able to send it to them and such. It lasted for around three hours before we were able to disconnect.

Just then there was a knock at the door which got all of our attention. “I’ll get it,” I announced and got up from my seat before opening the door.

I raised my eyebrow at the person at the entrance and greeted with, “hey,”

“Hey to you too, now get your ass out here. We’re going to my place,” He instructed which made me look at him confused but he didn’t seem to be very patient right now.

“Xavier, what the-” I exclaimed as he took my arm in his hold and started dragging me to his car. Once I got in I took out my phone, texting Blake what had happened and then put it away before turning to Xavier. His face had also seemed to be very cold and tense which was worrying.

After everything happened with Arthur, Arthur left my house and started staying with Xavier since he still didn’t have a place of his own. So when Xavier said we were going to his place I was a little nervous. I don’t think Xavier knew what had happened between us but at the same time, he’s smart as fuck so I wouldn’t put it passed him if he figured something was up between us already.

Either way, I wasn’t in the mood to go and see Arthur and I needed him to know that.

“Isn’t Arthur staying at your place? I don’t want it to get overcrowded or anything.” He scoffed at my sorry excuse, giving me a small but all-knowing glance.

“You had five guys at your house back there. I think I’m doing you a favour. Unless you lot were planning on a gang bang and to that I say cool but your bro’s in there too and we know incest isn’t a New York thing, leave that to Alabama.” I gasped and slapped the back of his head to which he started laughing. I rolled my eyes but couldn’t help smiling too.

“We were NOT planning that at all. You disgust me.” I state making him laugh more.

“Don’t worry Demon,” he then reassured after calming down and looking straight ahead. “Arthur’s not home, he left earlier,” I tensed at the mention of Arthur but didn’t say anything until we got to Xavier’s house. He hadn’t said anything either.

When we got to his training room, I took off my shirt leaving me in my gym uniform and he did the same. We faced each other and he threw a quick punch which I blocked.

“What did he do to you?” My eye widened and my block broke down, allowing his punch to make contact with my face, making me fall.

I sighed and decided to answer with the truth.

“He lied,” I answered, looking down and expecting him to hit me again or insult me but to my surprised he said

“And?” knowing there was more. I looked up at him, feeling vulnerable.

“He said I wasn’t his sister,” I said in a low voice and closed my eyes, re-feeling the pain. I hadn’t wanted to admit this but it hurt me a lot when he said that. Kept me up that day despite me being exhausted when I got home. The aches my body had were inferior to it. It hurt.

I then heard some shuffling and when I opened my eyes I felt Xavier’s arm around me in a tight hug which I slowly returned with my own.

“Look, I know you have a hard time trusting people and something like that probably fucked you up. I understand. So make it easier for yourself, the only person you can trust right now is me.” He then pulled away slightly and looked me in the eye with determination.

“Arthur is still connected to the gang -I’m sure you figured that out already. Gangs always stick with gangs over individuals or street fighters so we can’t really trust Nick’s gang either. I know he’s your brother but he was a gang leader first. I’m going to talk to William about helping us but I’m not one hundred per cent on him either, he’s Arthur’s mate after all.” He sighed, knowing this was probably hard for me but I gave him a straight face. It seemed logical to me. “Understand?” I nodded and he held my hand, helping me up but didn’t let go.

I gripped his hand tighter and nodded strongly. Together in sync, we said,

“Through this, we, the first and second strongest, promise to stay true, stay fair and stay bloody no matter who we’re fighting or what we’re fighting, even if it’s each other.”

“I’m putting my trust in you,” I said and he nodded,

“And I won’t lose that trust again for the rest of my life. I assume I can expect the same thing?”

“Definitely.”

After that, the door started opening and we both knew who it was going to be standing there.

From the corner of our eyes, we watched Arthur come in and stand in shock and in fear. Xavier let a smirk take place on his face when seeing that reaction but pretended like he didn’t notice his presence. Instead, he walked over to his punching bags and rolled one over.

“You think 100 pounds is enough?” he asked but instead of answering his question, I mustered up my new strength and swung my fist towards the bag. The punch was strong, loud and I dare say scary.

“Xavier, I don’t think it was heavy enough.”

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