Patriarch Young was reading through the documents which his assistant had brought him from the company when Felicia barged in.
"Miss, your grandfather said not to disturb him!" Butler Fang shouted as he held on to Felicia's arm trying to stop her.
Patriarch Young narrowed his eyes as he stared at his granddaughter who was now standing right across his desk. It was clear as the day, there was fury and impatience in her eyes.
William sighed. He waved his hand at Butler Fang. "Leave us."
With that, Butler Fang bowed his head and left the room. It was now just Felicia and Patriarch Young. William took off his glasses and folded his arms as he leaned back on his chair.
"What do you-"
"Let her go." Felicia cut his sentence short.
The event in the living room where Ivy was held down by two bodyguards and dragged away like some slave flashed continuously in her head.
Felicia clenched her fist. The feeling of helplessness as she stood there not being able to do anything but to only watch it unfold. She hated it. She detested herself from being weak against this old fox in front of her.
Despite Felicia's attitude towards him, William stayed calm. He looked at her indifferently, eyes without compassion or love a grandfather had for his granddaughter.
Felicia leaned in as she put her hands on the desk. There was a hint of derision as she said, "Is there really a need to lock her up? If as you proclaimed, she's just a little girl, then what are you afraid of grandpa?"
William furrowed his eyebrows. He knew that was true. However, he couldn't help but feeling wary towards that granddaughter of his. And there was also another reason.
"She needed to be taught a lesson for her audacity in front of her elders," said William apathetically as he put on his eyeglasses and proceeded to read the documents again.
But, Felicia was not done with this old fox. She brazenly went ahead and closed the document back. William lifted his head and stared at her with his cold eyes.
Felicia scoffed. This old man thought that he would scare her with just a glare? He could just forget it. She had been facing him ever since she was a little kid. That cold piercing gaze of his, she had long gotten used to it.
"Leave now," Patriarch Young glowered, "Or face the consequences."
"Release Alyssa then." Felicia kept her ground.
"Girl, don't test my patience."
Felicia stared at him. She inhaled deeply. "I'll take my chances."
BAM!
Patriarch Young slammed his hand against the desk. The vibration made the documents on the table jumped and slipped onto the ground while some pens rolled down as well.
"Why would you care for a low-born like her? You would rather side with an outsider rather than you're family?!!" William yelled at Felicia. His whole body was shaking out of pure anger.
"A low-born?" Felicia looked at her grandfather in disbelief. She had now lost all of her patience as she lashed back at Patriarch Young, "That low-born carries the blood of the Young family's line, one of the prestigious families in Country A. No matter how much you want to deny it by concealing her existence, she will always be connected to us by blood!!"
As Felicia continued to speak, she stressed her next sentence word by word with a stern voice. "Alyssa is my little sister," she declared.
William truly had had enough of this lunacy for one day. None of his family member could be counted on. Even this granddaughter of his would stupidly feel compassion towards an illegitimate daughter? Why couldn't she resemble him even a little? Why did the it have to be Alyssa who behaved as he was?
"I beg you. Release her." Alyssa looked at him pleadingly. "You can't really blame Alyssa for the way she acted. For all the things that this family did to her and her mother, it's only logical for her to be angry."
"And for whatever reason it is you're marrying her to Kevin, I'll take her position instead. She's only turned 22, Grandpa. She has not yet lived her life. I'm twenty four. I can-"
"Enough!!" William looked at Felicia menacingly. "For the last time." He pointed the door. "Leave. Do not disturb me anymore. It's pointless. I won't let your sister go."
He then warned her, "If you keep this on, I will not hesitate to destroy your career and lock you up as well. I know you love your job. So, I suggest you walk away."
Felicia's chest was moving up and down rapidly. She felt like she was going to explode but couldn't. Before she walked out, she stared at the old man's eyes one last time and said, "You're fucking insane."
She slammed the door of the study. Felicia felt extremely frustrated as she stomped her way towards Ivy's room. However, the moment she came near it, she was shocked speechless. Her face became completely pale.
The door was left open. Blood stains everywhere. It was a bloody mess.
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- [Flashback, 30 minutes ago] -
Butler Fang came out from the study room after receiving order from the Patriarch to heat up dinner for the second young miss. He immediately carried out the task and went to the kitchen to tell the maids.
"Tsk! Such a hassle. Why do we have to serve that little bastard dinner?" said one of the maids.
A maid who was in a ponytail nudged that maid with her elbow. "Stop it, Lin, let's just get this over with."
Butler Fang corrected his eyeglasses. "Don't act rush, Miss Lin. It's the old master's order to serve Miss Alyssa a nice dinner." He knew how that maid's brain worked so he warned her first not to do anything.
"It's not like I'm going to do anything, Butler Fang. I'm just saying."
After all that, finally, they cooked Ivy's meal. It took only more or less fifteen minutes before everything was set. The maid, Miss Lin, reluctantly brought the meal to Ivy's room.
Currently, there were two bodyguards standing guard by the bedroom door. Miss Lin told them that she was carrying the young miss meal by the master's order. Thus, after checking the dinner on the tray, they let her in.
As the door behind her closed, Maid Lin was taken aback by the darkness enveloping the room. Her face was immediately brushed by the night wind coming in from the opened windows.
She was a bit confused why the young miss had opened all the windows while she sat at the edge of the bed wearing such a thin silk night gown. However, it wasn't like it was her business either, the young miss could do whatever she wanted. She was not going to warn her of catching a cold. She was just here to deliver food.
"Miss Alyssa, the old master has ordered us to prepare a dinner for you and I'm here to deliver it," said Maid Lin politely.
But... there was no answer. Not even a nod. The young miss kept looking at the direction of the window.
'Well whatever, I'll just put this on the table,' she thought. So, Maid Lin went ahead and set the tray on the small table near the sofa. Afterwards, without saying anything she walked back towards the door.
Just as she was about to touch the door handle, a slender arm appeared around her neck and pressed against her. Maid Lin immediately chocked from the pressure as she was dragged back into the room by the young girl strangling her from behind.
She tried to shout but the young girl only tightened her arms around her neck which led her to cough instead. Maid Lin stared wide eyed in terror at the young girl cold face, devoid from any emotion. The only thing left hanging on her face was a beautifully terrifying smile as Alyssa fixed her eyes on Maid Lin.
With every strength she had left in her body, Maid Lin struggled with her might to rip Alyssa's arms from her neck. But out of her expectation, even though Alyssa didn't look like it, she was in fact strong. Maid Lin couldn't break free. In the end, she could only slap Alyssa arm continuously praying that she would let go from the pain.
But unbeknownst to Maid Lin, that only triggered Alyssa patience more. Thus, Alyssa used her other hand to cover Maid Lin's mouth and nose. She then turned her head to the left before she went for an instant kill.
She forcefully snapped the maid's neck, whipping it to the right. The maid's body stopped moving as it lied there limply. Alyssa let the maid go. She looked at the lifeless body and that pair of wide eyes staring at her in horror. She smiled in respond.
Alyssa got up and went to drag the body towards the wardrobe. She carefully placed it inside the empty space before closing it. As she shut the wardrobe, she saw her reflection in the mirror attached on the door.
The same dark hair, same complexion, same features, and same pair of deep blue eyes.
Alyssa smiled.
She began to hum a soft melody as she turned around and proceeded down the bed, taking out a long cord made out of the bed linen, blanket, and pillow sheet.
Ten minutes had passed but there wasn't any sign of the maid coming out. There wasn't even a single sound heard from behind the door. The two bodyguards looked at each other.
"Isn't she talking too long?" one of them asked the other.
"Maybe, she's waiting for the young miss to finish the meal first so she can directly bring the dishes down with her," the other answered.
The bodyguard furrowed his eyebrows. He looked displeased. "But that's not her call."
"Well, I'll check it then."
One of them went in while the other waited outside. As soon as the bodyguard entered the room, he was shocked to see a cord made out of bed linens stretching from the foot of the bed towards the open window.
He went into panic as he rushed to the window. He looked down but saw no one outside. He clicked his tongue thinking that the young miss had escaped.
What he didn't know was, Alyssa was hiding under the bed. When the bodyguard looked out from the window, she rolled out and went to stand behind him. The moment the bodyguard turned around to tell his partner, two chopsticks greeted his eyes straight on.
As the chopsticks pierced his eyes, blood sprayed out and splashed onto Alyssa's face. The bodyguard only managed to cry out a little before Alyssa pushed his jaw up harshly with all her might which caused him to choke on his own tongue.
The bodyguard tried to relieve himself but between the pain in his eyes and his throat, his body couldn't function properly. He was just there bending his body choking as if he was going to throw up while the blood continued to flow down his cheeks.
Alyssa smiled widely watching the gory sight in front of her as if she was admiring a masterpiece. Her face and both of her hands dripping with the victim's blood. But she didn't care, she enjoyed watching him bleed. She let him felt the pain, the torture on his body ten seconds longer and before his body gave out, it was then, Alyssa pushed him out of the window.
With the loud noise from the fall, the other bodyguard took the initiative to check the situation. However, before he could say anything, he was greeted with the sight of Alyssa bloody face, her stained night gown, and bloody hands.
Alyssa smirked looking at him. The bodyguard gritted his teeth to the realization that his partner had died. He immediately charged at Alyssa.
But, he too was doomed to die at her hands. With the same smile filled with pure joy plastered across her face, Alyssa threw the fruit knife in her hand at the bodyguard.
It sliced through the air and stabbed directly into his forehead. It took less than ten seconds for Alyssa to claim his life. The bodyguard's body slumped to floor with a loud thud.
Meanwhile, in a relax manner, Alyssa approached the table and took a piece of sauteed beef cooked with vegetable and put it into her mouth.
"Hmm..." she moaned enjoying the taste of the sauteed beef mixed with a little taste of blood from her hand.
'I'm indeed hungry', she thought to herself.
Afterwards, Alyssa took off the bodyguard's suit and wore it herself. She then walked out from the bedroom. It was that exact moment when she stepped out from the door, she was met face to face with Butler Fang.
Butler Fang was dumbstruck staring blankly at the bloody face in front of him. The strong metallic smell of blood assaulted his nose. It made his body tingled in fear.
Yet again Alyssa smiled as she greeted him, "Hello, Butler Fang."
The moment her sentence ended, she slammed the other party's head against the wall twice without mercy. At the same time, a loud 'bam' resounded along the hallway. Alyssa instantly turned her head to the direction of that noise as she let go of Butler Fang's body.
But there was no one in sight. Alyssa raised her eyebrows. She shrugged her shoulders thinking that it was nothing. She grabbed a white handkerchief from Butler Fang's right pocket and proceeded downstairs towards the front door while she wiped her face and hands.
After she got out from the mansion, she threw the handkerchief to the ground and grabbed a palm-size stone along her way towards the mansion's gate.
The security had just finished his nature call and returned to the post when he saw Alyssa from the monitor. He was immediately alarmed and made his way towards Alyssa.
On the other hands, Alyssa too detected movements from inside the security post since she had been paying attention to it. Thus, she dashed as fast as she could and met head on with the security. He was about to rush in and put her down, when a palm-size rock found its way to his face.
He screamed in pain when it bashed his head. In reflex, he covered his face with his hands. Alyssa took the chance and kicked his manhood. When he grimaced and went to cover it, Alyssa threw a powerful punch at his face, doubling the intensity of the pain he felt.
As he dropped down on his knees, Alyssa moved closer to him. Without hesitation, she grabbed his head and slammed it on her knee. That move instantly sent the security to sleep.
Alyssa stretched her body before she went towards the security post and operate the computer to open the gate. With that, she skipped her way outside the gate and into the beautiful night as she hummed her melody.