Ivy Quinn: "My life has been entirely distorted by these people. One wrong decision from me and they took advantage of it. I don't know whom I should blame for all this. It's not just me, it's not just them. Everyone will pay for what they do. Everyone would see what Quinn's sole heiress can do. No one would be spared. Just wait and watch."

She was patiently looking at them. While hiding in the dark she waited for their moment to come. She was told to not come. But looking at the culprit faces in the room her blood was boiling. She wanted to extract them but she also needs to wait until she get her brother out of the mess. Sighing once she took her eyes off the bad guys and looked at her Mason.

It's been a week since she left his side. It was very much hard for her to leave when he begged her not to. That day she was not just angry with him but was also very much worried about her family. She said things that she shouldn't have. Leaving him behind was hard but was necessary as well. However today everything will be sorted out. All the misunderstandings between them would go away.

"Ivy, you there?" Travis's voice crackled through her AirPods.

"Hmm." Ivy murmured in response.

"I found your brother." Travis informed.

Ivy closed her eyes in relief. Now there is nothing for her to be worried about. "...good."

"But, don't you dare to move alone? I know you are impatient, but you gotta wait for me to come. Please."

"..."

"Ivy. Your father would kill me if he finds you there. Just give me twenty minutes and I'll be there."

"Come within ten minutes or I'll go."

"You-"

Before he could utter another word, she ended the call. She understood that this revenge wasn't solely hers; it was also Travis's fight from the beginning. She had merely been a supporting player all this time. Who could have predicted that his family would drag her into this? With a deep breath, she steeled herself for the impending confrontation.

In the room:

"So, are we all agreeing on this?" Leonal dominantly looked at everyone.

"..."

Chris said nothing and waited for others to react. Five men sitting around the table were deciding a matter of life or death of Dexter Quinn, mafia leader of northeast Ca**** state.

A week ago, they got the staggering news about the demise of Dexter Quinn and his son Oliver Quinn. After their death, no one left to hold the reign of the northeast Ca**** state. Their sole heiress, Ivy Quinn, ran away from her palace months ago. So far, no one has been able to catch her, not even her father. No one knows how she looks or where to find her. Their mysterious princess has not come to her father and brother's funeral either.

After a day of the announcement, all the clans decided to take the matter into their hands.

"What are you all quiet about? Dexter was closest to my dad. However, I still don't want to take his place this soon. For now, the benefit will come for all. There is nothing for anyone to be worried about." Leonal Seth said again.

Hearing all that, Owen Capel, couldn't help but scoff. "Just because your father was close to Dexter doesn't mean you get the power over his business."

"He was like my uncle." Leonal counter stated.

"There is a difference between 'real' and 'like real'." Santiago replied.

"You-!" Leonal roared. It's been an hour since the meeting has started but nowhere, they reached any mutual understanding. Impatiently looking at everyone he said with a smug. "You guys seriously think that I am asking for your permission? Can't you grasp the situation here? I am here to inform you of what I have decided on. All I am asking you to do is nod."

"And why do you think we would obediently accept your terms Leonal?" Chris Hatt while playing with his pen nonchalantly questioned.

Leonal smirked at that question. Placing his gun on top of the table he answered that question unhurriedly. "Because I am not giving you an option Chris. Either accept it or you can leave. But Quinn's empire can only come to me."

Everyone's eyes got narrowed at his action. No one in the meeting was allowed to bring a weapon for protection. Clan meetings are for discussion or arbitration and such meetings have their own rule to have a real talk. Leonal's action proves that he violated the rule and stood against all and that someone in the security team helped him. This means everyone except Leonal is in danger at the moment.

Mason Morton who was quiet all this time coldly looked at Leonal and his family. When he heard the news about the demise of Dexter and Oliver Quinn, he immediately sent his people to find their bodies. However, he never found one.

He knew somewhere that the scene is being manipulated here. He could tell the disappearance is true, but 'not finding' the bodies is too suspicious for him to let the matter go this easily.

The only explanation he found out for this was that the abduction is for extortion before the murder. At this moment he felt relieved that the only daughter of Dexter Quinn ran away from him. Otherwise, no one knows what might have happened to her. And knowing the love Dexter has for his daughter, it would not have taken time for Mason to find their dead bodies.

Mason gave one look to Chris, who was sitting beside him. Unlike Mason, who had no expression of annoyance or worry caused by anything, Chris felt very much annoyed by Leonal's existence. Both Chris and Mason knew what needed to do. Raising his hand, a little, Mason gestured to his guards standing in the dark to start working on the matter.

"You dare to threaten us with a gun?" Owen scowled.

"This room is secured by my guards completely. You don't have to be worried about anyone's safety Mr. Capel. I am not forcing you just asking you to do a small gesture here." Leonal answered with a smile.

"You violated the rule. Do you know what the consequences of this could be?" Chris dangerously asked.

"Worry not Mr. Hatt. I know exactly what I am doing."

"…"

"Listen you guys. Dexter was like my uncle. I am not letting anyone's dirty hand on my uncle's business until his daughter Ivy Quinn comes."

"Scoff…. you serious?" Santiago scoffed loudly.

"Yes. I am already disheartened by my uncle and Oliver's-"

As soon as Oliver's name came from Leonal's tongue a flying chair came straight to his face but at the nick of time Leonal smashed it and protected himself. Everyone's eyes widened in shock to see such action in just one second. Everyone turned their eyes to the dark side of the room from where the chair flew towards Leonal.

"You seriously don't know when to stop, do you?" Ivy standing in the dark walked forward towards the light. Removing her cap, and losing her hair, holding a gun in her right hand, she stood before everyone like a badass bitch.

"What the hell do you-" Before Leonal could complete his words, Ivy came through the dark. Seeing that beautiful face once again, his heart started racing to the craze, once again. "Ivy?"

Santiago and Owen also gapped in surprise. "Ivy?"

"Yes, that's me."

"Why are you here?" Leonal still in shock hastily asked.

"Why I am here? I just couldn't bear a word coming out of your mouth anymore. How dare you to even say his name?" Ivy questioned vaguely.

Apart from Leonal, everyone was also shocked to the core to see Ivy among them. Everyone was already aware of her identity. They were utterly shocked to see a girl, that too, their beautiful and young Ivy in that room.

"Who the hell let her come in here!!" Leonal shouted.

To that question, no one answered.

Across the room, Mason for a second forgot to breathe. His mind got blank as his life's love stood right before him. However, he couldn't understand why Ivy was there, why she was aiming for Leonal, and why Ivy was holding onto the gun. She looked way too furious but suspicious as well. The girl who just ran away from him a week ago suddenly came back. He was looking for her every second of the day. The day she left him, he forgot how to live. He was fallen apart without her love. He begged her to not leave him, but she still did. And Only now, when they are in the middle of dire circumstances she decided to come back.

Mason got up from his chair and walked towards her. As he was about to take his second step, a guard instantly pointed his gun at him. Mason's eyes turned dark. Till now he knew that the room was guarded by Leonal's guard, but only now he realizes that those guards didn't belong to Leonal but actually to Ivy. Those guards were guarding Ivy all this time.

Mason didn't hate this thought but he would never allow someone to come in between him and his girl. Swiftly backing off, Mason held on to that wrist, holding the gun against him, before twisting it. Making the guard drop his gun, he kicked his shine before the guard could grasp what happened, he was already on his knees.

After handling the guard, Mason looked back at Ivy again and again.

"Ivy… baby come here."