Third Person POV
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"Alright, it's about time you know everything anyway." Adam said. "But you have to promise me not to get angry because I didn't hide this from you on purpose, I was under an oath." He added, looking at her.
Emma nodded. "I'll try." She vocalised.
"Let's see, where should I start?" The question was to himself, but Emma replied nonetheless.
"How about with the revelations of five years ago that led Emma to bomb you?" She suggested.
"The Protectors?" He asked.
She nodded.
"Well, The Protecters are something I inherited from my ancestors. They have been around for a very long time, after the underworld leaders decided to elect the strongest one of them to lead them almost a century ago. At that time the Head Family's identity was known among the whole underworld, they were similar to monarchs, everyone from the underworld would seek them whenever a problem faces them. They were rich enough to build a whole country from scratch and manage it in prosperity, the other key members were only allowed to have quarter the amount of their wealth, that was the only law that everybody has to abide by for the prosperity of the underworld to continue unhindered, and all of the families were okay with that rule for a while at least." Adam narrated. "However since humans are rebellious and greedy by nature, problems were bound to arise." He added.
"What happened?"
"Riots started from within some of the families, not the leaders but their heirs. The youngsters of some of the families decided that they want to upgrade things, and they want to start by the monarchy system. They wanted an excuse to take it down so they requested a meeting with the head of the Head Family saying they have something to discuss." Adam said.
"The rule?" Emma asked.
He nodded at her. "They want it abolished, saying it was unfair to the other families to stay in the same position while the Monarchs keep prospering when they can do it too. They were sure the Monarchs would refuse which would give them the justification they need to bring them down, but the head of the Monarchs knew their plan so he agreed to their terms, but on one condition." Adam continued.
"What condition?"
"The group that met him was to step aside from their families businesses, they were to be put in exile for harbouring evil intentions to the Monarchs and threatening the stability of the underworld. Of course the group was shocked twice, the first being that the head of the Monarchs agreed to their terms and the second was because of the condition. He made it seem like he wants peace, but at the last moment declared war on them. He told them that he doesn't negotiate with enemies, and that he doesn't need any evidence to have them executed but he was being considerate because of their families which is why he's going to exile them instead." Adam continued his tale.
"Exile? Were the mafia in one place?" Emma asked.
"The key members of the mafia were all gathered in one place, Germany, the mafia had it under control at the time, but they had people around the world." He replied.
"What happened after?"
"Their families were called, and the agreement was issued and signed. The heirs were to depart after a week from the signing day to different parts of the world so that they never meet each other again. However they decided to use that remaining time to proceed with their original plan, they tried to take the Monarchs down so the assassins were sent to the palace where the Monarchs resided and all hell broke loose that night. The causalities were several but only from the servants and the guards. They defended the Monarchs with their lives, and since the heirs made sure all communication were cut from the place to the outside, the Monarchs only had their workers to help them facing the invasion. When morning came only the Monarchs and a couple of their guards were standing. Bodies from both sides were around them in piles." He said.
"What happened to the heirs?" Emma asked.
"They were sentenced to death, obviously, for treason, but only a week after." Adam replied.
"Why a week after?" She asked.
"When the other families came into the palace in the morning and witnessed the massacre, they along with Monarchs decided to that the Monarchs' identities had to be hidden to prevent things like this from happening in the future, but they had one problem."
"Everybody knew their faces already." Emma said.
Adam nodded. "Exactly, so they had to forge their deaths, they said that they died in the invasion and it was declared to the whole underworld that they elected new Monarchs but their idea ties were to be known only to the heads of the families. Which the mafia agreed to, so after they mourning was over the traitors were executed after a whole week of ruthless torture. And the Protecters made a debut." He said.
"And?"
"The family of Protecters were chosen by the head of the Monarchs personally and discreetly. Not even the heads of the other families knew of their existence."
"They were the two bodyguards that survived the invasion along with the Monarchs, weren't they?" Emma asked.
"You're a smart one, wifey." He winked at her and smiled.
"I get that a lot." She winked back at him playfully.
He chuckled before continuing. "Those two bodyguards happened to be my great-grandfather and my grandfather, and also the head of the Monarchs' sword brothers, but that was not the sole reason they were picked for, it was because the amount of courage and loyalty they showed that night, they became the head of the Monarchs' most trusted people. The whole Monarchs family helped them gaining a great amount of wealth so they were equal to them in terms of fortune and influence, so that they can protect them perfectly well. My family was forever grateful to the Monarchs since they saved us from the claws of the loan sharks and the endless pit of poverty, so the Protectors' title was handed down to each generation as some type of inheritance." Adam concluded.
"You said the Protecters were a kept a secret from everybody, how did they became known to the public?" Emma asked.
"The head of the Monarchs had a hunch the leaders of the families will have a change of heart soon, and their loyalties will change, especially the families of the heirs that were executed. And he was right, those families influenced most of the other families and tried another attack at the Monarchs' palace few years later, not knowing that my family along with a whole army of its own are keeping a close eye on the palace from the shadows. So when they attacked we were there to defend the palace and its occupants. After we prevailed, the name 'The Protecters' was known everywhere around the underworld, but they never got faces or real names to match with it." He explained.
"We're the Monarchs in hiding since they forged their death?" Emma asked.
"Yes, the place was off limits to all commoners, only the leaders of the families and workers had an access, and the workers were also from the Protecters, so the Monarchs never had to show their faces to the public. From that moment both the Head Family and the Protecters identities were kept a secret only the two family know each other. No one else." He answered.
"But why are you telling me this? What does it have to do with me?" She asked him.
Adam looked at her for awhile, as if he was urging her to use her mind to figure the answer to that question out by herself which she did after moments of looking at him in confusion. "Wait, what's the name of the head of the Monarchs?" She asked him, a look of understanding taking over her features.
"Elias-"
"Jonas Wagner." She cut him off. "Elias Jonas Wagner." She repeated the name.
Adam nodded at her.
"Un-fucking-believable!"
A/N
Finally! Adam's secret is out!
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