The car had come to a halt in front of Alicia's hostel but she was yet to notice as her brain had been momentarily shut down from Jaden calling her ' sweetheart '
When she didn't move or react for a while, Jaden turned to have a look at what the girl was doing that had her so lost,only to find her staring at him with her mouth slightly opened.
They stared at each other for a while with hands intertwined until Jaden spoke out in a soft voice. "It's late,I'll see you tomorrow"
Alicia shook her head as she was brought back to earth " huh " she blinked before she looked around to see that she was already in front of her hostel's main gate.
Alicia swallowed hard before her eyes returned back to Jaden and she nodded her head,she was just about to move her free hand to open the door when Jaden's voice came up again.
"And don't forget these" he said reaching out to the two big shopping bags sitting between them.
Alicia turned and smiled before she reached out for the bags,he had again gotten her another whole load of expensive provisions even when the previous ones were still very much available.
Well if there was only one thing she was able to find out about Jaden,it would be that ,the guy was extremely rich, even richer than what people thought as in just a week, she'd seen him with two top expensive cars and unusual cards for a student,a black and a gold. Alicia wondered what else she might see as the time goes on.
"Thanks once again and, goodnight" she said softly before she turned and opened the door, she was just about to come down when she heard Jaden's whisper like voice.
"Hey" he called out
" Mmmm " Alicia looked at him creasing her brows.
Jaden looked as though he wanted to say something but he restrained himself, biting hard on his lips and just said with a straight face " Sleep tight "
Alicia smiled before she wished him back. " You too" she answered before she finally got off the car and walked straight inside the hostel gate,her heart beating wildly from all that had happened in the last 10 minutes
Alicia was walking into the hostel at a gentle pace but when she suddenly saw her phone ringing and that it was her elder sister,she quickly picked up her pace,she wouldn't want her sister to find out that she was still out at this time.
Jaden still in the car stilled as he watched Alicia walk into the hostel,his gaze fixed on her figure until she got into the building and moved upstairs,a small smile crept on his lips before he started the car and took a reverse.
.....
In an apartment far from the Montgomery main campus ground
In a room fully furnished with a theme color of black and white,Zoddy is seen with 4 other of his boys as he sat on the bed staring at the broken and battered body of his younger brother Liam who was awake but still writhing in pain as Andrew massaged his sore body with a towel and warm water.
It could clearly be seen that Zoddy was raging as his eyes were now bloodshot from all the alcohol he had consumed all through the night just so he could cool his rage,but it didn't seem to help at all.
Putting on only a loose black jean,he was shirtless, revealing so many tattoos of different colors on his well built body and coming to his hand,he had a gleaming silver gun tightly held on in his hand, almost crushing it as he pointed it to the wall in which he was facing, and in his mouth he had a lit cigarette in which he had already smoked halfway.
Zoddy stared at the wall for a while before he dropped the gun on a stool and reached out for the small piece of paper laying on the stool. Earlier on,they had retrieved the note from Liam's pocket after they found him dumped at their meeting spot that night
And the note in which was written with Liam's blood read the words. ' BACK OFFF!!! '.
Now Zoddy didn't what that meant as he didn't know what exactly he needed to back off from but he knew it was a serious warning and that too from the dreaded ' Red death clan', their first and ever warning issued to them.
Zoddy knew the Red death group was ruthless and no nonsense but at the same time,they could totally pass as a peaceful cult group and so a beating from the leader of the Red death group himself only meant that they had crossed boundaries,but at what exactly?.
"So what now Boss " Kartagi spoke out from the window side. " Are we just gonna let this slide" he asked in anger,anger for what the Red death had done to Liam.
Zoddy clenched his fists tightly,his teeth bared as a feral growl emanated from deep in his chest,a primal sound that betrayed the unspeakable rage boiling within him.
As he stared at his brother,the injuries he could see was a grim reminder of the cost of Red death's violence.
But then, beneath the raging fire in Zoddy's heart that burned white hot, a little doubt flickered like a candle in a storm as he knew the Red death group was formidable,their reputation for brutality well earned,he knew that his group didn't stand a chance against theirs but still,he refused to allow his fear overpower him.
" They would pay for what they've done " Zoddy swore as he jerked up,his fingers tightening into fists at his side, crushing the paper. " But first,we have to find out what warranted to their actions,then we'll make a move " he added,his chest heaving up and down.