What An Irony

At the back alley of a remote area of the city, chimneys coughed out black smokes that permeated the street with pollution. Several beggars lay by the alley side, snuggled in a comfortable position to escape the cold chilling night in vain.

While few stray cats and dogs fought with rats to get a midnight snack, however, in this world, only the powerful people get the biggest share, while the poor get tossed away like plagues.

Auriane White watched as a stray cat limped away from the other cat's attack. Its frail body shivered from the cold, seeming to have lost all it's strength, but it struggled not to fall. Suddenly it was stoped by a figured clad in black from head to toe. A black hoodie almost covering it's face and making it look like a black angel. The cat's body shivered and it took a defensive position, ready to attack with it's last bit of strength. It was frail and almost at the point of death, still it was ready to fight with its last strength and die with dignity.

' Dying with dignity.'

Auriane White thought with a smile as she bent towards the offensive cats, catching it the moment it pounced on her. She didn't mind it scratching her, but she had a warm smile that seemed to have forced out her life's energy.

"You and I are thesame."

The stray cat soon calmed down and blinked curiously at Auriane White who had most part of he face covered by the black hoodie.

"... Ready to die with dignity.", She added

Not feeling as spending more time with the cat, lest it was affected by her jinx fate, Auriane White laid it back on its feet and broke a piece of bread into two. She gave one to the cat and took a bite of the other, walking further away from the stray cat without looking back.

Sinking her teeth into the bread, she took the last bite and only chewed for a while before her last meal became a history. She looked up to the sky with a bitter expression, recalling her glorious days when she didn't have to suffer from hunger, but then she realized that her past self was still pitiful to a certain extent. Although she didn't need to be worried about what to eat, she had always lived in the shadow of Angel White and relied on the crumbs of affection left by her father, while her step mother made her life miserable.

Today she wandered in the street clad in a tattered suite to cover her hideous appearance, with not even a single soul ready to offer her a white collar job. Today she only had a piece of bread to keep her body alive, but tomorrow.

Auriane White shook her head, not wanting to think about tomorrow yet. She had lived for thirty odd years, but hadn't been able to achieve anything to her name. Both her struggles and achievements were both stolen and she was tossed away like a piece of trash.

She was once a laboratory scientist, researching on many drugs and medecines that gave her a lot of fame and recognition, little did she know that she was merely a stepping stone for Angel White, the one who landed her into misery. Even her father whom she longed for shot her a look of disdain and completely crumpled her hope of ever rising, they made her a fugitive and sent assassins to track her down, giving her no opportunity to create a new life for herself.

Even her sister who was the only one to show her sincere love died in a miserable state and a tainted name. And she... had unknowingly caused her sister's death...

Auriane White clenched her fist into a ball, sinking her nails deeply into her still tender flesh to the point of causing it to bleed profusely. But she didn't mind, only by bleeding would she be able to remind herself that she was  alive and not death yet.

Even if it had to cost her life, she was definitely never going to let Angel White and the White family to achieve their ultimate goal.

Eliminate her.

However, at this state she was rendered helpless and even if her wandering life had blessed her with some skills, she was still no match to the White Family who had gained a lot of fame and wealth thanks to her efforts. They stood high above her like a mountain, while she had to crawl under their feet and live a clandestine life in order to survive.

What an irony, she thought.

As soon as Auriane White took a reluctant step out of the alley, she was welcomed by several black figures who immediately dashed towards her. Her heart skipped a beat and she knew that Angel White's connection had caught her. She had travelled and concealed her presence with painstaking efforts but was still found at the end.

Auriane White gritted her teeth and took a defensive posture, not ready to concede. Just like the frail cat who tried to fight against her for its life, she was determined to fight back. She had lived with top notch fighters for a year, in order to survive. Bringing this group of people down would be a piece of cake for her. However, her body was extremely frail, not able to hold up for more than ten minutes.

She was finally caught and brought to an underground base with a bag covering her face and her body almost drained of all its energy.

She had no strength to fight back, but wait for her doom.

The base had a cold smell of humidity, slightly overwhelmed with mocking sounds of men that suddenly ceased and was overcome by the clicking sound of a shoe. The crisp sound soon came to a halt and a soft delicate voice was heard.

"Take the bag off her face ."

Withoutany further ardo, the men quickly took off the bag that was hiding Auriane's face. Finally able to see, Auriane looked ahead of her to see a beautiful girl, clad in red one arm gown that reached down to her toe, at the left side there was a beautiful tear, exposing her long slender legs. Her legs were white and milky,of which Auriane guessed she probably took a lot of time and effort to nurse. She had a beautiful side profile, oval face and thin lips that was accentuated with a red crimson lipstick. Her lovely black silk hair cascaded down her 34C ****** and her long eye lashes fluttered slowly. She was doned with exquisite jewelries that shouldn't cause less than $10million, not forgetting her lovely dress and fur scarf that hung on her neck.

Her ring finger was doned with an exquisite blue diamond ring. She barely heard that Angel had been engaged into a wealthy family, but she wasn't sure who it was. However, her said fiancee had enormous power to destroy a whole city if he wished, reason why Angel was able to track her down with ease.

Auriane finally realized that she was already no match for Whites at this extent and no matter how indignant she felt, she could only swallow it.

Angel White smiled with pride and walked towards Auriane with elegance and poise, she stretch out her hand and slightly pinched Auriane's chin. Looking straight into Auriane's ever green green eyes that had still kept its enchanting beauty and light no matter how disfigured she was. Angel frowned, realising that her fake lentils still paled in comparison to Auriane's beautiful pupils that seemed to carry the world's beauty in it.

However, she concealed her displeasure, not wanting to let Auriane have any reason to smile at her flaws.

"Long time no see sister, you really gave me a hard time over these years."

Auriane looked at Angel with burning anger, but she didn't say anything.

"Why do you look so angry, shouldn't you be happy to see me?"

"Why, should I be happy to see a white lotus like you who won't even spare my life after sending me deep into the abyss."

"How can you say that about me, haven't we always been best sisters ever?"

Auriane White's  expression turned cold and she stared at Angel White with a piercing gaze.

' Best sisters, what an irony.'

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