Episode 2~
Continuation of Rhys's POV
Ezra Anastasia
what was your name again?
i can tell by the look on her face that she was shook. she sure didn't expect us to not know her name
well she was right.. how can we possibly forget?
Thea Anastasia
thea.. thea leonardo *whispers*
we were somehow.. it was some unexplainable feeling which is forbidden to be felt in the mafia world
her name took us back to the time when we all fought over how the both of them gave her the name theo chose
i still clearly remember the name each one of us chose... now that i think of it, it was very dramatic of me as a 9 year old but i wanted to name her "Elaila". it was the name of our former grandmother who was killed by grandfather. i was pretty close to her compared to others as they were very young at the time of her death. Ezra named her "Lilith" while Arzhel and Celriz both came up with the same name "Valerie". Being the twins they are Kalix and Kaiser wanted to name her Eleanor and Elliza respectively while Theo wanted her name to be Thea as it was very similar or basically the same as his.
since he was the youngest and brattiest, her parents decided to name her thea
although we never stopped calling her the names we chose for her
but more than the name, our focus went on the last name she said
i could see the youngest 3 and arzhel scoff at the last name she pronounced
it was her mother's maternal surname. i believe they changed their last name after moving out for safety purposes
Celriz Anastasia
its Anastasia. Thea or whatever but Anastasia
he says putting weight on the word Anastasia. she looked quite intimidated by him. other than being an Anastasia and having the cold and scary looks, he had his tattooed arm on display. as if his looks and gaze wasn't enough to make anyone piss their pants, he chose to use the harshest tone and coldest and angriest voice while glaring at the 16 year old in front of us
Thea Anastasia
but mom.. *cut off*
kaiser.. the younger twin and the 2nd youngest of us cuts her off in his harshest tone saying the most heartless thing
Kaiser Anastasia (younger twin)
she's dead now. both of them are
Kaiser Anastasia (younger twin)
and you were never a Leonardo to begin with. you're a Anastasia
she was shocked yet compressed on how easy it was for Kaiser to mention their parent's death as if they're strangers
having no choice other than to agree she nods while looking down
Rhys Anastasia
since you'll be living in the same mansion as us from now on, there will be some rules you will need to obey
she nods slightly and before i could start speaking, theo cuts me off
i glare at him which he returns back with a sly smile
Theodore Anastasia (youngest)
let me do it for you rhys *grin*
he changes his expression back to an angry face and looks at her, beginning to speak
Theodore Anastasia (youngest)
you will be shown your room after this, it is the only area of the mansion you are allowed to enter
Theodore Anastasia (youngest)
your breakfast, lunch and dinner will be provided to your room as none of us want to feel sick by seeing your face every morning after we wake up or every night before we sleep
before i could process what he said, he was done speaking. i raise my voice and call his name and glare at him
Rhys Anastasia
shut up theo *glaring*
Rhys Anastasia
*looks back at thea with a neutral expression* we are usually not present for the lunch but for the breakfast and dinner you will have it with us in the dining room.
as i saw her mouth open to speak something, i speak cutting her off and she seals her lips together again
Rhys Anastasia
i will come back to these rules later but one of the most important one is i hate being cut off in the middle. it doesn't mean you will not have a chance to voice your thoughts but only when i tell you to and only when i am done speaking
Thea Anastasia
*nods slightly*
Rhys Anastasia
i understand you are not in a very good state right now so i am letting it slide for now but the other times when i am giving instructions, i expect a verbal answer. is that clear? *raises his eyebrow*
Thea Anastasia
yes.. i get it *mumbles*
Rhys Anastasia
back to the topic.. you don't have an option to deny it whatsoever. it is a rule to be present at the dinner at for breakfast and every in the mansion follows it so you will too
Rhys Anastasia
and like he said, you don't have to just stay in your room. this is your house and you have full rights to roam around anywhere you want except our bedrooms and offices which is basically the last floor.
Kaiser Anastasia (younger twin)
but rhys- *pissed off*
Rhys Anastasia
*glares at him*
seeing how kaiser and theo finally ruined my mood and pissed me off the extent, Arzhel decided to take over
they all know by now that if i yet continue speaking, forget about her, none of the 6 can handle me
Arzhel Anastasia
we will introduce to our pa later. if there is anything important you can contact him. you will have your own female pa too as well as a bodyguard. if there's anything you need, you don't have to take permission from us, you can ask your pa for it and she'll get it for you
Arzhel Anastasia
if there's anything you need to communicate with us, contact our pa and if you're unable to then your pa can do it for you. for now you will only have a single guard with you but after you are introduced to everyone, there will be minimum of 15 with you and you are not allowed to go anywhere without them
Arzhel Anastasia
talking about that, you aren't allowed to leave the mansion
Thea Anastasia
*shocked* why?
Rhys Anastasia
you are in no position to question us kiddo
he said while standing up and walking towards my standing figure. after we came back to the mansion directly from the funeral....after the funeral grandpa asked me to go with my "brothers" to my "actual home" and eventually i was in their 8 seater audi
apparently they came with their driver but they sent him back while returning back as i was there as well. the most scary and intimidating brother of mine.. celriz they say, drove the car while theo, the youngest one of my elder brothers sat on the passenger seat
i was seated beside the eldest brother of mine who was the only one i had talked till then. facing me and rhys sat arzhel and ezra who were younger than rhys but elder than celriz. behind them sat my twin brothers who i felt hated me the most of them all
even though every single brother of mine hated me, the eldest 3 were able to mask it till a certain extent while the youngest 3 openly hated me. but that was the least of my concern right now. if i was in my right state of mind right now, i would've killed myself by the thought of someone hating me so much. especially if it was someone from my own family. celriz showed no emotions. neither to me nor generally.. ig? although he gets angry very easily and looks scary, he did not make me feel as if he has even a bit of hatred for me but deep down ik he does
the last thing i wanted to do right after my parents death was to leave to some unknown country in my surprise brothers and family's private jet but here i am doing exactly that
it was no less of a shock to me when my extinct grandpa suddenly entered my parents funeral. i was already processing my parents death.. my parents murder and their murderers and who'd kill them? why would they kill them? i was more than sure it was not by the intention of robbery because the murderers did not take a single thing from our house then why?
that's when my grandfather entered. i was surprised by him coming but not that shocked as i already knew dad's father was still alive while his mom and mum's mom and dad i.e., my maternal grandmother and grandfather were already dead but the most shocking part was my brothers
why did i not know i had brothers? why did they never mention it to me? why did mom and dad hide it from me? why didn't my brothers ever come to meet me?
there were so many questions inside me. so many doubts but what is it important right now? no. i just lost both of my parents. i just turned into an orphan.. no grandparent, no brother or relative could change that for me. to me they were nothing but strangers who randomly came to my parents funeral after disappearing for years and would again disappear
after all rituals were completed, my so called grandfather walked over to me and gave me the 2nd biggest shock of my life. 1st was obviously my parents murder... he said i will now be living with my 7 elder brothers alone. the 7 brothers about whom i was unaware until an hour ago? living with them? there's no way
but that old man did not give me an option. i was sat in their audi with their hateful eyes for 4 hours. finally when the car stopped and i felt like we've reached our destination, i get off the car and see the airport
all i wanted to do right now was to get into my duvet and bed and cry myself to sleep imagining both my parents cuddling me to sleep but here we had another 9 hours of journey
we get into their private jet and i was again seated beside rhys until the plane took off. seeing my swollen eyes, dried tear stains all over my face, my face turned completely pale and worn out, tired restless eyes, he asked me to go sleep inside the room in their jet
i silently agreed and went in. i didn't realize i slept for 7 hours straight when i was suddenly woken up by the fighting noises of the brothers. it seemed that it was something related to me. they were bickering about something like it was their assistant's job to tell me my "rules" then why do they need to be there? the voice was of one of the twins. I'm not sure who but i shrugged it off and walked outside
there was complete silence the moment i entered. like ordered i was asked to sit beside celriz this time because one of the twin occupied the seat beside Rhys. i didn't even realise when i dozed off and slept on Celriz's shoulder. suprisingly he did not push me away or anything. i was directly woken up after the landing when i accidentally called Rhys "dad" in sleep when he tried waking me up.
Not to mention, since then till now, the twins and theo have mocked me over my sleeping habits and sleep every 10 mins. Rhys and Ezra every time cut them off or shut them up with a glare or just sayin their names with the last name while arzhel at times just laughed at me along with them and like always Celriz kept a straight face. they even mocked Celriz a few times for letting me sleep on his shoulder
the entire journey of 2 hours from the airport till their mansion they kept on doing that
after such long time of travelling they didn't even let me take a rest and asked me to freshen up as i stink of "dead bodies" and meet them in some meeting room to discuss their rules
it has been 30 mins me standing in the meeting room and they haven't asked me to sit yet and investigating me like a criminal
Comments
diya
they are literally caging her.
2024-03-17
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