ELLESMERE

-ENRIQUE-

" Do you think Hades is alive?" I sip on my morning coffee, looking at the Shawn.

" I have too many issues to worry about that bloody asshole right now." He mutters, as he combs Sage's hair.

Sage sits there silently, nibbling at the muffin in her hand as Shawn braids her hair.

Hades left at night and it's morning now, I think his beloved brother has buried him six feet under the ground by now.

I guess, that's good. I have less competition now.

" She has shed so much hair, the damage is deeper than it looks." I mumble, looking at the amount of hair that fell from Sage just in a few minutes of combing her hair.

" We'd run her through a thorough examination once we reach home." Shawn says, kissing her forehead.

Sage slwoly leans in, kissing the tip of his nose. Shawn froze at her simple act, before he glanced at me.

" Did you-did you see that?" he stutters, looking back at Sage.

" Mmmhmm," I hum, completely not grasping on what she just did.

" Maybe she finds herself attached to you,"

Shawn nods, but doesn't say anything. I know he is constantly biting back words to not get our relationship more bitter and I know too darn well that he loathes me for everything I've done, he just doesn't show it on my face.

Sage disregards our conversation, as she completely focuses on her muffin. She opens her mouth, trying to fit the entire muffin in her mouth all at once but ends up frustrated when the muffin doesn't fit. She scrunches her nose, glaring at the muffin as if it will shrink from her anger.

" Shawn, I wan-" the doorbell rings loudly, interrupting me.

Shawn who was chopping fruits for Sage on the bed, looks towards the door and then back at me.

" Must be our breakfast," I say, getting up from the couch.

Twisting the doorknob, I welcome a dreadful sight of Hades.

I felt a punch in my gut looking at Hades standing at the door, covered in blood. He swayed back and forth, unable to balance himself.

" Hades," I gasp, trying to hold him when Sean appeared behind him with a gun in his hand.

More men followed Sean, all of them armed. Oh fuck.

Sage!

I shoved Hades back on Sean, catching him offguard as I hurriedly tried to lock the door.

Men immediately jumped on the door, trying to open it as I struggled to fight agaisnt all of their strength. At last, they did push the door open, rushing inside.

I grabbed two of them, snapping their neck immediately. I felt a piercing back in the back of my head as I was trying to fight the other two. My knees buckled up as I fell on the floor, grunting in the searing pain.

They tied my hands together, throwing me on the floor with Hades. I watched with blurry vision as Sean and Shawn tried to rip each other's throat out.

" Let them go, Sean!" I screamed, knowing it was for no worth.

This bastard wasn't going to stop.

Sean groaned falling back as Shawn kicked him in the balls, men immediately pounced on Shawn beating the fuck out of him. Sage sobbed, crawling to the corner of the room as she pulled her knees to her chest, hiding her face between them.

They tied up Shawn, throwing him beside us when Hades coughed out blood, gaining consciousness.

" We meet again, little princess. Missed me?" Sean laughs maniacally, kneeling near Sage.

She winces, trying to shift away from him.

" Let her go, Sean or you'll fucking regret it," Hades screams, his voice cracks as he coughs out more blood.

" Nothing in this world is going to convince me to leave this beauty, not even you brother." Sean says, caressing Sage's cheek as she flinches away from him.

" Not even wealth and power?" Hades' words seem to freeze Sean for a moment.

He slowly turns towards us, a frown on his face as he seriously tried to consider Hades' words.

" You'll get nothing by hurting Sage but if you let her go, I'll give you the mob boss position and my entire property too." Hades utters, as a sequence of gasps run around the room.

" You're kidding!" Sean growls in disbelief.

" I don't play around when it comes to Sage. Let her go and I'll give you everything as promised." Hades says.

Sean looks at Sage, and then back at Hades, considering his choices before he nods. He lights a cigarette, exhaling the smoke right on Sage's face as she coughs loudly.

" Fine, I'll let her go." He says, gripping Sage's forearm as he drags her up from the floor.

Sage squeals loudly when Sean throws her on the bed, climbing on top of her.

" What the fuck are you doing!?" Shawn screamed, thrashing violently.

" Sean!" Hades screams.

" I'll let her go safe and sound, but before that let me and Sage have a little reunion." He smirks, taking off his blazer.

" Sean, let her go. I swear I'll kill you." Shawn screams profanities on him, which Sean clearly enjoys.

He flips Sage on her tummy, grabbing her hair tightly as she lets out a loud scream.

" Let her go! I won't give you a single penny if she gets hurt." Hades screams his lungs out.

" Oh brother, she won't get hurt. We always enjoy each other, don't we sweetheart?" Sean mumbles, placing the burning cigarette on Sage's collarbone.

She let's out a loud wail, thrashing in Sean's arms as he laughs wickedly. He enjoys her pain, this sadistic bastard.

" Hush, let me enjoy now." He says, taking off his belt.

I closed my eyes, throwing my head back agaisnt the wall. I could hear Sage crying, Shawn and Hades screaming at him but I couldn't bring myself to watch it. I would die everyday if I see this today.

Shawn and Hades began screaming their lungs out, I could feel Sage's sobs get shaky- she's scared out of her soul.

"Aaaaaahhhhhh-fuc-bitch!"

A masculine voice screamed, as Shawn and Hades fell quiet. My eyes flew open immediately.

Sage was sitting on the bed, her dress was a little torn but what caught my attention was the fruit knife covered in blood. Whereas Sean was withering on the floor, screaming never ending profanities.

" What happened?" I asked, unable to take my eyes off the scene in front of us.

" She chopped his fruit." Hades holds back a chuckle.

" Off?" I gasp.

" Not sure of that." He shrugs.

Sage looks at the bloodied knife terrified as she immediately throws it on the ground. She cries looking at the blood on her hands before hurriedly wiping them on the covers. My heart melted as she crawled out of the bed, running into Shawn's arms.

The door bursts open at the exact moment, as men in black suit rush in firing their guns blindly.

" Lawrence! Thank god you're here." Hades yells as the men untie us.

" Let's get out of here!" Hades says, as one of his men pick Sage up, walking out of the door with an injured Shawn.

" No! What about Sean? We won't get to capture him again?" I grab his arm, stopping him.

" At this moment, he had us captured, Mr. Superman. I can't take risks with Sage." He growls.

" He will escape again, Hades." I scream.

" Let him! At this moment, our main priority is getting out of here alive. You don't know how the mafia works, my men cannot be here and without them, we'll be fucked." He says, taking the help of a man to walk out.

He halts, looking back at me.

" What are you waiting for, Enrique? He will probably die after what Sage has done and if he doesn't, we'll find him. Get your ass in the car before I leave you back." He yells, walking away.

I look back at the room, Sean lying there unconscious or probably dead with his men fighting Hades' men. At last, I limp out of the room, following Hades to his car.

The driver immediately began rushing through the busy roads, surely crashing into a few vehicles. Sage sobs in Shawn's arms, clearly more scared than she already was.

We sat in the car quietly, till we reached an empty ground. Realization crashed onto me as I saw a huge aircraft waiting for us.

So, Mr. Smarty Mob Boss had it all planned out. He isn't as dumb as I thought he would be.

" Why is Sage's name on the plane?" I question, looking at 'SAGE' written in bold on the plane.

" She was fascinated by it when she saw a plane of mine for the first time so I decided to put her name on all of them. She's my baby I love to adore after all." He mumbles, a faint smile on his busted lips.

" If beating the fuck outta her, and branding her with random things is adoration then yeah, you're definitely great at it." I roll my eyes, walking inside.

Shawn buckles up Sage in a seat and sits beside her. I pick the seat opposite to Sage, when Hades sits beside me.

Sage cries, during the takeoff, hiding her face in Shawn's chest. But she soon calms down when Shawn unfastens her seat belt.

" Damn, my face feels like a bus has run over it." I grunt in pain.

" It looked like a bus has ran over it since the beginning." Hades rolls his eyes, sipping on his glass of champagne.

The server, hands me a glass of champagne as Sage looks at the sparkly liquid in awe. She ends up looking disappointed when she receives a glass of chocolate milkshake.

" No alcohol for you, my love." Hades chuckles.

Sage scrunches her nose, comparing the dull liquid in her mug to the sparkly ones in ours before she hesitantly takes a sip. A smile breaks on her lips as she tastes the milkshake. She forgets out us, drinking her milkshake happily.

" You do realize what would have happened if your men would've been late today." I turn to Hades.

" Enrique, you're digging a fight for no reason." He snaps.

" I'm digging a fight? He would've raped Sage for the hundredth time today thanks to you if your men were a little late." I growl, glaring at him.

" I know! I know I fucked up. I reached the club before them and Sean caught me but trust me, I would've died before leading him to Sage. He already knew we were there and he was going to visit us later that night. Imagine him showing up when we would've been clueless and unprepared." He says.

" You're fucking reckless." I scoff, looking away from him.

I turn to Shawn who was silently watching Sage.

" Aren't you going to say something?" I ask, as he glares at us.

" Fuck both of you," he snaps, grabbing a paper towel from the tray before he begins cleaning up his bloodied face.

" I'm going to take a shower. There's a bed at the back, Sage can have a nap." Hades groans, standing up.

He ruffles Sage's hair before walking away. I look back at Sage and hold my thundering heart. As much as I'm proud of her for what she did today, the fear never leaves my heart.

" Next stop, Ellesmere."