Alfie's POV-

We reached the Death Squad's mansion and Ash got out of the car

She walked up to the guards and held her hand up. All the guards immediately put their guns down and opened the gates, while bowing their heads slightly out of respect and fear.

I noticed how she quickly changed her personality from carefree and childish to like a boss and walked with her head held up high like she owned the place- which she most likely does, body straight and on high alert, a powerful aura surrounding her while everybody looked at her in respect.

Damn my sister's a badass with one hell of a reputation.

She gestures for me to leave the car in the driveway and everybody get's out.

On any normal day, even the idea of walking down the driveway of this particular mansion would seem INSANE.

Nobody can even look at the direction of the Death Squad's property and have the guts to actualy try to walk inside unless they're suicidal and have a death wish.

Everybody looked so comfortable and casual as if this was the most normal thing in the world. Well, it probably was for them.

I on the other hand, was so damn uncomfortable, awkward and sacred shitless.

I mean it's not everyday that you just casually walk into the house of the most powerful and dangerous group of people to ever exist.

Even though those people turned out to be a bunch of teenagers, including my baby sister, doesn't mean I wanna find out what they are capable of doing.

Ash walks in the front door and everybody follows close behind.

After we all got in, I heard a thudding sound coming towards us. But before I could comprehend anything, Ash was attacked by a giant , ferocious and a very energetic dog.

Or Well, atleast that's what I thought happened.

The dog came dashing from who knows where and started jumping onto her with his tail wagging furiously.

Ash also got onto her knees and patted him with the brightest smile on her face, which made a small smile curl onto my lips as well.

She mumbled sweet things like "heyy", "how's my baby", "aww" and some other things in a baby voice like actually talking to a child.

"Yeah buddy, I'm feeling all the love as well" Ace scoffed playfully while looking at dog and spreading his arms out for him.

The dog totally ignored him and continued playing with Ashlynn.

"What did you expect? Obviously I'm his favourite. He just acknowledges you because you feed him." Ash laughed and everybody chuckled along while Ace huffed and mumbled a "whatever".

I let out a little chuckle as well but regretted it the moment the dog made eye contact with me.

His tale stopped wagging immediately and he protectively stood tall in front of my sister, looking as intimidating as ever.

I gulped and tried to act friendly, which was getting hard as I was most likely sweating from how this dog looked at me like he'll rip me apart and feed on my insides any given moment.

"H-hey" I smiled nervously at him. Okay that's dumb. I know.

But in my defence, I had no idea what to say and I'm not good at socializing with strangers. Even if it's a dog.

Don't start.

That seemed to anger him further and he let out a loud growl, as if threatening me.

I took a small step back and swallowed, really wishing someone would tell him to calm down.

From the corner of my eye, I could see Ash standing there with an amused smile on her face, obviously enjoying this a LOT while the others desperately tried to not burst out laughing.

I took a few more steps back, until my back hit the wall and my eyes widened when he came running towards me, looking like he was out for blood. No seriously. I'm not even being dramatic.

Ok maybe a little.

"Alright boys. That's it. C'mon Rio" Ash said, which made the dog -Rio stop in his tracks, give me on last look, turn his back towards me and walk along with her.

I sighed in relief and walked behind them as well, keeping a safe distance from the little beast.

If there's one thing I learnt from this is that not only people, but even dogs respect my little sister.

I really wonder how she got here, became the world's most feared assassin from a scared little helpless child all on her own at such an early age.

To say that I'm the proudest brother to ever exist would be an understatement.

I know I don't deserve to be her brother, but I really wanna make up for my mistake and try to mend my relationship with her, no matter how much time it takes.

We all walked into their gigantic luxurious living room which had a dark theme.



"You can rest here. Just tell one of the maids if you need anything. There's a bathroom to the left and a book shelf towards the right if you wanna entertain yourself. I'll go freshen up and be back in a few minutes." Ash explained while the others went up the stairs, probably to their rooms.

She soon went upto her room as well and Rio followed her, not leaving her alone for even a second.

I sat down on the couch and took my surroundings in, thinking about today's events.

One thing that kept bothering me were the scars I saw on Ashlynn's arms and stomach.

I know she inflicted them on herself but I don't know why. Even though they looked old, it still broke my heart to see them.

I really want to help her but I don't know how. She just wouldn't let me in, and I know she has a good reason to.

And the fact that she has a good reason, makes it even worse.

"Do you need anything Mr Dobrev?" A sweet looking lady, probably in her mid 40's asked, breaking me out of my thoughts.

"Uh, A coffee with two and a half spoon of sugar would be great. Thankyou" I nodded.

"Ah. Just like Ms Pierce" she smiled and headed towards what I'm assuming is the kitchen.

I know I've said this alot, but the fact that this woman called my sister 'Ms Piece' and me 'Mr Dobrev' is like a slap to the face.

A slap that makes me realise everything we've done to her and how wrong we were.

How wrong and naive I was to have believed my family's lies and not have had faith in my own sister.

Speaking of the family, I'm still not on good terms with them and I definitely haven't forgiven them. I don't think I ever will be able to.

I do have to talk and be with them because of the Mafia and stuff, but other than that, they're just a couple of people I live with.

I mean how could they?! How could they just send a five year old to a boarding school- without even knowing what it was if I may mention- for something she didn't even do.

And then the AUDACITY they had to LIE about it to me.

That thought alone makes me want to go on a fucking murder spree.

I got up and walked around a little, looking for the bookshelf that Ash told me about. I finally grabbed the book I liked and headed back.

On of the maids brought my coffee and I thanked her while taking a seat on the comfortable couch.

After a few minutes, Ace walked downstairs and I saw that he'd changed into a hoodie along with joggers.

He came over and sat on the couch beside the one I was sitting on and turned on the T.V.

He put on a random show, but I'm pretty sure he wasn't paying any attention to it as he kept glancing at me every minute.

The environment was getting very awkward so I shifted in my seat and cleared my throat then went back to reading.

He still didn't seem to get the hint and kept staring.

"Do you need something?" I ask after a few minutes, not meaning to sound rude but a little irritated by his behaviour.

"How could you?" He scoffed and looked at me in disbelief and disgust.

"How could I what?" I narrowed my eyes.

"How could you act like a fucking dick to your own goddamn sister when you don't even know half the shit she's been through, and then expect her to just forgive you because you played nice for some time" He exclaimed angrily.

"I-I didn't kno-" I muttered, having been caught off guard.

"You didn't know what? There's no excuse. I don't understand how Ash actually liked you. She might not show it, but you actually hurt her a LOT by the way you acted. She was actually looking forward to seeing you after all these years. Hell you were the only thing she talked about when we first met at that hellho-" he raged but immediately cut himself off.

I sat there stunned. All these years she was actually thinking about me while I tried to make myself hate her.

What has she been through? What hellhole is he referring to? I really hope she didn't go through anything bad.

Before I could say anything, Ash walked down the stairs wearing a white t-shirt and black pants along with her classic leather jacket.

"Everything okay here?" She narrowed her eyes and tilted her head to the side looking directly at us.

"Mhm" Ace nodded casually, like he wasn't just screaming at me and leaned back in his seat, patting the spot next to him for her to sit and diverted his attention back to the T.V.

She narrowed her eyes further, as if not believing him but nodded when he just shrugged and sat down while keeping her legs on Ace's lap.

The sweet lady from earlier brought her a cup of coffee and she thanked her.

"You gonna head back soon?" Ace asked her with his eyebrows raised.

"Yeah. I'm gonna have to see them sooner or later. Might as well just rip the banded off and face their dumb asses" she sighed and sipped on her drink.

So, after a few minutes we got into my car and drove off to the house.

The car ride was mostly silent. Awkwardly silent.

That's actually funny because when we were younger, the both of us never ran out of topics to talk about.

We could chatter all day and not get bored or tired in the slightest.

So I decided to break the silence and ask her about what Ace was talking about and the recent events.

"What happened to you Ash?" I asked, concern lacing my voice.

I saw her eyes widen a bit, like she wasn't expecting this question.

Well it makes sense, she probably expected me to freak or lash out at her about the whole Black Flower and Death Squad thing.

"What happened to me?" She asked, confused.

"Well- I mean you are the world's most feared assassin for fucks sake- how did you get here all by yourself?"

"I didn't. I had help from my family" she responded with a shrug, still looking out of the window and not making any eye contact with me.

I know she's calling her friends her family and I can't say that I'm not jealous. But I know this too that we, as in her real family have messed up way too much and those people have been there for her when we never were.

"What happened..... after....you know....dad sent you away and stuff...?" I asked nervously, hoping to get to know more about her and help her.

"Bad things. Things that no-one should go through in their lifetime. Let alone a child." She said, her voice void of any emotion like this wasn't affecting her.

I could see her glance at the side-view mirror every now and then, but decided to ignore that and looked at her expectantly, as if saying to go on.

"Did someone hurt you?" I pressed further when she ignored me.

"Yeah. You." She said softly, but it was almost as if she wasn't paying any attention and kept staring at the side mirror.

"I'm so sorry. I'm really so so sorry princess, I should've never believed those idiots. I was so naive and stupid- I just- I am so sorry for everything. I just want you to talk to me and let me in. I saw those scars on your arms and-" I said, really meaning all those words before she cut me off.

"Look, you've helped me alot in these past few hours and I couldn't be more grateful for that. I hope you know that. But you can't just expect me to tell you me whole life story because you helped me. I just can't. It's not exactly the happiest story filled with rainbows and cupcakes." She sighed and finally looked at me.

I nodded in understanding and diverted my attention back on the road and driving.

It's alright. My baby can take as much time as she wants. And I'll be right here when she wants anything.

I noticed she kept looking at the mirror still, but decided not to question about it.

"Get out" she exclaimed after a few minutes and looked at me with her eyes widened.

"What?" I asked utterly confused.

"Get out of the car. Right NOW." She yelled, a hint of panick in her voice.

She unbuckled her seat belt as fast as possible and I did the same.

I was about to ask what was happening but was interrupted by the sounds of two gunshots and the tyres of my car going flat soon after.

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Heyyyyyy!

Sooooo I wanna say that I'm so happy that these filler chapters are finally done and now we can get to the good part from the next chap!

Also, I've got some ideas for this story but feel free to give me your suggestions if you have any;

Andd I was thinking about having a little Q & A but I'm not sure if I should yet.

Soo let me know in the comments or messages if y'all have any questions and if I should do one.

One last thing, a lot of you were asking if Ash will forgive her family.

Well the answer isssssss

Dum dum dumm

NO.

She'll be fine with Alfie but not with the rest of the fam.

I absolutely hate when the girl lead forgives them and just forgets about their mistakes and everything they've done.

Sooo yeahhhh.

Y'all have a great day/night and I'll see you in the next chapter!

Thankyou.

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