Author: FalseHope, Posted: Sun Jan 31, 2021 9:14 PM, Post Subject: Dinner Disaster [P/R]

Xeik wasn’t sure what to do while he was waiting, and eventually he ended up nodding off for a moment. When the fiery portal opened in front of him, it took a few moments for him to register what was happening and what he was seeing. As soon as it clicked, he darted through the portal and looked the two over.

“What the hell happened…” Xeik didn’t look much better, as though he had just been run over by a rampaging dragon. “Here, let me get you guys patched up a bit.” It took only a few minutes to check them over, but neither one of them were really hurt. It seemed like mostly an emotional thing, and that was understandable given the circumstances.

“Is this..Auclair?” Xeik asked as he stood up, looking around. “It must be…” He looked back down at Simone with a hollow smile. “It’s very pretty….I’m sure it was amazing during its time.”

Lewis had been thinking of an answer for Simone. “Fishing, maybe. Or darts. Maybe I’ll start a garden or something…” He shrugged. “I’ll figure it out.” He smirked. “Hey Xeik, are you busy? How about you come over and we can figure it out together.”

Xeik stared at Lewis blankly. “You…you do realize I work, right? Like…non-stop.”

“Take a vacation.”

“Angela would kill me….”

Author: Simone, Posted: Sun Jan 31, 2021 9:01 PM, Post Subject: Dinner Disaster [P/R]

Simone smiled a bit and kissed his cheek in response. “I don’t know why you have such great faith in me, Lewis…” She sighed a bit and snuggled into him. “Gods know I don’t. If it wasn’t for you, I wouldn’t be able to keep myself together.”

Once he started to talk on her very last request, she got scared a bit, but slowly she exhaled. “Yeah… I’m sure Raile could invest with us… We got enough land we could do something with it to bring more profits in.” There was a smile through the tears as they kissed and put their foreheads together. “I like that. We can find avenues to make money work and keep up the castle. We have a good sizable nest as it is.” She held his hands and kissed him again. “This is a good plan…”

Simone looked to a spot and a blazing portal opened to where Xeik was. He could see the two almost broken Terrowins in the middle of a broken castle. Simone was barely not crying as she brought up Lewis’s hand and kissed his knuckles. “Okay, Xeik… We’re ready.”

She looked like a wreck as she put her head into the nook of Lewis’s chest now as if she was holding onto dear life. “I don’t blame you Xeik. If you feel bad about this… I mean. It’s not your fault. If anything you are saving us from not seeing our eventual grandkids and that’s something to look forward to…” There was a sniffle from her before she started to laugh.

“What the fuck are you going to do when you retire?” She was just trying not to cry.

Author: Dusk, Posted: Sun Jan 31, 2021 8:43 PM, Post Subject: Dinner Disaster [P/R]

As they laid there in the darkness of Auclair, the tears finally subsided. All Lewis could really do was hold her. It was taking everything he had not to break down himself, and Simone could feel that. Both of them had been dealt a disastrous blow, one that in time they could recover from. For now, though, they needed to let it all out.

Lewis could feel her sense of failure, and it hurt him. “You’re not a failure. You aren’t now, and you never have been.” He kissed her cheek. “We’ve done everything we can, and done quite well. You’re an amazing mother, and an amazing wife. I wouldn’t have it any other way…” Lewis pulled her close, and held her tight. He could feel her hatred and exhaustion of the fighting they were always doing, and he could understand it.

“Simone..” He closed his eyes. “I think we should talk to Raile. We’ve already got a nice sum of money, and I think I can wrap up a few quick jobs to net what we’ll need…” Lewis kissed her forehead. “I think I’m due for an early retirement, don’t you? I think we can convince Raile to make the money work for us…” He smiled and put his hand under her chin, pulling up her face to meet his. He kissed her, and put his forehead to hers. “I can stay home and not miss a thing…”

Author: Simone, Posted: Sun Jan 31, 2021 8:15 PM, Post Subject: Dinner Disaster [P/R]

Simone could hear him as she cried and she listened to every word as if it were the last thing she was ever going to hear from Lewis. It was important that she did and she knew that. She didn’t expect a second chance but with a second chance came a whole new heartbreak she wasn’t ready for.

She came out of hiding as he got close to her. She was a wreck as she sobbed and it was even worse when she realized he was crying too with her. There was sorrow on both ends. She was slow at first but then she ran and smacked herself into him as she hugged him tightly. She let her sobs out into his chest. It wasn’t fair, everyone knew that.

Simone sobbed for a long time as they eventually fell to the ground with Lewis holding Simone in his arms. “I won’t love the kids any less I promise. I do love them more now… As silly as it sounds.” Especially Janus and Lila. They were her everything. “I love all the kids but Janus and Lila… They are the only two things we could give to the world. I cherish them so much because we shouldn’t have been able to have them. Just to know we could have done it again… I didn’t know but I’m so sad now that we can’t but also I don’t want to kill them.”

Finally, she ran out of tears and put her head against his shoulder. “I do feel like a failure of a wife again though.” She had felt it many times in her past. “I know I shouldn’t but…” It had been ingrained in her. “It’s so dumb.” She cracked a smile. “For as sure as I am that you love me and that you would never leave me there’s still a part of me afraid that you’ll leave me. Maybe not today but maybe out of the blue.”

She held his hand and closed her eyes that hurt, “I’m so tired of all this fighting we have to do Lewis… All of this lying… I just want to be a family and not have to worry. Just be some stupid little island nobles who do something stupid to earn a lot of money so we can play with all kids all day. That’s all I want. I just don’t know how possible that is. Adopt all the kids and raise them all as a family. You won't have to miss anything anymore.”

Author: Dusk, Posted: Sun Jan 31, 2021 7:58 PM, Post Subject: Dinner Disaster [P/R]

The massive amount of emotion that flowed through Lewis as Simone learned of what was happening almost took his breath away. It was almost too much, crushing his own emotions into nothing. All he could feel was her, and it was so much that he was almost thankful when she cut the connection between them. He had not been ready, but when she left, he was a little more prepared for her sorrow.

It hit him like a tidal wave, crashing over him. The pain she felt was familiar, though, the same kind that she had felt so long ago watching as everything she loved was forcibly taken away. It was the same feeling. He knew it hurt, and just like her, he was felt the agony of loss. But now was not the time for her to be alone, and whether she wanted it or not, it wasn’t what she needed.

Lewis forced open a portal using his ring, and dashed through it, leaving Xeik. The Divine Mender knew that their resonance wouldn’t spark like this, not like last time. There were conditions that needed to be met, and sorrow was not one of them. This was something that they needed to discuss between them, and he knew it.

“You know where to find me,” Xeik said as the portal closed. He sighed, and looked down. “I just wish I had a better option for you…”

–

The halls of Auclair Castle were still in disrepair, with moss now growing on many of the pathways. Lewis knew the halls by heart at this point, having walked among them in Simone’s dreams as they slept. It had once been a grand palace, full of life, but now it was merely a shadow.

The assassin walked the halls, looking around. It had been some time since he had come here physically. In fact, it was when he had come to save Simone from the fae lord…a horrible time. It was here, though, that they first bonded together. They both succeeded together in killing the fae lord, and started the end of the Simone that Lewis had grown to know and love.

“We’ve come so far,” Lewis said aloud as he strolled down the halls. “Do you remember…when we first met?” That fateful night when he killed her for the first time. “You thanked me. Not the younger you, nor the guide. You…” The true Simone. “The tower…she hated the tower. All of you did…but we worked from there. Lady Angela helped us….”

“When I dove into your dreams, it was about pride. I hated myself for not being able to fulfill my role. But…something happened, right? The guide that you so expertly crafted fell in love with me. With the younger Simone and the guide in love, you realized that there was a chance…but it was something that you were terrified of. Both of us were…” The assassin chuckled. “We managed to pull through with that, didn’t we? Though Angela was pissed…”

“We’ve gotten a lot better at talking, haven’t we?” He didn’t expect a response. “We’ve got ourselves a nice little family too. And…I understand the pain, but…” He smiled, a tear sliding down his cheek. “Even now…we can still love our children. We can have more, just not…in the way we want to. That doesn’t mean we’ll love them any less, nor does it mean we won’t love our children now any less. If anything…’ He could feel himself starting to cry. How absurd.

“If anything, it means we should cherish and love our children with everything we have. We can’t take what we have for granted. Our life hasn’t been fair from the start…but here we are, still fighting…still loving, and growing, and doing everything we fucking can to survive.” He took a shaky breath.

“I love you…Simone. You and our children. I love you all with everything I have…” His words echoed in the halls of Auclair. “So…when you’re ready…let’s go home, and greet our children with the love and devotion they deserve. …for now, though….take the time you need.”

Author: Simone, Posted: Sun Jan 31, 2021 7:23 PM, Post Subject: Dinner Disaster [P/R]

Simone sat down once she started to hear the explanation. She would gladly give her life up for her twins if she had to. “So let me get this straight,” her eyes started to tear up. “If Lewis and I have another baby… it will kill us?” And it would kill their other twins. She looked up at Lewis and her make up had started to run down her face.

Utter heartbreak was flowing through the resonance. What Xeik was saying was along the lines of the right thing. It would make sense to her when she was calmer. Right now her head was more like a tsunami and it was getting worse as she forcibly shut the resonance off. “I can’t be here right now. I’ll talk through Lewis.”

Her voice was shaky. She was borderline hyperventilating. It wouldn’t take long for Lewis to realize she wanted to cry by herself. She was trying to stop herself but she ripped open a portal to gods knew where. It closed and the resonance snapped back in place. Her crying came through as she sobbed. Her sadness flowed through him.

It got taken from me a second time… This isn’t fair. We’ve done everything right Lewis. We love our kids. We are good parents and spouses… and it just gets ripped from us again. I didn’t expect to be given a second chance but… Now it’s ripped away from us. I don’t want the twins to die I’ll do it… but I’m so sad.

Unfortunately, now they would have to find her but there were only a few places that Simone would go to be alone that she knew about.

Author: FalseHope, Posted: Sun Jan 31, 2021 7:11 PM, Post Subject: Dinner Disaster [P/R]

Xeik looked completely exhausted, but the moment that Simone and Lewis had awakened, his full attention was on them. He had already apologized to Simone, but withheld the explanation, waiting for Lewis. It was going to be hard to explain, and neither one of them were going to like his answer.

“First…I’m sorry Lewis. The two of you were about to hit resonance, and I couldn’t risk it happening again, not right now.” Xeik cleared his throat, and tried to find the best way to word this. “So I’ve identified a few things about the hole that you have inside of you, and what’s happening. There’s a mass of energy that’s been drawn and siphoned off to the twins. It’s basically…how they’re growing. They weren’t born the same way a normal child was, so they don’t grow the same way as normal children. In essence…they’re basically using your lifeforce to grow their own.” It was complicated.

“If I’m right, if they continue at the pace they’re going, they will probably kill you both in about twenty years. Give or take…” Xeik was a little hazy on the math. “But, I can stop that. That’s pretty easy, actually. The problem is…if you have any more children that way…neither one of you will survive.” That was the gist of it all. “It would create another hole inside of you, and neither one of you can support that much mana. They would drain you dry, and then likely, both the twins now and the new child would die…”

Xeik sighed. “I couldn’t risk you hitting resonance and creating another life. So…I acted brashly. I didn’t think I had much of a choice. Your resonance spikes in heated moments like that. The silver lining here, though, is that I can…make sure you never create another life this way. It…won’t hurt…or affect anything else about either of you.”

Author: Simone, Posted: Sun Jan 31, 2021 6:56 PM, Post Subject: Dinner Disaster [P/R]

“Aye, it’s a shame,” Simone put down her wine glass. “I had hoped we could work this out.” It was simple and elegant.

“Xeik? What the fuck?” Simone stood up not knowing what the hell was going on. It was the first time that they had seen her not act ladylike but more so because she was in shock right now. “What are you doing?! XEI-” She fell asleep and slouched over Lewis.

Once Simone came to she pulled herself up. “What the fuck Xeik,” she shrieked. She was dizzy as she held herself up. She looked at Roma and frowned a bit. “I think I ruined dinner. My apologies.” She could hear the sons still retreating but she didn’t know if they were still in the house.

“So… Xeik. Why are you here?” She helped Lewis up once he was able to get up. “Has to be something important for you to basically come across the table at us.”

Author: FalseHope, Posted: Sun Jan 31, 2021 6:44 PM, Post Subject: Dinner Disaster [P/R]

Mia was frustrated at Xeik. Not because of anything he had done to her, but to the things he had done to himself. The amount of dedication and research that he had been putting into Simone and Lewis was putting a massive staring on his health, and Mia could barely do anything to stop it. But she understood why, and that’s why she couldn’t bring herself to stop him, even at the cost of his health.

It had been two days straight of research, and Xeik was starting to see double as he tried to read. The power that the twins Lila and Janus had taken was immense, and it had put both Lewis and Simone into a brief coma as their bodies reacted to the lack of magic, a ‘hole’ of sorts in their mana. It was from this hole that the twins had been born, but it wasn’t quite so simple. The whole itself was more akin to a void, drawing and siphoning off magic from the exterior and bringing it inward. The best guess that that Lila and Janus were not “complete” in a sense, and that the genetics that normally followed the parents to the child were being pulled from this.

“Or something like that,” he muttered to himself. “Which is why we tried to make it more efficient. It was only a bandage to the problem, not stopping the cause. The less mana they used in their daily life, the more they could counterbalance the part that was being drained.” He wrote down a formula in the air, and crossed his arms, frowning. “But the power that’s being drawn is exponential. At the rate it’s going…it could very well kill them if it’s not closed off. But that would kill Janus and Lila…they wouldn’t be able to survive, at least not yet.” Xeik closed his eyes, and thought hard. He snapped his fingers, and started writing more in the air.

“If we stabilized the mana that they siphon, and supplement it with infusions, it could work but…” The numbers seemed to dance across his vision. “But the problem is…that hole will never go away. It might fill a bit, but…it will always be there.” He frowned. “Now…here comes the real question. What if…” He threw up more numbers. “It’s as I thought…they wouldn’t survive.” He sighed. “It would seem that there isn’t a choice. She’s not going to like that…”

Xeik turned to see a wide eyed Mia, pointing at the door. She made a variety of hand signs, and pointed at Xeik. “Wait, that was tonight!?” She nodded. “Wait…” Xeik spun around, and threw more numbers into the air. “That’s…not good.” He ran out the door, leaving Mia confused at the numbers floating above his work desk.

—

The dinner was starting to get heated. The insults getting thrown around were getting worse, and Roma was starting to panic. Lewis and Simone both were growing tired of the shared, and both stood up. Their eyes started to glow, if only a slight undertone, and their thoughts unified.

“There’s no hope salvaging this,” Lewis stated. Chester and Thallion seemed to be in agreement. It had been obvious from the start that both of them wanted Lewis out of the picture, and that Thallion had only wanted their locations to order a hit. “This was a waste of time…”

The door slammed open, and Xeik came in. “Lewis! Simone!”

“What the hell, who is this!?” Chester exclaimed. “And what happened to Winston and Church?” Church must have been the thin man from earlier. “They should have stopped anyone from coming in!?”

“They’re taking a nap, now-” Xeik noted the posture and eyes of Lewis and Simone, and he groaned. “Too risky.” He leapt across the room with surprising speed, landing on the table in front of Lewis. “Sleep.” He tapped Lewis’ head, and suddenly the assassin collapsed. He looked to Simone, “Sorry…” The effect that hit Lewis transferred between their resonance, and she collapsed as well.

Roma was in full panic, and the brothers were clearing out.

Xeik sighed, “That was close…” He looked around. “Oh…how’d the dinner go?”

Roma was practically in tears at this point. “It was a disaster. I can’t tell…if you showing up made it better or worse…”

Author: Simone, Posted: Sun Jan 31, 2021 6:25 PM, Post Subject: Dinner Disaster [P/R]

“If I didn’t take the apology it would be an insult to my birthright. We blue-blood accept apologies with the grace of the gods, or so the saying is.” Simone brought the wine up to her lips and sniffed it lightly. “This is very nice wine. The smell is decadent.” She took a sip of it and let the taste sit on her lips. “It was aged for a long time then?” She did love a good red wine as it were.

At the thought of precautions, she chuckled, “We slit the throat of the man who burnt Auclair. We burned five men who helped. If we aren’t for precautions we are certainly making sure we always pay the bank man his dues. Karma is a very real thing my lovelies.”

Simone reached over and took Lewis’s hand, “Not true, you are my family now. My partner, the love of my life, my soul-mate.” Her words were fake and if anything that made the wives on edge even more. “Make no mistake though if there is a repeat… I will pay it in tenfold. The last person who made a mistake towards me had me take a hot poker to his wife as I bashed her skull in. I prefer to settle these debts personally. A king gives an order he should be the one to follow it through, or so said my father. It was one of his many life lessons on being a strong leader.”

She fanned herself lightly, “I am terribly sorry I know these can be upsetting topics. I do detest being a boring housewife and it isn’t often Lewis lets me go on jobs anymore. He wants me to sit home and enjoy the luxuries he can provide.”

“It’s probably just because there’s some whore,” one of the wives started and Simone put her finger up.

“We have sex like seven times a day or more. We are always honest with each other. We are always in each other’s thoughts. We tell each other how much we miss each other every day and never would he ever do something as low as disrespecting me. He has no need to after all. I give him everything he would ever need. Body, mind, and soul.” Oh, that was the kick she was looking for as the brothers were getting glares. “Don’t your husbands value you and your virtue?”

It's so easy to rile these whores up… Look at them getting jealous.

"Until your looks go away!"

"I'm close to two-thousand years old… I'm like fine wine as Lewis has told me."

Author: Dusk, Posted: Sun Jan 31, 2021 6:12 PM, Post Subject: Dinner Disaster [P/R]

It was simply amazing to watch Simone dismantle the four in front of them. It almost made the entire night worth the hassle, and had it not been such an important situation, Lewis might have taken Simone right then and there with how sexy she was. Still, he knew the importance of the event, and kept his pants on, if for the moment.

Chester seemed to be flabbergasted at the whole thing, and seemed to be struggling to come up with a retort. Even his brother, Thallion, was amused at the way they were all acting. Of the two of them, Chester had always been the one to throw around his status, using it for his own gain. Thallion understood that words could only go so far, and knew full well that a threat was much more powerful than awe.

“It would seem my brother has made a haste decision,” Thallion said with a smooth tone. “I do apologize for the distasteful words he uttered.” There seemed to be a bit of tension between the brothers, and this only agitated it. Lewis barely picked up on it, but Simone noted it for the both of them right away. “Lady Simone…Auclair was it? Terribly dreadful to hear that it burned down.” He snapped his fingers, and a separate man came from the doorway. This one was larger, much like the orc, Henry, but dressed in a nobleman manner.

“Winston, please make a note to send an apology to Lady Simone…” He cleared his throat. “And…where might I be sending this? After all…we can’t have such a travesty on our hands”

Lewis knew the ploy. Once again, he was deferring to Simone on how to react. This was a troublesome situation, and he didn’t want to make it worse by adding fuel to the fire. Of course…if he had his way, he’d have just killed them both and be done with it.

Simone smiled, “Well… there’s one in the Vimplamolan Coast. I’m sure you know about that one.” She rattled off the address. “Oh… and the one in Adeluna City, Sularia…” The list started to go on, naming almost every major city on the two main continents. Of course, she omitted the island. “It doesn’t really matter which…my dear Lewis does spoil me so.”

Thallion could almost feel the hatred radiating off of his brother, Chester, but the man himself was cool and calm. With a snap of his fingers, Winston bowed, and left. “Well, my dear Lady, I will make sure to address the ones closest to our location to start. I do hope that you’ll accept our apology.” With a charming smile, he brought it full circle, “Again, you have my condolences for the fire in Auclair. It would be dreadful for it to happen again…I do hope you’ve taken precautions?”

Lewis cleared his throat, “Oh I wouldn’t worry about that. The people who helped plan it all seemed to have perished in a tragic fire of their own. Was a shame too…I’m pretty sure they were the last family Simone had.” He sat back in his chair. “Would be dreadful if there was a repeat….”

Author: Simone, Posted: Sun Jan 31, 2021 5:54 PM, Post Subject: Dinner Disaster [P/R]

Simone held this bored look on her face as she looked towards the brother. “Lord?” She smirked a bit. “It’s not in taste to address that of lower noble status with a title like Lord.” She leaned back in the seat. “Lewis married up actually.” She looked at Roma and gave him a sweet smile.

“I can introduce you to a few of my friends actually. The royal court of Sulwal. The king Llywellyn was one of my choices for fiancee many moons ago as it were. I’m the only daughter of the last king of Auclair before it was burnt to the ground. My blue-blood still holds weight.” They didn’t appear smart and just from saying Llywellyn’s name she knew that they had no idea.

“Well, why didn’t you marry this king?” One of the wives sneered. “You don’t wear any jewelry.”

“If you have to shout you are nobility then you aren’t. A queen. A princess. You hold yourself differently. You walk differently. You talk differently. There are no substitutes like jewelry that can fool the world.” It was true from the way she held herself. “I was recently crowned queen for a civilization on the dead island Tyr. Though I politely declined, it’s too troublesome to govern over agitated males worshiping me like I’m some goddess.” She waved her hand.

They could tell she wasn’t lying and the wives were threatened by it. “So why marry this man if you had everything?”

“That’s the joke, isn’t it? Even at such a status as a princess you never have everything. Fire can destroy everything you hold dearly and the only thing you can rely on is the relationships you have. Like Llywellyn being like a brother to me or the undying love my husband has for me. Can you say the same for yourself? Would you take a knife for your husband like I have for mine? How about being burned too death for yours? Like I have mine. I was also married to a Duke though if we count… It was another life entirely.” She waved her hand.

“What are you a monster?”

“Depends on who you are talking to. The person who threatens me and my family or my family.” Her eyes drilled into them completely.

Author: Dusk, Posted: Sun Jan 31, 2021 5:39 PM, Post Subject: Dinner Disaster [P/R]

As the brothers and their wives sat down, Lewis made a face at Simone’s thoughts. Hush you. She knew what it meant. They had always argued about Simone’ beauty, and it had always ended with Lewis telling her how the world itself paled in comparison to her. It never really made her believe it, but she always enjoyed hearing it.

Chester was a hair shorter than Lewis, with an oddly similar build. However, in stark contrast to Lewis’ silver white hair, Chester had almost jet black hair, tied up into a ponytail. His eyes were a dark shade of blue, and seemed bored with the world. His wife must have been about half his age, but looked to be a spoiled brat. She was shorter than Simone, wearing a frilly white dress, and loaded to the teeth with jewelry, as if to show off.

Thallion was taller than Lewis, and built wide and stocky. It looked as though he were a more brutish kind of man, one who would do well in the bouncer business. From what Roma had told them earlier, he was the aggressive one, and judging by the way he carried himself, probably had the strength to back up his aggression in any normal circumstance. His wife was a larger woman, who seemed to be winded just walking to the table. As with her counterpart, she was loaded up with jewels, but there were a grade higher than the other woman’s own jewelry. Perhaps the brothers had a little rivalry going between the two, and it showed with their ‘trophy’ wives….

Both of the brothers had decided to wear similar outfits, a basic set of black slacks and a white button down, with black coats. It was basic. They both had a hard to miss look, the same ones that the nobles gave Simone when they came by to visit. It was a mix of contempt and fake hospitality, a sly, almost predatory smile mixed with disdain.

“Ah, you must be the long lost brother,” Chester said with a smile. “It’s a pleasure to finally meet. We have so much to catch up on.” He snapped his finger, and a rather skinny looking man appeared from the doorway, and came by to pull each of the seats back for every individual on their side.

That man. He’s dangerous, Lewis said as he glanced at the thin man. He’s their guard.

Lewis felt awkward as he nodded. “Chester, I presume?”

The brother had a look of fury cross his face before it disappeared, and he smiled. “I would prefer you address me with my title. As I understand it, the common folk tend to have issues remembering such niceties. You shall address me as “Lord” Chester.” He sat down, and his wife followed. “Though I am impressed. You found yourself a wife that seems to clean up for a commoner…I’m sure she’s quite fun to handle. I do see that she’s lacking in status though….”

Lewis was waiting for Simone’s input on how to react. Navigating this kind of talk was a pain in the ass, and while he wasn’t one hundred percent sure, he was pretty sure that Chester had just insulted Simone somehow.

Thallion seemed amused, but kept quiet. They were testing Simone and Lewis. They knew Roma was too much of a pushover to do anything about it.

Author: Simone, Posted: Sun Jan 31, 2021 5:22 PM, Post Subject: Dinner Disaster [P/R]

Simone had opted for all of her dark tresses to be pulled up with a single red rose pinned off to the side of it. Her dress bodice was made of black lace with gold under the bust and the skirts a solid black material. It was off shoulder with the top of the bust scalloped and in the shape of a sweetheart neck. The lace sleeves clung to her arm until the elbow where it billowed out into a wide sleeve. The dress itself clung to all of her curves and had a black silk belt along her waist. “Don’t worry about it too much okay?” She kissed his nose before she did her make-up.

Once they met with Roma Simone looked between them. “We’re never going to be ready until we do this.” The wife sighed a bit. They were coming face to face with who had kidnapped Lewis and made their day a living hell. Simone straightened Lewis’s tie as a means to make herself feel less nervous. Her gray eyes met his hazel and she gave him a smile.

“Doesn’t matter how aggressive they are. I can guarantee I am far more aggressive should the need arise,” Simone didn’t mean to sound threatening.

Don’t take that off later without me okay? If everything goes okay I can show you a hell of a night to make up for this.

She gave a smirk and booped Lewis’s nose lightly to avoid ruining the lipstick on her lips. They were taken into a nice looking dining room. They had told Roma to only use their Dusk alias for their last name. There was no way they needed to know their actual name. It would be a bad thing if they found out.

The brothers zoned in on Simone and Lewis as they came. Lewis pulled the chair out for Simone as she sat down and pushed it in. They had after all trained a bit on etiquette. The brothers had their own boring wives with them. They didn’t want to be there.

The air was already tense and it was making Simone uneasy as she looked around.

And I thought I was ugly looking… Their wives are definitely no trophies. Married for money no doubt.

Author: Dusk, Posted: Sun Jan 31, 2021 4:58 PM, Post Subject: Dinner Disaster [P/R]

It was almost time for the scheduled dinner, but Lewis was not anywhere near mentally prepared for it. It had been Roma’s idea, and from the start, Lewis had been against it, and instead wanted to opt for the more direct approach. Direct meaning a dagger directly in both of his brothers and be done with the whole damned situation. But, he was trying to be reasonable, and with a bit of talking from both Simone and Xeik, he was talked down from killing.

The assassin sighed, tightening the crimson red tie around his neck. Simone and Lewis had opted to go for a black and red theme, with Lewis sporting black pants and a button down, with an elegant red silk vest with silver and gold etching. Of course, he had a few daggers tucked away in inconspicuous locations. Lewis, as usual, cleaned up surprisingly well for being an assassin.

Roma looked his best, sporting a blue and black blazer with matching pants, as well as sporting a top hat. Lewis thought he looked ridiculous, but remained stoic about the whole thing per his usual demeanor. The whole ordeal would hopefully be finished by the end of the night, so having to dress up was just a means to an end.

“Are you ready, my boy?” Roma asked. It was easy to tell that he was nervous. His nails had been chewed down to end, and when he noticed that Lewis had looked, put on white gloves to hide the fact. “Don’t worry…it will all be okay.”

“Don’t call me boy,” Lewis shot back. “Just focus on the task at hand.” He smirked. “Don’t make promises you can’t keep.” His father paled at the comment, knowing what a bad result would end in. “Don’t worry. I can handle any situation that arises.” Lewis could tell that Roma was trying to muster the courage to repeat the line that he had just said, but he lacked the courage to do so.

“When my brothers arrive, seat them across from me and Simone. Never put yourself between us. If they bring guards, make sure you’re never between them, and us. I can’t guarantee your safety should they decide to attack first.” This wasn’t the first time Lewis or Simone had dealt with these kinds of situations, and they had learned a lot from the years.

“By the way…what are their names?”

Roma cleared his throat. “Chester and Thallion. Chester if the eldest. Thallion is only two years younger, but he’s far more aggressive.”