Ella's POV.

"Xai... Xai-X..." My tongue trying to call out his name but my throat was so parched that I couldn't say a word.

"Sweetheart!" I heard my mom's voice as my eyes still closed. I tried to talk but my tongue won't help. My body too weak that I couldn't move an inch.

"Princess! Sweetie! Open your eyes." This time my dad's voice called and his voice wasn't having that authoritative tune nor that loving tune that he uses with me. Instead, it was the voice of a person who had been broken or had lost something.

Strange...

"Mom...D-Dad..." I tried to open my eyes and as my vision met the white lights of the hospital room, it stung. I closed them again and then slowly opened again.

Adjusting my vision to a bright room, I looked at my surroundings. Turning my head to the side, I looked at mom and dad. Mom crying and I wanna ask why she was crying? And as for dad, his merciless face now holding a fear.

"Wh-" I coughed as mom helped me get up and I winced at the pain. When lying on the bed, I didn't feel any pain but getting up, it hurt.

"Slowly." My mom helped me drink the water as it helped me with my parched throat.

"What happened?" My vision was blurry as I could just remember those flashing eyes burning lights and how everything went black. After that, I don't know anything that happened. And before that, whatever happened was a blur. Only the last thing that I remember was promising Xaiden.

Oh my, god!

Xaiden? Where was he? Had he met my parents? What had happened? And that dream...

What was it?

"Nothing, sweetie! Just rest." My mom replied to my question and kissed my head as she wiped away her tears. My dad came forward and kissed my forehead. I looked in his eyes and for the first time, I saw tears in them.

"D-Dad? You are crying?" I whispered as a smile took place on his lips.

"Don't scare me again, princess," he whispered holding my hand as I nodded.

"I won't. I am sorry."

I knew I was the most important person to them. I knew I was their life and the day when I'd die, they'd end up dying too. I had scared them too much and now I won't ever do that. I didn't know who was the person behind my this condition but I knew my dad wasn't going to spare them now.

"I'll go see the doctor." Saying this dad went out leaving mom and me. Mom remained seated on the side of my bed while I was lying on the bed. She gently started combing my tangled hair with her fingers. Her touch light and making me relax.

"Mom! I am sorry," I mumbled as she kissed my head and continued to gently play with my hair.

"I thought I lost you." Her voice trembling with fear as I held her hand in mine.

"I am strong, mom! I am a Mafia princess." I smiled looking towards her face and she smiled.

"Your dad said the same." Taking my hand up to her face, she kissed it and continued to hold it.

"Mom! Where are Jessica and Sara?" I asked the question that was pondering in my mind for a while. I hadn't seen them and I didn't know whether they even visited me or not. I didn't know if they even cared about me or not, and nor I knew about Xaiden. Whether my dad knew about him or not, and if they had already met, then I didn't want to imagine next.

"I don't know. We haven't seen them."

"Oh." And that was the only thing I could say. I didn't know what else to say. I guessed I was right, they didn't care about me. I guessed they didn't wanna even meet me again. That's why they never once visited and I thought they were my friends.

"Mom! Anyone else visited me when I was unconscious?" I was hoping to get any information about Xaiden to answer some of my questions but my mom shook her head saying no one came.

I guess...

None of them cares for me.

Xaiden's POV.

I was looking at her photo again and again. My hand holding the file so hard that it was getting crumpled by now. My jaw tightened and my blood boiling. I didn't even know how she was right now. I didn't even know her current condition.

In the photo, her eyes were shining brightly and I remembered the first thing that had me drawn towards her was her emerald eyes. And whenever I would close my eyes, her eyes and then her smile would come flashing before my eyes. The piano she plays would ring against my eardrums whenever I would be alone.

The more I tried to forget her, the more she haunted me. It felt like she was slowly becoming my life, my soul.

Who are you kidding, Xaiden?

Hadn't she already?

She had already gotten your heart, your soul and now she had become your life.

Damn! Why my conscience seemed right?

Because it is.

No! It was not. I couldn't love her.

But don't you already?

No! She was a murderer. She was the one I should kill.

Why is she the murderer? Wasn't it was his dad? Why kill her?

Damn! Because she was his daughter and my goal was to kill her and avenge my mom. I couldn't let her go. My goal, my aim of life was to kill her. I would end her empire, I'd achieve my goal and end this.

Will you be able to do that? Don't you love her?

No!

I don't... I don't love her. It was... It was just a mere attraction.

Nothing more.

Xaiden! Didn't you promise to protect her? Didn't you promise to protect her from monsters like your father?

Yes, I did. I did promise but that was before all of this. That was a promise to Ella and not to Ellen.

Aren't they the same person?

No! They aren't.

I was constantly battling with my inner self. I wasn't ready to accept what my mind was telling me and wouldn't let my conscience waver me.

I was going to kill her and that was my last decision. I won't let her escape. I'd avenge my mom, my empire. I'd make them suffer like once they did to us. If she had survived that accident then I'd kill her with my own hands.

I hate you, Ellen Austin...

I fucking hate you...

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Oh, no!

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