Chapter 11: The Death Of A Duck

🍪Ellie's P.O.V

"What color are you gonna get?" Ark asked, glancing at the rows of nail polishes that were displayed in front of us.

"Hmm, I'm stuck between this two," I said, eyeing the two shades of green that caught my eye.

"Oooh, I like that one," Sage piped in, pointing to the matte olive green shade.

Sage Robins is a rare beauty to behold with her golden brown skin, curly locks that frames her round face, adorned with pouty lips and is the girlfriend of Connor Bianchi.

"I'll choose this one then," I smiled, handing it to the lady that was currently doing our manicure.

"This is a well-deserved girls day." Ark sighed, a hint of sleep in her tone.

"Indeed, Connor wouldn't let me get my nails done until I promised him that I wouldn't get acrylic nails," Sage said, rolling her silver eyes in exasperation.

"Boys being dead ass scared of acrylics nails," Ark snorted, shaking her head in amusement.

"He prefers my natural claws, if you know what I mean," Sage smirked, waggling her eyebrows suggestively.

"I did not need to know that," I grimaced, shaking my head.

"Fine, tell us what's happening between you and Alec? Hmm, Have you kissed yet?" Sage pondered, her eyes full of mischief.

Ark giggled,"Kissed? Are you kidding Sage? Boo goes into a cringe-haywire every time she sees a couple kissing in movies," She laughed.

I felt my cheeks redden, it has been a month since the date. A month full of hanging out with the pack of skittles and getting to know them.

Alec and I have been on a few dates since then and we haven't talk about what the real deal between us but I can say that I care for him more than a friend.

He's been walking me to class every after lunch and sometimes he drives me home, depends when I'm wanting to do my ritual long walks.

One thing that I've noticed this past few weeks is the times where one of them or all of them would be absent for days and would attend school a few days later with faint bruises or bandaged knuckles.

Ark and I knew it wasn't our business and I could tell by the their faces that they weren't ready give us a deeper peak into their closets every time we would glance at them with worried faces.

We meet Sage at the twin's birthday party but it was only brief considering how she was tipsy after their rides and Connor had to drive her home.

It wasn't until two weeks later that the pack of skittles, Ark, and I were invited to go bowling with her and Connor did we finally had the chance to talk and bond.

"We're far from the kissing stage guys, I admit I care for him more than a friend and I don't know, we haven't even talk about it and I don't want to make a big deal out of it," I told them, eyeing my nails that was now being painted.

Sage nodded thoughtfully,"Well, I'm happy that you're taking things slow just," She suddenly hesitated, glancing at Ark and I.

"What is it?" I asked, looking up from my nails to gaze at her.

"Alec has a rough past and his present isn't exactly all rainbows and unicorns right now so please don't turn your back away when things starts to get rough or you get shaken up," Sage revealed, her eyes revealing nothing but concern.

I nodded quietly, her words seeming to struck something in me. From the start, I knew Alec wasn't the type of guy who you could just date today and say bye the next day.

Despite his annoying mood swings, he has a bigger heart than he'd like to let on and it's a funny sight to see sometimes the obvious battle that he has with himself when he's sorting out his emotions.

"How'd you meet Connor by the way? I heard he wasn't originally here but from Italy," I asked, walking out of the nail salon with fresh manicure and pedicure a few hours later.

She snorted,"I was on my way to Alec's house to fix his car and along the way, I saw Connor with his rich ass car broken down at the side of the road," She started off, earning a chuckle from us.

Sage's Dad owns an auto repair shop and has been fixing cars since she twelve. She's has been surrounded by men who's was working for her dad while growing up hence why it wasn't a surprise how she has huge balls and is outspoken like Ark.

"Being the good person that I was, I parked my car and offered to check out the problem but the fucking arrogant asshole claimed that I was trying to hit on him," She rolled her eyes but her lips where in a smile as she recalled the memory.

"I was so fucking pissed that I gave him a stink eye, hauled my ass back to my car, and drove off to Alec's. A few hours later, Alec had to pick him up because his car got towed. I remember being so fucking smug when Alec introduced me to him with car oil all over my hands and face, the rest was history after that," She finished off, pulling us in a random store.

"Funny considering how he's now so smitten of you," Ark pointed out, amusement plastered in her face.

"Yeah, guys with issues and huge ego sometimes needs a girl with bigger balls to make them realize that they need to pull their head out of their fucking ass," Sage added, looking at a cute pair of pants.

"It'll look good with this!" I piped in, placing the cute crop top above the pants.

The rest of the day was spent with girl talks, lots of shopping, and eating sugary sweets that we were craving.

"You know, you haven't really told me what happened between you and Valentino," I mumbled sleepily, the girl who was massaging my back really doing a good job.

The three us of decided to have a body massage, you know that moment where you make an abrupt idea and everyone goes with it without a second thought?

Yeah, it was one of those. After we were done shopping, Ark was complaining about having tension in her body and that was where the idea popped in.

"Le sigh, we just didn't click boo. I mean, he was super sweet will all the picnic stuff in the park but it just didn't seem right you know?" Ark grumbled, her eyes closed in complete bliss.

"I know the feeling babe, before Connor my mom had this fear that I'll end up being a widow and she had me set up with these blind dates every weekend but it just didn't feel right with them like it did with Connor," Sage hummed, her voice thick with sleep.

"I guess you can't force something when you feel nothing. It's just a waste of time and like energy because you're both investing. We're better off as friends anyway," Ark said, before yawning.

"So, you aren't seeing anyone?" I asked, the question slipping out of my mouth before I could ponder on it.

Silence.

"You are, aren't you?" An accusing tone in my voice.

"I mean he just gave me a ride home," Ark trailed off sleepily, a few seconds before a snore left her lips.

I opened my eyes, letting out a quiet laugh when I saw Ark's sleeping face. It wasn't the first time I saw her face when she sleeps but it feels like the first time every time I do see it.

"Stop laughing at Ark's face and enjoy the damn massage El," Sage said, a hint of amusement in her tone.

I giggled, closing my eyes once more and let the massage lull me to sleep.

"I feel like a newborn baby!" Ark cheered, her shopping bags around her wrist.

It was around past six in the evening and we were walking out of mall towards the parking lot with a relaxed body and full stomach from our dinner.

Sage's car was a sleek black dodge ram tungsten and really compliments her bad ass attitude.

The parking lot was full earlier and we had no choice but to park farther away. The walk was silent with occasional small talk.

I was laughing at something Ark said when I saw Sage stop suddenly, a frown settling on her lips.

I looked at the front and felt alarmed upon seeing about 6 men popped out of nowhere. They were older than us and had tattoos all over their body, I could tell from their red eyes that they were high as fuck.

"Sage, what a pleasant surprise," The guy at the left said, giving her a once over before he smirked.

Ark and I shared a look, glancing at Sage who now threw daggers at them. I took a cautious step backwards but got caught like a deer in headlights when that guy turned to me.

"What the fuck are you doing here Donald?" Sage seethed, placing her shopping bags behind her before turning back to him.

"I'm not here for you, I'm here for her." He glanced at me, taking a step forward.

"What the hell is up that people just love to block my way every damn time I'm trying to go home and reflect on my fucking day," I sighed, pinching the bridge of my nose.

"I'm sorry buddy but you have to go through us before you can get her," Ark piped in, her shopping bags also set aside.

Donald raised a brow, glancing at the guys behind him before nodding. Two of them stepped forward, making their way towards Sage.

Sage who already knew this, stepped forward and before they could process, kicked guy #1 in the stomach hard with the heel of her boots making him smack back straight into guy #2's front; both of them tumbling down the ground.

Guy #3 moved in on Ark and took a hold of her arm. She didn't waste a second before twisting it an angle that made him scream in pain before kicking his knee making him kneel.

Sage was fighting off the two guys and I noticed guy #4 sneaking in behind her. I jumped on his back and wrapped my arm around his neck, cutting of his oxygen.

We both came tumbling down and I felt my lower lip split and bleed when his head hit on my face. He fought against me but passed out a few seconds later.

Guy #5 leaped out of nowhere and took a hold of my hair before pulling me off guy #4 and punching me in the stomach.

I let out a gasp of pain. Ark turned to the guy with complete anger before she elbowed him in the face. Sage coming up behind him and took a hold of his head before slamming it into the concrete ground hard.

"Fucking stop fighting and hand me girl," Donald shouted, my eyes widening when I saw a knife pointed at us.

We all turned around when a car suddenly stopped behind us. The light was on making it impossible to see who was driving on it.

"I don't think that's gonna happen anytime soon Donald," My eyes widened when Alec stepped out of the car along with the pack of skittles and Connor.

👑Alec's P.O.V

*30 MINUTES EARLIER*

"Cazzo! Merda! Cazzo! Alec!" We all turned from basketball game we were watching and glanced at Connor who had just arrived.

"What? Is there a problem?" I asked, my body immediately tensing up at his tone panicked tone.

The guys stood up in alarm, the laughter dying down and turned to look at Connor with a worried face and growing tense.

"Sì! A fucking huge problema!" Connor continued, ruffling his already messy hair.

"Fucking spit it out Con," Chase demanded, his hands forming into a fist.

"Sage went out for a girl's day and had a body massage!"

Just like that I felt relief flooding in me and the urge to pummel Connor overriding it for his overprotective tendencies when it comes to Sage, his girlfriend.

The guys sat down, letting out a sigh of relief and cursing Connor wether it may be in Spanish or Italian.

"And how is that a problem Connor? You fucking idiot! How many times do I have to tell you not to start a conversation like that when it isn't gang related!" I scowled, slapping the back of his head.

He glared at me,"It's a huge fucking problem because there's a possibility that a guy might be giving her a body massage," Connor growled out, rubbing the part where I slapped him.

I rolled my eyes, turning back to face the tv."Then we'll find the guy after and bash his head," I replied simply, tapping my hand unto my knee.

"She's with Ellie and Ark fottuto stronzo," Connor said, this time, it was me who stood up and turned to him.

(Fottuto Stronzo: fucking asshol3)

"What? Why the hell didn't you tell me this earlier?" I scowled, taking my car keys off the table and turned the TV off.

I felt the dark cloud loom over me at the thought of someone touching Ellie and my fist tightening at the thought of it being a guy.

Yeah, fuck no.

The guys weren't even bothered by it and was already out of the door and off to their cars. Connor rode with me, growing worried because Sage wasn't picking up her phone.

"Man, I'm fucking gonna cut off his d!ck if it was really a guy," Connor grumbled, typing on his phone in furious pace.

The ride was a complete tense of thirty minutes, my grip on the steering wheel was tightening and my annoyance growing every second.

I almost let out a snort, Ellie Haven. The damn girl infuriated me to no end with her tiger claws but could turn into an adorable fucking kitten in a second.

I wouldn't lie though, I care about her more than I let on. This whole past month, I've seen many sides of her and I still couldn't grasp my head about her damn mood swings.

One thing for sure is, I wouldn't let her in the darkness that surrounds me. My enemies have been lurking and I'm fucking doing my best not to let them know about certain a biscotto taking my interest.

We went straight for the parking lot, trying to find Sage's car. I was surprised though when we saw the girl's back turned to us with about five guys on the ground in pain.

"What the fuck is happening?" I asked out loud, glancing at Connor.

I recognized the guy that was standing and I felt fury entering my system seeing Donald. He's lowlife druggie that works for Alex in return for drugs.

"Fucking stop fighting and hand me the girl!" He shouted, the knife glinting in the light.

"I don't think that's gonna happen any time soon Donald," I said, stepping out of the car with the guys behind me and Connor.

Connor was already walking to Sage and was checking to see if she had any injuries. I wouldn't worry if I were him though, Sage was one of the strongest fighter in our gang.

Ark pulled Ellie up and Jayden went towards them. I walked towards Ellie, gently pulling her away from Ark and felt complete fury when I saw her lower lip bleeding and her face scrunched up in pain.

"You fucking touched her?" I boomed out, throwing daggers at Donald.

He smirked, his goonies standing up. My eyes seeing red at their complete idiocy to hurt what's fucking mine and think that they could get away with it.

"Portale via da qui Connor," I said, throwing him my car keys which he immediately caught.

(Portale via da qui:  Take them away from here)

Jayden pulled the girls away from me, leading them towards my car. My hand forming in complete fists at the thought of letting Ellie go without me but my bloodlust and anger was pumping through me in full force and there's no way I can just walk away from this.

Not when the demon in my head was asking me to shed the blood of these guys for hurting her.

Hayden took the shopping bags and quickly placed it in the back of my car. Chase and Valentino stood tense, their anger rolling off of them in waves.

It wasn't until Connor was driving away did I finally let my gaze break away from Donald and eyed his high goonies.

We all have our own ways in choosing to handle the traumas in life but resorting to such degree that causes more harm than good is almost the same as giving yourself a slow and painful death.

"Tell me fucking why Donald and maybe I wouldn't fucking kill you and your goonies," I seethed, my body ready to pounce.

"So it's true then, The gang leader has found his scelta." He started off, ignoring my threat and eyeing me with amusement.

(Scelta: Chosen)

"Answer my question Donald," I gritted out, glancing at Valentino and Chase briefly.

"Stories are going around the street Alec and everyone wants to see a glimpse on who caught the phoenix's attention," He said, his lips twisting into a smug smile.

I pulled out my gun, the smug smile slipping off his lips immediately. I turned the safety off before aiming the gun at him.

"Sadly you'd be already dead to tell that tale," I smirked, pulling the trigger and firing straight to his forehead leaving him a bloodied mess.

I felt myself relax, letting out a tired sigh. Their bloodlust was satiated and my demons took a step back until they were hidden in the darkest part of my mind.

I nodded at the guys who stepped forward, pulling their own guns that was tucked into their jeans.

"Make it quick and leave no trace," I commanded, turning around and ignoring their screams of plead.

Whoever angers the phoenix will get the retribution they deserve.

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