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"Wh-Where did that come from now?"Avalon shrugged."You used to play.Now you don't.We loved it when you played."I sighed."Does this mean you want me to play?"
                          
They both shrugged."We wouldn't mind."Andreas looked at me."Let's see it mom."I went inside and took out my violin.I started playing the first thing that came to my mind.
                          
I kept my eyes closed as my finger tips pressed on the strings and the bow kept moving with my movements.I finally brought the violin and the bow down to my sides.
                          
"Maddox,everybody to their rooms.It's almost their bed time anyways.Good night,loves.I'll be there to tuck you in in a few minutes."Andreas looked at Maddox.
                          
"You know damn well that I can take you,Maddox."Maddox left with both of the twins."Reg,let's get you downstairs.Ok,kiddo?"I got him to the secret passage way and then came back upstairs after tucking him in.
                          
"What's wrong,mom?""Just...Come here."I hugged him and then he hugged me back."You know I love you,right?"He nodded."O-O-Of course I know,mom.But-But I don't get it."
                          
I backed away."Just checking in."He smiled."I love you too,mom."
                          
I tucked in everybody one by one.Then I called my father."Hey dad."He kept being silent for a while and then he spoke up.
                          
"Maria,what's wrong?"I smirked."I am having a dinner party next week and you are invited!You will be the guest of honor!"
                          
"What is the meaning of this dinner party and why am I invited?"I sighed."There are few guys who has been working so fucking hard for me and for the gang.I want to interduce them to you."
                          
"Yeah,I'm not coming.""But I have a really big surprise for you,dad.Please?"He scoffed."Only because I am curious to know what you are surprising me with."
                          
"Thank you.You won't regret it.It'll be amazing!"I hung up and then I called Sorin."Heyyyy,silver."He hung up on me."Ok,rude."
                          
I called Lorenzo."Heyyyy,brother.Whatcha upto?""What do you want?You already took my son from me!"I rolled my eyes."Your son came to me.That's one.Two,I never forced him to stay nor did I ever tell you that you can never win him back.Three,I am inviting you to my dinner party."
                          
"What dinner party?""Let's make it short.Even father is coming."He scoffed."Father?As in...Emanuel La Luna Vitale?"I nodded."Yeah.That's the guy.All of you are invited.Except Natalia and Gianni."
                          
"Why though?""Well,they are not my brothers.Besides,my surprise for dad is not really fit for a child like Gianni or a woman like Natalia."He sighed."For the sake of my sister,I am coming.Not for the woman who stole my son."
                          
"I didn't steal him from you,jerk!If you cared about being his father,you would try and spend time with him to win him back!You would break up with that whore of yours first,though!"
                          
I hung up on him and then I called in Maddox."What's up,boss?"I smiled."Arrange everything like I instructed you to for next week.All the invitations were made."
                          
"Will do boss."He left my room and then Sorin rushed in."You never call me and say 'heyyyy' out of the blue.What the fuck are you playing at?"
                          
I had just gotten under the covers so I sat up straight in bed."You are so lucky I am in a good mood right now.I was just going to ask you for a favor and ask you to come to my dinner party next week."
                          
≪ Emanuel's POV ≫
                          
I sat down at the end of the table as Raven poured a drink for everybody.When she was done,she sat at the other end of the dinner table.
                          
"To the power we all earned?"We all raised our glasses and everybody downed their drinks pretty fast.Then the boys from her gang started screaming but they couldn't move.
                          
In fact,I was convince that they were paralyzed.
                          
I turned to Raven and she was smirking.Then she started laughing.The entire table was silent and all that was heard was clear.It was all her manic laughter and the screams of her victims.
                          
"You know boys...It's funny.I know exactly how you feel.Your blood is boiling inside your veins and your internal organs are begging to burst...You cannot move and that just hurts more."
                          
She shrugged in a sick manner.
                          
"You cannot take your own life and it kills you inside."
                          
She kept giggling.
                          
"This is all so...hilarious."She sighed."Mainly because that same poison is running through my veins and I don't feel shit!"Then she went cold.
                          
She stood up and put her hands on the glass table."You imbeciles dared to disobey me!DISRESPECT ME!BETRAY ME!"She hit the glass table with such rage that it all turned into shattered glass.
                          
All of us jumped away from the table.All that food fell on the ground.Raven straightened up her posture and then kept laughing.
                          
"And you all thought I wouldn't do something about it?"She laughed louder."Tell me you don't find all of this hilarious,father."I shrugged.
                          
"I know that I didn't raise you.However,I can't help but think that I actually raised you."She smiled."Right.I hope you liked my surprise,father."
                          
"Quite creative.But tell me...How did you plan it and how can you bare the same pain that they are dying from?"
                          
She shrugged."Because the poison only lasts for 72 hours.Most of the victims commit suicide after they are injected.That's why no one has ever survived it but me."
                          
"How you did it?"She smiled."Let's go out to the pool."Guards took the poisoned lads and threw them inside the emptied pool.While they poured gasoline on the bodies,she explained.
                          
"A little over a week ago,I learned about some spies.And a few days after that,we were drinking with Sorin.I realised that the wine I was drinking was poisoned.The wine that Guston Allard sent me as a gift."
                          
"So,I got mad.I learned this little poison and I was tortured with it when I was with Caliban.I knew how to brew it but I hired Reg for it.You all will meet Reg later because I am adopting him.He's a nine year old genius."
                          
"Back to the story.I hired Reg and he worked on the poisonous herb I gave him.I know you followed me that night,Sorin.You were not slick at all.Or,maybe you were and I realised it anyways."
                          
She shrugged and turned to me.
                          
"All that was left was a good cover to invite the bastard to my house.Where they were clearly outnumbered and defenseless against me.So...I invited you all."
                          
"Believe me,they were dying to meet you all!Too bad they are actually dying."Then a guy came and whispered something to her.He left and she turned to us all.
                          
"Are you all ready for the bonfire?"She lit her slim cigar and took a big hit."Let's light it up boys."
                          
She threw her lit up cigar into the pool and then she burned them alive.
                          
"Their insides were already burning.Why not burn them up altogather,right?"
                          
That's my daughter.
                          
≪ Sorin's POV ≫
                          
I rolled my eyes and kissed her without a care in the world.All of that manic act...That shit turned me on!I broke it off and whispered."That was so fucking hot.Marry me for fuck's sake."
                          
"I will.One day.Once you have the guts to make me your wife.""Fair enough."She leaned to my ear."But for now,I think it's better if you step away because all of my brothers and my father is here."
                          
I smirked."You think I care?"I scooped her up and took her up to her bedroom."You tucked in the kids right?"She nodded and I smirked even wider.
                          
"This is going to be a long night,future Mrs.Einar."