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Embracing Shadows

Emel was a cheerful guy who had a fulfilling family... with riches to envy and pampered ... His whole life was a lie... Illusions shattered , fog disappeared.... He died without knowing why.... He didn't even know the sins he was punished for... He prayed , cried.... God didn't hear him.... Devil chose to ignore him.... In the end only darkness remained... He came back to life again.... to the times it all started.... to the times his heaven shattered.... but this time he became The Devil himself..... lost in hatred .... Embracing the shadows itself.... Will he learn the truth of his life ? Will he flip over the chessboard with players unknown ? will he become the ultimate chaos to those who wronged him.... will the Shadows become his only solace .... Will he be the pawn or the Ultimate player of this Chess with peices undiscovered and players unknown. Read to find out yourself. [Cover does not belong to me . Cover source: Pinterest.]

Trueblues · Realistic
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13 Chs

I'm back

In the darkness, a hand reached out to his face , carressed his cheeks , his face , like a long lost lover , as if carving his face to depths of his heart , to not forget this face .

" You suffered a lot , didn't you?" the voice was hoarse and deep but shows traces of viscitudeness of time as if coming from the ancient deep well .

"Make it right then , Why do you trust humans! huh ...You were never the one to play nice but look at you now .....mimicking an angel here , aren't we ! "

"Make them pay love ! I will wait for the good show ....and a little meeting gift for finding you again "

The ring disappeared and only the pattern remained of it and the hand touched Emel's forehead until it emitted a bright light and then everything went blank as if it were mere illusions in the darkness .

When Emel disappeared from the darkness , The face of a man revealed himself , red eyes as of blood iced , silken moonlit hairs and a carved face beautiful as jade , but a smile plastered on that jade face which could chill people to the bones....and not a good one too . The face smiled but his eyes showed sadness too and then the man too disappeared from the place leaving only nothingness behind .

Emel opened his eyes and what came to his view was a white cieling view with expensive chandelier hanging on it .

'where am I ? I heard dead dream of what they long for the most . Why in the hell would I long for this Godforsaken place that took everything from me ? ! ...Isn't this the room I lived when I was brought to Blezvin estate ....what the f**k !?'

Emel was bewildered by what was happening and thought it to be his subconscious pathetic longing for a family that he never truly had. He thought it again and was annoyed beyond point that he wanted to curse out loud.

'whoever f**king said RIP in death must be a top class scammer....Can't believe Im not in peace even in death ' huuuu

He took a deep breath and just when he was going back to sleep thinking of it as his afterlife , the room door knocked .

"who?"

"Young master It's me " A male voice came out of the door and Emel was shocked

'What in the world is going on '

"young master" the man said

"Yes! come in "

Emel pinched himself till his wrist turned purple and by now even a fool could tell something was wrong ,something very, very wrong, then how could Emel , A person with high IQ cannot , pity he has low EQ , making a bitter face he stopped thinking about it and thought of what is going on right now .

He knew by now that he must be alive but no way in hell would he describe everything that happened as a nightmare, It was too real to be a mere nightmare and the pain and despair he felt were far too vivid .

"Young Master , We will visit Mrs. In the hospital today . Master had ordered to be ready in few hours ". The butler said and gave a gentle smile and left the room .

If it was before , Emel would be happy at the thoughtfulness and care of his 'father ', but he felt naseated just thinking about it .

He subconsciously ran to the bathroom and the moment he touched the water , he looked up in the mirror and cannot stop trembling of his body .

"where are my scars ! And my hands are small " ...he ran to his room and checked the clock and the result made him want to cry and laugh at the same time....

'So Im back! huh ...back to when I just came to this prison ....back to when I lost everything ....hehehehhe'

"Im back to when I was 13 " Emel looked up and said out loud but the eerie glow in his Amber eyes with a childish face made it scarier sight than anything .

'So Mother is still alive ' and today we will visit her .

Emel went to the bathroom and laid down in the bathtub filled with warm water letting himself sinking in it and letting the information he processed sink in .

'Im back to the time when Mother died . I was still 'loved' by my family and no one knew anything about me yet . I did not associate anyone in the family yet . I was an introverted child! huh . pfft . I just couldn't bother with them so ignored them . It seems like my child self was far more genius and the me later became dumb. hummm hummm . Company surely affects hmm. So I can do a lot of things while not making them notice anything and I need to keep my emotions in check. Can't scare my 'lovely ' family hum. one step at a time . baby steps Emel . Baby steps . I will have some fun with them . '

Even he himself did not notice the darkness engulfing his heart. Revealing his darker and true self . If it was someone else , they would have hard time believing the concept of 'Rebirth' but Emel could not care less. All he now cares about is destroying his enemies or anyone who crosses him ever.

He dressed himself in navy blue shorts and an off white shirt leaving his black hairs to a side paired with black boots and a black bow tie.

Emel was slender and shorter than most boys of his age giving him feminine beauty and when he pursed his blood lips , he looked like a pouting child who got his candy taken away .

He converged all his emotions in his eyes leaving only childish innocence behind . If one observed him closely , they would find his innocent eyes hinding cruelty beyond humans could muster.

He went downstairs where his family was waiting to see his 'sister' sitting with his 'father' and his 'elder brother' sitting with them .

If someone asks then Emel could say the only person he relatively does not hates in this family would be his elder brother . Afterall he never harmed him , not directly.

"Good morning Father! " a sickening sweet voice sounded and even Emel got goosebumps on listening his own voice .

" You are here! We should not delay anymore ! " His 'father' gently told him and his second sentenced addressed to people around him .

Mason Blezvin was a man of a few words and Noble demeanor , who would have thought of him as a prentious scum , He watched everything happen to him on sidelines and never stopped any of it. Emel felt his blood boiling when thinking of the day his 'father ' told him that he is just a baggage his mother brought from outside, and he is not his son. He lowered his head to hide the strong emotions brewing a storm in his eyes .

"Are you alright , Brother!" a soft voice sounded in his ears and he backed away instinctively . Oh well ! sweet sister we have here .

He hid 'timidly ' behind his brother who went stiff when Emel grabbed his sleeves. Emel suddenly wanted to laugh out loud at this 'cold on the outside but awkward inside ' man . He wondered how someone so pure could be part of this disgusting family .

Raymond Blezvin was his 19 year old this year . A finance genius and a cold man who is straight as pole . He remembers that he always showed up whenever he had troubles before he started dating the bastard who killed him . After that Raymond started distancing himself from him and finally went abroad . He suddenly thought of what would become of thier relationship if he stayed away from that 'trash' . Would Raymond still go abroad . He had a hunch that he was the reason this man went away .

They went in a car to the hospital his mother was kept dealing with late stage of abdominal cancer . The VIP ward door opened and he felt tears in his eyes . He although never felt much but his mother brought him up alone till he was 12 years old and then was diagonised with abdominal cancer and her health deteriorated and now she would die in a few months . He thought of giving his proper goodbye this time instead of closing himself up further. He went up to the bed and held her hand gently.

"I'm back ! Mother " Everyone thought of this as him coming back to visit her , but only he knew what he meant by ' back' .

" yeah " his mother's weak voice sounded . He looked up into her eyes and can't help but going pale . He was far more sensitive to emotions than normal after living his life again .He thought of everything and can't help but shiver. His mother's eyes that should be filled with love for her son but filled with guilt . Where did the guilt come from . She looked at his father with pleading eyes. He saw her love for this man in her eyes but when she looked at him . It was Guilt and Pity. but not love. She did not love her own son. He can't help but laugh internally about all the time the only human was good to him too , never truly loved him. They thought of him as mere child who would not understand but he understood . He understood that this too was an illusion .

Others in the room saw his reaction and thought of it as his sadness of losing his mother soon . Raymond walked up to him and put his hand awkwardly on his head in an attempt to pat his head and soothe his emotions. He can't help but smile at this and finally calmed down . He knew what to do now . Today his mother gave him the box with ring .

His mother was Amelia Solan . The Solan family was on par with Blezvin family in City J . All the property left to him was what she had as her inheritence from her maternal side . She was thrown out of her family when the found her to be pregnant out of wedlock. He suddenly did'nt know if he should investigate everything from the begining .

"I need to talk to Emel alone " she pleaded her father and he left her with him in the room .

"I'm sorry " she said and once again he can't help but overthink . Where did this heavy guilt come from. Why is she apologizing. Does she know about his not being a Blezvin. Does she remembers everything of her past but pretends to be amnesiac . He was snapped out of his thoughts when her weak voice sounded again " I'm sorry .I'm so sorry for leaving you alone . I'm leaving something to you that would belong to you and only you from this day onwards . It was yours anyway ." She brought a small wooden box from the bedside drawer . This thing again . Mine. Only mine. He can't help but think again of her choice of words.

"yes mother ! Rest well please" He backed away from her hand trying to touch her head . A strand of her hair he expertly hid in his pockets. Her hand stayed in midair awkwardly .She was at a loss but can't help panicking. 'Did he know something' Is he suspicious ' . His heart suddenly cooled down. Any emotion he felt suddenly iced when he looked at the panic and guilt in her eyes. He can't help but laugh self depriciatingly at how hungry must he be for affection and human touch to not notice anything even till his death.

She was suddenly at a loss and her panic grew but he held her hand gently.

" Don't worry mother . I will never let anyone take away what is mine. I was sad that mother would leave me alone " .

Her sudden relief fell into his eyes and he felt as if he stayed another second , he would reveal his true emotions , he might confront her. But now he knows. It does not matter anymore.

He went to the door and suddenly turned around his head.

" Goodbye mother " He whispered inaudibly and left the room .

Amelia looked at the door and suddenly felt her heart empty. As if something important to her was suddenly gone. Far away. Too far , she would not find again. She was tired and threw the emotions she felt tk back of her head and went back to sleep.

"What did mother tell you brother " his 'sister' , his murderer said. He stopped any emotion leaking out so his voice suddenly sounded too robotic and monotone.

"She told me to live happily . To live as I please " He looked gently at the 16 year old girl who was so cunning at such age. Her voice showed curiosity but her eyes were dripping of venom . He can't help but once again think If he was blind to not notice the obvious things around him to toyed to death by these stupid naive people.

He knew these people did not know the existance of that ring . Afterall they left it to him even till death . He thought of it and suddenly grew curious about the origin of the ring that he thought of merely as a keepsake by his 'mother' . It suddenly occured to him if the ring was truly merely a keepsake given her choice of words.

Evya bit her lips and again looked at the beutiful face of her stepbrother and can't help but feel envy. 'Tsk . Cheap son of a cheap mother '.

Emel didn't notice and didn't care about her and sat in car beside his brother and everyone went back to the Blezvin main family villa. He suddenly got curious about why a family whose infuluence is highest in J city would hate a mere child with nothing , so much , to point they would even drive him to insanity and death nonetheless. At the same time , He found he didn't hate his family as much as he thought , to be precise , He didn't care about this so called ' family' as much as he thought . This relevation surprised him as much as his ' rebirth ' did.

When reaching at the villa , Emel quickened his pace and went to his room and closed the door with a bang . He jumped to his bed , closed his eyes and said out aloud with a smile .

"I'm back . I truly am back " And with that his smile became eerier .