2 Chapter 2:Broken Love

I stay completely still, a blindfold on my face. I heighten all of my other senses. Especially sound.

I place my hand on the three knives on my belt around my waist and wait.

Wait...wait....wait...now!

I quickly throw the knives. I hear the sound of the knives hitting the mannequins that were moving around. They stop and I bend back, dodging five darts. I straighten myself up and then do a handstand, spreading my legs open. Three arrows shoot right through them.

"Alright, good Kourane."my mother says.

I take off the blind fold and roll my eyes. "Good isn't enough. I need to be the best if I'm going to kill that octopus."

"You managed two hits on him. That's a start, but next time you have to make it permanent." she says, gesturing our butler to clean up the knives and arrows.

"I know."I take off the belt and lick my dry lips. "He won't get away so easily next time."

"You're done training?"my brother asks me.

"For now. I'll train again later."I say, walking over to my room.

"You're really doing this? Why?"he asks me.

"Oh I don't know becuase maybe...I don't want half of our planet to be obliterated by the end of this school year."

"Yeah I know that, but didn't they say it was almost impossible to kill him. His max speed is Mach Twenty!"

I walk to my closet and start changing. The doors are covering me so my brother can't see me. "His super speed is really the only thing that makes him hard to kill. And his tentacles. But everybody has weaknesses. We may not know much about where he come from, but I know one of his weaknesses."

"Really? What is it?"

Getting out of the closet, I head over to my bed and grab the gun I placed there so I could change. I put it up to my face and look at it, smiling. "His students."

"Kourane, Kiro, your dinner is ready."one of our maids tells us.

"Alright, thank you. We'll be there in a minute."I tell her and she leaves with a nod.

"I know that look. You're planning something. And I don't think it's good."my brother tells me.

"Don't worry, dear brother. I will do whatever it takes to achieve my goal."I put the gun back on the bed and start walking out of my room to go to the dining area. Kiro follows behind me.

"I don't really like the sound do that."His voice sounds like it has worry in it.

I stop and turn to look at him. A pair of blue eyes, similar to mine, look back. He's worried I'm going to do something stupid or dangerous. Or both.

I ruffle his dark brown, almost black hair. We only have about a year difference between our age so he isn't that much taller than me. But I still kind of have to reach up a bit. "Calm down, Kiro. I know what I'm doing."

He touches his hair, trying to get it back to his old hairstyle before I ruined it. "Right."

"Both of you. Come and eat."my mother tells us.

We hurry over and sit at the table. Me and my mother are sitting at opposite ends. Then, the maids come in and serve us. And our butlers.

"Mother, will Kourane have to climb the mountain everyday to get to school?"my brother asks.

I stare at him. Where is this coming from?

Well, actually, it's a very good question. Now that I think about it.

"No. No child of mine will be treated like a savage."She wipes her mouth with the clothes we are given as napkins. A little to fancy, in my opinion, but oh well. "Honestly, I don't know how those children's parents can accept such disgraceful conditions."

"It's kind of sad. I actually feel bad for them."I say, picking at my food.

"Yes, yes it is. Kourane do not play with your food."my mother waves a hand at me. "And you will be driven to school everyday. A woman should always look presentable. You can't do that with dirt and bugs all over you."

"Yes, Mother."She's always told me that. Probably since I was born.

When my mother found she was going to have another child, she was devasted. And angry. And a bunch of other emotions. She and my father had enough with two kids. My sister and brother didn't mind another sibling.

My father and mother both come from rich families. So we were extremely rich. When my father left, our wealthiness went down.

She decided to move away from London after my sister died. It was probably painful to to lose two people she loved so much there. So we came here, where she was born. She met a man here. He and my mother fell in love, but she never really loved him the way he loved her. He died a few months after they married. My mother was sad, but she had only known him for a few months and she's already used to loss.

He was wealthy, too. He left his mo net for my mother and for us. I didn't really care that much about my mother re marrying. He actually loved me more than my real father so It was kind of hard when we lost him.

My mother didn't want me, but that doesn't mean she hates me. When she lost Liv, my sister, she was heartbroken. And then she lost her husband. I think it made her realize how lucky she was to have me and my brother.

"I'm done. May I be exused?"I ask my mother.

"Yes, don't forget to pick up your plate."she responds.

I nod and stand up, my plate in my hand. Suddenly, the doorbell rings.

"Somebody get that."my mother tells our staff.

"Yes Madam."one of the maids named Lidia answers and heads for the door.

I drop my plate off at the sink and hear the door open.

"Hello, Madam. Kiro."I hear a chirpy voice say. Oh no.

I freeze in my steps as the boy, close to my age, walks up to me. "Kourane."

He bows and grabs my hand, placing a kiss on it.

"Liam."I respond, taking my hand away from him. I toss my hair over my shoulder and cross my arms.

"Oh you look as beautiful as ever."he tells me, staring at me in awe.

"Tch."I roll my eyes.

"Kourane, that is not how you respond to a compliment. Have some manners, young lady."my mother tells me.

I can see my brother laughing at me. I give him a death stare, then I turn back to Liam. "Thank you, Liam. You don't look to bad yourself."

"Really?"he smiles at me and pats his curly brown hair.

Liam is Eri's, the man my mom married, son. We met when Eri and my mom first started going out. He had a crush on me, even though we were step siblings. Now that Eri is gone, we're not really step siblings anymore. Liam lives with us now, but he went to visit his grandparents last week. I was hoping he would be gone for longer.

"You must be famished Liam. I'll have the maids serve you some dinner."my mother tells him.

"Oh I'm fine. I ate somewhere before arriving here. I'm a little tired, but now that I've seen Kouarane, I feel much better."he attempts to hug me, but I move out of the way.

"Right."I sigh and start walking towards the stairs that take me upstairs to my room.

"Wait! Kourane, Kiro, Lili."Liam addresses all of us.

We all turn to him. I blow a hair from my face. Ugh, I really wished he would have stayed with his grandparents permentaly.

"I have gifts for all of you."he walks over to some bags the butler brought in from the car he arrived in.

He gives my mother box and she opens it. A beautiful diamond necklace sits in it. "Oh Liam. It's absolutely beautiful. You have my biggest thanks."

"Of course."he gives my brother a box, too.

A really expensive looking silver watch stares back at him. "Oh, this is awesome. Thanks, Liam."Kiro and Liam fist bump.

He smiles brightly at him. And then turns to me. "Here." He blushes and hands me a box with red and black designs on the front. They remind me of waves.

"Liam, you know I'm not a fan of jewelry-"I open the box and stare at the beautiful blades inside. They're a crimson, shining red with silver handles. And gold lines trace the blades.

I take one out and stare at it. "Oh, wow..."

"Do you like them? I tried my best to pick them out."he scratches the back of his head.

"I love them."I smile at him. "They're beautiful."

"Oh I'm so glad you do!"he claps cheerfully.

I don't know what to say. Liam may be annoying, but he really does care about me and my family. Not just becuase he gives us gifts, but becuase he accepted us. Broken and everything.

Hellooo, sorry I haven't posted. My Wi-Fi still isn't working. IT SUCKSSSSS. I hate ittt! But I will try my best to keep updating chapters. Have a good day, reader!