NINETEEN: Request

Vinter's POV

I rang the doorbell of Nina's apartment. I heard the footsteps approaching and soon enough Nina in her bathrobe opened the door.

"Hi, Vin! You won't believe this but I was expecting you!" She gushed as she gave me a peck on my lips before I could react. With a surprised expression, I touched my lips.

"I... Nina, we need to talk," I said calmly.

"Of course! We do! I know you are here to invite me to the event your family is hosting in two weeks, right?" She said as she pulled me inside. "I got a call from your mother; she said I must go to the event as your date."

Event? What event? I don't know about any events.

"That's not why I'm here," I said ignoring her prior statement. She looked at me with a worried expression.

"Baby... is everything okay?" She asked.

"Nina, it's time we should break up," I stated. She laughed.

"Yeah Vinter Harris, nice joke," she said still chuckling.

"Do I look like I'm joking?" I asked. She looked at me as her sterling grey eyes widened in shock.

"Vi-in... you can't be serious!" She exclaimed as her eyes got filled with tears.

"I'm dead serious, Nina Robbins. This is what you get for lying about everything," I said in a monotone. I was beyond disappointed. Mostly in myself.

"Lying? I didn't lie to you about anything!" She exclaimed.

"You falsely accused my soulmate back then and now you lied about that to me, Nina! Everything you said about Dove was a blunt lie! You bullied her, you ruined her life! You think I will ever forgive you for this all?" I confronted her.

"I... I... Vinter! Listen to me! She was trying to steal my lover! She was trying to steal Jace and now she's trying to steal you... I... I can't let it happen... no..." she rambled about it all as she pulled her hair. This woman is crazy, she is not the Nina, she presented herself to be, in front of me and the people around. She's an insecure woman whose insecurities have gotten in her head.

"No she didn't- neither she tried to steal your former boyfriend nor she's trying to steal me. Because if in case you are forgetting this, I'm her soulmate so I do belong to her," I said. I turned around and proceeded to leave.

She pulled my shirt from behind.

"N-no Vinter! Please! Please don't leave me! I love you! I love you so fucking much!" She begged as she cried. I turned around to see she was a crying mess. The beauty of the modelling industry was looking like shit- but she deserves it. After what Dove went through because of her, this is not even half the punishment she is getting. I gave her a cold look.

"Love? No Nina, you never loved me. You just saw me as Jace's replacement and a stepping stone to get revenge on Dove," I said. "Stay away from me and Dove."

"No! I won't! I will ruin Dove's life! I swear!" She yelled angrily. Her face was red with anger, her brunette locks were completely disheveled. This is the true face of Nina Robbins. I pulled out my mobile and clicked a picture of her.

"What- what did you do?" She asked.

"Me? Oh! I'm just doing what my soulmate would have done- I'm playing dirty," I replied with a smirk.

"Do anything to Dove again and your real face will be exposed in media... and not only this I have proofs that you bullied Dove and falsely accused her of your attempted murder," I threatened. "So, f*ck off from our lives while I'm being nice."

Saying that I turned and left the place without giving her a second glance. I could hear frustrated screams coming from her apartment but I couldn't care less.

When I stepped out of the building, I received a call from an unknown number. I picked up the call.

"Hello?" I asked.

"Mr. Harris?" The caller asked.

"Yes, who am I speaking to?" I asked. The voice of the caller seems oddly familiar.

"Leviathan," the caller said. The name was enough to tell me who it was.

"The...sins?" I still asked.

"Yes, I was told to inform you that today there will be a meeting and your requirement is there. I believe you want to talk about a certain contract. I will text you the address of the place where the meeting will be held," he informed.

"Okay," I said not prying any further. He hung up the call and I tried to check the caller ID but the number disappeared from my call log.

"They are so precise about everything," I mumbled. Soon enough I received a text from an untraceable number.

After reading the text I realized I'll have to go now since the drive is to the outskirts of the city which is pretty far away from where I am and the meeting is in 2 hours. So I got inside my car and drove off to where the meeting was.

When I reached the destination, I realized it was an abandoned building. It was risky to go in, I don't even know what these people are like. But I will have to take the risk for the sake of my family. If I don't take these people's help everything will be ruined.

So I entered the building and I came face to face with a masked man. My hands were sweaty because of the nervousness, it was scary to meet people from a criminal organization.

"Mr. Harris, follow me," the man said in his deep voice. He was wearing a mask and an eyepatch so it was hard to figure out what exactly he looked like. I followed the man and after some time of walking, we entered a room. It seemed like the room was specifically arranged for meetings like this.

There was another man inside the room, his back was facing me. But from the hairstyle, he looked very familiar.

"If I'm not wrong, it's Levy, right?" I asked. The man revolved his chair and faced me. That's Levy.

"I'm glad you remember me, Vinter," Levy said. "I am Leviathan."

"But you are an employee at my father's company," I said. He chuckled. The other man from before walked up to Leviathan as he removed his mask. He still had his eyepatch but he's a fairly handsome man I give him that.

"Employee? I'm not an employee at your father's company, I was just there to keep an eye on your father," Leviathan explained.

"So you are already aware of the situation?" I asked.

"Of course we are. We have known about the situation since your father contacted the Yakuza," Leviathan explained.

"Mr. Harris, now we are quite surprised that you tried contacting us since you are Oliver Harris' son. Our leader Lucifer seemed fascinated by you," the other man explained.

"The thing is Mr..."

"Mammon."

"Well, Mr. Mammon the thing is what my father is doing is wrong and treason. Because of his greed and pride, I cannot let him ruin my family. My younger brother had a hard time growing up, I don't want him to suffer more," I explained.

"Such righteous man. You are just like her," Leviathan commented. Like who?

"Um... like who?" I asked. Mammon nudged Leviathan before he can speak any further.

"So you want to protect your family," Mammon said.

"Now I will be honest with you Mr. Harris, I am assigned to assassinate your father," Mammon said. My eyes widened, I felt dizzy and my senses went numb.

"As-assassinate?" I whispered. They are going to kill my father? I mean it was one of the possibilities I thought of but I didn't know they would select this option.

"Summing up all the crimes your father committed, this seems to be the only option for us," Mammon said. How does this man speak about killing someone with no remorse or regret? Is Dove really affiliated with these people?

What am I supposed to do now? If I go against these people, it won't work and I might put everyone's life in danger. I cannot seek help from the police department cause 'the sins' have contacts everywhere. My father is a traitor, but I don't want to see him die either. And if he is killed by 'the sins' his entire reputation as well as our business, everything will go down.

I have to decide which side I am on as soon as I can. For the sake of my remaining family, for the sake of Twilight.

"Ca-can I make a request?" I stuttered.

"Yes," Leviathan said.

"My father's death... can you make it look like an accident?" I asked. "My younger brother is an illegitimate child and he is already suffering because of that tag. Now I don't want him to suffer with the tag of the son of a traitor. Please... I beg you."

"We cannot-"

"Okay... we agree to it," Leviathan said cutting Mammon off.

"But Levy we cannot take decisions without asking Lucifer!" Mammon stated.

"I'll deal with it myself," Leviathan said. As much as I hate to admit this but Leviathan seems like a sensible man. Mammon sighed but he didn't argue any further.

"Vinter, I promise you no one will know anything about your father's wrongdoings, not even your family. So don't worry about your family suffering from a defamed aftermath. Everything will look like an accident," Leviathan explained. I let out a sigh of relief but I stiffened when I saw Mammon approaching me.

"Let me drop you till outside," he said. I nodded as he placed the mask on his face.

"You guys know Dove right-"

Before I could complete my sentence, my body was on the ground with Mammon twisting my hand behind my back. I groaned in pain.

"Who told you about that?!" Mammon asked in a dangerously deep voice. Leviathan came to my aid.

"Mammon let go of him! I'm sure Cynthia told him about that!" Leviathan hissed. Mammon let go of me but he never stopped glaring at me.

"I am sorry about that Vinter," Leviathan apologized. "Mammon is kind of overprotective over certain topics. Let me drop you till the outside instead."

Leviathan leads me out as he gestured for Mammon to do something which I couldn't figure out exactly.

"I am sorry I wasn't prying into your business back there," I said.

"Don't worry about it, Vinter. I know you are a good man," Leviathan said. "Mammon is kind of overprotective over Dove because unlike us she lives alone and as she's not an official part of 'the sins' it's even more dangerous for her."

"Yeah, Cynthia told me she's not an official part of your organization," I said.

"As Dove's mentor, I would like to ask for a favor," Leviathan said. A favor? Is this why he agreed to my condition of making my father's death seem like an accident?

"What favor?" I asked.

"My Chaos is a fragile girl, do not let go of her no matter what. She has suicidal tendencies, so please watch out for her," Leviathan said.

"Why is Dove so important to you?" I asked.

"Why is your half-brother so important to you, Vinter?" He asked.

"Because he's my family..." I said.

"Exactly, Dove is all I have outside this crime world so I would do anything to protect her," he said. "Never really told this to anyone but for her sake, I would even go against Lucifer."

"She sees me as her father."

Dove sees this man as her father. Do they share a bond that deep? I will have to stay on the good side of this man if I want to make Dove trust me.

"Aren't you afraid I'll give this information out in the media?" I asked. Leviathan chuckled.

"You are a popstar, Vinter Harris. You are more worried about your reputation than we are worried about ours. If you let out any details which we discussed here today, there were cameras present in the room which captured everything that happened. It will ruin you first," Leviathan said. I see, I know now where Dove got her smartness from.

"You are right," I said. "I will get going now and don't worry Dove is my soulmate I'll take care of her."

Leviathan gave me a warm smile as I got inside my car. The moment Leviathan left my entire composure fell and I started shaking as I realized what just happened.

"I-i sold my father's life..." I mumbled as tears rolled down my cheeks. My hands were shaking, my legs were shaking. I had trouble breathing. The only thing that went on and on in my head was 'I sold my father's life'.

It took me a lot of strength to keep my composure in front of them. But now that when I'm alone, I can't- I can't deal with this growing anxiety, fear. My father is going to die soon. How do I accept this fact?