Chapter 83

Nai dropped her phone after her brother told her that aunt Josephine and Kai are dead now, feeling helpless as she was the main reason for their death. While trying to avenge her dead uncle, she drowned in blood herself. Nai fell down as well as her tears, not feeling the hard street under her knees, and not hearing the noises around her at all, she just grabbed her chest after punching it several times, then she wiped her tears and walked away, swaying and hollowed.

"Hey, are you ok?" Beran asked after he was calling her name yet she didn't answer

"No, I'm not ok", she said, smashing his hand away from her shoulder, however, that hand already helped her calm down a bit.

When Nai finally reached her home, she lost all the fake strength she was holding onto, and she fell to the ground just after closing the door behind her

"Did the mission fail?" Ice asked calmly, yet his voice was the least she wanted to hear. Is she supposed to tell him that he just lost his parents? Should she tell the truth? and if she should, how? Her tears and cries got worse, and she couldn't say a word as they chucked in her throat, so she preferred turning her head to the ground to not look into his eyes, however, what she saw was enough to cut her cries and dry her tears. The scar on his left leg was the same as the one on the southern mafia's, VL.

Her brain started displaying many memories, photos and sounds. It's now clear why he came just after the letter arrived, and why he knew so much about the mafia even though he spent most of his life abroad. It's now clear why she once found a black hair on his shoulder even though his hair is white as snow, why he always understands what happens in the center just after she tells him a short brief, and why he never asked for further details. It's all because Ice and VL are the same person

"I.. I need some fresh air", she said, then she stood up and left the apartment fast, heading to nowhere and walking in an unknown direction, then finally, she found herself in a bar, and she drank until her brain stopped working.

"Twinkle twinkle little star.. Twinkle twinkle little star", she was murmuring while her legs were trying their best to keep standing

"Why is a little star like you twinkling here?" a man in the street said

"Haha hahahaha You… You are pretty. Azora loves pretty things", She stuttered

"Well. I love pretty things too. Do you wanna come with me?" the man said, outstretching his arm to hold hers, however, someone pulled her away before he could touch her soft white skin

"Who are you?" the man said

"If you knew the answer, I would have to kill you", Beran said, pointing a pistol towards the man who ran away just after he saw it. He sighed, yet a bang sound coming from behind him cut that sigh out, and when he turned around, she was already on the ground.

"Nai.. Nai wake up", he said, poking her shoulder softly, yet she turned around, and hugged his arm just like a koala and a tree, not willing to let go and not willing to wake up.

Beran had no other choice, so he carried her all the way to a hotel, then he layed her on the bed, covered her well, and left silently. He walked out of the building, thinking of how stupid that situation was, yet kind of feeling lightened whenever her face came across his mind. "She is cute", he thought while smiling, yet he paused once he realized what he just thought about, and shook his head.

"BERAN", someone shouted, which forced him to look above and to see that (cute girl) waving her hand for him and about to jump from the balcony

"Shit.. shit shit shit", he shouted while running inside again. He reached her room that was still open, and he entered quickly to see her, with her hair moving and shining just like a river under the moonlight. Her cheeks were red as the weather was chilly, and she was smiling like he had never seen before. For a brief moment, time stopped in his world, yet he had to break that moment as she was about to fall down due to the strong wind pushing her delicate swaying body.

"Hahaha you caught me at the last second", she said giggling while looking at him.

"Shut up", he said, then he pulled her up and made her enter the room again

"Are you crazy? You could have died", he said after closing the balcony door, yet she just giggled again then fell on the bed.

"Am I a babysitter?" he thought angrily, yet he used the mafia snake's order to keep her safe as an excuse for his desire to stay.

Beran shackled her arm to the bed, then he took off her shoes slowly and covered her well once again. He sat on the couch that was opposite the bed, and he kept staring at her sleeping face. That girl in front of him was so much different than the girl he completed the mission with, she seemed harmless rather than strong, peaceful rather than crazy, cute rather than brave, yet somehow, she was surrounded by the same aura, a special aura just around her.

"Don't die.. no. no.. NO", she shouted while sleeping, then she rose up as if she was splashed with iced water, yet seeing him in front of her stopped her fast breathing rhythm.

"You woke up fast", he said calmly

"Where am I? and what are you doing here?" she asked coldly

"You got drunk, I brought you here and you were about to fall off the balcony so I stayed to watch you until you are sober again", he said

"Oh… ugh, I remember now. Sorry for the trouble, you can leave now I'm alright, and thank you for everything", she said while rubbing her eyes with her hand, however, when she realized that she was shackled to the bed, she felt danger.

"What are these?" she asked, with a voice tone opposite to the one she used a moment ago, yet he said nothing, he stared at her for a while longer, crossing his legs and laying his head on his hand, then he stood up and walked towards her calmly. Beran got closer and closer to her, close to the point she saw nothing other than his royal blue eyes that were lifeless and sparkless. His face was expressionless as usual, and his dark navy blue hair was put up as it always was, however, she felt different, she felt there was something strange in him even though he was the same as always

"Beran.." she said in a low voice

"I.. don't understand", he murmured, then he moved away and took the handcuffs off for her. He was about to leave, yet she stopped him and asked him to stay as she wanted to ask him something.

"VL? Well, I was very young when he became the mafia leader, he first became the southern mafia leader's assistant, then he became the leader himself once the previous one died. He is known for being silent and for wearing his mask all the time. He is a bomb specialist, but he is also very good at physical fighting, shooting, and many other things that makes him in a whole different level of being excellent", he said after he sat down again

"Have you noticed something weird about him lately?" she asked, trying to figure out how can he be abroad and a mafia leader at the same time

"Not really. He is not known enough since the start", he said, then he pressed on his fist a little and said "why are you asking about him?"

"I suspect one of my acquaintances as being him, it just didn't make sense as that person spent the majority of his life abroad, so how can he be in two places at once?" she said

"Maybe that's the point of him being not well known, I mean even if anyone else took his place, none of us would notice that, but that would require someone who is at the same level as him, not higher, not lower, add to that that they must be the same height and weight", he said

"That's it. Beran you are intelligent", she said, with sparkles filling her eyes and excitement filling her voice, yet he could never see the pain behind the knowledge he just gave her

"Levi… my real name is. Levi", he said with a low voice, yet it was high enough for her to hear it properly

"Levi… it's a really nice name", she said with a smile, however, hearing his name that he didn't hear for a really long time coming out of her mouth made his heart beat faster.

"I should go now, and I think you must too as we still have school. I paid for the hotel so don't worry about that", he said while leaving the room, then he closed the door and left her alone to drawn in her tears again