THĒ JÃILBĪRD
Thē Jãilbīrd - Episode 37&38
(Female•In•Disguise)
★★★★★★★★★★★★★
#UNEDITED
"Where the f+ck do you think you're going, Micheal?"
Adeline's insides melted like lead in a furnace, and she could feel the hot liquid streaming through her insides immediately she heard those words.
Her throat dried up, and she instantly felt like throwing her blood up.
Madden let go of her leg and lifted an arm to the sofa, supporting himself with it before standing to his tall feet.
She was still in a daze when he grabbed her by the hair and dragged her roughly out of the workroom.
"Master!" She gasped fearfully, his countenance scaring her so much as he took her down the thin corridor, into his bedroom.
He kicked the bathroom door open and dragged her inside too, taking her to the bathtub where he hit the back of her knees.
Her knees lowered, hitting the ground hard, then Madden shoved her face into the water.
She began struggling, her bones hardening as the water penetrated into her nose and ears, blocking all her senses completely.
Madden's inhumane face remained closed and emotionless as he did the shove, not making any attempt to release her at all.
Adeline's body stiffened just like his body did earlier, and bubbles appeared on the water surface as she began gulping it uncontrollably.
Madden even shoved it harder, and her skin began reddening.
Yet, the demons in him kept screaming in his head for him to do more.
He was at the verge of drowning her completely when the programmed red light in the bathroom came on, distracting him.
He let go of her head, and immediately Adeline's head came back up, heavy coughs escaped her throat, and she began vomiting water, even from her ears and nose.
She shifted back on her butt, away from him before looking up to meet his lifeless eyes.
"I'm... I'm sorry" her voice barely came out as she spoke with shaky lips.
Madden squatted in front of her, and she shifted back again till her back met with the chilled wall.
She froze, her eyes set on his own.
"I knew this would happen, but the crazy thing is that I wasn't expecting it this early" he said, his voice spiralling.
"I lost my necklace in Alaska, and I was so sure it was during the fight. I contacted the CEO to send me the footage of the hallway, and through it, I saw you taking it. I've been expecting you to give it back, or maybe you'd try to murder me with it. Disappointedly, you chose the second one, and I knew the poison was in the water by merely smelling it. I chose to drink it because just like medicines have their expiration date, my poison has one too. It expired two days ago, meaning the components are now too weak to kill, it can only harm" he tilted his head as he spoke.
"I'm sorry... Trixie deceived me, and i didn't think. I.... I'm sorry" Adeline pleaded again and tried to hold his arm...
"You touch me, I'll kill you" his conc voice made her hand drop.
"Master...
"I thought you'd have learnt a lot about how this world works after spending two months here, but I was wrong. I am Madden Smirnov, I am not an Orlov. Trixie, Sin, and Igor are the motherfuckin' Orlovs. I and Maya belong to Klara, and our father is dead!" Madden yelled.
"I didn't know... No one told me" she shook her head.
"Did you ask questions? You have Jinx and Loud. If you asked then they'd have told you Corey was the closest to me. He was my bodyguard before he betrayed the clan and escaped!" He spat again.
"I'm sorry. I didn't think it through" she sniffled.
She has promised never to let out tears from her eyes in front of him.
Madden stood from his squatting position, spitting out blood.
Adeline scrambled to her feet too, spitting out water.
"Get out" Madden said.
"Master I'm sorry. I ...
"Get. Out." He said firmly, his tone chillier.
She quickly ran out of the room, not stopping to look back for once till she was eventually out of the manor.
She went down the mountain, finally letting out the tears.
They were falling hotly as she ran through the silent dark forest.
Will he ever forgive her now?
She wiped the tears before she got back to the compound though, and she head straight for Trixie's suite.
She barged in, and Trixie stood from the couch like she has been waiting for her return.
"The look in your eyes tells me you did something stupid. How was it? Did you really think Madden was Corey?" She asked mockingly.
Adeline didn't halt till she got to her and threw a full-fisted punch at her face.
Trixie staggered back in utter shock, then made to punch her back, but her shot arm hurts like hell, so the punch was weak.
Adeline felt nothing cos she returned it to her face immediately, and Trixie's lips bursted.
"Bloody hell" Trixie muttered when she saw the blood.
She picked her arrow and bow from the stool, but before she could set the two, Adeline snatched them from her and broke the bow, throwing it away before slapping her, hard.
Trixie's nose bled this time.
"Son of a slut!!!" She yelled, coming fully loaded for her.
She grabbed Adeline by the shoulder and began pushing her to the wall, but Adeline changed the game before they got there.
She turned Trixie to the wall instead, slamming her back on the surface before slapping her for the second time.
"Arhhh!!" Trixie cried, and Adeline scoffed.
If Trixie should report her to the house of Orlovs it if any of the guards should see this scene, she'd be killed gruesomely by The Pakhan, but she doesn't even care.
She's too filled with rage to care!
"Don't ever drag me into your family complications again, you hear me? Never! You think it's funny to play with my feelings? I hate it when my feelings gets toyed with you bratty bî+ch!" She yelled, slapping Trixie for the third time.
Sin came in at that same moment, and his eyes widened when he saw what's going on.
He rushed to the scene, taking Adeline away from Trixie before punching her in the mouth.
Adeline felt nothing from the punch too. It's like her anger built immunity against punch or something.
She returned the punch times two, and Sin's lips bursted too, then she grabbed him by the collar, throwing him off.
Sin flew across the couch and crashed on the wall behind it, going down with a loud groan.
Trixie's awed eyes didn't leave Adeline throughout, wondering how he got this strong.
Her punches are poisonous and her energy is too high.
"You're dead!" Sin stood suddenly.
His head was bleeding as he retrieved his gun, but Adeline brought out her own too. They aimed for each other at once.
"No!" Trixie quickly came between them.
"No no no....stop it" she said like a plead, but none was ready to back off.
"No one will pull the trigger in my house, so stop it!" Trixie shouted in another attempt to stop them.
Sin's hand went down first, then Adeline followed suit, breathing heavily.
"You can hate my master all you want, but I repeat... Don't ever mess with me again. Don't ever!" She threatened, pushing Sin out of the way before storming out of the suite.
Sin released a heavy stressed breath, and Trixie did same as they faced each other.
"What did you do to him?" Sin asked, going closer to her.
"He has a beef with Corey, and he was so determined to kill him. He accidentally saw him in my necklace, and she inquired. I told her it was Madden, that he underwent facial reconstructive surgery" she explained.
"You shouldn't have" Sin said.
"I didn't want to, but he pissed me off by shooting us! Can't you see he doesn't trust us? I've always seen him as my brother! I'll chose him over Igor any f+çking day, but he dislikes us and it's only getting worse!" She complained.
Sin's mind went to the Alaska incident when he wiped the laptop for Igor...
"He has every right to not trust us" he muttered, and Trixie looked up.
"What next now?" She asked slowly, her arms falling at her sides.
"You should forget about Corey, cos it's obvious he won't live, now that Madden and Micheal are after him" he said, pulling her into a hug.
Trixie hugged him back, resting her head on his shoulder.
"I wish father would show us our mother at least" she said.
"One day" Sin replied, stroking her hair.
*
MAYA'S SUITE*
Maya fell asleep immediately her body touched the bed thirty minutes ago, but Andrei didn't leave the room.
He stayed in the herbalist-like space, staring around.
Apart from the burning candles, there are some voodoo dolls on the table, all looking scary.
He took one of them and sighed, giving it a long watch before looking back at sleeping Maya.
Her stabbed arm is already bandaged. He had treated it himself.
His eyes caught her bed edge, and he slowly went there.
There are several bloody bandages there, and everything was used on her.
He packed them and brought them to the burner in the living room.
He threw them in, and the fire burned them up, illuminating the room more.
He might not know much about this f+çked up family, but at least he knows Maya and Madden are like the prince and princess of hell.
Erik took them in together with Klara after their father's death, but Erik never wanted them to outshine his own kids at all.
For that reason, Maya was mandated to stay in her room always, while Madden stayed at the basement.
While living in loneliness, the two kids saw what they shouldn't have seen, but whatever they saw till now is a secret between them.
No one knows except those two, and maybe that's why they're both experiencing madness.
Andrei sighed out, taking another look at Maya.
He went closer and covered her properly with the duvet, then he left the room.
A minute after, Maya's eyes opened slowly, and she slightly smiled, kissing her bandaged arm.
She was never asleep.
*
TRAINING GROUND*
Adeline went there immediately she left Trixie's suite.
She didn't even bother to change her wet clothes, she just strapped on her gloves then faced the punching bag.
She has been punching wildly since an hour ago, and she hasn't stopped.
She was sweating like a pig, and her breaths aren't amplified at all, then her limbs are aching so bad that they might just fall out of her body.
Yet, she kept punching, not ready to stop cos she kept getting the echo of Madden's voice in her head....
When he told her to "Get Out"
She couldn't get his disappointed expression off her head as she punched like a criminal, and it's killing.
From another angle at the ground, Jinx and Loud were staring at her with confused looks on their faces.
"What is wrong with him?" Loud muttered.
"I better stop him before he kills himself" Jinx replied, rushing over to her.
She got to Adeline and pulled her away from the bag, but Adeline pushed her back.
"Let go!" She glared and made to continue punching the bag, but Loud blocked her this time.
"I dunno what's going on, but get back to your senses. You've been punching the bag for over one hour!" He shouted unintentionally, and Adeline sniffled, looking from one to the other.
"Master is mad at me" she spoke up.
"Again?" They chorused.
Adeline sniffled for the second time...
"Who's Corey?" She asked.
"His name was on the documents at Alaska. He was the best assassin in this clan and also Death's bodyguard. They were so close before he betrayed the clan and escaped. He's wanted by the organization" Jinx explained.
"And Master is not an Orlov at all?" She asked again.
"Obviously. He's the son of the former Pakhan, Ivan Smirnov. Him and Maya" Loud explained, and Adeline dipped her fingers in her hair.
"What exactly happened?" Jinx asked worriedly.
Adeline didn't reply before rushing down the place, leaving him there.
"He's making me worried" Loud muttered.
"Me too" Jinx added.
"Me too" Another voice said, and they both turned to see Malik behind them, crossing his arms and backing the wall of the storeroom.
"Shut the hell up" Loud glared at him.
"You're not wanted anywhere around" Jinx added, and they both left.
Malik sighed, carrying his body away from the wall.
"I'm only waiting for Poe's awakening." He smiled.
*
Adeline tried contacting Kimberly, but she didn't see her anywhere in the compound.
She even went to her apartment maybe she'd get lucky and see her coming out or going in, but no sign of Kimberly.
She'd have texted her, but it's dangerous since their calls and messages are being monitored in here.
She gave up on Kimberly and went back to the mountains.
The manor is locked, so she had to wait outside.
She sat on one of the white stones, folding her legs up and expecting him to come out, but even after two hours, Madden didn't show.
Even when snowflakes began falling, she didn't move an inch from the stone.
Her clothes is still wet from the tub water, and that played a large part in fuelling her cold, but she still didn't change position.
She was already shaking even before 12 midnight.
She stayed there, but Madden never came out.
*
IGOR'S SUITE*
"Are you sure you don't need anything else?" Andrei asked after helping Igor disinfect the stab wound on his arm.
"I'm fine, you can leave" Igor replied.
He's sitting on the couch, his arm placed gently on the armrest and his eyes wandering about.
"Are you sure? If you still have plans to kill Micheal then I can bring him to you now" Andrei said again.
"That's not my pain right now. Leave, Andrei. Just notify me whenever gather returns" Igor replied simply.
"Sure" Andrei shifted back before finally leaving the suite.
Instantly after he left, Kimberly came in with tears in her eyes, and Igor's eyes turned disgusting immediately he saw her.
"I saw you getting hurt, and I couldn't think straight since then. Are you ok?" She asked, standing in front of him.
"I was ok till you showed your face" he replied harshly.
"Do you want me to give you a blowjob? I hear it alleviates pain" she offered.
Before he could reply, his phone dinged.
It's a text from Andrei.
• The Pakhan is back.
Igor stood immediately, leaving the suite without saying another word to Kimberly.
Kimberly looked around, and when she saw Igor forgot his phone, she smiled before taking it.
She settled on the couch and got to work.
*
HOUSE OF ORLOVS*
Surprisingly, Igor met Trixie and Sin waiting in front of the house when he arrived.
No words were exchanged between they all went in since it seems they're all here for the same thing.
They went to Erik's office and met him just settling with Sergei.
"Here are the bonafide kids" Sergei grinned, but nothing is funny at the moment.
"Y'all need to up your abilities. There's a bigger issue. We have to close the deal with the Thunder Tribe this weekend. There must be no mistakes with the mission as Madden's team will be going too, and...
"Stop it!!!" Igor yelled, shutting Erik up suddenly.
Sergei shifted on his seat, enjoying the scenerio that's about to take place.
"Did you just?" Erik said unbelievably.
"Yes I did. We are not going on the mission if you keep hiding our mother from us" Igor replied, determined.
"Will you keep acting like a kid? Crying over a mother who gives no f+ck about you? You're smarter than this!" Erik snapped angrily.
"Yes I'll keep crying! Why have you been trying hard to hide her? Don't we have the damn right to ask?" Igor replied glaringly.
"Igor!!" Erik yelled.
"Don't call his name!! He asked for mother so provide her!!" Sin yelled back, and Erik was surely taken aback by the savageness.
"Your mother is dead" he muttered after a sigh.
"That's a lie" Trixie talked, and Erik grinned.
"If Igor and Sin are asking for a mother, you think you have the right to ask too?" He said.
Trixie pinched herself immediately, then she walked out fast.
"Trix!" Sin went after her immediately.
"This is only just the start though" Igor muttered and left too.
Erik sat back, and Sergei smiled in front of him.
"That was quiet a show. I've been wondering too, who's the mother of your three kids?" He asked.
"She's dead" Erik replied sharply, and Sergei scoffed.
"I'm not a fool"
"Then quit wondering" Erik replied.
*
*
MOUNTAIN, SECOND DAY*
Adeline nearly froze to death throughout the night since she spent the whole of it in front of the manor.
She's still on the same spot, sitting on the white stone and shaking which her chin on her knees.
Several guards came up the mountain to deliver messages for Madden, and as they walked past her into the manor, she got questioning looks that she's not even ready to check out.
She's hungry as f+ck, but maybe hunger strike will help with her self-punishment.
Her stomach grumbled every minute, but that's a minor problem.
Loud and Jinx climbed up the mountain at noon, and they were shocked to see her there too.
"Don't tell me you spent the night on this cold mountain? Are you trying to get yourself killed?" Jinx said.
"I'm not cold" Adeline replied.
"How do you feel after saying that with those shaking lips? C'mon let's go down there's a mission at weekend and everyone is going. Eat and load yourself for preparatory stuff" Loud said.
"I'm not leaving this place till Master comes out" Adeline replied.
"Man, are you mad?" Loud said, looking pissed.
"What exactly happened between you and Death this time?" Jinx asked.
"It's personal" Adeline replied, then a mobster came up the mountain.
"Poe is awake" he told Jinx.
"For real?" Jinx gasped, running down the mountain with the guy immediately.
She didn't wait for anyone.
"Are you going or not?" Loud asked Jinx again.
"I'm really not going, Loud" Adeline shook her head, and he nodded.
"Fine, I'll be at the training ground" he said and went down too.
The manor didn't open till the evening, and Adeline's hunger only got worse.
Her lips paled up and began peeling, and her face became whiter than her body as a result of cold.
She hugged herself, adjusting her sitting position on the rock.
Then, Lady Selesta climbed up the mountain with Angelika.
She's holding a tray of food which she dropped beside Adeline.
"You should at least eat if you wanna wait. Madden won't come out to you just because you're starving yourself" she said.
"I'm not starving for him to forgive me" Adeline replied.
"Self-punishment? Isn't that too harsh? You're a sniper and a fighter. You'll die without proper food" Selesta said.
Angelika took Adeline's right hand and rubbed it slowly.
"Please... Eat something and let's go back down together." She pleaded, and Adeline smiled slightly.
"I'll go back down when my master comes out to me, ok?"
"But he's wicked, I don't think he's ever coming out. He's scary" Angelika muttered, and Adeline stroked her hair.
"I'll be fine"
"But you don't look fine. Your hand is so cold and your lips are too dry! What if you fall sick!!!" Angelika began crying.
Lady Selesta quickly carried her.
"No one will die of hunger at my watch. If you don't eat this food, then I won't take it easy with you" she said seriously, going down the mountain with Angelika in her arms.
The little girl's cry echoed till she was totally gone.
Adeline looked at the tray of food, and the appetizing smell of meatballs hit her nose, making her stomach grumble again.
She quickly pushed the tray away, turning her back on it completely before burying her face in her knees.
Corey was in this clan.
He was Madden's bodyguard.
He's an assassin.
What if someone from this clan sent him to assassinate her family?
She'd have to find out by herself, but that surely won't be possible without any help from Madden.
It's a no-go area if Madden still stays mad like this, so she has to fix this first.
By 7pm, she was completely powerless and weak.
No energy, no stamina, no food in her tummy, and she's surely short of water too cos her throat itches...
Her body was shaking with insane hunger and thirst.
Even when she was in jail, she got her daily meal and ate in sorrow, but now...
Now she's hopeless.
By 10pm, she's at the verge of passing out, but she held back with her blood.
Passing out is a sign of weakness, and that shit won't happen again.
By 12am midnight, making her third day of being here, she was shaking from the inside.
She couldn't even part her lips... It's like hunger already gummed the two together.
She brought her phone out of her pocket, but it fell off her shaky hand, and that was when she heard the sound of opening door.
She didn't bother to take the phone before turning to look.
Madden came out of the manor, wearing a quiet big sweatshirt and pants, and his face is just like she remembered.
Expressionless, cold, and unreadable.
She quickly stood to her feet, and her knees almost hit the ground at the weakness.
Madden didn't move from the doorframe, so she did the moving.
She ditched her phone that's on the ground and jumped down the stone, staggering before doing a funnily fast walk to him.
It's like the air is swaying her as she walked, and when she finally got to him, she wrapped her arms around him, hugging him so tight that she lost the remaining energy in her lungs.
"I'm sorry...so sorry." She whispered.
"I'll be careful next time" she whispered again, hoping he won't push her away.
Madden stayed still like his statues, not making any move for over two minutes.
That same time, Poe climbed up the mountain.
She got discharged not long ago, and the came here straight.
She stopped immediately she saw the scene, her scarred disfigured face looking super ugly as her barefoot stilled on the surface she's standing on.
"I'm sorry...master" Adeline whispered again, unconsciously sniffing Madden's scent as she wrapped her arms tighter on him.
There's the falling snow smell, then there's Madden's snowy smell... They're damn different.
"How long did you starve yourself for?" His deep voice came.
Adeline broke the hug to look up at him. She's tall, but not like him.
"Two days" she replied, and she saw his sharp jaws clench.
Lifting the curve of his pointer finger to her chin, he raised her face up, and she tightened her lips.
"Master...
"You forgot the thing about your life? It belongs to me, so you can't die without my permission" he said authoritatively.
She went quiet, just staring blankly into his eyes as if she's gonna swim inside them.
Poe started moving closer to them again, but Adeline's next words stopped her.
"You're not mad anymore?" She carefully asked, and Madden's lashes batted.
"You won't be holding my arm if I'm still damn mad" he replied casually, and she looked down to see she's actually still holding his arm.
"Sorry" she quickly let him go.
She made to move away, but immediately she took a step back, he grabbed her suddenly by the throat, pulling her back to himself.
He wrapped his arms on her body in a crushing embrace__an all-consuming hug that screams possessiveness, his mind filled with hungry lust...
"Stay still" he ordered, the chill of his cold voice hitting her ear.
Adeline smiled, her face resting on his chest as she hugged him back tightly.
Poe turned her back on them, trembling as she ran down the mountain.
TBC.
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