Thē Jãilbīrd - Episode 73&74

 

 THĒ JÃILBĪRD

Thē Jãilbīrd - Episode 73&74

(Female•In•Disguise)

By; Naomi Cindy B.

★★★★★★★★★★★★★

#UNEDITED

... She landed on top of Erik's coffin!

Gasps erupted from the crowd, and Sergei's eyes was the widest as he watched Zoya struggling to stand to her feet in the grave.

* Sergei's daughter sure made a grand entry.

* Erik's burial is a spectacular 

Madden finally finished smoking the stick and threw down the stunt, marching it with his shoe tip.

Klara tried to wear a blank face, but it failed cos one look at her face will reveal how restless she is right now.

"Who's she?" Malik asked in a whisper from the other angle.

"Sergei's daughter" Jinx replied 

"I can see Angelika's face in her face" Malik whispered again.

"Keep it down" Poe glared.

"Oh I don't like where this is going" Malik shook his head.

Loud just remained silent, hoping it's not what he's thinking.

Adeline couldn't believe what happened either.

She wasn't expecting her to fall inside since she looks so strong, but at the same time, it's not her fault.

She didn't push her anyways, so she acted unconcerned till Zoya was able to stand on top of Erik's coffin.

She looked up furiously, and the amount of eyes she found on herself is enough to make anybody shrink and want to enter the ground, but she's like a stone.

No fear nor embarrassment on her face, and that only added to her scary demeanor, soaking the atmosphere.

Her angry eyes roamed the crowd till they landed on Adeline, and Adeline glared back with the same intensity.

It's like a glaring competition till Sergei spoke up.

"Neglecting your fiancee and allowing a lowlife bodyguard to disrespect her is not a flex, Madden" he said, and another chatter broke.

* Fiancee?

* When did it happen? A secret engagement?

"I knew it" Malik muttered, staring pitifully at Adeline.

"Oh no" Jinx mumbled.

Loud only folded his fists, trying to contain his anger as he stared at Madden.

How could that bastard look so calm in this damn situation?

Poe couldn't even talk or express herself... She couldn't believe her ears.

As for Adeline, all the blood in her system literally froze and began cracking in cubes immediately she heard that statement.

Fi... fiancee?

Her body began shaking, and no matter how much she tried to control it, she couldn't. 

It's so obvious that she's shaking, and she staggered powerlessly without getting pushed.

Eyes landed on her again, and her throat felt parched all of a sudden. Her palms vibrated with the shock, and her feet almost became one with her shoes.

Slowly, she looked up at Madden, and damn... He's still the same.

He's not looking at her, just acting like she doesn't even exist, like all of these is none of his damn business.

She stepped back from him immediately, and a thin line of sweat appeared on her temples, cascading down her dark brows.

Zoya smirked in the grave when she saw her shocked expression, and Sergei smiled satisfactorily as some mobsters brought a metal ladder to the grave.

Zoya started climbing up, and Adeline slipped out of the crowd, rushing out of the graveyard without drawing attention.

Loud noticed and followed her.

Zoya finally climbed out, and Madden retrieved his gun from his back pocket immediately.

With an insane speed, he jumped over the grave and landed on the other side where Sergei is standing..

He violently grabbed Sergei by the hair, swinging his head back before shoving his gun into his mouth forcefully, his eyes so mad.

The other men shifted back as Sergei's eyes rolled up. He definitely saw the gates of hell with the gun barrel in his throat.

"Madden!!!" Zoya yelled from the other side.

She started running to the other side.

Klara couldn't even move. All of these is her fault. Everything.

"You said something about a lowlife guard earlier... Mind repeating that shit?" Madden muttered, pushing the gun deeper into Sergei's mouth.

Sergei gagged, his eyes rolling around in horror.

"Your guards aren't here,, so stop rolling those eyes cos no one's gonna save you, and even if you had brought them, I'd have cooked them for my dogs!" Madden seethed.

"Madden stop! That's my father you're holding!" Zoya shouted when she finally arrived at their side.

"Look into my damn eyes! Do you see any care?" Madden faced her, and she immediately drew her gun too, pointing at him.

"If you shoot, then I'm killing you!" She spat.

"Ok, things just got intense" Malik muttered.

"This isn't good ... She shouldn't have said that" Jinx muttered.

Madden hates threats no matter the size.

"This will be fun" Madden smirked and withdrew the gun from Sergei's mouth 

He pushed him back and immediately pulled the trigger on him.

"Madden!!!!!!" Zoya screamed horrifically, but...

Sergei was fast to cover himself with one of the mobsters who brought the ladder earlier.

The bullet rammed into the guy between his eyes, and he fell dead at Sergei's feet as chills splashed around.

Terrified eyes fell on Madden as he lowered his hand, and Zoya quickly ran to cover Sergei.

"You better stay calm till the wedding, else... " He smirked warningly before leaving the burial ground.

Jinx, Poe and Malik followed him out, and the voices of the others came back immediately.

* Death acts like his name every damn time.

* Didn't you hear about the 30 buried guards, alive?

* Or what he did to the Thunder Tribe.

The murmurs made the place so noisy as Zoya slowly faced Sergei.

"He got worse... Madden got worse. He was ready to kill you" she muttered.

"You only have to stay calm till the wedding. He has nothing to use against me so he has no choice but to marry you before getting my vote" Sergei replied.

"I'm gonna kill that lady...what's her name again... Adeline? I made some research last night, and I found out she still has an aunt called Odessa in Colorado. I'm gonna kill the aunt, and another interesting part is that her sister might still be alive. I'll find the sister and kill her too, that should be enough to break her" Zoya said cynically and left.

Sergei wordlessly followed her.

Erik's body was buried without the presence of any family member, just The remaining Bratva members and some mobsters.

Within an hour, the burial was over.

*

Madden searched every corner and open space in the compound, but Adeline is nowhere to be found.

It's like she disappeared, and he even checked the wardrobe at his manor maybe she entered like last time, but it was fruitless.

He dialled her line for the umpteenth time, but it's off, and tracking is impossible without her phone on.

He was already feeling insanely hot in the brain as he went down the mountain again, down to the compound.

He checked the park, but all his cars are there.

If she went out, she definitely didn't take his car.

No that's wrong... She can't drive any other car except his own, she can't...

He suddenly remembered only three people left the burial ground with him.

Jinx, Loud and Malik.

Where the fû+ck is Loud? 

His eyes reddened with the thought of whatever they might be doing together right now, and his brain almost melted to molten.

It felt hotter up there, then he got his phone and dialled Jinx.

"Here" Jinx picked quick.

"Find Micheal, right f+çking now!" He snapped impatiently.

"Sure!" Jinx replied, and he hung up, taking a deep breath though it's restless.

Adeline has to bear this... It's the hardest part of it but she has to.

That wedding with Zoya has to happen. Even if he has to divorce Zoya after the election.

He can't become The Pakhan without Sergei's votes, and he can't protect her enough without it too.

And about Loud... Maybe it's time to finally kill that f+cker.

*

SERGEI'S MANSION*

Angelika and Aleksandr are currently in the living room, and though maids are surrounding them, that didn't stop Aleksandr from performing his craft.

He's holding Zoya's small pistol, and he drew three small circles on the wall with marker.

He shifted back, then he shot twice, hitting two of the circles perfectly.

"Whoa!!" Angelika clapped behind him, and he walked to her, dropping the gun in her palm.

"Try hitting the third circle" he said.

Angelika nodded, wrapping her small hands on the gun.

She shifted back and Aleksandr balanced her fingers on the trigger for her, then she pulled it.

The shot made her body vibrate, and it scared so much that she started crying as the gun fell from her 

She didn't even shoot close to the circle at all.

"It's scary!! I don't like it!!" She teared up, and Aleksandr pulled her into a pet hug.

"Sorry...i thought...I thought it'd be useful for you" he coaxed, and her tears started stopping, but then the maids quickly lined up as the door pushed open.

A lady came in, dragging a bag behind herself.

The maids tried to take the bag, but she refused, looking around the house like it's hers. She doesn't look like a visitor.

"Ksenia" Aleksandr muttered.

"Mommy's junior sister?" Angelika asked, and he nodded as the lady walked to them.

She looked at the bullet holes on the wall and then looked back at them, smiling.

"Gun at this age? You're really Death's kids" she said, taking turn to stroke their hair.

"Where's my sister, and father?" She asked.

"They went to the clan" Angelika replied, and she sighed, letting go of her bag finally.

"Shall I visit the clan too?" She smiled knowingly.

*

SECOND DISTRICT, A GRILL*

Loud took two bottles of vodka from the bartender and payed for them before heading for the back of the grill where a tree is.

Adeline is under the tree, wiping the tears that fell from her eyes every minute and sniffling like a kid.

Loud dropped the two bottles beside her, and she immediately pushed them away, so they crashed on the ground.

"I don't need vodka, and I want to be alone" she said, not looking up at all.

"You can't continue being like this cos of Death! He's not worth your energy. He has no heart so what were you expecting?" He replied.

"You won't understand" she replied.

"Understand what? The fact that you're in love with him?" Loud replied, and Adeline spranged up, getting in his face.

"That's not true!" She snapped in denial.

"Stop denying the obvious, Adeline. Stop! You're madly in love with Death, period!" He said before he could stop himself, and her puffy eyes widened.

"You...you knew?"

"Yeah... We know" Jinx's voice replied from behind, and they both turned to see her coming with Malik and Poe.

Adeline was speechless as she wiped the tears again.

"What?"

"Samuel Alonso... That's my name. Still remember the anonymous boy who wrote you letters everyday in highschool? The class introvert who always sat beside the window?" Loud said, and she quickly faced him.

"Wait ... Sam?" She said in raw shock, covering her mouth with her palm.

"Yeah, and not only that... The guy you bought his identity, the real Michael Alonso...is my junior brother" he continued, and Adeline's shock multiplied.

"Oh no"

"You don't have to worry though...your secret is safe" Jinx smiled, raising her hand.

"I have a loose mouth but I'd try to keep your secret" Malik raised his hand too.

"Whatever" Poe rolled eyes, turning her back on them.

Adeline still couldn't believe her ears when Loud hugged her, patting her back.

"It's better you forget about Death. He'd only ruin you" he said, and she sniffled again, not hugging him back.

"We have orders to bring you back" Jinx said,.

 Adeline pulled away from Loud. "I'm not returning to that compound anytime soon" She shook her head 

"Sure... take your time and drink" Loud smiled, pulling her back into the grill.

Malik quickly followed them.

"Master said as soon as possible!" Jinx shouted after him.

"I'll take the blame!" Loud replied.

"He's playing with his life." Poe scoffed as they followed them inside too.

After they've left, a guy came out from adjacent the grill, wearing a face cap and cover mask.

He removed the mask slowly, displaying his face 

It's Corey.

"I knew Madden was heartless... How dare he hurt her" he muttered, gritting his jaws.

He got a text from Nazeera and immediately disappeared into a corner.

*

CLAN, KLARA'S OFFICE*

Klara has been sitting in one position for more than thirty minutes, unable to move nor blink.

She has never been this restless all her life, and when she reminisced about the second thing she did, she clasped her fingers.

FLASHBACK, NINE YEARS AGO*

It's been a year since Madden's engagement to Zoya.

After Madden shot her on the arm last year, he suddenly agreed to the engagement, and no one knows why.

He exchanged engagement rings with Klara inside the cathedral, and that was the last time anyone ever set eyes on him.

He refused to come out of the manor except at night, and he refused to let anyone inside except Maya.

Zoya got so frustrated so much that Sergei threatened to break the deal if he continues like that.

Madden wasn't freaked, so this time, Sergei hatched another plan, and Klara couldn't say no since she's so desperate for his cooperation.

She used Maya to bring Madden out of the manor, and when he entered her office that night, there was no life nor light in his eyes at all.

It scared her so much that she almost forfeited the plan, but then he talked...

"Another deal?" He said, his deep voice lifeless too. 

"Yes... I'm about to hook another member of the top 5 again, and this one is an undercover doctor, I'm sure you know who I'm talking about. All he needs is your sperm donation to the infertile fathers in his clinic" Klara said with her heart in her throat 

"Just that?" Madden replied dryly like a robot.

"Yes. Just that" Klara swallowed.

"I need to m+sturbate, it'll be ready by tomorrow" he replied and left the office.

Klara started crying.

"I'm so sorry, Madden... I really can't lose Sergei's deal."

BACK TO THE PRESENT*

Klara released a heave, but she stood when Maya barged in.

"Now what are you gonna do? No one knows when Erik's hidden son and wife might jump at our faces and Madden is still stuck with Sergei all because of you! You know you used me too, right? You made me bring him out of his manor that night to donate sp+rm! The one Zoya planted inside herself and got pregnant with the twins because of!" Maya yelled.

"I only did what I had to! Try to understand me and talk to Madden on my behalf, please" Klara replied guiltily, and Maya grinned.

"You think he doesn't know about the kids? I told him about it last year but he's like Lord Lucifer cos even before I told him, he already found out! He knows about Angelika and the twin brother! He just didn't care! Why do you think he's so mad at you!" Maya shouted, and Klara's hands dropped.

"Oh no" she muttered.

"If anything happens to my brother's head and sanity, I swear to gawd I'll eat you raw, mother! I'll eat you!!" Maya yelled and stormed out of the office.

She bumped into Zoya and Sergei by the door, and she snickered hatefully.

"Get out of my way, Sp+rm Thief!" She spat at her face, and Zoya almost hit her, but Sergei held Zoya.

"That mad bî+ch" Zoya muttered as they both entered.

Klara couldn't even wrap her head around anything at the moment.

"The Bratva will be meeting tomorrow to pick the election date, and after the meeting, Zoya will move into the clan. Madden needs to get to know his kids before the wedding" Sergei said.

"That's not happening" Klara glared, and Zoya moved closer, waving her ring proudly.

"I'm moving in with my husband" she insisted.

*

CLINIC*

Igor's wounds got stitched by his nurses, and he's back to stable right now, though he's still in bed, and Andrei is beside him.

"I'm gonna kill Maya when I get out." He muttered.

"Get some rest first" Andrei replied, and he scoffed, then he noticed a new nurse among the nurses 

"Where you from?" He asked.

"Death brought her" one of the other nurses replied.

"He dared to bring an addition to my clinic?" Igor sat up immediately, but then, the door flung open, and Ksenia came in, beaming.

"The f+ck is she?" Igor stood from the bed.

"Ksenia... Zoya's sister... the one you're supposed to marry" Andrei replied, and Igor looked her up and down, inspecting her body.

"You're fleshier in person" he said, but he wasn't ready for when she dropped her birkin bag on the bed and came for him.

"What?" He rolled eyes, and she dipped her hand into the elastic of his joggers immediately, sliding it inside to grab his d+ck.

Andrei quickly left the ward, and the nurses did the same.

"Let go of my d+ck!" Igor glared.

"Aren't you planning to marry me? I'm only checking if you're worth it. I heard you once kicked Angelika, is that true?" She smiled.

"That's none of your business, just let go of my...

Igor couldn't finish when she pulled it brutally, almost plucking it off with her long nails.

"F+ck!!!! Let it go!!! Let it.... arggghhhh!!!!!!!!" He shrieked, and when he made to grab her neck, she punched his wounded stomach, and the stitch unzipped, so the wound began bleeding again.

"Is it sweet?" Ksenia winked.

"You crazy @ss wench.... F+ck!!!!!!!!!!!!!

She pulled again.

*

ZHITNEVO*

Corey entered the digital room 6 when he got back, and he met Nazeera waiting on screen already.

"Thought I'd be seeing you in person today" he said as he took his seat 

"Did you stalk Adeline again?" Nazeera asked.

"Go straight to the point. Are we entering the clan on the election day?" Corey asked.

"Correct, but even with your father's vote, we might not win" she replied.

"We have the vote of four members of the top 5, so??" Corey said.

"Madden definitely has something to use against them, and I suspect that's why he's so calm. He's too calm about it, and he's not the type" 

"What next then?" Corey asked.

"Assassinate all the top 5, including Sergei, then you can automatically become The Pakhan with your father's vote alone" she replied.

"Will start the killings tomorrow" he shrugged.

He expected her to speak again, but she didn't, so he looked at the screen and saw her clutching at her chest, rubbing the cross tattoo.

"Mother, you ok?" He asked, but she wasn't even hearing.

All that's ringing in her head right now his Ivan's evil voice...

"THIS TATTOO MEANS YOU NOW BELONG TO US... YOU'RE OUR SLAVE!!!" 

"Mother?" Corey stood, and she snapped out of it.

"Get some rest against tomorrow" she replied, and the screen went off.

Corey sighed, thinking about Adeline again.

*

CLAN, 7PM*

Adeline returned with the guys just now, but she doesn't even wanna go to the manor or the residence.

She needed solitude, so Loud suggested Trixie's pool.

Trixie was summoned, and she appeared in no time, holding the swimming hall key and a remote.

"You can pull up the blinds with the remote, and no one will see you inside. No cameras too, it's the best place to be alone, and I hope you get over whatever is bothering you soon. Remember we have an office to raid" she said, and Adeline smiled at her long speech before taking the two.

"Thank you" she patted her before leaving for the hall.

It's not far from the gym, and immediately she entered the small but cute blue space, she pulled up the blinds with the remote, and she stripped herself down.

She was in her plain panty and chest bandage when she turned her back to the pool and widened her arms, falling in like that.

She swam torturously for like ten minutes, bottling her emotions inside and trying hard to filter Madden out of her brain, but it's just impossible.

He's everywhere, even in the air... His devilish scent is blowing.

Wait... how is that even...

Before she could process it, someone else jumped into the pool with her, and her eyes widened as she turned back to see a huge body swimming to her.

She shifted back, and all blood drained from her face, but her heart returned when the person got to her and raised his head.

He stood in front of her, sweeping back his jet-black hair as his metallic eyes bore into hers.

Madden.

She didn't even wait to wonder why he's here or how he entered, she turned to leave the pool, but he grabbed her from behind, hands on her hips as he brought her back.

Her back crashed against his firm chest, and she gulped.

She struggled to release herself, but it's totally useless since he's like a bull, too strong to handle.

"Let go of me, bastard!" She lashed out defiantly.

"Who said you could disappear on me without permission? Are you trying to flirt with me? Will you only learn if I insert tracker into your skin?" He said, his tone angry.

"You think you have the right to be angry right now you heartless bastard?" She finally released herself and faced him.

He looks really mad.

"You had a fiancee and I knew nothing about it! I look like a fool following you around and hoping you'd open your rock of a heart one day but it's all my delusions. What am I? A s+x toy? Should I take off my panty so you can eat your favorite meal again? You want another f+ck? Huh? What the f+ck am I to you Madden!" She hit his chest.

"Stop being extra and let's return to the manor" he replied blankly, and she held his shirt in the front, tightly as her voice came out hurtfully.

You can just feel her pains from her words.

"You think I'm being extra right now? You're killing me inside and you're telling me to stop? Is it because of my small b👀bs? I can get implants if you want... Or do you not see me as a woman? You think I'm ok with being the other woman? I'm never gonna be your mistress so cancel the engagement Madden..."

"I can't, and I won't. Come with me, Addie" he replied bluntly.

"Choose me..." She whispered, pulling his shirt harder so their faces are just inches apart.

She was sniffling, her tears blinding and choky and hurtful.

Yet... Madden showed no emotions to it... He's like a soulless pit of hell.

Now she came to the realization that everything about Madden Smirnov is black.

Black heart

Black mind

Black soul

He's really morally dark, and he's not only a psychopath but a sociopath with no feelings.

She must have been so daft.

"Choose me, or I'll tell Igor to do the memory wiping, and I'd leave Russia" she said like a threat.

It's her last feeble attempt at making him show her a little humanity, but it didn't work at all.

If anything, it worsened his mood.

"Igor won't wipe your memory without my permission, and you can't leave without my permission too. Come with me and stop pushing me to the position where I gotta show you how cold my heart can get, Addie" he said emotionlessly, and she ruthlessly threw him a punch.

For the first time in her life, her blow landed brutally on his face, and it gave him a deep cut on the lips which began bleeding instantly.

"First of all, f+ck off" She muttered, letting go of his shirt and pushing his hard chest.

She has had enough of his mindfûck.

Madden licked the blood on his lips slowly, his eyes darker than a grim reaper's.

"And second of all, f+ck off!" She slammed fearlessly at his face before walking wetly out of the pool.

Madden immediately got his phone out of his pocket.

Thankfully, it's waterproof, so it's still intact despite the water. He dialled a number.

The veins at the back of his hand were dancing as he brought the phone to his ear, his features freezing.

"Master?" Loud's voice came from the other end.

"Wherever you are, just kill yourself before I get to you... Samuel" Madden muttered malignantly.

TBC.

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