Chapter 4 Eva Takes Control
Bella's POV
I still couldn't believe my eyes as I stared at him, Ethan Valente, one of the most feared underground Lords in the world.
“ I remember warning you about Lucas but you believed that he genuinely loved you and now, see how miserably you have ended up?” he said while staring at me coldly.
I felt a chill from his gaze and subconsciously took a step back.
“When did you become so timid?” he asked but I remained mute.
“Let's go to a better place to talk,” he said before walking out of the bar.
I immediately picked up my passport and the flight ticket, when I walked out of the bar, he was already seated in his car.
The black Cayenne brought back memories that I had forcefully locked up for the past three years.
“It's nice to see you again, Bella.” Martins, his right hand man, opened the door for me with a smile.
“It's good to see you too, Martins” I got in and my body relaxed thanks to the car heater.
I stared out of the window as I couldn't bring myself to look at Ethan as memories of what happened three years ago filled my head.
My life before I met Lucas was filled with dangers and thrills, I lived everyday like it was my last.
So when Lucas showed me a different way to live, I immediately fell for him and abandoned everything and everyone that I cared about.
I guess I allowed those romantic dramas to get to my head, forgetting that it was all just an act.
Lucas never knew anything about me, he believed that I was just a normal girl trying to find her footing.
“You wanted to be free from all the darkness but you forgot that the human heart can be very deceitful” Ethan’s voice pulled me out of my thoughts but I still didn't look at him.
“You were one of our best hackers and if you hadn't left, you would have been promoted to a core position in the organization” he said calmly.
I clenched my fist and my nails dug into my palm as I remembered the disappointment on everyone's face when I left.
“How are the big sisters?” I asked but he didn’t reply immediately.
“They avoid talking about you” he finally said with an emotionless voice.
My chest suddenly tightened and it felt so painful to breathe.
“Lyra kept blaming herself, she felt like it was all her talks about love that influenced you. Naomi became more focused and channeled her anger into training. She is now ranked third on the country's Assassins list while Paige has been working as the organization's hacker but she is not even as good as you were back then.”
I turned to look at him and saw him calmly lighting a cigarette, he took a long drag and puffed out a cloud of smoke.
“We moved here a year ago,” he said calmly before taking another drag.
I wanted to ask why no one told me then I remembered that I cut off all ties with the organization when I left.
“So everyone is here…” I murmured sadly.
“I warned them not to interfere with your life but Lyra is still as stubborn as ever”
“She was the one that gave Sasha a good beating after she framed me six months ago?” I asked him with a slight smile.
At least someone was still genuinely looking out for me.
“We will talk after you have rested, hand over the passport and ticket to Martins, he will take care of it” he gestured for me to open the door and that was when I realized that we were in a huge estate.
I wondered how such a huge estate would be in this city and I haven't heard of it.
“The area is restricted” he said like he heard my thoughts.
I didn't say anything else as I swiftly opened the door and stepped out.
The car immediately drove off and I stared at the fading car lights, wondering what I was supposed to do.
“Who do we have here?”
I froze as soon as I heard the voice, then slowly turned around to see three beautiful ladies standing at the entrance of the huge mansion in the middle.
I took several deep breaths to prevent myself from crying as I looked at them.
Lyra had tears in her eyes as she slowly walked towards me, Paige and Naomi were acting tough but the redness of their eyes betrayed them.
“You look terrible” Lyra said and that was all it took for my tears to spill out of my eyes.
She pulled me into her arms and it made me cry even more. The fact that she still looked out for me and never blamed me despite all my heartless decisions, made me feel guilty.
“Let's go inside.. She looks cold” Naomi said and Lyra led me into the mansion.
She took me to her room, I took a hot shower and Paige gave me a pair of joggers and a shirt to wear while Naomi made me a cup of hot tea.
“I am so sorry, I …”
“Save your apologies, I want you to earn our forgiveness with your actions” Naomi interrupted me calmly.
“Go easy on her,” Lyra said with a sad voice while slowly stroking my hair.
I forced myself to not cry but the tears were still threatening to fall.
“What she needs now is the truth, don't sugarcoat anything! She needs to understand that she was deceived and used by that son of a bitch and when he got tired, he tossed her aside!.
She doesn't need to be pampered, she needs to fucking toughen up and kick their wretched asses!” Naomi said angrily, her hands were as the rage boiled through her.
She suddenly grabbed my chin and made me look into her eyes.
“I told you that family isn't all that matters but you always wanted their validation, you wanted them to see your worth and praise you but what did they do in the end?
They treated you like a commodity, rented you out to Lucas Moretti and when the lease expired, he returned you” She added and my heart felt so painful.
It felt like it was being stabbed repeatedly with a dagger, even breathing came with excruciating pain.
“That's enough Naomi!”Lyra yelled when she saw how I was reacting.
“I am giving her a reality check! She isn't a fragile princess, so this is not enough to put her down.
She grew up in an assassin organization for crying out loud!” Naomi yelled back.
Their voices slowly faded and everything became silent.
“I never thought you could get any more weak and pathetic”
“You allowed yourself to be used and manipulated like a puppet”
I felt a sharp pain in my head and I could hear Lyra’s panicked voice but it was faint.
“Do you even have the guts to take revenge on them?”
“Won't you go running back to that asshole if he opens his arms to you?”
I couldn't believe that I was hearing her voice again, it's been four years since the treatment, and the doctor had said that Eva, my alter, was gone forever.
“Eva?” I asked in my mind.
“Of course it's me, did you really think I was gone? I just took a step back to give you a chance but look how you ended up”
“Let me take over, I can get revenge for you, I will make them all pay!” she vowed angrily.
“Eva, make them pay” I said to her before blacking out.
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When I opened my eyes the next morning, I looked around the unfamiliar room while trying to recall where I was.
There was a dull pain in my head and I remembered everything that happened.
I made my way out of the room and walked down a long hallway before I finally heard voices.
“They are really despicable”
“We will definitely have to get revenge for Bella”
My big sisters seemed to be upset about what happened to me or Bella to be specific.
“ What's going on?” I asked as soon as I entered the huge sitting room, it looked more like a conference room.
“Bella, how are you feeling dear?” Lyra asked me with an extremely worried tone.
“I feel superb” I replied and she looked stunned by my response.
“Pg I heard you are now the organization's chief hacker, that's pretty awesome” I said to Paige.
“Eva?” Paige asked in shock.
“The one and only baby” I replied to her with my signature smirk.
“But Bella…”
“She asked me to get revenge on them” I interrupted Lyra.
They just stared at me with complicated expressions.
“Welcome back Eva” Ethan’s voice came from behind me and I turned around to face him.
“Someone got handsome and you better find the doctor from four years ago and put a bullet down his throat because he didn't do shit” I said to him with a smile.
“So you just allowed her to take over?” he asked me with a frown.
“I took a step back for her to live freely but see how she ended up.” I said with a frown.
“Boss!” Martins hurried in with a panicked expression.
“Report” Ethan said emotionlessly.
“The Ricci family and Lucas are really vicious, they never wanted to let Bella leave.
I got someone else to disguise and go in her place but the plane exploded as soon as it entered the sky and no one survived” he reported while trembling in rage.
“Wow.. they really wanted me dead but unfortunately I'm alive and I'm coming for them” I said with my signature smirk.