e-booksonline Chapter 390 - Telling
Chapter 390 - Telling
Ava was starting to regain all the hope that she had lost from meeting Aiden once again. This was just perfect, if he wasn't part of the Nightshades, then she didn't have to worry about anything, well except for one thing... Aiden.
But that was only a small detail as Aiden wasn't as strong as the whole family. He was just one individual, and while Ava knew that he was powerful. She knew there was no way he could take on a whole organization.
'My family is high-leveled, so this should be fine... all things considered.'
"Are they strong?"
That was the only question asked after learning that he wasn't part of the Nightshades. She couldn't help but have a dumb smile on her face.
Aiden had obviously noticed it. He didn't know why she had smiled but he knew that she had done, and that was all that mattered.
"Oh... I'm not part of that family anymore, I changed again."
Jake and Ava were surprised. The smile that Ava had put on also disappeared from her face.
'Don't tell me that he joined the Nightshades...' Your journey continues with empire
If Aiden had joined a founding family, then Ava would still be in big trouble with him... it would bring a lot of different problems her way. There was no doubt about that part.
"Which one did you join?"
While it was Ava who had asked the question, Jake was also very interested in the question, which was quite weird considering that he hadn't paid attention to anything else since it had started.
'Should I tell her?'
Aiden wouldn't make the same mistake as before. He knew that revealing what family you are a part of could make things complicated, he had already experienced it when he had been in the Tutorial.
However, Aiden knew that they were so far away from civilization that there was simply no way that the information would be coming out from her. After all, Melinda was probably revealing some of his personal information to everyone since he had deserted the Emberbane Family.
'Well, to be frank... I don't think I'm part of any family now.'
Since he had left, could he even be considered part of one?
'Still, I can't tell them that, they will think that I'm weak. Such a thing simply cannot happen... never.'
Aiden didn't want to be in a position of weakness.
"We were recruited by the Emberbane Family, both me and her."
Lying to them right now would make things a lot easier.
Ava was even more confused. In fact, she was starting to think that Aiden was just one hell of a liar.
'Who knows what might have happened for him to leave that family...'
Ava had given no thought about him being kicked out of it based on how talented Aiden actually was.
"How come you joined the Emberbane Family?" Jake asked.
Aiden was surprised to find Jake so interested in that, but he didn't doubt him too much.
"Ahh... uh... it's complicated you know, lots of things happened here and there."
"Tell me."
This time he was a lot more direct, and he wanted to know.
Aiden slowly but surely started feeling Jake's pressure and it was unlike anything that he had felt in the past, he could feel that he was an ant. He was someone who could get crushed by the slightest attack from Jake.
'This... this is even worse than the aura of Melinda and Sylas combined. Just how...'
Aiden was confused about how such a thing was even possible in the first place since the leaders of the founding families were supposed to be the strongest in this world. Or at least, that's what everyone says...
Aiden had heard a little about the Mercenary, but he had never imagined the gap to be so big between everyone. It was shocking, and he had honestly never thought that such a thing would be possible. Aiden had experienced firsthand both of Sylas and Melinda's auras, and it wasn't comparable to this.
While he hadn't felt confident in facing those two. Aiden hadn't lost the grit of fighting against them, there was always a feeling deep down that he would pull it off, and that he would win against them. But looking at this man... it was different... Aiden knew he had no chance, it was a done deal.
'Just how did he attain such strength... this is just fucking crazy.'
"Alright, alright, I'll tell you... calm down, please."
That was a word that neither Emma nor Ava had expected to hear coming out of Aiden's mouth. They had no idea why he had said such a thing in the first place since all of Jake's aura was focused on Aiden and Aiden only. The others in the room couldn't feel the slightest thing which wasn't necessarily a bad thing.
"Go ahead."
"It all started at the Inter Family Tournament..."
Then, Aiden went on to tell Jake and everyone at the table about the deal he had made between him and Melinda. He had tried telling them lies at the start. But it seemed that Jake had a method to know when Aiden was lying which made things a lot more complicated.
However, it also gave information to Aiden... that he should never lie to Jake... ever. Or else, who knew what might happen?
***
It was now late at night, and Aiden had found a little bed to sleep on. Emma wasn't in the same bed as his but they were right beside each other with Ava not too far away from them.
Aiden was full of thoughts... he just couldn't stop thinking about so many things...
'Just how did this man get so powerful... and the thing is... he probably did it without any support from any of the founding families. Ah. Fuck, I can't wait for the training to start.'