It was quite shocking getting the news, this may be the hometown of the Amaris family and center point of the Creymours. But Arestair himself never came to the city much often.

His main headquarters were in Canada and Italy. Word has it that even though he still hasn't taken over as the leader yet, the gang already follows and acts according to his orders and accepts him as a leader.

Even his own father doesn't hold that much power over the gang and is unable to do anything against him.

Some say he was the one who turned the gang into the vicious and powerful gang seen now, rising up to the throne as the best. Some say it was his father. Which one is it, no one knows for sure.

Not many had seen his face in person, people only know his face from the news and pictures. He liked staying rather lowkey.

The police had little to no power to stand up against them . There are many tales of his bravery.

But the most famous one is probably the first fight he ever won. He alone took down a gang by himself in Italy with only 5 of his best men.

The gang had minimum 250 men in it. It happened a few years ago and after that he had first made his main headquarter there and spread it throughout both Italy and Canada.

This story is famous because this was where he started.

Although his men joined under the name of Creymour gang, they are known to be loyal to him and solely serve him, making it almost like his own gang.

So it's an unspoken truth that the Creymour has two sides, one side belongs to Clamentine Amaris, the current leader.

The other belongs to Arestair Amaris, the soon to be leader, who by the way has enough power to take down his own father's gang.

He might have come at times to visit his family, but he never stayed for long. And his men are literally everywhere. So, he can still control matters without being physically present. He never needed to stay at places much long.

Thus people were shocked. But Alyssa was in another kind of shock. This man was also probably the reason behind her father's death, her brother's death.

His men killed her loved one's. Even if he didn't order it himself , the members from his gang were the reason behind their deaths. He was the upcoming leader of the same vicious gang. He was one of them.

And for the first time, she found herself despising a person so much.. But more than that, she found herself fearing this person. Because, if the stories are true, then this man might be more sinister and murderous than the current leader.

The day went on like nothing had ever happened. Reaching school, Alyssa shrieked when a pair of hand suddenly wraped around her.

Seeing the face of her best friend Raechel, Lyssa started giggling. The whole hallway Rae kept on whistling and passing on weird comment to the guys passing them.

It wasn't something new, she had always been a crackhead.
"Why do u do this every single time? You don't live in stone age ye know . At least try to act like a civilised person." Alyssa told her rolling my eyes.

" Excuse you, dear. If you didn't know, I am the most civilised and elegant person you would ever meet in your entire life. You should feel honored " she said looking proud as ever.

" Says the one who asks boys about their weeny size and underwear color and most often than not harasses them mentally and physically. Oh, such elegance " she glared at Alyssa.

"You know, if I weren't a girl, I would've literally dated you.

The only reason guys leave you alone is because if they came near they'd have to face me and they know that I'll make them soo miserable that they'd wanna go back to their momma's womb.

I've been protecting you from those 'guys' and this is how you repay me, huh?, by mocking me. You should be more grateful u brat" Rae answered, puffing her chest as if she were proud.

"Oh yes yes mam. Indeed you have been protecting me, my apologise. No one would wanna mess with your psychotic ass. I Am veeery grateful " Lyssa said.

At that Rae looked so offended, if Alyssa didn't know better, she would've thought Rae was serious.

"How could you say that! I'm not psychotic. I'm perverted, legendarily rabid and a sadist bruh. Psychotic doesn't even hold a candle to my qualities. You take that back right now young lady" Alyssa started laughing hard.

Her friend was indeed something else.

"I wonder where you left your brain before being born ". She said while laughing.

The day was going good as the friends had their fun time in between the classes. Alyssa and Rae had most of the classes together, that explains the reason why she couldn't focus much in the class.

Rae would keep doing stuff to distract her. But besides all that, Alyssa was relieved to have Rae with her.

She was a fairly shy and timid person, and had a hard time making friends or standing up for herself.

Opposite to Rae, who was brave, funny and outspoken. And Rae was right, Rae had been protecting her since they became friends, from the guys pursuing her to the bullies.

And Lyss never felt lonely or bored. It was fun being with Rae. How did Rae never leave Lyssa or found her boring and how are they still friends only god knows. But she was very very grateful to have her as a friend.

Alyssa kept praying that she didn't bump into Damien that day, and fortunately, she didn't.

After school, she again went to the cafe. She worked there in 2 shifts. One in the morning and one in the evening.

The place was usually pretty calm during the evening time. It wasn't buzzing with people like morning and the mood was quite relaxing. So, Alyssa preferred the Evening shit than the morning.

Layla was gossiping away with Justin who looked like he was a deer caught by a predator. He did not look happy hearing her blabber away. It was funny to see.

Carlos was taking orders while Michael kept pouting because apparently there was not a single young woman in the cafe, only old women.

Alyssa was serving a customer when suddenly everything became silent... eerily silent.. Alyssa turned around from the table she was serving to the men that had just entered the cafe.

All of them wearing suits and looked deadly. They sat on a table in the corner, Lyss knew they were bad news although she didn't know who they were.

Layla was frozen. So were Justin and Carlos. Even Michael looked like he'd seen a ghost. And that says a lot considering he's the most muscular one out of the bunch.

Seconds turned to minutes. When no one moved or went to take their order, the men started to look annoyed.

So Alyssa hurriedly went to their table, she was nervous but tried not to show it in her face.

"What may I get you, sir? Have you decided your order or would you like to take some more time" she said in a calm manner, trying to look unaffected by them.

After a few seconds one of them answered "What would you recommend? ". She wasn't looking at their faces up until now. She looked at the person to answer and stopped.

His face looked handsome with his sharp jaw line, perfect nose and lips that looked incredibly tempting.

His ash colored eyes with a little tint of blue in it looked ethereal. It was safe to say he was probably the most handsome man she had ever seen in her life.

His broad body looked toned and his muscles peeked out through the white shirt underneath the coat, the buttons looked like barely holding on and would burst open any minute.

But aside from being handsome, he also looked very familiar. Alyssa couldn't remember where she had seen him and that bothered her.

Realising she was staring she snapped out of it and hurriedly replied " cappuccino and vanilla shake are our best items. Also the donuts are pretty good. Although I kind of doubt you would order any of those" giving them a toothy smile.

This is how I Imagine Arestair to be. Not exactly like this, similar but rougher.

Giving this extra picture just because I liked it. And he's without a shirt because I could not find a decent picture of this sexy specimen.

And also because I'm a pervert.

The men sitting along with him were also handsome, but not nearly as handsome as the one with ash eyes.

But the way he looked at her made her uncomfortable, they looked dangerous as if hiding a malice behind them.

He then said " We would like 4 cappuccinos and no sugar." his voice was thick and deep. A little too much manly. And although it was sexy, for some reason it scared her.

"Will that be all sir?" she asked just wanting to leave.

"Yes" the man said.

She hurried back to the counter. She felt his eyes on her back, she looked around and caught him staring at her.

But he didn't even avert his eyes, instead he just smirked. She felt like he could see through her, making her feel uncomfortable and naked.

She scurried behind the counter. Layla pulled her close, she looked scared and worried and asked Alyssa if she was okay.

Michael and Justin did the same and asked her to get inside. Confusion flushed over Alyssa. Who were these men. She asked Layla and Layla looked shocked. " you don't know who that is!? " she whispered.

Alyssa shook her head. " Are you kidding me! He is Arestair. The Arestair Amaris " Layla whispered.

And Alyssa's mind went blank, heart beat became fast, breathing became harder, her legs felt like giving out, the world around her becoming a blur..

She had been talking to him!! She came to her senses when she felt Layla shaking her vigorously looking at her with concern.

All of them knew about Alyssa's father and brother and her fear of the gang. Layla told her that Michael had gone to serve their order, so there was no need to worry.

But suddenly they heard a loud booming voice, " Where is she! I do not want Anyone else to serve me but her! Bring her out! Now! Or You'll face consequences".

The voice made her jump. Michael came in frantically, fear evident in his eyes.. "He wants you to serve him. I can't do anything, I'm sorry."

Fear. That's all she felt.