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❤️🖤 Twisted Empire 🖤❤️

In this modern world of power and shadows, a high-stakes romance unfolds within the heart of a fractured regime. As political tensions rise and dangerous secrets emerge, the protagonists must navigate a treacherous landscape of betrayal and loyalty. Amidst the chaos of a collapsing empire, their intense bond is tested by violent conflicts and deep-seated rivalry. This action-packed tale explores the dark price of love and survival in a world of greed.
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Chapter 3

[DeVille White Castle, Athens]

With his face to the dark sky, Four stood at the lounge beside the castle walls, and there's a short stick of cigar on his lips which he's holding with a stainless cigar holder.

He's not a fan of holding cigar sticks with his fingers, so he uses the holder all the time.

He needs the smokes to clear his head and regulate his eyes with his environment, and it helped.

As he smoked, he didn't tear his eyes away from the sky. He calmly puffed out the smokes, letting it follow the cold wind which blew his open shirt.

He finished smoking the blunt, and a butler appeared with an ashtray which he dropped the stainless holder on.

The butler left, and he took another look around the lucid environment, getting a clearer view.

His palpitations are gone, and his restlessness already dissipated with the cigar smokes, so he feels better.

He sat on the lounge chair, and Yulia joined him shortly, sitting beside him after adjusting the excessively wide black hat she's wearing.

"Feel better now?" She asked.

"Not much, but fair" he replied with a slight frown on his brows, and she smiled, handing him an envelope.

Neutrally, Four took it and opened it.

It contains pictures of Teal Ambrose, his potential wife.

Every single picture are unaware pictures of her on the training field...with her uncles.

"She's a beauty, isn't she? And she's not a weakling. In fact, her uncles has been training her since 6, and she beats men" Yulia nudged him, but he didn't even look up.

He kept staring at the pictures, his chin rising.

"Her strong abilities is the main reason your father decided to not only make her your wife, but also let her be a member of the squad. A typical untouchable couple, hmm?" Yulia continued.

Still, Four didn't look up. He kept staring, and as usual, his eyes held nothing, so Yulia has no idea what he's thinking about.

"Why am I the new squad leader? Why not Axel?" He asked when he finally decided to speak.

"What do you mean why? You're stronger than Axel" Yulia blinked.

"But he has been in the military, dedicating his life to father's service since he was 10, so why should I come out of my darn room and suddenly lead the squad?" He asked, casting her a stinging look.

"Ohh...son. When last did you even communicate with your brother? He didn't tell you he led a squad last year? He was the leader of last year's squad, but almost all his squad members were killed during the last terrorist attack... He only escaped with three other members" Yulia explained.

Four took a small bottle of gin from the butler behind the chair, having a sip as Yulia touched his muscular arm.

"That's why your father cancelled his squad to create yours, and yunno what? Your squad members are stronger cos everyone of them have been receiving trainings since they were little. Your squad will last" she continued.

Four took another look at Teal's pictures in his hand, then he stood and began walking in.

"You still won't tell me why you stayed in your room for nineteen years and refused to come out?" Yulia asked, standing quickly.

Four stopped walking, the cap of the gin bottle falling from him.

"I mean...you practically lived all your life in your room. You attended elementary, highschool, and college online! You graduated online! You received trainings online and had gym installed in your room! You refused any invitation, and now that you're finally out, you still won't tell me why?" She continued.

Four had a second sip from the gin bottle, then he turned to her.

"Need to go start packing, will be hitting the military tomorrow" he blandly said, ignoring her questions.

Yulia nodded reluctantly, then he threw the gin bottle back to the butler before going in.

Yulia picked her phone and dialled her husband's line.

Pedro picked very fast.

"Hello, General Pedro DeVille" she smiled jovially.

"Is my dearest missing me already?" Pedro replied, his voice hoarse but holding a edge of simplicity at the same time...for her.

"Of course, you've been at the base since three weeks ago without coming home" Yulia replied, taking her seat.

"New recruits are coming in, I can't just leave it all to Axel" Pedro replied.

Yulia nodded.

"So...did you deliver the letter? He rejected?" Pedro asked.

"Guess what? I finally got to see my son out of the room! He came out!" Yulia shouted.

"Are you joking?" Pedro asked.

"I'm real, he stepped out, and now I realize I didn't get a good view of him when he was inside. He's so fuçking tall, my neck hurts just looking up at him, and his packs? You're telling me he got those from training in his room? Our son is so mighty, Pedro" she replied, and the man sighed.

"He's 29, hitting 30 soon. What were you expecting? A baby?"

"I'm just mystified is all, and another good news, he agreed to come after seeing her pictures!" Yulia announced.

"Agreed to come? Just like that? Are you sure?" Pedro asked.

"I think it was love at first sight when he saw her photos, she's beautiful" Yulia bit her lip.

"Love at first sight? Four? Stop with the delusions, wife. By the way I'm impatiently waiting to see him here" Pedro replied.

"I know I know!" Yulia said gushed.

[Military Base, Senior Sergeants Quarters~Axel's Unit]

Axel's Unit would have being the general's son, it's compulsory to follow the living rules, so his unit is the second largest.

The largest Unit belongs to the Master Sergeant which hasn't been chosen yet since the former one died, so the Unit has been vacant since last year.

Inside Axel's Unit, Allegra's loud moans blasted through the walls, and she's laughing together with it, sounding totally crazy.

She's in bed, naked.

Her legs are wide, and Axel is between the legs. There's a black dildo with him which he's fuckin her with, guiding it slickly into her opening, and slickly out.

"Are you really not gonna use your c0ck on me tonight? C'mon, don't be like this, I can barely feel this dildo, I'm too wide for it" Allegra said, pulling at his shirt.

Axel tore her hands away from his shirt, and she made whimpering sounds as he slid the dildo into her again.

Allegra looked down at it, seeing how her puxxy is not hugging it at all... it's too small.

She began laughing again. "Fine..if you're gonna fûck me with a dildo, then get a bigger one...this stick is torture" she said.

"Never have I seen a bigger slût than you, Allegra" Axel chuckled, pulling her clît.

Allegra moaned, her lashes lowering.

"And never have you seen me denying that, Axel. I was tailormade for you...only you can fill me" she whispered seductively.

Axel was about to unbolt his belt and get down to business when she talked again..

"Now that I think about it, I've not seen your brother before, no one in this base has seen him before or even a picture of him. Tell me, is he hot like you?"

Axel instantly gave up on unbolting, he got down from the bed.

"Axe!" Allegra got down too.

"Must you mention him every fuckin time? He's not even here yet but you're already getting distracted? His coming hasn't even been confirmed yet, and the Four I know will never agree to come!" He snarled, and their phones buzzed at the same time.

It's the Base news update, and the update was posted by General Pedro himself... just now.

General Pedro: Armies of Athens, get ready with togetherness to welcome my first son to the base soon. Four DeVille is coming, the Master Sergeant of the base and leader of the new squad... Maelstrom!.

The phone fell from Axel, and Allegra's eye's widened like shit.

"Master Sergeant? Just like that? So you're telling me Four will get to live in the biggest Unit? Why? Cos he's your elder brother?" She said breathlessly.

Axel just threw on his shirt and stormed out of the room, leaving the quarters and jogging down the field.

"Sir!" The juniors were saluting as he jogged past them on the bonfire spot, but as usual, he didn't reply.

He did the three minutes jog to the General's office, and he didn't even bother to knock before barging in.

General Pedro is on seat, doing FaceTime with his wife Yulia.

"Go back, knock" he said.

"Is that Axel?" Yulia asked from the screen.

"I'll call you back in ten minutes, dearest" Pedro replied, ending the FaceTime.

"Dad..." Axel started speaking.

"Go back, knock" Pedro glared, his eyes piercing.

He's in his early sixties, and his air is a mix of grey and black since he's not wearing his cap right now.

His body is buff and full like a typical military boss, and his face is icy enough to command order.

That's why he's feared.

Axel walked out of the office, then he closed the door and knocked.

"It's Sergeant Axel, sir" he said.

"Proceed" Pedro replied, and Axel came in, saluting sharply.

"Now talk" Pedro said.

"Dad...Four as the Master Sergeant? Making him the leader of Maelstrom squad wasn't enough? What about me? I've been serving you here since I was 10! Four can't just come out of his room and overtake me!" Axel complained.

"If you're expecting a change in my decision, then you already know my response, Axe. You might have been here for long, but you're still not as capable as him. All you do is maltreat juniors and fool around with Allegra" Pedro replied.

"What!" Axel gasped, and the man rested back on his chair.

Axel nodded. "I don't wanna hate my brother, at all. But I see that happening cos this is my right, no one is robbing it away!" He said, leaving the office.

Pedro drummed his fingers on the desk speechlessly.

--

[Next Morning, Kalynda Local Airport]

The drive from the town to the airport took ah hour approximately, and Teal stayed silent throughout, making sure a large part of her face is covered completely by the bucket hat she's wearing.

She's at the backseat of the minivan, and her uncles are in the front... Uncle Dave is driving.

After she passed out at the cave last night, she woke up to meet herself in this car, and she couldn't stop smirking.

Her uncles would go this far?

She's not the type to pass out easily. The stone must have hit a soft part of her head and that's why passed out.

She didn't even struggle with them or try to fight, she just mellowed.

She'd go to that military base, and she'd purposely fail the Intelligence exams.

She heard new recruits write intelligence exams on their first day, and if you fail to have good IQ, you'd be thrown out of the base.

Her IQ is 100, she's madly brilliant, but she's gonna purposely fail, and boom... she'd be thrown out.

As simple as that.

The car pulled up at the airport road, and she was shocked to see the number of youths going to the base from this town.

They're more than fifty, and they're already going on board.

She took her bag from the minivan truck, then she started leaving to join them, but her uncles blocked her.

"Outta my fuckin way" She glared with a loud hiss.

"We can't fail our promise to your parents, you have to understand. Before your parents died in the forest that night, we promised to..."

"Can you stop talking about my dead parents?" She cut Uncle Dave off.

"We're allowed to come visiting monthly, and we'll come monthly" Uncle Paul stroked her hair, but she slapped his hand away.

"Don't come,I don't wanna see your faces! Betrayers! Just pray I don't block your numbers" She glared, pulling her bag and finally leaving them.

She lifted her bucket hat a bit so she'd have a clearer view of everyone, and she was shocked to see Stormy!

Stormy too? Seems everyone in this place is going.

Stormy is standing with Morgan, and Morgan is crying.

Aww, lover girl.

The Sheriff is standing behind her, and the woman doesn't even care about her tears, all she wants to see is Morgan getting on that plane.

Teal was about to look away from that angle when her eyes caught someone who's wearing a bucket hat like her.

Only one person has this same design in town, so she curiously walked to the person and snatched the cap from his head.

Rook!

"Fûck... Battery" Rook's eyes widened, same with hers.

"You're one of them? So you knew I got enlisted too? And you didn't tell me?" Teal said.

"I swear I was gonna tell you, but your uncles—"

"Of course it's my uncles! And you better go drag them into the plane with you cos they'd be your best friend in the base, we're over!" Teal snapped, walking away from him.

"Battery!" Rook ran after her.

It was at that moment the last announcement came, so they had to go on board.

Unluckily, their seats are far from each other, so they can't even communicate.

Rook is at the far back, and she's at the middle with a guy who's not ready to switch seats with Rook.

Rook had to start texting her...

Rook: C'mon Battery... I'm sorry.

She didn't reply, so he sent another text.

Rook: What do you want? I'll pay the bribe.

She replied to this one.

Battery: Your head, on a platter.

Rook: Fûck you.

Teal looked back at him, and when their eyes met, she gave him her gloved middle finger, a small smile on her face.

Rook chuckled, knowing it's settled.

Teal doesn't hold grudges for long, but when she does? Even Satan won't appease her from hell.

The plane took off ten minutes later, and Morgan started crying again.

She's sitting right beside Stormy, and Stormy is staring at her.

"Don't stare, i miss my Quentin" Morgan sniffled tearfully, blowing snort from her nose.

Athens

"Sorry" Stormy muttered.

--

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