I was crying endlessly, begging for help. Asking for mercy, I watched my parents die. Their blood is on snow. My mom lying on the cold floor, her eyes still looking at me until her last breath.

"Come here." An old man with a swagger stick offered his hand to me, I looked at him and bit it hard, I knew he was a bad guy. He's the one who killed my parents.

He killed my parents.

"Let's kill this little pest, Nate!" The other guy behind him said, but he didn't push or hurt me. He caresses my head and smiles like he really enjoys the misery out of me.

"I understand kid, if you think that you have no place on this planet, then I will make sure that you will be useful in all aspects that you're capable of." I didn't hesitate to run, I know they're fooling me.

If they're not bad guys, they won't hurt my parents.

They kill my parents without hesitation, and maybe I am next, it's just they're toying around because I am a kid.

"Lemme go!" I shouted and the big guy held me tight on my legs and arms while I kept on struggling, I didn't want them.

"Dugyot is the one who takes care of you," he whispered and I calmed myself. He smiled at me and patted my head, wiping my nose and eyes.

"You're still in good hands kid, you're lucky and Boss Nate still has mercy somehow." I looked confused about what he said, and they just rolled their eyes.

"Stupid pre, speak English. How is that kid?" They pointed me out and I still looked clueless.

"I'm sorry. I forgot." They hit each other and the man who killed my parents coughed, they stopped hitting each other and looked at me once again.

"Name that kid, I will adopt her." They looked in terror and I also felt nervous, me being an adopted daughter of a man who killed my parents.

"What the fuck are you thinking Nate? Are you out of your mind, huh?" he glared at that guy who complained and they just sighed, as a sign of defeat.

"Shut the fuck up, Ryan. Mind your own business." He pointed out his swagger stick and looked in my direction again.

The car stopped and two kids with blue eyes were looking at me, they looked curious about my existence.

"What's her name?" A boy asked his bodyguard while checking me out, he looked like the son of the man who killed my parents.

"Eclipse," I said, that's the first thing that I saw, my parents died in the middle of the eclipse. I closed my eyes and cried silently. I am Cressida Laurent, not whoever was that, but I have no choice, that's my new identity.

I am Eclipse now.

"Welcome to Familia, Eclipse." He offered his hand, just like how his father did lately, the guards thought that I'd bite his hand, but I accepted it.

I saw how his eyes glowed when I gave my hand, and the other kid with blue eyes hid behind the back of this boy kid.

"I'm Astron, and this is Mira." I let go of his hand and I smile sweetly.

"I am Cressida Laurent, but now my new name is Eclipse."

"Argh!" I quickly got up and grabbed both sides of my bathtub, I almost drowned myself, and I had a dream from my past that I tried to bury at the moment that I became an Eclipse Dela Torre.

I can't stop isolating myself after what happened to the auction, I haven't even reported to our headquarters, especially since I'm the leader of that mission, and my parents didn't bother to ask me to, or send me a message.

It's been two days since I got to the mansion, I can feel that Papa will punish me, but how can I show there if I have hickeys?

A lot and big fucking hickeys.

At my neck, shoulder and boobs. How to cover this shit?

I looked up and closed my eyes for a moment, it felt like I almost died in this tub, is this because of what Christ did to me?

How can he do that, he let that asset go, it's a fucking million dollar worth of jewelry, and it seems he just threw it away.

He's scared to death that he's aware of who took it, but the question is, what's the exchange for that freaking jewelry. It's impossible, that I am the exchange for that freaking jewelry, it's about money.

The Avignon family is really weird, we fought with them a lot, but I didn't expect this.

I feel like they have a bad plan, but I can't tell Papa right away, because I'm sure they'll take me to Alaska again for six fucking months, and I don't want to.

Maybe I have to deal with Christ on my own, I haven't killed him yet, what face will I show my parents?

I know that they are not expecting me to kill Christ instantly, but that's my mission.

Present Christ's head and show all mafia bosses that Allegra is stronger than La Avignon Familia.

My whole life, I dedicate myself to this mission, and I think I need another plan, but I know it won't work again, because he already knows me, I don't have a plan, and that's the reason why I feel so freaking down right now.

And it got to the point where I didn't want to leave the house because this is what happened. I worked hard for years, I spent years just for my mission, but it's all gone.

All I remembered was his big hands on my skin, how he touched me, it's like my obligation is to give up on him, surrender everything and all he gotta do is say it like he's a freaking dictator and I'll obey it.

What will happen if Papa discovered that I am useless at Allegra, that will be the end of my purpose.

"God!" I threw the dagger hard at the door when it opened, I covered my boobs and when I realized it was Astron, closed it. The cover was removed from my chest and when I remembered that I had hickeys, I immediately blocked my hair.

"You're hiding, you failed to kill him, right?" I let a deep sigh out of me and nodded slowly, I couldn't help but to pout and Astron went closer. Patted my head.

"I know you did great, but at least we got the jewelry, Mama is really happy with the jewelry." I looked at Astron, he never failed to make me comfortable even if I failed.

Well, this is the first time that I failed some mission. But this is really a big and important mission.

"I wonder how many times I will be punished right now." Astron was still sitting in front of me and he also thought about what I said.

"I'll try my best, so you won't be punished, after all, you did a great job." He stood up and got the towel, gave it to me and I wrapped it around my body.

I saw how his expression changed while looking at my neck, and I realized that I had some hickeys at my neck.

I quickly covered my hair, but Astron caught my hand, pulled my hair back and hickeys appeared on my neck and shoulders.

I mean why am I hiding this, I'm old and they don't care about this.

"What the fuck, you're getting laid lately that's why you're not showing up after your mission?" I pulled my hand back and sneered at Ash, he's being annoying, as always.

He's a good big brother to me, he never failed to bother me too, especially with my sex life which is nonexistent.

I remember when I was eighteen, I almost got a suitor, but what did he do? He scared all my suitors away, until I got to college, and graduated.

Now, that's the reason why I almost forgot that I am a woman. I also need some pleasure, that's why I got caught by Christ's charisma, maybe because I am really clueless at this part.

"No, I mean yes!" I stammered out my answer and passed Astron.

"So what?" I said the next thing and went out of the bathroom, Astron followed me and I ignored his presence.

"Who's that fucking bastard, I'll kill him!" My eyes widened and I quickly looked at Ash, he couldn't.

"You can't lay your finger on him, you don't have a chance." I sat down on the couch and lit the cigarettes on the side table of my bed.

Astron sat on the bed and raised his eyebrows, it told me that I needed to explain why I said that he couldn't kill him.

I mean why I am explaining this shit, but well. It's related to family, that's why I am obligated to tell it.

"But first, can we keep it a secret between the two of us?" I asked Ash, and he nodded.

"Alright, just the two of us." He pulled out the dagger from under my side table, and cut his palm, he threw the dagger at me and I cut my palm too.

I put my hands together with Ash's and leaned back on the couch, but I quickly got dressed, in cotton shorts and a plain black shirt.

"Christ is aware that Allegra was the one who stole their possessions, and he allowed it.

"Ash was stunned by what I said and I could see the nervousness on his face. Because Avignon hates it when they lose their possessions and it's not that we're on a trip so we took the jewelry, we need it for some sort of plan.

"He allowed and he said that I am like some collateral to all damages of Allegra, that's why I got this shit, but we didn't fuck. Thanks that the power went back and he just went, as if the jewelry wasn't stolen." I blew out the smoke upstairs and opened the window of my condo unit.

My brother looks thorn right now. He still hasn't moved and I've already finished a stick of cigar, he's still dumb.

"It's a bad thing, he wants you. He knew about your existence and your mission, right?" I shrugged my shoulder and got Ash a cigarette.

"You gotta be careful this time, avoid him as much as possible, I haven't come up with a plan yet, and we'll be even more annoyed with Papa when he finds out, this is not a good sign, it seems that Christ is holding a big trap card for the Allegra, he can use it to take us down," he explained and I lit a new cigarette.

"He can sue the Allegra at the higher court, he has a lot of proof and stealing is a grave mistake for an organization." I spit out my saliva and quickly looked at Ash.

So, is Christ really toying with the family, huh? What an evil mafia boss.

"If he likes me, then I can manipulate him, maybe I should try if he really wants me that bad and I'll use that as an advantage?" Ash looked at me badly, and I raised my two hands.

"You're playing with fire, Eclipse. What if he doesn't really like you?" I suddenly thought about what Ash said, but I had to risk it all.

"We won't know if I don't try," I casually said, as if I have experience in manipulating people.

He looks terrified and worried at the same time, I know he doesn't want this idea, Ash will be the next mafia boss, two months from now.

The purpose of that jewelry, is for the mini underground city that Allegra built, and it cost billions of dollars, we have that money, but to construct, they want some payment that increases the value, it's either gold or old jewelry.

My foster father is greedy, he doesn't want their assets to be reduced.

And he wants to see the underground city, just like how Avignon built it, three generations before it was finished, and Lord Avi made the underground city functional.

Everyone has the same dream, just like La Avignon Familia, so I can't believe that Christ Nielson missed out on the entire underground city.

The psychological warfare he left me with was terrible, and now Astron is caught up in it, which is good that I told him earlier, at least he forgot about the hickeys.

"He's indeed wicked." Ash stood up and pointed at me.

"Dress up, I'll call for an emergency meeting for the new board of Allegra." I scratched my neck and sneered.

I want to rest!