Secrets

Chapter 6

A.N. Hey guys! sorry for the late update, semester 2 just started and things have been hectic. Also, just a reminder, please don't swear in the comments. I know this chapter is a bit boring, but I promise that the next chapter will have plenty of drama. Thanks for reading!

Rosalyn's POV

"Wake up!" a voice called to me, waking me up from my sleep. I immediately pulled out a knife and threw it at the sound of the voice. I sat up groggily, and realising that it was Ro who woke me up, I rubbed my eyes and yawed.

'You should know not to wake me up,' I scolded him, 'what if one of our brothers came in?'

He shrugged. 'They asked me to wake you up. Anyways, it's time for shopping!'

I groaned and shooed him out of the room to get ready. Hurriedly, I washed myself and dried myself within a second, and threw on a pair of jeans with a white hoodie to cover my scars. Even though Roman did have the power of healing, the scars could not fade away without magic, which took a lot of effort.

I slowly walked downstairs, only to see everyone gathered in the living room. Alessandro looked towards me and started talking. "Good morning everyone."

"Mhm," I grumbled, still not fully awake.

He turned to me. "Do you have anything to say?"

"Can you just get to the point? This is like a business meeting which is annoying," I whined.

He laughed. "Alright. Well, today, the J's and the D's will bring the R's shopping."

My annoying twin, Jacob, and Daniel erupted into cheers, while I groaned, along with Joshua. Dylan stayed silent. Luca stared at me with a look of surprise. "Aren't girls supposed to like shopping?"

"Well, I'm not a normal girl. Sometimes I think Ro is more of a girl than me," I replied.

Xander laughed.

Alessandro continued speaking. "Well after you go shopping, you should eat your lunch there, and bambina, I'll get you your breakfast after this. You will come straight home, and put your clothes into your closets, then by the time you're done it should be time for dinner. After dinner, I want you two to come to my office to discuss your school classes, as well as to take your placement test. After that is free time. What you need to get when you go shopping: at least 10 tops, 10 bottoms, two formal attires, and undergarments."
(baby)

We nodded, and he waved us off to go. I wrote the list down, grabbed a granola bar from the kitchen and followed the J's to the garage, where tons of cars were lined up. Ro's eyes shined with excitement.

The D's picked a black Model X Tesla and got in. The J's sat in the front, and we were squished in the back with the D's. Well not squished, but you get the idea.

Reaching the mall, we decided to split into groups. The ones who liked shopping would go in one with Ro, and the ones who didn't would go in the other group with me. When the other group set off, I told Joshua and Dylan to wait for me at the food court, which they willingly did, after giving me their credit card.

I jumped from store to store, never going in any expensive ones, and bought everything on the list. After around half an hour, I was done and was heading toward the food court. Suddenly, I felt a man following me suspiciously.

Using my air element, I felt his sides to see if he had weapons, which he did. Carefully, I used wind to lift up his shirt, so that anyone could see the weapons tucked on his waist.

I felt his surprise when he saw that his weapons were exposed, and deciding to have a bit more fun, I searched for his tattoos. I found many, and I enjoyed seeing tattoos, as it inspired me to make more designs. It was only when I felt 'Русская мафия' when my eyes turned hard. It was the Russian Mafia, and I knew that they were the Italian mafia's rivals.
(Russian Mafia)

I silently ran to the bathroom, leading him there as well. I pinned him against the wall. "что ты здесь делаешь?"
(What are you doing here?)

The man smirked. "Кажется, маленькая принцесса говорит по-русски. В любом случае, я здесь, чтобы доставить сообщение."
(Seems like the little princess speaks Russian. Anyways, I'm here to deliver a message.)

I rolled my eyes. "И что бы это было?"
(And what would that be?)

Deciding to not let him answer, I read his mind, and what I saw shocked me. The leader wanted to come for me and be his wife, and this sexist man, thinking that I was weak, offered to go and kidnap me. And he didn't even bring backup! Stupid. Drawing a knife, I sliced his throat and burned him to ashes, scattering them outside.

Wiping some ashes off my shirt, I walked to the food court to see Joshua and Dylan sitting on a table. I walked towards them, and Joshua looked at me shocked. "How were you so fast?"

I scoffed. "I just bought everything from the list! I then went to the bathroom and came straight here. Can we go home now?"

Joshua laughed and wrapped his arm around my shoulder. Turns out the glaring boy when I first met him is different from the boy I see now.

Suddenly there were whispers going around. I realized that the tables around them were all empty. I turned to Josh. "Joshy, did you glare at the people so much that now their scared of you?"

He laughed. Again. "It wasn't me! It was all Dylan."

I giggled. "Anyways, can we get food?"

He nodded and led me to McDonalds, leaving Dylan there alone. I ordered some fries, chicken nuggets, and an ice cream. He paid and we left.

After another 20 minutes of just sitting and eating, the other group finally came back. Ro looked so excited. "Lyn! I've got tons of clothes!"

"Mhm."

He ignored me and continued talking, whereas I tuned out his voice, like I used to whenever he became excited.

"...and then the nice lady came and shooed her away!"

He is such a kid sometimes. "Yeah. Since you're now here, let's go home!"

We reached home in a few minutes and I brought my bags upstairs to our room. I told Ro, "so, this is closet #1 in my so-called room when we came. It is for clothes and normal closets that everyone can see. Closet #2 is locked. It is only for training. Our equipment and work tables are both there as well, and it can only be unlocked using fire."

He nodded. We got to work, me folding the clothes and him putting in neatly, as he was the more organized one.

After an hour, we were done, and he decided to make some decorations while I strengthened the wall to make it bulletproof as well as making the walls have electric invisible wires surrounding them from the outside, basically making it a safe room.

Ro was busy carving into wood using fire. He made a sign of both our names, as well as a fire symbol for him and a rainbow symbol for me.

When we were both finished, we headed downstairs for dinner. Alessandro wasn't there, but he did leave a message reminding us to go to his downstairs office after dinner.

Safe to say, dinner was very awkward. The others were not talking at all, while me and Ro chatted mindlessly in our heads. After dinner, I breathed in a sigh of relief and headed, with Ro, to Alessandro's downstairs office.

Jan. 4 2020
1255 words