Filed to story: Bring It On My Mafia Life Novel (Rhea & Lukas)
At once, his face distorted in fury. What he would do to that asshole when he gets his hands on him! Fueled by anger and revenge, Elijah got to his feet immediately. This was not the time to dally around but to win his prize.
Elijah knew he was at a huge disadvantage but from his calculation, that guy couldn’t have reached the finish line nor was he the type to give up with a fight. Looking down at the timer, he had about ten minutes before the competition was over. He was halfway to the finish line, he would make it – if the asshole doesn’t arrive first.
This time, Elijah was driven by nothing but a mad thirst for revenge and the adrenaline pumping in his system was two times greater than the first time. If the world’s fastest man was here to watch Elijah run, his jaw would have dropped to the ground at the sheer speed.
His body was tired and hurt like hell but Elijah had gone past the point where he still feels pain. Right now, he was nothing but a shell with one purpose, win the race and beat the hell out of his colleague.
Honestly, his colleague committed no crime by hitting him since there was no limitation in this competition, but the idiot touched his face. Doesn’t he know his face was a national treasure? Rhea hadn’t even seen his real face, what gives him the right to destroy it?
Meanwhile, the colleague in question was close to reaching the finish line and because of that, he let his guard down.
He was dead tired and leaped towards the finish line, after all, there was no one here to challenge him. He never thought of winning had his best friend not made that sacrifice. He would repay him later but now he had a race to win.
Looking ahead, he saw the others at the finish line and they were cheering for him, but only for a moment because there was a sudden commotion and their cheering grew louder and more confusing. He could almost say they were encouraging another person.
Curiosity got the best of him and he turned back to investigate what was going on only to see the Aziz he thought he defeated charging towards him like an angry bull.
Oh no! His heart jerked in his chest and he decided to run at that moment. However, because fear had set in, no matter how much he ran, Elijah was gaining on him.
Frustration set in but he resolved to reach the finish instead of running against Elijah. They were just a few meters apart but Elijah, seeing that his colleague would arrive before him, pulled out a stone he had picked on his way here to everyone’s surprise.
“What is he doing?” The others were confused at his action. He should focus on gaining more speed, not fooling around with a stone. They bet he wouldn’t even get a good shot.
However, Elijah didn’t focus on the back of the head, he threw the stone at the back of the knee and the guy helped in pain, falling to the ground just inches away from stepping on the line.
However, the flag on his hand touched the line but not for long because Elijah snatched the flag from him and crossed the line immediately.
Working Solo
A fight broke out as soon as the competition was over. But before that, there had been a disagreement between the recruits as they argued about who won the race.
Josie fell at the finish line, before Elijah snatched the flag from him and crossed the line.
But then, the other side argued that Josie had not stepped on the line hence his claim of the win was invalid.
However, the argument had to be halted because Elijah tossed the flag aside after he won and speared Josie who barely got up to his feet back down to the ground.
Then he straddled him and began to land punches directly on his face. Since he and his friend damaged his face, he would do the same.
“Aziz!” Two of his colleagues tried to pull him away but they couldn’t. Elijah was really strong coupled with the anger fueling him.
Three more went after him but Elijah fought them off and continued hitting Josie whose face was now swollen. He was too weak to defend himself.
This time around it took all seven remaining rescuits to pull Elijah off Josie. Three grabbed his left arm and three others on his right while the remaining one pulled at his waist.
Josie was finally able to breathe after Elijah got off him but he was trembling in both pain and fear. Elijah struggled with his fellow recruits but together, they were stronger and overpowered him. But Elijah didn’t put up a fight for long because he felt dizzy from the whole stress and blacked out.
…..
When Elijah woke up, he found himself on a bed and a room that smelled of antiseptic. His brows furrowed, where was he?
He tried to rise only for his movements to get restrained and he looked down to discover that his hand was cuffed to the side of the bed.
What the….?
He began to think, have they discovered that he was Elijah? He truly went over the top with that fight. He needed information as to what was going on.
“Don’t bother, they won’t come off,” Adele said, walking into the room. She stood in front of him with her arms crossed over her chest and assessed his face.
“What is the meaning of this?” Elijah asked, pulling at the cuff to make his point.
“I have no use for a wild dog in a pack of wolves,” She didn’t approve of his behavior earlier.
“You said it’s no holds barred,” Elijah exploited a loophole, however, Adele was determined not to let him have his way.
“That was until the competition ended.”
“The hour was not up,”
“The competition ended the moment you stepped on that line with the last flag!” Adele said firmly, having the last word.
“The rules of my family condone brutal fights between members. You could have duels but what you did out there wasn’t a duel at all. You are quite lucky that this is a camp boot and you got off with Isolation – a little time away from the others for you to think over your actions and turn a better leaf, hopefully.”
Elijah smirked, “Look at my face.”
She did.
He went on to say, “I’m sure Josie’s face doesn’t look far better either. So you can think of it as a tie. He should pray that I recover.”
Adele couldn’t believe her ears, was he serious right now? She was talking about repenting from his offenses and he’s more concerned over his face? Why does he kind of remind her of Lukas? Her cousin was the only one obsessed with his appearance. Ugh, what’s with these good-looking men?
“I’m sorry, Aziz, but no matter how talented and valuable you are, I would have no choice but to lay you off if you can’t get along with the others. This organization was not built by one man alone but from the sweat, blood, and death of several others. So – “
“Aziz!”
Both Adele and Elijah turned in the direction of that voice only to see Cindy running into the room. At that moment, Adele turned and sent a questioning look towards Elijah who only shrugged.
How was he to know that the girl would follow him here? More ever, he had been in the woods hence she couldn’t accuse him of contacting the girl in secret.
“Aziz!” Cindy already had tears in her eyes as she rushed to his side and threw herself on him.
Every part of Elijah’s body hurt so when he winced, Cindy instantly looked up and checked his face with horror, “God, who did this to you?!” She hollered.
Apart from a few scratches and bruises, his nose was the only thing swollen and he possessed fewer injuries than Josie. But Cindy didn’t care and made a huge deal out of it, her eyes further widening when she saw the handcuff,
“You!”
She pointed her finger at her sister Adele who had a nonchalant look, “I should have known you’re up to no good when you had him removed from my security details! I would not let you off for this!”