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A twenty years old girl was walking on a cold road. She was dressed in black trousers and a pink shirt. Her hair tied in a big bun while holding a bag on her right shoulder and some books in the other hand.

There was a look of distress on her face. She did not know when she reached her home. A loud shriek of a six-eight year old boy broke the trance she was lost in. As soon as she saw that child, all the troubles of that girl vanished, only then she heard the sound of laughter of a small four-year-old girl.

That six-year-old child tried to take books from the girl's hand, the girl smiled and stroked her head lovingly.

"Mom, I am grown up now. I can also look after you. Look how strong I have become after drinking milk every day. Look how big my muscles have become." That kid said while showing his muscles by raising his left hand.

That girl bowed parallel to that little child and touched her head lovingly, "I will do all this, you just have to take care of yourself and your little sister."

A four-year-old girl came out from the inner room and said with a pout, "Mom, no one loves me, everyone loves Eddy Bro!" That girl shook her head at the drama after listening to that little girl's histrionics.

"No baby mamma loves you both. Now hurry up, tell me what you did after my departure for coaching."

"Don't ask them Rapunzel, Ask me how much these devils have troubled me. See they even jumped on my back . Now I have to go to the Doctor, '' a boy in his early thirties said.

Listening to the boy's bickering , the trio giggled. The girl stopped laughing.

"Now I understand where they are learning all this drama. Such a spoiled brat you are, God knows how you tackle your patients. I already knew you were in the wrong profession," that girl said, slapping his forehead in a friendly gesture.

"This is such an insult for a handsome man with six pack abs. I am a hero and you are claiming me as a clown. Such a disgrace Rapunzel!'' The boy said, making funny faces. The girl broke down into a laughing fit seeing the funny faces.

The boy raised his hand in the air , making a surrender gesture. "Okay, now that my babysitting work is completed. You may carry on from here. He took out his coat from the stand, "and Rupenzal, please add something Indian in the dinner. I have some medical theories to be completed. Bye," the boy said in particularly one breath and the girl gaped with an open mouth . The boy smiled and closed her mouth while tapping his finger to her chin.

"Such a cute Rapunzel in this era!" chuckled the boy.

The girl smacked his shoulder lightly, "Such a shakkal in this era," the girl reverted back.

" Hey hey hey! Don't say anything in your native language," said the boy with furrowed brows.

"Whatever," she replied evasively.

The boy went to the apartment next door. That girl got busy doing her daily chores and needs. It was her routine busy in his daily struggle to keep everything synchronized.

The boy was the only hope for this girl as she got some monetary support to pay bills. She quickly changed her work clothes into simple full sleeve kurta and leggings, she liked to wear Indian dresses very much . She tied her below hip length silky hair in a simple bun and made kids eat their dinner quickly and then made them sleep while reciting bedtime stories.

She looked at both kids' naive faces and remembered some happy memories of how her father used to recite her bedtime stories. She traced their sleeping faces and secured them with a pillow. She wiped her tears and went to the apartment next door to cook dinner for her only friend.

She decided to make an Indian Curry with tortilla and baked fresh bread for dinner. She went to inform the boy about dinner, he was busy with some paperwork. She knocked on the door and the boy smiled at her. " I gather you have cooked dinner."

The girl smiled and nodded. "Make two cups of coffee and come to the terrace. I need to talk with you. The kids are sleeping, right?"

She nodded her head quietly and went again to the kitchen to make two coffees. Nandini went to the terrace and found the boy already there with his head embedded in the laptop screen. She kept the hot steaming coffee on the table which attracted his attention and he raised his head to look only to find Nandini fumbling her fingers.

"What happened to my sweet Rapunzel? Are you fine ? Did someone say something at coaching?"He asked with calculating eyes. He knew she was upset with something.

Nandini swallowed before asking the favor, she looked at him and requested

"Can I borrow some euros? I will return as soon as I get my coaching fees," her voice was laced with uneasiness.

The boy nodded and took his wallet . He took out one thousand euros and kept it in her hand. Nandini's face broke into a smile. Aspen shook his head looking at her happy face, "You didn't answer my question girl?" he demanded.

''I am fine and nobody said anything to me, everything is going well. Eddy's birthday is in the coming week and he is asking for an electric car. I don't want to break his heart by denying him so I asked for money. I already took an advance amount from the coaching centre so it was not an option."

Aspen looked at her smiling face sympathetically. "You didn't have dinner right? Come on, let's have it together. And about the money, I had to pay you your salary, so nothing personal there. Furthermore, I will pay you for your cooking. I will also not take service for free." He cleared the topic as he knew she would never consider his given money as her salary as a cook.

"But...." Nandini tried to cut him in between but Aspen shook his head. " No more discussion Rapunzel, end of the topic. I am hungry. Let's go for dinner" he dismissed all her talks.

She served him chicken gravy with bread for dinner. Aspen smelled the food and moaned loudly as his mouth watered. She laughed at his childlike actions. "Such a kid you are, Aspen."

"No compromise with food, Rupenzal."

He had his dinner with Nandini and asked her to come into the drawing room.

''Rapunzel, here are your reports. You need to take medicines on time. Your Insomnia, panic attacks , anemia , darkness disorder! And whatnot? Everything is messed up in your health girl and you are not taking it seriously. Take care of yourself. If you want, I can search for the best job in Italy itself. You were a scholar. I can support you to get a good firm with a handsome salary package."

" Shakaal, I am capable enough to grab a job but I don't want it. There are things about me and my past. The reason for my insomnia disorder is my terrible past. I am glad that I have found you, you never force me to share anything and copacetic ,I admire this about you, please don't ask further. Please let this bond be as beautiful as it is. I adore you as you are, no filter required."

"Rapunzel..."

Nandini shook her head, stopping him from talking further. "Did you forget your past?" She swallowed the heavy lump.

"Sometimes these things solve with time but not mine. My wounds are not healing, they make me wince, anxious and ponder to never forget them. I don't want to go anywhere to leave you and P." She blinked her tears away.

Aspen and Nadini shared a very pious bond of friendship. She was his employee too as Nandini cooked for him because he had no one to cook for him. Nandini needed to do three jobs to meet her daily needs and bills. Aspan paid her to cook but sometimes Nandini refused to take the money. So he offered her a permanent job as a cook.

Due to her long hair he called her Rapunzal and she called him Shakaal just to irritate him . She also told him that it was the famous villain name of a very famous Bollywood movie. But being a foreigner it was quite irritating.

Nandini remembered her mother who loved and respected Indian culture. Even after marrying her father, she always used to wear her nuptial chain which her father had specially ordered from an Indian Jewelry store.

Her father loved her mother very much and that was why he always bought her Indian clothes. Her mother wanted Nandini to stick to her roots. She smiled recalling her parents.

That was the reason Nandini always preferred to wear Indian when she came home. She also tried to make Edwin and Faith wear Indian dresses.

Sometimes she became a laughing stock for the natives but who cares.

Nandini was living with her two kids. Yes, she shared this information with her neighbors. No one likes her as she became a mother of a seven year old boy and a four year old daughter. According To Some rumors she was a teenage mother, and was abandoned by her family.

Some perverts always try to harass her. When Phoebe learned about her facing such issues, he tried to make her understand to leave this place and live in the city. He would help her but Nandini always refuses.

He tried to make her change the place but she refused as for how long will she keep running away from the truth?

Wherever she goes, the same question would occur. She had planned her future, she wanted nothing except for giving a safe future to the children. She wanted them to get admitted to a good hostel .

When Phoebe tried to help her with some money she rejected him every time politely. Phoebe knew Aspan was living nearby her, he always got information about her well being from him. The trios were friends and attached so much with Nandin and also because of Nandini.

Nandini tried to sleep but couldn't, she once again had the same nightmare she was having from the past four years. Her head was killing her but she had work to do, She took a ahower and prepared breakfast for the kids.

In this village she had a limited source of income. Due to her insomnia she learned many skills like stitching, cooking, babysitting, paper and project writing for kids through which she gained a small amount of money.

She stitched beautiful dresses for the kids, they loved it very much. She had to save every single penny for their future. Her children were not less than a blessing for her. They never oppose Nandini and obey all her instructions. They studied in the same school where Nandini teaches. When she had to go for her second job, Aspan took care of the kids.

Life was going peacefully with daily struggle. But can life be really peaceful?

When one thinks that everything is going alright, then the storm will hit at the same time and here Nandini was happy in her little humble abode but till when ? she didn't know a dangerous storm going to hit her which would shatter her life entirely.

Somewhere the dark solitude of the dense forest echoed with cries of pain and agony.

A dark silhouette looked at the front where some food was being roasted, the sticks dipped not dipped in sauce but red blood. The silhouette moved and rested his back against the stem of a dead tree, "I despise cacophony, Amber! Zittili "

(SHut them up)

He was the reincarnation of the God of death. His eyes, cold and void of any emotion.

Amber gulped the fearful lump in his throat. He knew how destructive his boss' anger could be, even for him. He stammered

"Y..Y..You don't have to strain yourself, boss, we will take care of the rest."

Charcoal black eyes pinned on Amber. "Since when I started taking orders from you, Amber?" The man demanded in a tone which raised hairs on Amber's body in fear.

Amber once again swallowed in fear. He understood that his boss was getting angry. He glanced at the man who was being roasted on the fire, alive and once again looked at his boss. This could be his fate too, Amber understood it before his boss could utter the words to him.

"I Sincerely apologize, Capo."

(Mi scuso con te capo)

The man with charcoal black eyes sharpened his gaze, "questa giungla ha un solo re e quello sono io. Non dimenticarlo o saresti tu a dire la fame del mio Aslan, Amber!

(This jungle has only one king and that is me. Don't forget that or you would be the one saying the hunger of my Aslan , Amber! )

Falcon smirked as he called his pet. "ASLAN! Come here my boy, it's dinner time," he shouted, cheerfully.

He chuckled when a deep thunder like roar sounded and the royal entry of Majestic, noble, and brave, this famous iconic wild creature on the planet captivated his people's attention in fear.

The men standing there tried to calm their breathing but it was almost impossible for them to do so, still they knew that if any of them even squinted in fear, The Lion would sate his hunger with him and later with the food saved for him. The Lion only took orders from Falcon, his owner.

Aslan walked towards Falcon and ducked his head to show his gratitude . Falcone smiled, he was one of the few living beings who could make Falcone smile. Falcone rested his hand on his pet Lion's head.

Aslan left a roar which made the men standing around them swallow in fear but Falcone laughed wholeheartedly, carasseeing his furs, affectionately.

"Romano, How much money did you get by betraying me?" He didn't even glance at Romano's way and kept caressing his pet Lion, Aslan whose roar was scaring everyone there. "And don't forget, Romano, your punishment will increase ten fold with every passing second you make me wait," he stated.

"C..C..Capo! ti prego, perdonami . I was misguided. P...Please give me one last chance," Romano begged for apology. Falcone paused his hand, a fury shot into his nerves.

(Please forgive me)

Aslan could sense his owner's anger and roared at Romano for displeasing Falcone.

Falcon wouldn't be doing justice with his image if he showed mercy to betrayers and gave them easy deaths. He was called the God of death for a reason, he was the one without soul.

Amber closed his eyes for a moment listening to Romano's words, shaking his head slightly, he opened his eyes and looked at Romano defeatedly.

"Shhh!" He hissed sharply. His soulless eyes turned hard. "Mio amico(My friend) doesn't like your voice. Should I order him to open your throat and tear your vocal veins?" Falcon quipped, with a hard glare at Romano. The fire burning nearby which had been grilling the dead body illuminated his Black charcoal eyes more darkened, making him look like the owner of hell.

The other men who supported Romano were shivering in fear and begging for their life seeing Falcone petting a Lion and not to mention they saw the grilling of one of their friends, alive.

Falcon checked Aslan's mustache and asked: " You attacked my consignment with the help of my African Enemy. You tried hard to demolish me. Now tell me, what price did they pay you for your deception? Tell me what made you oppose me and more importantly where did you find the guts to deceive me, Romano?"

Air stuck in Romano's lungs making it hard for him to breathe. He wanted to kill Falcon, he had conspired many times but Falcon was not easy to kill. Can one kill death itself? No, death couldn't be killed and so was Falcone

Romano tried to kill Falcon several times, but every time he was unsuccessful. The African mafia wanted to make a deal for a long time and for that they were ready to pay any price. But the problem was it could only be done with the permission of the Falcon. But Falcon was not interested in the deal. Romano was a greedy man and the price African made for the deal was too good to be missed by Romano. He asked some of his fellow friends and they joined their hands together against Falcone but they didn't know that they were digging their own graves by going against Falcone.

Falcone D'Alberto was known for his manipulation, twisted personality and cruelty in his world. He was Capo of Europe and Asia . The American mafia groups also wanted to make friendly relationships with him. After all, who wouldn't want to be on friendly terms with the Capo of the famous Mafia group Phoenix. Falcone's mafia organisation was known for assasination, government shuffle, arm business, weapon dealings,Drugs, clubs, brothels,state rebel ,organ and human trafficking and what not. Falcone's mafia group does anything and everything for money.

Everyone knew that interfering with those who were friends with Falcone or with whom he deals were off limits. Nobody had the power to touch them and if someone tried to touch something that belonged to Falcon. He not only loses his hands but breaths too in the cruelest way possible.

His supremacy was increasing day by day, not only in Eurasia( Europe+Asia) but among the world's biggest Mafia families. Everyone wanted to be a part of Phoenix because its name only bring their dead soulless business a flourish boon

Very few people knew him by face, this was his positive point, no one could hold his hand in making his work from illegal to legal. Falcon had the ability to throw down a mountain in an excellent calm but angry course of action.

He was the best example of perfection. He was the CAPO of the richest mafia group, a very traditional family in Rome, Italy, due to his involvement in politics. His cruelty, atrocity and addiction to success were his characteristics. Everyone feared him and also wanted to join him . His looks contradict his actions. He was born with his dominating Aura around.

Aslan, his pet Lion, was the only one who matched his character. Both were the kings of their jungle.

Romano's screams echoed in the dense forest. Eagles waiting for their treat, specially organized by Falcone.

Falcon patted his pet one last time before walking to Romano and grabbing his neck. He leveled him to his face. Romano met the beautiful charcoal black almonds which were dark with the intense excitement to kill him. He saw his death in them, the price he would be paying to defy him.

Falcone smirked looking at his scared emotional face that made him like getting energy. He pulled out his sharp butcher's knife from the knife strap on his hand, and in one swift movement cut Romano's face into two, ceasing his voice .

Aslan roared in excitement but Falcone didn't stop there, his thirst for blood grew wilder and he started butchering him insanely, Romano was now nothing but the butchered pieces of flesh and blood.

Amber couldn't stomach the scene in front of him and puked but he controlled himself as Falcon totally lost his cool.

Falcon D'Alberto was not some street goon who forgave people, no he was the monster reincarnated who bar forgives anyone. The word was foreign to him.

"Aslan!make them pay to stress me ."

Falcone murmured while wiping blood from his face "idiota maledetto stronzo"

(Idiot bloody fucker)

Aslan attacked the other men who supported him 'I never Forgive Deception,Romano," he muttered and wiped his face with knuckles which was filled with Romano's blood.

His pristine white shirt was drenched in blood too.

Amber gulped the bitterness of vomit and ran to him, handing him a new suit as he had lined up meetings.

Falcone dressed in a white shirt paired with navy blue tie and coat along with the same with the same color bottom.

"Chiara Called.... Capo!,"Amber informed, when Falcone dressed up as a businessman.

Falcon raised two fingers to stop him and ordered him in a crisp tone."Send this video to all organizations to let them know what is the outcome to betray THE CAPO- FALCONE!"

Amber looked at the phone and didn't know how Falcon recorded everything.