**Thanks for the comments guys! I've had a lot of people email me about how to pronounce names, and in all honesty its whatever feels best to you. But since so many asked, Elyah is supposed to be pronounced as E-Lie-ah. I really appreciate the comments and the interest people have shown in the characters! Hopefully you'll all stick around for more. KayVamp**
*Chapter 3*
"Where did you dump the body, Marcus?"
The man sat behind his massive mahogany desk and folded his hands, leaning over files that Marcus couldn't even begin to understand. Lucas eyed his newest lackey watching to see how he would react to his latest task. Nineteen years old was a young age to experience such hurt and loss, but Marcus had seen so much more than a regular boy his age. He had witnessed the very same man before him murder his brother when Marcus was only nine at the time. Marcus had never forgiven him for taking his older brother away from him, but knew that he had to keep him pleased while he held the rest of his family captive.
"I.. she, I dumped it behind the shopping center just like you said Mr. Hart. I did everything just like you said Mr. Hart." Marcus stood before the man fidgeting with the zipper on his jacket, eyes to the floor. How could he face a man that had killed his brother and ordered such horrible things to be done to his own sister? Marcus cringed at the thought of the things he had witnessed and what he had done to the young girl Lucas despised so badly.
"What's the matter Marcus, can't handle the pressure of getting the job done?" Lucas laughed to himself as he watched the nervous boy shudder in thought.
"I thought you could handle it, you know, for your family's sake. Maybe I was wrong in trusting you with such an important job, are you sure you did as I told?" Lucas placed his hand on Marcus' shoulder making him jump.
"I swear sir, I did just like you said. I took her to the warehouse, let those guys do.. things to her and I left her to die behind the shopping center like you said. Please, don't hurt my family anymore!"
The loud sound of bone cracking filled the room as Marcus fell to the ground and blood trickled from the gash in the back of his head. "See, that's what you get when you lie to Lucas Hart. Yes, you did exactly what you said but see.. here's the problem, her body wasn't there when my men went to check on your effectiveness! That means she is alive somewhere and you failed me. I don't take kindly to failure Marcus!"
Lucas gathered some blood on his fingers and rubbed them together, "My, that's a nasty cut you've got there boy. It might cause you some trouble waking up. Let's hope you don't for your own sake." He kicked Marcus in his ribs causing the boy to cough up more blood, "Oh, and by the way, your family died three days ago. I grew bored of them just as I now do you."
Marcus blacked out as he felt hands grab his feet and drag him out of Lucas' office.
*Chapter 4*
Kael had two more days to consider her ultimatum as Elyah slept. "Why the hell would someone willingly put themselves into this?" he said as he looked at himself in the mirror. Could her family really want her dead like she said and if so, could he really make her do this just so she would be with him?