In luxurious meeting room.
There was a circular table set in the centre, With the amethyst floor glowing faintly under the dim light of the room.
A young boy sat at the main seat.
He was surrounded by a bunch of old men.
'Leeches'. That was the single thought that passed through the mind of young boy.
The young boy was Aelion Velthane.
The heir of Velthane family. In name only though.
The current ambush on him was to force him to agree to marry his sister off.
'Have we really fallen so low?' As soon as this thought crossed his mind, He stood up, His chair scraping the floor.
"I am done here" His cold voice cut through whatever they were preapring to say.
"Aelion, You have to be understanding.." A voice filled with venom resounded.
Aelion at Modred, His uncle, The elder brother of his own father.
Aelions eyes narrowed as he looked at Modred, waiting for him to continue speaking.
Modred cleared his throath, Slowly standing up as he started to speak "You are no longer young, You have to make sacrifices for the family, We have to Agree to the marriage or we will soon be kicked out of the 'Glory List' too"
Aelion closed his eyes for a second, When he opened them again, All the emotion in them was gone, It was like he had became a different person.
"We can discuss it at the year end meeting that occurs at the end of the year, If you hear anything from me again, It will be from the lawyers."
In a smooth motion, Aelion left the room, The doors sliding close as he left.
*Bang*
"Who did that son of a bitch think he is?" Modred voice sounded with the impotent rage he had been holding in himself. "It looks like killing his mother wasn't enough for him"
It was a open secret in the family that Modred killed Anna, The matriach of the family, 4 years after the patriach death because she didn't allow the funds for him to start a venture.
Which was currently in debt too.
Modred sneered as he said, "That bastard didn't know what was coming for him, The year end meeting? Lets hope you are alive till then."
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Aelion was driving to the mansion he lived in with his sister.
The cool and colourful evening light falling on his face.
His mind wandered to the past, Back when times were still good, and he didn't have to worry about anything and just lived peacefully.
He really.. really hoped those times are back.
But he also knew he had to prepare for the inevitable falling out he was going to have with his family.
All the riches the Velthane family, His "family" was enjoying was earned by his father, with blood and sweat.
That was also why no one dared to say anything back when his father was still alive and held the reins.
His father was a ruthless buisiness man, One that pushed a buisiness that was almost bankrupt into a buisiness empire that reached the top 7 richest wolrd.
It was right to say other than his father, There wasn't a single capable one in the family.
The moment his father was murdered by one of the opposing familes, Aelion wasn't even given the time to greive.
His so called Relatives circled them like hounds to tear apart the legacy and take whatever they can with them.
But, His fathers will prevented them from making that move. But that didn't stop them from taking over a lot of businesses under the pretence that he was still too young.
That was 6 years ago, And Aelion was currently 16, Legally inheriting the companies now.
Now, They want to force him to marry his sister away?
To the family they dethroned from the council?
Did they ever consider what would happen to his sister if that happened?
Aelions rage spiked again, he pulled his car over to the side, His hand trembling from rage which slowly faded away.
He needed to do something.
He needed a way to turn things around, A Chance, An opening, Anything that would help him.
All kinds of outcomes ran through his mind, Buit he was unable to find even a single good one among them.
He tightened his grip around the steering and slowly pulled into a mansion surrounded by a dense forest on one end and a beach on the other.
The iron doors that were looming over slowly opened as his car drove in.
Aelion stepped out of the car, and went into the house, his boots clicking on the obsidian coloured ground.
He slumped over the sofa, His body sprawling over.
"Aelions is that you?" A young girls voice resounded in the hall.
"Yeah, It's me, Celestine" Aelions said in a calm voice.
A young girls stepped into veiw, her waist length hair waving as she stepped into the room.
"How did the meeting go?" She asked in a calm voice, But Aelion cought the slight tremor in the voice.
Aelion tried to say it as calm as he can, But the anger made his voice rumble slightly. "They wanted to marry you off to the Korveth family"
Celestines eyes widened in horror. "Are they really considering that?"
Aelion let out a shaky breath, which spread out like a fog and replied, "I told them we would be meeting them at the year end meeting"
Celestine nodded and stood up, saying, "Rest. We have things to do tomorrow"
Aelion nodded, slowly making his way to his own room.
He laid down on the bed, His mind still revolving around a single thought..
'How do I get out of this situation?'