He slowly opened the rusty gate that lead directly towards the deserted path of an eerily silent graveyard. He stood near the entrance and scanned the vast piece of land filled with tomb stones and he slowly swept his eyes from left to right. His eyes stopped at one particular tomb and a small smile took form on his lips. A smile that held fear, pain and something so deadly. He then started to slowly walk the path that lead towards that particular grave and kept his eyes on it.

It was as if the tomb stone was a person; sitting there, all alone in the night , waiting for his arrival.
He could feel the sudden drop in temperature as he neared the tomb stone. He could feel every bit of the dark sky, the cold harsh winds, the eerily silent surroundings,and also the unknown shadows that took form due to the faint silvery light from the moon.

But he was brave. A brave man who had come there to see the person who had left him a fee years back.

He stood in front of the tomb stone and looked down. He knelt on the wet grass and slowly brought his right hand towards the tomb and rubbed his thumb over the neatly engraved letters that read..

JENNA STEPHENS.
Beloved mother and a beatutiful wife.

"Mother." He whispered softly and smiled as he kept rubbing the engraved letters in soft circles.

"I hope your happy wherever you are." He said after a few minutes as if waiting for the miraculous voice of his dead mother.

"I...I am in love again. And this ...This time it's bad." He repeated again like the last time he had,when he visited his mother and gulped as he sat down completely on the grass and brought his hand back on his lap. He intertwined his fingers , bent his head and started to slightly rock his body back and forth.

"Remember I told you about the man I had hired to kill Alexander.?" He asked and looked up at the stone once again .

His lips curved into a wicked smile.

"I killed him today." He whispered. As if he did not want the souls that rested in other tombs to hear his little chat.

"I am more deadly than any killer ma. And no one knows this better than you. " he said, and felt a presence around him.

He looked towards his left and spotted a black cat watching him intently. He turned back towards the tomb and continued.

"Rose. So beautiful, so fragile. She captured my heart and broke it all at once. I was turning into a good man, ma. But she..she is forcing me to become the monster that I once was." He said and scrunched his eyebrows.

"I don't want to harm her. I don't want to. I want to create every fucking damage only to that bastard. Alexander Hunter.
She loves him so much. So damn much that it breaks me into pieces and it wakes up the demon in me."

"Fuck" he said a little loudly, gripped onto his hair and tugged it with anger and frustration.

"I can't let him have her. She's mine. Only mine. I can't let him have her." He chanted the sentence again and again.

"Why can't she love me? I can give her happiness and all the comfort she likes. She even started to grow feelings towards me. But that fucking pathetic childhood love of hers had to come in between to spoil every damn thing." He said and loosened his grip on his hair.

"Jesse. She...I ...I killed her because she did not return the love I gave her. I feel like they don't deserve to live after hurting me mother. And now, .....now its Rose."

"I don't want to kill Rose, mother. I want her alive. I want to make her mine. But should I damage her? Should I hurt her? Will she come back to me.?"

He asked various such questions to the cold , silent air in front of him. He sat there for a few more minutes looking at the surroundings.

"Your not going to answer to any of this. I know that." He whispered and slowly got up.

"It's already time..I need to get back. I will come back soon." He said and bent down once again to touch the top of the tomb.

He straightened himself and turned away from the stone.

And like every other time , he slowly turned back and whispered the words that would scare any strong heart to death..

"I am sorry ma. I never meant to kill you."

---------------------------------------------------

"Where is Roseanne? " Alexander questioned the maid who passed by him.

"In the piano room, Sir." She said and quickly vanished away from his presence.

He made his way to the left side of the hall and walked through the narrow hallway until he started hearing faint sounds of uneven keys of the piano being pressed.

He smiled and stood in front of the closed door.

She had always loved to play. And he would teach her if she wanted to learn.

He slowly, yet silently opened the door and looked at the beautiful sight that was in from to him, right in the middle of the huge room.

He closed the door and walked towards her. She abruptly turned towards him with a shocked expression on her face.

"Alexander. . . You scared me." She said and kept her hand on her chest.

"You have a piano? " she said, with excitement and waved at the grand piano in front of her.

"I play, Rose." He said calmly as he took in her beautiful form.

"Wow." She said with a smile on her face and turned slightly towards the piano. She placed her index finger on a key and pressed it slightly. Her passion and love for the instrument was evident.

"Every key, every note, has a story to tell Alex. A sad story, a happy story, A story of love and..." she stopped mid sentence and looked at him with a silent plea in her eyes. He could read it.

"Can you play for me.?"she asked him .

"Anything for you Rose." He said and sat next to her on the chair.

He looked at her and smiled.

"Surprised that a criminal plays piano? "

"Music does not discriminate." She said and looked at his long fingers that had already taken their position on the keys.

"Moonlit sonata."he said and looked at the keys as he started playing the piece of music on the piano.

Rose was mesmerised. She never knew he could play this well. She watched the way his fingers gracefully moved from one key to another. The respect and love that she had for him soared high after what she was witnessing at present.

He played for a few minutes and gradually the music stopped. Alexander looked at Rose, only to find tears in her eyes.

"That was beautiful Alex."she whispered and looked at him.

"I can teach you if you want. " he said and smiled at her as he brought her closer to him.

"But now I have something important to tell you." He said. She still wasn't out of the daze she was put into by his magical music.

"You wanted to start working, yes.?" He asked.

"Yes. I did. And I would like it to be according to my qualification." She stressed on that point again and looked at him expectantly.

"You can join tomorrow as a Junior accounts assistant. It is the job that you completely deserve Rose." He said and watched her eyes widen with happiness.

"God Alex. Thank you..Thank yo.
..." she was stopped in between by a knock on the door.

"Come in." He said loudly.

Markus entered with a phone in his hand.

"Emergency call,boss." He said and held our the phone towards Alexander.

He handed over the phone to him and walked away from the room leaving Alexander and Rose alone.

"Rose, I will get back to you soon after his call. It won't take long. Yes.?" He said and looked at her plastering a smile on his face.

"Sure."She nodded and left the room immediately.

Alexander kept the phone to his ear and started speaking

"Tell me."

"Alex.. Brian has left town at present. I had my search team look out for him and he's no where to be seen. what are you going to do about him.?"

" I will look into that." He said and bored holes into the empty wall in front of him. He would kill Brian. He would give him a very slow, painfull death.

"Just be careful. Yeah?"

"Will do." He said and cut the call. He slipped the phone into his pocket and shoved both his hands into his pockets.

Alexander had heard some really disturbing stuff that morning and it haunted him every second. Rose was in danger and that was more than enough for him to loose all his calm collected mannerisms. He would protect her with everything he had in him. He would ensure that she was safe and that was the only important thing for him. Her safety. And now, he had to protect her from the biggest danger.

Brian Stephen .

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