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"That, dear, you should ask your-" Before he could complete his sentence, we heard a gun shot. We looked down to see Kevin shot in his head. He was dead. We all turned only to see the person I never in my lifetime expected to see holding a gun and shooting someone.

"Brother." Ethan smirked.

"Why are you doing this?" I shouted at Ethan. After Ethan revealed himself to be the leader of the Knights, I was so shocked, that I didn't even see Ethan punching me as he knocked me down. I woke up, tied to a pillar, with no one else in the room. 

"Because I want to. I thought you would figure that out." He smirked. This smug, arrogant new side of Ethan was very unusual for me. 

"You killed mom." I screamed. 

"She was never my mother to begin with." He shrugged. What is he talking about? Why would he say that? What the heck is going on? My thoughts were interrupted when the only door in the room opened, revealing Anthony.

"You!" I glared at him.

"Hello Sweetheart! It's good to see you too." Anthony smirked. Is he also a part of the Knights? Was this planned all along? And I fell for it? I can't believe I actually ever liked that person. How could I be so blind? 

"Poor Nessa-" "Vanessa." I cut Ethan off.

"What?"

"Vanessa. That's what you call me." I glared at him.

"You still don't give up, do you? Don't you see? I am not the villain here." Ethan stated.

"I don't believe that." 

"You know what. It's story time." Ethan smirked.

"Once upon a time, in a far away country called Australia, a girl named Vanessa-" He started but I interrupted him. 

"Cut the crap. If you are going to keep me here, at least leave me alone." I rolled my eyes.

"Come on! Don't be a party pooper." Anthony smirked.

"So, where was I? Yeah. A girl named Vanessa met a boy named Anthony," Anthony bowed down to Ethan, taking part in his act. Ugh! Why did I ever date that person? "And they fell in love." Ethan shrugged.

"I never loved that d*ckhead." I glared at Anthony.

"Oh! The good girl swore." Anthony smirked. Ethan just chuckled.

"So, they dated for some time. But little did Vanessa know that Anthony was just using her to get her brother." Ethan smirked. Nothing is making sense over here.

"I knew the moment I saw him. He looked familiar. And then I saw you with him. And I knew exactly how I was going to talk to him. A simple DNA test was all it took to confirm my doubts." Anthony explained.

"Turns out, I was never the son of my parents. I was the son of the former leader of the Knights." Ethan stated. I just started laughing. Both of them looked at me like I had grown three heads.

"Oh- My- God. You guys- should- really- consider- story telling." I said between my laughs. "You guys should tell more stories. I haven't laughed like this in days."

"You think this is funny?" Ethan asked, coming out of his trance.

"Obviously. I have seen your pictures Ethan. You were so small that even your eyes were closed. And I have also seen mom's pregnancy pictures. Whatever you guys are saying is impossible." I chuckled.

"If you don't believe me, how can you prove this wrong?" And with that, Ethan showed me a sheet of paper. I scanned down the sheet, only to see the final result.

'The alleged father is not excluded as the biological father of the tested child. Based on testing results obtained from analysis of the DNA loci listed, the probability of paternity is 99.999%.'

I looked up to see whose test samples were given.

Child- Ethan Macbeth
Father- Leonardo Knight

I was speechless. Either this is fake or he is telling the truth. But how is that possible?

"Judging from your expression, you are confused. So let me explain. If you look closely at mom's pregnancy pictures, it is clear that they are photo-shopped." He smirked.

"No. Mom won't lie to me, right? There is definitely something wrong." I muttered under my breath.

"Give it up. Don't you see. They are not our real parents. They are nothing but liars." Ethan shouted. 

"I refuse to believe that." I stated.

"Your mom killed my parents. And so I killed her. It was just an old fashioned revenge." He smirked.

"You are a psychopath." I spit.

"I am your brother." He chuckled.

"Adopted."

"So now you acknowledge it." He smirked.

"Why are you doing this? Are you also planning on killing me?" I glared at me.

I couldn't believe this is Ethan that I am talking to. This was just too much. Why is he doing this? 

"Nope. Killing you won't be needed. You are already dead from inside. Kevin killed Emma. I killed mom. That was enough to break you down. The only remaining person is Stefan."

"You won't do anything to him. Don't you dare touch him. I'll kill you." I shouted. He won't actually hurt Stefan, will he? But after all this, I don't even know what to expect from Ethan.

"You would really kill your brother? You couldn't even shoot at Stefan when I framed him for you mom's death. And you say you will kill me? The person who has been with since your childhood." He smugly said.

"Yes." I stated. Ethan started laughing.

"I really don't want to kill him, you know. But I made a deal with Kevin."

"You killed Kevin." I rolled my eyes.

"But I would still like to keep my part of the deal." He smirked.

"You know the satisfaction you feel when your long term plans are finally coming true. That's me, right now." He smirked.

"From the day I found out how your mom killed my parents, I was furious. And that's when my master plan started. I told Anthony to cheat on you. And I made sure I was there for you. He broke you, which made you come to me. I, as your big brother, helped gather yourself. And you blindly trusted me." He smugly said.

This is not Ethan. This is not how he is. Something has gotten into him. Anthony. He is the one who started all this by telling Ethan about his real parents and making him hate is adoptive parents. Oh God! How I hate Anthony!

"Then you formed a close bond with Emma. And she died. That just made everything better for me. When I realized it was Kevin who was behind Emma's death, I made a deal with him. He would have Stefan dead while I would have my revenge from the Elites."

"Kevin shot you. He is the reason you were in coma." I shouted, not understanding a thing.

"That part was not planned, I agree. Kevin wanted to kill you because you saved Stefan's brother and sister. But I had different plans for you. I wanted to break you. So I stepped in between. The coma part was not actually planned but he paid for that when I killed him." Ethan shrugged like killing Kevin was just a game for him. This is not the Ethan I know.

"On the plus side it also made you trust me even more." And with that he stepped out of the room, only after whispering something in Anthony's ears which made him smirk.

"So Sweetheart, how do you feel, being on the losing side?" He smirked as he walked towards me and bent down, to come at eye level to me. If my hands weren't tied, I would have choked him to death.

"You are delusional." I glared at him. 

"You love me."

"I hate you." I keep shooting daggers at him. Only if looks could kill. He just chuckled and stood up.

"Well, I am going to leave you alone. I am not interested in babysitting. And by the time I come back, I am pretty sure Stefan would be dead. So enjoy and I hope you like our hospitality." He smirked. He nodded towards all the other people standing in the room and one by one, everyone started leaving.

They actually left me alone. That was a stupid move. I could still feel physicians knife in my sleeve. I knew it would come in handy.

I slowly started shaking my hand to remove the knife out of the sleeve. It came out but it unfortunately fell down. I stretched my fingers to finally reach the knife. Once it was in my hand, I started cutting the rope.

Sometime went by and suddenly the door opened, revealing Anthony. I quickly hid the knife between my hands, still slowly cutting the rope. Wait a minute- Anthony. 

And by the time I come back, I am pretty sure Stefan would be dead.

No. No. No. Stefan can't be dead, can he. He is leader of the Kings. He should have some tricks up his sleeve. But what if he is already too hurt too fight back. I was only in a stable mind because Ethan wasn't hitting me. All the thoughts made me cut the rope faster.

The thing that surprised me was that Anthony had a camera with him. He slowly walked under the CCTV camera on the ceiling and clicked the room's photo from exactly under the CCTV. The camera printed the photo and attached it to a stand. What is he doing? I just ignored his actions continued cutting the rope. I had to get to Stefan.

Anthony attached the stand to the CCTV camera such that the photo was exactly in front of it and made the CCTV camera only see the picture. Wait a minute. Why is he blocking the CCTV camera? Anthony then kept the camera down and removed a knife from his pocket. He slowly started walking towards me, glancing all around the room like to see  if anyone is there. He is going to slit my throat, is he?

But rather than cutting my throat or even hurting me, he just kept the knife beside my hands, which were now free, but he didn't know that, and walked to the door as if to keep a watch. 

"What the heck are you doing?" I finally asked, confused by his actions.

"Saving your a*s."

A/N:

Hey guys!!

Hope you liked the chapter...

I know I am late and this is a small chapter but my exams have started and I am also editing this book (the first few chapters were not my best work)...So please excuse me...

Shout out to __Stacy_Black ... She was the only one who realized that Anthony had to do something with The Knights...

Who do you think would appear in the next chapter?....

I also have some great news to share... 

If you check my account (I am pretty sure none of you do)... you might know that I entered the book for MANY awards. While the other awards are still under judging...

The Girl Gang Leader won the first prize in the Blue Lotus Awards by ShrIya_hub *squeals in happiness*  (I DID NOT BRIBE THE JUDGE)

See you soon...