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Marcel was treated to sudden blinding light when the black bag was pulled from his face and he had to squint his eyes to adjust to the intensity. By the time he looked around his environment, he noticed he was in a room now. And he had guests. Very important guests.

Sakuzi was staring right at him with a look he couldn’t decipher and beside him was his adopted son and successor, Emerald. Emerald was a fucking giant and the muscles on his body were enough to crush him – if he dared him.

Of course, there was Niklaus and unlike Sakuzi’s unreadable expression, the murderous energy around him was obvious. Well, that was expected, they were not exactly on good terms and he did infiltrate his home on his grandchildren’s birthday.

Last but not the least were Reina and her stepdaughter, Isabella. Marcel looked into Isabella’s eyes and the coldness inside of there stunned him. The woman was extremely dangerous and it was a good thing she was not an assassin, else she would have been a lethal one. Perhaps, Niklaus saw that darkness and made sure she had nothing to do with the family business.

Marcel tried to speak but he was parched and all that left his mouth was a dry cough. He was tied to a chair and couldn’t move even if he wanted to, while the others were seated in front of a table facing him. If Victor was here with him, he would definitely joke that he was facing the panel of judges. Except that in this case he was helpless and his life was on the line here. They would be the ones judging his fate.

“Is that Marcel?” Reina was the first to ask, unsure.

Without a word being said, the austere Isabella walked over to him and then traced the edge of the mask where it was blended with his skin with the help of the makeup and pulled it off his face roughly, without caring for his comfort. After the mask lay deflected on the mask, Isabella lowered his turtleneck and ripped the voice alterer device from around his throat

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Cocky smartass, Marcel communicated those words with his gaze and Isabella simply gave him a cold glance before returning to her seat. Marcel bet that she didn’t have a heart, if she did, it was all frozen.

“Marcel Luciano,” Emerald roused his attention, “To what do we owe this....” He thought of the word, “Unexpected visit?” He put it mildly.

The old man Sakuzi laughed, “I thought that with a mad and reckless father like Daniel, his son would have some guts. Yet, he was too cowardly that he came in wearing another person’s skin,” there was complete mockery in his tone.

“And one would think that you should have died already considering how long you’ve been around the earth,” He sassed.

Marcel knew that he was not supposed to talk back considering the precarious situation that he was in, however, he was tired of people always comparing him to Daniel.

Upon that comment, Sakuzi laughed loudly to everyone’s surprise. “The kid has a smart mouth, kind of reminds me of you, Isabella,” He said to her.

Isabella glared at Marcel again and he sighed. She must really hate him. Well, Winters did warn him of crashing her children’s party. And speaking of Winters, where was she? Marcel hoped to God that they hadn’t done anything to her else he would make them regret keeping him alive.

“He’s nothing like me, and if I’m to say anything, I suggest that we end his pathetic life and be done with it,” Isabella said without even blinking an eye.

Wow, Marcel was touched – note the sarcasm. What did he even do to her? Well, except for his father nearly getting her family killed when she was younger.

“Isabella!” Mama Reina, the peacemaker and the most normal person in the family chided her.

“I second that,” Niklaus supported his daughter to Reina’s surprise. Of course, Niklaus would be the happiest if he died. Call it vengeance for almost losing his family years back. If only Arianna was here to see that they hadn’t forgotten about the incident at all.

Oh no, Marcel’s heart quickened when he remembered Arianna. How long has he been here? Did Adele take the bait and went after Elijah? Marcel had so many questions, but most of all, he needed to go back to the base. He had to know what was going on.

“Listen...” Marcel said this time, “I didn’t come here to cause trouble or something. I too have other important things than to intentionally cross their territory and cause trouble. However, I came here to take my sister home and nothing else. If things had gone to plan, you wouldn’t even have heard a whiff of me and we would be gone already.”

“To take your sister? You mean the one that you were unable to take care of?” Mama Reina was finally showing her claws and Marcel stared back at her as she continued, “Chloe told me everything that I needed to know.”

“No family is perfect,” Marcel told her, “But I did my best and came back for her. Things are different now and she would never have to go through what she experienced before. I need my sister now.”

“He’s right. The girl’s a Luciano, she can’t stay here,” Niklaus was surprisingly on his side. If only.

Reina’s head whipped to her husband and she retorted, “Or maybe you just don’t want her here. I thought we talked about this already and I told you it’s all in the past. Moreover, the girl is not Daniel. It’s time to move on.”

“With all due respect, mother, not everyone easily forgives as you do. My siblings nearly died that day...” Isabella pointed out, “I almost died that day. I believed if we had died and you survived to see a day like this, this would have been a different case.”

“But then you didn’t die, none of you did and it’s years ago. Come on, Chloe is a young girl who needs the love and attention this...” Reina pointed at Marcel, “Cannot give her. No offense.”

“Offense taken,” Marcel reminded her, “She’s my sister.”

“Adopted sister,” Reina corrected him firmly, “There’s always room for re-adoption.”