CHAPTER 47

"Hey" a shadow loomed over the canopy of a child's bed, trying to wake up the sleeping princess unceremoniously in the middle of the dark hours.
When the child remained unfazed, the boy poked his fingers onto her chubby cheeks making her flutter open her eyes in alarm giving out a cry.
"Shhhh! Little devil you will wake up the whole mansion." A boy of nine years scolded the girl making her pout in agitation as big tear drops rolled down her face.
Aurora give a cry again ignoring the warning of the hazel eyed boy watching her in irritation.
His palm shut her mouth, eyes warning in advance of keeping her voice down.
"I am going to assign you a task... It will make dad happy. I would have done it myself but I thought why not include you too."
That shut the girl up for good, her eyes twinkled and tears stopped as if a switch was turned on. Ares watched Aurora's facial expressions and put away his palm.
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The mansion was in uproar, all the servants trembling in fear were lined in an order, not only Ajax's wrath was on it's extreme but Alaina's clenched jaw depicted how severe the situation was.
Ares stood silently in a corner watching his father and mother more furious than ever celebrating like the devil he was.
"I-is this..... Is this m-meant to make papa happy?"
Ares twirled the keys to the forbidden chamber in his fingers displaying a crooked smile.
"Ofcourse little devil, the servants were too insincere today, all the trash files were kept on dad's desk and all the important ones were discarded in the backyard.
Now Dad has to get up early tommorow in stress and worry, tear all papers here and throw them in backyard while bring back the important ones.
All I ask you is that you take all of them ,one by one, put them in shredding machine while I go back to search for the files and bring them back here."
" B-but-"
" It's fine if you don't want to do it, we can leave it and tommorow dad will severely punish the ignorant servants-"
"No! I will do it." Ares smirked.
"Go on then. Take these keys and unlock the door."
All the deals signed by various Mafia nations were in ruins. The papers turned to pieces of trash.
Ajax's chamber was one of the most forbidden places in the mansion, yet someone dared to enter his lair and destroy everything he had taken years to work for.
His dark eyes scrutinized every single person present in the hall except his wife. Alaina was the only person allowed inside that room and also the only person who was far furious than him.
She rarely lost her cool, always remaining calm and placed but right now her eyes were smoldering flames of hell.
The woman picked up her porcelain cup of coffee sipping it while her sharp gaze took them all in one by one softening to a feather touch as soon as she heard a small yawn from behind.
Small footsteps were dragging themselves on the floor as another yawn escaped her daughter's lips.
"Mum, dad what do we have in breakfast?"
As if nobody was watching her incredulously, Aurora remained naive to the thundering clouds looming over her head as she tried climbing up the tall chair to sit failing like she did every single day.
Ajax's face twitched, lips trying hard not to curve up with how adorable she was as Alaina pulled Aurora up beside her, serving the girl her favourite strawberry milkshake and a proper breakfast.
Ares straightened his back, leaving his position, walking and talking his place right beside Ajax.
"Do you know what is the punishment of deceiving me?" Ajax maintained his voice calm for his children, not wanting their innocent eyes to witness his demonic side.
But the murderous aura made Aurora shuffle closer to him seeking safety, Ajax's palm making contact with her small head, patting gently
How ironic it was truly that even when he was the danger she seeked him for safety.
For the first time since she woke up, Aurora felt something wrong was going on looking up to her mother to find assurance
Several maids cried out while other trembled uncontrollably.
A guard came running inside the silent grandeur, his eyes wide with disbelief as he watched Aurora sitting innocently. He removed his eyes from the daughter of the Devil as soon as he could.
"Boss... You should see this."
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"Miss Aurora, sir has asked for me to escort you to the office." The maid named Jenelle took Aurora's arm pulling her down from the bed and dragged her gently behind herself.
Aurora who was much innocent to know what had gone wrong meekly followed the girl. Although she didn't completely understood what had transpired, she definitely realized that what she had done yesterday night wasn't a good deed.
"Ma'am" Jenelle bowed her head lightly and put Aurora's trembling hand in the soft palm of her mother who looked at her teary eyed baby in anguish.
Alaina bent down picking Aurora up, settling her down on her waist. Aurora didn't wasted a moment and burst out crying burying her face in Alaina's chest.
She thought that she had done something so terrible that now her father and mother would leave her to the place she came from.
Sadness filled Alaina's heart when she saw her only daughter crying, she cooed.
"My pretty princess, why cry.. hmm? Don't you want to have lunch with me, I made cake for you.... You like cakes right baby?"
Aurora believed that the soothing voice of her mother could even change harsh winter's to full blown spring.
Just as her father's temper cooled down as soon as her mother said a word, her anxiety and fears too would be long forgotten in her arms.
"I am sorry m-mum."the girl continued to release tears.
"What is your name sweetheart? Tell me whose clan do you belong to?"
Aurora's eyes opened, the crying bring ceased for the time being as she watched her mother looking at her as lovingly as she always did. Not an ounce of anger present in them.
"I am Aurora Ajax Waylon. I-I am the mafia princess of Waylon empire and heiress of Strom empire...?"
The lines she was taught everyday were sprouting out of her mouth like honey but the last statement came out more as a question.
Was she even deserving to be called such things when she can't even make her parents proud.
"Yes, that will remain true till the last star in the sky dims. But most importantly you are the daughter of Ajax Waylon and Alaina Waylon...that is what you need to remember above all."
Aurora saw her mother speaking those words and her heart filled with love and respect.
"Now your father is waiting for you...go run little baby."
Alaina tickled her daughter making her squeal in laughter, the girl jumped down laughing and ran away.
He could feel her breaths being even and serene, lying into the arms of the mafia emperor, a small little girl of no more than three years old was sleeping soundly.
In this entire world Ajax Waylon did not feared anything, yet the only thing that could control his mind, heart and soul-his wife and soulmate, he was indeed afraid of her reaction. He had adopted a nameless child out of no where, a place from where the darkest of human emotions ruled, he had given hope to this small baby but he dared not think what his wife would feel about the whole scenario.
"Jax! you're home!" The woman with frail pink apron, cooking a hearty dinner smiled so brightly that it might had brought the loveliest rays of sun to shame. She giggled before running towards the garden from where only the visage of her husband was visible yet she knew it was him, she could not even lose him amongst thousands of people.
Ajax felt his heart beat erratically, the condition the baby lying in his arms was terrible, lord was not merciful on him today and the moment Alaina stopped a feet away from him, her warm forest brown irises that were filled with mirth dimmed.
"A-Ajax...oh my god" teary brown eyes locked with his emerald green ones as trembling fingers touched dirt matted brown hair that seemed to have lost its luster.
Such a small little angel and yet going through so much pain.
Her body was covered with filth, cheeks hollowed as she could pass any moment. When Alaina tried taking Aurora into her own hold, Ajax refused.
His dark coat that was covering his daughter might have slipped if his beautiful wife took Aurora into her own hold, he did not want her to see the tattered clothes she was in, the wounds and obvious evidences of abuse on her body, Alaina will break again if she saw such pain.
Ajax did not wanted his precious treasure to remember her own childhood and the agony that she had experienced.
"Baby, can you please arrange for a small shirt and prepare the meal, I will introduce you to this child at dinner...is it fine my love?" Questions...thousands of them bubbled inside Alaina yet nothing was more important than feeding and taking care of the angel in her husband's arm.
She trusted him no matter what he did so she nodded her head as Ajax kissed her forehead in gratitude and love.
While the woman who was one of the coldest Queen yet the sweetest person was busy doing some preparation for the girl Ajax brought home, the man looked at the woman calling a doctor and her voice could not hide the anxiety that she felt blossoming in her heart.
No matter how much he tried to hide the abusive biological parents of Aurora from Alaina or try to erase their entire existence from his newly adopted daughter's mind and heart, both would require a lot of time. Now his Alaina and his Aurora, both were his responsibilities and he had to look after both of them.
With a click the bathroom door was locked and Ajax sighed looking into the grand mirror. What was the use of such magnanimous wealth and power if he could not make his family happy. He had his wife and the son, Ares that was born out of pure love and devotion they had towards each other, now that the god has blessed him with another child....he will do everything in his capability to keep them safe and happy.
Aurora who was asleep all the while woke up with twinkling eyes as she looked at the man who rescued her from the auction house and her mouth morphed into grin.
Looking at such an adorable wonder, Ajax had one of the kindest smiles gracing his features.
"My sweetest sunshine has woken up? How about I give your hair a wash little love?"
"He-heir wash.."
The mafia king settled the tiny daughter of his on the cabinet platform that was under the soft yellow light before his palm rummaged through the racks for taking out a strawberry fruit toy that was the size of his fist and giving it to Aurora.
Golden eyes looking adorably confused widened as the sweet baby clutched the fruit with both her tiny palms.
"Ser"
"Its Sir sunshine and I am your father now, so call me dad. Say D-A-D"
Aurora fumbled with the word making Ajax chuckle before he squeezed the shampoo with least yet the gentlest of fragrance and poured it on the top of Aurora's brown head making the baby squeal as foam ears formed on her head like a rabbit.
"DED!"
The whines were not paid attention to as her hair was rubbed and washed with mild warm water. For the little baby, the huge wash basin became a bathtub as she sat in it and giggled when the water was splashed on her head, did not caring about the black dirt filled liquid that flowed down her hair.
When Ajax was satisfied with the outcome, his one arm picked up the baby before settling her in the little toy tub after pouring some baby shower gel in it. He dared not see her tiny limbs that were filled with scratches and welts thus closing his eyes in pain.
"My little princess, aren't you the cutest thing ever... Do you want your father to give you a flower?" Aurora seemed to have attach herself to Ajax in the short amount of time, whatever he said the little baby followed.
When she nodded her head shyly, only knowing that he was praising her Ajax called an elderly maid in.
"Bath my daughter till I get a hundred roses for her." The words were directed to the girl that seemed to not notice that he was going out and only focused on that she will be given a flower making her giggle.
"Oke Ded" The smiling child from that day became the heartbeat of the Mafia Regime.