{Victoria}

  It's been a week after the honeymoon and for the most for Walter and I a lot of the honeymoon was spent having sex with each of our mates. I'm not complaining about that, not one little bit.

  But once we got back from the honeymoon everything went back to business as usual. The first thing I did when I got back I confronted the prisoner who dared to raise a gun at me at my wedding! I was able to get information about the guy. His name is Charles Bradly and the main reason he did what he did was that his brother was in the hospital in need of an important surgery. He made a deal with whoever hired him that he would deliver the message and his boss would pay for the surgery.

  Sure enough I was able to check about the surgery and it had been paid in full. This pissed me off to no end. The message wasn't even delivered fully!

  I went down to the dungeon to talk to Charles and he was already tied up in a chair. It looked like the guards already used him as their punching bag and that was fine by me. The guy would be dead soon but I wanted to deliver the killing blow. I prefer to execute people quickly and painlessly. Afterwards I have my men chop up the person and send their body parts back to their family.

  I'm pretty sure those families will want to seek vengeance for their loved one. But their loved ones should've known what they were getting into when they got involved with a mafia.

  Vengeance against a mafia hardly ever happens for one reason. If a family member that got involved with someone in a mafia and got themselves killed, seeking vengeance on a mafia was asking for a war. The Royals have been known to wipe out entire families and entire mafia's for daring to try and get their warped sense of justice.

  I'm going to be kind and let Charles' family live. But I will issue a warning when I send Charles's body parts to them. They'll get the warning or they'll be stupid and live with a chip on their shoulder.

  "So exactly why did you think it was a good idea to point a gun at a mafia boss? You're lucky no one died that day," I snarled when I saw Charles.

  "So?" Charles said. "I did my job and I didn't kill anyone. Please take that into consideration. I have a family!"

  I paused and scoffed, "Family?" I pointed to one of my guards standing behind me. "He has a family." I pointed to another guard. "He has a family." I pointed to myself. "I have a family. Having a family does not make you special. It is not a get out of jail or a get out of a death sentence card. Don't worry I'm allowing the rest of your family live when I can just go hunt down every single family member and execute them. I'm being generous by doing this because the previous mafia boss wouldn't have thought twice about murdering an entire family just because one of their family members did something stupid."

  He opened his mouth and shut it. I'm assuming he was trying to come up with some objectionable comment but couldn't figure out anything.

  I walked over to him and squatted down so that I was at eye level with him. "On the bright side, after you die, you'll still exist. Just you won't exist in this world. You'll be existing in Hell."

  Charles scoffed, "Hell's not real. I'm not surprised you said that. You are a mafia boss after all."

  The guards behind me snickered because they knew that I was telling the truth. I shrugged. "Oh well, whether you believe or not you'll find out soon."

  I stood up and walked over to one of my guards who handed me a gun. "Don't worry, I'm showing you mercy by giving you a painless death."

  I cocked the gun and didn't give Charles a chance to respond to me when I put a bullet in his head. His body went limp and I could tell from his lifeless eyes that he was dead. One of my guards handed me a cloth and I used it to wipe my hands off. I nodded. "You guys know what to do with the body."

  Without another word I left the room.

  ***

  As I walked down the hallway to the kitchen I ran into Riley.

  "My goddess Victoria! What happened? Where'd all the blood on your shirt come from?" Riley gasped.

  "It's not my blood. It's just business as usual," I said with a shrug.

  She looked at me in awe. "Wow! I'm glad I'm not a mafia boss, there's no way I could handle having to kill someone on a regular basis! Alpha Maxwell's had to kill people before and he's always in a foul mood afterwards. I don't blame him either."

  My second in command William came running up to us. He looked pretty excited for whatever the reason.

  I raised an eyebrow. "What is it Will?"

  "Oh, um His Majesty Satan wants an audience with you," William said. "He said that he has something important that he wants you to see."

  I nodded. "Okay then tell him on my way."

  He paused. "You might wanna change your clothes first. You're covered in blood."

  I shrugged. "Alright then."

  Riley grabbed my hand and dragged me to my room and had me strip. I chuckled. "Gee if you're horny all you have to do is ask."

  Riley blushed and shook her head. "No it's not like that. Although I would love to do that to you but right now you reek of blood and your clothes are stained. More than likely you'll have to wear your Royal Attire when you meet up with the King. I think it would be an insult to the throne if you go to your father reeking of blood."

  I snorted. "Okay mom, I'll do as you say."

  Riley blushed again. "Please stop tempting me or you'll be late."

  I pecked her on the cheek. "I can't help it, you're so cute when you blush like that."

  At this point in the conversation Riley was about as red as a tomato.

  "Alright, alright I'll take a shower and get dressed," I said.

  Riley nodded and practically pushed me into the bathroom and closed the door. I chuckled to myself, "Silly woman. I'm glad she's my mate."

  I got dressed and headed to Hell where my father was. He greeted me at the gate where the portal was. "Victoria, while I'm glad you came in your royal attire I probably should've told you to dress in your training outfit instead. My bad. Don't worry we'll stop at the castle so that you can get changed. We're going to meet someone very special today. She wants to test you to see how well you're doing on your training."

  "Oh," I said.

  We made a pitstop to the castle and I changed into my training clothes. Then we headed towards the portal and traveled to another realm. I gasped when I saw whose realm it is. It was none other than the High Ruler's realm!

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  "Um, Dad?" I asked. "Why are we here?"

  "I told you, we're going to meet someone special," Satan answered. "She's going to test you on how well you're doing with your training."

  "I see," I said. I walked alongside Satan as we got closer to the training area, I heard the sound of swords clanging.

  When we got to the training area I looked in awe as I saw a woman who looked like she was in her late thirties. She stood strong and tall and fought against three different people and had two swords in her hands. The fight ended so quickly that you'd miss it if you blinked.

  All three opponents were down on the ground in pain because of being struck so hard.

  "Oh come on! You guys are pussies!" The woman taunted. "All that trash talk and you can't even last two seconds against me. Tsk, tsk, that's just sad."

  I covered my mouth to stifle a laugh and that was when the woman turned around and saw us. Satan bowed to her and since Satan bowed to her I copied the action.

  "Your Majesty, High Ruler Trinity, I present to you my daughter, Princess Victoria," Satan said.

  "You may rise," High Ruler Trinity said.

  We stood up and High Ruler Trinity looked at me and smiled. "Ah, Princess Victoria! I've heard so much about you from your father." She looked at Satan. "Your Majesty Satan, you may go now."

  He nodded. "Yes, Your Majesty."

  When he left High Ruler Trinity turned to me and said, "Now I want to test you to see how you'll be able to handle the power of your three boxes."

  I paused. "Three boxes? I thought there was only one?"

  She shook her head. "Nope. There's three of them that the Fifth sealed your powers away in. Of course you'll be getting one of them once the deal that you made with your father is done. Honestly, I think you'll have a lot to learn about being a leader. I mean running a mafia is one thing. Running a kingdom is another."

  "Running a what now?" I said.

  She rolled her eyes. "Who do you think is going to be ruling over Hell once daddy dearest steps down from the throne? You are the firstborn are you not?"

  I nodded. "Yes I'm the-" Then the reality of what she said hit me like a ton of bricks. "Seriously? A kingdom? Me? Leading a kingdom? I can barely keep up with leading a mafia!"

  "Calm down," High Ruler Trinity said. "It won't be right away, you still have a while before that happens. Now, let's get started. First we'll do hand to hand combat and then we'll do sword fighting."

  We stood in the center of the training area facing each other. No one moved at first but then I saw what looked like laser beams that told what High Ruler Trinity's next move was going to be. So before she charged at me I prepared myself to dodge her and I did.

  After a coupled more times dodging her attacks she smiled. "Your defense isn't bad. You're pretty quick on that. Now give me your offense."

  I did as I was told and attacked her with all my might. She deflected my blows as if she were shooing away a pesky fly. I have no one idea how long we fought but I was having some fun with this. High Ruler Trinity ended the fight by punching me in the stomach and sending me flying into a nearby wall.

  I got to my feet and dusted myself off.

  "Not bad, still needs work, but not bad," High Ruler Trinity said. "Now let's continue with sword fighting."

  We did the same thing with sword fighting and High Ruler Trinity ended the fight by knocking me up against a nearby wall.

  She helped me get to my feet and once again I dusted myself off.

  "Your combat skills need some work and you have a long way to go, but not bad. You did manage to land a couple of hits on me. Not bad, not bad at all," High Ruler Trinity said.

  "When you say that I have a long way to go, how long are we talking?" I asked.

  She chuckled. "Probably a couple more years tops. No one gets good at combat training overnight. You're already good even without most of your powers and I can see that you're developing fighting techniques on your own. Things will be a lot better when you get rid of your original body. I'll just tell you this. You'll be getting rid of your original body soon. VERY soon."

  I tilted my head. "What do you mean by that?"

  She shook her head. "I can't say."

  I shrugged. "Alright then."

  ***

  {Delilah}

  I have been disturbed by my dark thoughts lately. The thoughts of wanting to kill Victoria have been stronger in my head ever since the wedding. I'm not sure why though. I know I need to talk to someone about it but who could I talk to without being locked up in a mental facility afterward?

  Tonight was no different. I sat in my room next to the window looking up at the night sky. I sighed. "Soon Victoria. I will be by your side. Since I can't be by your side in this life, I'll be by your side in the afterlife."

  I paused and tried my best to shake the negative thoughts away. I mean sure I was mad at Victoria for stealing Ben away from me but I don't want to kill her. But at the same time because of knowing that I won't ever win her favor this is the only option.

  "Yes that's right," I said. "This is the only option to be with her. I will have my daughter back one way or another."

  I smiled and took out my journal. In this journal I detailed everything I was going to do when I finally killed Victoria. Everything was there right down to the little speech that I had in mind for her. The date that I had set to put my plan in action was tomorrow. I was so excited and knew that I wasn't going to get much sleep but that was fine by me.

  ***

  {Victoria}

  I was sitting at my desk in my office going over some paperwork. I actually feel that this part is actually a somewhat relaxing change of pace. I know some people tend to find doing paperwork slow and boring but when you have a fast paced life like I do, slow and boring sounds like a vacation.

  There was a knock on the door. "Come in!"

  Walter came into the room carrying a tray of food with the medicine that I've been taking for my power surges. I looked at the tray and made a face.

  Walter chuckled, "Aw come on! It's not that bad. I have to take the same thing too since I started having my power surges as well. Thankfully mine aren't as bad as yours yet."

  "Fine. Did you eat anything yet?" I asked.

  Walter nodded. "Yeah I just ate. I got bored so I figured I'd get you your medicine and bug you for a little bit."

  I snorted. "Sure."

  There was another knock on the door. Walter looked at me and frowned. "Are you expecting anyone?"

  I shook my head. "No, I'm not."

  Another knock on the door sounded. I answered it. "Come in!"

  When the door opened my jaw dropped when I saw Delilah standing there with a dagger in her hand.

  "What are you doing here? And how did you get past my security?" I growled.

  She smirked. "I told you. A simple no wouldn't be enough to get rid of me. I will be by your side. And this is the only way to do that."

  Walter stepped in front of my desk shielding me from Delilah. Delilah walked up to Walter and stabbed him. He stumbled backwards and fell to the ground. To say I was shocked as I watched the life out of his eyes fade was understatement. But I knew he wasn't dead. He would probably show up in Hell. He would come back once he was healed.

  Delilah laughed as she brought the dagger and licked the blood off it.

  "You're crazy!" I growled.

  She nodded. "Uh-hmmm. Now it's your turn."

  I was going to fight Delilah but then I got an idea. I figured that fighting Delilah would be the perfect excuse to get rid of my original body. So I stood up and walked around the desk. I walked towards Delilah and instead of taking a step back she took a step forward and stabbed me in the gut.

  I felt my vision starting to go black when Delilah leaned down and said, "When it comes down to punishing people like you, I enjoy being heartless."

  After that, the world faded away.

  ***

  The next time I opened my eyes I saw that I was in my bed at the castle in Hell. I heard someone breathe a sigh of relief. "Oh good, you're awake. I thought it was going to take you longer to wake up. Walter's already awake and ready to go back."

  I looked at Satan and frowned. "How long was I out?"

  "Two days," Satan answered.

  I sat up. "Well that's good to know that I wasn't out for too long. What happened to Delilah?"

  Satan smiled. "She was arrested for attempted murder but she's going on about how she saw you die and shit. Smart move in having her kill you in order to get rid of your original body. Once the time comes you should be able to take the first box of your powers."

  "Yeah, High Ruler Trinity told me that I had more than one box. You think I can handle all of my powers when I went so long without them?" I asked.

  He shrugged. "I don't see why not. They're your powers and now that you got rid of your original body you should be able to adapt to them."

  "I hope so," I said. "How long do I have to wait before I can go back?"

  He chuckled. "You can go back today if you want? You just have to get out of bed, get dressed and grab something to eat and you'll be good to go."

  "Works for me," I said.