''Letta you better not mess with my things you know the consequences right?!'' Robert screamed at little scarlet . She was terrified of him , not just him she was terrified of everyone in her family. Scarlet warner better known by her nickname Letta was a little girl with an innocent gummy smile  who captivated the hearts of everyone. Her mother Gretta  Warner , was  a painter who drew magic on her canvas . She was married to Robert warner at the age of 22 . Though the marriage was a failed one which could never be mended she held it with all her might .

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she could have given up on her marriage but  she realized it was too late.  she found out that she was pregnant with Letta . Gretta decided to devote her life to the unborn child in her womb. She was in a jovial state after that . but all her happiness soon came to an end . when she was a child Gretta's grandmother who was a gifted witch foretold that she had stumbled upon the curse of the blood rose . The curse of blood rose also known as the curse of black blood was a sinister curse casted to destroy the peace in ones life .

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Destroying one's life from the moment the person attains their eternal peace. It comes off as a dream in the beginning which symbolizes that the curse has begun . the dream might be alluring . A beautiful full bloomed red rose bloodied with  heart blood trickling down the knife .  Many won't know the warning but Gretta, she knew her time has come, all she could do was hold on . the dream became more and more vivid with each passing month ,just like that with each passing month her mental health worsen . Robert who was busy with his work in city didn't have any concern for his wife . moreover he was being unfaithful as he slept with another woman during his stay in the city.

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Gretta was alone in the huge mansion which was literally in the middle of no where coupled with a few servants . As her dreaded nightmare became more clear she started to portray it in her  canvas . each month she would paint the bloodied rose .Just like her dreams it became more and more bloodied. the knife she drew beside the rose also became red like its pair. knife and a rose what an alluring but dangerous pair she thought. On the 35th week she gave birth to scarlet. Her name was written in the painting she last drew and the ninth painting was named scarlet blood. As thick as blood ,As sharp as a knife.

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letta grew up under her mother's shadow.though her days at the mansion were cold and lonely, she had her little puppy Emu with her. Emu was a gift from her father who never once visited her. though never met she saw her father through the gifts he sent . letta lived like a princess but her reign was soon coming to an end .

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Gretta warner passed away ..

the days of merry were replaced with melancholy. Soon enough Robert, letta's father married his mistress and brought her back to their mansion. Gretta's passing was actually quite a sorrow for some especially her personal maid Clara and her husband Theo who was a driver at the mansion. Theo and Clara were like family to Gretta and her daughter. Before her death Gretta asked the couple to look after scarlet who was just a toddler. The couple weren't blessed with children hence they were extremely happy to accept scarlet as their daughter. they kept the promise .

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Gretta knew she was gonna die soon hence before everything went havoc she prepared the path for her daughter to grow . But she also knew that her daughter had to face a lot of challenges before getting into the right track she set for her. Scarlet was only six at that time ,she was too young to comprehend the things happening around her. "Death !, aunt Clara said mother went with the angels to heaven " little scarlet said with a huge question mark lurking in her eyes. " you think your mother is with the angels . huh?. well kid you better keep your eyes open because your mother went to hell not heaven ,she is a witch who tried to steal my husband away from me ." Vienna, Robert's mistress and letta's new stepmother argued. scarlet who couldn't understand what this person was saying was dumbfounded. she didn't understand what Vienna meant by saying witch and stealing but one thing she was sure was that Vienna was cursing her mother. letta's eyes brimmed with tears but she didn't utter a word . she bit her lip and ran away in tears . letta loved her mother so much that she couldn't stand Vienna talking bad about her .

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Vienna was Robert's mistress even before his marriage with Gretta . Gretta only knew about this  when she saw a letter  from Vienna which was supposedly for Robert . It was sealed with a lipstick smudge on it . the sickly fragrance of Vienna's perfume pricked her nose as she read through the letter . all this happened a month before she knew  her pregnancy . She had actually started loving Robert at that time but this seemingly erotic letter from Vienna broke all her expectations.

Before she knew she was already under the curse. Vienna was a mother to two children at that time . Silvia her first daughter and salvina her second one. they couldn't take their father's last name as they were not legally a couple. so they took Vienna's which was" Miller " . Vienna Miller along with her two daughters lived far from the city for nine years . Only after Gretta's death they returned.

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Vienna was a white lotus . everyone pitied her for having such a "tragic" life but little did they know what this poisonous snake was scheming. she wanted to make letta's life miserable in every means. on her seventh birthday letta was gifted a beautiful pair of slippers by Theo and Clara but Silvia destroyed it by splashing dirt on the snow white slippers. the second time was the worse . on the night of Christmas she was locked inside the attic by salvina.  They didn't harm her physically but they mentally tortured her. the third time was on her mother's death anniversary where she saw Vienna destroying her mother's things. She was heartbroken. Clara tried to console her but all her words were in vain . letta starved herself for three days without a drop of water. she was found unconscious in her small bedroom the night before the thanksgiving dinner.

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"Thanksgiving " it was a meaningless event for her. an event that she should spend with family but all there left was a beast , a witch and her spawns nothing else. she felt abandoned even though she had Clara and Theo with her. She missed her mother's sweet kisses and her melodious lullabies. A kitten needs its mother . without her it will die. Like a kitten clutching to it's  mother , letta held her mother's memories close to her heart .

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On the night of thanksgiving Vienna coaxed her husband into removing scarlet's name from the family register. Robert agreed with her. Scarlet who was tired from all the chaos was sleeping for the past seventeen hours .She was truly exhausted with all the exasperating events happening around her. On one side there is her stepmother who wants her out of the family and on the other there are her stepsisters who want to wreck her. Surely she wanted some peace hence she decided to ask her father if she could move with Clara and Theo .

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it was two in the morning . scarlet saw that her father's room was lit hence decided to confront him. she walked through the empty corridors which was once filled with joy and laughter. suddenly she had an ominous feeling. there was a sound of people chuckling and talking. Scarlet saw the light in the room from which the sound was coming.  She peeked through the door, eavesdropping the conversation of the people inside.

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"Mistress you did great by sending her the letter at that time. She wouldn't have given up on the master if it weren't for the letter."

"I know Nuen I had to do it . Robert was finally mine and I was pregnant with Silvia , I knew he wouldn't marry me hence I had to wait for the right opportunity. I met Robert when I was working in a brothel. he was young and was seeking a thrill. he fell in love and slept with me . I thought I could get away from that shitty brothel through him . But he ....just like any man he just wanted me to spread my legs for him . I heard him talking to his messenger about his marriage. it turned out that he was going to get married to a wealthy woman. she was extremely beautiful and rich . she was the daughter and the daughter of mayer . Gretta . That name... the first time I heard that name I wanted to end that person with my own hands"

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scarlet who was hearing this was shocked . Her breath hitched . she tried to listen to the rest of the conversation .

" I knew Robert was a womanizer and greedy person but I was not going to leave this big fish. i caught it with immense effort , who knows when  will I get hold of another big fish . that's why I pretend to be sad and wait for him . Robert was whipped for me mostly because he pitied me .I took advantage of that and planted some spies in that mansion of his which I was soon going to become the mistress of. it took quite some time for me to arrive here but it was all worth it. in the end what once was mine was mine again.but..."

Vienna stopped suddenly as her ones smirking face scrunched into a frown.

" but that witches offspring,that cursed girl she was still  left .... each time I see her face it reminds of how all these luxurious things doesn't actually belong to me . I have to destroy her . But that idiot Robert...."

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" i managed to convince him to kick that jinx's name off the family register but that's not enough. her sole existence haunts me . I need her dead. I need to make sure that my daughters will inherit the titles of legitimate daughters of the Warner family."

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Scarlett shivered in fear as she heard the final words of Vienna. Now Vienna and her maid Nuen are planning to kill her . but sadly what can an eight year old do in this situation. She ran back home . she stopped her cried while biting her lips. the information she heard shocked her .

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"my mother was killed...s-she was killed by  Vienna? " 

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"my mother was killed...s-she was killed by  Vienna? " 

Letta was astonished. There was no other way she could escape this tragic fate of hers.She had to escape now

that her life's in danger she thought. But how she's just an eight year old.

she thought about telling Clara and Theo . But what could they do ?

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As she was busy thinking about her escape she forgot where she was going. she walked and walked

through the empty corridors of the mansion.

Soon she met with an end. she realised that she reached the basement of the mansion.

The place where no one goes.

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there was once a rumour that Leonard warner who was the previous master of the mansion died here in this basement room .

So no one really opened this room. But recently,a few years back ,when Gretta warner died it was used to store her paintings.

scarlet didn't know about this .

She opened the massive door which made a creaking sound as loud as a screaming man. no wonder they called this place haunted.

Letta quietly entered the room.

it was dark and there were no switches which could turn on the light , there was only a candle and a match.

she lit the candle and slowly went down through the wooden steps. the steps were also creaking.

the candle flame which was once unstable became still as the steps ended.

There in the midst of the dust and darkness she saw the  paintings of Gretta.

among the several paintings, she saw a few which spiked her interest. it was the paintings of roses .

they weren't normal roses but bloodied roses .

she didn't understand why her mother drew so many paintings of roses. 

There were nine paintings each one was named with a beautiful name . the ninth one was called Scarlet. she touched the painting and brushed her hands through dried paint. she whispered " a bloodied rose" .

the blood seeped through the rose petals ,gradually falling on the sharp knife which reflected the sight .

it looked mysteriously beautiful and deadly.

"mother.."

scarlet felt that someone was trying to tell her something. she was engulfed in that thought when she heard a slight creak from behind. "rats?" she murmured , soon she found herself walking towards the direction where she heard the notes. there she saw an empty canvas .

it wasn't exactly empty but it was painted ....red . red like blood.

an unfinished painting...

why didn't her mother complete this painting.As she walked towards the canvas she felt a presence behind.

she shivered but still turned around to know who there was.

It all went blank for her the next moment.

" This brat tried to sneak inside the mansion,i should have had her thrown out earlier"

" mistress what do you want me to do"

" Nuen I don't want her presence here anymore.

Her disappearance wouldn't affect Robert as he barely remembers that she's alive.

killing her would be such a loss . it's better to sell her to some old and wealthy man .

hell surely ravish the hell out of her."

" Mistress I think we better sell her to the loan shark Antonio Ricardo, I heard he likes little girls."

"Well, good for him, send her to his mansion soon .

not even a single ant should know that she's missing "

"if that's what you wish mistresses "

Nuen covered Scarlet with a black cloth and placed her inside the car trunk.

letta had a cloth inserted in her mouth and also had her both hands tied back .

All this time she pretended to be asleep hearing all their conversation. her heart was beating like crazy .

but she kept calm without alerting her enemies.

as soon as she was placed inside the trunk scarlet opened her eyes.

It was all dark. she tried to grab onto something she could find but couldn't find something.

She heard the vehicle taken off .

she needs to escape or else she'll be another girl dying in the hands of the cruel Antonio who would pull her apart and tear her into pieces. Antonio was a sadist, an absolute maniac. he found pleasure in torturing little girls .

That's what she heard from the maids.

the thought of it made her panic .

She tried to simmer down her invasive thoughts before it took over her.

suddenly she found a piece of a broken  glass of an alcohol bottle .

she grabbed that glass piece with much effort and started to tear down the rope which restricted her motion.

the rope almost wore down but suddenly the car came into an abrupt stop. the car door opened and closed with a loud creak.

She heard the footsteps of the man walking towards the trunk .

she stopped moving as soon as she heard the sound.

her heart was again frantic. the door opened slowly.right  in front stood a man who was as pretty tall . he was in his late thirties.

"stop pretending kitten you're already caught"

hearing his words scarlet opened her eyes.

"W-who are y-you " she asked him stuttering

"I don't have to answer that kitten but you'll surely know it later and nice try on tearing down the rope . you don't have to try anymore"

she was surprised to know that he understood her failed attempt to tear the rope.

soon he had her walk inside a well lit house. it wasn't too big like the mansion Vienna had mentioned soon she realised something.

"y-you are not Antonio's men, neither you are Vienna's. Who exactly are you and what do you want" she queried

"you're smarter than I thought.

just like your mother"

" m-mother! how do you know her?" she interjected.

there was a glint of excitement in her eyes.

" I know." he replied without giving her any clue.

" now come inside, you'll catch a cold if you stay outside for long"

it was the end of autumn and the beginning of winter hence it was freezing cold at night .

The man soon gave her a jacket and walked towards the kitchen which was a few meters away from the living room where she was sitting.

she sat on the couch and warmed herself up.

"what should I call you mister?"

"Victor. you can call me vic"

Victor grabbed two cups of hot chocolate and marshmallows and  walked towards the couch . his eyes on her and her eyes on the cup.

He handed over the cup.

she sipped the hot chocolate slowly though she was eager to finish it.

he chuckled at her actions and brushed her silky smooth hair. she looked at him and shot him a wonderful smile .

she asked " uncle Vic I still don't know who you are and why you saved me "

" why do you think I saved you? I didn't say that i would protect you or anything "

her smile faltered "b-but you don't seem like a bad person so w-why would you do any harm to me moreover you know my mother"

"i only said I know your mother but I didn't say that I was her friend. Couldn't I be a foe?"

he interjected

"b-but-you said-"

" I'm not gonna make your little head go buzzing . I'm not a foe but I wanted to make a deal with you scarlet Warner "

" With m-me ,why would you"

"allow me to explain. your mother was a good friend of mine . she was a princess back when she was still in Princeton. Her smile never faltered but that was until your father Robert caught her sight. your mother was truly a beauty. her beautiful almond eyes and her luscious hairs but not just her hair but her whole charector was a charming one but it was soon going to be tarnished by Robert. he never intended to treat your mother with

respect. He wanted her wealth as well as her. Gretta's mother died when she was very young and her father was old and couldn't handle the buisness anymore. Gretta was his  only daughter and he cherished her. he handed her along with his business  over to Robert . But later when she realised that he had a family it was too late. her father died the same year as their marriage hence the consequences she had to face were inevitable. the rest you know it too"

" my mother.....she was killed by Vienna "

" we can't say that yet dear there's something I have to make sure before that do you wanna avenge your mother then you should stay with me, listen to me and forget about everything.all your relatives,relations . will you?"

letta didn't hesitate. She had a fire burning in her eyes and he could see it . without hesitating she agreed to him.

he said " the path to redemption was long and harsh .

it will rain and storms will pull you off the ground. would even drown but all you have to do is hold on .

hold on tight to your aim and do not flinch even if you're shot"

soon it had begun .

An innocent girl who's innocent smile that didn't hide anything is now hiding something more agressive.

something like fire . burning every one and thing , burning every inch of the one staring. Scarlet will see blood . scarlet will be burning red . Scarlet will bleed scarlet blood.

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I killed him.His blood stained my hands like a drawn tail.

I don't know what this feeling was.

surely it was not guilty nor grief.

It was a chilling sensation. my first kill as an assassin.

after uncle vic rescued me we made a deal and now it's been seven years since he took me under his wings.

he is the only relative I have after I left the Lily Lake mansion which was a place where I spent a few beautiful years of my life .

It was a place which rightfully belonged to me. it was my mother's mansion .

There was a time when I lost my way in life . i didn't know what I wanted. Was it revenge ?.

No . Redemption? I don't know.  I wanted to

.....KILL. but who should I kill? .

initially when Uncle Vic and I were making a deal .

He promised me that he'll help me avenge my mother.

I thought of  Bewitched under her spell. She bullied me .

Did  and said terrible things about my mother and my loved ones .

She also had her two devil spawns torture me .

Silvia and salvina. like their mother ,they both have grown into beautiful young women who were wicked and ugly inside.

I went through swingeing training under uncle Vic for seven long years .

I had to starve for weeks and I was stranded in the forests deserts and oceans training to be an assassin.

yes you heard it assassin.

it was the deal I made with Uncle. In return of my revenge I'll become an assassin for him.

I was trained in mixed martial arts and was also trained to use various kinds of weapons including guns and knives.

He said I was a quick learner and soon started to train me in hacking. yes not the ethical one .

it was one of the few things that i enjoyed in this nerve wrecking situation of mine. I truly liked it .

when all those zeros and one harmonize it brings me peace.

weirdly I find peace in such activities.

when I was fourteen I was on my first unofficial mission.

Uncle Vic was a lacky of an infamous organisation which harboured the peerless assassin.

I still don't know which organisation I'm working for as he never told me and I never asked him. I had to hack into the system of the Correleinds to steal some confidential files.

Correleinds were a famous group of companies at that time .

They had their businesses ranging from jewellers to construction.

But what the outside world didn't know was their business was all a disguise.

behind the curtains a massive group of drug trafficking gangs worked together and a huge empire was built.

Their connections across the world were huge and it was extremely hard to access their server which was well protected.

I was instructed to hack into their network .

We knew that I won't be able to hack into their whole network and it was true I only managed to hack into the minor part of the web where their shipping data were stored .

But at that time all it was required was the shipment data and like that i accomplished my first mission.

after that I had several missions but none of them were as exciting as the one that took my breath away.

I was sent to a late night club to assassinate a person for the first time. I've never killed anyone with my hands . keyword -hands.

I have had several hits before but those were either shooting them or bombing their properties .

But this one ...it was a close combat . Ian Ivanov , the youngest of the Ivanov family. I had to kill him .

But it was not an easy job. i cannot shoot him his security was tight.

So the only way was close combat.

for that the path I had to choose was ... Seduction.

A Sixteen year old girl seducing a thirty year old. Should I laugh or cry?. Ian was the underboss of the Ivanovs ,  another mafia family.

They may or may not be the part of the Correleinds but it was impossible to determine their involvement with the Correleinds.

I wore a black dress which had deep slit along my thighs and the back was open . the thin sleeves which were threads loosely hung on my shoulders .

The dress had a hint of sparkle to it. along with the dress I wore light makeup.

Though it was light it brought out  my strong facial features .

with few accessories paired with them I was ready.

Installed a tracking application in my phone developed by our organisation to locate the members .

With that I was ready.

I grabbed my two inch black heels and got inside the car.

"#309 if you have any problem troubleshooting ,immediately dial our code. The programme will be activated then".

#107 said that with a hint of concern .

we were inside the car equipping myself with necessary devices like microphone and hidden cameras. we didn't know our real names , in fact we weren't supposed to reveal anything about ourselves.

hence I only knew other members by their code numbers.

along with all the other equipment I was also given a small device.

you couldn't exactly call it a device , it was a weapon.

It was ring bejeweled with a sapphire stone but behind it was a small silver needle with extremely potent venom .

It was developed by #003 who was one of the most peerless assassins of all time.

The venom worked like sleeping pills.

As soon as the victim is stung with the poison he would feel anything but sleepy soon he'll drift off to sleep.

but exactly after 10 minutes he would die of heart attack .

Even after the death of the victim you won't able to trace the presence of the venom.

After the twenty minute drive we arrived at our destination.

The trinity club.

One of the liveliest club of the cities also the place where the most notorious criminals hide. No one would utter word about them .

I entered  the pub and was soon welcomed by the guards at the entrance asking for ID I handed them my forged ID which said I was 24 year old Clair Williams. they let me in without any further questions.

As soon as I entered the club I saw him . Ian Ivanov, dancing in ecstasy among the blonde and brunette girls with plastic breasts and butt implants . 

When he saw, me i flashed him a smile knowing he's definitely gonna bite. and he did . He grabbed my hands dragged me towards the vip room . I was startled but soon regained my composure.

he slammed me against the wall and that was when I decided that it was time to strike . i couldn't directly attack him with the ring as it was extremely hard to get the needle right on his neck in fact I didn't want to have any close contact with him  so I decided to fight.

I stamped my feet as a result a pocket knife sprang out of my heels. i stabbed him with the knife which made him scream in agony. he yelled

"you *****!!!! you dare to stab me!?? I'm gonna ******* kill you"

as he yelled he tried to grab me by the neck but I swiftly avoided his attempt and gave him a kick in his groin area.

he fell onto the ground and was cursing and at that time I decided to finally let the needle do the work.

But as I was about to do that I heard the sound of the footsteps of his guards.

immediately I retracted my hands. I knew if i leave now he will increase his security hence making it impossible to harm him therefore I had to take  action now .

I hated seeing blood because my mom suffered from an unknown disease and died while coughing blood.

I was six years old then but I still remember seeing my mom coughing blood as she was gasping for breath and I stood there with tears dripping down my eyes.

but now it's not time for trauma or emotions. I had to take take action.

i grabbed the nearest beer bottle and broke it .

I grabbed a piece of glass and stabbed him on his chest.

a hideous cry rose from his mouth to which I gave him another stab but this time on his stomach. I calculated he wouldn't live for more than 1 minute they won't manage to save him and the nearest hospital was 10 minutes away. As the stab wounds were deep he would die of blood loss .

My first kill

I was no longer Scarlet warner i became Scarlet. just Scarlet. But with a fire inside my heart .

I cleared the crime scene as I knew they were chasing me . luckily I escaped their sight . my body was drenched in blood and i couldn't wear it anymore. I needed to change .

to find something I rushed towards the bathroom, on the way I found an open VIP room .

there lied a man and a woman. The women was almost in her early twenties and her blonde hair had fallen on his chest . she had her lipstick smudged and her makeup turned ugly due to the exhausting "session " she had .

And the man he was extremely handsome looks the same age as her . his tanned skin and his well defined muscles along with his godly face made me drool .

his silky brown hair fluttered in the wind like the leaves of the maple.it was a sight to see. they were deep in their sleep hence I slowly walked toward them and grabbed her clothes and was about to walk when I felt a strong grip on my hands. I turned and saw that the man who was disveled and tired a moment ago was now sitting on his bed with a sour expression on his face.

his grip on my wrist was strong so I didn't try to break him off anymore.

seeing me stand in silence he opened his mouth to say something and  that was when I gave him a roundhouse kick . he fell backwards making the girl jolt in surprise she was awake and was frowning at me who was drenched in blood which made me thank fully unrecognisable.

he tried catch me again but I jumped out of the nearest window where I our black van was waiting. and I said .

" too late motherfucker I hope to never see you again "

and then again I had his green emerald eyes staring at mine . it almost made me stuck but I shook my self from the thought and got inside the van .

my first mission was a mess i didn't use the assigned weapon .

I even had the blood of the  victim all over my body which was unacceptable for an assassin and lastly I messed up with some big shot guy with green eyes.

But my first mission was successful if you could exclude those .

But those Green eyes were pretty I won't deny that.