All said and done, Austin had made his point. He wanted it so he took over the throne through terror. No one sided him in our family except for Thomas. It was also clear to me that Abraham’s imprisonment was not temporary but permanent.

Next day’s night I was sitting alone, all by myself. I was not at my house, I was at the castle. I was thinking about many things at the moment but I made an analogy on Frederick’s disappearance as I remembered something.

I talked to myself remembering events of the past:

When Austin made an unfair decision in court, only Thomas was on his side. Even Frederick was against him.

Then I remembered what happened at the last meeting when all five brothers were together.

“Alright” Austin spoke trying to create mischief, “if Frederick dies before he becomes the new king, Abraham will get complete two years”

No body responded. Abraham looked at Frederick.

“Sure” Frederick spoke.

Oh my God. I uttered.

Apart from this I also remembered another encounter between Austin and Frederick.

When Austin was hitting Frederick with a whip, I rushed towards them and stopped them by snatching the whip away from Austin.

“What the hell is going on?” I asked. “Are you out of your mind Austin?”

“He just criticized my methods. He thinks he can be a better king than I was”

“I did not say that” Frederick argued.

“Alright quite” I yelled. “Austin is this any way to treat your brother?”

Coming back from my flashback, I stood up and spoke:

Now it makes sense. Austin always disliked Frederick and Frederick also had the guts to stand against him. I think he is the culprit. Austin is the culprit. He is the one who has done if anything has happened as a conspiracy.

That moment Jacob came by my side and broke the silence. I looked up at him. He spoke:

“Look what Austin is doing. We are not able to do anything against him”

“Jacob I want to share something with you”

“Ok, I’m listening”

“Austin is the culprit. He is behind Frederick’s disappearance”

“I know, I agree with you”

“He always disliked Frederick”

“That is not enough to convict him” Jacob answered wisely. “We have to do something practical”

“Austin has been doing everything so he could take over the throne once more, and permanently”

“He has made his place stronger. His gangster friends are given higher posts”

“We all know that he planned to imprison Abraham so his position would be stronger”

“I know, Abraham has made the worst decision of his life”

This conversation provoked me and next day I took a stand.

Next day’s evening, inside the castle, I stood against Austin and said to him in front of all the people:

“You have made your way unjustly. Abraham deserves to be on this chair”

Enflamed Austin looked at me and said:

“I did what I had to. But if you will stand against me, I might do with you what I did with Ryan”

Austin looked at me and said:

“I did what I had to. But if you will stand against me, I might do with you what I did with Ryan”

I chuckled a bit and asked:

“So what, now that you cannot speak with logic, you will simply use terror?”

“Think whatever you want to old man”

His men grabbed me from behind and tried to drag me.

Few hours later, I was standing at the edge of a mountain’s top. On the other side there was nothing but sea water. A mob of nearly ten men was standing against me and they were forcing me to jump. Of course I had to resist.

“You talk a lot” the leader of the mob said to me, “you are among those freaks who have the guts to face Austin”

“Why should I be afraid of him?”

“Maybe you haven’t opened your eyes yet. You have no idea what Austin is capable of doing to you”

“Can it be worse than this?” I taunted.

“Look, we know you are Austin’s uncle which is why we have been instructed to give you one last chance”

“I don’t need your sympathy. What kind of chance are you talking about?”

“Join Austin and give up Abraham and Jacob”

“What?”

“Jump off this island, or give up Abraham”

“I will never give up supporting Abraham. I’d rather die”

“So be it”

His men approached me and pushed me towards the edge of the mountain. Of course I lost balance eventually and fell off.

Mr. Hart ended his narration and got silent for a while. The police officer had tears in his eyes and he spoke:

“Wow that is quite a painful tale”

Mr. Hart had nothing to say.

“I must say” the officer further said, “you are a man of great courage”

“I am worried about my state right now. If matters won’t be resolved, my state would be ruined. Austin and Thomas see nothing besides what is benefitting them”

“Ok, what can I do for you?”

“Nothing much. Although I would appreciate if you would drop me back”

“Oh come on that’s not enough. The matter’s quite worse. Here’s what I will do, I shall take you back and I will send a small team with you who will be well equipped to make your force strong”

“That might take a long time. I just need to be there, that would be enough”

“Look sir, just wait for two days, can’t you?”

“No two days is too long. I can’t. Dropping me there would be the best thing at the moment, please”

The officer gave it a long thought and then finally spoke:

“Alright how about this? Just twenty four hours, you stay here. And while you return, you do not return empty handed. You’ll return with plenty of weapons. I need twenty four hours to arrange them”

“Ok, what kind of weapons”

“Machine guns and other similar weapons”

“How about no guns and just plenty of bullets”

“Ok I can do that. I will arrange guns as well”

The police officer stood up and then said:

“You are getting whatever you’re asking for within twenty four hours. In the meantime, you will have to spend the night at my place. It is at some distance from here”

“Ok, thank you”

Twenty Four Hours Later

Mr. Hart and the police officer were on a yacht. The yacht was at the coast of Prestige Land. Mr. Hart said to him:

“I’m sorry, but I can’t go through this route. There would be guards and they might not let me in”

“Oh, so now?”

“At a little distance from here, there is a cave like entrance, nobody is probably aware of. If you can take me there, then it would be easier for me to go”

“Sure, no problem. Do you know the way?”

“Yes, I’ll guide you”

Several minutes later, Mr. Hart finally stepped out of the yacht holding a large bag of weapons and other instruments. The police officer asked:

“Are you sure you can find your way from here?”

“Positive”

“Good. Although it is too dark”

“No I’ll sleep here until the morning comes up. I’ll walk through during the morning”

“Right. Well, I guess this is it. We part ways now”

“Yup. By the way, I’m very grateful. I would like to thank you from the bottom of my heart”

“I seriously wish I could have done more. I wish you the best of luck for rescuing your island from crime and corruption”

“Thank you”

They shook hands. The police officer prepared to leave.

Mr. Hart walked towards the cave like side and whispered in his thoughts:

I had never assumed that I would ever be able to return alive once I would be thrown in the river.

He walked until he found a comfortable place to sleep.

Next day’s morning, the old man after waking up finally made his way inside. He was now headed towards the castle. The bag that he was holding was quite heavy but he was determined to reach there.

Hours later, he stopped somewhere where he found a group of mob filling a grave that was dug earlier. The general public around was quite upset and haunted. Mr. Hart asked one of the civilians:

“What happened here?”

“There was a group of few youngsters. They were in favor of Abraham and were not accepting Austin as the new king. Austin’s men caught two of them and after beating them brutally, they dug a grave and…”

“And?” Mr. Hart asked feeling uneasiness in him.

“And they buried them both alive for supporting Abraham”

“Oh my God”

Mr. Hart was more than terrified on hearing this. He whispered to himself:

I better make my way faster or else Austin’s cruelty would not be controlled.

Two hours later inside the castle, Jacob found Mr. Hart lying on the ground. Jacob rushed towards him and helped him stand up.

“Uncle Hart. Are you alright? Where have you been?”

“I am really tired” he spoke hardly, “can you please take me inside?”

“Sure”

Few minutes later, the two of them were seated on a bed.

“What happened with you?” Jacob asked him.

“Austin’s men, they pushed me”

“Oh my dear Lord. Austin tried to kill you? Now he’s doing this with family members as well?”

“We can expect this from him”

“You know what I saw two nights back. Two nights back, Thomas threw a young woman from the top of a building. I saw this with my own eyes. I mean these guys are just out of control”

“Look, all we have to do right now is get Abraham. One week has passed”

“You’re right. And we must hand over the throne to him” Jacob suggested.

“That won’t be too easy but we have to stop Austin and Thomas with Abraham’s help”

“Abraham is still locked up in that cell”

“Well the question is how can we release him?”

“Don’t worry, I know a person who can help us in this”

Twenty four hours later, Abraham was inside the jail and was feeling quite sick. He heard someone making his way towards him. As he looked towards the sound of footsteps, he saw Jacob making his way towards him. Jacob said to him:

“Abraham we have to escape quickly. With the help of two locksmiths, I just broke inside”

“This will create mischief”

“There has to be mischief, Austin is mercilessly killing innocent people. He has buried people alive. He has murdered women as well”

Abraham was seriously distressed on hearing this.

“Austin has taken over the state by force”

“What about my commitment of staying inside the jail?”

“What the hell are you talking about? That was just for a week. It has been more than a week now. He didn’t keep his word, so why should you?”

“Sounds fair” Abraham agreed.

Jacob helped Abraham stand up.