His Sanity by Mirah Selim (great book club books .txt) 📖

Author Pov

"I had an older sister." He mumbled making Catelin's eyes widen in shock. He had a sister then why doesn't she know it?

"Before you entered our family she was sent to a mental hospital." His new revelation left her more confused and stunned.

"My sister Emilia King. She was never the best sister. She used to ignore me and doesn't like to get involved in my matters. I kind of used to think that she hates me but being a brother and her being my only sister I loved her. I did everything to come out as the best brother for her but never succeeded."

Her eyes soften hearing the obvious pain in his voice. He sounded so hurt and sad. Catelin wanted to pull him in her arms and comfort him but instead decided to let him speak out his every hidden pain.

"Everything was still fine till she turned 20 and I 12 years old. Emilia wasn't normal in the head. She had an obsession with power and being superior to everyone. My dad was insanely a powerful person and being the oldest she thought after her graduation she will be handed my father's property and his business. She worked hard to prove to our father that she's capable of taking over his business but everything went to ruins when he announced me as the next heir of his business. He gave my sister her part of share as well but his business the major one was named after me."

He paused gulping down as he took a deep breath remembering how the day his father announced him as the next owner everything went down the hill.

"My sister went insane thinking about it. She wanted power. She wanted what I had. She was crazy about being powerful so she tried to kill me one night but luckily my parents caught her and sent her to jail. There they came to know that her mental health is not stable. She had an obsession with making everyone bow before her. She wanted everything. She wanted to become inevitable. She seemed like a psycho for power and money. So they decided to send her to a mental hospital."

" There she got treatment for 3 years and when I turned 15 and you entered our house. That unforgettable night she kidnapped me." He stopped again talking when the horrifying events of that night started appearing in front of his eyes.

"She kidnapped me and locked me in the darkest room I ever have been to. I used to be scared of the dark." Catelin's eyes slightly widened when she realized why Kid Lucifer always hated darkness so that's why. It was his fear from the start.

"She knew about my fear and on purpose locked me there. I started hallucinating, talking to myself. I was locked in that for consecutively three days without food. She gave me only one bottle of water every day. I started losing my mind and finally on the fourth day she came."

Catelin grabbed his one hand which has started trembling to remember that day. She squeezed his hand ensuring him that she's with him. Lucifer's trembling halted slightly when he felt her warm touch.

Flashback

"My little brother how are you now?" The woman said as she snickered satisfied seeing his miserable state. He was laying on the floor as he was extremely hungry and tired.

"It's been three days since I left you here. You know why?" She asked as she smiled evilly at him kneeling in front of him.

"Because I wanted to show you the reality of our world. This is what our enemies will do to you after you will handle father's business. I told him. You are weak. I told him you are useless. I told him you are nothing against me yet he decided to give you everything just because you are a fucking boy and I a girl." She said gritting her teeth.

She slowly started caressing his pale cheek as she sighed sadly. "Why did you even born? My life was so perfect when I was an only child. I had everything. Their attention, their gifts, their love. But the moment you came I had to share everything with you. You are such a weak bitch yet getting everything."

She said squeezing his cheeks painfully making him whimper. She laughed psychotically at his weak state and suddenly landed a hard slap across his face making his head get slammed against the floor. Her nails scratched his cheeks.

"You are weak, useless, and worthless. Did you hear me? YOU. ARE. USELESS LUCIFER." She snickered landing a hard kick in his stomach before placing her heels on his belly and giving it a painful squeeze making him let his tears out. It hurt him badly.

"Our parents are going crazy in finding you. Funny how they disposed me to a fucking mental hospital and didn't even care to meet me again but you only three days of your disappearance and they are going crazy. Let them suffer for a while because soon I will add to their pain by ending your existence. One more day stay in this place I will come to end you tomorrow." She said as she pulled her heels away from him.

"Remember Lucifer our parents just need a puppet to dance on their steps. You are a perfect puppet for my father to throw everything upon but I wouldn't let it happen. I wouldn't be his puppet. I wouldn't let him give everything away to a weak bastard like you. Because I am sure after your death I will be the only option left for him and he wouldn't mind giving away everything to me." She chuckled before walking away but before she could walk out she mumbled the last few words which did something to his mind.

"After all it's not like they ever cared about you. You are just a useless puppet nothing else." With that, she walked out leaving the 15 years old boy battling with the insane and sane parts of his mind.

He slowly closed his eyes and that time he let the strongest part of his mind win.

That night, His sanity got defeated by the insane part of his mind.

Day turned to night and she again entered the basement and this time she looked like she was in hurry. She brought out a knife and sighed heavily.