The Mysterious Demon Book 2 novel Chapter 19

-Blake-

"As of today, I am disbanding The Skulls and Bones Gang!"

For a second I stopped breathing.

"WHAT?!" I couldn't pinpoint who was the one who shouted, or more accurately how many people shouted out because there was definitely more than one.

I ripped my gaze away from Nick and turned to Dominic, she had started walking towards Nick. She seemed to be the only one who wasn't fazed by what Nick had said, her face was calm and...satisfied?

When she got to Nick's side, she put a hand on his shoulder which seemed really tense and squeezed it gently. This made him sigh and smile at her, it was as if a weight had been lifted from his shoulders but it's not like he could just leave it like that. No one else was satisfied.

"What the fuck do you mean?!" Liam exclaimed, standing angrily, Nick's knife in his hand. He marched towards Nick, "This whole war!" He grabbed onto Nick's collar which made me step forward instinctively but I knew Zack and Jason were right next to him and available if he tried anything.

"You fought this whole thing just to break us up?! What kind of fucked up logic is that?!" He shoved Nick and continued shouting in anger. "Are we that much of a bother to you?! Why can't you just be the leader we want you to be?! You selfish prick!" Liam then stepped forward to try and punch Nick but Zack stepped in front of him and kept him back. Liam continued trying and struggling but seemed weak in Zack's hold.

However, even though Zack was keeping Liam back, he himself looked at Nick with saddened eyes. "What's going on Nick?" He asked softly, hurt in his voice. Zack was the first friend Nick had, the person to start the gang with him, of course, this was going to hurt him.

Nick gave them a wider smile which confused both of them so much so that Liam stopped struggling just to try and understand.

"The reason I'm disbanding the gang is that this isn't a gang. You're all my family." He grinned at their shocked faces, looking around at every single one of us before carrying on. "I can't let you guys risk getting injured and hurt and punished because of me! We're so much older than when we started and yet we haven't even begun to start living!"

Nick stepped forward and put a hand each on Liam and Zack's heads, "Let's start living from now on."

"If living means being in a gang, then make your own. If it means getting your dream job, do it. If it's finding love and having kids, some of us are already almost 30! What the fuck are you waiting for? Lets fucking live! Together and safe!" Nick breathed out. "Let's live."

I'm not sure what the rest of the guys felt but I smiled at the end of his speech. I definitely understood where he was coming from. I walked forward towards him and Dominic, nodding at him when he turned to me. Jake came up to us too also grinning from ear to ear.

Zack sighed in relief and also seemed happy with what Nick said, so was Jason. Now it was the rest of them left.

"We're still family right?" Nate stood up and asked out loud.

"Always!" Nick replied which made Nate smirk.

"Then what's the problem? The rest of you, get off of your asses, for the first time in 13 years we're all going to spend this night together!" He exclaimed.

Zack took that opportunity to grab his glass that was left where he was sitting before and raised it, "To the disbanding of The Skulls and Bones, and to the creation of a stronger family! Cheers mother fuckers!"