Chapter 3 : The House Du Couteau

The General Du Couteau took Talon in his carriage to bring him at his house. Both men were quiet during the journey. Talon was looking through the window seeing the slums slowly disappear as they drove on. A little bit of melancholia reach Talon's thoughts, the slums had been his life, he knew them by heart, every alley, every dead end… Now he was going to be thrown in an unknown world, in which he knew he'll never find his place 'The elite of Noxus' he thought sighing. For him the elite of Noxus was a band of lazy spoil brats, they were weak, all weak, if you took their money and threw them in the slums, they wouldn't even last a second. The General didn't look like a spoil brat though, 'he must be the exception' Talon thought, at least there were still some respectable people in the High Command.

After a while the carriage stopped in front of a giant gate with two guards. Once they saw the General, the gate opened and the carriage drove into the property. There was a long pathway with trees on both sides and at the end was the Du Couteau's Manor. Talon laughed inside him, all his life he never had any house and had to sleep in the sewers, whereas this man was leaving alone, maybe with his wife, in a house where you could put at least fifty persons. His trains of thoughts were interrupted when Marcus Du Couteau talked.

"By the way, Talon, I forgot to mention you, that I live here with my two beautiful daughters Katarina and Cassiopeia, I guess you'll meet them at dinner"

Talon didn't say anything just nodded.

When they finally reach the house, the General asked a maid to show Talon the house and his new room. He then excused himself and went to his office.

Talon entered the house following the maid who showed him the kitchen, the main living room… While they were walking to what would be his bedroom she was telling some history facts about the manor and the Du Couteau family to Talon. But Talon wasn't really listening to her, first because he was astonished by the grandeur and the decoration of the manor, but also because he felt like someone was watching him, but every time he turned himself to see if there was someone, no one was there.

Finally, they arrive to his room, the maid opened the door for him, and then told him that if needed anything he should not hesitate to call her, Talon nodded and she walked out of the room closing the door behind her. The room was simple, there was a bed, a wardrobe, a door that lead to his bathroom, and a chest of drawers on which set down a few blades with a way superior quality than the one he used to have. Suddenly, he felt someone spinning him around, and before he could understand what was going on, he had his back against one of the wall of his bedroom and a sharp blade on his throat.

"Who are you?" a firm but feminine voice asked.

Talon came back to his sense and saw a girl from about his age in front of him. She was smaller than him though, and had red crimson hair as well as two wonderful emerald eyes which were staring at him fiercely and a scar that was crossing her left eye.

"I said who the hell are you?" she said insisting on every words and pushing a little bit deeper the blade in his throat.

Talon didn't move, his face emotionless like always "I could ask you the same question, you're the one in my bedroom"

Surprise went through the girl's face, than it changed into anger 'only weaks let their emotions overwhelmed them' Talon thought.

"I'm sorry but the last I know you're in my house, and I don't know if you notice it but you're not really in the position to ask questions, so answer me!"

"I wouldn't be so sure about that."

In a fraction of seconds Talon grasped the arm in which the red head girl was holding the blade, took the blade from her and exchange their places. This time she was the one against the wall and he was the one holding a blade at her throat.

"Let go of me!" she screamed while debating herself, but without success because Talon was stronger than her.

"Stop moving like that, you're gonna hurt yourself." She calmed herself but he could still see the anger in her emerald eyes.

"So, I guess this time I'm in right to ask questions" he said calmly "Who are you?"

"Katarina Du Couteau" she said coldly without breaking the eye contact.

"Well I'm Talon, nice to meet you Katarina. See you didn't need to assault me to have this information." 'And they say we're the ones with a lack of education' Talon released her and she stormed out the room in fury slamming the door behind her.

After that encounter Talon went to the bathroom to take a shower and took some clothe that were in the wardrobe for him he supposed and put them on. Later the General came knocking to Talon's door.

"Talon I see you've found the clothe I got for you that's perfect!"

"Yes, thank you sir." Talon replied. The General seemed to be in a good mood he noticed.

"Well, then come with me, dinner's ready, I'm going to present you to my two lovely daughters." he said smiling. Talon got up from his bed and followed him 'My two lovely daughters' Talon thought 'Well, I got to meet one and "lovely" is not the adjective I would think of…'

They entered the living room. The two girls were already sitting at the table. Marcus waved him to take a seat, which caught the two girl's attention. They were sitting next to one another, Talon was sitting alone at the opposite of them and Marcus took a seat at the end of the table between Katarina and him, Katarina which by the way seemed still angry at him, not that he really care though.

"Cassiopeia, Katarina, I would like you to meet Talon. Talon these are my two daughters, Katarina the elder one and Cassiopeia the youngest one."

"Nice to meet you, Talon" Cassiopeia said in a smooth flirting voice. Cassiopeia appearance were unordinary, she had a beautiful face with black hair and green glowing eyes, she was wearing a lot of jewelries and seemed to be a material girl, but what broke her beauty was the tail she had instead of her legs. Yes, the girl was half-human half-snake.

"Nice to meet you too, Lady Cassiopeia" he responded her with a warming smile.

"What is he doing here?" Katarina asked her father in a nonchalant way, eyeing Talon with disgust.

"From now on, Talon will work for me as my personal assassin, he will live here with us and I expect of you to treat him as if he was a member of the family" Cassiopeia seemed happy by the news which could not be said for Katarina.

"If he works for you, why can't he just stay at his house and come when you need him? He doesn't have to live with us"

"Katarina, he will stay with us and that's it, there is nothing for you to discuss here. Moreover he doesn't have a house and that's also why he'll stay here with us" Marcus said curtly, he's good mood from earlier fading away.

"Wait! You mean that you let a street rat moving into our house?!"

"Katarina! Enough! Where are you manners? I'm really disappointed in you. I never thought I would have that kind of immature reaction from you!" Marcus shouted.

Talon was happy 'the spoiled brat got what she deserved' he thought. The rest of the dinner went quietly, nobody dared say anything. Katarina gave him one death glare before concentrating on her plate for the rest of the dinner, and Cassiopeia didn't stop giving him seductive looks with her smoldering eyes 'Is she trying to hit on me?' Talon thought, he quickly looked at her and she licked sensuously her upper lip 'Great, one of the sister is a total brat who hates me and the other one totally fancy me'

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