Mag-log inDamien winced a little when he felt something piercing on his back. He groaned and pat the space next to him. His eyes flew wide open, the woman he claimed is now nowhere to be found.
“Dmn, you never fail to amuse me woman.” He muttered to himself, a smirk made it’s way on his lips as he moved. He would think of it as a dream but the blood stain on his sheets says otherwise. She will find that woman one way or another. Be it by hook or by crook. After a quick bath, he went to his office inside the suite and tapped some keys on his laptop. A few seconds later revealing the missing woman he could see even when he closed his eyes. Her scent imprint on him like an owner to a pet. He calmly sipped his coffee, seeing her reactions on the screen. Every slap he could hear and see everything. It irked him when Cinthye called them parents. A family? “What a joke.” He said to himself, he called someone on his phone. “James, how’s her Mom?” A grunt responded from the other line. “Fvck you, Damien. Don’t you know what time it is? “ “I apologize in advance but I don’t fvck my friend so find a woman to warm your chicken coop. It’s six in the morning my friend, time to get your butt up to work. “ “Wow I really appreciate your advice. “ James sarcastically replied, some rustling sound and he became much sober. “Who’s mom are we talking about?” “The Cator.” A laugh erupted from his friend. “Oh the actress? I haven’t saw her since yesterday. The mother was just as historical as her daughter. The younger one. The surgery was cancelled because of the father. He refused to let Cinthye pay for the bills and wanted to withdraw the amount she paid for her mother to use it for gambling. “That motherfckin moron.” His grip on the phone tightened. The screen glitched and the live footage was gone. “What the fck?!” “What happened man?” “I lost track of her.” James laughed. “Looks like your actress found out about the little fly you planted on her clothes. Careful, Damien. You might burn yourself. Cinthye Cator is a fire furnace.” That brought a sly smirk on his face. “That’s why I want her even more.” He sipped his coffee and clicked on his laptop. “ Clever, little actress.” His blue eyes shone in amusement and disbelief. He leaned on his chair and sent her a message. “Lets see how you long you can keep up.” “Youre just as insane as her. You really are good match.” Damien could feel James massaging his temple and wanting to shoot him in the head. Too bad he choose to be a doctor rather than to be an assassin. His clan was close to his, in mafia brotherhood can be stronger than blood ties. Damien dressed himself up, folding the end of his wrist. Looking at his reflection on the mirror, teeth and kiss marks spread on his skin like allergy. He stood there proud and he could feel himself getting harder by the passing seconds. “Wait until I get my hands on you, little actress.” He promised himself. Once he wants something. He will do whatever it takes for it to become his possession. He wants it, he gets it and he earns it. Damien called another number on his phone, clearing his throat before speaking. “Nicholas, how long can you process a marriage certificate to be legal?” A long pause after his yawn. As if analyzing the preposterous piece of statement viable to become a fact or remain merely as a claim. “Am I hearing it right?” He could feel the amusement on the other side. Damien rolled his eyes, wanting to punch some sense into this idiot he’s talking to but alas he’s te one in nedd of assistance he has to play nice. “I’m not joking.” “Neither am I. What’s the chase, Damien?” Gone the smug on his voice replaced by dead seriousness and purely business. “I’m getting married. I want you to process some papers.” He said confidently. “But I don’t do things for free.” “Southern coast of Sicily, Arco.” One of his armory, Nicholas had been eyeing at. He was sure he push the right button. A few moments of silence he took that as a yes. “That’s more I like it, Voss. Consider it done. I’ll send it to you in a jiffy.” With that he end the call, a sly smirk on his lips. Tucking his customized watch, Damien took his things with him including the laced panty his little actress left as a remembrance. A trophy of a steamy night worth to chase for. His fingers tight on the steering wheel, he stepped on the gas. Heading to fetch his bride. After hours of waiting, Cinthye was fidgety and almost jumped off the floor when a hand pt on her shoulder. “Miss Cator.” The doctor approached her helping her to stand up from the floor. She dusted herself off and smiled at the doctor hoping for some good news but too bad it’s was the contradiction of what she hoped for. “I am sincerely apologizing for what have happened. I know that it was due to my negligence your mother’s situation has gone worst than before. Allow me to make things right.” He gave her a folder full of papers. “What is this, doc?” She asked, since she can’t se much. “It’s the official written consent for the surgery you must sign it to allow the surgery to proceed.” Cinthye immediately signed it without a second thought and gave it to the doctor instantly. “We will update you shortly.” Cinthye nodded and sat on the chair next to her. She combed her mother’s hair with her fingers. “Thanks for holding on mother. Everythings gonna be alright soon.” She crushed the bug she got from her clothes earlier. Someone was monitoring her, that’s for sure. “I will not let anyone get in the way with this. Mark my words.” With the tickets on her hand, she will make her dreams come true and bring her mother to Canada. Just hold on a bit longer. She kissed her forehead. “We’re gonna run away from this mafia business. I promise you.”For the first time all day Cinthye laughed. A real laugh. Damien stared at her and did the same thing. His laugh was rare and beautiful. The tension broke. Just a little. Nicholas burst through the archive doors out of breath and covered in dust which was becoming concerningly normal. "What now?" The tracker looked pale.Nicholas held up a folder, a newly discovered file.One hidden beneath the adoption records. One nobody had ever seen before. His voice shook. "We found the final report.""What report?" Cinthye asks. Nicholas slowly opened the file and turned it toward them. At the top sat a photograph a photograph of Alejandro Cator standing beside another man.A man everyone recognized instantly, Sergei Volkov. Young and smiling at the camera. Brothers hand written beneath the image were four words that changed everything.PROJECT PHOENIX: SUCCESSFUL SUBJECTSStanding side by side. Not enemies. Not rivals but a family.Damien slowly took the file.His eyes scanned the first page a
The strategy meeting lasted until dawn every member of the crew attended including the accountant who still looked confused about his life choices. It's ok bro you're not alone even Cinthye doesn't know where this is all going but all she does is trust the process. The Shadow Matriarch pointed toward a photograph in a luxury resort located in a private island heavily guarded and impossible to infiltrate. "The target?"Nicholas nodded. "Volkov financial archives.""Why there?" Cinthye asks. It's not like it's bad to ask and it's free so might as well do it rather than letting herself remain oblivious. The tracker slid another file across the table. "Because Sergei keeps records."Damien's eyes narrowed. "Everything?""Yes, everything." Nicholas added in confirmation "We're going." The answer came immediately from Cinthye.Damien closed his eyes already exhausted. "We?""Yes, why did you think I'll sit down and relax while you risk your lives for the documents that contains the secre
Security doors slammed shut the entire facility entered lockdown. Cinthye closed her eyes. Why had she expected anything else? The accountant looked horrified. "What happened?!"Her communicator crackled. Nicholas's voice exploded through the speaker. "IT'S A TRAP!"Well, there it was. The daily disaster right on schedule. Great!Security forces flooded the corridors boots thundered everywhere weapons appeared everywhere. Orders echoed the facility transformed into a battlefield.Cinthye grabbed the accountant. "Move.""What about subtlety?""Subtlety died.""Fair."They ran until theyr reached emergency stairwell. Heavily guarded area the entire building seemed determined to ruin her day. A familiar voice echoed through the speakers the entire facility froze including her. Because she knew that voice. "Havana."The speaker crackled again. "Hello, sister." The words hit like a bullet. Not because they were unexpected. Because they still hurt. Everything she had with them. with her ado
The first gunshot shattered the darkness, followed by a series of explosions. Screams erupted throughout the ballroom, guests scattered on each pillars where tables overturned and glass shards prickle the floor.The party instantly transformed into a battlefield."DOWN!" Damien's hand reached for Cinthye, dragging her behind a marble pillar. Bullets tore through the room. A chandelier crashed from the ceiling.Aiva immediately returned fire."Left entrance!"Nicholas fired. "Three hostiles!"Romnick ducked behind a couch. "I WOULD LIKE TO RESIGN!""No!""UNDERSTANDABLE!"Cinthye could not help herself but roll her eyes, her hand holding her own gun beneath the excess fabric of her clothes. The attackers moved with military precision.Black uniforms with masks and familiar looking insignias. The same insignia they had seen before a broken crown. The Black Crown. Cinthye's pulse accelerated. "They found us."Damien's expression turned lethal. "No."The answer came instantly. "They followe
We have your mother.The words refused to make sense, Cinthye read them again. It felt absolutely wrong. Captured? The Shadow Matriarch? The woman who survived assassinations, coups, betrayals, and wars? No, this had to be a trap. Part of their games. Absolutely unbelievable. "This is fake." Her voice states, Cinthye looked up. Damien's silence terrified her because Damien never panicked.Never, yet now—his jaw was clenched. His eyes were dark and somehow that was worse. Nicholas arrived first. "What happened?"Damien handed him the letter the tracker's face immediately drained of color. He had to ask, he had to make sure. "Is it real?"Which meant yes or probably much worse."Talk." Aurelio appeared beside them. The old man's expression grew grim after reading the note."It's her handwriting." Cinthye grabbed the paper again, inspecting the paper, the penmanship. It had to be false. She lost her once and now...? "What?" Aurelio pointed toward the signature."That's her code." "She
Cinthye climbed the final staircase and emerged onto the main courtyard. Her chest heaving yet she kept going she had to do this. This is the only way, her desperation was stronger than her fears. The sanctuary was engulfed by the flames. Part of the western wall had collapsed. Smoke rised tainting the sky. Bodies littered the ground. Warriors she had trained with, people she had laughed with and the people who had welcomed her home. Vanished in a blink of an eye. A knot formed in her throat, her hazel eyes watering up. Her hands shaking, No. Not her home. Not again. She was tired of losing homes, tired of losing people. Tired of burying the dead. Adrenaline and determination crept in her veins. Damien appeared beside her, his expression hardened immediately."Don't." His baritone voice firm as if to anchor her to the present...to him. She blinked."What?" Cinthye gave him a puzzled look. "Don't blame yourself." His hand reaching and taking her hand into his warm grasp. The words h







