CILLIAN
The drive from Knightsbridge to the East End with a wound on the stomach was one hell of a task, I hope this better be worth it but then again I know Ethan wouldn't call me up if It wasn't something important.I had to rest for a minute in the car, but to any of the soldiers outside it probably looked like I was deep in thoughts. Showing any bit of pain or emotions made us weak and that's how it has been even before my existence.The soldiers passing by bow their heads in Greeting and I reply with a nod of my head, Ethan walks out of the warehouse and opens the car door for me to step out."This better be bloody serious, Ethan" I say through my teeth."It is, we found a mole" and then silence.I look in his direction, right into his eyes. He knows better than giving half information."It's Bernado". Bernardo is a little boy I saved a few years back while he was being beaten to half inch of his life for stealing. He's not quite little anymore and has been more than useful to the Mafia since he started joining the soldiers to transport our consignments."How true is it?", Any evidence or just hearsays" i ask Ethan just to be really sure, it's a very common thing for lives to get wasted in our world especially over really trivia matters."True boss. I sent someone to watch over him and he came back with this" he says as he pulls out his phone."Here boss" he hands over his phone to me and right there is a picture of Bernardo, sitting on a car, his car which I gifted him on his 20th birthday."What do I do with this…." And that's when I see it, bloody Ricci Morenó. He's quite far away, just getting out of his car but I can recognize that bastard anywhere. I turn to Ethan to see him holding an envelope. I take it from him and open it and here it was, more incriminating evidence."Where's he?" I ask and Ethan points to the room beside the warehouse. Bernardo was tied to a chair and bleeding, Ethan's handiwork.I snap my fingers to signal the soldiers guarding the door to bring a chair for me, I sit and spread out my legs in front of Bernardo acting all relaxed and nonchalant when I feel entirely different inside. I was furious, I was more than furious. Betrayal was something not so common in the Mafia, We mafia men honoured our words, they were literally our bond.Disappointment wasn't something I felt always but in this moment I was disappointed at Bernardo, but just like the fair ruler I am, I give him a chance before judgement was passed. I can see fear in his eyes because he knows how this is going to end, heck everyone in the bloody Mafia knows how betrayal ends."Start talking Bernardo, I don't have all day" I say while looking the other way.************************************************AZELIÁA spy.I can't believe they actually think I'm a spy, I don't know many spies that look like me. Okay well, I don't know any spy at all but who the hell looks at a girl like me and thinks spy?.Staying in here for another two days would be pure torture, what did I ever do to deserve this.Today's the second time I'm meeting Cillian, whoever the hell he is and I still don't know what he looks like, because it seems like the universe has made it impossible to see what he looks like. I think he sees me from the little light that enters the room from the passage way right outside the door, but he always has his back turned to it.The door creaks open and someone enters but from the light in the passage I could see it's a woman. What's a woman doing in such a place I think to myself."Hello, I'm Catherine and I brought you something to eat" the woman says.Another fucking Brit, don't they have Latinas or Americans here?. I don't need another fucking Brit breathing down my neck."I know you're scared and all but eating would make you stronger, at least for what's ahead. It's going to be your longest days here".She sounds nice and motherly, another Brit who seems nice. Billy was the first nice person I met here…oh Billy, I wonder if him or anyone at the bar is searching for me."Thank you so much Catherine for the food, but please I have a request" I tell Catherine hoping she helps. It's been 2 whole days since I've seen daylight or any form of lights asides the one in the passage which is so so dim."What is it darling?" Comes her reply."Please"…I hold my breath a second, afraid she wouldn't grant my request."Please go on""Please, can you turn on the light for me to eat, you can turn it off when I'm done" I tell Catherine. There's a moment of utter silence and then the lights blind me.************************************************CILLIANBlood Bernardo, had to go do something so stupid. Ricci Morenó is slowly getting into my territory, first he offered a truce, and then the ambush where I almost lost my life and now, my soldiers. He's buying himself into my soldiers. Bloody bastard.Now I had to find out if that bloody latina is really a spy from Ricci. I know I promised her two days of utter torture but I couldn't wait. It's now or never. Ethan walks right behind me as I try to walk faster. I reach the place where she's being kept and open the door without waiting for Ethan to do it and there she was looking me straight in the eye but this time it's different because she sees me too.AZELIÁDamn!I know, I know what you're thinking but I'm not stupid and no, I haven't lost my mind either. But damn seemed to be the only word that came to my mind at that Moment.Cillian. Damn Cillian.How someone so beautiful could be so cruel and evil was beyond reason."Who turned on the switch?" He barked, anger, so much anger evident on his face. He turned to look at the soldiers stationed at the door but they both looked down, from shame I presume."I did" I said, pointing a finger at myself after a while, scared someone else might get hurt for what I'd done."I told Miss Catherine to help with the lights, I was going to turn it off but then".. I lifted my tied hands, trying so much to justify the lights being on.He moved so fast I didn't notice him until he was right in front of me, holding onto my chin with so much pressure."You do nothing until you're asked to do so, you don't eat, move an inch from where you're sitted, you don't even fucking breathe if I don't permit it,
AZELIÁ AZELIÁBad idea, a big bad idea.I knew working at a bar in London wasn't a really good idea, scratch that. It was a terrible idea and working at a bar in the East End made it worse. The brawling brutes isn't a place for the faint hearted, it welcomed some of the nastiest men in London. Mayfair would have been a better place but I had no choice. It was a fight or flight situation but in this case it was more like work or starvation.Back in Brazil, working at bars were a lot easier because I knew the locals and could probably file a complaint of sexual harassment if anyone tried anything funny, but London was different. I had no one here and couldn't possibly fine a complaint since I'm staying here quite illegally.My days were usually spent knocking from one door to another in search of a job, any job at all , Now my day consisted of counting how many gropes and pokes I get and how many men gets to whistle and call me names, I have men hoarding my ass all night and I can't say
CILLIAN"Bloody hell" I say for the hundredth time tonight.My side hurts like hell, at this rate I might probably be dead before Ethan comes with backup. I've been in this bloody alley for more than 30 minutes and each minute, the bleeding gets worse. I knew I was going to die someday but dying like a bloody chicken in an alley wasn't what I envisioned. This night wasn't supposed to end like this.I fucking didn't see this coming, Bloody Ricci and his men laid an ambush on me after calling a truce, that's not how things are being done here. In the Mafia, our word is our bond, we live by a code but what does a man like Ricci Morenó know about codes and being an honourable man. Fucking slimy bastard.I feel like I was pushed down a thousand flights of stairs, could still taste blood in my mouth and for the uptenth time tonight I spit it out. Well if I'm going to die, I might as well get comfortable in this bloody place. I'm sure Ricci and his soldiers are already tearing the place apart
CILLIANI wake up to the sound of something beeping, I wonder what it is. I had a lot to do today and why the hell is Ethan not here yet, he had a lot of explaining to do. I open my eyes to go about my duties and"Bloody hell"Catherine knows better than to leave the light in the room turned on, what in God's name is wrong with everyone. I shut my eyes for a while and open them again, slowly this time.I try to get out from the bed like I do every morning and I'm brought back by a sharp pain in my stomach, and that's when I remember everything, being ambushed by Ricci and his Soldiers and getting shot."Bloody Bastard" I hiss.I look around the room which looks like a hospital room, but isn't it's the Mafia's little clinic, with so many illegal activities we try to avoid hospitals a whole lot. Don't need anyone getting me irritated with questions.I move my hands blindly on the bedside shelf in search of my phone so I can call Ethan but the devil walks right in." See you're up, you ga