“Take cover, everyone,” Draven said as he got up and jumped out of his booth.I couldn’t understand what exactly had been happening but a tug from Diana made me take shelter under the table where she had been crouching too.“Stay here,” she instructed, seemingly used to this kind of thing because she didn’t look in the least bit bothered by this sudden breakage into her shop. There were worry lines clouding her face but I could tell that they were more because she was worried about her customers and staff who she was shouting instructions at to hide and stay unmoving.When the rumble cleared it had been quite for a little bit as Aksel and Alfeo slowly moved forward towards the door with a gun in each of their hand.That was the second time I was seeing Draven with one and honestly that metallic device scared me. It had the ability to kill a human or to provide it such unbearable pain that they would instead wish to be dead.I would never want to be on the receiving end of that shiny b
*SILIA*It took them around ten more minutes to get everyone out of the building and Diana had instructed me to take some rest before I left with the others. She was worried and had pleaded me to let her take me home today.I didn’t really understand why did she give me such special treatment but I guess she liked me better than her other workers and that was only making me feel worse.“Did you catch them?” I heard Draven ask someone on the call. The response must not have been in his favor because his face set in gravely and he looked at me with accusation shining in those beautiful grey jewels. I quickly moved my gaze away from him at this and heard him cut the call and then take light steps towards the table that I had been sitting on.“Look at me,” he ordered but I refused to meet his eyes, slightly afraid of what he was going to say. He must have not been used to people not listening to him because he grabbed my cheeks with his rough fingers and making me stare right into his ste
*SILIA*They seem slightly shocked at my outburst, not prepared to hear me respond in that manner but my stress was getting to me.“Watch your tone!” Draven warned me in a sharp voice making me gulp my spit as I backed away from him.“Don’t scare the poor woman,” Alfeo said coming to my aid from behind and cupped my shoulders. At this gesture I turned to look up at him to see that he had already been smiling at me. I usually didn’t like his flirty smile but this one was imparting comfort and I let myself dwell in it for a small moment until I could grasp my nerves again.With Draven’s grey eyes out of my sight I felt myself calm down slightly even if the duration had only been a few seconds and then looked back towards him to see that they had only worsened from before.Why was he so angry today?“You said that you won’t tell us how you know about their base but don’t you think this raises a lot of suspicion? Why should we trust you?” Draven asked making it sting even though I should
*SILIA*“This is Casino Clover!” Alfeo announced our arrival with a happy smile, “This is the place which will determine your fate for tonight.”“You are really enjoying my situation,” I muttered feeling annoyed by his constant teasing throughout the ride.I wish I would have brushed off my ego and asked Diana to scoot over to let me sit beside her in Draven’s car at least that way I wouldn’t have to tolerate this smirking idiot!“Why wouldn’t I? I am this close to achieving my goal,” he said putting out his index finger and thumb, gingerly to show a small gap in between them to signify the distance.“I thought you agreed to it because you trust me,” I mumbled, feeling slightly stupid even as I said it.“Oh no, I do trust you,” he said looking out from his driver’s seat window and at the shabby looking casino that was clearly a base for all illegal activities.“Why do you trust me and if you do then why did you put out that deal?” I asked feeling confused when I could sense the truth
*SILIA* My steps felt weighted, it was almost as if rocks had been tied around my ankle to stop me from going back to my doom. I appreciated the defense work that my body was doing but honestly it was only making me feel more nervous and scared.Why did I agree to that stupid deal?‘That’s what you get for playing around with men from the mafia.’ A small voice inside my head seemed to be saying that to me making me all the more aggravated as the time passed.Whether Alfeo was disappointed, excited or nervous was hard to say because except for the tight grip he had on my hand I couldn’t see a single expression on his beautiful face that would betray his thoughts.“Alfeo…” I tried calling to him but his grip tightening on my hand made me aware that he wouldn’t answer just yet. Looking up at his face I saw his brown eyes fixed on someone and foll
*SILIA*“When you didn’t arrive back in time before I almost thought you ran away to get out of our deal,” he chuckled making me wonder if he was joking about it or not but before I could discern that his laughter was cut short awkwardly.He had only just opened the door of our room to get out and was blocking the view so I couldn’t see what it was that had greeted him but by the way his back had stiffened I was sure that he had been shocked by it.Who could be this scary to have made Alfeo react this way?“Did you really think you would be able to trick your leader?”The voice that said those words was the one that I always yearned to hear and pushing Alfeo aside I looked out the door from under his heavy arm to see Draven and the others standing in the corridor, languidly leaned against the wall opposite us.Removing his heavy arm from the door frame and moving out into the corridor to give me space, Alfeo glanced at me once and then sighed as he said, “I should have known that this
*SILIA* A loud smack jolted me out of my reverie. The stench of blood filled my senses making me gasp as I watched the red fluid splutter out and drip from Leo’s nose. I knew that this was the most minimal punishment that he could have received and yet watching him get punched and slapped repeatedly wasn’t a pleasant sight for me. I wondered why he couldn’t just say the truth. Were all these sufferings worth it? But one thing that I liked about the Mafia was their loyalty to their group. It was almost as if they were a tight knit family that would do anything for each other. In that sentiment I could understand why Leo still persisted even though this slow torture must have been messing with his senses. Although it was unpleasant to watch this scenario I couldn’t sympathize with this man as I believed that whatever had come his way had been a result of his own actions and decisions. It might seem bad timing to bring this up but he did give me one lesson and that was that people can
*SILIA*Why did you have to say that Alfeo?“I don’t know what you are talking about,” I mumbled and tried to back away from them.“No, he has a point. I was going to ask you about this soon but since he has already rolled the ball why don’t you come out with it and say the truth?” Draven asked, fixing me with his terrorizing grey eyes. I was always weak to its shine, and the curiosity that glistened in them wasn’t helping my case.Unable to come up with any reason I decided that running away was my only option and looking back towards the door through which we had arrived I exclaimed, “I think I heard Diana calling for us! We should check on her!”Immediately after as if to display my emergence I ran up the stairs making the other two follow hot on my heels and in an attempt to get away from them I jerked open the door and was about to hide behind Diana when I am frozen still by the scene in front of me.Why the fuck is Diana kissing Gavin!If it would have been a small peck I would