KIIARA
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And as much as I'd love to say my relationship with Nile is great, it fails to match my words.
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September 14
9:20am
Cafeteria
I open the curtain and step into the dining area, eyes searching for a tall man with pretty curly hair.
Honestly, his hair is drop dead gorgeous.
What conditioner does he use? I swear it's the Italian genes.
There I see him, sitting with Gabriel laughing over something. I bring my tray to the table, sit in between them and take out a small gift box.
Francesco raises a brow. "What's this for?"
"A down payment on a house. Whaddya think it's for?"
"I said no birthday gifts."
"And I never answered to that."
Francesco looks at me for a bit before rolling his eyes and gently taking the gift box from me. My legs shake with excitement as Gabriel and I watch his expression.
He opens the navy blue square box and in it is a thick gold bracelet. Nothing intricate, just a gold band with his initials.
"This is cute."
I roll my eyes. "Like you. But just like you, you're sharp to the touch and vigilant. Open it."
He examines the band to see where the opening is. In the middle of the band was a slight indentation of a hatch. He uses his fingers to open it and gasps softly.
It wasn't a normal bracelet. Embedded into the bracelet was a knife. He will always have a piece of self defense with him wherever he goes.
Francesco laughs and his eyes light up examining the knife. Him and I have a weird adoration for knives.
"Happpyyy Birthday!", I say softly in a sing-song voice.
"This is fuc*ing beautiful, Kiiara. How did you find this? "
"I had to ask Nile for his laptop and his credit card since I don't have one of my own right now, but I thought it would be perfect."
"It's awesome. And useful." He hugs me and I catch a whiff of his hair.
What kind of condition- cucumbers?
"Thank you."
"Of course. Thank you for caring for Jordan. He looks up to you a lot."
"That little man will always have a place in my heart. And so will you."
I smile and turn to Gabriel , who's stuck in his thoughts.
"Still brooding?"
"It's hard to think of anything else."
I nod. "True. What's Nile'splan for today, isn't he announcing the final mission plan?"
Gabriel nods. "All that training will come into good use. Nile made a good call training us beforehand. Now we just need to perfect our plan."
Gabriel gets a phone call. "It's the boss himself. Kiiara make sure to eat well, we have lots of training to do."
I salute him. "You got it."
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The Pit
Levels 5 and 6 had to gather to hear our final game plan. Alyssa sits next to me fiddling her leg.
"You okay?"
She nods. "It's our first real mission. Our first dangerous mission. Not all of us will come out unharmed."
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Revival
Dragoste"Why is she so hard to let go of?" I close my eyes and shake my head, thousands of memories of us were whispering, telling me exactly why it was hard to let her go. "Because, Gabriel. Even though I never planned on meeting her I was basically dead...
