Like A Moth To A Flame

Prologue

      I stared down at the Women cowering under the tip of my gun, nothing but fear and anger in those sweet honey-brown eyes. "You should've known better darling" crouching down closer to her face her tattered and ripped clothing making the poor thing shiver "It's such a pity a pretty face too" Reaching out I stroked her cheek with the cold silver handgun lifting her chin. Leaning in closer to her ear I paused before laughing "You should know I never fall for my targets darling" Licking my lips I grinned down at her. They were always prettier like this under me shivering in fear "you were only a toy to me" reaching into the inner pocket of my dark leather jacket "Can I ask you a question?" The trembling figure asked daring to make eye contact "Very well then...what is it'' Grabbing the tube of red lipstick from the pocket I toyed with the object while the girl tried to form her sentences "Why... why do you always wear that" She raised her hand pointing at the lipstick. I couldn't help but laugh "Oh darling this little thing well why don't I show you?" Uncapping the lipstick and turning it letting the blood-red color escape its black and golden chamber. I swiped it over my bottom lip then the top lip feeling her gaze on my every movement "What are you going to do to me?!" She shuffled back letting out a hiss as her warm body touched the cold rough wall her frightened state only made me look forward to ending this "Darling we both know what I'm doing to you" The harsh clicking of my heels against the cold stone floor walking closer to her crouching down I raised her chin with the gun once more "Now now darling stop resisting... It'll only make this worse" her eyes widened a strangled whimper escaped her throat "I hope you know distracting you was fun but now..." She was the easiest target we've had by far. A rich oblivious girl who wanted nothing more than a storybook romance. That is what I gave her... at least in her eyes. Some flirting and a few fake dates later I had her eating from the palm of my hands while the rest of the team robbed her blind "I'll call the police on you!" her breathing became more ragged she grew bolder with each passing moment it was time to put an end to this "one last kiss for the road darling" leaning in she bit her lip confusion washing over her in waves I pressed my lips to her smaller cold ones savoring the taste of the expensive wine we had earlier pulling back the girl body went slack her breathing became shallow she wasn't dead no the Black orchids don't kill one of our few moral codes. If we did well then we'd be like the rest of those cold-blooded killers Crimson Blade they killed each of their targets it's foolish honestly they could have gotten important information out of them or perhaps gotten more money from them. 

       I picked the girl up tossing her over my shoulder We'd drop her off at her apartment after giving her a dose of our new elixir it was nothing lethal just something that blurred and removed her memory of us or rather me, in particular, having anyone see our faces wasn't something we needed. Besides most people weren't strong enough to fight the effects of Datura we had a hard time well Quinn had a hard time removing some of the rather unpleasant effects from the serum. He did promise a new tube of the deadly crimson shade with the new formula however I doubt it'll be ready by our next heistIt's not that I doubted Quinn. however, he didn't have the best record with these things. The sound of footsteps echoing down the stone hall was nothing unusual Sage should be waiting in the car outside I should hurry this up. each step I took growing quieter Someone had been following me earlier... They left but even then I couldn't take the chance of being heard. Not when we were practically wrapping this heist up soon enough the sleek black car came into view Getting in. I dropped the girl behind us in the backseat "Mi Cielo how I missed you" The sugar-sweet tone never left my voice "Lilly settle down we have to meet everyone at the plane to go collect that little asset... you were looking over" Letting out a dramatic sigh. Sage rolled her eyes starting the car and speeding down the empty cold street. Droplets of water started pounding on the roof of the Jet black car the rain started picking up once again earlier in the day there was a slight drizzle nothing we needed to be wary about but flying in this weather wasn't something any of us looked forward to but the sooner we landed in new york the faster we could get the asset I had been watching over.