Dangerous Love

Chapter 3

The crickets were loud and the sound of owls and Davinas heels hitting the ground  filled the silence. Davina approaches the bricked mansion surrounded by professionally cut plants and flowers. Along with heaps of guards. She parked her car at the front and now she unlocked and opened the front door.

As she enters she looks to her left which led to the kitchen, lounge room, dining room and stairs. Then to her right which leads to the basement, the bathrooms, an office and everyone except Darcy's rooms. Of course, no one except Darcy and trusted adults were allowed upstairs. Luckily, Davina is one of those trusted. Suddenly, Darcy runs in front in front of Davina.

"Tell me everything." Darcy demands. He was a tall dark skinned man with greying short black dreads. He led Davina into the large living room, big enough to nearly fit everyone living in the house in. The couch was black leather and the walls were beige with wonderful artwork bringing life to the room, hanging off it. Darcy motioned for Davina to sit down but she kindly declined.

"The mission was supposed to be easy. I'm scared this is going to lead into something big." Davina exclaims. She was walking back and forward fidgeting with her hands.

"Walk me through what happened." Darcy stopped her in her tracks and held onto her hands comfortingly.

"Well, we were doing what you said to do. Then I found him, tall scrawny blonde guy. He said he left the coke in his car, probably to get Nadia and I to follow him and when we got there, it was behind the building and there were 5 more- no, 6 more guys waiting for us. We tried to escape but that failed. They were so rough. And that guy... what's his name again? Eliot! Eliot Hartley-"

"-Eliot Hartley?" Darcy interrupted. Davina nodded,"Fuck!" Darcy yells causing Davina to flinch and pull back her hands from him.

"He said he wanted you. He was going to take me. But... he didn't. What did you do to their previous leader?" Davina questions.

"You don't want to know." Darcy says shamefully,"Go to bed Davina. I'll deal with this, everyone else is either asleep or out."

"You really expect me to go to sleep right now?" Davina argues.

"Do as I say, Davina!" Darcy yells back, impatiently. Davina wanted to yell at him. Yell at him for putting her in this position in the first place. Yell at him for being the reason they wanted Nadia in the first place. But she couldn't form the words. She gave up and put her head down in defeat and started walking to the right, towards the bedrooms. She didn't plan to sleep in her room tonight. But she had to get all of this make up and uncomfortable dress off. She travels in her room which was a large square with a chandelier hanging from the ceiling, the walls were sage green and the carpet was a dark grey. On the walls, photos of her friends and new family hung. Including Nadia. The queen sized bed was placed in the middle of the back wall next to her 2 bedside tables. On the left wall was her dressing table and mirror which could open, revealing all her jewellery. On the left wall was her very own couch.

Davina managed to unzip the back of her dress and it slipped off like a glove, revealing Davinas curvy body filled with unwanted scars on her back, stomach and thighs. She quickly found some shorts and a black crop top and put those on. Davina grabs some make up wipes and begins removing the make up off her face, and scar. She decided to leave her braids in as she likes the look of it.

Davina slipped outside her room again and roams the hallways looking for another room. The door came into view and stood out from the rest with posters of random actors and artists. She didn't bother knocking and walked straight in. She enters a room that looked her own except different colours and posters of celebrities replaced the photos of her friends and family. She observes a guy sleeping in his bed and she tip toes over after closing the door.

She reaches the side of the bed and looks at the resting male that was 21 just like herself. His black hair was pointing all over the place and his brown skin was flawless. He decided a while ago that beards weren't for him but Davina knew it was because he couldn't grow one. Davina nudged him, waking him up.

"Lucas. Wake up." When he didn't answer she got irritated at his ability to sleep through anything,"Lucas Patel, if you don't wake up right now I'll slap you so hard." She said but louder. Lucas groaned in annoyance. Whilst Davina and him were introduced by Nadia, they've grown closer and closer through the years and formed a troublesome trio with Nadia Davina and Lucas.

"What do you want?" He whispers, opening his eyes.

"Something bad happened tonight." Davina says.

"Like what? You broke your nail?" He giggles slightly.

"Nadia got kidnapped by this Hartley mafia." With that being said, the boy shot up from laying down and looked at Davina in shock.

"What? The Hartley family? They're back!?" Lucas exclaims. It seemed everyone knew who they were except Davina herself. After a long few minutes of Lucas panicking and being upset, he looked at one of his best friends and realises that Davina wasn't here when the Hartley mafia was around.

"You don't know who they are do you? I don't expect anyone told you." He sat next to Davina on his bed. Davina shook her head.

"Well they were our rival until 8 years ago, a year before you came here. They were powerful, probably more powerful than us, the reason why they hadn't gotten rid of us was because we were more hidden and smart. The Hartley leader was the most terrifying person I had ever seen, his name was Johnathan.
Darcy got rid of him by kidnapping his wife and kid, Eliot to lure him out... you cant tell anyone about this part, ok?" Lucas asks. Davina nods her head, interest peaking at the mention of Eliot, "Well, Darcy killed his wife and kid in front of Jonathan and killed him after. We all thought that after that the Hartley mafia had ended. I thought they ended, but apparently not."

"Your story is wrong. Eliot is alive." Davina says.

"What? No I'm sure that he was killed. He was only 14 when he died." Lucas replies.

"I saw him with my own eyes. He said he was Eliot Hartley the leader of the Hartley mafia." Davina says confusingly, unless he's immortal someone told lies.

"Shit. Darcy lied." Lucas realises. For the rest of the night they talked, talked about Nadia and how they're worried for her. They talked about life and how Davina took it for granted until that night. Talked about random topics, laughed and joked until they both fell asleep.