His Rose [18]

Mr D'Amelio

Nothing in the world can trouble you as much as your own thoughts.

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I cleaned the blood off my arm that had dripped down before my wound was dressed. I decided to not put my jacket on and just exited the bathroom with my jacket hanging on my shoulders.

I entered Tony's room and found Landon sitting next to him in a chair. Tony was stable but still hadn't woken up. Landon wanted to be the first one he saw when he opened his eyes because they were brothers. I recently found out that they were related and I was shocked because they looked completely different. Tony had blue eyes, long black hair, he was very muscular and tall while Landon had short dirty blond hair, green eyes and he was tall too but not that muscular. When I looked closer though they shared the same features such as a strong jaw line and a pointed nose.

"I still can't believe that Tony didn't tell me that you two are brothers and are you new?" I asked curiously

"Don't  be offended love he doesn't talk about personal things much. I just got recruited, as you know you can only be recruited at eighteen and I turned eighteen four months ago." he replied.

I nodded my head in understanding and made my way to the window to gaze out at the forest. My case and Landon's case of recruitment was different. I was recruited at sixteen because I was good and Silas took a liking to my personality and skills. (His words not mine) He first spotted me in an underground fighting ring and approached me after my fight when I beat a man four times my size, close to death.

A comfortable silence fell on upon us and my mind drifted to the symbol I was shown. It brought back so many memories about my sperm donor. That specific symbol represented my father's special task force team. They were not to be messed with.

"The boss is back and he has a guest, Ivy he requested your presence." a guard said interrupting my train of thoughts.

I followed him to Silas's office,  knocked and entered when I heard a "Come in"

As I entered the room Silas sat at his desk in a grey suit while before him sat a man wearing a black suit. Two other men stood behind him in the corner. Bodyguards wow. I couldn't see his face because he had his back towards me but from what I could see he had a lot of muscle under that expensive looking suit.

"You wanted to see me." I said walking further into the room.

"Yes, this is Mr D'Amelio. I called him to help with our problem. He is the leader of the Italian Mafia, he owes me a flavour or two . Mr D'Amelio this is Ivy, our best assassin ." Silas said. When Mr D'Amelio turned around I froze but I quickly masked my surprise and nodded at him. He gave me a cold stare and went back to talking to Silas about the attack. The same man I had the nerve to disrespect in the road was the Italian Mafia leader the most feared Mafia leader amongst all mafias. My blood boiled recalling the way he spoke to me and the way he just sped off without apologizing but I forced myself to calm down and focused on what was being discussed.

"I recognize the symbol on the ground. It belongs to the Russian Mafia's special task force." I simple stated with my voice void of any emotion.

"How do you know this Ivy?" Silas questioned.

"I know this because the Russian Mafia leader is my father the reason that they left that symbol behind was to get a message across. A warning mean for me." was all I said and Silas looked at me with worry in his eyes and leaned he's elbows on his desk slowly while Mr D'Amelio's face however gave away no emotion. My biggest fear had come true after two years of hiding from the monster , he had found us too soon. That message was intended for me, he's telling me that he knows where I am.

"Get your mother down here we need to inform her for her safety." Silas said. All this time he knew that my mom and I have been running away from my father but i never told him who he is until today.

"I need a car because my motorbike is still at the warehouse." I said.

"Take someone with you." he said and handed me he's car keys. I made my way to Tony's room and told Landon to accompany me home it would be a while before Tony woke up anyway. We arrived within five minutes and I noticed the guy's I had sent over earlier parked across the street. Landon went to tell them to leave and I ran inside the house.

"Mom!" I shouted out for her when I entered the house.

"Yes! We are in the sitting room!" she replied. Landon and I rushed to the sitting room and found Elena and my mom drinking coffee and eating biscuits.

"We need to go right now, he found us." I said and my mom's face drained of all its color while Elena looked at me baffled.

"What's going on and who found you?" Elena asked putting her cup down on the coffee table.

"My father, mom grab your things we need to go. Elena, Landon will take you home. I will explain everything when I can. " I said snapping my mom out of her shocked state. She scrambled past me towards her room and came out with the to go duffel bag full of clothes and toiletries, that we packed for situations like these. I rushed to my room and retrieved my emergency bag too and went to my car. Landon backed out of the drive way and drove Elena home.My mom hopped into my range rover leaving her black Mercedes-Benz in the garage and I pulled out of the driveway and drove to the base in silence. Many things ran through my mind and my mom seemed occupied with her thoughts too. Trepidation overcame me as I thought about seeing my father after such a long time.

It didn't take long for us to reach the base which looked like a normal mansion to people on the outside.

"Why are we here?" my mom asked.

"We are here because some people I work with are going to help us stay safe so that we don't have to run anymore ." I replied

"And who are these people?"

"Silas, he's the leader of the drug cartel. I've been working for him for these past few years not at the dinner." I replied finally telling her the truth. Scared to look at her face I kept my eyes trained on the mansion in front of me.

"We worked so hard to keep ourselves hidden Anastasia! What if he found us because you are so in love with danger?! Why would you work for a cartel leader? " At this point I knew to shut up because she only ever used my real name when she was angry as hell.

The tension could be cut with a knife, I ran my hand through my hair and finally decided to exit the car. She got out of the car after me and I guided my her into the mansion . As soon as we entered she could see many people sitting behind screens some people getting coffee and others organizing grenades and guns. We made our way to Silas's office, entered the room and Mr D'Amelio was nowhere too be seen and neither were his bodyguards.

"Please take a seat tell me why you're hiding from your husband Ms Cruz or should I say Mrs Petrova. Why does he want to find you two so bad? " Silas said leaning back in his chair waiting for my mom to speak.

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Loads of emotions are flying in this chapter!! Comment and let me know what y'all think about this chapter! ❤️