Rosa Sanchez. The first word that comes to mind is always 'power'. Known as Thorn by many, she seems to be the most dangerous woman in the world. But, she wasn't always like this. That leads many people to wonder how she came to be. What made an inn...
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I woke up with Ana hovering above me.
"Good morning." I smiled, my voice was hoarse.
"Morning!" She says on my thighs and pulled me up.
"Why are you so excited?" I set my head on her shoulder.
"You got a call from your father." She ran her fingers through my hair.
"How long ago?" I looked up.
"Only an hour, don't worry he said it wasn't urgent."
I leaned over to get my phone from the nightstand. Surprisingly I only had one missed call from him and a text message that read, 'Call me when you wake up.'
I called his number and he answered instantly. "Rosa?"
"Hi? What's going on?" I tried to sound as nice as possible but venom crept into my voice.
"Have you seen the news lately?"
"No, I've been busy." Asleep, ruining my relationship or fixing it, but he didn't need to know that. "What happened?"
"Our house was raided. I don't know how, I don't know what we lost, but I need to do some serious reforms and I need your help."
I smiled slightly. Mother could handle herself and he didn't have Ana to hang over my head. "Why would I help you?"
He sighed. "You can do whatever you want. If you help me and continue to you have free will. You can have all the protection you need for whoever you want."
I moved out from under Ana and paced the room slightly. "Whatever?"
"I won't lie, these plans are working out better than I could've imagined. We're rising in power and nobody has noticed. If we keep this up we could take Italy."
"I don't want to take Italy." I smiled slightly. "I want The Cartel."
My hope vanished as I heard him burst into laughter. "Are you insane, you have the brain to lead, but nobody will follow you. Don't be stupid Rosa, we're traditional, if people found out about your woman they might even stop following me."
I looked up at Ana. She looked extremely confused.
A smile crept onto my face. I walked toads Ana and grabbed her left hand. "I hope you're right."
He was silent for a moment. "What do you mean?"
I intertwined my fingers with Ana's. "Do you remember how much traction the Scottish got when the media found out Ronan was bi? I wonder how much attention we'd get if I married a woman. I mean, we're far more traditional."
Hope danced through Ana's eyes. I felt bad using her against my father but it looked like she didn't mind.
Father made a frustrated noise. "If they don't follow me, you have no power."
