Loving the Enemy

Chapter 22

ACE POV

It's been two weeks since we are in Las Vegas, 'living' with Anna and her so called family. I'm getting used to the loudness and constant stupid discussions of them that I just don't pay attention to them anymore. Lorenzo also joins in the conversations from time to time while I sit there and observe.

It feels so strange and different.

I mean Anna is my enemy. And now we are fighting side by side against our enemy.

People are coming from the ship replacing their dead partners. There are more people than said there to be. Men flow the space, caging us all in a circle.

Suddenly they make way for something or rather someone.

A man comes walking here, in a black mask and all black outfit. Even though he has a mask I can guess that he is in his mid-forties but he looks still in pretty good shape.

"Ahh. If that aren't Anna Giovanni and Ace de Luca. I have been dreaming to see the day coming when I will meet two of the most successful mafia leaders in the world."

"So you must be Eikichi Daisen Iwasaki?"

"Oh, so you've heard of me. Who told you? I heard you killed a few of my men. Just know I can easily replace them with someone else."

"What do you want from us? There must be a reason you host a ball and then kill everyone who is there?" Anna voices out with a strong and confident tone. She has blood all over her but she doesn't even look one bit tired from all the killing she has done.

Apropos killing: she is winning with 44 to 42. But I'm not going to lose. Maybe this will be a tie but I prefer winning.

"Easy answer: Your death. I want the first place. I don't want to be the second. That's why you're enemies, am I right? Because only one can be first. The best."

I scoff "And how are you planning on killing us? We didn't get ranked in the first place if we would be able to be killed that easily."

"I know. But I'm not stupid. I didn't come here to kill you today. But we can still try can't we?"

"What do you mean 'not today'?" Giovanni quizzes.

"I am just giving you a warning. Be prepared for whatever comes. You never know who the person behind the weapon truly is." With that, he turns around and walks away, all his men following him.

I look around and make sure no one is left before turning to my permanent ally.

"What the fuck was that?" Vanessa questions irritated.

"I don't know." She mutters with a scowl on her face.

"Let's go home." Sebastian steps in as we all watch the ship take off.

Anna hums and turns around. "You can leave now. Thank you." She gets nods from her and my soldiers before they walk off to go back to wherever they came from. With that she starts walking to the south, where the exit is and a few meters away our cars.

When we reach the cars I walk to the trunk to take out my black hoodie that I kept here just in case.

Anna walks to her Jeep and opens her trunk, too and takes out what seems to look like an aid-kid. She closes the trunk and looks over at me who is pulling my hoodie over my head.

"What?"

"Are you gonna explain why you had no shirt on?"

"Why does that interest you so much?"

"It doesn't interest me. Curiosity just gets the best of me sometimes." She shrugs.

I nod toward the small first aid-kid "Who is that for?"