Mafia's Assassin

Chapter 25

"Hushabye mi sol
Hushabye oh pieza
de mi corazon"

I jolt upright, my hand coming from under the cover clear from any blood.

"It's gone .." my hands falling limp to the bedding, my eyes locating a resting Nico in the darkness. Climbing from the sheets I enter our bathroom turning on the light. Running cold water along my neck and face my eyes connect to myself in the mirror, taking in my flowing white night gown.

Patting dry my neck, I find myself wandering towards Tanikas room. My feet padding on the cold floor, stopping at the golden handled door. Twisting it to the left, I slip inside walking past on quiet feet as Tanika sleeps to Andrea's nursery. Her small chubby hands lay at either side of her head as her lips repeatedly make suckling motions while she sleeps.

A small smile tints my features as I sit and watch her a while. Deciding I've gotten what I needed, I head back to Tanikas room. Her curtains begin to blow from the open window, my gut pulling at me like something isn't right. Turning my attention to her wardrobe I open the doors and begin to search, flashes of my vivid dream coming to mind.

Seeing nothing to catch my eye I decide to close the doors when I hear a scraping outside her window. Not thinking I hide inside her wardrobe, Peeking through a gap in the door as the silhouette of a man appears. Knife drawn. Looking to my right my brain scrambles with images of Jorge stood beside me, his finger pressed to his lips in a shushing motion. Repetitively blinking I find myself staring to the blank space the figure growing close to Tanika.

Her time was running out and my heart beat faster, I settle on rattling a few hangers above my head. The figure tilts their head to my direction and creeps close, gloved hands cupping the handle but as his hands go to release the door from its fastening I to shove causing him to grunt and stumble backwards, Tanikas face one of confusion turns to alarm

"Tanika, Andrea !" Instantly the once peaceful room comes alive, Tanika frees her legs from the sheets to be pushed back into the bed by broad shoulders. Jumping on his back, I press my bicep hard into his jugular as we wrestle. Tanika makes it to the nursery and locks the door while my body bounces from the wall, arms falling limp I'm thrown to the floor where my head ricochet from the floor boards.

My blury vision takes in the man's blackened shape, my ears ringing blocking the sound of screams as I watch the door warp and bend from each landed kick. Stumbling to my feet just as the door flies open I charge with all my strength to the man. Our bodies collide to the bed and using the sheets I begin to wrap and pull them around his head, deflecting his welding knife with my forearm connecting with his

"Tanika run!" Is all that passed my lips as the blade runs through my side. Gasping I'm now pinned beneath his sinister smile, my knees preventing his body being crushed to mine as my palm wrestles with his wrist. Feet are sounding from the alarm bells that Tanika has rung and I can see in the man's eyes he never intended to make it out, he only hoped he could take out some key people before the reaper came for his soul. Edging my knees higher I manage to get my feet on his stomach hurling him backwards as Nico flies into the room.

"Amore" his eyes take in my bloodied hands at my side and then the intruder who now stands, his back bent over the crib where Andrea once laid. His eyes darken as his grip tightens, a bullet penetrates through the mans leg as Nico strides to his side, pulling him to his feet while his fist pounds into his skull.

It's futile for the intruder to fight back but he does, Nicos fists repeatedly connect with his temporal, forearms blocking his swings until he slides the knife from his grasp and buries it into his stomach with a grunt

"nos vemos en el infierno" (see you in hell) He whispers in his ear as the blade twists and releases from his side, Nicos eyes connect with my own as I watch his palm push the man from the window. His scream fills my ears followed by the slap of his limp body hitting the ground. Nicos head raises as he walks to my side helping me to my feet.

"One day Amore, just one damn day I'm going to find you less bloody" a breathy laugh passes my lips as my limbs become heavy just in time to crash out in our bed, but before my eyes close I see them. Andres arm draps Tanikas shoulder as Andrea smiles to his warm face, Jorge at Nicos side as a smile tints my features.

As soon as the light hits my skin I'm awoken with a jolt only to moan as I roll to my side, hands clamping at the pain above my hip.

"Your awake" Mary smiles to me as she sits at the foot of my bed

"Woah this hurts" she laughs as I raise my brow to her

"What" her shoulders rising to fall "I would have thought you'd be immune to all this ... stuff by now" her eyes and hands pointing to my newly aquanted wound

"I'm not wonderwoman you know, bullets and knifes still leave a mark" Mary scoffs

"Where's my tea anyways you wench" rolling her unshocked eyes at me she's leaves returning with a tray as my mouth waters to the pancakes and bacon

"God you know me well !" Begining to devour the stack

"Correction" my eyes look to see green " I know you well.." gulping down my mouthful my eyes flick to Mary who nods

"How you doing wife ? Hopefully sick of running to danger I hope" his arms folding across his torso as I scoff

"Please danger comes looking for me" scooping up another mouthful

"I'm well aware" his eyes falling to my side " another scar to add to the collection I can run my tongue along" this causes me to splutter tea as Mary gapes at us and Nico smirks

"Erm .. I think I.."
"You should" he nods not taking his eyes of me as Mary leaves the room and my face reddens

"Are you blushing ?" His finger and thumb tilt my head to his as I knock it away

"Really ? Infront of Mary ?!?" He laughs

"It's one way to get you to myself.." eyes trailing along my body

"Not until I finish my pancakes you won't!" Filling my mouth with another mouthful as his eyes roll with a sigh

"Assisans"
"Russian ?" He nods

"We fully intend to fix this little problem, we have let to much slide"

"What you planning to do ?"

"Take the restaurant" my eyes look to his "You took their money and now I'm going to take their business, the brothel next" Thinking a moment I nod my head

"When ?" Clearing my cup full of tea as a slow sweetening smile spreads across his features

"Now"