Scars of her Blood • Shadowhunters

Chapter 24: A woman's job

There was knock on the door and Álvaro stepped in:

"Sorry, Adriana, but I need to steal Celia from you."

Adriana nodded:

"I have all the answers I need from her. But I would like to speak to your assistant please."

Celia looked at Álvaro. The woman assisting the SRU was Leyla, Ethan's girlfriend. She was mainly taking care of all the paperwork, the archive and helping Élias in the infirmary. The fact that Adriana wanted to talk to her as well just proved her determination. Celia trusted Leyla, but right now she was hoping that the girl would not turn out to be the weak point in their carefully crafted net of lies.

But Álvaro did not seem to have any such concerns:

"Sure", he said, "she's probably downstairs in the archives. Lito will accompany you there."

Adriana nodded and left the room. Celia got up as well and followed Álvaro into the command center. As soon as Adriana was out of range, Celia spoke her mind:

"Are you sure it's a good idea to let her talk to Leyla? She didn't have any formal training, what if she fucks it up?"

"She won't.", just the way Álvaro said this was enough to ensure Celia. He trusted every one of them one hundred percent, including Leyla.

"Now.", Álvaro changed the topic and gestured for Rubi and Salomé to join them as they walked in on the other side of the room, "I got a mission especially for you, ladies."

Salomé was immediately intrigued:

"Aw, you shouldn't have..."

Álvaro gave her a sarcastic smile:

"See what a good person I am?", then his face turned serious again, "Nicolas and Damián gathered the last pieces of information necessary to finally wipe out our favorite drug dealer. Today was a really good opportunity for us." He pulled a few documents and maps up on the screentable in the middle of the room, that all contained the evidence they had collected. Celia took a deep breath in. Ramón Moruga was an incredibly annoying individual. He was a Hybrid who was making big profits off the drug war in Mexico. On top of that, he was known for his absolute disrespect for women, which was why Celia had been waiting for this kill order for such a long time. This was one of those times she found it unfortunate they had to gather sufficient evidence before getting rid of the person in question.

Álvaro had continued in the meantime:

" - and we all know his level of appreciation for the opposite sex, so I thought I would let the three of you do the honors. There is a meeting with some other big wigs tonight in his estate, which is over here", Álvaro marked a spot on the digital map.

"So this is an ideal opportunity to get them all out at once.", Rubi stated.

"Exactly. And with the blueprints we already got", Álvaro pushed blueprints and layouts of the house onto the screen and started marking on them as he spoke, "we know where all the security cameras are and where the guards patrol. As soon as you guys have this memorized, you can get going. I got the kill order ready."

"Is the kill order for all of them?", Salomé asked.

"No", Rubi answered after a glance onto the paper that Álvaro was holding before he could answer, "but I guess accidents happen when houses burn down."

"I see you have this under control already.", Álvaro smiled slightly, "just maybe make sure no one who is not necessarily complicit is hurt, alright?"

They all nodded. Then Celia started grinning as well: