Demon

chapter 79

Clara couldn't help the tears that run down her face.

Christmas was hard for her. She went home, instead of any sort of warmth they made her feel isolated. But she figured it was her own fault since she had been the one to become a criminal.

She finally had enough by the end of the day and left. She had taken a coach trip here so she didn't think the plan through but she had to get out of the house.

Unfortunately for her, she had been followed. She fought off the men who tried to attack her and some were unconscious on the ground. She managed to stab two of them, she didn't know if they were going to live but in that moment all she cared about was her own life. She was visiting her family so she only had a knife, she didn't bother bringing a gun. She was a skilled fighter however not skilled enough.  Everything went dark for her when someone drugged her from behind.

"Merry Christmas to me I guess" she muttered when she woke up in a basement.

"Merry Christmas indeed. Now here's the deal you can go on with your life but first we want everything you know about the mafia"

"The Italian one?" She asked playing dumb.

The man nodded.

"Oh well off the top of my head I remember reading about them in the news, apparently they were responsible for the entire downfall of an American gang" she said giving the man information that most people knew.

"Don't act smart. I know you work for the Mafia. I know you know who the boss is so give me his identity " the man snapped.

"I don't work for the mafia" she replied. It was the truth.

"I want the location of all their bases in the world, I want the name of the mafia boss and I want to know about their security system "

Clara knew all the information. She had been investigating the mole and so Damon allowed her access to secure information. She knew this wasn't another test from Damon. She thought the mole could have given her name to them but then it made no sense not to name Damon as the boss and give all information.

"Well you kidnapped the wrong person. I don't know any of that information"

"It looks like we're getting the information the hard way"

Meanwhile back in France, Damon had no idea what had happened, the family were spending time together. Damon didn't touch a piece of work. He was currently fretting over Emilia. Dante had decided to teach her how to ice skate.

Damon was against it fearing
she might fall through the ice.

Alesandro was stood on the side lines taking pictures.

Matteo and Mason didn't feel like skating so they just watched from the side how Damon was fretting and shouting orders to Dante from the side. Damon could skate, but he refused to do it. So he was stood watching closely.

They grew up learning all kinds of winter sports but as the boys grew they lost interest in some. But Dante insisted he be the one to teach her.

"Don't you dare let me go" Emilia told Dante who was about to let go of her hands.

Dante laughed , he quickly looked to his eldest brother who was glaring at him. Dante could tell that Damon knew he was about to let go and didn't like it.

"But look at Damon. Don't you think we should annoy him" Dante asked.

"I'll definitely fall and hurt myself" she said.

"No you won't because I'll grab you before you fall. Trust me"

And Emilia did trust him so she nodded and Dante let go. He had been holding her hands for a bit now as he was showing her how to skate so not having his support Emilia was nervous.she slipped a bit but like Dante said, he grabbed her before she fell. Once got her balance again they both laughed and when they spotted the looks on all their families faces they laughed some more.

"See now he's not focused on work, he's focused on you" Dante said looking at Damon who looked more worried than angry.

"Do you want to join us Damon " Emilia asked.

Damon rolled his eyes and told her no.

"She's been skiing, I'm pretty sure she can handle a bit of ice, it's not as bad" Mason said.

"Yes well i don't want her to fall through the ice and drown" Damon replied.

Maybe he was overreacting, but then again he did pull his sisters unconscious body from the lake and she had stopped breathing.

Not even being the Mafia boss could have prepared him for that day. It was close to being one of the worst. His sister dying in his arms.

After Damon lightened up a bit as Emilia started to get the hang of it, everything seemed to run more smoothly. Matteo went out onto the ice to join his two siblings.

"Why don't you two go skate too" Alesandro asked his two eldest.

"No I'm good" Damon replied.

"Yeah me too" Mason added.

Matteo was probably the best skater in the family since he had learnt how to play ice hockey because he had been bored with normal hockey. He quit hockey years ago though as it wasn't something he wanted to pursue.

"So how are you and Clara" Mason asked Damon now it was just the two of them.

Alesandro being focused on his younger children.

"There is no me and Clara, she works for me. She helped find the mole that's it" Damon replied.

"But I heard from Olivia that you left the Mafia hq together" Mason replied.

"I swear all that woman does is gossip. She really is getting irritating these days" Damon stated.
Mason snickered slightly at Damon's growing dislike for her. "She has a crush on you I think" Mason told him.

Damon was not pleased by this. Olivia had always been a friend. Nothing more. But he came to the conclusion maybe she felt threatened by Clara, even he had to admit, he never showed kindness to his prisoners. He did with Clara. He never befriended the enemy, again he did with Clara, he never did alot of things which he did with Clara.
He spent alot of time with her too.

So Olivia's behaviour towards Clara could be explained by her stupid crush.

He never really understood the whole concept of childish crushes, if he liked someone, he'd tell them and they'd be together. It was how it always worked. He'd met plenty of women who were attractive but he simply slept with them. He didn't do relationships since Stephanie.

"We did leave together but that doesn't mean anything" Damon said.

"Oh okay. Well her boyfriend left the country" Mason said.

Damon nodded a small smile on his face at the damage he had caused.

All that damage because Jake had dared to hurt Clara.
He knew he was a hypocrite but he refused to let her get hurt again and if she did. Well he wouldn't be so nice about it.

Yes he would kill for her.

Not as festive,I apologize. And you may be thinking not another kidnapping storyline so my intention is to show how strong Clara truly is because I wrote her a little weak when it came to dealing with her ex. And I want to show how much Damon actually cares. I don't plan on dragging this part out.