In the ruthless world of warring mafia families, blood ties are meant to be thicker than any blade. But for princesses Calla and Lily, loyalty will be torn between honor and selfish desires.
After a treacherous death threat, the sisters are forced i...
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(Calla)
The sound of Dominik's heavy breathing is the signal I've been waiting for. Sneaking out isn't easy when he's right there, but thankfully, it's not impossible. As I sneak out of my room, I peek around the corner to ensure he's asleep.
He looks so peaceful wrapped around his black body pillow. His bare upper half shows off his family crest tattoo on his right shoulder blade. It's actually quite beautiful: two crossed swords with tiger handles and their name written on a banner draped over them.
His chest rises and falls in a sound slumber. Perfect.
I quietly tip-toe down the hall in his room with my boots in hand before tentatively opening the door and latching it gently behind me to avoid the click. The house is dark and quiet, but enough moonlight filters in that it makes the trek down the stairs easy. The glistening black grand piano sits in the middle of the room, begging to be played, but not tonight. I've got places to be and people's money to take.
The dark hall that leads to the laundry room and Lily's room beacons me on. With no light from outside, I paw my way down the hall. "Lily?" I hiss, hoping she's out of her room already.
"Right here," Lily whispers back, her head peaking out of her bedroom door.
"Why the hell is it so dark in here?" I ask when no light floods in from her room. "Dominik wouldn't shut the hell up about the amount of windows you have in there."
Stepping out of her room and quietly shutting the door behind her, Lily says, "Yeah, well now I have a fake boyfriend/bodyguard living in the pool house across from me. He's got a direct view of my bed, so I had to close the curtains."
"Right." I nod. I knew about it. Dominik was actually upfront about that change pretty quickly. I guess kicking his ass over his head worked. Well, worked to get him to keep me informed anyway. I might have knocked a few screws loose for him to come up with the dumbass plan that led to Mother wanting a fake relationship between her and Kwan. "We better get going, I have an uber scheduled to meet us."
I lead the way into the laundry room and out the servants' door. There's a gate that leads to the driveway, but we have to time it just right. I stop at the gate and peer through the slender gap between the fence, waiting for the patrol to walk past. We'll have a grand total of five minutes to creep out into the shadows, climb the large tree that hangs over the front fence, and drop down the other side.
When the man walks out of sight, I count under my breath to ten, knowing I need him to get out of the line of sight before I unlatch the gate. Both of us sneak through, and I carefully shut it, not wanting to leave any trace of us behind, before we slide through the shadows toward the large elm tree. I give Lily a hand up before following after.
Sneaking out of houses has become second nature for both of us. We did it at home all the time. Lily drops down on the other side, hardly making any noise, before I drop behind her. My bare feet hit the cold concrete, but like Lily, it's almost silent. I slip my boots on and walk to the end of the block as far away from Dominik's house as I can get to meet the Uber I ordered. Thankfully the car is waiting there for us.
