AORA : His Little Liar

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Zara.

I bobbed my head along to the music I was listening to as I walked slowly down the alley way. I had my eyes glued to my leather boots. I didn't dare look up.

I paused and waited.

"I live two lives..." I sang quietly under my breath as I stayed still. I finally looked up and a man stood a few feet away from me.

"No more hiding, I'll be shining like I'm born to be..." I sang softly as I tilted my head at him and pulled out both of my guns.

"Finally. I'll get to be the one who brings your dead body back to him." The man said with a smug voice and I rolled my eyes. I raised my arm and aimed at the spot between his eyes.

He looked well over 6 foot and had a large muscular build with an ugly ass face marred with scars. A scar ran from his cheek to his chin. I'd love to hear the backstory behind that but he'll be dead before he gets to tell that story.

"I'd have asked who sent you but I really don't want that information." I said and his eyebrow twitched in anger before he lunged at me. I dodged his punch and hit the butt of my gun against his head.

I watched as he stumbled back and before he could regain his bearing, I emptied a round of bullets in different spots in his body.

He dropped dead as blood seeped out from the gun shot holes. I sighed and did a quick sweep so that when he's found, they won't be able to know who he is without visual confirmation.

"Dou...glas." I mumbled as I read his ID. That was definitely a fake ass name. Dude didn't look like no Douglas to me. I shoved his things inside a small bag I had carried on my back. I stepped over his body and walked away.

The street was suspiciously busy today but I paid no attention to it and just kept walking at a fast pace.

"Hey!"

I frowned and continued walking. I heard footsteps running after me and I turned around a corner and pulled out my gun and whoever was chasing me was now standing in front of my raised gun. I blinked in shock.

"I knew it was you." Romero smiled and I narrowed my eyes at him. "What are you doing here? How did you find me?" I asked and he let out a breath.
"Do you have any idea what you've caused? Adrian is a shell of himself and has been searching all over for you. Where have you been?" I rolled my eyes. I dropped my hand back to my side and stared at him.

Was he alone? It seemed suspicious.

"I'll ask one last time. What are you doing here Romero?" I studied him for a second and my eyes went slightly wide. Oh no. In a split second, I moved aside as a bullet was shot at me. Romero immediately looked up at the closest building and spotted the sniper aiming at us.

"He's not gonna shoot again right? People will soon walk around this corner." Romero said and I scoffed. "Enough time to send another bullet our way. Run!" I said and took off.

He followed as we ran. I noticed we were being chased and I cursed. This is exactly what I was avoiding.

"Hades! Where are you with the bloody car?!" I yelled out hoping he's connected to the intercom we had on us.

"Car? I'm about 10 minutes out. What's going on? Are you running? Shit! I'm coming Z!"

I swore loudly in Italian before ducking into an empty shop and Romero followed before I slammed the door shut.

"We don't have time. Get out of here." I said to him and he stared at me like I was crazy. "I'm not leaving you alone. Not when I found you. You have to come back to Adrian." He said and I glared at him.

"You didn't see me. You didn't speak to me. Infact..." I grabbed a can of drink from one of the tables in the shop and forced it into his hand. "You just came out for a drink and that's all that happened." I said.

"Yeah sure. I'm not leaving you until I can convince you to come back to Adrian." He said and I whipped out a dagger and pushed him against the wall with the blade hairs away from his neck. "Why does it feel like you want to die today Mero?" I asked and he stared his eyes slightly wide.

"Second time I'm seeing you move that fast. What are you?" He whispered and my eyes went into slits. Just as I was about to retort, something was thrown into the shop and in seconds, it went up in flames after an explosion.

Romero immediately wrapped me in his arms to shield me as we were thrown a few feet away. We landed against the counter and the glass shattered around us.

I opened my eyes and looked up at him. Romero had his eyes closed and wasn't moving. Oh no. No no no. "Mero? Open your eyes!" I screamed as I peeled myself away from him and inspected his frame. He was bleeding from the side of his head.

I shook him slightly. "Romero?! Please. Please wake up. You have to be fine!" I screamed. I looked around trying to do something. He wasn't moving and his breathing seemed shallow.

"Hades! Anytime now!" I yelled as I hosted Romero up on my shoulders and walked through the ruins of the shop. Whoever thought it'll be a good idea to do this is dead. I'll give them 12 hours.

I walked out of the shop and coughed from all the smoke I inhaled. "Zara!" I raised my head and watched Hades run to me with Diana behind him.

She gasped in shock as her eyes fell on Romero. She immediately took him from me. "What happened to him?!" She asked looking from me to him frantically.

"We were ambushed. Get him to the safe house and take care of him." I said to Diana and she nodded and walked back to the car taking Romero with her.

"Are you hurt?" I shook my head. "He took the brunt of the explosion. He shielded me when it happened." I explained and Hades let out a breath of relief. "Come on. You should still get checked out just in case." He said and I refused.

"No. Go ahead. I'll be back. There's somewhere I need to be right now." I said. Through the course of this little conversation, I hadn't looked at Hades in the eyes.

"Where are you going? I'm coming with you. Diana can take the car back. You're not going alone." He protested and I finally raised my head to lock eyes with his.

He stepped back as he stared at me warily. The anger coursing through my veins was consuming me and I let it. "Z...Your eyes." He whispered and I blinked.

"I'll be back in 12 Hours." I said coldly pulling out both of my guns before turning my back on him and walking away.

And I was having a good rest. They just had to go wake the sleeping Tiger. Let's Chase.

A/N

Holaaa. Ugh my darlings. I've missed you all. I'm so sorry for the long long wait.

I've tried to keep to an updating schedule but it's tough become in my final year in university so school is taking up most of my time.

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