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their new leader?

she's joking, right? she has to be.

she has absolutely no idea how to handle a gang of that level of danger. that leadership was supposed to be mine for the taking. but, as frustrated as this all made me, i wasn't going to continue on and doubt angelina, mum always said to never underestimate what a girl can do.

so i watched with wide eyes as angelina took her place. i mean, technically, she's always been a queen, she was just uncrowned. whether that statement referred to her family or to me, it was true nevertheless. she then stands before me, looking up into my eyes, takings my hands into hers and lacing our fingers together.

"they won't trust you yet like they will me." she said. "you call the shots, they just have to think what i say goes."

"i just keep falling more and more in love with you every day." i smile.

"now listen here!" she turns and calls out. "everything upon the tarantino's is to be transferred over to the main house for filing immediately! all bases, safe house locations, and warehouses are to be revealed worldwide to us."

i smile and watch her direct who are her people, and in all honesty it makes me proud.

"and remember, you listen when he calls the shots. but always remember that what i say goes."

— one year later

"ashton, place the order and send me the transcripts, schedule the pickups for the end of next week." i said.

"on it." and off he went.

things had changed fairly quickly in the past year or so. the merge of both gangs was a success, everything was falling into place. that was, until the raid four months ago.

rogue members of the tarantino's gang raided one of our warehouses. angelina and i had been working side by side for those past eight months. she took on a larger role than necessary, one that she was truly born to take on. after all, she is a tarantino. the raid was a total disaster, something unexpected and fatal. and when i say fatal, i mean supposedly fatal. we heard the gunshots, people died, we saw lots of blood. but one moment angelina was there, and the next she wasn't.

it's been four months.

we've searched every inch of the earth for her, we can't find her anywhere. everyone's told me to give up, that she's most likely dead and won't ever come back.

i refuse to believe that that's true.

i refuse to believe that she's dead. after all that she's been through in the past year or two, there is no way one little raid could suddenly cause her disappearance and lead to her being presumed dead. i just won't have it.

luke says it's because i'm lovesick, because i've never loved someone the way i love angelina and i just can't seem to let that go. but why would i let her go when i know she's not gone, despite what everyone else says it's just like the boys always remind me, i'm calum hood, and i'll stop at nothing until i get what i want. and why i want, is to get angelina back.

my tarantino killing love...