Astraea

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A/N: I hadn't updated in forever so i wrote two chapters😊🖤 I hope you like how this chapter ends lol [very much unedited]

I woke up in a comfortable bed and for a moment I had forgotten where I was and what I was doing. I freshened up then ordered breakfast for Felipe and I. "Hope you slept well, the hard work is about to start", he informed me. "Yeah I did thanks so what's on the menu?" I asked him. "First of all you need to change, that dress is cute and all but we are drug dealers Astraea we need to look the part". I laughed at this and his serious expression. "Geez, fuck I didn't know that there was a uniform," I said taking a sip of my fragrant coffee. "All black, I brought some cargo pants and a long sleeved top for you and a jacket to help you hide the bullet proof vest." "Okay then".

After breakfast I changed and then we left once again in one of the 4 SUV's that were parked outside the hotel. "The first operation we are doing is meeting with the distro to inspect the quality of the product, apparently some kids have gotten sick. Some runners are greedy and want to make a profit by splicing the product and diluting it with some shit. I heard once that some idiots were mixing quality shit with rat poison". "Fuck!!", I yelled. "Yeah, this world is really dark and twisted like that. Okay when I get there just stick close to me. Like I said people are ambitious and always trying to rise to the top, I'm not expecting anything but to be safe just stick to me."

"Okay got it", I said as I tried to calm my racing heart. When we got to the warehouse, we got out with some guys who had some lab equipment I guess to check the quality. The distro was an attractive black man with tattoos that snaked all over his body. I guess being tattooed was a part of the image. There were men with rifles loitering around. Felipe and the man who I learned his name was Crispin embraced and then we went to an office where they started talking strategy. I zoned out at that point I didn't really care.

The meeting ended and we then met up the runners. Some were college students and professional looking people. Afterwards we then went to the businesses that the cartel owened in the town to clean money. It was really hot but I didn't complain I had asked for this. We finally went home and I stripped out of my sticky clothes and took a long shower. Afterwards I video called my parents to see Xylo. Once they saw the hotel background they didn't question me further.

I was so exhausted from all the meetings that I fell asleep early. On our second day I got up and was given the same looking clothes as yesterday. "Today we are going to the labs to find out the results of the tests." "But I thought you said that you didn't cook that shit here." "We don't but we cut it and distribute it into cases there, just to take extra pre-caution to keep the product quality up. Like I said and I'm sure you have seen as we have been driving, there is barely any police presence so its perfectly fine to have a lab."

We then went and saw that some of the product quality had been tampered with, another meeting was called with the runners and a high school kid was shot in the arm to set an example to the rest to not tamper with product quality. It really left me shook but I acted tough in front of them all and they had been watching me persistently. Fortunately, the had a doctor who was there to patch him up. As we were leaving to go back to the hotel Felipe finally spoke to me since the incident. "What? Say whats on your mind Astraea." "He was just a kid Felipe, I mean I understand the principle but for fucks sake".

"One, I shot him in his shoulder he will recover soon enough there wont be any permanent damage. Two, if he kept doing what he was doing kids were going to die by the hundreds Astraea and an investigation would have to be done because these are private school kids. That investigation might lead back to us and this is our base of operations, most of the money that is used comes here to be washed and if we cant operate from here everything goes to shit, we are moving product in a few countries globally Astraea and this town is where we can do as we please. So shooting that little shit to teach him a lesson is a small price to pay to make sure that business goes on uninterpreted. By the way you did well. I thought you were going to cry or throw up."