saved | e.d.

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"alex, i need you to be at corner 7 on watch." blaine orders. i nod understanding. he points to the blue print of the bank and i look.

"got it" i say feeling badly about this. as i always feel nowadays.

blaine is the leader of the faceless. he's is the most horrible human being i've ever met. he spends his life killing and torturing people for money. and he does illegal things to girls on the side "just for fun" in his words. i hate him.

now you may ask, 'why the hell are you a part of this?'

well. when i was younger, my dad killed my mom and then himself. i escaped the house before he could kill me too. i left and told the police like a normal scared kid.

but little did i know....i'd go to foster care with an abusive foster family. so i ran away.

i had a bag packed and stole about 700 dollars from my foster mom. i slept on benches and in parks, and only ate when i couldn't bare the hunger anymore.

one day i walked past an alley and got approached by a middle aged man. he tried chasing me, until someone had shot him.

immediately i had looked behind me for who did it, and i saw a younger guy probably around 18. he told me his name was max. he was nice and we actually became friends.

after another month, i slept on the park bench again, beginning to worry because i was running out of money.

max had given me a number to use in case i ever needed anything and i contemplated calling it. long story short i did.

max met me in the alley that he shot the man in and we talked.

"hey alex what's up?" he asks.

"you know how i'm hiding out?" i ask. he nods. "well i'm running out of money and clothes and places to sleep without trespassing. do you have a place i can stay? i'll give you the rest of the money i have." i offer in desperation.

max looks to me thinking.

"i have a place but it's really really dangerous. and i don't know if you want to commit yourself to this line of work." he says. i furrow my brows.

"line of work?" i ask.

"i'm in a gang called the faceless. if you need a place to stay i can bring you to the pit." he says. at this point i was hungry and scared so i wasn't thinking clearly. dumbass mistake.

"let's go." i said. he hesitantly nods.

"just know, if things get rough, i'll be here to protect you okay." i smile at him.

"right back at you." i say. he smiles and leads me to where ever the hell were going.

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thus bringing us to now. 2 years later. i'm now 18 and a member of the faceless. max is like my brother and we protect each other like we promised that night.

over the course of these 2 years, i've figured out that the faceless is just a bunch of bad guys who want money. there's only about 2 people not including myself in this gang who are good people that made bad decisions.

max is here similarly to my old situation. and athena is here because she had an abusive boyfriend she needed to escape. the three of us keep each other sane most days.

which is why i'm trying to figure out a plan to get us all out of here. which is going to be bigger than any bank robbery we've ever been through.

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A/N: WELCOME!!!

this book is gonna be fun.

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