Axelia Moore

Axelia and the Aftermath

Atlas stared at the girl and at the man that stood on their foyer, Axelia Moore, the very girl that had dared him, was now standing at his house. With a smirk, he descended the stairs and join his father at the greeting.

"Raphael," His father spoke. "Welcome to my humble home. Axelia," He kissed her hand.

"Ivan," Raphael replied. "Thank you so much for the invitation." Axelia simply nodded.

"I want you to meet my son," He motioned Atlas to join them. "Atlas."

"Sir, Axelia," Atlas spoke politely. "It's a pleasure to have you in our home."

Axelia controlled her urge to roll her eyes. "Thank you," She replied politely. "Would it be too much of an inconvenience, if you point me to your bathroom?"

Ivan turned to face his son as Raphael cleared his throat; the plan was in motion. "None at all," Atlas smiled. "Please, follow me Axelia," Atlas smirked and the two young teens moved away.

Ivan gave a simple nod to Raphael, and they each understood what it meant. Following Ivan, Raphael found himself in a beautiful library, he wasn't being considered a threat, at least not yet, given that he was invited to his family home, and into a library, not Ivan's office.

"Shall we discuss whatever is it that you have in mind?" Questioned Ivan pouring two drinks.

"I'll try to keep it simple," Raphael started. "We made an agreement Ivan, Dortmund and Moore working together, means that we are unstoppable," Ivan gave a nod as he sips on his glass. "Yet, you attacked one of my containers yesterday."

Ivan frowned, placing his glass on the table. He hadn't attacked any docks yesterday. "Me? I haven't planned on attacking docks or your containers." Raphael frowned. "Hand me the paper."

Raphael handed his paperwork. "Here," He sighed. "Your men, attacking my docks and containers. No casualties on my side, can't say the same for yours."

Ivan frowned, they were his people, not acting on his orders. "Traitors," He spat. "Those are traitors." He turned to face Raphael. "And you know how I deal with traitors."

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Axelia smiled at Mrs Dortmund, she was more than happy to help her out. Growing up inside a Mafia house, she barely had a female presence, the only one being her nanny Stephany. She couldn't complain, given that she had received more love than she thought she deserved, and all of it given by her father, Lucas and Erick.

"You really don't have to help out," Mrs Dortmund chuckled. "But I must say that I do enjoy the girl company." Axelia simply smiled. "So, how are you adjusting to your new school?"

Axelia shrugged. "So, far so good." She chuckled. "I have yet to make friends, but the demands of the school are up to standard, so I'll take that."

Mrs Dortmund gasped. "How is it possible! A beautiful, intelligent and respectful young lady like you, is bound to have friends the minute you set foot on school."

Axelia was about to speak, when she was interrupted by no other than Atlas. "You know how people are mother," He chuckled. "When they see something new, they are scared and won't go near, until they are sure what it is."

Mrs Dortmund understood the underlying message that his son wanted to make. He was infatuated by the girl, she had to agree, she was a mystery, and one beautiful mystery that is. "Oh well," She chuckled. "At least now, you can befriend Atlas." She added with a wink.

"I don't mind being alone," Axelia replied politely. "A lone wolf can get better things done," She turned to Atlas. "Distractions are not something I'm looking, given the goals I have in mind."

Mrs Dortmund observed the interaction between the two teens. She was aware that his son was curious about the girl, and she could even understand that girl was curious about him too, but she was daring him to make the first approach. Smiling at the teens helping her, she called out to everyone so that they could enjoy a nice dinner.

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Axelia groaned as she heard her alarm blast off. They had arrived late yesterday, as it seemed that Ivan and Raphael had a lot to discuss for their newfound friendship. She was very aware that, her father and Mr Dortmund, were going to try and exploit their children, not necessarily in a bad way, but she was sure that they were going to be seeing each other a tad bit more than she would like.

Turning her attention to the task of another day of school at hand, Axelia got up and started getting ready, always keeping an eye on the bug that she had planted. This was a creation that she had made, the bug could be planted anywhere, and it would immediately infiltrate on their web connection, meaning that every device connected, was now in her own database.

"Axelia," Raphael called out from the hallway. "The bug you planted," He continued. "We need to remove it."

Axelia frowned as she opened the door. "What?" She questioned. "Why do we have to remove it?"

"We have an alliance with the Dortmund," He pointed out. "If they find out that we planted that, we are going to be in trouble."

Axelia rolled her eyes. "They are not going to find out it was us," She took in a deep breath. "But I'll take it down," She rolled her eyes and walking up to her laptop to destroy the bug. "There? Happy?" She pointed at the screen and Raphael nodded.

"I have one final request." Axelia raised an eyebrow. "I know that I said not to get close to Atlas, but now, I need you to do it."

Axelia frowned. "How close?"

"Make him fall in love with you." Replied Raphael as he walked out of the room.