Chapter 4

"Where is the money Ignacio?" I grabbed a fist full of his hair while burning fire into his fearless eyes. "I thought you were a smart one Maja, figure it out" he retorted cockily causing me to loose my cool.

I smacked him hard and clench my nails on his cheeks making sure the sharp acrylics left painful marks on his delicate skin.

"I'm going to let your attitude slide Ignacio and give you one last chance. Where. Is. The. Billion. Dollars. You. Stole?" I spelt out each words with venom dripping from my voice.

"Forget about it Maja, I'll rather die than tell you" he spat out and I replied with a sadistic smile. "I love it when y'all give me the permission to kill you, it makes me feel less guilty and i fucking swear I'll make sure you die a thousand times" I whispered in his ears and my organs danced with joy at his frightened expression.

"Rocco" I called and took my hand out for him to place the knife. The feeling of the blade on my palm caused the blood in my body to run cold and it brought great satisfaction to my heart.

He looked at the weapon in my hand then at my smiling eyes. "You are so lucky Ignacio cause you going to get fucked up by my favorite one" I placed the knife on his forehead and began rolling it down his face, adding a bit of pressure on it to ensure it left bruises on him.

His eyes were shut as he tried his best to endure the pain but it wouldn't be long before he gives into the torture.

I rested the knife on his chest and wrapped my hand around his neck watching the trail of blood that dropped from his face.

"I'm not asking you to betray your don by telling me where to find him. I'm asking you for my possession you stole from me and you'll rather die than open up? Well since you don't seem to care about your life leave it in my hands cause I'll definitely treat you well. And do not be too quick to pray for death cause I won't give it to you so easily" I spoke in his ears and slowly plunge the blade into his skin.

His agonizing scream was like a beautiful melody in my ears and an encouragement for me to push through with my work.

When I was satisfied with the design on his body i knocked him out and tossed the knife at a corner. "He can't die yet, I need him to be alive for all I will do to him so you can take him to our doctor" I instructed while staring at his blood covered body.

"You really don't want to know where his Don is hiding?" I tilted my head a bit to look at him through the corner of my eyes. "That would be easy for me to find out Rocco, for now just take care of him and I'll figure out the rest" he nodded and pulled his phone from his pocket.

"Besides don requests your presence later in the day" his lips twitched up in confusion and his brows corked up quizzically.

"I'm guessing she has a mission for you" he said nothing and I encouraged him with a pat on his shoulder before making me my out of the cell.

I changed out of the blood coated shirt into a clean one and made my way out of the building. After hiding my gun properly in the car to avoid killing a nosy cop i rived the engine to life and hit the road

I was lost in the midst of my dark thoughts when excruciating screams from a building cracked me out and I looked around to find an expensive looking building burning with orange flames and for some reasons it made me laugh.

I turned my gear stick about to reverse when my eyes caught a sign board that indicated it was a school building that too for kids. All sadistic feeling was gone and worry filled me up.

I quickly called the fire service and sent them the address before getting down to go rescue the children I could rescue.

I got to one of the classes and my heart felt an emotion I haven't felt in a long time as I stared at the frightened children crying in despair and one was lying unconscious already.

Luckily the fire hadn't spread so wild to their classroom so I picked the unconscious boy lying on the cold tile and asked the others to follow my lead.

I successfully got them out with no harm on their bodies and I was attacked by all their little arms around my thighs.

"Thank you kind ma'am" they all chorused and I felt my lips move involuntary into a smile.

More children were being saved by the security team and some of the teachers while the saved ones were all waiting outside. "Ms" someone tapped my arm and I looked behind to find an elderly lady with tears in her eyes and a devastated look on her face. From looks I could guess she was the principal.

"Thank you so much ma'am, if anything had happened to any of the children I can't imagine how hard it'd have been for their parents and the school" she sobbed out and I replied with a stiff nod.

"Mrs Singh we were able to save the children but one" her eyes widened in terror and she opened her mouth to speak but it seemed she was too terrified by the news to utter a word.

"Mr DelMonte's daughter" at the mention of the foreign yet familiar name the woman lost her balance and since I was the closest to her she fell on my body and I caught her.

"Mrs Singh" "Madam" two of her staff members came to her aid and i carefully pulled her from my body and tugged on the arm of the man who gave the information.

"What class is the little girl?" He stared at me dumbfounded and I hissed in irritation cause it wasn't the time to be fucking dumb.

"Answer the damn question" I gritted out and he pointed towards the class with shaky hand. "She isn't dead ma'am b..but the fire had spread so widely and we couldn't go in, our.... I didn't need to hear the complete statement, i grabbed a blanket from one of them and sprinted away from their yelling voices towards the stairs that led to the floor the classroom was situated in.

I drew closer to find the fire spreading widely. "D..daddy" the little voice gave me courage to fight the angry fire and save her life before the building collapses.

I wrapped the blanket around my body and ran into the burning room to find a small body laying at a corner. I rushed towards her and carried her in my arms and her droopy eyes fluttered opened a bit to reveal her hypnotizing brown orbs that seemed to have a strong effect on me.

"W..where's daddy?" She whispered as she tried hard to fight the unconsciousness. "P..please save... I followed her little finger to find an emerald green necklace resting on the floor.

Whatever that meant i could guess the piece of jewelry was equally as important as she was so I steadied her on my thighs and picked it up.

The building was slowly cracking down and the heat was becoming worse so I wrapped the blanket around the both of us and ran out of the building.

The moment I stepped out with her into the safest zone the bricks of the building fell and crashed into dust.

"Ms Elzandre" someone called in relief and I fell to the ground with the girl still in my arms while staring at her unconscious body with a feeling of satisfaction in my heart.

I noticed most of the kids parents had arrived already and they were staring at me with admiration and appreciation but I was too focused on the angel in my arms.

"Ms Elzandre" I felt an arm around my neck which caused me to freeze in my spot at the foreign action. "T..thank you so much. If we had lost his daughter I..I don't think we'd have lived to see the sunset" one of the staff sobbed on my shoulder.

I pulled out and offered her a tight lipped smile. "That's enough, y'all should focus on yourself and try getting in contact with the parents of the other kids" I told them and picked the girl up.

"W..we can't get through to Mr DelMonte so we'll take her to the police...I raised my hand to stop her from taking the child from me. "It's fine I'll take her with me, you can give her father my contact number and address, if you do not know how to get it the police station would be of aid, I'm quite a frequent visitor in their territory" I informed them and left with the girl.

I carefully laid her at the back seat and got into the car to begin the ride. All throughout my drive I tried figuring out the reason why I felt different after locking eyes with her amber shade and seeing her in that chaotic situation. I glanced behind to find her beautiful face at rest and a little smile creeped up to my lips.

I got to the mansion and carried her in with me. "Maja where have y... Oh my gosh who is the child?" Martina rushed up to me with a look of terror in her eyes.

"Don't tell me you've started using kids for your dirty business" I shot her a glare causing her to keep her mouth shut and she granted me the space to make my way up to my room.

Lying her on the bed I peeled her shoes off her feet and pulled the duvet up her body while I changed into a baggy dark blue shirt and knotted my curls in a messy bun.

I went to the bathroom to get a bowl filled with warm and a clean towel. I sat beside her and pulled her little arm into my hold and began cleaning up the stains of the ashes from her body thereafter i placed the towel on her forehead making her stir a bit.

I scanned her body for any burn marks but luckily I found none cause I don't know what I would have done if i found any but she did have a little cut at the back of her wrist which made me go get medicine to treat the cut.

Whoever her parents are they must be very beautiful and handsome cause she's so pretty. I ran my fingers in her soft curls while staring at her adorable face.

A phone call broke me out of my moment and I picked it up without caring to look at the name.

"Maja" the icy voice of don made me straighten my spine and i quickly stood up. "Sí don"

"Do you have any relative that attended the destroyed school?" My brows furrowed in confusion and I gave her a reply. ''If i may know, why do you ask don?"

"The fire accident wasn't a mistake, it was set to kill a child of one of us and since you are the most sort for I thought it may be you" she explained and for some reasons I casted my eyes on the sleeping beauty.

"No don, Martina is the only relative I have" she didn't speak further and ended the call. I dropped my phone and I caught sight of the emerald necklace that sparkled in its glory so I picked it up to scan it.

It looked really expensive and from the looks it seemed like it was customized for her. Definitely from a wealthy home. I thought and dropped it back.

I stood up to leave when I felt her little palm grasp my wrist and I looked back to find a perturbed look on her face.

"Don't go mamá, thanks for saving my life" I hear her mutter and my heart swam in an ocean filled with zillions of foreign emotions. Did she just mistake me for her mother? But why? I'm pretty sure she saw my face and she knows it wasn't her mother that saved her, so why?

She held onto my wrist like her breath depended on it so I decided to stay with her and immediately she snuggled into my body leaving me awestruck.

From what I can remember about being affectionate I was supposed to wrap my arms around her so I did just that.