Leonardo "Watch out!" The loud yell has me reeling and the next thing I know, I'm pushed aside and shoved into a wall. The warning from Roman was swift and precise.He drops his hand from my shoulder, "Dude where the fuck is your head at? You good?" Roman asks. I looked down at the wire I almost tripped. This whole fucking place was boobytrapped. One wrong move and our position would have been exposed. We've gotten here so far, quietly and I could have ruined it because I can't focus on the fucking mission.Shit."I'm fine. Fuck, I'm sorry guys." I apologize to the other guys. I need to focus, my life isn't the only one on the line."It's okay. Just don't make sure I die today. I like being alive and so does, Aaliyah. I'm pretty sure if I die during this raid she'll find my spirit and kill me again. And if that's not possible, she'll make it possible." Cain says referring to his fiancee, Aaliyah.The bastard finally proposed.
Nova Go to sleep, Nova. He's okay.I’m just drifting off into a deep sleep when I hear the creak of a door, my body jolting from the disturbance.When I turn to look at the door, it’s firmly closed. My brow crinkles in confusion. Just when I convince myself I am only hearing things, I see a movement out of the corner of my eye.Sucking in a sharp breath, I turn and see Leo standing outside my balcony doors, a red cherry pulsating in the moonlight. Wide awake, I sit up and glare. “How long have you been out there, you creep?” I snap. Leonardo opens the doors the rest of the way, smoke billowing from his mouth. “A while,” he answers flatly. I didn't even know he smoked.He flicks the butt of the cigarette out over the balcony and then reaches up and pulls his hood down from his head. The moonlight shines directly on him, making him glow beneath the soft aura.Such a contradiction that something so dark shines so brightly beneath the light.“Don't do that again,” I tell him
Leonardo “Is it the four we’ve been tracking?” I ask.Roman sighs. “No, David was spotted at a restaurant last night with his wife during the timestamp of the video. Looks like different men, but these aren’t identifiable. I imagine they only went to see the girls once.” The video we were currently watching contained three masked men, fondling and grabbing three girls. A few minutes into the video, one of the girls protested being grabbed and manhandled like that. She tries to fight the men but one of them pulls out a gun and shoots her, eliciting screams from the other two. They toss her body aside and continue touching the two girls, completely ignoring the blood on their naked bodies, and the dead body only a few steps away. According to what they said in the video, they were advertising the merchandise. The fucking bastards made this video and then sent it to interested buyers and now the shit fucking leaked on the dark web.I nod my head, my mind racing as I try to figure out wha
Nova The numbers on the microwave’s clock taunted me as I paced the length of the kitchen. I'm pretty sure there are eyes on me, but I don't care. My anxiety has been sky-high since my dad's visit. With every turn, the green glow caught my eye and earned a sigh of despair. The ding resounds through my ear, sounding louder than it should be. I exhale loudly and take the donut out before walking out of the kitchen."One medium-sized espresso and donut for Misty!" The barista next to me rang the bell after I passed the donut to her. I never imagined myself working here at Moonbucks. I didn't have to work, because I still had my savings from the writing gigs I used to do in high school. You'd be surprised how much desperate teens are willing to pay for essays, assignments, and even ghostwriting jobs. I was the guy for the job back then. My side hustle was low-key, mainly the fact that I was unpopular and a loner, I just left the advertisements for the people who had experienced my wor
Nova Hope is a crock of shit! I'm tired of hoping for my family to change.I rest my head on the car's headrest with my hands behind my head, teary-eyed. I can’t seem to stop crying lately. I can blame my extremely high emotions on the aftermath of my period. In all honesty, I get easily emotional during the time leading up to my period and after it."I've secured a suitable match for you." I put the key into the ignition as I blink away fallen tears. I turn the key and reverse before driving out of the hospital's parking lot.My parents felt an urgency in my love life, or lack thereof, that even I didn't feel. I went to bed every night thinking of the information my father told me in my house. My life was already signed off to a strange man and I had no say in it. I was sold off like cheap meat by my parents. I'm never going to marry that Councilman, whoever he is.I can't believe even my brother, Chance called to tell me and explain how this alliance would be good for us. An
LeonardoAfter the explosion It’s not very often that people surprise me.I expect the worst from everyone, even myself. Especially myself. But when that voice registers through the fog of agony clouding my head, all I can feel is astonishment and the cold press of metal in the back of my skull. “Glad you could figure that out, Roman Williams. Now let’s see those hands, otherwise, this single bullet will find its way in both of your fucking heads.” The exact feeling is reflected on Roman’s face as his features slacken and his eyes widen, his voice saturated with utter bewilderment as he mouths, “You?” “Yes. Me.” The bastard answersMother… fucker. "Who are you?" Roman asks."Well, Roman both of you know me as, The Professor. But L- X here, knows me as something different. Am I wrong, Leonardo?." I scowl and he chuckles.My mind races, circulating through each encounter with him and trying to figure out how the fuck I missed this—missed him always being a wolf in sheep’s clothing.
Leonardo “So,” I start, grunting when a particularly painful twinge flares in my back. “Grandfather was never your abuser, was he?” I ask my father. He titters. “Oh, he was. He just didn’t know what it meant for him every time he laid his hands on me. The idiot never did figure out I was the one pulling all the strings. He was too stupid.” before I was taken by B-20 my father took over the mafia and was in charge after his father, my grandfather. One day, after an argument with his father. He got drunk and I remember him telling me that one day everything would change. That he had made a lot of plans with his friends and those plans were going to change the world. "We're going to mold the first set of perfect, obedient soldiers, Leonardo." He slurs and laughs. "You'll see." He circles me, the gun still pointed at my head while his lips pull into a snarl.“That’s the best thing about your grandfather. He was all so far up his ass, he never thought it could be a weak, quiet, Al
Leonardo It's been two weeks since Alessandro captured me. One week since he let Roman go. Two weeks since I've seen Nova. Two weeks since I've watched her sleep, felt her, smelled her. I hated it.Alessandro looks over his shoulder, and I notice a man approaching with a deep hood over his head. I can only tell his gender because he’s built like an upside-down Eiffel Tower. Massive, broad shoulders stretched the robe, the seams nearly bursting, and then dramatically tapering down into chicken legs. Dickhead skipped leg days so often that he can’t even see them anymore because they were so skinny. “Car is ready,” he announces, his voice deeper than the Mariana Trench. Alessandro faces me, lowering his gun as the man raises, and flicks his pointer finger up and down. “Up,” he snaps, his tone sharp. “Now.” Blowing out a steady breath, I force myself to move, gritting my teeth from the aches in my body. Grunting, I stand fully and train my glare on the black-headed sn