"Fuck," Kylian mutters under his breath. We need a plan. Right now. Because we are so fucked.

I look into the mansion through the balcony doors and see guards frantically searching and asking guests to take their masks off.

"Kylian," I say, grabbing his chin so he can focus on me, "tell your guards to come in now. Look." I point inside and his eyes widen at what he sees.

"Guys, I'm fu-" Kylo starts to say but he gets cut off like his earpiece broke or something. "What's going on?" Bella exclaims.

"Stay in the rooms, I'll get guards to go there. Isiah, Riley, Bella none of you move," Kylian orders. He then looks at me, whispering, "Go to Kylo, he needs your help."

"What about you?" I ask. The question slipped out of my mouth before I could even think.

After all these months, I started to care about him. Now more than ever. And I can finally have him. Only if things don't go wrong.

"Don't worry about me, love. I'll be fine, promise, okay?" he gives me a slight smile. That promise means something to me. I believe him. I want to believe him because I can't think about losing him just when I got him.

Quickly, I grab his suit and pull him into a kiss. "I love you," I breathe out. I don't wait for him to respond before rushing inside.

On the list of what I have to do: first, save Kylo, second find Kylian, and third kill all these Russian bitches who want to ruin my life.

Inside is almost like chaos. If people choose not to take off their masks, the Russian guards pull out their guns and force them. What the fuck is going on?

I try my best to make it to the VIP section, but as I'm getting closer and closer a guard grabs my hand. Shit.

"Mask off, beautiful," he smirks. Without hesitation, I kick my knee into his dick making him fall to the ground. "Ew," I scoff, brushing the spot where he grabbed me.

I grab his gun and make my way up the stairs. Everyone is gone. No shit, Ivy. Okay, shut up I need to find Kylo.

"Кто-нибудь здесь?" I call out in Russian. I'm not stupid like those annoying characters in horror movies. (Anybody here?)

"Guard! I have one of the Italians!" I hear a familiar woman yell. Not just any woman. The Russian right hand, Charlotte.

I don't say anything but quietly walk towards the voice. Her back is facing me with Kylo in front of her, his hands in the air. His eyes meet mine and a small smirk forms on his face.

"What are you doing? Get him!" she yells. Oh, how she's stupid. When I don't reply, she turns around. Her eyes immediately widen.

She raises her gun but- "Got ya, bitch," I grin, pulling the trigger. What? I wanted her to know that I was the one that killed her.

"Never thought I'd be happy to see you," he lets out a sigh of relief. I roll my eyes at his stupid joke, "Very funny, Kylo."

He grabs the gun out of her dead body and proceeds to shoot her three more times. "Yeah, fuck you bitch."

"Um?" I stand there awkwardly, furrowing my brows. "What? I heard it's good to let your anger out," he shrugs.

"Kylo's okay, I saved his princess ass," I inform everyone through the earpiece. "I'm not a-" he starts but I cut him off, "They can't hear you now," I laugh at him.

He rolls his eyes like the princess he is and opens his mouth to talk but five men wearing helmets, shields, and bulletproof vests barge into the VIP room holding guns.

"Boss, we found them," one of them says and I recognise the voice. "Elio?" I ask and he gives me a quick hug. "Didn't want to lose my baby sis again," he says softly, ruffling my hair.

"Wow, what about me," Kylo huffs. "Really?" Elio and I say at the same time. He really is a kid.

"Alright, we have orders to take you guys out of here, ASAP," Elio states, going back to his serious self.

"What about the rest?" I ask. I can't leave anyone back here. We are all making it out. This isn't going to be some sad story.

"Our people are looking for them right now," he replies. "Wait so you haven't found Bella?" Kylo immediately questions. Elio scratches his neck. Gosh, he's always been so awkward. "Fuck, then I'm staying," he scoffs.

"Me too," I join in. He looks at me in defeat, knowing I'd do what I'd want with or without his help so he shrugs. "Fine, but tell Kylian it was your choice."

The plan has been updated: save Kylo has been successfully completed, finding Kylian is next and I still have to kill that stupid Russian leader.

"Here take these guns and ammo instead," he says and hands me and Kylo new weapons. Italians always have done it better.

"Kylo, you're with me," I order. "Let's go." I leave the VIP area, carefully walking down the stairs with my gun up. Red lights are blaring all around, probably some alarm thing.

"Mafia queen now, huh?" Kylo chuckles from behind me. Mafia queen. Not a bad title, to be honest.

"Let's focus, yeah?" I retort, trying to walk around the many dead bodies. Geez, the Russians really went crazy.

All these people were just... collateral damage, I guess. It is kind of sad but all of them were enemies of the Italians. They chose the wrong side.

"That wasn't a no," he practically giggles and I send him a glare. He is right but I'm not going to admit that. Technically, I'm his boss now.

I wince escape my lips as the earpiece rings loudly. I quickly take it out. "Fuck, they messed with the frequency. We can't communicate with anyone. Not us or Elio and the rest." Hearing that, his whole demeanour changes.

No contact with Isiah, Bella, Riley, or Kylian. No way of talking to them, just this big ass mansion I have to maze through to find them.

"This was the room Riley and Bella were in," he says. Please don't be a dead end. I nod my head at him and he barges the door open, walking in first with his gun raised up.

"Oh God, Bella," he says and I can hear the happiness in his tone. I walk into the room and there she is. A big smile on her face as she runs up and hugs him. At least there's a happy ending for them.

"Where's Riley and Isiah?" I ask and her smile slowly fades. "I told her not to go but she went to go find Isiah," she utters out.

"Shit," I mumble. "Go find one of Kylian's men, then go look for them," I order. You're really getting into this mafia queen role. Not the time.

"And you?" she scoffs. "I'm not leaving you alone." I smile at her words. They're sweet but I'm not listening to them. "I'm an assassin, I have two guns and a knife. I'll be fine," I tell her but she looks at me with a worried face. "I'll get one of the guards with me, okay?"

She nods at my words and gives me a quick hug. "Be safe," I tell them before clocking my gun and leaving. Mission finding Kylian has officially started.

"This place is fucking massive," I whisper to myself, walking around and stepping over dead bodies. My brows furrow. "Wait, why am I talking to myself, shut up."

I shake my head in disappointment before jumping as I hear a bullet being fired. What the fuck?

I close my eyes and let out a deep breath. You got this. You're an assassin. You've done this shit before.

I open my eyes, adjusting to the flickering red lights, and head towards the gunshot. I hope Kylian is okay. Please be okay.

I enter this area, and look down. It's some kind of atrium. I pause when I hear grunts and stuff being broken, as if people are fighting.

Raising my gun, I walk down the stairs into the big open space. My eye widens when I spot Kylian and... fuck, his dad, fighting.

I quickly hide behind a large column. I aim my gun and try to get a shot on Giovanni but I can't. It's too risky, I might hit Kylian.

So I'm just supposed to wait this out? I feel helpless.

Kylian grabs his dad's collar and raises him from the ground, slamming him into the wall. "I know you did something to them you piece of shit!" he yells.

Giovanni laughs, spitting out the blood from his mouth. "You're right," he admits. Kylian takes a step back from shock. I guess he always knew his father played a part in his sister and mother's death but hearing it is something different.

"Oh, don't act all shocked now, son," he laughs. "You want to know what happened?"

Now he's just taunting Kylian. I wish I could just kill him now but Kylian is blocking my shot. For fucks sake.

"You don't have a choice," Kylian grits out. "You don't tell me, you die." He's dying anyway and we both know it.

"Your stupid fucking mother and sister wanted to leave!" Giovanni spits.

Wait what? I can't see the look on Kylians face but my heart just breaks by imagining it. Poor baby.

"Yeah, that's right. They didn't want to deal with the mafia shit."

"Mafia shit? It was fucking you! They didn't want to deal with you and your anger!" Kylian scoffs.

"I see you've been getting close to Ivory. Is that why you're acting all soft now?" Giovanni chuckles.

"Keep her name out of your fucking mouth," Kylian replies before landing a hard punch across his father's face. "She had nothing to do with this."

Slowly, Giovanni gets up, rubbing his cheek. "Oh, but she does."

What? No, he's lying. That's all he does. He's just trying to wind Kylian up. I don't have anything to do with it... right?

"Back to being shocked?" Giovanni smirks. "When your mum and sister had the stupid idea to leave, they went to.... guess who?"

"This isn't some fucking game!" Kylian yells.

"Guessed wrong," Giovanni sighs. "They went to Ivory's parents for help. They paid them to fake their deaths and get them to escape into some fairyland. And when I found out... I was angry. So angry. So I killed them, of course. Oh, and I killed Ivory's parents. Bombed her little house too."

My heart skips a beat and suddenly my throat tights up. I struggle to breathe as I try to process what he just said.

The words slipped out of his mouth like it was nothing. Like he had no remorse. But he's the one who ruined my life. Giovanni De Luca.

All my life, I wondered what happened to them. Giovanni killed them; and Kylian's mother and sister, the people he loved most.

My thoughts stop when I see Kylian throw Giovanni to the ground. I take the opportunity, step out, and shoot him in the stomach.

"You deserve to die, you son of a bitch," Kylian spits, pulling out his gun and shooting Giovanni again.

He then turns around to see who was there. I examine his face. His hair is messed up, his curls draping onto his face, he has blood on his suit and his eyes are red.

"Are you okay?" I frantically ask, rushing up to him. My hands reach for his face as I wipe the blood from his cheeks.

"I'm sorry," he mumbles. He looks away, onto the ground, avoiding eye contact with me. His face has a look of deep guilt.

"For what?" I ask softly, grabbing his chin gently to get him to meet my eyes. "I know you heard all of that, Ivory," he scoffs.

"It's not your fault, dummy," I slightly smile and take his hand in mine. "Now let's get out of here quick."

I lead him up the stairs, out of the atrium. Fuck, this place is huge, and no exits anywhere.

"I was scared today," he muttered from behind me. "And I've never been before."

"Scared of what?" I ask. His grip on my hand tightens, making me stop and turn to look at him. "Scared of losing you," he whispers.

His eyes look down at me with something I've never seen before. "That wouldn't happen," I tell him. "Because then who would annoy the living shit out of you?"

He rolls his eyes playfully at my words. "Kylo does that plenty," he chuckles. I turn around and continue walking, trying to find a way out.

A loud noise echoes throughout the mansion, like a door slamming. "You go there and I check here," I tell him. Hesitantly, he nods his head.

He slowly lets go of my hand and heads in the opposite direction of me. I've never seen him this nervous. And the fact it's over me makes me feel... I don't know, special? But also scared.

I feel like I'm in some horror movie. Now I realise it was kind of dumb to split up. Heaving a sigh, I continue down the hallway.

"Found you," a voice whispers into my ear. Before I could even think, an arm is being wrapped around my neck and my gun is being thrown out of my hands.

"Bitch!" I yell, already knowing who it is. Madeleine Morozov. "Didn't really think you'd get away did you?" she laughs.

"Ivory?" I hear Kylians voice echo and his footsteps getting closer and closer. She quickly covers my mouth before I could say anything. Hija de puta.

My eyes widen as I see him approaching us and he quickly raises his gun. "Ooh, I wouldn't do that if I were you," she warns, aiming her gun at the side of my head.

"Drop it," he scoffs and takes a step closer but quickly stops when she takes the gun off safety.

"You love her, don't you?" she taught, running the gun down my cheek and onto my neck.

"What are you proving by killing her? It's me you want. You want the Italian mafia and you want me gone."

"Collateral damage, perhaps," she shrugs carelessly. Oh nah, bitch better not let me die as collateral damage. "But I won't let that happen if you kneel."

He almost laughs. "Kneel?" he repeats. "I want you to know that I'm the reason you're coming to an end. Now, kneel. Don't you want to save her?"

My heart beats faster and faster. I can almost feel it coming out of my chest. She's acting like this is some game.

He looks at me and slowly kneels down in front of us. Kylian, doing this? For me?

"Good," she grins from ear to ear before I feel the gun hit the side of my head.

Everything starts pounding and my vision blurs. My eyes start to close and just before everything goes dark, I hear a voice yell my name but it sounds so far away.

***

My eyes slowly start to open. I try to get up but I can't. What? That quickly wakes me up and I look around to see Kylo, Riley, and Kylian. All of us are tied up, on our knees with our hands behind our backs.

"Ahh, she finally awakens," Madeleine says, catching my attention. We're back in the atrium. Giovanni is nowhere to be seen. Fuckity fuck.

"Now let's play a little game," she announces, making Kylo laugh. Please don't say anything that will get us killed, Kylo.

"You're the last one alive, what's the point of this?" he spits. He's right but please shut your mouth Kylo.

"Because you killed her!" she screams, waving her gun in the air like a madman. "Who?" he scoffs making her freeze in place.

"Who?" she repeats louder. "Charlotte! You killed someone I loved now it's my turn." Oh... don't tell me I killed her secret lover. How did a woman like her get a lover? How was I supposed to know that was possible?

"Oh..." Kylo mumbles, dragging the word out awkwardly. My exact reaction...

"How should I do this?" she asks herself. "Does eeny meeny miny moe sound good?"

My eyes immediately shoot to Kylian. I try not to act scared but I know that's the only look on my face.

He looks at his hands, drawing my eyes there. He has a shard of glass in his hand, cutting into the glass. "It's going to be okay," he mouths. I hope so.

"Eeny meeny, miny moe," she starts, pointing the gun at us one by one. My breathing gets heavier and heavier as she goes on.

"Catch a tiger by its toe," she sings, a small smirk plastered on her lips. I hope I live to see that smirk wiped away.

"If he hollers let him go. Eeny meeny, miny moe..." The song ends and the gun points at Bella. Kylo's eyes widen while Bella's face looks accepting. "It's okay, mi amor," she whispers to him.

The gun fires, the bullet going straight through Bella's head. It kills her instantly and her body drops onto the ground. Oh, my God.

My eyes close shut immediately as the blood hits my face. I open it to Kylo screaming, his eyes wide at what he just saw.

I loved Bella. She made me feel like a teenage girl again. She'd help with my hair, we'd watch shows together. She became my family. And just like that, she's gone.

"Oops, that was your girl, wasn't it?" she says, wincing sarcastically. "Ti ammazzo, stronza!" Kylo yells. (I'll kill you, bitch!)

His eyes turn red and I can see the tears swell up. I remember how she told me they were going to go on a cute, small trip to Greece. The place she'd always wanted to go. She told me she thought he was going to propose. He loves her so much.

As I look back up at Madeleine, the glass Kylian had in his hand comes flying at her into her stomach. She stumbles back and falls onto the ground, dropping her gun.

He quickly goes to grab it before untying me. He then moves on to untie Kylo but Madeline slowly starts to get up. "Ivory untie him and leave," he orders sternly, like nothing just happened, yet I'm still in shock.

I snap out of the trance I was in and try to untie Kylo the quickest I can while I watch as Kylian throws a punch at Madeleine, bringing her back to the ground.

"Leave. Now!" he yells at us. I don't listen. I try to rush towards him but Kylo grabs my hand. "Ivory, now," he says with no emotion as he drags me out of there.

I look back, trying to find Kylian but as we get farther and farther, he soon gets out of my eyesight. Kylo takes me through a door and my eyes shut immediately due to the bright sun. We're out.

With his hand still on my wrist, he rushes me towards the front of the mansion but for some reason, everyone is so far away. Isiah, Riley, Elio, the guards, everyone. "Kylian is still there! What are you guys doing!" I manage to let out, out of breath.

Elio grabs me and pulls me into a hug. "I'm glad you're okay," he whispers into my ears but the only thing on my mind is Kylian.

"Where's Bella?" Riley asks, her face has a sad look like she already knows the answer. Kylo doesn't reply, just looks down on the floor.

"I'm sorry, Kylo," Isiah mutters, pulling Kylo into a quick hug. Even though they mess around and make fun of each other all the time, they've gotten close.

"I wasn't there for her," Riley mutters with tears in her eyes but Isiah pulls her into his chest.

I look up at Elio. "Why aren't we going in to help? We can't lose another person."

He stays silent. "Fucking answer the question! Or I'll go in there myself!" I scoff, enough with all this bullshit.

"There's a bomb under the mansion. Kylian found out just before everything started. He ordered us not to go in after everyone and you are safe," he finally replies.

My heart drops at his words. This isn't the time for Kylian to play fucking hero. Here's in there and the bomb will go off in God knows when.

Tears well up in my ears with the thought of leaving him in there. Fuck that.

I turn and start running towards the mansion but I feel a pair of arms wrap around me. "Emilio, suéltame!" I scream at him, trying to get out. (Let go!)

"Ivory, you know I can't," he mutters, pulling me away. "No, but he's in there!" I cry out, staring at the mansion.

It's normal, huge, and pretty, with large windows and arches but within seconds, the ground shakes and it's up in flames. We fall to the ground, Elio covering me. The windows shatter, and the car windows do as well.

My ears start ringing and I can't hear anything. My eyes just stay focused on the mansion. It's ruined. With Kylian inside.

Elio slowly gets up and pulls me up after. This time, I don't hesitate to run towards the mansion, ignoring the screams behind me. I know Kylian would never leave me in there.

As I get closer and closer, I make out a body stumbling out of the main doors and down the stairs. My eyes widen when I realise who it is.

"Kylian!" I call out, feeling many types of emotions: happy, relieved, scared. I quickly rush towards him.

He's covered in smoke and coughing like crazy. "You're okay, oh my God. You're okay," I breathe out in relief as I wrap his arm around my shoulder.

After seeing Kylian walk out, everyone including the guards hurry to us. "Why would you do that, Kylian?" I ask him.

He looks down at me and manages to smile slightly. "I needed to protect you before I protected myself."



GUYS DO NOTE HATE ME THIS ITS FOR THE PLOT...

LOWK TS IS SO INTERESTING I WOULD WATCH A MOVIE OR SHOW OF THIS

anyways sorry this was late nd prob more late chapters will be happening bc i have summatives and exams going on and i have to do a mock trail for my law class 🙂‍↕️

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