song: To Leave Something behind by Sean Rowe-

Scarlett POV:

I never planned for this kind of relationship. I never imagined me submitting to anyone. But Mekhi, Mekhi understands me. He knows what I need and he knows how to make me feel alive.

Five years has passed by so fast and thankfully I haven't bumped into any more of his subs. I don't own a collar with that letter 'M' charm because I have something better the band on my finger that bonds us. Not too long ago we went to get matching tattoos on our wrist, 'M&S' for everyone to see that we are together.

M&S represents us, Mekhi and Scarlett. Although some see it as Master and Submissive or Mistress and Submissive. Either way it represents our ownership of each other. No one will ever break the bound between us, ever.

Meagan finally met someone and is due any day now. I can't believe I am going to be an aunt. I have had so much fun baby shopping with her, however some days I get a little teary eyed knowing that I will never be able to give Mekhi a family. But then again do I really want to raise a baby with the line of work we do. We haven't even talked about adopting but honestly maybe it's just better this way, the two or us. We can always spoil or nephew and nieces.

We just got a call to go out to a job. Zane explains that it's out on someone's yacht. It's out in the Pacific so we take a boat out there.

They dumped the bodies into the ocean, so all we have to do is clean up everything to make it look new again. There is freaking blood everywhere; apparently it was a very bad deal with some drug lord. We don't ask questions.

I watch as Zane talks with the man, which I assume is the Drug Lord. It seems everything is going ok; they shake hands but as soon as Zane starts walking back towards me the guy pulls out a gun and before I can even respond to warn him the gun goes off. My heart stops as I watch Zane, my father fall to his death.

We make eye contact for a split moment and I glare at the guy in time to see him jerk the gun into my direction. It happens so fast and before I know it I fall over the edge of the boat into the water. I don't know how bad it is but I know it went all the way through. I go so far down into darkness before trying to push myself back to the top. I cling to the boat, but he can't see me from where I am. I can hear him on the phone saying that he took care of it. I assume he means us.

I hear a loud explosion and the boat that we arrived on is now shattered into a million pieces, burning all the remains. I try to hold on to his yacht, but as he takes off I am forced to let go.

I'm in the middle of the freaking Pacific Ocean all alone. I look around me trying not to panic. I'm bleeding and I know I am in shark territory.

I see Zane floating in the waves of the water. It takes me forever to get over to him. There is nothing that I can do to save him for he is already gone. I hold him close to my heart as tears burn my eyes. I don't know if I will ever be able to live without him. He has taught me all I know. I kiss his cheek and slowly push him under, watching him vanish into the deep dark world.

I don't know what I am going to do out here. The boat is completely destroyed. I look around for anything that I can grab a hold of. There's a piece of the boat floating nearby and I struggle to swim over to it. I hold on for dear life.

Hours pass and its getting dark. I don't know how much longer I can hold on to this damn thing and all I have is a thin piece of my shirt wrapped around my waist hoping I don't bleed out more. I should have been home hours ago. I can't use my phone from all the salt water in it. Its history and I know he won't be able to track it.

I must have drifted off. Something wakes me up, a loud noise from above me, a helicopter. The light shining down blinds the hell out of me. I try to call out for help but nothing escapes my lips. Suddenly I feel arms around me and before I know it I'm floating in mid air.

I wake up hours later, in a familiar white room. The lights are already dim. I know he is nearby; I can feel him. He is holding my hand and I hear him crying. I move just a little flinch and he jumps up staring into my eyes. I try to talk. I try without crying but my eyes well up and they won't stop.

"Zane..."

"Baby we can't find him." He tells me as his grip tightens on my hand.

"He's dead." I choke out in a whisper.

"Baby, we will find him, we will."

I shake my head. "You don't understand...he shot him. I watched him die." The last part my voice breaks and the tears keep flowing.

Mekhi sits in the bed beside me and pulls me into him. I wince at the pain in my side from the shot.

"Oh shit, sorry, I didn't mean to hurt you babe." He quickly pulls away a little.

"He shot me too. He meant to kill me. I fell into the water."

"Who?" He looks down at me. He pulls out his phone. "She is awake all of you come in here now."

I don't care to see other people at the moment but it's reassuring that the guys will find the bastard who did this. Within seconds Dravin, Atticus, Ashton and a few other guys come walking in.

"Scarlett who shot you? Whose boat were you on?"

"We were to only clean the boat. He was talking with Zane. They shook hands I thought it was all good. But when Zane turned to walk back towards me he pulls out a gun...he...he...he shot him. We were not there to clean." It dawns on me in that moment. "We were the target."

"Who was he dammit." Mekhi demands to know.

"He is a Drug Lord out of Mexico. I heard someone call him, 'El Diablo Oscuro'."

Draven looks at Mekhi and shakes his head. "That's the dark devil..he is bad. People from all over have been trying to track him down for years."

Atticus looks at me. "It was a set up...I should have went with you two."

"Even if you did, it wouldn't bring back Zane and beside he would have shot you too."

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I found this chapter sad because she lost her dad....oh payback will be coming in the next chapter.