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The figure was wearing all black. I tried to squint and figure out who this person was, but I can't put my finger on it, my mind was blury and I couldn't add up any lines.

"Someone's following us." I exclaim and look back behind us and realise that the car is moving closer, I message my father to let him know and Maria begins to panic.

"Deep breaths Maria, it'll be okay." I rub her shoulder and try and support her, she's very emotional and this incident isn't helping at all. Especially with her pregnancy.

I feel a vibration in my pocket and see Nicolas' name pop up, I answer the call and he asks me to describe the car, I describe the car and he's hacked into the camera system and can see there are three people in the car behind us.

"Get down!" Nicolas shouts down the phone and we all get down, I push Maria down to help protect her, I force my body over hers so her and the baby are protected but everything went dark. Everything stopped.

"For fuck sake." I hear my brother complain and I opened my eyes, the familiar bedsheets cover me and smell just like me, I'm in my bed once again.

I feel the sudden ache in my shoulder, my brother is sitting at the edge of my bed and it all suddenly feels like Déjà vu.

"You've missed a shot Serena but it's still caught you, can you try and stay calm, you can't move it much." I look at him with wide eyes, I was shot?

"I had to protect Maria and the baby." I look down and tears fill my eyes and then panic strikes. Oh my god. Maria and the baby. My anxiety rushed around through my veins and my body goes into panic mode.

"Maria and the baby! Are they okay?!" I bolt up and hurt my shoulder in the process, Nicolas lays me back down and nods.

"There could've been a lot of complications if it wasn't for you." He looks at me and smiles, he leans forward and hugs me.

"You're her hero Serena." Her hero the words replayed in my mind, this is why I should join the mafia, I've saved complications happening to my brothers girlfriend and their baby, I protected them.

I smile and give him a hug goodbye.

"I'll leave you to rest." I nod and he leaves, I close my eyes and fall asleep once again.

I dreamt about saving Maria and her baby's life, anything could've happened if I wasn't in that car with them, she could've lost the baby or anything.

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I wake up to a slight pain jabbing through my shoulder, then I notice it bleed heavily leaving it to drip onto my pillow.

I try and move and get off of my bed but I fall straight onto the floor knocking things that were on my unit onto the floor along with me.

My brother came running in and gasped at the sight of me.

"Serena!" His muscular arms wrapped around me as he helped me sit up on the edge of my bed, he started to  apply a new bandage on my shoulder, along with throwing in an eyeroll.

"Why are you walking around? Are you crazy?" He looks at me and rolls his eyes again, am I crazy?

"Right I'm getting mum, we need help, you're bleeding heavily." He looks at me and goes to collect my mother, but by the time they get back I have fallen into a deep sleep, I can still hear everything going on. My mum screaming and latching onto me, holding my hand. My brother wrapping my shoulder up with a bandage and some soft material that is supporting my shoulder, I'm lucky the bullet skimmed past me but it has still caused a lot of damage.

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A few days have passed and I'm able to move more, still mostly bed-bound for the time being, but I'll be much better soon, back to training, kicking Diego's ass. I laugh at the thought and I turn my TV on, I sit up and feel the pain sensation dagger from my shoulder running the adrenaline through my body, I quickly stopped moving and laid back to watch loads of movies.

I was so focused on the film that I didn't acknowledge my father standing in my door way with a curious looking face. I pause my film and look up at him, he sighs and strolls towards my bed, he places himself slowly down on my black silky sheets that have been put on this morning to make the bed look cleaner.

"Serena, theres something I want to tell you." I lean forward and sit up straight to listen to whatever my father has to say, my stomach begins to twitch and I don't have a good feeling about it.

"You're such a brave woman and I have, honestly, underestimated you Serena." He sighs again and continues.

"Serena, you've saved your little nephew or niece's life. That is a big thing." He looks at me puts his hand on top of mine, my father acting loving and affectionate? Now this is going to be interesting.

"Serena, you can join the Mafia... On one condition!" I gasp at my father's choice of words, 'Serena, you can join the Mafia' the words keep replaying in my mind, all I can do is nod. Excitement fills my veins and leaves my mind racing.

"You have to obey me, listen to me and do as I ask." He looks deep into my eyes, making sure that I know he's being serious. And I get that he is. I'm more than happy to play by the rules.

"Really?" I can't help but ask, I have no idea if this is some kind of joke or something, I can feel my excitement on hold waiting to see what my father's next response will be, the waiting is literally killing me.

"Yeah really Serena, you've proved yourself and you've taken a bullet for your family, you protected your family, and that's what the mafia is all about, family." He looks at me and shows a tiny smile, I look at him and hug him, I can't help it and he probably doesn't like the hug but he doesn't understand how ecstatic I am, how energised and ready I feel to be a part of the mafia family.

I let go of him and he nods as he leaves the room.

I'm going to join the mafia!

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A few more days have passed and I feel so empowered and ready, I was punching the boxing bag again, I was running on the machine, I was practicing with Diego and I enjoyed every minute of it, especially knowing that I was preparing for the time of my life.

"My love, you're back stronger than before aren't you?" I roll my eyes and continue to shoot my target on the opposite side of the lane.

"It's rude to roll your eyes." He whispers in my ear which leaves me shivering and trying to catch my breath, I inhale his minty fresh scent and feel halucinated by it, I couldn't concentrate for awhile.

"And did you realise keep calling someone by something they don't wish to be called is also rude?" I look at him and put the gun down.

"Well my love we have a mission tonight. " He smirks at me and moves closer while staring at me.

"A mission, huh, what's that then?" I look at him with my arms still crossed, I still had my protective goggles on that helped me while shooting.

"Me and you are going out tonight." He throws a playful wink at me and I roll my eyes, and walk over to hang the gun back up on the wall.

"Oh not like that my love, you clearly want it like that though, but your dad has set us on a mission." he blurts out and I gasp, my first mission? How well is this going to work?

"What's this about?" I ask as I take my goggles off and hang them up as well.

"Well... We're going out to a club, we need to find Ivan and find out what he's done with our weapons." He looks at me straight in the eyes, his orbs are so brown and his hair is so black which is spiked up because of the sweat.

"And if Ivan isn't there?" I ask curiosly to see if they actually have thought this plan through, or have just thrown me in the deep end wondering what the hell I'm supposed to do. Diego sighs and holds the bridge of his nose in frustration.

"Why do you ask so many questions Il mio amore?" (my love). He sighs again and looks at me.

"If Ivan isn't there one of his men will be, but as they already recognise you... You'll have to do a little bit of 'dress-up'" he moves his fingers to the word 'dress-up' I will not look like one of those girls.

"I will not look like one of those hookers." The words fall out of my mouth and Diego stands there laughing at me and my comment.

"You won't be, wear what ever clothing you want, but we have to give you a wig, it's already laid out on your bed for you." He smirks at me and walks away. I'm still wondering how he knows all this information before me, unfair if you ask me.

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The rest of the day goes by quickly and I take a warm soaking shower to prepare myself for tonight. My first mission. It's a big one too.

I come out of my bathroom and head towards my wardrobe and notice a bright red dress that I hadn't worn in awhile, I tried it on over my bra and pant set and it fitted me like a glove still. Tight in the right places, I applied a lot of makeup to try and cover as many noticeable features as possible. I look over at the bed and find a bright blonde wig, I almost want to gag. Blonde is not my colour, I put on the wig and instantly hate it, I try and adjust it to make it look right but I struggle, after many attempts it looks as good as its going to get.

I give myself one last look into my tall crystal mirror and head out of my room where Diego stands in his black tuxedo. His hair is all slicked back with some hair gel and his brown orbs are peircing at me, his tuxedo is showing off his muscles even though its still large. He looks at me and his eyes go wide, his facial expression instantly changes as soon as my father comes out into the hallway.

"Serena, you look beautiful." My  father smiles at me again for the one-hundredth time today and I already feel proud. I smile at the compliment and I head towards the large doors with Diego, we both head to the car and jump inside of the back seats. The seats feel cold against my legs sending freezing chills through my body.

"Cold Il mio a more?" (my love) He winks at me and I just stare out of the window.

"Or shall I say Blondie." He winks and smirks at me, my god he can be frustrating.

"Look pack it in, we're on a mission." I roll my eyes and continue to stare outside of the window taking in the fresh breeze that is rushing past my face, causing my wig to force out some hairs that are now suddenly misplaced.

"Well, you suit blonde." He whispers in my ear and it sends the chills back through my body, as soon as I begin to feel warm...He does that.

We pull up outside of the club and I take a deep breath, trying to prepare myself ready for what we're just about to get ourselves into.

"Oh, Serena, there's a catch." I feel Diego's hand wrap around my wrist stopping me from leaving out of the car. I turn to him and feel confused.

"We have to pretend we're together." I look at him and I can feel my eyes popping out wide.

"For fuck sake." I mutter under my breath, but I look up to Diego and nod.

We both get out of the car and Diego grabs my hand, we intertwine our fingers and begin to enter the club, his hand feels warm and soft, which was surprising because he's a ruthless killer. Like my brother.

We enter the huge club doors and the whole room is dark, the only light that is beaming is the neon lights that follow the perimeter of the club. Everyone was dancing, drinking, and kissing. I usually don't mind clubs but this club is absolutely packed.

"Are you okay?" Diego leans into my ear and I nod, but actually I'm shitting myself.

I notice a lot of people dancing and there was a group of men sitting at a table.

"I think there over there." I whisper in Diego's ear and his eyes dart right at the group of men surrounding the small table, none of them were Ivan though, one of them laughed and it sounded so familiar.

"Him, his laugh. It sounds familiar. " I tell Diego curiosly and a little worried

"Thats Lev." He sighs and looks at me. I'm so confused. Who's Lev?

"Lev works for Ivan, he's his head guard you could say." Diego announces after reading my mind, I sigh as memories flood back.

"So, what's the plan?" I ask Diego eagerly so I can get out of this stupid club.

"Well, we need to get a tracking device on him." Diego tallys in his mind what we could possibly do and then looks at me with a bright idea.

"We could 'bump' into them?" His fingers move as soon as he says the word bump, but to be honest I'd do anything to get out of here quickly.

We pretend to dance close to them, they all stand up and we have to think faster. If they move into the crowd of people then it's going to be impossible.

I lean over to Diego as he takes my hand and I begin to whisper.

"We need to get closer." He nods and moves closer towards him while holding onto me, he grabs a glass of wine from the waiter walking around with a large tray with at least ten glasses.

We knock into Lev and I place a tracker onto his tuxedo pocket, I look at him and he looks into my eyes, releasing fire.

"Will you watch where you're going?!" He shouts and Diego gets into his face.

"We're sorry, but don't shout at her. " He looks at him with piercing eyes, which intimidates Lev and makes him walk off.

To celebrate Diego and I head to the bar and order some drinks, he orders a whiskey and I order a glass of red wine.

"Good going my love." He takes a large sip of his whiskey, I can see his Adams apple move. All I do is smile at his comment, I can't be bothered to argue tonight, we've just completed my first mission.

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Several drinks later and both Diego and I are tipsy and on the edge.

"My dad will kill me if he sees me this drunk!" I look at Diego and decide to put my head in my hands.

"Well you could come back to my place, I live alone so no one will find out." I nod at his invitation and we both head out to get a taxi, the drive wasn't long but I felt like I wanted to be sick everywhere, each movement of the car swirled the alcohol within my stomach, making it go everywhere and causing me to feel the need to be sick. Each bump was the worst, my head was going everywhere.

We arrived outside of Diego's apartment, it was small and not at all showing off, he got out his keys and unlocked his door, I couldn't help but notice the tattoo on his back from when he took the tuxedo blazer off in the car.

I grab a drink and Diego comes closer, I can't help but feel slightly dizzy and intoxicated, I lacked movement in my body... With my mind.

Diego move toward which made me bump onto the edge of the counter, he lifted me up onto it and put his lips on my neck. His lips felt so wet and soft against my intoxicated skin, I could feel his adrenaline kicking in, he moves further up my neck where he landed his lips onto mine, making me receive a passionate kiss. His tongue slid in trying to dominate over mine, his hands travelled to my hips as he was still kissing me. A moan escaped my lips and we both pull away and look at each other.