"Spin till your dizzy. Drink till you cant remember why you drank in the first place. Become unattainable."

Elizabeth Decker,

I saw the way Valerie tensed up while Salvador forced on the fake smile of his, while Aaron smiled loving the awkward situation we were in. One of the girls who was speaking to a few of the men and woman kept staring my way and sending me dirty looks.

And honestly if looks could kill I would be six feet under. I honestly didn't know what her problem was or where the hell was Ace, as I gathered this was the most important event of his mafia and him not showing up meant that his mafia was weak or worse he didn't want to do the job.

But from Valerie's smirk I could tell she enjoyed seeing Ace struggle, and that honestly baffled me.

"Well till Mr Hernandez shows up how about a toast to the friendship between our families?" Aaron said finally relieving Salvador and Valerie of the awkwardness. The tension began lifting as we all toasted. I downed my champagne glass in one go.

I felt so belittled here. That I was nothing more but an object to signify something. Everyone kept looking at me and Valerie was right some were in admiration but some were not as the girl from earlier approached us with a smile so sly she looked like a viper hiding among a sea of roses.

Her black dress fitted her perfectly.

"Miss Hernandez, I wasn't aware you were back. This is such a surprise!" She said putting on her best show of the fakest smile I ever seen in my twenty one years of life.

"Well, I always love to pop out of no where. Shocks a few people." Val snaked her hand around my waist, shoving of Salvador as Aaron watched with amusement in his eyes while Salvador was ushered by some man to talk business. Talk that I should be listening in on.

"Ah who is the newest member of the El Drago Mafia?" She said, honestly the girl was so strikingly beautiful that I was in awe.

"This is my good friend Beth. We been travelling some time before I decided to re-join our society." I looked at Valerie confused as her, was it not just hours earlier where she threatened me? She tighten her grip as she looked into my eyes.

*Go along or I will kill you in your sleep tonight* They seemed to say as I gulped smiling.

"Hi I'm Beth its really nice to meet you..." I stretched out my hand as she shook it her poison green nails seemed to dig into my wrist slightly as I saw the snake tattoo on her forearm. Honestly I didn't know who to be afraid of. Val most defiantly Valerie she looks like she would enjoy my death and her mama certainly needs a reason to get rid of me.

"Arabella Marin. That's funny considering I haven't heard anything about you Beth. Tell me where did you two meet?" She asked testing me.

"At the club. Beth saw me preforming. Ever since then she was enchanted." Valerie replied before I could even process the question Arabella asked.

"Yeah, Valerie's voice is so mesmerising." I said looking at Aaron while he just enjoyed the power struggle I seemed to be in. Arabella smirked at me.

"Really I thought Val danced. I never heard of her preforming songs now." I froze wanting to dig my own grave right there knowing Val would probably kill me in three different ways. As if getting close to Ace wasn't a problem enough or getting information out of Salvador now I had Alessio's mother and sister plotting ways to kill me.

"Yeah actually I started performing songs at the club as well as dancing." She said her voice controlled while Arabella looked pissed of as hell and I soon suspect the glass in her hand was going to shattered as her knuckles turned white. They stood in a stare off.

Aaron cleared his throat.

"Beth how about a dance? And after I could introduce you to some people." I smiled as I placed my hand in his finally feeling relieved.

"What the hell is between those two?" I asked rubbing my temple, my feet were hurting and the list of people who could find out who I really am is growing by the second and I haven't even got anything good on Ace or this mafia. Except a petty small time drug run that I did.

"Oh that, we all used to be lovers and I'm sure its just tension that's been building up for time. Matter of fact I bet you ten kg of coke that they will fuck their senses out by tonight." I looked taken back. I thought Val was dead. There is no record of her staying alive. Hell we didn't even know what she looked like until tonight.

"But I- I though-" He cut me off.

"Alessio hid her away when someone sent an assassin to take care of her. See in this world family is everything they can be used as leverage in any war that takes place in any power struggle. Being a woman in this world is a blessing. We can settle wars by just forming marriage alliances, with them." I looked disgusted at the fact he thought it was okay. I felt his touch burning me as I wanted to get away.

Get out before they try to marry you off to Ace or someone worse.

What about Valerie? I thought to myself when I looked back to see her leaning against the wall she was breathing heavily. She was having a panic attack. I looked across to see her mama with a satisfied grin plastered on her made up face.

She was rolling her eyes and talking about something or someone as I made out the words. "Dramatic."

"Ready?" Aaron asked as he placed his hand on my waist but before I could answer the classical music began and he twirled me out my dress following after me as people gathered around the dance floor.

He tugged me back in his slimy arms around me, his breath on my bare neck left a trail of fire. I was getting burnt at every touch and I wanted to get out right now. But he allowed no room for that. We swayed as the music began gradually getting louder, he twirled me as he stepped leading me, we twirled around the dance floor. People were looking at us. I felt sick.

Maybe it was the excessive champagne I drank or maybe it felt like someone was staring so intensely at me, but the people all became a blur as Aaron kept twirling me at a fast pace, he brought me back into his arms dipping me low before picking me back up and lifting me up and twirling before putting me back down he began circling me creasing me cheek, as our hands went up almost touching we circled each other before the music died down.

He bowed to me as I crustiest to him.

I rushed off the dance floor before someone could stop me. I walked into one of the rooms. It looked like a large library with shelves lined up against the wall. There was a second floor as I heard someone shuffling I picked my dress going up the stairs as quietly as I could.

"First it will be Ace, then that bitch of his sister that we kill." The voice was oddly familiar as if I knew the person. I realised what I hard could have me killed as I took of my heels as silently as I could and ran out the room. I kept running until I stopped in my tracks.

Whoever it was, they wanted to end the Hernandez line. But why? And could they? Chills went down my spine as I thought of Valerie and Ace dead. Maybe behind bars but not dead. But wouldn't it be easier? Wouldn't it make my job easier? There would be two less monsters into the world.

Their mafia would be thrown into chaos and I could escape back into my own world.

Valerie had no problems killing me. Killing for her was as easy as drawing her next breath. And Ace was no better, he had no honour about him, he killed countless of people helpless people. But for them to die? Was that necessary?

I navigated my way through the large mansion as I found the bathroom. It was eerily silent as I looked my self in the dimmed mirror. Then I heard it. Moans. Lots and lots of moans.

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Okay any theories on who wants to kill of Ace and Valerie? 

Who was having fun time in the bathroom? 

And what do we think about Aaron? 

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