"The devil is in the details."

Valarie Hernandez,

I took a deep breath, the gate was open they knew I was coming, I sped up just as I entered the compound I pulled the brake as I changed the gears the tyres squealing as the smell of burnt rubber filled the air.

The car drifted around the marble fountain in the middle to stop directly in front of the golden double doors. I opened the doors pulling out two glocks from the back of my hip strap I aimed them in the air and about a hundred men dressed in a swat gear surrounded me with lasers aimed at my chest.

"I don't know if I should be offended." I scoffed kneeling down putting my guns on the perfectly clean floor. The double doors opened and there stood the almighty lion himself. With his mother standing besides him. She was dressed in a short dress and a black hat to match with and a fur scarf. She blew the air out of her cigar flicking the cigar holder.

"Well that wasn't my intention, please do excuse the formalities Miss Hernandez." He smirked as ten men began to slowly approach me. Two grabbed me and pulled my hands behind me and cuffed me standing besides me while two walked in front of me. Two more were walking behind me, and the last two were guarding each door we passed through to make sure I don't escape.

We walked up the stairs with Mrs Alfanson smiled a wide smile at me.

"Darling, I must thank you for killing that unbearing bastard off. Really you did me a favour." She said winking at me.

"Oh I think your son thinks otherwise." I whispered as she walked besides me ushering whatever guard there was.

"Oh please, my son can shove it where the sun doesn't shine, honestly I would clearly say you got the bigger balls here. Most impressive. If you like me to break you out. Just say the word. But I would say you got this, I even placed a bet on it for five million dollars. That you would break out within a week."

You think I'm crazy. But speaking to Mrs Alfanso was the most normal thing this week for me. It felt like a breath of fresh air, the most normal thing. Like speaking to your best friends mom.

She couldn't come in with us which was a shame really. One of the guards shoved me down in a seat. I looked up at him raising my brow but he cowered away before my gaze could set on him. This stupid bitch Aaron was siting in this chair and the chairs back was facing me. What the fuck does he think we are in a James bond movie?

I crossed my leg over, my red Louboutin heels shining in the sunlight that blared through the rushed curtains. There were many documents contracts, and even a bag of coke spread around the desk.

"Is that what we call it now? Raiding a house with bullets a formality?" I asked as he turned around, he looked fucked.

"Had to send a message Val. Take no offence." I chuckled.

"Offence? Sal's on his deathbed you know." I knew, I saw how Beth was holding him.

"Ah, don't think of that as a loss, that boy was always so fucking depressed it was so annoying. And what little bitch cant let go of his stupid little girlfriends death?" Aaron was getting on my nerves, I wanted to slice his throat open.

"Careful now, you shouldn't talk shit about a Hernandez. We come back to bite in the ass." I said biting the inside of my cheek to stay calm.

"Now, I don't want to kill you Val, really I don't, your a great fuck in bed. It would be a shame to just kill that off. So we have to come up with some sort of deal. Or I'm gonna keep having to hit your mafia until there's nothing left for you to go back to." He poured me a drink as I titled my head scoffing laughing at the shit that comes out of his mouth really.

What I'm mad about is my younger self why the fuck were my standards this low? I got the glock and placed the cuffs on the table and grabbed the crystal glass.

"Aaron you seem to forget that there's a powershift in your mafia too, so it seems your mafia is just as weak as ours now, maybe even weaker since you started fucking sniffing again." I look as he places out three more lines for himself.

I don't think he even understood a single word I just said. I blew
the little snow lines into his cloths as he scowled at me.

"You want a deal? Give me your mafia." I smirk as the full effect of shock settles into his features before he bursts out laughing.

"And let a stupid girl rule it? We be dead within a day, killing my dad shows you have zero leadership skills. How can you think about anything else other then pleasing men. Really this is what happens when you give a woman rights." He chuckles to himself.

I took a deep breath. This is what I get by negotiating with an imbecilic. I push the chair back grabbing the gun that was strapped under it and grab the coke bag throw it up in the air and shoot in once. Aaron like the idiot covered his eyes as I grabbed my dagger that was placed on the table dropping low as the guards burst in. I rolled under the table and jumped on my feet while this stupid idiot was still struggling with his eyes.

I stabbed the dagger into his thigh as he screamed like the biggest bitch I ever heard really. Like his father.

I aimed the gun at the stupid's dick head and they all stopped in their tracks as he whimpered.

"I thought we could be friends Aaron, really you used to be such a great guy, but now? Your like an old shrivelled sack of balls. And no one wants wrinkled balls. So I suggest you tell your men to stand down unless they want a second leader dead." I said, my red lips turning up in a smile.

"You bitch. You might wanna drop your gun." He said looking smug and its like I missed something. Beth was safe. Sal was on his deathbed. Mama as annoying as she is, was with Ace.

Who did I miss?

He turned the laptop around, and I saw who I missed. Arabella.

My Arabella was tied up, she looked furious I can see it from her, she sat in the middle of the cell they put her in and from the swearing I presume they taped her mouth up. But my gods, she looked heavenly.

Like a pissed of angel really.

Fuck. They would hurt her if I don't get in line. And there was no way in hell I was going to let anyone lay a finger on her and whoever's done so already, I will cut their fucking fingers off. I took a deep breath and exhaling the wild stray strand of fire out of my face as I placed the gun in this fools hand.

"Ah, nice to see we can rein in the wild horse." Aaron said as I grabbed his hair and smashed his face against the snow covered black oak table as the men looked shocked. I really tired but that stupid horse comment did it for him. I took another look at the laptop engraving my Arabella's face in my mind as I walked around the table and placed my hands in front of me.

"Take. Me. To. My. Fucking. Cell." I said slowly as the men looked unsure.