(Words written in bold are the 'voices' in her head)

"You'll regret this!" He hisses as he gasps for air.

I cackle, "regret what" you're really telling me this as of now?"

I look down on him to see a warm river of blood trickle down from his mouth to his expensive cashmere shoes, I look up to his face, which has turned into a warm colour of scarlet, what a pretty colour it was. I look into his once bleak emotionless eyes to see an expression of horror, an expression of inexplicable horror, and pure fright etched onto his face. I leaned in towards his ear, and gently whisper

"You want me to let go pretty boy?"

I feel his throat shudder as he gulps beneath the grasp of my tightening fingers, and he solemnly nods.

Maddie, he needs to die. Kill him, Maddie, kill him!

I laugh at him and throw him into the wall, letting him go.

"Pathetic!" I murmur.

"You give up way too easily, do you really think I'd let you die on me this easily? I need you!"

Maddie listen to me, you need to kill him, he's coming to get you, don't leave a witness.

I'm not stupid, I know what he's planning.

Why are you ignoring me, Maddie? KILL HIM, KILL HIM NOW...

You can't ignore me forever.

I slowly take the gun out from my back pocket, as it fits into my grasp I turn around sharpish and shoot him in the arm,

I warned you, Maddie, I WARNED YOU!

As much as I would love to kill him, to see his revolting body drop to the floor, to see his cooling face turn grey and his eyes roll back into an abyss, I need him, he has information that may come in useful to me.

I quickly jump and tie his hands behind his back with a ripped piece of shirt, I mean c'mon, where the fuck am I meant to get a rope from? Shall I spring it up from thin air?

I roughly march him forward and cram his massively heavy body into the boot of the car.

I look down at him, and smile, as he glares up at me from below.

Suffocate him, Maddie, you still have this chance, don't let it go to waste.

"Sweet dreams sweetie" I blow a kiss and slam the boot shut on his head.

I walked around to the front of the car and jump in, revving the engine ferociously, jolting the bait in my boot. Information is not the only thing he's useful for, he is also useful as he can be my leverage to lure the Italian mafia into England, as he is known to be an important asset to them, a relative maybe? Anyways, I need to talk to the capo as I have a feeling he knows where he is. I need to get to him before he gets to me. If it's a game he wanted, it's a game he's going to get, and he's going to lose.

How did it come to this?

Why did the person I used to trust the most betray me?

Because he plans to kill you, he didn't need you anymore, you're worth nothing.

As I turn into the entrance of the nascondiglio Segreto, I nod towards Bobby as he looks up at me, and lets me pass through. I step out and walk over to him, I handed him my keys and order him to put him in the cells.

I walk past the entry and up the elevator to the control room, luckily for me, I have the best hacker in the world on my side. Yes, I am a lone wolf, but the lone wolf may need a little help sometimes.

As I enter the room he looks up at me briefly and grins to himself, continuing with his work, I know what's coming.

As he eventually faces me his soft brown eyes light up,

" To what do I owe the pleasure Vostra Altezza for this unexpected visit?"

Snap his neck Maddie, you know you want to. Can you really trust him?

I smirk at him,

" look up somebody for me, aye?"

"Alreet, what's the name?"

" Miguel Dolore"

He nods at me and puts his name in the system for analysis.

"Okay Principessa, I'll call you back when the results are in.''

I nod my head and walk back out, and down to the sala Giochi.

As I enter the room I grin, yes, I hear a whiskey neat calling my name. I walk behind the bar and pour myself a drink, making sure to get the most into the glass as I can. I then throw the glass away and bring the bottle with me instead, c'mon, I deserve it.

Now, where's Matty with my results?

As if right on cue, my phone lights up. It seems as though it's serious, he has to tell me face to face.

I chugged the remainder of the whiskey and return back to the control room.

"Maddie," he says looking at me awkwardly, unable to look me straight in the eyes.

"What are the results then?" you're not gonna like it..."

"Just tell me"

He looks down at his feet, then looks up, eye level with me.

"I'm afraid there's nothing on him, no identity. The system was wiped so it's almost as though he's a ghost."

Dolore? I thought, I know that's his name. Dolore stands for pain in Latin, his family is Latin. They're known to imprint pain on anybody who dares to try and double-cross them. They don't inflict pain, they're more like a pain in my ass.

The Russians are my key to the Italians. I need to lure them in. it's like a continuous cycle of luring people in, failing, getting betrayed, and starting again. I need to get to him before he gets to me. Let me give you a little glimpse into my past;

*two years ago*

"Mad, we need to go, now!"

I look behind me to see him waving me over furiously in another direction with a look of fright etched onto his face. I look at him confused, we're on a mission? What is he up to?

I run over to him and gasp a gasp of horror as I look over at what he was wheezing at, we need to go, we need to go now. Before me, sat a giant ticking time bomb, with a countdown of thirty seconds. As each second passes the ticking noise gets faster and louder, as my heart rate accelerates I start to panic. I need to run, but I cannot move. I'm stuck there. My head starts to ring, as I hear his alluring voice trying to snap me back into reality,

Maddie, you need to leave. Go, NOW?!

I suddenly gain back consciousness as I realize there are 15 seconds left so I run, I run past as he grabs hold of my hand and we run as fast as we can before the bomb ticks its final tick. Yes, I think, I can see the door. As we approach the door he goes to open it, but it's stuck, it won't open. He looks at me with a look of fear, his eyes glistened as he tells me to stay there as he said he would come back with something to break the door down with, he ran off as I stood at the door, stupidly waiting. I have no idea how many seconds I have left, he promised me, where is he?

Maddie, leave him behind, you need to get out of here, let him die, he left you

Out of pure adrenaline I stand back, I bolt towards the door in panic as I hear the building start to collapse, I smash through the glass and fall down, then everything starts to go black as I fade into a pit of darkness. My last thought was, "where was he, is he alright?"

I start to stir and sit up, my vision blurry and head throbbing, dazed as I struggle to keep balance. I blink, confused. where the hell am I? I look around me to see nothing but a metal-framed bed, peeling walls, and concrete flooring. I start to walk forward, towards the door until I'm suddenly pulled back by something. Turning around, I have only now realized that I am connected to some sort of drip. I rip the tube out of my hand and make a move towards the door, but that's when I heard footsteps coming closer and closer to the door. I make a run for the bed and close my eyes.