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Tao and Iva had run their patrol of the premises and Chanyeol was next to keep watch for an hour. He stared at the front entrance, where people in expensive cars were arriving. Employees were there to take their coats and store them in a giant closet with a ticket inside containing the person's name. There had been a surge of people and Chanyeol told the employees to leave the organizing of the garments up to him. 

Which had been just as well because as he opened the walk in closet door in the lobby, he found none other than Hella in there, rummaging through the pockets of every coat, filling up a large purse she carried with any valuables. She was dressed in a curve hugging black dress, like she was there for the party as a guest. But Chanyeol knew she hadn't been invited. She probably snuck in at one point with the objective of stealing whatever she could find that had any monetary value. She froze and her eyes widened when she heard the door open.

But she sighed in relief when she saw it was only Chanyeol.

"What are you doing here? You weren't invited to duizhang's wedding." He pointed out with a smirk playing on his lips. And he couldn't help but look her over. She was simply stunning in that dress. 

He stood in front of the door and reached behind himself to click the lock on it. In his other arm, there were about ten more coats draped over it and he set them on a small bench in the room. "My pack has been struggling and we need money. The other packs have stepped up their security lately, so I thought a wedding would be the perfect place to commit some petty crimes." She gave a nonchalant shrug of her shoulders as though it were nothing. Most of the things she was taking were expensive wallets with money and credit cards in them, and a few bits of jewelry. Rich people were so careless with their personal belongings.

Chanyeol rolled his eyes at her, but heaved a sigh, giving in. "I'm gonna give you fifteen minutes to stuff your purse with anything you can, as long as you don't steal anything that belongs to my brothers. Then you have to leave."

Hella smiled wide at him.

"But--" He paused for a moment, the smirk returning to his lips. Her smile dropped in an instant. She should have known there would be a catch. "I want a kiss in return."

She narrowed her eyes into a playful glare. "Underneath that ever so charming tree exterior of yours, you're a rat, aren't you?"

Chanyeol could only shrug, not even denying that he was only helping her out because he wanted something from her too. At least his request was small and easier to grant. Kisses were cheap, but the wallets she was stealing were worth thousands. "If I'm going to help you commit a crime, I at least want something in exchange."

Hella heaved a sigh and set her bag down on the floor. At this point it was so heavy that it was beginning to dig into her shoulder. She sauntered over to him, her hips swaying side to side in a sensual way. She reached for him, taking him by surprise as she grabbed a hold of his tie and pulled him forward. His hands settled on her waist as she pulled him in and their lips came together in a kiss that he had been waiting long to get from her. 

Even in high heels, she was much smaller than him and he had to lean far in. Their lips moved in sync, and his hands on her were like fire. They moved further down, and further until they reached the bottom of her dress which was just above her knees. He tugged at the material and that was when she froze, reacting within seconds. 

"Hey." She said to him, grabbing his index finger and pushing it back to the point before it would snap like a twig. "Access to that zone is denied, dog."

Chanyeol winced in pain and cried out in his deep voice.

"Sorry, sorry, sorry." Chanyeol quickly apologized and Hella released him from her grip. "You're so beautiful and you make me crazy, kitten. I couldn't help myself."

She walked back over to her bag and picked it up, resting the strap on her shoulder. She walked back towards him and got on her tiptoes to give him a peck on the cheek. "Thanks for the help." She said, and walked past him to open the door. She then disappeared into the hallway, leaving him there by himself while he rubbed at the soreness on his index finger.

-

Fu Jian was sat at one of the tables in the ballroom with his new girlfriend and a few other business people who were allies of Wu Yifan. Tao and Iva had decided to stay out of the ballroom for the rest of the night, to avoid running into them again. But as they sat at the table, Jian's lover leaned over to whisper something in his ear.

"Jian, didn't that girl in the hallway remind you of someone?" She asked, remembering the blonde who had been making out with someone when they passed them.

The young business man gave a nod of his head. "I thought she looked familiar too. But I can't determine where I've seen her." He thought for a moment before he remembered who she was with. His eyes widened in shock as everything came together for him. "That boy she was with...he worked for me around the time that Iva was kidnapped and killed." He said in a whisper. Then he remembered other details. When he had been in Russia, the time he first met Iva. There were pictures of her as a teenager, where she had blonde hair. 

The woman in the hallway was exactly the same, only with green eyes. Iva's eyes were blue. 

He was filled with rage as he concluded, "Iva's alive."

He excused himself from the table and went out to one of the hallways, looking for one that was mostly empty. He dialed a phone number and waited for someone to answer the call. "JB? Its Fu Jian. You and your men once sold me a bunch of contraband diamonds from Russia." He said into the phone, hoping that the leader of the Hellcats would remember him. When JB said he remembered him, the business man continued, "I have an important job to offer you and I'm willing to pay you big money."

"I'm listening." Jaebum said from the other line, tempted by the thought of big money. 

He and his pack still had the lands he had taken from the wolves when they captured them. But thus far, they had been bad at managing them and weren't getting much revenue. They needed to find ways to make money from somewhere else. 

"You know The Coven, right? Biggest gang in China right now." He paused for a moment, when JB responded with mhm, Jian continued. "Their leader Wu Yifan double crossed me. I paid him to get a job done and he lied to my face. So I want you and your boys to come to the Lucky One Casino in Seoul right now and kidnap his wife. It will serve him right after what he did to me."

Before agreeing, JB asked the question. "Exactly how much money are we talking about?"

"Whatever amount you want. Just do it." Jian demanded, becoming impatient.

"Fine. We'll do it." JB finally agreed.

Jian gave him further instructions on how to get into the casino without being spotted, and then their call ended. He would make Yifan pay for cheating him, and he would do it getting him where he knew it would hurt the most. Through his wife Ciel.

-

more chella and then a jian revenge plot. 

i feel bad for doing this because technically this is tao's fault and ciel's gonna be punished whilst being completely innocent. but i like drama, and this makes things more dramatic. so it has to happen this way.

i might update the next chapter in another little while, since im feeling inspired with this story. also, im going to try to write for the q&a.

so stay tuned for that.

-clary