It had been a few weeks since I had started training with Dante. Now, my aim was getting better and I could actually fight now, not just self defense.

As for the search of Dmitri and Elijah is still going on. It seems like they have just been wiped off from the surface of the earth.

We tried searching for Nikolai too, but couldn't find his location either. I knew that he was in New Orleans; I just didn't know where he was living.

Right now, it was a little late in the afternoon and I was working. By working, I mean that I'm actually doing work as the head of the IT department....at home....the warehouse...I mean...

Liam had given me extra work since I am working from home and the worst part ? There's so much paperwork !

Being the head of the IT department didn't just mean creating codes and algorithms. It also included the paperwork of each and every employee under the department.

I had to make reports on them, based on their progress every week. And let me tell you, this is not fun...

When I was doing so, I heard a knock on the door. "Azalea ?" Dom's voice was heard.

"You can come in, Dom." I said, typing on my laptop.

"Come on, we find something that could be useful to track them." He said, gesturing for me to go with him.

Finally ! We're gonna catch those crazy people.

"Coming !" I said, jumping out of the chair.

He chucked. "You're so adorable, Azalea."

"Uh.....thanks ?" I said. No one has ever called me adorable other than my Dad.

He smiled and none of us said anything after that.

When we entered Dante's office, I saw everyone in here; Dante, Alex, and Noah.

"Hi y'all ! What's up ?" I greeted all of them.

"Hi, Piccolo !" Alex said, waving his hand.

"Hello, Az !" Noah greeted back.

"Hey, little ninja !" Dante said, using the nickname he had given me ever since we started training together.

"So, y'all doing something ?" I asked, sitting on the couch; next to Noah and Alex. Dom came in and sat on a chair nearby.

"Like you know, we haven't found neither Dmitri nor Elijah. I don't know how or where they're hiding, but we can't find them." Noah started.

"So, we thought of something." Dante said.

"There's found to be a ball tomorrow. It's annually held by the Mexican mafia. For the last few years, all of the leaders of all the mafias have attended this ball." Alex continued.

"Including Dmitri and Elijah...." I completed his sentence.

"Including them....." Dom's voice trailed off.

"Alright then, we'll go to that ball." I said, getting up.

"No, no. No, no." Dante said, stopping me in my tracks. "We" he said pointing to himself and the others, "are going."

"You," He said, pointing at me, "are not."

"What ? Why ?" I asked him, immediately.

Don't tell me that they think its dangerous and not letting me go....

"Look, it's not safe for you, Azalea..." Dante said, placing his hands on my shoulders.

I turned around to face the others and all of them had a 'please listen to us' face.

Gently removing his hands, I smiled. "It's nice to know that you all care about me, but I know how to fight.

I've been training with Dante for weeks now. Plus, I can even use a gun properly now." I said, trying to convince them.

All of them looked at each other and then at Dante. I gave him the puppy dog eyes and just as he was about to say something, I interrupted him.

"Look, whether you allow me to come not, I will still come." I said, folding my arms across my chest.

Dante huffed. "Fine. You can come come us. But on one condition." He said, holding his index finger up."You must always be near us at all times."

"Okay. No problem. It's not like all of y'all are annoying or anything..." I said, teasingly.

"Says the most annoying of all..." Alex mumbles, but I hear him.

Playfully narrowing my eyes at him, I said, "Alright. What's plan then ?"

"We attend the ball, wait for them to come, have fun for a while, so they don't suspect anything when they spot us." Noah explained.

"Then, we put a tracker and a voice recorder in their cars." Dom continued.

"Heh ?" I asked, confused. "What happens to catching them and like...I don't know....do normal mafia stuff..."

"The word torturing is not a sin to say, Azalea." Dante said, tilting his head to side a little.

"Yeah, that." I said, pointing to Dante.

Personally, I never like the idea the torturing someone. It seemed too brutal but if someone hurt me physically, I wouldn't hesitate to do the same.

"We need to make sure that wer get them when they're not expecting it. We're not even sure if they're working together." Dom said, standing up from the chair he was sitting in.

"Doing this will make sure that we're not walking into their houses, blindly." Dante finished what Dom was saying.

What is with them completing each others' sentences ? I mean, it does coincidentally happen when Kim and I talk, but these people seem to be doing it for all their sentences.

"Okay." I agree. "Also, I can't wear sweatpants to the ball, right ?" I asked.

"No, Azalea. You can't." Noah said, smiling.

"But I don't have -" I was interrupted by Dante. "Don't worry about an outfit for tomorrow. I'll have someone buy a dress for you."

"Cool. Byeeeee !" I said, leaving the room.

Going to the room I was in before Dom called me, I finished my work and sent it to Liam.

I finished tomorrow's work now too, so that I didn't have to do it later. Looking at the watch, I sighed.

Time goes really fast when you're busy...it was 7:30 pm now. It's been about three hours since I have been here.

Aaannd I'm hungry....

After taking a long shower, I changed into pajamas. They were blue in color, with cute cherries all over them.

Leaving the room, I saw Dante in the living room with.....food.

"I got some burgers for us." He said, opening the bag.

"Ooohh....thanks." I said, walking towards him.

After we ate dinner, both of us watched TV for a while. It wasn't much fun because I was sleepy. Like, very sleepy.

Both of us walked to 'the room' and he went for a shower. Thankfully, he took his clothes in with him.

In the time being, I arranged all the pillows on the couch to sleep. I am going to sleep here. He has to sleep on the bed.

Laying on the couch, I started scrolling through Instagram. Then Dante came out and huffed when he saw me on the couch.

"Sleep on the bed, Azalea." He said, coming near the couch.

"No. I'm perfectly comfortable here. You're sleeping there." I said, pointing to the bed.

For the last few weeks I've been sleeping on the couch and almost every night we had this conversation. Normally, it ended up with him on the bed and me on the couch.

To be honest, it want that bad sleeping on the couch. Its just that this is his house. I didn't want him to sleep on the couch when he had a bed.

"See, the bed is quite big. Both us can sleep there." He suggested.

"If it was big, then why were you invading my space a few weeks back ?" I asked.

"It was cold that night, okay ? I thought you we a pillow. Don't flatter yourself." He said, teasingly.

"Yeah....okay...." I said. "Fine. I'll sleep there." I said getting up from the couch and walking to the bed.

"Finally !" Dante mumbled.

Picking up the pillows around, I made a barrier in the middle of the bed.

"No passing this barrier. If you do, I will whoop your ass." I warned.

"Okay, Mom." He teased, getting on the bed.

Laying down on my side, I said, "Goodnight, Dante."

"Night, Stellina." He replied.

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