GABRIELLE POV.My motion detector turned on and I smiled at the sheer audacity of Angelo or was it, Blake. He had the nerve to go through my laptop while I was away. I wondered what he was doing... Was he at my desk right now? The camera to the office also seemed to be on replay, showing me that he was right at his desk. But I knew he was not. It got me thinking if he'd bugged my devices, or if he had any recording of my calls. I'd taken measures around him, but was it enough judging by the new development? Grandfather was right. I have been too lenient and careless. I knew Angelo was taking out his rage by doing this but it was not that funny since he was messing with my security system... but if my system could be so easily hacked then I needed new tech guys because the ones I had were clearly not doing their fucking job. Angelo- Blake- was sure to find something incriminating. That was if he knew to look in the right folders, but I bet he would because this was the sort of thing
***The drive towards the morgue didn't take long. Noah's body was cremated, and the ashes were thrown into the river, never to be found. The cloud was gloomy, and there was a bit of a rumble in the sky as the rain announced its impending fall. Gabrielle took out her lighter, holding a cigar. She placed the cigar between her lips, taking a long drag without lightening it. She grimaced at the empty feeling that seemed to settle in her chest as she stared into the horizon. "Such depressing weather" she muttered into the air , her gaze dropping to the lighter. The arrival of two cars jarred her from her thought and she released a shaky breath, stood straighter than before, and waited.The car ignition barely died before the two men rushed out of the car and toward her. Simone was the first to reach her. He almost forgot himself, going to take her hand, before he stopped. His eyes ran over her, looking for injuries."Are you alright? We got the incident report" he said, noticing the nas
***Blake relayed what he found to April, sending pictures, before exiting the files and deleting his activities. April would cover his track from the other end. As he shut the laptop, he felt like something was off. Everything felt too easy. It almost seemed Gabrielle had set a trap for him and he had easily fallen, victim. He quickly drafted up his resignation letter, waiting for her to come back to the office.He wondered if she would be quick to suspect. He tried to wave off his overthinking by getting his pending work done. He reasoned that Gabrielle trusted him more than he gave her credit for. They'd been working together for months anyway. He considered himself someone she could not easily dispose of. All they had to do was stakeout, and if it turned out that they were exporting and importing illegal drugs, humans, or weapons, they'd be arrested and taken for investigation. It would be even better if Gabrielle went there herself, with Luciano who was already a suspected drug
GABRIELLE POV.The sound of the cat o'nine tail, when I wielded it made me calm, but not on this occasion. I hit with a vengeance, the cracks on their backs mingling with their screams to create a beautiful melody that did nothing to ease the anger and frustration I felt. blood splashed everywhere as the whip wrapped around them like a lover's hug, but once I pulled it back, it took with it the piece of flesh it was entitled to. I alternated between the three men chained up.A Sheen of blood and sweat covered their worn-out skin, blood spilled out of the gnashes created by my whip, and they dangled weekly, their toes barely connecting with the ground. The image made me smile, but still, I wasn't satisfied.I felt like this was too easy for them. They didn't know real pain yet. I was all too familiar with the pain these whips inflicted. I still had scars to prove it, and I still remembered the way they hurt, but I needed these men to hurt worse. I wanted them to suffer, I needed them
GABRIELLE POV.Trackers, seven of them. He must have been really desperate to tie me to a crime. Shame, I thought we shared the same blinding passion."I got rid of the car. They will never be able to connect it to you since all the database has been wiped out" he reported, and I nodded, feeling tired of it all. "Do you need me to take care of him". Simone asked, watching me cautiously.My eyes flashed at the question. Take care of him? He was asking for permission to kill Blake and I didn't like the sound of it at all. I was the only one who had the right. No one else."Don't worry about that. I'll keep an eye on him. Also, Luciano has already scheduled new locations for the drops, so just let him be. They'll be running a fool's errand if they think they can catch me that easy. Just make sure grandfather does not go near him". He looked like he wanted to argue, then changed his mind at the last minute. Yet, he continued standing at the same spot rigidly, his fist clenching and uncle
BLAKE MORENO POV.The stakeout was a total bust. Not a single soul had been in sight, and it had been so eerily quiet, that I knew we were chasing ghost immediately we got there. I had believed we would get her, but there had also been that underlying river of doubt about how easy the whole thing was moving. April and the others had decided to let me off the case since we all knew that If no one had shown up for the transaction, It could only mean one thing, Gabrielle knew I had found out about them, but how? The trackers had also led to a dead-end, as if they'd been found and just to mess with us, were shipped to a different location to throw us off her trail. If she knew about those trackers, then It was not safe to stay within her sight. I didn't know how she pulled it off but something told me she knew I was unto her... She might not think that I am a cop, but she definitely suspected something. I wondered what had happened between her and Noah last night. The tracker on her
GABRIELLE POV Thud! The impact of his knee smacking against the tiles resonated deep within my razor-thin heartbeats. I felt no remorse, he'd been pissing me off since the very start. He deserved this, and more. My hands refused to lower the gun, the demons inside me urging me to make him bleed more than he already was.I wanted to put a bullet in his head, watch it splash, and stain the walls of my office, a souvenir to serve as a reminder of the time he existed, but my fingers refused to squeeze the trigger. I couldn't fucking kill him. His sharp gasp shot through my skin like dagger slashes, nicking away at my skin until I felt raw, edgy, and on the verge of collapse.He could never leave me. Not now, not ever. He was mine damn it. I haven't even played with him yet, but he'd managed to toy with me, messed with my head, and my business, he ruined everything.He twisted to look at me, his face contorted in pain, shock making his blue eyes glassy. He looked perfect and I was tempt
BLAKE MORENO POVBeing shot hurt like a bitch, but her eerie words were more chilling. She'd caught up to me but I wasn't that surprised. I'd always had a niggling doubt at the back of my mind that she knew exactly who I was, and that every feat of progress I managed to achieve was all on her terms. Gabrielle had been messing with me all along, playing me like her own personal puppet on a string. She hadn't even looked surprised when I pulled the trigger on her... it was like she'd anticipated that I would.I wondered if she also knew that It had been the most difficult decision I'd ever had to make, but my duty came first. I knew it was all hopeless, a cop and a Mafia could never be together. It just didn't work that way, and I couldn't throw away my years of toilings, working to the top, until I became the best agent, bringing criminals to justice no matter the cost just because of a one-sided crush.Yet I'd hesitated. Her grey eyes- flashing with hatred, passion, and vulnerability