FIRST RODEO~PAMELAThe dream I was having had me moaning in my sleep.It was a rather erotic one and it involved the man who knew how my body worked.I was roughly shaken awake by firm but soft hands. I jerked awake to see Georgia looking down at me with urgency in her eyes."Ms. Pamela, we are about to be paid an unwanted visit, get in your fighting gear and come with me, it's time to see if you learned anything," Georgia said calmly.My drowsy eyes cleared as I saw that she was covered from head to toe in a black ninja-esque outfit with the insignia of a raven on her left breast.I quickly got up and rushed into my closet. I grabbed my gear and hastily put them on, timing myself in the process. Georgia had taught me to be time conscious in dire situations.I came out of the closet fully covered in black. "Fifteen seconds is too long to get dressed Pamela," She scolded me as she lead me out of the room."Where are we going?" I asked in a whisper."We are going to hide," Georgia calm

34. FAST LEARNER~PAMELAI stood still as the gun pressed into my spine. Nothing happened and I wondered why the person was stalling.The lights came on and I dropped to the floor and swept out my right leg, striking a foot that gave way. I raised my gun to shoot but the person recovered quickly.We both had our respective guns pointed at each other's faces. I realized that she was a Raven too. Why was she attacking me then?"Enough fooling around Minerva," Georgia's voice echoed from upstairs.Minerva? Why did that name sound familiar? She removed her face mask and I placed her the moment I saw her face.I removed my balaclava because I felt sick and suffocated. I had become a murderer.I saw her at the funeral of Stephan's father. It came as a shock to know that she was part of this life. Well, not really, I was just mad she put a gun to my back.Georgia came down from the stairs and inspected the bodies sprawled on the marble floor."I just saved her ass, I don't think she belongs

36. LOVE BOAT~PAMELAI was worried about my safety and if you could believe it, for Stephan's safety as well. I was not used to this kind of life so I could not understand how he could be so calm after all the things I have just been through.I was tired and in the middle of the sea on a stealth yacht heading for nowhere in particular. I was working in a fast-food restaurant before I was dragged into this battle for my life.It felt so unfair to me. One moment I was basking in freedom and the next I was shooting guns at people I didn't know. I had been drafted into a war that I did not start.Stephan had packed the plates into the kitchen and was washing them. I used that time to explore the yacht. We were below deck, protected from the cold outside.I looked out the window and all I could see was darkness and endless waves of water. The yacht rocked from side to side as lightning struck, the flash of light revealing just how far into the sea we were.It was raining and it increased

38. HIJO DEL DIABLO~STEPHANKilling changes you. I knew what Pamela was going through.I could feel Pamela's anxiety from where she sat. I pushed the pedal to the floor and the car increased in speed.Frank was right. It was ridiculous to have brought her with me but from what I had seen from the negative feed she sent to my phone, Georgia sent me, I was beyond impressed.I had decided on firearms because it was common sense, guns were a weapon of distance and she was a fast learner. She did not know it yet, but she would willing to shoot people.She was part of my team whether she liked it or not.I had never opened up to anyone in my life until Pamela crashed into my life. She had been the first person to show me empathy.If it was all part of a ploy to get away from me, it would be interesting to see what trick she had up her sleeve. It would do nothing for her because he would always find her.I brought her along with me because I wanted her to see my world, the black, the white

40. THE RING~STEPHANI stood in front of the Marquis and looked down at him. I did not need to finish him, he would do that all by himself. The two teens had since run out of money I gave them."The recorder was connected to the internet was it not?" I asked. "Which means a lot of your viewers saw you being busted before it was shot."I turned my back on him and headed for the door. "You should pull the knife out of your wrist and bleed out, whoever your customers are, they now see you as a loose end," I said to him.Pamela was nowhere to be seen and I was suddenly alarmed. She could have used the opportunity to leave me. I admitted that I did not trust her yet and it was going to take some time."Ya should put a bullet in his brain for all the trouble the son of a bitch caused us," Frank muttered as we both made our way out of this depraved place."He is not worth a bullet of your gun Frank, I am sure most of his customers are wealthy viewers and they would not want him naming name