The Story of Blood and Roses Chapter 41

Snapping out of my thoughts I checked my cell phone to see if the Boss had sent the specifications for the occasion tonight . Of course, as expected, there was a message waiting for me .

[Report at headquarters at 12:00 am . We ride to LaGuardia from there . Bring your own gear . The bike, you'll get when you arrive . –Anthony]

Smiling at the cell phone I shook my head . The man was always to the point . He involved no emotions in these texts merely because they were meant as commands . Not giving it much thought, I helped myself to some canned food and then curled up in my bed to get some sleep .

Why waste time doing nothing when I can sleep?

Free of any worries at that moment I found myself slipping into a peaceful sleep, and no wicked dreams seemed to touch me in those moments .

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My car waited outside the huge black gates in front of the mansion . Following standard procedure, the guards checked the car . I waited for them to be done before they let me enter the premises . The garage was overflowing with bikes and mine seemed to be one of the few cars that were parked . Judging by the number of bikes that were visible at first glance, I wondered exactly how many people would attend the festivities that were going to take place . If such an amount had arrived on call for a race, I could only imagine the actual number of people who Anthony employed . Obviously, the numbers that I had received as data had been wrong . He'd grown his numbers drastically and done a good job at managing everything, it seemed . One wouldn't find many loose strings in his mob . It was a huge accomplishment if I'd ever witnessed one .

"Mia, right?" I heard someone say as soon as I'd gotten down from the car . I calmly turned around to see the face of the person who had finally gotten the guts to come up and actually speak to me, directly . The first thing one would notice about him was his tattoos . Any skin that was not covered with clothes had ink on it . He was a well-built man with a hard face and a scar running down his left brow to his eyelids . He was wearing a tight black T-shirt with a pair of army print shorts and had a cigarette hanging off of his lips . I remembered seeing him the day I was officially introduced in front of the people who were present and had to shoot Scott between the eyes to prove that I possessed unwavering nerves . He'd been sitting at the back of the room, wearing a grim expression on his face as the whole debacle had taken place .

"Yes, and you are?"

He smiled before taking a step closer to me and offering me his hand . I took his hand and shook it .

"Ethan McCarthy," he introduced himself . I nodded my head even though I had no idea who he was . "I work for the security department . I'm the head . " I knew that he saw the interest in my eyes when he smirked and nodded his head . "I know, I do some pretty badass stuff to keep those people safe . We'll be working closely . I look forward to working with you . I was impressed by that little display the other day . " With a tip of his head, he turned and walked away . Of course, I followed him into the mansion . As we entered the great hall I saw that the whole room was filled with people . It was like the house had been infested with rats or locust .

"I have arrived," Ethan announced in his booming voice . I could see that the whole room turned, their eyes fell on him as he made an entrance with his arms open wide . They rolled their eyes or smiled… until they saw me .

The first person I noticed in the room was Cienna . She had been sitting at the center of the room, flirting with the men and laughing animatedly with her head thrown back, but she stopped when Ethan entered . Her eyes followed me and a sneer was placed permanently on her lips . She slipped off from the high chair she was sitting on and sauntered to me .

"There you are!" she exclaimed with fake enthusiasm . I raised a brow at her wondering why she even tried to fake enthusiasm . Clearly, they all knew that she loathed me . She had been pouncing on me at any chance she got .

"And you've met Ethan," she sneered . She said this like it was something bad . Maybe, it was . Or she was trying to embarrass me by implying something that went over my head . I didn't give a damn about what she thought .

"Oh, yes . I've met the little lady," Ethan said as he made room for to sit . "She's got quite an ass on her, that little thing . I got a good view . " I rolled my eyes, unaffected by the remark .

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