On a deserted highway, a car was traveling at high speed.
"Maybe he won't make it," Andy screamed from the backseat as he helped Michel lean against him, seeing Michel press the bloody cloth to his wound, Andy let out another deep groan.
"Don't say bad luck, Andy. We drove as fast as we could." Carlos growled in response, urging Charlie to hit the accelerator.
"Why is he bleeding so much? Carlos, he's also bleeding in his leg. What should we do?" Andy groaned, his voice sounding panicky.
"They must have been aiming for his chest, they missed," Charles spoke soberly, speeding through the roads, trying to find a faster route.
"What do we do? We haven't recruited another doctor since the boss died and we can't go to the hospital either."
"We'll have to do it ourselves, Andy. Now be quiet, don't say anything."
But, Andy still didn't stay silent.
"He's bleeding some more, Carlos." He looked at Michel, who was now collapsing, his face beginning to turn pale from the loss of so much blood.
Usually, Michel is the strongest of them all. But he's also the one who gets injured frequently, all the while, and he never complains. He will get on with his day and what he needs to do.
So Andy knew that when Michel couldn't keep a calm face anymore, it turned serious.
"Oh, my god. Michel. Michel, can you hear me?" Andy shook his mafia brother, urging him to say something, anything to Andy.
But Michel had stopped reacting, the bloody hand that was pressuring his wound slowly sagged and fell beside him.
"Oh damn it. Carlos. Looks like he's dying. Damn, he'll..."
Carlos saw what had just happened, and gulped, fear suddenly attacked his intestines.
He himself is turning white, more shocked than anything else, but he can't give in and panic right now.
He was supposed to be their second in command when Michel passed out. He needs to calm down.
"No. I won't let that happen."
"So we have to do?"
Carlos felt lost as he returned to his seat, frantically looking around the passing streets, desperately trying to find any signs or clues as to what to do.
Michel will die at their hands. How did they even get here? Everything was planned when they left for their mission. This was not allowed to happen.
What should he do now? Call Vengo?
"What do you suggest?" Charles calmly asked the same question that was going on in his head. He is the calmest head of their group, nothing can bring him down.
Even now, Carlos couldn't see the slight panic he and Andy felt, but somehow he could sense it.
Licking his dry lips, Carlos closed his eyes and tried to take a deep breath.
"Drive to the hospital."
"What?" Andy shouted as soon as the words left Carlos' lips.
"Are you crazy? This will make you kill him with your own hands. If you take him to the hospital, our identity will be exposed and the federations will be all around us in an instant. "
"Andy, I say one last time - SILENT," Carlos shouted. Seeing his angry eyes, Charles was speechless, quietly driving them to the hospital's emergency room gate.
Carlos was about to get out of the car and instruct Charles and Andy to help him get Michel out when something caught his eye.
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She was just sitting there on the only bench just outside the entrance, she seemed to be eating apples.
Carlos guessed that she must have been a nurse during the break because she was dressed in a nurse's uniform, her hair pulled back and pinned, and the tired look on her face as she chewed on the fruit.
"Give me the mask," Carlos said, the voice suddenly deciding, once he had decided what he wanted to do.
"What?"
"Stop asking questions, and give me my mask!" Carlos glared at Andy, who immediately pushed the black mask at him.
He didn't dare to ask anything else because he knew that if Carlos spoke in this tone, it meant that Carlos was planning something.
Carlos put the mask on his face and quickly looked around, making sure that no one was around to witness anything that was about to happen.
"Chars."
"Yes."
"Get ready to drive as soon as I get back. Got it?"
Charis nodded.
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Fanny was exhausted.
She was working a 12-hour shift in the ICU at the hospital and was about to go home to sleep when the head nurse found her and told her that one of the nurses was sick and they were short on staff.
She couldn't believe she was strapped into another long night of people being brought in and out of the hospital as she sat outside under the artificial light of a street lamp and took another bite of an apple.
She was only allowed to rest for 10 minutes before having to return to work.
Sighing, she closed her eyes to enjoy the quiet night until the car horn wailed. The silence was rudely interrupted.
Opening her eyes again, she saw that it was a black BMW that had suddenly stopped just a few feet away from her.
Fanny wondered if they had some kind of emergency and needed help, but no one was out of the car yet.
Frowning, she tried to squint to see who was in that car, but the windows were closed, with the curtains drawn, so she couldn't see anything.
However, after a few seconds, the passenger seat door opened and a tall, hooded, masked man stepped out and ran towards her.
Everything happened so fast.
One moment she was grabbed and thrown over the shoulder of a man of a strong, masculine build, the next, she was shoved into the back of the car, the door slamming behind her.
Fanny didn't even have much of a chance to defend herself.
She tried to scream but her mouth was covered by a leather-gloved hand. Anytime she fidgets, tries to move, and kicks around her, the man just gets angrier, keeping her hard against him.
However, as soon as she was in the car, the guy released her and sat in the passenger seat.
Looking around, panting, Fanny saw two more men in the back seat with her and one behind the wheel, all dressed in black, similar to the one who dragged her into the car.
However, the most shocking thing was the sight right next to her.
One of the two men was half-lying on the other side, his body slumped against the chair, his face so white that his jet-black hair somehow looked even darker in contrast.He looks dead.A scream escaped from Fanny's throat as she immediately turned to the nearest car door and desperately tried to open it."Sit still, or I'll shoot you."She immediately stopped struggling, pressing her lips together in fear, fearing that any sound she made would be dangerous to herself.What the hell is going on?Why did they put her in the car? Why don't they go inside the hospital so the doctors and nurses can treat them?Now she noticed that they were driving away.Looking around more closely, she noticed that the other man in the back with them was holding the wounded man in place and was pressing a bloody cloth to the side of the unresponsive man.And there was a lot of blood coming out.Too much blood. The cloth has become wet and turned red."Let go of me. Please! I didn't do anything. Why are y
They watched her as she carefully removed any clothing from Michel's top half, cutting through them with medical scissors to assess the primary wound he had sustained.She went right into cleaning it, followed by carefully removing the bullet and then quickly stitching him up.Andy almost cried as he watched the heart monitor go down and the beeping almost stops, but what gave him hope was that the girl didn't stop for even a second."Ok, his blood type is A positive, where is the blood transfusion?"Carlos quickly led her to an adjoining storage room with a tall cooler in the back, stocked with all blood types and other medicines.Fanny immediately stepped forward and grabbed four bags, running back to quickly disinfect her hands, so she could pick up the blood bag on the pole, connecting it to the catheter in Michel's arm.On his other arm, she connected two more bags, one with antibiotics to fight any possible infections in his body and the other with needed fluids. which he will l
"But you did it the moment you entered this house. You're with us now. And I mean this, if you try to escape or whatever, you're going to die. So, you can also accept it now."Carlos paced the room for a bit as Fanny stood there completely speechless, scared, and devastated.Will she never see her family again? She only has a father and best friend, but to her, they are her world.And she knew they would be worried if she disappeared like that."Anyway, we're recruiting a doctor right now so you'll soon have someone with you. Maybe they can even train you. We've had a doctor before, but... he was killed." Carlos shrugged like it was nothing.Standing in front of her again, Carlos quickly scanned her body and just nodded in agreement."I'm leaving. We have some work to attend to. I'll be back to check on Michel later." He said as he walked out, quietly closing the door behind him.Standing in the room, Fanny was stunned, unable to believe what had just happened.Did she really have to
His eyes immediately searched for Fanny even as he greeted the two other men in the previous room."Boss, this is the girl I told you about." Andy quickly spoke, gesturing to her as she suddenly realized exactly who this newcomer was.Christian and Andy greeted him with so much respect, he could just be the leader she had constantly heard of.Fanny was really surprised that he just came to see Michel now. From the surrounding conversations, she understood that Michel was actually their boss's second-in-command."I can see that. Nice to meet you. What's your name?""Fanny, sir." She quickly said, bowing to him.She could see that he was smiling at her, but the gesture somehow didn't reach his eyes. Oddly enough, he doesn't really say or do much, but his presence is quite intimidating.It was as if he could command one of the other men to shoot her with a simple lift of his finger."I'm sure at least one of my men has told you this before, but now you're one of our members, Fanny. So I
Andy then gives up, sitting down on the bed as he goes into the details of who they are and what they've done - something Carlos only thinks about when he comes over to tell her he's not coming back.Andy tells her that it was Michel's father, Mr. Wallace, who convinced his best friend Mr. Simon - the father of Vengo and Charles - founded a family-run organization from the very beginning. They named their organization Black Roses.However, they are not the only family that has decided to protect themselves from others. At the same time, two other families - Davies and Wilson have established themselves in the underworld.And while they were powerful in themselves, they still couldn't compare to the strength that the Black Roses had displayed.So they agreed to work with the Black Roses.However, Michel's father knows that a simple peace treaty between the families will not prevent them from going behind their backs in the future, so he encourages stronger alliances.Alliances are hard
She looks terrible. Is she really standing in front of everyone with this appearance?Shaking her head, she entered the bathroom. The moment the warm water hit her, running down her naked body, warming the numbing sensation, she felt her tense muscles loosen.At first, her bruises itch and ache under the warm water, but after a few minutes, all she feels is warmth.Fanny took a deep breath as her body limped. Lifting her face up to the spray, she let the water pour down around her. It was a comforting feeling as she reached up, squeezed some shampoo in her palm, and began massaging it through her dirty hair.Bathing her body, she hoped that she still had enough time to get dressed. Fanny stepped out of the bathroom with wobbly legs and grabbed a towel from a nearby shelf.She quickly dried herself off and went to stand in front of the mirror. Yes, she looks much better.Her bruises don't appear so terrible. Her face was still pale but she didn't look as dangerous as before.Instead, h
Fanny didn't tell him that she still only had a rough idea of the layout of the mansion.When he was gone, however, she stood there staring at the opposite door, hesitant.Somehow, she felt strange walking into Michel's private bedroom, even though she had been with him and had taken care of him for four days straight.Pushing herself and taking a deep breath, she slowly lowered the doorknob and entered.If she thinks her room is big, this space is like a studio apartment.To one side, there's a lovely seating area with beautifully curved bookshelves that probably hold hundreds of books on either side of the currently lit fireplace, giving the room a soft glow. Another wall has a giant flat-screen TV with a shelf below it.The space also has huge French glass doors with thick silk curtains with a large balcony right behind.It's all decked out in gorgeous but expensive and rich fabrics, giving it a majestic yet laid-back vibe.When Fanny glanced to the other side of the room, she im
Taking a step forward, he saw her eyes peeking at him under her long lashes. She blinked, tears welling up as she approached, his gun still pointed at her.But as he approached, he slowly lowered the gun and glared at her menacingly. When he saw her scared, he felt his resolve drop.Fanny took a step back, making Michel immediately uncomfortable."Freeze."She flinched again making his heart beat faster in his chest.What's wrong with him?Michel couldn't explain how he felt when he looked at this girl.He wants to intimidate her, make her submit to him, and fear for her life.But when she really is, he's not happy either.Michel moved closer until their chests were almost touching causing her to just sob more in fear, hugging her body tighter and folding into hers, as if she were trying to hide from him. even in plain sight.Before Michel knew what he was doing, he brought his free hand to her face. Fanny didn't budge. Silent tears streamed down her cheeks and he touched one, stoppin