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Chapter 1

Amber Pov

FIVE YEARS BACK 

I jumped in fear when the door bust open 

“ Stop barging inside my room Carl” I yelled at my brother angrily 

“Uncle Dante is here!

he yelled back and I rushed into the bathroom to freshen up

Uncle Dante was my favorite because he was always around whenever my father would go on long trips,

He calls me his favorite too and he has secretly been teaching her how to shoot,

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I know my father won’t be happy when he hears that, it is I and Dante’s secret, and I don’t intend on telling anyone else he said he's going to stop if I tell. 

After I freshened up, I quickly rushed downstairs 

“HAPPY BIRTHDAY “ Everyone yelled and my jaw dropped 

I turned to my Father and saw him holding a huge gift box and my mom was holding a huge pink princess cake I hated pink but I’m not going to tell her that 

“I almost forgot today is my 15th birthday, thank you all, “I said with a little blush 

I hugged them one after the other including my uncle 

“Your gift is a secret” he whispered and I nodded excitedly knowing it was going to be something cool

I loved my family because they have been the best even my annoying brother 

 “This party is boring, “Dante said increasing the volume of the music 

An Italian song came on, it sounded like those of the 90s and my dad jumped in excitement 

He began dancing to the song and I couldn’t help but laugh 

FYI  his dance moves are the worst 

My mom joined in and so did uncle Dante, they were having so much fun and I stared at them in excitement 

This was like the best birthday party ever 

Uncle Dante dragged me and I joined them in dancing. 

The whole day ended with a wonderful dinner Italian dish prepared by my mom, Dante left for his apartment, after that and we all retired to bed.

I heard two loud gunshots waking me up from my sleep 

I knew what a gunshot sounded like because Dante thought me how to shoot, I looked at the time, it was 2:30 am 

I rushed out of my bed to my parent's room but the door was already opened 

At the same time, Carl rushed to me as we both entered the room in fear 

The first thing I saw was the blood rushing down the head of my parents 

I screamed as my vision became blurry, it was like I was still dreaming 

I rushed to the bed and began shaking them hoping they would at least open their eyes 

Carl was already beside me crying loudly, I picked up my dad's phone with shaky hands as I dialed the ambulance and Dante

I kept screaming and begging for my parents to at least open their eyes but they didn’t and they never did.

  PRESENT 

I groaned loudly and turned off the alarm, it was just 6 am and I was going out for my usual morning routine which was running 

I wore my workout clothes and rushed out of my apartment, the cold morning breeze hit my skin as I began running 

I kept having the same nightmares every day since the death of my parents and tomorrow was my 20th birthday which was also the 5th year since they passed 

I never celebrated my birthday because it only reminded me of pain and anger, after the death of my parents the cops did their investigation but it was a dead-end, they found no single trace and that was the end, they did nothing more and the killer is still moving freely 

I didn’t believe it though and I picked up the investigation hiring my private investigators to do the job 

After running for a while, I went back to my apartment freshened up and made breakfast for myself 

My phone began ringing and I picked it up with a smile 

 “Hi uncle,” I said 

 “ heyyyy I missed you when do you intend to come to visit, “Dante said 

  “I will Uncle, “I said  

  “You better do, your aunt is saying hello, “he said 

 “Tell her I’ll come very soon” I replied 

We talked for a little while about random kinds of stuff before he ended the call

Uncle Dante is married and his wife is expecting a child soon and is very excited about it 

When my parents passed, Dante took my brother and me to live with him but I moved out to live on my own when I turned 18.

I left my parents and drove to where I usually train which is an underground 

I was already late and my master doesn’t tolerate lateness 

Thinking about my master alone made me feel butterflies in my stomach and my cheeks turned red 

We were never going to be anything,  I always kept that at the back of my mind 

I rushed down the stairs and that led to the underground where the training usually takes place 

Everyone was lined up in a straight line and he stood in front of them while I quickly joined the line 

He stared at me and I could feel my breathing stopped 

Aside from the fact that I had a huge crush on Antonio, his one deadly man, you never see him smile and his looks are intimidating and scary but still handsome 

He began walking towards me with his eyes not breaking from mine 

I made sure I looked very bold because one thing Antonio hated was being weak 

 “you’re late, “he said sternly

 “Traffic “I replied acting like I wasn’t affected by his gaze on me 

He nodded and walked back to the position he was in the first place and we began training.

Throwing punches as you instinctively move around a punching bag looks easy until you punch and your arm goes numb.

Mind you there is a whole lot of stuff we do but this starts the day like a piece of prayer.

Doing it with a lot of people makes it a whole lot interesting until you are paired to spar.