Arianna/Thea

"I heard you were looking for me. let's go to my office, this is not the place to talk business." Rocco said as his large form moved in the shadows towards his building.

"Are you going to leave them here?" I asked him, pointing at the unconscious men who were lying unconscious on the floor.

"They deserve it, I knew they were morons, but when the four of them couldn't you on they are worse than useless to me now." his gruff voice said, as he continued walking expecting me to follow him.

He must have thought that I was the one who was responsible for the four unconscious men.

I didn't correct him, as it will be better if he thinks I am dangerous.

When I started walking behind him, Cosmo asked, "Are you going to just follow him? He is a crime lord." his voice incredulous.

"Can you hear me?" I shouted in my mind, trying to talk to him like he was talking to me. I don't want Rocco to hear our conversation, or that I was talking to a cat.

Cosmo jumped in surprise "Why are you shouting in my head?" he asked grumbling.

"it worked, I can also talk to you in my mind," I said to him excited by this new discovery.

"of course, it works,"

"How did you disappear from in front of me and then appear in a different place in the air? I asked Cosmo ignoring his previous question, following Rocco,

"because of teleporting," he said as if it was obvious.

I stopped in my tracks surprised.

"You can teleport?" I asked him, my eyes wide. I had not known he could do that.

"I thought only witches can do that."

"Then I don't need Rocco to send the letter to Cassie. you can do it." I said almost jumping with joy.

"If only I had known about it sooner, I could have avoided so much trouble. Why didn't you tell me earlier?" with my hands on my hips, I stood glaring at Cosmo, if he had communicated with me, instead of following me like a creep we both could have been in the tower, reading books or sleeping.

"What are you doing?" Rocco's voice startled me out of my conversation with Cosmo.

"I am coming." I can't exactly bail out of here now, or Rocco will get suspicious. I have to come up with a plan.

"You came to Rocco to deliver a letter to Aradia?" Cosmo yelled in my mind making me flinch.

"Hey!" I complained,

"You could have just asked mistress to send that letter, you idiot," he said following me.

I turned to him, narrowing my eyes at him, daring him to call me an idiot again.

With an indignant sniff he turned away, jumping through a series of boxes, he went ahead of Rocco.

We were in a small room with a large desk covering almost a third of the room, Rocco went and sat behind the desk.

"What was the reason you wanted to meet me?" Rocco asked, scratching his bearded chin, he sat staring at me.

"I..." I gulped trying to find an excuse. "If you don't anything soon, he will kill you," Cosmo said his voice menacing in my head. He was clearly trying to scare me.

"I was searching for my sister," I said remembering the plot of my favorite novel the heroine in that novel searched for her sister throughout the story. It is a common enough story that I think he will believe me. "We were separated when we were kids, but I had never ceased searching for her."

"When did you get separated?" he asked.

"When we..." I stopped; I have to think this through. If he finds out that I am making excuse he will kill me right here. And he looks like he is capable of it. "We were small."

"I was 5 years old and she was three years old."

"I will search for her," he said.

"I need something from you," he said, I cocked my head to the side, then remembered that he needs to be paid.

"I will pay you."

He shook his head. "Work for me," he said as my eyes widened, almost popping out of their sockets.

"You are a witch, and You are better than half my men." I was wondering how he got to that conclusion as he continued "I have some quests lined up. I need people." he said, looking genuine. "the pay is better than you can find anywhere else. And you can keep anything you find in the missions."

It is a good opportunity for me. I need money, how many days will I go robbing, I will need something to keep my mind occupied as well

"I won't kill anyone," I said making sure that he knows.

"You don't have to."

"Fine."