Femme Fatale

Chapter 7

KING'S MANSION ON TOP 
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3rd person POV

   Four days later, after school, four friends were sitting in the living room. Twins were extremely moody, especially Scarlett. But who wouldn't be? After all, today is the day. Today they will have to face their father and brother. And if it weren't enough - the meeting is to be held at King's mansion, at the Devils territory.
Scarlett knew something is going to happen, she could feel it, she even asked her twin to let her stay at home but he wouldn't have it. He knew exactly what will happen. 
'She will make a scene' he thought smirking. 

They haven't seen either Nicolas or Federico since Monday and they were more than happy for not having to face then yet. 
'Guess that happiness was short-lived' Ashton thought. 
No one dared to break the silence. Shawn and Amy both knew Scar good enough to be aware of her boiling anger. 

"Time to go guys. Our best fighters and shooters will accompany you and we will have more of our members waiting down the street just in case Devils try something" Ryan informed them.
"Okay, let's go." Ashton said. Four of them took their bikes while ten gang members followed them in three black cars. 
The ride was agonizingly quiet, they all had earpieces but no one talked, they were all focused on the road. To say everyone was anxious and frustrated is an understatement. Some of the members even looked at this as disrespect. The fact that the Devils demanded a meeting, at their place non the less, angered them, especially since they knew twins' story. 

Reaching their destination, a guy opened the gates for them, they parked their bikes just in front of the mansion while the cars were parked behind them, as soon as they got off their bikes and took off the helmets, a big oak door opened and Nicolas, Federico, Mia and Luke greeted them. 
'Mia is standing too close to Nicolas and a bit behind him, he is overprotective but doesn't want for it to be obvious. Too bad Nicolas, too bad' Scarlett observed with an impassive look on her face. 

The mansion was beautiful, but not as big as Knight's and they were all aware of it. 
They went into a study on the first floor, it was spacious with a glass wall on the other end of the room and a work desk full of papers in front of of the window, closer to the doors was a lounge area that consisted of two leather couches and a coffee table in between. While Scarlett, Ashton, Amy and Shawn were sitting on one couch, Nicolas, Federico, Mia and Luke sat opposite them. 

"Would you like something to drink?" 
"Cut the crap, what do you want?" 
Nicolas didn't bother to hide how shocked he was, after all that was Ashton, his sweet little brother. They tried to dig some information, anything, but all they found is their birth certificates and the fact that the same sweet Ashton they used to know is now the strongest mafia's leader and founder. He oozed power and confidence. Scarlett, on the other hand, was an enigma, they couldn't find anything on her. 

"There's a war approaching" Federico spoke interrupting Nicolas's chain of thoughts "A gang called Pythons is challenging us, they want not just to rule this whole area but to be the only gang in this and two closest towns. It's a common knowledge that Devils are occupying all the three towns. We were the only gang here until you came." 
"I don't necessarily see a problem, pythons are a weak gang." Shawn mused. 
"They are weak, but they have many alliances, a few months ago they made an alliance with a strong mafia, Black blood, both the leaders are power-hungry, they would do anything just to see our gangs fall, the fact that we occupy an enormous area is just a bonus." Ashton explained with a blank face. 
"Exactly" Nicolas continued "And you choosing to move here just put you in a crossfire, they will attack you too, so we want to form an alliance with your mafia."
'Ah, there it is' Ashton thought. 

"Why would we want to do something like that? Yes, you are second, but We are first, we can fend for ourselves perfectly fine without you. We don't need you - you need us." Amy said smugly.
"Your mafia is the strongest, but even for you going against them on your own is suicide. Even if you were to win, you would have too many casualties. And Ashton knows it." Nicolas answered. 

As they started bickering Scarlett wasn't paying attention at all. She could hear her father's and brother's voices in the back of her head but she didn't register a single word. She was too busy trying to control her rage. No one seemed to notice this, no one except Luke. He noticed her looking out the window from her seat not giving a shit about the matter at hand, that seemingly unconscious leg jiggling indicated her nervousness. 
Something about her attracted him. For him she was different, she was a mystery, a challenge, and he likes that. 

"Where is your mother?" Federico couldn't help but ask. This brought Scarlett's attention back to them. She looked at Ashton daring him to say.
"Died two years after you left." He said anyway. "Don't give me that look Scar, they deserve to know that much." He said knowing all too well what's about to happen.
"Deserve? They don't deserve to know shit!" 
"Scarlett please, we want to know what happened, we love you-" Nicolas tried to reason but she interrupted him "Right. You want to know. Well, you would've known if you hadn't left us that day! And what was that? You love us? Now that we reach your standards you need us, you Love us, you want to be a part of our lives?! Give that shit to someone else. You don't love us. You never did. After all, we are just pathetic excuses of kids. Well fuck you!"  She growled. 

With that she stormed out the house, she stood beside her bike to text her race manager
'I want a race. Fucking tonight.' And with that, she was off.