| Devious Siren | {18+}

{44} Procedure

Reign

an established or official way of doing something.

1 week before the auction.

"You point it like this."

"I know how to shoot a gun, sir." I say to Luca. "Just point and shoot, right?"

"I thought you already knew, ma'am." He folds his arms.

"Don't call me that, it makes me weak in the knees." He laughs wholeheartedly.

"You're hilarious. But seriously I need you to shoot the target."

"Yes, Sire." I hold back my laugh and shoot the moving target, hitting it in the shoulder and lower abdomen.

On purpose of course.

"Not bad. But that probably won't be enough to stop them." He takes the gun from my hand. "You should aim for the head or chest, like this." He shoots the targets head and chest with ease.

I whistle, "Remind me to never get on your bad side." Wrapping my arms around his torso.

"Psh, i'd shoot my damn self before I ever raise a gun to you." He pecks my lips and I lay my head against his chest.

Everything will be okay.

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Raven

"Sooo, are we going to train or not?" I walk into my dads office.

"You've been training nonstop for the past month, it's time for a break." Roman says.

"I need all the training I can get before the auction."

"No, you don't. Because i've decided that you won't be attending and that's final."

"Yeah right, you think i'm going to sit here while you and Aubrei do all the work? No, I won't."

"Yes, you will.."

"Why are you trying to take this away from me? You know what they did and you're steady trying to protect them."

"Protect them?! Why the fuck would I try to protect them?!" He yells looking up from his desktop.

"I don't know! That's what it feels like."

"I'm trying to protect you Raven. You're my daughter, my blood, and I can't lose you again."

"You won't, if you continue to train me."

"Have you ever thought 'Hey maybe i'm too young to be killing people,' no?"

I shake my head. "If I was Aubrei, you would do it."

"That's different."

"How? She's your daughter too. She caught her first body at 12 years old. Why can't I?"

"Because Raven, Reign has been training all her goddamn life. Not only by me but by others too. You barely still know how to hold a gun properly. And yeah you may be good with a knife but what is that going to do against a hundred armed men?" He runs his hand down his face. "But since you're so eager to get to these people, i'll train you. The fifteen years I spent training them, i'll put it all in a week for you. And when this is over I don't wanna hear a thing." He gets up from his office chair and walks out.