~Isolde's Point of View~
The slamming of the front door stopped our conversation about the mole. The door to the office creaked open and the face of Mia coming from behind the door threw me into shock. I tried to keep my composure as she waltzed into the room as if nothing's wrong.
"Hola punta." She starts making her way around the desk with her arms out, anticipating a hug. Her arms drop down when she notices the glare she is receiving from me. Once she takes the chance to look around, all the awkward glances between me and her come to her attention.
"Is something wrong?" I give Damon a look, signaling him to get the fuck out. Everyone else follows his lead, leaving me and Mia alone.
"How did the mission go," I ask, trying to get her to tell me about the contract herself.
"It went pretty good. We were able to hack into one of the Russian compounds and loot it, killing everyone inside. Only minor injuries on our group," she explained, avoiding eye contact.
"Nothing else?"
It took her a second to finally answer me. "Yeah that's all." I sighed, realizing I would have to force the truth out of her. Reaching behind me, I unlocked a draw and pulled out the crinkled, unsigned contract.
"What about this," I questioning, sliding the contract in front of her. Her eyes scanned over the paper and once it hit her what it was, she looked over at me with wide eyes. I didn't break eye contact with her, hiding any emotions I was feeling.
"I swear Isolde, it's not what it looks like!"
"I have eyes, I know what it looks like. I'm asking what the hell it's about," I snapped, loosing patience. Mia ran her hands through her hair multiple times before her head drooped.
"I wasn't lying about the mission, but I guess I did miss a few minor details." I cocked an eyebrow knowing it wasn't just a minor fucking detail. "When I was leaving the compound with the rest of our team, one of the Russians grabbed me from a bush I'm guessing they were hiding in. The rest of the soldiers didn't notice because Oliver was leading them. I tried so fucking hard to get him to let me go but he was more than triple my size. He brought me to their compound in Sochi. I was blindfolded most of the time. Once they finally took it off I was sitting in this room with Alexander. He put this fucking paper in front of me," she pointed to the contract. "He said if I didn't sign it, he would kill me, but before we finished the alarm went off. I ran off." She looked away from me and kept her eyes locked on something random in the bookshelf.
"So if you didn't sign it he would kill you, correct?"
"Yes," she confirmed. I shoot myself up and head for the door. I needed to get away from her, but before I could open the door she pulled me back. "Isolde, don't do this, I'm sorry. I never even finished the fucking the contract."
"But you intended to," I spit out. "I always put you over me. If it was ever a you or me situation, I would always take a bullet for you. I have put my life on the line for you so many times Mia, God damnit." I tugged at the ends of my hair out of frustration. Once I finally made eye contact with her, I could tell, she had nothing to say. "I can't believe this. You would kill my entire fucking family, but we are the reason you didn't die on the streets. We are the reason you get to live the life you live. We are the reason you even have a family. Mia, we were your family."
"Were?" Her voice trembled.
"You heard me right. I expect you gone before sunrise tomorrow." It took everything in me to not comfort her. The look in her eyes showed complete betrayal, when in reality, she was the one who betrayed me. I had to remind myself why I was doing this, if she would go against us that easily, she would do it again.
"You're kidding right?"
"What the hell? What do you expect me to do?" I stepped closer to her. "Just, you know, invite you back into my house with open arms after you were so close to killing all of us."
"After everything we did together you're just going to kick me out? Isolde, we're bestfriends," she pleaded.
"We were," I pulled out of her grasp and went to open the door when I was pulled back yet again.
"Can't you just forget about. It will-" I slapped her. I just fucking slapped her. Honestly, I planned on this being peaceful, but I didn't regret it. "What the hell," she yelled, pushing me back. It took me but only a second to pull out my pistol from my waistband and pointing it at her head.
"Leave, now," I demanded. "You want to know how betrayed I feel, well here you go, leave." She didn't move a muscle. Just before I pushed her way out of my house, the door slung open revealing Damon, my father, and his father. They all stopped in their tracks once they realized what was happening.
"Please put the gun down Isolde," Damon pleaded, inching towards me.
"Get. Her. Out."
"You don't really mean this," Mia shakily spoke out.
"Fine then," I shoved my gun back into its place before kicking her in the stomach, shooting her backwards. Walking over to her, where she leaned against the wall trying to catch her breath, I grabbed her and started dragging her towards the front door. I only got to the living room when started fighting back. Pulling her arm out of my grasps, I went back to continue to pull her when she went to put a punch towards my shoulder. I narrowly dodged it and sent a knee to her stomach, throwing her off balance but she quickly got back to her feet. I twisted my torso multiple times in order to not get hit from her blows. She took a breath and I took my turn. I threw a punch into her left shoulder and I barely missed her nose when I sent one to her face. I had totally forgotten my family was watching when I pulled back.
"God damnit, let me go," I yelled, elbowing and moving as much as I could to try to get out. I eventually gave up as whoever was carrying continued up the stairs. They didn't stop down the hallway and turned into my room, dropping me down on my bed. I turned to see who it was and my face dropped when I saw who it was. Of course it had to be fucking Damon. "What the hell is your problem?"
"I'm sorry I didn't to watch you kill your bestfriend." My face turned into a scowl when he finished his sentence.
"Mia is not my bestfriend," I sneer, pushing past Damon to get to my bathroom. I was quickly pulled back into his chest.
"Don't walk away from me," he demands. I try to push away from him but his grip on my waist stopped me from doing so.
"Let me go." I tried my hardest pushing away from him but nothing was working. I finally gave up figuring he wouldn't let me go.
"I'm guessing you talked to her."
"Yeah," I sighed.
"What did Mia say?" I contemplated on whether or not I should answer. I was in no mood to talk about her, but I knew I wouldn't get out of this if I didn't answer.
"She said if she didn't sign the contract she would be killed." He looked at me, pushing me to say more. "It's frustrating that she would so easily take mine and my families life to save her own. If I was put in that situation I would never sign that damn piece of paper." I felt all the anger coming back to me. My hands started shaking when the reminder of everything that happened hit me.
"Hey hey, it's alright," he assures, pulling me closer. I rest my head on his chest and try to calm myself down. Breathing in his scent seemed to do just the trick.
"I need a shower," I said, pushing myself away and walking to the bathroom.
"Without me," he smirked. I laughed, shutting the door in his face. I quickly took a shower and got myself ready for bed, hoping to sleep off everything. Opening the door once I was finished, I found Damon on his phone in my fucking bed. I groaned not wanting to put up a fight with him. Slipping under my sheets, ignoring Damon, I closed my eyes ready to finally get some sleep when he had to annoy me.
"So you're not going to say anything?"
"I don't feel like arguing with you to get out of my bed." I was pulled back and rolled over so that me and him were eye to eye. He continued looking at me without saying a word. "What? Do I have something on my face?"
"No," he laughed. "I was just thinking."
"About what?"
"You of course."
"You're such an idiot." I rolled back over and pulled myself back to my spot. It didn't last long when I was pulled back once again. "I just want to sleep," I groaned.
"Well I want to talk to you about Mia." I rolled my eyes because I was hoping to not have to talk about it anymore.
"I already told you what happened, and you saw most of it."
"I just want to hear your thoughts about it." He ran his fingers through my hair causing me to grow even more tired.
"I guess I just don't know who I can trust anymore. It seems like whoever I choose to trust just stabs me in the back," I sighed. He shifted a little, moving closer to me. I was pulled on top of him. Resting my chin on his chest, we looked eye to eye.
"I won't."
"You won't what?"
"I won't betray you," he stated. I was thrown back by his statement because I never believed he would have ever said that to me.
"But how can I believe you?"
"Because..."
"Because why?" There was a moment of silence before he pulled himself up to a sitting position and I was straddling him in his lap. He looked at me for a second when he pulled me into him. The next thing I knew, our lips met.
He just kissed me.
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