Kiara's POV:
"Oh come on" I roll my eyes at Celeste.
"It's just the conjuring" I pull her back to the sofa.
"I'm too tired ki, plus I don't wanna see children get possessed right before I go to sleep, as pleasant as that may sound" she smiles as she goes up to bed.
I huff as I sit back down on the sofa.
Nik sits beside me holding a bowl of popcorn.
"What can I say," he turns his head to me.
"The hot ones always watch horror" he winks passing me the bowl.
"Cant say the same for you-" I laugh as he nudges my arm.
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As soon as the movie finished the door bell rang.
Nikoli hid himself under a blanket.
"you really think I'm gonna get that" he shows me his face and hides again.
"Coward." I say as I walk to the door.
I open the door and Raffe storms past me.
Lorenzo follows.
"Sorry darling, I forgot my keys" Raffe turns to me picking his keys from the kitchen top.
"Darling?" I reply confused.
He smirks and just faces away from me.
What?
Lorenzo leaves us and goes up to see Celeste.
Who knows what they are doing.
Nikoli follows as he goes up to his room.
"I swear to god if I get possesed tonight, you're dead" Nikoli eyes me then leaves.
I shrug the thought away and sit back on the sofa.
Raffe sits beside me and switches off the tv.
I stare at him Blankly.
And he stares back.
"What if I wanted to watch-" I start but get interrupted.
"Why do you always pull away?" He asks me so openly.
I sit there. Stunned.
I take a drink from the coffee table and take a sip.
"Maybe," I take another sip.
"I don't kiss people, or at least ones I don't like" I put my drink down, hard.
"Or," he grins as he moves closer to me.
"People don't kiss you?" He cocks an eyebrow and looks at me.
"Excuse me?" I turn facing him.
"You've never been kissed" he smiles so widely his teeth are practically shining through.
"For someone who's in the mafia, you're shit at getting the right info" I huff.
"Admit it," he comes even closer trying to fill in any gap between us.
He lifts my chin with the tip of his finger and his thumb brushes my cheek.
"Kiara Hawthorne has never been kissed" he mutters as his breath hits my neck.
"Even if I never have," I go in closer teasing him.
"I wouldn't want you to be the first" I quickly pull away and slump back down onto the sofa.
He grunts in frustration.
"You know as much as I dislike you," he mutters.
"You do know how to," he starts.
He stops for a few seconds until I interrupt.
"How to what?" I ask trying to get the answer.
He shakes his head and doesn't give in.
He stands up abruptly and brushes his trousers.
"I'm gonna go to the training grounds, care to join darling?"
He turns to his feet and heads for the door.
"Am I even allowed to?"
He looks back at me and smirks.
"You're not allowed when they say," he chuckles.
"But that doesn't mean your aren't allowed when I say"
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We drive in Raffe's Range Rover.
His eyes are steady on the road and his grip on the steering is hard.
He makes a sudden brake as we get to the training grounds.
"Remind me to drive the way back" I slam the door shut and take the pin from my hair.
I start picking the lock when suddenly Raffe taps my shoulder.
"You do realise, I have keys" he dangles the keys in the air.
I snatch them and unlock the door.
We walk in and the compound is completely empty.
We stood in pitch black until Raffe switched on the lights.
"So what do we do first?" I ask hoping he said blade or daggers at least.
"Me" he sniggers.
"You need to upgrade your fucking jokes Caldo" I push past him and go into a random room.
To my luck, the room is filled with blades.
Every inch of the room has different kinds of sets.
I go to the end of the room and set my eyes on a blade.
It had silver intricate patterns leading to the held. It had a gold head and black spiralling end.
It was perfect.
I held it in my arms and examined every detail.
It almost melted at my touch and it fit into my fingers as if it was made for me.
"Go on,"
I full on forgot Raffe was in the room.
His voice startled me and made me jump.
"Throw it" he nodded his head towards the target next to him.
The target was tiny. The circles were not even far apart from each-other, and the point of the blade almost felt bigger than the centre of the board.
His eyes were focused on my hands.
"Afraid?" He laughs.
I look at my surroundings and try to find another board to throw at.
And then I saw it.
I launch the blade in the air and throw it in Raffe's direction.
It skims past his ear and hit the board behind him.
He twitches as it slides past him.
It cracks through the centre of the board and stays inside the wall.
Raffe swiftly turns into its direction and his jaw opens.
Slightly.
He turns back to me, shocked.
I smirk. "The others were too easy"
The board was not only the highest, but also the smallest.
I shrugged my shoulders at him and went to get it back.
He turned around grabbing my wrist.
Pulling me into him.
His eyes are settled onto mine and his hands clutched to my hips.
My hands stay on the blade and he chuckles.
"Impressive"
He leans back letting go of me.
"Now put it down before you end up breaking it" he turns around and heads to the door.
"Afraid?" I laugh as I follow him into another room.
We enter a room with nothing but a boxing ring.
A pair of gloves lay on the floor and Raffe throws them towards me.
"put these on" he chucks a pile of clothes at me.
It looks like training gear.
"Turn around at least" I roll my eyes at him.
"If you keep rolling those pretty eyes of yours, they might fall of" he turns around.
"At least I won't have to see your face" I grin as I quickly change.
"Ok I'm done" he turns around and puts on his own pair of gloves.
I followed him into the ring and finally finished with his gloves.
"Since you're my fiancée, you're gonna need to know how to defend yourself."
He moves back and fourth punching the air.
"And also, you're going to be part of a mafia for a year, so you're gonna need to know shit" he throws a punch at me but I dodge.
He throws another and I do the same.
"Stop dodging and hit" he hissed as he comes closer to me.
I try throwing a punch but he catches it, twisting my body backwards and into him.
"You punch like a girl" he whispers into my ear.
Bastard.
I kick him away from him and hit him in the gut.
"Maybe that's because I am a fucking girl." I snarl at him.
He stumbles back but comes striding back towards me.
I catch his punch and hold it for a few seconds.
He hits with his other fist and catches me off guard.
I wince in pain.
"Hit!" He bellows.
I get up from the side and ready myself.
I ball my fist and run at him.
I don't have a plan and I just hit.
I smack my fists into his sides and hit his jaw.
Shit.
It's burning red.
I stand there still.
He touches his face and winces.
"Good work" he pushes himself out of the ring.
He lifts his hand in the air waiting for me to get out.
He puts his hands between my hips and carries me out of the ring.
I brush myself of him and start walking out.
Something felt different.
And I don't know what.
I stand in the hallway trying t find out, until he comes behind me.
"Here" he hands me a coffee and takes a sip out of his own.
I take the cup and start drinking.
"You're not that bad" he doesn't look at me.
"I know" I reply.
"Cocky much" he sniggers and throws his empty cup into the bin.
"I knew you would be a good fighter." He finally looked at me.
I raised my eyebrows in confusion.
"That's why we are taking you to our next mission"
I spit out my coffee and choke.
"What?"
He laughs getting me a napkin.
"Mission. Next week." He hands me the tissue.
"Is Celeste going?" I ask
He sighs and looks away.
"That's if she can, I don't know her skills yet" he shrugs.
I head out of the building and get into the car.
He gets into the driving seat before I could see.
"Caldo!" I whistle.
He looks back at me.
"My turn to drive remember" I smile as I start driving.