The sun was just rising on the horizon, and it gave off a pink hue welcoming the day. It was barely seven in the morning, but Killian was awake as usual sitting in his car waiting. He found sleep impossible, he was always on edge and could not relax enough to sleep through the night.
Killian had already gotten up, worked out for two hours in his home gym, showered and prepared and ate breakfast for himself.
He left his home after feeding a bidding goodbye to his American pit bull called Loki. He was a mischievous dog, so the name suited him perfectly.
Killian had found Loki alone and starving near the warehouses on the dock where he did his work. He was beat up and probably had been in a lot of fights sue to the number of cuts and scrapes on him.
Killian would not have a dog, preferring solitude but after cleaning and bandaging Loki up he couldn't throw him back on to the streets nor to a shelter where his fate would be unknown.
He fixed his tie, feeling it too restrictive as he sat in his car waiting for orders from his boss and friend Angelo. He took a sip of hot coffee before lifting his phone and opening up his picture gallery. Last night Angelo had sent him a strange request to find details on a girl.
His boss never looked for women. Women were kept away from business; it was a rule among the four main families. That didn't mean some didn't get hurt in the crossfire.
But on researching the young girl he found himself captivated by her. She was determined, independent and had a set of curves that would make any man drool.
He didn't know why Angelo wanted her only that he too wanted her.
He found himself looking for more and more information on her but there was hardly any just general information online. She seemed to keep to herself a lot, apart from a few pictures he found of her taken at Raven's first art gallery show years ago there was no other pictures.
That's when he put everything together, Angelo was only researching Raven's close friend.
Yes, he had saved her pictures in his phone though he didn't know why he did it.
After sending all relevant info minus the pictures he had to Angelo. He found out that she was in fact Ravens close friend. Angelo shared Ravens story and it made his blood boil upon hearing it. He was proud of the young girl for protecting her friend.
Buzz Buzz
His phone vibrated in his hand, it was a message from Angelo with the names of the men he was going to kidnap and torture. This was his job.
He didn't mind doing the dirty work. He never thought of himself as a good man. He would do the things he had to so his friend's hands were kept clean.
After arriving in America as a teenage boy and being brought into the Russo family by Angelo and Luca he had a home and a family he could rely on. He would do their dirty work to keep the family safe.
Angelo now had Raven and Luca had Elena. He was happy for them both.
He reached for his laptop and started to look up the men's relevant information, once he got it, he turned on the engine of his black vintage mustang and the engine roared to life.
It only took him less than two hours to procure the men and leave them in the warehouse. He always let them wait before he would torture them.
They were not like the men he usually has to deal with. These men were not made men but normal businessmen. They had cried and tried to fight but it was useless against a man of his size.
Once back in his car he swept his fingers through his hair and messaged Angelo that it was done.
He sat back in his mustang and sighed. He found himself glancing at Rory's photos again. He turned on the engine and drove to get coffee, but somehow, he found himself just outside of her tattoo shop.
When he saw a car pull up and a man get out and approach her abode his fist clenched and his eyebrows furrowed, he was out of his car and walking up to the man before he knew what he was doing.
"Eh, can I help you?" The young man shrunk back and asked as Killian held his shoulder stopping him on the first stair.
"I'll take it from here." Killian announced.
The young man glanced at the bag and then Rory's front door before handing the bag over and running back to his car and speeding off.
Killian glanced through the contents of the bag. He found instant ramen, snacks and fizzy drinks. He shook his head.
Is this all this girl eats he wondered. This was not good.
He made his way up the stairs towards her apartment and upon reaching the door he found himself smoothing down his clothing and sleeking his hair back.
Knock knock
As she opened the door he was taken aback by her beauty, the photos did not do her justice by any means. She was small in stature; she barely reached his chest. How did such a small girl live in this rough neighbourhood he wondered.
Her silky ebony hair reached her waist, and he wondered what it would feel like to sink his fists into it during the throws of passion. He became instantly hard at the mere thought.
Her grey eyes reminded him of clouds just after the rain. He loved the rain.
She had plump pink lips that made him want to bite on.
She had questioned him, and he knew she wanted her shopping but the vision before him left him stunned. She was bewitching.
He wasn't usually a talker; he didn't know why he was there or why he didn't want to leave her presence. All he knew in that moment was it was going to be hard to leave her. He wanted to take her out of this dump and bring her home and care for her.
That shocked him, he never felt this way about another person before.