CHAPTER 1

Where everyone was sleeping in the middle of that rainy night. She was heading to her destination, setting her car at full speed, without caring about traffic rules or law.

Her heart thumping inside her chest as her mobile kept ringing on the passenger seat, but her focus was on the damp, slippery road ahead of her.

She sucked in breath sharply as the ring of her mobile died for the seventh time. Her hands slightly trembled as she tried to maintain her focus on the road. She was no one but... Maria D'Angelo Russell.

Who ran from her house to marry the love of her life, having her own father's reputation on stake. She was blinded by love or was it the trap setup to change her life completely.

Leaving everything behind and excited to start a new life, Maria pushed her car to its limits to reach her destination as fast as she can.

After driving a long way here, Her car came to a stop at an unknown place which was centered by empty, dark buildings.

She reached out for her mobile, and saw almost 50 missed calls from her Dad Christopher, Mom Alina and brother Daniel, but she didn't call back any of those.

"Where is it?"

She mumbled. Her fingers were searching for that particular contact, and when she found it, she just hit the call button without wasting any other second.

"Pick it up… Please..."

While nibbling her lower lip she was impatiently waiting for the call being picked up. Three rings, and the call hung up. Maria pulled the mobile away from her ear, staring at the black screen which was showing her own reflection.

She hesitatesd to call again but stopped. She looked around and found no one around. Because of rain it was hard to see and only the sound of rain can be heard.

"Where are you?"

With a hesitated breath, she reached out for the handle and opened the door of the car before getting off. In just few seconds, her fragile self get damp due to rain.

She looked around, trying to catch a glimpse of her love, but there's no sign of human around. Minutes passed as she waited patiently but no sign of the man she was waiting for.

As few minutes passed tick by, she reached out for the car door's handle but... The sound of gunshot, and a muffled scream of a man make her almost jump in her heels.

She looked around to know where that sound came from. No one was around, and a thought of getting back in her car, and driving off was coming to her mind.

The fear of getting killed in the middle of the night at an unknown place, and the curiosity to know about where that sound came from were equal.

She took a deep breath, and decided the opposite, but as she was about to take a step forward, few men in suits appeared from the dark alleyway.

(Who are they?)

She hid herself behind by her car, and watched them. The one who was walking in front of the others was wearing a black suit, but no blazer. He was tall, majestic with his damp hair because of rain. His damp white shirt sticking to his body, highlighting his biceps.

"I want the whole detail about that vault and if you failed…"

That man said to the other two who were walking behind him obediently. They knew what he meant, so they just nod their head.

The rain slowed, and his face came to view, a scar on his left eye. It was carved vertically, making him even more attractive. The men behind him, one of them carrying a black bag while the other was carrying a briefcase.

She watched them getting into that parked car which she noticed before. She came out from her hidden spot as she saw them drive far away.

She watched them getting into that parked car which she noticed before. She came out from her hidden spot as she saw them drive far away.

It was clear that they were not good, and meant blood and business. She was lost in her thoughts, and felt someone's intense gaze on herself.

She turned her head to look in that direction, and her black eyes met with those hazel green eyes for the first time.

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Cold, suspicious and calculating gaze raking over her body and Maria felt like, he was seeing her bare, and her soul with his piercing gaze. His dark hair sticking to his forehead but still neatly set.

‘And he looked at me like there's something worth looking at…. But what will be so worth looking at a woman who ran away from her own house, and here soaking in rain at an unknown place where there's no sign of humans except for beasts… Who is he? What does he want?’

She was thinking all this, and feeling shivers in her body as those hazel green eyes kept raking on her to know her identity. Maria was forcing herself to move, but her feet just froze, and gave up.

The more inciting the view was, the more suspicion grew in those hazel green eyes. Those eyes narrowed in a dangerous way and Maria's breath hitched in her throat.

But suddenly when her mobile start ringing, she gasped and tear her eyes away to look at her mobile which was showing a familiar number. The call from someone she was impatiently waiting for.

Her gaze wandered between her mobile, and that man who was still watching her every move like a predator.

Maria's chest tightened as she reached out to open the door of her car without breaking eye contact, and slipped in her car  immediately before fastening her seatbelt. She turned the key, and the engine roar, coming to life.

Without wasting any other second, Maria pushed the accelerator and drove off without looking back. She was heading to the next location her boyfriend gave just now. She can feel those hazel green eyes following her until she vanishes from the sight from the corner.

Lucas, the right hand of the moboss, dragging the body of the man they killed just now, froze suddenly when he heard that whistle. The Predator's Whistle.

It was clear that his boss found someone interesting but who's that unlucky to impress the psychopath named Sebastian De Costa Ryill.

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