LET'S ROLL THE DICE

THEME : HER ONLY COMPANION.

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Luna washed off the blood stains off her hand in the basin with a derp scowl on her face. She had just gotten back from a mission and this was her usual daily routine everytime she got back from a mission.

She make sure she cleans her hand and that there was no blood stain on her. This was her way of saying that she knew nothing about the victim's death.

" I was only following orders so I hope you don't haunt me instead haunt those who sent me" Luna saidas she walked out of the bathroom.

She picked a towel and used it to wipe her face and her arms. She threw herself on the bed and closed her eyes. She recalled the face of the man she killed and she felt sad. She brought out her gun and she kissed it .

" Love, we aren't at fault, right? we were only following orders and it wasn't like we had a choice" Luna said caressing her gun.

Love was the name that she had given to her gun, he gun was her only best friend and companion, it has been with her since she joined the gang. She was deeply attached to her gun.

Her gun has always been with her on every of her mission, She always find it hard to go to any mission without love. it sounds crazy that she was speaking to her gun but it was her only friend, she has no one to talk to except her gun.

She has no friends to share her pains, her sorrow with. She was a loner.

Looking back at her life, the only time that she was ever happy was when she was in school, her happy life came to an end after she was forced to become a member of the assassin gang by her father.

A knock sounded at the door and she got up quickly holding tightly onto love.

" Who is it?"asked Evelyn as she moved towards the door.

" Shadow sent for you. He requested that you should come with me." The force informed.

Wondering who shadow is, shadow is the nickname which her father is known for.

She was sure he called her for a mission asides that her dad never sees her let alone talk to her.

" You can leave now, I will be with him in a jiffy." She replied.

Luna heard the retracting footsteps of the person leaving her door.

She packed her hair in a bun, adjusted her clothes properly and headed to her father's office.

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Inside a opulence office, a man in his early fifties sat on a chair popping up the cigarette in his hand.

A dangerous scowl was visible on the face of the man who looked deadly and dangerous, the man was no doubt the head of dangerous mafia boss or a assassin, well the man was both because he was Demetrius the father of Luna Demetrius and leader of Bloody haven gang.

Luna entered the room which was filled with the smell of cigarettes and alcohol, she squeezed her face in disgust as she moved closer to her father.

" You sent for me Shadow." She said referring to her father with his nickname instead of Dad, Papa or father.

She had hated the fact of calling him father ever since he forced her to join the gang. To her father she was just a tool which he can use anytime that he wants, while to her, he was her boss or should she rather said her master.

" Take a look this picture and information." He said handing over a file to her. " Make she you study every details on that file because that is your next mission."

Luna picked up the picture, she was captured by the most handsome man that she had ever seen, his green emerald eyes were mesmerizing, she felt drawn towards the man in the picture. looking at the picture something in her arose.

" He is Leonard Cohen, I attended an assassin meeting last night and his details were given out, there is a huge bounty on his head and every assassin is after his life, you have never failed me so i am counting on you to deliver." Her father said as he stared at her.

" How long are you giving me to eliminate him?" Luna asked.

"We were given six months but am giving you just three months which I think is more than enough. sketch a good plan to get him and make sure you kill him when you get close to him."

She looked her father one more time before walking to the door without uttering a word to him.

" Luna!" Her father called as she was about to exit the office

" Make sure to be safe and return back home safely. Leonard Cohen is a very dangerous and deadly man, many people had died while in the quest to end his life." Her father said, Luna's eyes widened with surprise this was the first time that her father was showing her care.

Could it be that she was hallucinating or did she perhaps heard him wrong?

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She couldn't believe her dad still cared about her without a second thought she ran into his arms hugging him tightly.

" I promise to come back safe, dad"

She pulled away from the hug trying to control her emotions that was building up in her, she hadn't hugged her dad in years and she felt happy and safe to be in her father's arms.

" You have to because there are still many missions I need you to tend to and with the way things are you will the best person for the job." Her father said running her mood and shattering her hopes and joy.

She moved away from him as tears envolved her eyes. She was so foolish to believe he still had a little fatherly love left for her.

She was foolish to believe that he still loves and cares for her.

Without saying anything and looking back she left his office running to her room.

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THEME : HER FANTASY

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Inside the wide capacious office, the air conditioner blowing so cold with a quirky fragrance, the glass desk littered with so much files, a pen cup, a apple laptop which was sparkling neat and glittering as it was made of annealed glass, two iPhone, two iPad and a office telephone.

And just in front of the glass desk were two black twirling seats. A mini bar placed at the far end of the desk and a plasma television which was hung on the wall.

There was a white coloured cushion some meters away from the desk right beside the wall, four black throw pillows was placed on it making it look comforting for a nap, a little table.

The door and walls around office was made of glass and done in such a way that only a person from within the office could see what was going on outside the office, he could see when a person was coming to his office, but no one from the outside could see a thing, the office was convenient for the boss alone.

Leonard Cohen the youngest and richest man in the country sat down majestically on the chair in his office reading through the file in his front on the desk, three buttons was loose on his long sleeves exposing his sexy albs, his tie hung loosely on his neck.

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His secretary Mark Smith stood beside him as he kept briefing him on his schedule.

" Sir we lost one of the guard in last night attack." Mark informed.

Leonard sighed irritated by the information, he had lost counts of the numbers of bodyguards that he has lost, he was used to loosing his bodyguards technically he looses his bodyguards on daily bases.

Everyday for him was war, everyday was a struggle for survival.

People had always been after his life ever since he was young. His life has always been under threat from his enemies.

" Search for a female bodyguard, employ the most efficient and strong one of all." He instructed his secretary who was surprised by the instruction.

Leonard has never been one to employ a female bodyguard because that was his way of keeping his distances from the opposite sex who he sees as pest.

" Mind if i asked, why do you need a female bodyguard boss? Mark asked.

" It is tiring to always have male guards, I want to make my enemies a bit confused so as to to lure them out of hiding." Leonard answered with a smirk.

He can't wait to find out .

He couldn't wait to see the turn out if things after he employs the female guard.

"Ok sir, anything else?" Mark asked.

" No, you can leave. I want to have some space."

Mark looked at his boss, took his iPad and exited the room.

Leonard took off his tie immediately Mark left his office, he rested his back properly on his chair, he was exhausted and weak yet he couldn't stop working.

He was rich enough to support himself and generations even if he decide to quit working.

He will never be broke in his life even if he quit working for years.

Work was the only thing that he can use to get rid of his depression.

Work is the only way that he can use to escape the misery of the world.

His very existence has been a sorrowful one.

His entire existence has been a struggle, his life has been a nightmare, everything about him are dark and grey.

He wears all his painful past, haunted nightmares and all his past experiences like a skin.

Anytime memories of his parents come to him, he always felt like killing himself, he hated the fact that he couldn't live in peace because of the fear of being attached and killed. He was tired of living in fear.

More painful memories of his parents death clouded his head shattering his heart into pieces and make tears cloud in his eyes.

He was well aware that his informations had been handed out to every assassin gang and they were more than a thousand gangs after his life yet he wasn't moved because he believes that his death lies in the arms of no one.

He hoped he eliminates his enemies very soon so he could live a peaceful life.

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Leonard was deep asleep when he heard a loud knock on the door. He grunted and used the pillow to close his ears. He didn't need to ask who it was because no one apart from his nanny Lady Becca had the right to knock on his door.

" Don't let me come in and drag you out, lazy bone." Lady Becca said as she kept on knocking on door.

She had dedicated her whole life training him up that was her way of paying for the sins that she had committed against his parents. Anytime she saw him she always felt guilty for what she did Twenty two ago but that was a story for another day.

" Leonard Cohen, get your stinking ass off the bed" she yelled as she kept knocking on the door.

Leonard trashed himself on the bed as he grumbled lazily. He moved towards the door and opened it.

" Lady Becca, please give me few minutes to sleep." He said blinking his eyes cutely.

" Where are your manners?" Lady Becca asked as she hit him on his head.

" Am sorry, Good morning, Lady Becca, please can I have a few more minutes?" Leonard asked as he rested on the door.

Lady Becca sighed and shook her head pitifully as she stared at him. Who would believe that the cold domineering CEO was such a sleepyhead?

" Fine, am giving you just thirty minutes, if you are not downstairs by then, you know what will happen." Lady Becca said as she turned back and left his door.

Leonard nodded as he locked the door and threw himself on the bed and drifted back to sleep.

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Luna's eyes was glued to the laptop as she searched for things related to Leonard Cohen.

She wanted to know everything about him so she wouldn't have any problem dealing with him. She read about the death of his parents and she concluded that their family might have done something bad to the assassin's world.

She checked his net worth and she was amazed at the amount of money he had in his possession. He was too young to have all that in his possession and she wasn't amazed anymore that he had so many people after his life.

She spent most of her time admiring his features and she could say that he was the most handsome man she had ever seen.

His features was overwhelming and she fell into his eyes countless times.

She was still checking things about him when she saw an application for bodyguard. A thought popped into her head and she didn't waste time to apply for it.

Being his bodyguard would make her closer to him and killing him will be easy without been suspected. She might only have to work for him for a month before she accomplish her mission besides she would even gain money.

She fantasized on how working as a bodyguard would be, she would probably have to follow him everywhere even when he goes to the bathroom, she giggled at the thought of following him to the bathroom.

She laid on her bed and closed her eyes and within a few minutes she drifted into a deep sleep.

THEME : MARK SMILES

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Leonard walked down the stairs lazily, he was still feeling sleepy but he needed to go to work and avoid being spanked by his nanny Lady Becca. He was afraid of offending his nanny because she was the only one that he consider family.

He immediately put on his cold expression the moment he sighted his maids going about their various duties, he presence and walk emanate a powerful and and dangerous aura.

He got to the dining room and found it empty, he was sit down to have his breakfast when someone spanked him on his head, he held in head in pain as he turned and stared at his nanny Lady Becca in horror.

" Nanny why did do that, what did i do to warrant getting spanked?" Leonard whined and Lady Becca huffed.

" Leonard Cohen." She called him by his full name. "I gave you thirty minutes to come down for breakfast but you spent more than an hour upstairs, yet you walked down the stairs lazily and sluggishly like you had all the time in the world to waste." Lady Becca scolded. Leonard grinned nervously at his nanny.

" I am so sorry nanny, I worked all throughout last night so i felt weak and drowsy this morning, I am so sorry nanny." He apologized pouting his lips.

" That doesn't save you from your punishment, Dinner is on you tonight, don't come back home late from work today, make sure you get some groceries for today's dinner when coming back home." Lady Becca said.

Leonard sighed as he nodded his head slowly, he was always made to make dinner whenever he did anything wrong, that was lady Becca's way of punishing to her, according to her make dinner is the right way of setting him straight.

She had turn him into a very good chef by making him cook all the time, there was no dish that he couldn't prepare.

Leonard sat on the chair and hurriedly had his breakfast before heading to work.

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Leonard got to the office and stepped into the building making his way to the elevator. He could hear the various complements of his female staffs and he only huffed to it.

He was used to getting admiring looks from ladies but they didn't move him a bit. It wasn't that he was a gay or he had no interest in ladies but he lost all interest in ladies after his first relationship turned worse.

His ex Loveth was a bad memory of his life and the time he spent with her was so bad but that wasn't a story that he will narrate another day.

He got into his office and sat on his chair as he prepared to begin the day's activities. He was looking through some files when Mark walked in.

" Good morning sir." Mark greeted with a wide smile.

Leonard stared at his secretary and sighed, he had always wondered what kind of person Mark because Mark face was always plastered with a wide smile each time he comes across him.

He felt that Mark had no worries in the world, not for once have he ever seen Mark angry or sad. He secretly wished that he had the kind of life that Mark had.

Leonard scoffed at his wished, because he knows that his wishes will never come to past.

" Good morning Mark." Leonard replied.

" Boss, we have gotten the list of female bodyguards applicants. We have scheduled all of them for an interview tomorrow, you will have to be available tomorrow for the interview so i have already cleared all your schedule for tomorrow, let me know if you have any objections sir." Mark said.

Mark was always diligent with his job, the only thing he valued most apart from his life is his job, the smile he always put on is fake. His life was not perfect like most people thinks.

Twenty two years ago his kid sister who was only two months old was kidnapped, his parents had been searching for her ever since then.

He lost his father to the cold hand of death while out searching for his sister, his mother was a shadow of herself after the lost of his sister and she never fails to remind him of the need to look for his sister and bring her home.

His family and life was not perfect as many people predicts, the smile he always wears was to cover his worries, his pains, his problems, his imperfect life and family.

He stared at his boss and he felt pity for him, his problems are insignificant to the one that his boss is passing through, the reason that he had always stick to his boss no matter the risk is because he felt that his boss needed someone by his side.

" Tomorrow is fine Mark, I don't have any objections." Leonard said bringing Mark out of his world of thoughts.

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" Take a look at the pictures and personal information of the people we have invited in for the interview against tomorrow." Mark said as he dropped a pile of files on the table. He bowed slightly and left the office giving him some space.

Leonard sighed softly and rested back on his chair as he loosened up his tie around his neck.

His mind was filled with so many thoughts as he picked up the file and started scrolling through. He was amazed that most of the women were between age range of thirty to thirty five and they got their skill from a family training center.

His eyes caught a particular file and she was just twenty two years old. He was amazed by her beauty and he found himself getting lost in her beauty besides she was the youngest of them.

He scrolled through her file and he was amazed that she had a special training from an underground martial arts club. He wondered the kind of childhood she must have lived for her to have undergo training at that kind of place.

He somehow found himself getting interested in her and he wanted to know all about her.

" Luna Demetrius, I can't wait to meet you tomorrow." Leonard said as he touched his chin naughtily.