Eighteen.

Book:Dark Knight Published:2024-9-6

Devil POV.
“I have a job to do today princess, I might be late tonight, I want you to eat dinner and be in bed by ten” I order by princess, today I’m meeting Nikolai, head of the Italian mafia, he got a job for me, rescheduling again would lead me to be out of the job, one time a coincidence, twice he’s making fun of me.
“Ten! Devil, we never sleep by ten” she replies while whining behind her laptop, she had her day off today, and although I’d love to stay in and baby her all she wants, I have a job to do, I can’t have her staying awake the whole night typing at her laptop while watching animal planet. She have a history of crying when the baby lion died, being killed by another predator, she’s so pure and light-hearted, crying over mother nature, she’s my opposite but I have no plans on letting her go.
“Yes I said ten, and I expect you to obey even if I’m not here” I warn her, I expect obedience from my subs, even if they are a little like her.
“You are evil Devil, just wait I’m going to kill you in my story” she replies typing angrily at her laptop making me laugh, sure, she can kill me in her stories.
“As long as I get reborn and get the chance to punish you for misbehaving, then I’m in” I reply with a chuckle.
For today’s outfit, I went with pants, I prefer a skirt or a dress, but in case of an assignment, pants are a better choice, along with my black ripped denim, I had a black jumper and finally my heeled boots, you can never go wrong with heeled boots. For my hair I styled it straight as usual, the only thing straight about me happens to be my hair, I finished the last touches of my make up and turned to Elle.
“How do I look?” I ask her, she spares me one look from behind the screen, whichever story she’s writing has her full attention for now.
“Fuck-ble” she replies, I walk toward her, take the laptop out of her lap and pull her into my arms landing a hard slap on her bum.
“Hey that hurt” she accuse me rubbing her bum bum.
“Good, now drop the attitude. How does mommy look?” I ask her again.
“Beautiful” Elle replies innocently, that’s my baby Elle.
“Good, bedtime is ten” I remind her again landing a kiss on her pouty lips, she smiles and blushes a pretty pink color that makes her look even younger than she is, I get my purse and get ready to leave, Elle, wave goodbye to me.
I make it toward the parking and to my car, I open the trunk and check that I have everything I need, my gun, tracking devices, my safe line, my laptop, then finally my favourite part, my kit. I have a full torture and extraction kit, including some small knives that vary in size, my favourite knife, my first purchase, it was more for good luck than usage, next I had to sever pliers for different reasons, some to extract teeth, others for fingernails. Finally, I had a few hammers, my favourite being a small one, it might look like an innocent toy but it’s perfect for breaking some kneecaps.
Making sure I had everything in my trunk I drove off toward our meeting point, we agreed on going out, it might sound like he’s taking me on a date, well it’s my type of dates. I drive toward one of the high-end restaurants, I might look too rough for a restaurant like that one, but knowing what my job is, I wasn’t about to wear a rainbow sweater and hair band.
I made it to the restaurant and took my car to the valet parking, walking inside the restaurant, I went toward the hostess, she eyed my outfit but I didn’t care, I just smiled at her.
“Reservation under the name of Nikolai,” I tell her, her eyes go wide knowing who’s my date, I just smile at her shocked face enjoying every second of it.
“Right this way” she says her face going dark now, I followed her to a table for two, there was sitting a guy with blond hair, green eyes, and a scoffed beard scattered over his face. He was wearing a high-end suit, he looked at me with piercing eyes, he didn’t smile, he didn’t show any emotion, he just motioned for me to sit down.
“Devil,” he says recognizing me, I just smile at him, it’s not a toothy smile, it’s not the one I keep for work, some might even call it scary,
“Pleasure meeting you Nikolai” I reply, I did my research of course, I know he’s the youngest mafia leader in the history of the Italian mafia, ruthless, but a man of his word.
“Same back to you Devil, although I expected you to be a bit older,” he said looking at me, I just laughed it off, what did they expect me to be an old lady? I started my business at a young age, and I’ve had years of practice.
“I could say the same back to you” I answer, he was my kind of guy, sexy, muscular, and reeking of dominance, but that all could wait for after the work was over.
“What can I get for you” a waiter breaks our staring contest, looking back at the waiter, since he’s buying.
“A glass of champagne please” I answer him, the waiter nods and turns back to Nikolai.
“Jack on Ice” he replies, the waiter nods, leaving us the menus before leaving.
“Isn’t it too early to drink?” I ask him making him smile, showing perfect white teeth, adding more to his beauty.
“It’s five o’clock somewhere in the world” he replies, I smile to that, I’ll drink to that, I don’t drink often with Elle being around, I don’t want her to go around drinking or getting drunk, I don’t want to be drunk around her either.
The drinks arrived soon enough, Nikolai ordered food for the both of us, I didn’t comment on what he ordered, just enjoying my drink for now, when the waiter left, Nikolai raised his glass toward me.
“What are we drinking for?” I ask him, we usually drink after the deal is done, not before.
“For meeting the famous Devil in the flesh” he replies smiling again, his eyes were looking at me in a predatory way, my kind of looks.
“How about we talk business now?” I ask him with a smile, I need to know what he needs from me.
“Of course, we should do that. But maybe as we eat” he says, I nod my head yes waiting for the dishes to arrive, just sharing a look with him.
We started to eat still sharing the looks, he hadn’t said anything and I hadn’t said anything back, just enjoying the meal until it was time to talk, I was taking another sip of my drink when he finally decided to break the silence.
“A containership of mine is coming to the port, I want protection,” he says.
“Then why call me? I’m sure you have securities” I say back, this isn’t my type of work.
“It’s not the shipment I want you to keep safe, it’s my work I want to keep safe. I have a mole inside my lines, I want you to find him out” he explains, oh that’s more of my job, something I’ll enjoy doing really.
“When?” I answer.
“Tonight” he replies, it’s a short call but for the right payment, I’d do it.
“You have your doubts about someone in particular?” I ask.
“Yes, I have someone, he’ll be in the operation, with your help of course” he says.
“I love the way you think,” I say raising my glass toward him yet again, we have a deal.