“I’m sorry I took so long to remember you.” Maya muttered in between the kiss, and that turned Antonio, he dived his whole tongue into her mouth, sucking every nook and cranny of her lips, like a hungry lion… So deep.

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Maya melted into the kiss, slowly wrapping her arms around his neck and delving her hands into his silky hair.

Antonio grabbed her waist, his lips moving softly onto hers. He bit her lower lip, and her lips parted slowly, their tongues meeting with a spark of electricity.

Their tongues rolled against each other, their lips making soft smacking sounds at intervals. Maya’s eyes widened as Antonio’s lips traced her neck, her hands holding his sides tightly, biting her lips seductively.

Antonio broke the kiss and rested his forehead against hers as they caught their breath.

He opened his eyes to look at her face, her eyes locked on his, breathing heavily with flushed cheeks. Maya hid the injection and remembered Emily’s warning about being tracked. She stood up,

“Is there a problem?” Antonio asked, but Maya just wanted to use the restroom. Antonio offered his, and Maya accepted, locking the door behind her.

The bathroom was luxurious and sparkling clean. Maya stood near the mirror, the device suddenly coming to life with Emily’s voice.

“Are you ready?” Maya hesitated.

“I’m not sure I can do this.” Without waiting for a response, she removed the device and smashed it on the floor, preventing tracking.

Then, she carefully disposed of the injection in the zinc, washing her face to calm her racing heart. Maya didn’t know why she did it, but it felt worth it.

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LIGHT STATION*

The tracking device was reading 90 but it decreased back and stopped at 0. Emily saw this and his eyes widened insanely.

“What is going on?” He faced July and asked, his voice laced with concern.

“It seems that the device we were supposed to use to track Maya has been damaged, that’s why it decreased to 0.” July muttered.

$h|t! Maya had disconnected a while ago, she didn’t even make him speak… Did she break the device, because she said she wasn’t sure she could do this?

“What the hell is going on in that head of hers?” Emily wondered aloud. He was looking for a way to get her out of that devil clan, but maybe she doesn’t want to come back.

“Are you sure Maya wasn’t the one who disconnected the device?” Emily asked, his eyes narrowing.

“That’s unlike Maya, you know her well, she wouldn’t do something like that… maybe she has been caught, oh no.” July spoke, her voice laced with worry.

Yeah…. Maybe she got caught. Emily was trying very hard to believe that, but why isn’t his mind agreeing to that?

He had known Maya for the past 12 years now and he knows she wouldn’t do that.

“Try every possible best to track her… We need to get her out of that devil clan.” Grayson was the one who said this time, his voice firm.

He couldn’t bear for her to spend another day in that devil clan… Never!

“Grayson managed to fix that device into Maya that day, and it was our only source of contact to Maya, now that it’s ruined, what are we supposed to do?” Emily asked, his frustration evident.

“We have to find a way to meet her, and now that we don’t even know the empire where she stays, it’s cracking my brain.” Grayson said, his brow furrowed.

“It’s gonna be a hard task.” July said, her eyes clouded with concern.

“We can’t just sit here and do nothing. Maya’s life is at risk.” Emily said.

Grayson nodded in agreement.

“I’ll try to hack into the empire’s system, see if I can trace her location.”

“That’s a great idea! If anyone can do it, it’s you, Grayson.” July’s eyes lit up with optimism.

Grayson sat near the system and began ramming the keyboard, trying every possible way to hack into the empire’s system. But no matter how hard he tried, it just wouldn’t budge.

His hands flew across the keyboard at lightning speed, but the system refused to comply.

This had never happened before. Grayson was a master hacker, but now he felt like his ski||s were no match for this task.

His frustration grew with each failed attempt, his brow furrowed in concentration.

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HELLFIRE MOB*

Scent stood in the midst of the mobsters, unfolding a map to illustrate their plan of attack on Antonio.

“So, Bluey, you and the gang will position yourselves at the midpoint. Your timing is crucial, don’t miss your mark. Stay focused, no mistakes.” Scent emphasized, tracing the plan on the map.

The group listened intently, their eyes fixed on the map.

“When do we strike, boss?” Bluey asked.

“When the boss gives the green light, If he says today, it’s today. No delays, no excuses. I’m sharing the plan so you can prepare, but execution depends on the boss’s signal.” Scent replied.

“Got it, boss.” The mobsters nodded in unison.

“Remember, our primary objective is…” He paused, his gaze sweeping across the group.

“It will remain our top priority until the mission is complete.” Scent added.

“It will stick with us until the mission commences.” The mobsters echoed.

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LION HELL CLAN*

Crispy was walking, her gaze fixed on the novel she was reading, flipping through the pages until she bumped into someone. She looked up to see who it was – Viper.

“Oops, I’m sorry,” Crispy apologized.

“You should have watched where you were going,” Viper replied.

“I just apologized, but if you still want me to apologize, then I’m sorry,” Crispy said, her tone sarcastic. Viper rolled his eyes.

His gaze lit up when he saw Maya coming out of Antonio’s suite. He ran to her, and Crispy scoffed. He wrapped his arms around her neck, and Maya looked at him, annoyed.

“What the hell are you doing?” Maya asked.

“What?” Viper asked, feigning innocence.

“This,” Maya said, removing his hands from her neck.

“Oh,” Viper replied, his smile fading.

“So, where are you heading to?” Viper asked, his eyes lingering on Maya.

“My room. Why?” she asked, her brow raised.

“I was thinking if I could…” Viper started, but Crispy interrupted.

“I thought you were busy with me, Viper,” Crispy said.

Maya raised her brow.

“I see. I’ll just go to my room. You can stay with her instead.”

Viper’s face darkened as Maya walked away.

“What the fûcking stunt did you pull just now?” he asked Crispy, his voice low and menacing.

“You were about to ask her if you could accompany her to her room. What for?” Crispy asked, her eyes narrowed.

“And how’s that your blôody business?” Viper shot back.

“You want the Don to ki|| you?” Crispy asked.

“Who cares? As long as I stay here, just don’t interfere in my fûcking business,” Viper whispered, his eyes blazing with anger. He stormed off, leaving Crispy standing alone.

As soon as he was gone, Maya reappeared and walked up to Crispy.

“Thanks for saving me back there,” Maya said.

“But you could have just refused him when he wanted to ask,” Crispy said, her brow raised.

“Maybe another time,” Maya replied.

“Wh@ťěver,” Crispy said, rolling her eyes. She walked away, leaving Maya to her thoughts.

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PUSSYCAT SUITE*

Pussycat was about to chew her gum when someone entered and grabbed it from her.

“What?” She muttered and turned to see Rocco, grinning mischievously.

“You know I don’t joke with that.” Pussycat said, though Rocco sat on her bed and threw the gum into his mouth, starting to chew it.

“It isn’t fair.” Pussycat said and pounced on him.

“I don’t care if it’s inside your mouth, I want my freaking gum back. Can’t believe it’s what I got left.” Pussycat said.

“Ah.” Rocco opened his mouth.

“Kiss me to take it back.” Rocco said.

“You think I can’t do that?” She asked, and without waiting for his response, she kissed him, and Rocco’s eyes widened.

He thought she didn’t mean it, but how her lips were moving on his were driving him insane.

Pussycat was really happy because she had been wanting to taste his mouth.

And it felt nice.

Rocco didn’t want to reciprocate, but the moment she bit his lips and drove her tongue into his, he lost his senses.

FÛCK!!!!

He grabbed her waist and began responding to the kiss, kissing her so hard.

Pussycat finally slurped the gum into her mouth and, as much as she didn’t want to break the kiss, she did, and they both stared at each other.

“Yes… I won.” She said, starting to chew on her gum as she stood up away from him.

Rocco just stared at her,in awe.

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GYM*

Max and Drake were busy doing push-ups. It was only Hotdogg who was lifting weights.

Jerry was punching the punching bag, and sweat dripped out of him.

Spider and Speedy suddenly entered, but Spider went to give Jerry some water and used the towel to clean his sweat.

“Stop, you shouldn’t be doing this,” Jerry groaned.

“Why, you’re my bestie,” Spider said.

She didn’t know that Hotdogg was watching them.

“But still…” he mumbled, but she rolled her eyes.

“I can’t touch you again? Why?” She spoke.

“Hotdogg is watching, so you have to leave.” He said and kept punching the bag.

“$h|t.” Spider dropped the towel and walked up to him.

“Hey!!” She called, but no response.

“I brought yours too,” she said, but he flung the towel away from her.

“But that doesn’t change the fact that you went to him first,” Hotdogg said and dropped the weight before he began to leave the gym.

“Are you annoyed? Fine, I’m sorry,” Spider said, trailing him from behind.

Speedy walked to Max with a bright smile on her face.

“Get on,” Max said.

“I’m heavyweight, you know that,” Speedy said.

“It’s no problem,” he said, and she got on his back, and he started doing push-ups.

“Bruh, you can’t last to 20,you would faint,” Drake said.

“Should we bet?” Max asked, and Speedy chuckled.

“Sure,” he said, and he started doing push-ups.

“20.. 19.. 18.. 17.. 16.. 15..” Drake began counting down.

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MAYA ROOM*

Skylar entered the room, determined to search for something. She had seen Maya leave for Antonio’s suite and took the opportunity to snoop around.

Today was the day she would expose Maya’s game. She searched under the bed, then the bedstand, but found nothing.

Frustrated, she moved on to the vanity table, then the bag, and finally the drawer, but still, nothing.

“Where is that thing?” she muttered to herself, running her hand through her hair.

“It has to be here somewhere.”

Just then, she spotted a wardrobe and began searching through the clothes.

She pushed the wardrobe, something fell out. Vinegar walked in just as Skylar was about to find what she was looking for.

“What are you doing in Maya’s room?” Vinegar asked, surprised. Skylar shrugged.

“Mind your own business.” Skylar replied.

“You’re trespassing on her property, and you want me to mind my business? Maybe I should remind you that her business is also my business.”

Skylar hissed and walked out. Vinegar turned to look at her, wondering what Skylar was searching for.

She walked to the wardrobe and found a cop badge with the name

“Maya A. Ramos ACP” on it. Her eyes widened in shock, and her knees weakened, causing her to fall to the floor.

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