Alpha Loren

When we got back to the house, we were greeted by a whole group of men that had been previously just lurking around the house, carrying big guns and keeping an eye out.

 Most of them were tattooed and rough looking, others were younger and clearly new but they all wore huge smiles and let out leary cheers as Andrea got out the car.

His lips curled into a smile, "La victoria es nuestra! The victory is ours!"

One man came up to Andrea and shook his hand, "Felicidades, Señor."

Andrea laughed and pulled him into a hug, "Ayy, gracias Paulo."

"Someone get the tequila," he ordered releasing the man from the hug.

There was another huge cheer and the men began heading up the steps to the house.

Andrea slapped his hand around my shoulder and kissed my cheek before we followed the men inside, "You like tequila, my love?"

I shrugged and he led me up into the house and then into the kitchen where shot glasses of tequila were already being poured.

Andrea picked two up and handed one to me and waited a few moments until each of his men had one in hand.

"To Caracas," Andrea announced holding his glass up.

"To Caracas," they responded and all drank.

I particularly feel like drinking to the deaths of a hundred people but not wanting to draw any attention to myself, I did. It was strong and burnt my throat but I forced myself to swallow it.

"You like it, Blanca?" Andrea asked. "Huh?"

He then reached forward and began pouring me another.

I

me," he said giving

it and knocked it back again but this time

then drifted down to everything the

back to work," he said to his men and they all picked up their

positions in various places in the garden or at the front of the house before

 "Vamos," he said taking my

it made my heart pound and my mind

with your men," I said.

me and pressed his lips forcefully on mine, "I wanna celebrate with

lurched forward and kissed my cheek, making me flinch before taking my hand again and

garden, a large gun in his hand. He turned briefly as we passed, looking from Andrea to my pleading face and I caught his eye for a millisecond before he turned back out to the garden. 

let out an exasperated sigh, my only shred of hope ripped away from me. I was on my own

he let go of my hand and I moved across away from him,

clunk of him putting his gun down and then he just lay on the bed on his back with his head resting on his hands. I tried to focus

a small beetle crawling across the

my ear, standing behind me and putting his hands on my shoulders and slowly running them down the side of

brushed along my back, sweeping my hair to the

get your zip," he said reaching for the back of my dress. 

sliding down and the fabric of the dress loosen its tight hold on my skin. Andrea slipped it off my shoulders and slipped his hand down the front of the

satisfaction of my movement or even the slightest sound so instead, I just fixated on the beetle,

won't be any interruptions this time," he

lips on my mark and I flinched. "Please, just not that spot," I

up into my eyes, kissed it one more time before he stopped and instead, reached for my dress and pulled it further

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tear ran down my cheek and dripped onto his hand which was on my