Epilogue

Ashton

ONE MONTH LATER...

I feel like I'm a different man now. Luciano had been training me for months now, I've been having a rough month with the endless sparring that Luciano force me to do. Luciano also thought me how to use different kinds of guns even though sometimes my hand is trembling whenever I hold the gun.

I didn't even realize that there's so much that has changed in me in just a month and I have to admit it or not, every passing day, my desire for revenge intensifies.

I don’t know why Luciano is doing this for me, I don’t know why he teaches me to be good at everything if he knows in the end that there is a possibility that I will get my revenge on him. I still can't forget the exact words that I said to Luciano in front of the mirror, that after I'm done with my revenge on Zie, his assassins will be next and then him. Luciano's assassins didn't do anything, I never think that any one of them wronged me but then if I succeed in assassinating their boss, I am sure that there is at least one if not all of them who will try to get even with me. And I don't want that to happen, so I will include them all in the list of people that I need to take down.

Until now, I still could not believe how much I've changed, it was as if all the anger and hatred that I had been trying to hide for months exploded and I never noticed that it slowly changes me. Now I have no other feelings but anger and sadness that according to Luciano is a very good thing if I want to go on with my revenge.

I know that compared to Luciano and his men who are usually assassins, I am still considered a newbie. And if there is one thing that I learned from all the training I went through with Luciano, Vin, Pang, Brando, Ron, and Klen? That is, I should always use my brain and nothing else.

I don't know yet how I will carry out my plan, but there's no need to rush, I got plenty of time.

"Are you ready, babe?" Luciano asked when he came out of the bathroom, only a thin towel covered his naked body.

"If you tell me where we are going then maybe I'll get ready," I replied to Luciano and looked at myself in the mirror.

I could barely recognize myself as I looked at my reflection in the mirror. I was no longer a twink, in just a month I gained muscles in my body and my height also increased by a few inches. My eyes dimmed a bit because I only slept for about three to four hours a day.

"We're going out for your first kill," Luciano said which caused me to stop looking at myself in the mirror and looked at Luciano with a furrowed brows.

"My first kill? But I've killed already and if my memory serves me right, I didn't do it just once, twice, not even thrice. I lost count for goddamn sake." I responded to Luciano and walked towards the bed and sat there while Luciano removed the towel covering his nakedness as he walked towards the closet to get dressed.

"Don't be so proud, babe, you've killed animals. This time it's different, you're going to kill someone with the same feature as us." Luciano said while wearing his black slacks and his corporate suit.

I was suddenly taken aback by what he said. I can feel my heart beating faster. With each passing day, not a day goes by that I do not ask myself if I am capable of killing someone, and if I am ready to kill someone. I still remember the first time Luciano ordered me to kill, it was a cat and it was so traumatic but I got over it with Luciano mind fucking me for days.

Luciano fucking order me to shot the cat nine times until the cat wasn't breathing anymore. For several nights I could not sleep thinking of the innocent cat I had mercilessly shot. After the cat, Luciano wants me to shot the dog, then the chicken, then the pig, and I can't remember anymore what else Luciano asked me to do.

This time is different though.

"If you are still not ready for this, you can just tell me you know? I don't want you to have episodes of anxiety and panic attack, I might end up shooting you." Luciano said but I shook my head firmly.

"I'm ready." I sparingly reply to Luciano even though I don't know if I'm ready for this kind of stuff. But then come to think of it, if I don't do it now, then when?

"That's the spirit, babe," Luciano said with a smile and somehow it relieved the fear that I felt when I saw Luciano's smile as if he was proud of me. After Luciano put on his necktie he walked over to me and sat down next to me.

"Who am I going to kill now? Is it someone who wronged you?" I asked Luciano, I want to ask him what kind of person I am going to kill today. I was hoping he would tell me that I will be killing a drug dealer or anyone with an illegal track record, this way my conscience would not swallow me up by killing a person.

I want a solid alibi why I'm killing this person.

"Sorry to burst your bubble, babe, but this one is innocent." Luciano's replied causing my heart to stop beating for seconds as if my strength had receded when I heard what he said.

"I'm just joking, get a grip, babe," Luciano said again and laughed. I closed my eyes and took a deep breath to calm myself.

"Come on, you can do this, babe. You've been training for a month. Usually, my men only trained for one day and they became serial assassins." Luciano said and he cupped my jaw, I swallowed my saliva when our eyes met, our lips were only a few inches away.

"You can do this, babe," Luciano said and what happened next went smoothly, Luciano pressed a passionate kiss on my lips to which I immediately responded.

After a few minutes, the doorbell rang causing Luciano to stop kissing me.

"I'll open it," I spoke to Luciano and he just nodded in agreement.

When I opened the door, a man wearing an army uniform appeared in front of me, just like Luciano, he also had a muscular body but it was not his muscular body that caught my attention but the bag that he was carrying and I was not too innocent for not guessing what's inside that bag.

"You must be, Ashton?" The man in uniform asked and I could not help but sigh when I heard the tone of his voice that was too deep.

"Yeah that's me and you are?" I asked him and raised an eyebrow at him.

"Mathews." He replied smirking and he suddenly gave me the bag he was carrying which I immediately accepted.

"Everything you need is already inside. I need to go, it's nice to finally meet you, Ashton." Mathews said and turned his back on me, I just stared at him as he walked down the hallway of the hotel where we are staying now.

"We need to go, babe. Give me the bag." Luciano said suddenly and before I could respond he quickly grabbed the bag I was holding. Luciano came out of the room first so I could do nothing but follow him even though I haven't changed my dress yet. When we left the hotel, a black car is already waiting for us outside, Luciano opened the car door and let me in first.

"So where are we going?" I asked Luciano as he closed the door but instead of answering my question he just opened the bag he was carrying and there I saw various types of guns.

"This is what you are going to use," Luciano said and took a rifle that I was not very familiar with because it was not the typical rifle that Luciano used to hand me in our training.

"I don't think I've used this before," I replied to Luciano, if I am going to kill someone today, maybe I should use a gun that I am familiar with and I know how to use, I do not want to create a commotion in case I use a gun that I am not familiar with and do things that are not in the plan. Like shooting someone I shouldn't shoot. Especially now that I have a feeling that the target that Luciano wants me to kill is in a crowded place.

"This is just like the other rifle you used before, the only difference is this one doesn't create a loud sound when you pulled the trigger," Luciano replied and even though I was still a little unsure of the gun he wanted me to use, I could do nothing but nod softly.

I took the rifle from him and checked it carefully, I was checking if it was just like any other rifle I had ever used.

"Are we there yet?" I asked Luciano.

"Almost there." He responded and a few minutes later our car stopped in a parking lot. Luciano quickly opened the door and went out first, I immediately followed him as I carried the rifle.

"Come on, we don't want to be late, let's get this over before our target leaves the place," Luciano said and motion to me to walk faster. I don't what's this place is but I know that we're heading now to the rooftop, where I can freely see my target and the people around the target.

When we got to the rooftop, Luciano looked down as if looking for something, he was probably trying to find the target. After a while, Luciano looked at me as if he was reading what was on my mind right now.

"What?" I asked him and raised an eyebrow at him.

"Should I be glad that you're not trembling, sweating, and having a panic attack right now? You're about to kill someone in a few minutes, you're about to kill a man, Ashton." Luciano said but I just smiled sweetly at him.

"I already mastered the art of faking, Luciano," I responded to him and walked to the edge of the rooftop, I positioned my rifle in a place where I am invisible to the people below.

"So who's the target?" I asked Luciano, I heard his footsteps walking near me.

"I'm impressed, this is not the reaction I expect to get from you," Luciano said, I don't know why he's trying to tell me that I shouldn't react this way.

"So who and where is the target?" I asked Luciano instead of answering him.

"Look at the rear sight of the rifle, inside the cafeteria, table number four, two men are sitting at that table, I want you to shoot the one in the left side," Luciano said so I immediately knelt on the floor and closed my eye and looked at the rear sight of the rifle, I followed the direction Luciano told me.

Table four, with two men sitting while drinking coffee. I raised the rear sight to look at the faces of those men but I was immediately stunned when I saw their faces.

Their faces are very familiar to me. I immediately backed away and just sat on the floor.

"Well, this is the reaction I've been waiting for," Luciano said smiling and I just looked at him with deadly glares.

"It was Zie and Nick, they were having coffee," I said to Luciano.

"Yeah! I can see that, they seem to have so much fun while talking, I didn't know that you have a twin brother." Luciano replied and I just shook my head for an inexplicable reason when I heard what Luciano said.

"So you're not gonna do it?" Luciano asked with disappointment visible in his voice.

Everything went black.

I suddenly stood up and took the rifle and aimed it in the target's direction. There he is, smiling as he and Nick talk like they were a lover. I grabbed the trigger of the rifle and took a deep breath.

One.

Two.

Three.

Then boom, not even any noise was heard around. The cafeteria was in turmoil when Zie's body suddenly hit the floor. I could see the intense fear and shock on Nick's face when he saw Zie's body fell on the floor.

"Still have doubts?" I asked Luciano with a smile and lowered the rifle he was holding.

"No, but you shot him on the leg, which I think you did on purpose," Luciano replied and we started walking downstairs.

"Don't you think it's too easy if we just kill him instantly? This is not the revenge I'm planning, it's more than this." I replied to Luciano and smiled sweetly at him.