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Chapter 173 - Chapter 172 Crescendo

"You thought she would be more clever with this" Ally sighed looking over the table seeing the map covered in red dots, live news broadcasting from the table, the worried voices seem to mock her as she scans the table, 

"She is. Just want them to think she has nothing planed when she plots there next move" 

Ally glanced at Damien cleaning his gun, a small pistol she remembered so vividly, its black mostly with red metallic swirling around his last name, she turned away from him spouting out. 

"Why are you cleaning it here?" 

"Because I can and I'm needed here with you" 

Damien glanced up at her cleaning out the magazine, his red eyes shined in the light from the table, a subtle smirk on his lips witnessing the small pink on her face, the eyes that flickered back to him, how her hand has a slight tremble when she put on a live broadcast, 

"Makes you flustered Ally?" 

When that question enters her ears she peered at him her head titled, her glistening blue hues looking into his, flustered, his smirk grew and Ally scoffed at him, 

"Im not flustered. I'm just trying to concentrate on what Salvatore want for data" Ally let out, 

Damien hummed setting his gun down on the map, his eyes drift along it the map, the red dots mocked him showing the depravity caused by them, angels Muppets controlling there host like parasites, filling them with there own strength pulling the city with them, Damien took his eyes off the map onto something better. Ally was watching him a soft glare sent his way,

"I see your point and defection and raise that your flattered" Damien uttered whipping his barrel admiring the red metallic curls, Ally's glare sharpened her nails digged into her arms, 

"Im not flattered by you cleaning your gun, im not even thinking about 8it" Ally said her gaze moved away, to the map, trying to not stare into his crimson hues. Damien raised a brow watching her, he smirked, placing his gun back down, leaning closer to Ally. Hand under his chin, 

"You mean the gun you gave me?" 

Ally blushed slightly her gaze met his, a flustered glare with a soft smile appearing, Damien smirk grew into a grin, hearing Ally sweet voice clear the air,

"I did you bloody jerk" 

"For our first date even you gave it to me..stutter and blushing like a woman shot with an arrow," 

"No..no I didnt" 

"Im was there too I remember the slight blush on your face and the gleam in your eyes it was adorable" 

Damien assured his hand away from under his chin held her arm, he noticed her nails digging into her skin. He traced her knuckles a small click from his tongue made her peer at him. 

"You're doing it again, hurting yourself to forget the feeling," Damien tried to say but Ally interrupted cautiously. My voice tightened. Sounded like it took everything out of her not to say it but failed so, 

"What a feeling. What are you implying to me?" 

"Love…Ally, care you should know that feeling with out stabbing yourself by your finger nails" 

Damien's voice carried to her and she froze, feeling his lips on her wrist. She looked down at him keeping a straight unbothered stare, Damien stared up at her stern soft, with a smirk that didn't leave yet but filtered, loving. 

"Dont you hurt yourself now Ally. Not for this. Not for me flirting with you"

They stared at each other, one not moving over the other, when Ally lean down her nose touched his, her eyes soften staring into the abyss of crimson, his sharp jaw that held a slight shadow from the illuminating map, his lips full soft with his cheeks having a delicate skin bit sharp bones, his shaggy black longer reached his eyes, 

"Are you done admiring me yet?" Damien inquired 

Ally blushed leaning away from him but before she could the brush of his lips on her nose, she snared, as she pushed his face away, 

"Your insufferable" Ally scoffed her eyes with a reverent glare, playful. Damien smiled under her hand, she can see the crinkles, under her hand, the grin that was a smirk showed, 

"I know that's why you felt this small push to me," 

Ally scoffed taking her hand away staring back at the map, the glow from the projection, a body looked over the end of the table Ally's eyes widen reached out to take Damien's gun but Damien was ahead of her taking the gun aiming at the person, they raised their hands there head tilted back. Showing the face of the person, they smiled bashfully at them reaching behind his neck scratching it, 

"Hold on there Damien I didn't think you would point you arms at me but this isn't the time for it,"

Damien moved his gun down his eyes a slits widen slightly when noticing who they are, 

"I would haven't been the first time I pointed a gun at you" Damien uttered placing his gun by his side the holster black leather and red swirled metallic, 

"Its not the first time.i caught you guys flirting hut dont see me spilling the tea to Jane..she would love to he a real this" 

Avalon said, walking to the table her gaze over the map, glowing from below her, making her silver eyes have a haunting glow over her silver eyes, making the color fule hue from Sandel. She placed her finger on a broadcast which showed the anchor the woman's eyes moving from side to side, reading the teleprompter. The volume was off, making Avalon read it while taking a glance at Ally and Damien. 

"I see you two are rather flirting than taking in the gang war happening before us, charming Damien. Smooth" Avalon teased 

"Well im not Jason Momoa that can make anyone purr, Ally's words, not mine" Damien added with a smug grin, his hand twitched over his pistol into his holster peering at the flustered woman he still held gently on her arm, Ally glared at him for a moment pulling out of his grasp when her gaze reverted to Avalon, examining her. Seeing she was shaking not one tight help tremble from that visit, Ally inspected Avalon's face seeing the bag under her eyes light bruised, her lip dried plump but it was bruised and bitten by worry, her eyes still glowed alive but her body her mind reflected what was happening inside. Ally paced around the table to Avalon leaning over the map reading the broadcast tuning the volume they heard the convoy and playful voice spilling from the projection. 

"In recent days the crime that has been recorded throughout the city has been rampant to crime sprees from the banks for money from the smaller individuals who only look for money and notoriety, the gangs around the city has taken a different approach, they have not been seen not the sides of the dove," 

The broadcast showed Thran and Chulian walking out of a hotel, one that was wealthy, their hands black leather covered in blood Tran glancing at the younger enforcer. Chulian peered at him with a slight grin a slight blood stain on his cheek, Avalon stared at it looking it over once, twice then thrice, they had a talk. Avalon glanced at Ally check the photo before it went away in spade for another, the younger men glowing eyes like there mother, ones gun covered in blood his gold eyes peering into the camera a glare that sent a shiver down the spins of ones looking at them, Avalon felt a brush of skin from her side, Damien beside her aw the small video caught in such a small time, he caught the other son that was to buy taking a small criminal down to see the journalist taking there video of them, until his turquoise hues saw the phone, saw them, the video cut off broken glass and a scream cut off. Dmaien grimed his hand touched the live stream it made it bigger as a television, the anchor appeared again a strained smile her hands shaking, 

"These two individuals are known as the light beside their own mother, grown under her control, Ui prowess is known to be her angelic hand to her right side, the light blond hair long enough to cover one of his eyes, the other is Ethn prowess sanding on her left is the devil's hand debts. Known to be more brutal he has turquoise eyes, brown hair that's shaved curling on top of his head, if you see these men inform the police immediately and run, we will keep you informed on their developments." 

The woman finished placing the paper aside only for her assistant to walk to her desk, setting another. The three standing around the projection watched her, until it went to commercial. Dmaisn looked at Avalon eyes squinted his crimson eyes scanning her to see her inner thoughts, Domaine saw her eyes analyzing not what was placed before her eyes, but them the four they that held the side of power for the sets of dons they help, 

"You're thinking of what their intentions are? I can see it from the gleam in your eyes Avalon you're not good at hiding it," Damien averted. Hands on the table staring at her head turned to them his gaze flickering to Ally, they caught each other's gaze, worried stern and thoughtful, Ally gaze switched to Avalon then back at him, a sign telling him that she knew and they would watch over Avalon, had to think through this, they need a plan for this, they looked at Avalon seeing her with a barely noticeable, her eyes a a light squint and then shut, Avalon sighed her hand drifted over her forehead messaging it, 

"Damine, Ally you don't make it subtle," Avalon sighed leaning back her hand moved away from her head, her eyes open slightly, watching the live stream, intercepting the next news they will hear, 

"We see the plan forming in your head, Avalon, tell us what you're thinking then we will see if it's as foolish as the other times." Ally remarked with a frustrated recall that one incident that made not just her anger spike but Salvatore's. Damien saw Ally's face scrunch her eyes turned to slits, angry…frustrated. Damein smirked a bit, remembering that encounter, opening his mouth and uttering, 

"As foolish heading headfirst into a shoot out and going uninjured, only to burn their guns and cars apart," 

Ally turned her head to him like lightning her gaze swift harsh, Avalon only smirked her eyes peering over them, the cold gleam in her eyes as the next words came reverence out of her mouth, 

"That was once, and their faces were remarkable." 

Ally glared at her that could have made Avalon burst into flames, hearing Damien chuckle, shaking his head making the black shaggy hair cover his crimson eyes, as he glanced at Ally finding her glare waiting for him, he shrugged in response and said, 

"Avalons not wrong, they looked like Casper after she was finished, it took throwing them in the van easier." 

"Damien it made it worse on Salvatore and me to deal with the media angel they called her, still do, it's frustrating, then try dealing with the government officials after the last mayor left it has been nothing but a…"

Avalon heard Ally and Damien discussing the past hindrance she caused, her gaze went to the projection again, the news was on the anchor sitting still in her chair, her eyes shifting over the stacks of paper in her hands, her lips murmured the words until something informed her of the camera. Avalon watching her mile heard her fake joyful wore spoken through the projection, 

"Hello again, sorry for the interruption we had been struck with a special news alert from the last hour," 

Avalon heard Damien and Ally bickering, but her attention was on the anchor her face bland fake concern, her lips curved down she looked almost honest, to the blind maybe, 

"We have found that the side pieces of the spider has been seen," 

The projection showed the older woman Caille, her grew white hued blue hair dancing out behind her as her wild dark blues scanning over the police she just ended, cut through the stomach her lips a snare, a slight smirk but still a snare, her frost covered her long staff. Ice in appearance, but it looked like a bone fragment in it. Trophies from the sight of it, it opened in the video showing a blade made of pure dark sapphire images of bitter cold, death laid on the blade. Her hand sicken with age looked young again, the video zoomed out the video or in this case the picture of what occurred in it came clear to Avalon, Don pinned a man to the no walking sign his black mist covered the man pinned down seeping into his mouth eyes ears anywhere Don could get in, Don long white hair ghastly black eyes. He glared down at the man his lips moved asking for something Avalon couldn't hear over the screaming, that came from the police men Callie cut down, Don sent a glare at her and whispered to his rabbit, it nods then changed into some mist entering into the man's mouth, the man screamed his body convolding as Don asked again this time Avalon heard it, 

"The crescendo where is it placed,"

She heard Don hiss his hand tightened on the poor mans neck, until DOn was covered in mist hissing it once more the person holding the camera turned hearing a faint old cackle next to them before the video turned red and a lard thud the phone cracked from what Avalon saw, Ally and Damien went quite beside her, their attention stayed on the news that the projection light is over them blue, Avalon stared thoughtful at it hearing Ally said, 

"Crescendo? What the fuck does that mean for them to kill them that brutaly" 

"Sending a point maybe, but senseless, cruel, they wanted them to die this way, Avalon?" 

Damien asked while he and Ally observed Avalon taking the live broadcast and sent it to her office, her hand drifted onto the projection over the city, dazed staring at it when she looked at them, stare grave, knowing, 

"It's a crescendo of power…." 

Avalon moved her back towards the table, her expression cautious her voice caused a cold over the room, 

"Another meeting we have nothing on." 

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