Chapter 21

Damanico's POV

I heard someone knock shyly and I got out of bed and went to the door. I opened it and Royalty was there. I looked at her and smiled and I spotted the pie in her hand.

"Did I wake you up?" she asked

"No." I responded "You made that for me?"

"I had made limone pie so I thought I'll bring you the last slice." she shyly answered looking away a little "I hope it tastes good."

"I'm honored to have the last piece." I laughed "Come in."

She walked in shyly and I closed the door. Good thing I had cleaned my room early this morning. I sat down on the bed and motioned her over. She sat down and I took the cake from her and took off a chunk with the fork. I tasted it.

Shit! That thing was good!

"Delizioso!" I exclaimed "How old are you?"

"Sixteen." she answered

"Darn girl, you bake like a pro for sixteen!" I said

She smiled.

"Really?" she asked me excitedly

"Yeah." I replied

"How old are you?" she asked me as I ate the last piece of pie

"Eighteen." I answered

"I thought you were at least twenty." she said "You have to work now, right? I'll leave you to get dressed and ready. I'll see you later. Bye-bye."

She ran out and I smiled as she closed the door. She's really cute and something is attracting me to her.

Rpyalty's POV

I can't believe I just visited Damanico in his room.

I wanted to jump around she scream like mad. I was looking forward to seeing him later. I went back downstairs and hopped excitedly into the kitchen. The boys were still frowning over papers. I put the plate into the sink and crept up behind Xavier and poked him in the ribs and he jumped violently.

"Royalty what the heck?" he asked me

"I came in here like the loudest hurricane ever and you didn't hear me?" I added a little sass "Are you deaf or are you frowning over work so much that it's making you deaf?"

"Bitch why you being such a bitch?" he asked me

"Ass why you being such an asshole?" I shot back

He laughed and I smiled. The others looked at us confused.

"I like pussy so the opposite would be ass." he answered my rhetorical question "You?"

I shook my head.

"The opposite of diva to me is bitch and I'm not a diva." I said trying to make sense out of shit "Anything else your honor?"

"Yeah." he responded with one dirty smirk and I felt a little uneasy

"W-what?" I asked a little frightened

"Sleep with me tonight babes." he said biting him lip and making the sledgehammer act up down south

"XAVIER!" Crissy yelled at him and slapped him at the back of his head

"She asked if there was anything else so I told her." Xavier said rubbing his head where Crissy slapped him

"Geez Xav." Crissy groaned "She's an innocent girl! Leave her alone!"

I laughed.

"I'm just kidding Royalty." he joked "Geo when you go into the lounge tell Tara I want her tonight."

Why was Xavier being so easy on me and saying I'm so innocent? Did he see me a little less than the other girls? Why am I worrying about such things?

I pushed the thought out of my head and he looked at me.

"You alright?" he asked me

"Yeah I'm fine." I replied instantly

Xavier's POV

She answered quickly and I sensed something was wrong but what? I nodded at her and focused my attention back to the paper in front of me. Royalty looked over my shoulder.

"Is that what you're all frowning over?" she asked

"Yep." Geo answered popping the 'p' "We can't figure the code. This paper was delivered in the mail and I believe it is a message from the Russian but we can't figure it out."

"Are they enemies?" Royalty asked

"No they're allies." Cristiano responded "We're really close and help each other out."

"From the looks of it they're in trouble and send us a warning message but in codes." I frowned "We've been up all morning trying to figure it out but we can't."

"That's because you're sillies." Royalty laughed

We looked at her confused.

"Punish me after Xav." she said picking up a pencil and looking at the paper in Russian in front of me "There's a pattern which I read about in a book a long time ago. It's really ancient and I believe the Russian have used this method in sending this letter to you. It looks like nonsense but the words are hidden inside it. Look here. Cross out the first two, skip five then cross one."

I looked down at the paper in amazement. In the first bundle of letter a word came out clear. 'Shvedskiy'.

No way! Royalty's a genius.

"Shvedskiy?" Jianan asked thinking hard "Normally they write in Italian."

"Something must be happening so they had to write in their own language." Cristiano said "What the heck does 'Shvedskiy' mean?"

"Swedish." I answered "It mean Swedish. I was thought Russian when I was seven remember. To be a mafia boss you've got to know the languages of your allies. The first word is Swedish. Royalty keep going."

Royalty continued until we had this remaining: 'Shvedskiy oni do dobra ne.' I translated it.

"It says 'The Swedish are up to no good.'" I translated then looked confused but I was stopped when Damanico rushed in

"Maestro Xavier." Damanico said out of breath "Money went missing from the safe in the club downtown. Several of the men down there reported that money went missing without a trace. The alarms didn't go off and when they checked the security cameras they had been cut off."

"WHAT!" I yelled slamming my hand down on the table making everything bounce up then fall back down "How much?"

"At least $200,000 went missing." Damien replied

"No trace?" I yelled

"None Sir." Damien answered back

My mind flashed back to the message. 'The Swedish are up to no good'. I clenched my fist in anger and my jaw tensed.Rei put her arm on my back and I felt myself calm a little.

"D. leave!" I said and he left instantly

Cristiano looked at me worried

"What now?" he asked