ONE

Venice threw the Swiss knife she was holding at the target board. That landed in the middle of the round dot color. She took another swiss knife at the table near her where the three more swiss knives were placed. As before that hit the middle of another target board One meter away from each panel, she followed the three more that hit the middle of the three target boards that were left, which was ten meters away from where she was standing.

"Very impressive, eh!" Venice immediately turned to the woman speaking behind her, and she didn"t expect her to be here right away.

The woman was folding her arms, and a smile was plastered on her face. "Why are you here, Airiz?" Venice asked her as she stepped closer to the edge of the table.

Airiz came over and stopped next to Venice. It seems Airiz was not in the mood. "I should be asking why are you here? You suddenly missed your class earlier? Problem?" Airiz's eyes were set on the target boards.

Airiz Encinas is two inches taller than Venice, her long red hair wavy, her nose long and thin curved with a lovely sculpture including her dark red eyebrows. She has an oval face, thin red lips, and porcelain white skin: a slim body figure and two piercing dark red eyes.

Venice sat down at the table and took the phone out of her crisp jeans pocket. "There's a reason why I was absent, Airiz. Because of this," she said and showed Airiz the picture.

She was staring at what Venice showed her. Her eyebrows furrowed. The question cannot be removed from those faces she had. "Who's that?" Airiz's questioning eyes stared at Venice, confused about who and what"s the picture for.

"Have you heard about the name, Tri-Avo? Aces?" at what Venice said, shock registered on Airiz's face. Airiz knew him very well because that group was well-known, especially Aces.

"Yes, don't tell me this guy is Aces?" Airiz said in her tone of disbelieve.

She looked again at the picture of a man smiling with a man with his back turned. He looked at the man's outfit, a dark coat and tie, buzz cut, athletic lean body type, broad shoulder with his deep raven dark eyes, long nose, tan skin, and a head-turner face. How can you imagine that the man in the picture is one of Osetra Underworld"s wanted lists? The same criminals chased criminals. The last thought shook Venice.

"Real name, Ivan Dutch Demonie," Venice casually added.

"Don't tell me; this is our new request?" Airiz waved at Venice, and there was an unexpected expression.

Venice gave Airiz her wicked smile. "You got it, but—"

"Uhuh! Why did you accept this request? Ven, we don't accept requests to the Osetra Underworld? You know why..." Airiz widens her eyes at Venice, and her face turns serious, and she will not accept the request if it is related to that organization. It"s no way! That's Airiz. So she understood Airiz.

Venice stood up from the seat with her serious face when she met Airiz's gaze. That stares she used to Venice when she's annoyed.

"The Emerald Empress gave us this request. She was the reason why I missed class. We talked about the request she gave. She wants us to get Ivan before the Osetra Underworld's Assasin get and kill him after," Venice explanation. She was not taking her eyes off Airiz.

Venice doesn"t want to accept the empress"s request if she does not pray to her. It doesn"t seem like, please talk about what she did to her because she gave Venice something she can"t refuse. It's between life and death how she hated that empress much. Why influential people do what they want to do, go them to hell! She secretly clenched her palms and sighed then smiled at Airiz.

Venice knows they would understand it...

Airiz averted her eyes from Venice knowing she didn"t want to see the anger in her eyes. Angry at what they do to them. What they think of the Rogues Society to them? One of the hired servants to do the things they want! Venice have long been obsessed with them and she know that they were only used by the organization that includes their group called Rose Sisters.

What else can they do? If that wasVenice'se decision, Airiz could do nothing more. If Porphyra was here, she would do the same.

"Okay," Airiz said helplessly, looking at Venice.

Venice put the phone back in her jeans pocket and adjusted the crunchy in her dark blue hair over shoulder length. "Come on, and we'll talk to Audrei about the new request."

Venice walked out the door of the training gym first. The gym is spacious and all the training equipment is there. She saw in the large mirror on the right side of the gym Airiz with her poker face following her, hearing Airiz frustrated sigh and she could not hide from Venice her dislike for the request they received. And again Venice clenched her fist of the reason why she can't say no.

'Just say yes to it, Flavus if you don't want Erythrose brother in danger not unless if you want it,' and a devilish grin came out in the empress face.

"WHAT ?! Why did you do this to us, Ven? Why did you betray us. Why?" dramatically Audrei—Audrei Janelle Daziel said to Venice who was sitting with two feet resting on the centered table while chewing bubble gum in her mouth.

Venice can feel Audrei"s disgust at what she found out. Well, they can't do anything else, Venice have accepted it.

Airiz gave a loud smack on Audrei's head. Airiz hates Audrei"s drama. Whether it can be called Audrie being overreacting or is it just her drama. So often they quarrel which Venice resent because for them acting immature, little things are too big a deal. Oops!

"Why did you do that to me, Airiz. Do you want a fight from me? You thought it does not hurt, what if I do it toyou?" Audrei annoyance to Airiz.

Airiz just stared at her and threw a white folder at Audrei when she sat on the other couch in front of Venice.

"What is this?" Audrei asked Airiz and Venice. Her forehead furrowed.

"Why not open it and you'll know what it is?"Airiz lazily remarked, like Audrie, she was also holding a white folder.

They were in the basement of the Sisters Secret Club that they owned. Lots of people upstairs. Drinking, dancing, unwinding and getting drunk. A club only for those rich one or those person who can afford luxurious club like that. Because their customers were rich, their club earns a lot.

Audrei moved quickly to sit next to Airiz. Then she opened the white folder and glanced at the picture of a man before moving to another page.

"Ivan Dutch Demonie one of the well-known bachelor businessman in the Philippines. The youngest and the most prominent one in the term of business succession. He own the Herlix Empire Company who export and import poultry meat, pineapples and canned goods worldwide. He also had other business in some part of the world one of this business hit his big name is the Isla Conora beach resort not including the Conora hotels and Condominium," Audrei read aloud without taking her eyes off the page.

Venice leaned back in the seat. Tired, she want to sleep straight now and she looked at the folder she was also holding. There was written information about Aces or Ivan.

He was the first son of Gregory Demonie one of the well-known pioneer in the name of oncologist. The son of the actress Hera Marie Demonie. Having two siblings, Ishara Demonie and Besmo Demonie.

Name: Ivan Dutch Demonie

Age: 26 years old

Height: 5'8

Graduated: Xavier University

Course: Engineer

Status: Single

Other background

One of the Tri-Avo the highly dangerous gangster in Osetra Underworld. He uses the name Aces. Good in guns and swords. One of the best hacker in Osetra.