9. Offer accepted

Three days later Adrian found himself in Angela's office waiting to accept her offer. Angela sat behind her desk watching him look around her office taking it in. He chose a seat that gave him a view of the entire room. He looked relaxed but his posture showed he was ready to react in case of anything. "How will you help me?" Adrian asked watching her.

"Do you know the worst thing that can happen to a politician?" Angela asked him sitting back in her chair. He figured it was a rhetorical question so he waited for her to tell him. "The death of his political career and then followed by his money and finally his freedom."

"He has to be tried and convicted of murder," he said softly, "Not charges of corruption or drafting but murder."

"For that we will have to find out where she was killed and why she was killed. We need to know everything that led her to her death." She watched the man an amused expression on her face. Just by looking into her eyes she could deduce Rao won't have the opportunity to see a court room. Here before her sat his judge, jury and executioner. Oh yes, she had heard about Adrian Maliekhe's reputation as the dragon family's heir. It was quite different from his reputation in the military. As the heir to a crime family he was cold and ruthless, he showed the world a pleasant face but everyone who met him described him differently. It was as if he camouflaged according to a person or situation. By the description you will be pardoned to speculate he had a personality disorder, or he was simply a sociopath. At that moment looking into those cold lifeless eyes a thought occurred to her, "I wonder," she whispered softly to herself.

"When do I begin," he said finally after a few seconds of contemplation.

"All the men working for my security firm have earned my trust. Trust is a fragile thing Adrian just like glass if broken it cannot be fixed. Yes, you can try to tape it together or glue it back together but you will still be able to see the crevices. You must earn my trust before I show you a world without limits. You will be assigned a job. This job is very secret and particularly important only four people in this building know of it. Let us see how much I can trust you. Deal?" she asked him.

He looked into her eyes for a few seconds before he nodded, "Deal," he said. He did not care about her secrets all he wanted, all he needed was access to Serro.

"Welcome to Blackrose incorporated. Sang' will show you around and settle you in at the security firm. The bodyguards are divided into teams according to their abilities. You will join the A team which is the highest, most skilled and receive most of the dangerous jobs our clients wish done. The A team is also my personal security and deal with most of my problems," Angela said. "After your orientation Stacey my personal assistant will fill you in on your latest job." The door to the office opened and a man stepped into the room followed by a woman who walked immediately to Angela.

"We have an emergency," Stacey said and Angela turned to look at her a frown on her face. "It is your husband."

Angela's eyes went cold, "Sang' show Adrian around the office and enlighten him on the rules that need to be followed," she said still looking at Stacey and Adrian realised that was his cue to leave the office.