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Lily gulped, it's the 'devil'. She said in her mind with her hands still trembling.

Raven picked the phone from the girl's hand, turning it off, he said, "You don't want to do that. Now run along and forget everything that happened here, little girl." His voice low and chilly to the bone.

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Sunshine Meets Grumpy

He's a hitman, a hacker, a serpent slithering through the city's underbelly. Not a hero, not even close. The mafia's ghost in the machine, shadows his only companions.

Then, there's her. Bookish, buried in debt and dreams, juggling endless shifts and late-night study sessions. Sunflower yellow amidst the grimy alleys, oblivious to the danger lurking beneath her hopeful smile. "Plain," they call her, "basic." But her light, it's undeniable.

One fated night, a muttered curse, a stolen glance. Their worlds, oil and water, are destined to collide. Can sunshine melt the frost around a killer's heart? Or will their tangled destinies ignite a storm that consumes them both?

The Hitman’s Sunshine

[MUSIC RECOMMENDATION: MAGIKA ~ THOMAS BERGERSEN]

The blaring alarm turned the whole place noisy as its light turned red. The lighting effects were just too much for the eyes.

"Lily..." Maya called out, trying to squint her eyes to see if Lily was there and okay.

The man who was holding Maya dragged her by the hair and slapped her face.

Maya pushed the man's hand away, spitting on her face she ran towards where she had seen Lily.

Lily coughed, not letting go of the anklet she was holding. She raised her body to quickly chaining it to her leg.

"I'm sorry, Maya. I don't know if we can escape from here now," she said, turning to look at the two men who were now walking closer to them, holding Victor's hair before pushing him forward to them.

Maya and Lily rushed to the boy, holding his hand to make sure he was okay.

"You can't leave again; soon every guard would be here to take you away," the first man said.

THE ULTIMATUM