Chapter 24

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Adeline Santiago's POV

Circling his arm around my waist, Matéo leads me back to the main part of the tavern to introduce me to everyone.

They all chat excitedly but stop as Matéo clears his throat.

"Guys, this is my wife, Adeline, and the newest member of the Golden Phoenix!" He announced and they all cheer.

After a few seconds, the noise dims down and Matéo speaks again.

"Introduce yourselves and what your role is, one by one" he says, and they stand in a semi-circle.

He turns to me.

"I'm gonna leave you here with them for a while so you guys can talk" he says.

"I trust them with my life" he finishes.

He gives me a quick kiss on the lips, resulting in whoops, cheers and catcalls coming from the group.

He clears his throat as his face reddens and walks, out with Joshua, his cousin, who gives me a quick wave and leaves.

The introductions start from the left.

A boy with fair skin, green eyes, golden rimed glasses and a Fresh Prince of bel air looking jacket, starts to speak.

"I'm Trey, I'm 21 and I'm in charge of everything electronic in this place, from hacking and computing, to making sure that everything in the systems work" he states.

I nod. "Good to meet you Trey" I say. My voice is small and shy, making him grin wider.

The next person speaks. Her hair is dyed a pretty blonde colour and cut into a pixie do. She has cute little freckles splattered along her face and a couple of piercings in her ears.

"How you doing, my name is Ayesha, I'm 20 and I'm the nerd's girlfriend" she says, making me giggle at the scowl that formed on Trey's face at the word nerd.

"I'm your girl for the getaway car rides and I specialise in combat on foot" she says with a shrug.

I nod.

I could get used to her.

The next person speaks.

Her jet black hair is cut to her jawline and is tumbled about on her small face.

Her clothes are slightly oversized, but she rocks it anyway. Her eyes are a dark colour of blue, making her look innocent, but mysterious.

"I'm Abbey, I'm 18 and my job is to make sure that no information or intel is leaked. I'm a spy" she says simply.

Her accent seems foreign. Scottish, maybe.

The next person continues.

He has slanted brown eyes with cappuccino coloured skin and a bullring nose piercing and one of his ears are pierced.

His head is shaved, he wears all black and he looks directly into my eyes before talking.

"I am Niko. I am 25 years old and I am in charge of making sure that the ammunition, guns, knives grenades, traps and all are all set and ready before every mission" he says.

I nod.

The next to speak is a girl with quite big hair and very dark skin.

She also has a bullring nose piercing and I can see a couple of tattoos, snaking up her arm.

She is the girl that took me to the kitchen to get all patched up.
She wears a dress-top that is fitted against her body but not too tightly.

"You already know me, I'm Tatyana, aged 21 and I patch up these guys, when they get shot, stabbed or break something, so that they stupid asses don't get questions from the cops. I'm a doctor" she says.

She nods at Niko.

"That's my step brother, and he's not such an asshole, once you get to know him" she says with a grin and he responds by glaring at her coldly.

I laugh, but then reign it in when I see the look on his face.

"I'll keep that in mind" I say.

The next person to speak is a girl.
She has long black curly hair and wears a khaki-green jumper, highlighting her medium skin tone.

"My name is Jenelle, I'm 26 and I help Niko out with the knives and stuff. You know, I was hoping the boss would go for a sister and it's so good to finally meet you!" She says excitedly.

I laugh.

"Thank you, so much" I say to her.

"No problem girl" she says, flashing me a grin.

The next person, is a boy.

He is the one who answered the door, when I got here with Riccardo.

Both of his eyes are studded with black diamonds and he is the tallest one here.

His white t-shirt clings to him a little and he has a default smirk on his face.

"My name is Sebastian, I am 27 years old and I specialise in security and interrogations" he says.

"But I guess you gone have to start doing that too huh?" He says, and the whole room erupts with laughter.

The next person speaks up. She has long wavy brown hair and a kind face, her lips stretched into a genuine smile.

"I'm Tia and I'm 19. I'm part of the spy team along with Abbey" she says.

Her voice is so soft and gentle.

The next person talks.

"What's good, my name is Nya.  I'm 22 and in charge of finance. I control what money goes in and out of here and where is comes from and whether it is real or not" she states.

"It's great to meet you all and I hope that we all get on" I say.

They are all done introducing themselves and we go to the bar in the corner and the questions start.

All of the guys have gone off somewhere, not wanting to find out anything awkward and I'm left with the girls to talk.

"Where did you learn to fight like that?" Jenelle asks.

I shrug, contemplating on wether to tell them about the fact that my father is the leader of their former enemy.

Nah...

"I took classes, when I was younger" I respond, giving her part of the truth.

I did take lessons in fighting when I was younger.

But it was standard practice in order to survive.

"How did you meet Matéo?" Tia asks.

She has a wide grin on her face and I see that all of the girls are looking at me expectantly.

My face heats up and I sigh, searching my brain for a response.

"Our parents are good friends, so everyone saw it coming" I half lie.

I definitely did not see that coming!

They all sigh, making me giggle.

We chat some more and they ask me more questions.

After a few minutes, all of their eyes suddenly turn to look at something.

"Well, what do we have here?" A voice asks.

I turn around to see what the looks are all about.

My eyes widen.

What the fuck?

He smirks down at me before he speaks again.

"What is it Adeline? Not happy to see your own big brother again?" He asks.

"Jerome..." I choke

"What the fuck?".

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