Chapter 2

Maze's car stopped just a few blocks away from Tristan's house. She'd be living there with him and trying to find a weak spot or something before she kills him. She stared at his photo again, drawing in a breath as she wondered what exactly caused the enmity between both brothers. "Excuse me miss, you must be Maze__"

"Maze Archibald, you do have a good eyesight cause__"

"Mr. Hanks makes sure the area is secured, we have a lot of CCTV cameras around this street, you never know when you'll be doomed by them." she chuckled, waved him off, and drove away.

"Scum bag!"

Getting out of the car, she looked at the electronic gate, tapping her chin lightly. "Who knows what we have in there," she whispered, knowing fully well she was being watched from inside.

She got back into her car and drove right through the gate since it opened on its own accord. Huge magnolia trees cascaded the driveway and several cars beautified the compound you'd think he ran a driving school or owned a company dealing with cars.

Two armed guys pinned her to the car the minute she stepped out, pointing a gun at her head. "Search her."

"Let her be, she's my bodyguard," Tristan said, smiling at them as she moved away from them. "You should inform them of every new arrival or better still your secretary should do the job." she spat vehemently, locking eyes with him.

"That should be my problem, not yours, besides I don't take advice from my employees, Mr Miller my security officer will show you to your bedroom and enlighten you on your duties, you do have good boobs," he commented before walking away.

"She chuckled, turning to look at the guys behind her. "Don't smile too much, he told the young chef in there the same thing." one of the guys said as she nodded.

"Don't think I'm interested in him, I know his type besides I'm into girls," she said lowly as they scrunched their noses. "Too bad, you've got a killer body, a banging ass."

"Terry, you're correct." the bigger guy said, looking at her curves. "Come on John, well what's the name?"

"Maze Archibald." she stretched her hands and smiled when she realized they were immortals. " This would be an interesting home, who knows if the cook also has supernatural powers." she thought, walking behind them into the house.

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"Try not to kill each other at the event this weekend, it's the annual dinner and you know it." Mrs Natasha Hanks, their father's wife said as Tommy scoffed. "Mother you know who to tell that to, it's not me," he replied, munching on the apple in his hands as Ryan walked in. He signaled for him to sit as he continued his conversation.

"How's he?" she finally asked because talking to Tristan is like talking to a brick wall. He never listened, always had a grumpy face, and never had a girlfriend.

"You can call him mother." she chuckled and sighed. "It's such a shame your father is a pervert, I thought marrying him would change the fact that he loved women a lot. You know when your mother died mysteriously, I wanted revenge, I sought after revenge but look I ended up sacrificing my happiness to take care of you both."

"Ahhh Mom, I love you for that, and trust me, Tristan is just a bullhead for ignoring you. He loves you," he said his goodbye and ended the call, blowing a kiss along with it.

"You're such a drama queen," Ryan muttered, scrunching his nose in disgust.

"It's not every day you have a caring mother like mine. So did she agree to it? To meet up?"

Ryan sighed, passing the files to him. "First of all, no, and second she'll be done with the job in two weeks," Ryan said as Tommy burst into laughter.

"Sounds like a line from a movie or something, Do you think Tristan is a toy? You don't think she can pull that off, do you?" he asked as Ryan nodded negatively.

"Just get compensation Lacy ready to be sent to J&J agency, they're about to lose a guard." Tommy shook his head, and Ryan just sighed.

"You keep on trying when he's not even threatened by you." Tommy saw red and in two strides, he had Ryan pinned to the wall, cracking his shoulder blades in the process.

"Do not and I repeat, do not put your filthy mouth in my business, I and Tristan are barely your problem so quit acting like you know us." he spat, flinging him across the room as Ryan came crashing on the ceramic table.

"Get lost." Ryan scurried out of the house, groaning in pain as Tommy picked up his phone.

"Get over here immediately." he flung the phone after talking as he began whisking off his tie.

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"Do you think she can pull this off? I just think her father hates her so much because of something, who knows." Kris said, rolling her eyes. "Hmmm, she signed her death sentence." Mr Felix said, wrapping his arms around Kris as she snuggled closer.

"What if Jordan walks in on us?" she asked and he chuckled. Jordan is Kris's boyfriend and partner but he was mostly away so she spent more time in the company of Mr Felix.

"You and I know he's miles away besides, we should have dinner together and maybe make out." she giggled as his tongue found its way into her ears.

"That'll be great but I have to take this call now." she moved away from him and winked at him before walking out of the office. "I'll be there." she looked around and slid the phone into her pocket.

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"Maze Archibald, nice to meet you, Mr Miller," Maze said, stretching her hand for a handshake. She whistled within her as soon as she realized he was a mortal but how's that possible? what if she was walking into a death trap? what if they had something in store for her?

She did not let her smile falter, just shook her head slowly. She'd have to deal with these watchdogs first before getting to their boss. Just a weakness, a weakness is all she needs.