Thorns of Desire

Ava's POV "s**t!!!" I jumped out from the bed, seeing the time on my phone, I'm late, I looked at the mirror and damn, I was a complete mess after the mission last night, I thought I would be able to get some sleep but unfortunately for me, we need to meet at the HQ for some important matters. "Can I just die already?" I groaned making my way to the bathroom. My life had been a rollercoaster ride since I lost my father, Ava Smith's the name and I am a CIA agent, it's not easy especially with the fact my mom and brother were against it, since it cost my father's life but I guess I have my father's stubborn genes in me. I hurriedly packed my hair in a messy bun, grabbing the keys to my car and rushing out before the trraffic gets me. I rushed to my car, "really? Just what I needed, a f*****g flat tire." I hissed at the tire, there was no way I could wait for this, I ran out from my complex into the bustling streets of New York. "Great, traffic," I looked at my watch and managed to hitch a ride with a bike. * "Thanks..." I handed the helmet to the motorcycle rider and rushed in, swiping my card at the entrance and rushing into the nearest elevator, everyone kept greeting me but I was in a haste, I had to reach the meeting room before my boss got there, I really did not have the stength to deal with his nagging. The elevator dinged open and I rushed to the door, seeing my bestfriend, Stephaine, talking to someone, I figured I was still early, I got to her side tapping the corner of her shoulder, taking the coffee from her hands. "That's mine..." She yelled but it was quite late as I had already sipped from the black coffee she had ordered for herself. I squeezed my face at the bitterness, "I hate you," I said grabbing my own coffee from her to drown the bitterness from the tongue. "Gosh, I can still taste it," I made an irriated face. "Serves you right, next time, you won't steal any coffee thinking it yours besides that, you're late, miss top agent," she teased. "Steph, you know what, why don't you do the field work and I do the computer job, how does that sound?" Stephaine shuddered at my words as we made our way to the meeting room, "I'd rather stay behind the computer, I don't think I can take the risks you do, I hope you aren't hurt or anything." She checked my body for any sort of injury, I rolled my eyes at her cheekiness, "really, you're just asking me that now." Stephaine pushed me away, flipping her blonde hair against my face walking straight into the room, I chuckled at her fussiness, she was always like this since high school, very easy to tease. "You made her mad again," a very familiar voice asked me, I turned to see Brooke eating doughnuts with a smirk on his face, a bandage at the side of his left eyebrow, I pressed his wound and ran away before he could react. "You little..." I stuck out a tongue at him but before he could react, our boss entered the room maintaining order in the room. "Agent Ava..." I gulped at the aura of his voice, there was no way that I messed up, did I? My heart was already in my mouth, the sterness of his voice always made me feel scared, he was the only one that I could not look into his eyes. His frown turned into a smile when he started clapping, "did I scare you? I just want to commend you..." I stood up and bowed to him but couldn't say a word. "You did exceptionally well last night, finally we can get a break from part of the chaos in the mafia ring," my insides jumped praying that he would fianlly give me the break that I so much deserved. "Thank you sir," I said softly, "I wouldn't have done it without my crew," I averted my gaze from his to Stephaine's, she lifted up a pretty smile that gave me a little bit of warmth. "You may sit... I know that I promised you a vacation since you have been on this project for a while but..." But what? I sighed internally, why now? I have been looking forward to this for months and now, what is going on? "I'm really sorry Ava, but there is one more mission we really need you on and after that, even if it's a year break, it will be granted." I gulped, this was definitely not a little mission, my boss, Agent Collins dismissed everyone except I, Brooke, Stephaine and some few other top agents. The room went dark as the main screen popped up, videos of Alexander Vendez, one of the most feared mafia if not the most feared mafia leader in the whole country. "This is our next mission, bringing down Alexander Vendez, age 28, the leader of the Black Swam mafia, he is the biggest drug lord and will be carrying out his biggest height tomorrow night, now this is where we will be needing you Agent Ava." Agent Collins diverted his gaze to me, there was something about his gaze that always made my legs wobble. "You will be leading the raid but the aim is not to capture him there but to make sure he gets badly wounded, intentionally failing the project then our insiders will be able to get you as his worker then we can take him down." My heart sank upon his words, was my boss sending me to my death sentence? Not only did he want me to intentional fail a mission but literally work alongside my enemy. "Sir, permit me to say this but Ava has just been here for less than three years..." "And she has already proved herself worthy," Agent Collins cut Brooke off, "if you are scared of her safety, you will be sent alongside her to make sure that this operation is a success and that's my final say." Agent Collins left the room as I and the other agents groaned, "someone really needs to put him on a field work, does he think it's easy?" one of the agents sighed. I really wish that was my problem, how do I tell my brother and mother about this?