Prologue
“Why did you take me away from my mommy?” She wept, hitting her tiny fist on my stomach.
“You are just a big meanie! I hate you!” She sobbed.
Hanging her head low, no longer hitting me.
Not that it hurt in the slightest.
“If only you knew, little princess.”
She is the spitting image of her mother.
Crouching down to her level, I hear the faint whisper of my subordinates.
Eying them for a split second, they all quiet down.
“Your mother took something of mine four years ago. I just want it back.”
“What did she take? Maybe I know where she has it and can help you get it back.” She says between sobs.
She took you, along with my heart. I got one back. Now I’m only missing the other.
“If I find it, can I go back to mommy? I miss my mommy! I want mommy!” She cries, rubbing her tired eyes.
My heart clenches at her plea. I’ve never been soft-hearted, but this little princess will have me wrapped around her little fingers in no time.
She will either be my doom or my redemption.
Just as her mother was. Is!
“Unfortunately, princess, it’s not that simple,” I say, trying my best not to look so scary in her eyes.
“She took two things from me. One, I got back today. The second might be more tricky to retrieve.”
“What is it?” She asks curiously.
For a moment, I contemplated telling her, but then again, she is only four years old. And this is a complicated matter.
“It doesn’t matter for now. Why don't we get you settled into your room for the night?” I ask, scooping her up in my arms to the astonishment of everyone around.
They all expected me to assign someone to do this task. Nope. Not happening. I am taking care of my daughter today!
They have seen me kill countless people but have never seen me be this compassionate to anyone.
No, that is a lie…
Only one other person in this world has ever been able to make my cold, dead heart tick with compassion.
She has held my heart in her hands since the moment my eyes fell on her eight years ago.
Now she is gone, and I will do anything in my power to get her back.
Even if it means, kidnapping my own daughter!
