Author's note: I've made a complete mess of numbering these parts, so from the last part I left off, this is the next part. Numbering should be right from this part onwards.
Part 8
Bianca frowned, watching Gabrielle walking back into the quarters of Dante's mansion that had been given to them and Payton to share. Gabrielle looked as if she had just witnessed open-heart surgery.
"What happened?" Payton asked.
Gabrielle sat down on the couch. "This whole fucking thing was a set up, it's been a trap right from the beginning," she whispered.
Bianca and Payton exchanged glances. Bianca frowned, thinking of how confident Gabrielle had been when she had been when she had accepted the assignment. She had sworn she could kill Dante without any problems.
Bianca had had a bad feeling about this whole thing from the beginning. She remembered Thierry's new rule - if it looked like Gabrielle was going to betray them - kill her.
"What do you mean?" Bianca asked, taking a seat cautiously. It didn't *look* like Gabrielle was going to suddenly turn against them.
"He knew I would be coming back, he has one of his little flooseys in the safe house with Tate, and she'll kill him if we try anything."
Payton sighed heavily. "Why didn't we figure something like that was going on?"
So Tate was in trouble, and he didn't know it. This was just great. There wasn't any way they could get a message to him without Dante knowing. He could have Tate killed before either one of them could take a step outside the door.
"I don't want him to die," Gabrielle whispered.
Bianca and Payton exchanged glances. She couldn't imagine what that must be like - knowing there was nothing you could do to help your soulmate.
"I have an idea," Payton said slowly. "It's not a brilliant plan, but it's pretty much all I can think of right now."
Bianca and Gabrielle looked at him. "What?"
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Part 8
Bianca frowned, watching Gabrielle walking back into the quarters of Dante's mansion that had been given to them and Payton to share. Gabrielle looked as if she had just witnessed open-heart surgery.
"What happened?" Payton asked.
Gabrielle sat down on the couch. "This whole fucking thing was a set up, it's been a trap right from the beginning," she whispered.
Bianca and Payton exchanged glances. Bianca frowned, thinking of how confident Gabrielle had been when she had been when she had accepted the assignment. She had sworn she could kill Dante without any problems.
Bianca had had a bad feeling about this whole thing from the beginning. She remembered Thierry's new rule - if it looked like Gabrielle was going to betray them - kill her.
"What do you mean?" Bianca asked, taking a seat cautiously. It didn't *look* like Gabrielle was going to suddenly turn against them.
"He knew I would be coming back, he has one of his little flooseys in the safe house with Tate, and she'll kill him if we try anything."
Payton sighed heavily. "Why didn't we figure something like that was going on?"
So Tate was in trouble, and he didn't know it. This was just great. There wasn't any way they could get a message to him without Dante knowing. He could have Tate killed before either one of them could take a step outside the door.
"I don't want him to die," Gabrielle whispered.
Bianca and Payton exchanged glances. She couldn't imagine what that must be like - knowing there was nothing you could do to help your soulmate.
"I have an idea," Payton said slowly. "It's not a brilliant plan, but it's pretty much all I can think of right now."
Bianca and Gabrielle looked at him. "What?"
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