My Assassin Husband Pointed His Gun At The Mafia Queen Chapter 01
My Husband Points His Gun at Me
I’m the Queen of the Vale Mafia, and my husband is the deadliest assassin I’ve ever trained.
Years ago, I pulled Adrian Cross out of hell, gave him a family, and made him powerful enough to stand beside me.
He’s ruthless with everyone.
Everyone except me.
At least, that’s what I used to believe.
Our daughter Ellie is five when Vanessa Cole walks into my private compound dressed like she already owns the place.
I don’t meet her first.
Ellie does.
She comes running into the weapons room while I’m checking the targeting system, her face red with anger.
“Mommy.”
I look away from the screen.
“What happened?”
She clenches her little fists.
“That woman said Daddy only had me because you got pregnant by accident.”
My hand stills.
“What woman?”
“Vanessa.”
Ellie’s eyes fill with tears, but she refuses to cry.
“She said when her baby is born, you and I have to leave because Daddy will have a real family with her.”
For a few seconds, the room goes silent.
Then I turn back to the targeting screen.
“Where is she?”
Ellie points toward the eastern training grounds.
I enter the coordinates.
One of my men hesitates.
“Ms. Vale, Mr. Cross is with her people right now.”
“I didn’t ask where Adrian is.”
I press the authorization key.
The ground shakes.
A blast tears through the far side of the compound.
Smoke rises beyond the windows.
People start running.
Ellie’s eyes widen.
I pick her up.
“Nobody talks to my daughter like that.”
Minutes later, a helicopter appears above the compound.
I recognize the pilot immediately.
Adrian.
He lands hard on the helipad.
Vanessa climbs out beside him, pale and furious, one arm wrapped around her stomach.
Adrian strides toward me.
“What the hell are you doing?”
I set Ellie down behind me.
“Ask your girlfriend.”
His expression changes.
“Vanessa isn’t my girlfriend.”
Ellie looks up at him.
“She said she’s having your baby.”
Silence.
Adrian doesn’t deny it.
Vanessa steps closer to him.
“Adrian, forget it. She’s angry. I shouldn’t have said anything to Ellie.”
“So it’s true.”
“Vanessa is pregnant.”
“And the baby is yours.”
“Yes.”
Ellie’s small hand grabs the back of my shirt.
I look at Adrian.
Five years ago, he held our daughter for the first time with blood still on his hands from the mission he’d abandoned just to reach the hospital.
Now he stands in front of her and admits another woman is carrying his child.
Vanessa gives Ellie a faint smile.
“I only told her the truth.”
I pull my gun.
Adrian moves instantly.
He steps between us.
“Serena.”
“Move.”
“No.”
Ellie’s voice breaks behind me.
“Daddy, she was mean to me.”
Adrian glances at her.
“Ellie, this is between adults.”
“She said we have to leave!”
“I’ll talk to her later.”
Vanessa humiliates his five-year-old daughter inside my compound, and he’ll deal with it later.
I aim past his shoulder.
Adrian’s eyes turn cold.
“Put the gun down.”
“Move.”
“She’s carrying my child.”
“So is Ellie.”
His face hardens.
“Don’t do this.”
“Then tell Vanessa to get out of my home.”
Vanessa grips his arm.
“Adrian, I don’t want to cause trouble.”
I fire.
The bullet hits the ground inches from her foot.
She screams and stumbles back.
Adrian draws his gun.
For the first time in all the years I’ve known him, the barrel points directly at me.
Ellie gasps.
I look at the weapon, then at my husband.
“You’d point a gun at me for her?”
His hand doesn’t move.
“You’re out of control.”
I laugh.
“No. I’m finally paying attention.”
Vanessa presses closer to him.
Adrian keeps his gun raised.
“Let her go.”
“She came into my territory and threatened my daughter.”
“She said something stupid.”
“She told Ellie she’d replace her.”
“Vanessa is pregnant, Serena. I’m not letting you hurt her.”
I take one step closer.
The barrel is now only inches from my chest.
“Then shoot me.”
He doesn’t pull the trigger.
I knew he wouldn’t.
Then Ellie suddenly runs between us.
“Daddy, stop!”
“Ellie!”
Adrian reaches for her.
She tries to push his gun away.
Ellie loses her balance and crashes to the ground.
I move instantly.
Before I can reach her, Adrian grabs my wrist.
Vanessa cries out behind him.
I see the knife too late.
Adrian drives it into my shoulder.
Pain tears through me.
I don’t make a sound.
He twists the blade once.
“Vanessa is my line, Serena.”
Blood runs down my arm.
He pulls the knife free and turns toward her.
“She’s carrying my child. I won’t let that baby lose its mother before it’s even born.”
He leaves me standing there bleeding.
Vanessa follows him.
Ellie crawls toward me.
“Mommy…”
I kneel despite the pain and pull her into my arms.
She starts crying.
“Mommy, Daddy’s bad.”
For the first time in ten years, I don’t defend him.
“Yeah.”
I wipe Ellie’s tears away.
“Maybe it’s time we got rid of him.”