CryForLove_LP

The men come directly to me and look at me a little
surprised, but that doesn‘t make them look any less
dangerous. There are six of them and without any
doubt they belong to the Les Surenas.
Two of them are dressed more finely, the others
look like as if they came directly from a street
battle. I immediately understand why people say
that the Surenas look so brutal. One of them has
long, shiny hair, which he wears in a braid, and
you can see the holster of a pistol at the front of
his trouser belt, but I am more than sure that the
others are armed as well. I try to stay calm, but my
heart beats up to my neck. My plaka on my wrist is
burning on my skin.
The girl must have discovered it when I went to
get the book from the shelf. The six are stopping
right in front of my table. The two slightly more
finely dressed men are standing in the middle, it
seems like all of them are eyeing me for a moment.
I know how to behave towards such men. The most

important thing is to show no fear, so I hold her
gaze and pray inwardly to heaven.
„Look, when we heard someone from the Trez
Puntos was on our turf, we hadn‘t gone with...
something like this.“ One of the more brutal
looking ones, with light brown hair and a big scar
on his cheek, points down at me. „How is it that
you are here?“, asks one of the finer dressed men.
He looks a little younger than the other, although
I notice that the two look very similar. Both have
short black hair, very dark eyes. Both are tall and
obviously very broadly built and have similar facial
features.
„I am learning here. I didn‘t know that the library
was already on your territory, I thought it still
belonged to the neutral part,“ I return and am
amazed at how secure my voice sounds, in contrast
to my inner one, where I am trembling and hope
that I lie well.

„Did you hear that, Paco? She‘s learning. Don‘t you
have a library in your section?“ My heart stops.
Not only do I run into members of the Les Surenas,
but also running into the leader. The older of the
two was approached, so he‘s Paco and the other
one must be his younger brother Rodriguez. Paco‘s
eyes rest calmly on me, he seems to fixate me very
precisely. He seems calm but in his eyes I see that
he really can be absolutely deadly. I get up and pack
my books into the bag.
„Where are you going so fast?“ The one with the
scar is obviously very aggressive in contrast to
the others, who were still quite reserved, he grabs
my arm in motion and holds it tight. He looks at
my hand. „Where‘s your damn Punto plaka?“ No
matter how scared I am at that moment, I‘ve never
backed down and had to deal with much more
dangerous guys. „Don‘t touch me“, I hiss at him
and it seems to work. He won‘t let go of my arm but
he looks at me in disbelief, apparently he doesn‘t
often hear back talk from a woman.

„Let her go, Chico!“ My eyes wander to Paco, who
gave the order, his voice is rough and dark. Chico
lets go of my hand and mumbles softly. „Are all
Punto women so impudent? Poor Trez Puntos, I
feel so sorry for them.“ I guess Chico thinks he‘s
funny. I put my hands on my hips and sparkle at
him viciously, which only seems to amuse him
more. „You‘re pretty, I‘ll give you that, but you‘re
a little too brave to be on our turf. We can do
whatever we want with you and no Trez Punto can
avenge you.“
I lower my eyes, he‘s right, but I know that if they
touch me, Juan would invade, no matter what the
agreement says. Fortunately, they don‘t seem to
suspect who I am „Leave us alone for a moment,
I want to talk to her.“ Paco talks to his men, but
never lets me out of his sight. You can tell they
don‘t like it, but the others withdraw. Paco doesn‘t
take his eyes off me and I stare back.

His eyes are so dark that I have the feeling I‘m
sinking into them for a moment. I shake my head
slightly and continue packing my books. „What‘s
your name? And why are you so crazy to be here?“
In contrast to before, his voice still seems rough
but already a bit softer than before. I step out from
behind the table, stop in front of him and put my
bag on to show that I want to go ... if they let me.
„I just wanted to study, there are more books here
than at my university and I have peace and silence
here.“ I raise my hands. „I have no intention of
attacking you, if that‘s what you‘re thinking.“ I am
truly amazed at how firm my voice is in the face
of the dangerous situation and considering who is
standing in front of me right now.
Paco, taller by a head and a half for sure, looks
down at me. I am close enough to breath in his
aromatic masculine scent. „Paco, Maria is here, she
called,“ Rodrigues brings to our knowledge, and as
it happens, the girl, who helped me earlier, stands

with the guys and grins broadly, like she saved the
world from doomsday. She approaches; at least the
others stay where they are.
„Paco, long time no see.“ Her interest for him is
plain, but not surprisingly. Paco appears incredibly
dangerous and looks unbelievably buff; even in my
situation I noticed that. The perfect mix to drive
women crazy.
„Maria, I‘m working it out.“ Paco doesn‘t seem
particularly interested. „I wanted to show you her
plaka, she doesn‘t wear it where they usually do.“
She wants to come up to me, but I meet her gaze.
„Don‘t even think about it!“ She raises her eyebrows
and my gaze falls on Paco, who starts smiling as if
he expected nothing else from me. „Sorry, but it‘s
my duty to report a Trez Punto, anyone would do
it.“ As if I am going to buy that she‘s sorry about it.
„Not me, I wouldn‘t have done it“, I reply coldy and
I mean it. „Or do I seem so threatening? If I had
seen you on our territory, I would have asked you

to leave, but I wouldn‘t called one of the guys. It‘s
not as if I was sitting here heavily armed, holding
up my plaka, I was only trying to learn.“
This is getting too much for me. I feel like I can‘t
keep up my outer facade much longer. „Maria, I‘ll
sort it out“, Paco intervenes before Maria can react
to my accusations. I watch after her as she goes to
the boys and then turn back to Paco, who smiles.
I have to control myself not to blink when I discover
his outrageously good-looking crooked grin, which
shows his white teeth. Somehow I seem to amuse
him, even though I don‘t feel like laughing at all.
„So... what‘s your name?“ It‘s a tricky question,
I hope he doesn‘t know Juan‘s sister‘s name It‘s
one thing to be a member of the familia, but it‘s
another if you‘re the leader‘s sister. If they don‘t tear
my head off, Juan will. „Bella.“ My voice doesn‘t
sound so sure this time. „How appropriate“, he still
smiles. „You realize what we could do with you
because you‘re on our territory? Let me see your

plaka. What choice do I have and unlike the others,
he asks me to. I lift up my cardigan and give him
my wrist, he takes it in his hand and strokes the
plaka with his thumb. „Why do you have it in this
place?“ I pull my wrist away and slide the cardigan
back down.
I can‘t answer him that question, and after he looks
at me a little longer than normal, his eyes get hard
again. „You‘re lucky, Bella, that I was here with you
today.“ He stops. „I‘m not coming back here.“ Our
eyes meet again. „You‘d better not. Next time you
won‘t be so lucky.“ That statement was very clear. I
nod and walk towards the exit, my tears are making
their way into my eyes, but I stubbornly look at the
door.
The boys standing a little further away with this
Maria and talking, they look at me and Chico
wants to come towards me. „Let her go!“ I don‘t
turn to my back anymore. „Paco, what the hell?
Let‘s have some fun with her, she‘s hot and that‘d

be a sign that another one of them won‘t get lost
here.“ Another one of them laughs, but apparently
Paco doesn‘t think much of it, as I can step out and
go quickly to my car.
Without stopping, I drive the two streets to the
neutral area and stop in the parking lot in front
of the university. Only then does my mind set in
properly and I realize how lucky I just was, my tears
are running down my cheek and I am trembling.
Even the next day I am still in shock and can hardly
believe what have happened. I am staying in my
room until at some point Sara shows up and I can
finally tell her what happened. I don´t leave out
any detail and from her pale face I realize again
how close it was for me.