Chapter 61 - Amaryllis Red - Her Darkest Secret

Amaryllis Red was an asset of the Davies. She was the best assassin they had and was feared for her merciless killings. She was a decade older than Andrea but nobody knew this. The Davies always made sure to protect their assassins and requiring them to wear a customized fitted mask on every job.

This same assassin had also trained Andrea on hand to hand combat and with the use of her specially made chopsticks as a weapon. Needless to say, should anything happen to her, Andrea was trained to be her perfect replacement.

One day, the real Amaryllis Red died choking on a chicken bone a day before a mission. This frustrated Grandfather Davies as they were, at that time, faced with threats from other assassin groups. The only thing that kept them from attacking was their fear against Amaryllis Red. This turn of event drastically changed Andrea's life as she was made into her in a blink of an eye, a decision that she had regretted her entire life. Even after the reformation of their organization, she carried with her the sins of Amaryllis Red. Family members of those who were targeted by her were out to find her and assassin groups who were defeated by her were out to challenge her.

The Davies used to hold power through unlawful means. They had resorted to arms smuggling, gambling and most importantly paid assassinations, but when Alfred Davies took over the family business he started to shift to legitimate sources of income and cooperated with the government giving them amnesty from the wrongdoings of their ancestors. Many of their assassins were turned into a government asset.

Their organization continued to receive missions but were for the purpose of aiding the people. They had saved many officials from assassination attempts, they aided in retrieval operations, may it be kidnapping, human trafficking, and whatnot. In all these missions, whenever assigned, Andrea carried with her the name, Amaryllis Red.

Even after her departure from the Davies, the name was still on top of the hit list. She had a bounty on her head up to 50 million dollars and this got Li Wen incredibly worried. Although no one knew the real identity of Amaryllis Red, anything can happen, the Davies might give away Andrea's information or anyone from their side. So Li Wen together with their brother, Anton Yeong, planned the perfect killing of Amaryllis Red. The Siblings hired the Shadows to take down the infamous assassin and gave them tips of her whereabouts.

"You are finally going down Amaryllis! The Shadows will become the most famous assassin group after your death!" One of the men declared seeing that she was cornered and outnumbered.

It was night time and the surroundings were pitch black. They were on top of a 20- floor building and Andrea was standing on the edge with no other escape route but down below.

"Huh! You overestimate yourself! I am Amaryllis Red, I don't die that easily." She quickly threw, with full force, pieces of heavy metal chopsticks against the men around her as she ducked to avoid the weapons thrown at her. Some of the men were instantly hit in different parts of their body. She advanced towards them giving sturdy punches and explosive kicks that half of the men became impaired. Of course, she needed to make it believable, otherwise, they would never believe she was the real Amaryllis Red.

As she was fighting one of the men, she pulled a gun and pretended to lose grip while receiving a punch. The man quickly saw an opportunity, grabbed the gun and shot her with all the remaining bullets making Andrea walk backward and fall off the building.

When The Shadows examined the dead body facing down the pavement, she was wearing the exact same clothing and mask as Amaryllis Red. The body was shot multiple times and was entirely covered in blood.

Then after, the shadows celebrated their triumph and claimed to be one of the best assassin group to have killed the great Amaryllis Red. The bounty on her head had died down this past 2 years and just recently, there was absolutely no more request for her head. People may now have believed she was dead.

Of course, Alfred Davies was well informed of the plan. Andrea made sure that her adoptive father would not get a heart attack after hearing her said death. Gabriel was also made aware. Though they were no longer lovers, they knew each other's secrets. Andrea was confident he would never go against her and that their only remaining disagreement was his decision to choose Taya over her.

The Shadows sent the remains to the Davies as a warning and the family pretended to mourn. They released word that the death of Amaryllis Red marked the end of their illicit ways and that they will fight alongside the government and its people moving forward.

Although a big part of Andrea believed that no one is after her now, she always feared that one day, someone will know and come for her. She would end up endangering the people she loved. For now, she can only trust in her sister's good skill in deleting all information that would link her to the notorious assassin.

She gasped as she said to herself, 'Amaryllis Red, you are dead. I am now just simply, Andrea Li. I can do this… I can stay beside the man I love.'