10.

Bella was unaware about her friends' death. After asking Adrian to help her get the weapons in the hotel, she had left. And no one knew where she had gone. Dmitri and the others weren't able to find her.

Now, the only thing that worried Adrian was if Black Rose would misunderstand him and instead of helping him, might as well kill him.

Adrian was powerful, very much that even the highest ranking officers would pay him for protecting their lives. But right now, his own life was at stake. And he still had a lot of things to do, so dying, definitely wasn't on his list.

He immediately put his men on search of Black Rose. It was almost midnight now, but there was no news of Black Rose.

"Damn it!" He cursed and punched the table in front of him.

"How come are you so incompetent?? Is it that impossible to find one f*cking person??" He yelled at his men.

"Rian, calm down. They're trying. But you should know that it's Black Rose that we're talking about. If that person got into your penthouse office without anyone noticing, do you think we can find by searching?" Klaus asked him and it made sense.

"Yeah.. you're right about it!!" He agreed.

Meanwhile, Bella was currently outside of Adrian's parents' villa. Adrian had told her about traps and dangers. Without the map, it was like walking into the unknown.

"Ashley is looking for her as well. He should be getting to something." He re-assured Adrian who nodded.

Just the Klaus' phone rang which caught Adrian's attention, "who's it?" he asked. Klaus turned the phone to him. "Put it on speaker," he told him.

"Klaus, Black Rose...." and Klaus stopped to breathe. "Tell me, what about it?" Adrian yelled.

"Adrian?? Where is Klaus?" He asked and now Klaus had to answer, "Calm down, I'm here. What were you saying?" He asked Ashley.

"Black Rose is outside your parents' villa. I mean about to enter the villa. I am surprised and I want to know what that person is made of.. Your step parents will be sad. Two of their favs are dead now." Ashley told over the call and both, Adrian and Klaus exchanged looks of shock.

"Are you for serious right now? Is there any way to stop him? He needs to know his friends are dead and somebody needs to claim the bodies." Adrian told Ashley and he, "fine, I will try."

Now all that Adrian had to do was wait for the call back. He was walking back and forth in his room non-stop. Klaus was worried on the other hand.

"Rian, sit down please. Calm down. Too much stress isn't good for you. I will find you something to eat, okay?" Klaus told him, rather than asking, aware of his reply and when Adrian heard it, he just nodded.

Klaus came back running into the room. His eyes were filled with tears and his face red. He was trembling in anger and his fingers were folded into fists. He stopped in front of Adrian.

Adrian sensed the situation and stood up. Walking close to Klaus he held his shoulders and tilted his head to one side. "Klaus, what's wrong?" And that was enough for Klaus to break down.

The silence was killing Adrian. Unable to hold on, he shook Klaus hard and looked straight into his red blood-shot eyes. "What happened Klaus?"

"It's Ash.." Klaus took a sharp breath before, "Ash is dead, Rian. Our Ashley is dead." And Adrian having lost his balance, fell (sat) on the couch.

Adrian was speechless. He didn't know what to say. Ashley was his best friend and had been with him the longest. He was more like a brother. And now he had lost him.

Tears threatened to fall, but Adrian got up and walked upto the glass window and stood there without saying a word. He ran a hand through his hairs and then wiped his face of the tears before turning back.

"Let's go get him." And they all set out to get Ashley back. Back to his home.