time at his bars and had stopped showing up after the murders. He has one of his bar owners invite her to perform at a neutral bar. When Trudie shows up, his henchman snatch her before she could step on stage.-

She put up a good fight, severely wounding a few of the men before she was finally subdued. Once Lovino gets the word that they have her, he writes out a letter to Dorthe. 'Your little songbird is singing-

beautifully for me. It's a shame that you have kept such talent to yourself for so long. If you ever want to hear her again, meet me at the listed coordinates. Do not bring anyone along and do not bring any-

weapons. I am a fair man, I will make sure you are untouched as long as you obey my wishes.'

stared at the letter for a few moments when it had reached her before bursting out in pure laughter as she looked at the worried faces of some of the other higher ups of getting a threatening letter._

After some thinking, the Dane simply kept her amused look stating that she would go and save the girl since the birdie had been so useful. She figured it wouldn't be as boring compared to the usual but the_

higher ups seemed to protest in putting her in danger. However, she opened her drawer and using a cell phone she could dispose of and sending a brief return message. " Pics or it didn't happen."

rolls his eyes when he gets the return message. He walks to the area where they were holding her. She was tied up and had been beaten pretty badly. He crouches in front of her and takes a picture before-

setting the camera aside and cleaning off some of her wounds. He didn't like seeing pretty girls hurt, dammit. He finishes up and has the photo sent with another message. 'If you don't show, a lot worse is-

going to happen.'

merely had a whimsical smile as she achieved what she wanted. " I'll see you two there~" She sent the message before handing the cellphone off to her men to analyze for information. Obviously she wasn't going_

in blind and was aware of how naiive the Italian was since she wanted to pinpoint the location and its vicinity in order prepare a counter attack.

might be naive but he wasn't stupid. He knew Dorthe would bring back up and he had already planned for it. He didn't trust her at all. Lovino walks out of the building and gets in his car, heading for the real-

spot they would meet up.

had been in the business for quite a long time that she knew how to arrange things to occur. The main point was to draw him out to her while she had an equal force of men scout out_

_ both areas. She was going to show late intentionally because she didn't have any reason to take him seriously.

wasn't going to give her the coordinates for the place he was really going to lead her to yet. If she kept her goons around, he'd just kill the spies and it would be all out war between them.

wasn't going to show up anywhere if he was going to put such an obvious trap. There was no point in trying to go along with what he wanted because the spy wasn't a major loss in the overall picture. Instead_

_ she decided to play with him and send someone who was more than happy to meet him and had a very strong resemblance to her.

didn't think it was a trap since he actually had no intention of harming her at all. He just wanted to talk and he knew she wasn't a fan of talking things out.

always very sporatic in what she wanted to do or how she liked meetings done. She never liked to followed the general rules since she would only have met him if he used less suspicious ways.

knew it got her attention, at least. And if she didn't show, he'd be rid of a few spies. He thought his plan would work out either way.

just sent her men to gather information at a distance. She never intended for any sort of combat or brawl. Nope, she wanted everything to be safe for sending only one person.

gets a phone call and answers it. So she was sniffing out the area. He'd wait and see if they moved out before acting.

continued to drag it out, eating some shrimp cocktail she had brought to her while waiting for Søren to get the message and be in the right place.

quietly got to the area s/he needed to be. S/he glanced around, wondering if everything would go as planned.

got word that Dorthe had shown up. He smirks faintly to himself. A sign nearby Soren lights up, one of the letters blocked by an envelope addressed to Dorthe.

quickly turned his head to the sign, analysing it for a moment before going to inspect the letter.

The letter had a new set of coordinates written on it. 'Once you've shed your followers, meet me here.'

smirked a bit and headed for the new meeting spot, keeping the letter on himself.

had set the next meet up spot in a crowded hotel. He had booked a meeting room next to the lobby. If any of the Nordics tried anything, they'd have to take down or be seen by dozens of people. Lovino waits-

patiently in the meeting room.

walke in quietly after, looking around carefully. He came completely alone, and smiled when he saw the other. "Got yer message." He threw the letter to him, in the form of a paper airplane.

watches the paper before looking back at him. "I don't take lightly to having any of my family murdered. I'm sure you wouldn't either if you were in my position."

nods. "Of course. Losing family is a terrible tragedy." He walked closer to him, being as similar to Dorthe as he could act, which was convincing.

sits back in his chair. "Every other family and I have an agreement. You stay away from our business and our guys and we do the same. I know you've been interfering in our arms deals. I let you get away with-

it before. Then you come in and kill some of our guys. Now I have a problem."

shook his head as he crossed his arms. "Not our fault that a few of yer family members got a little too close for our comfort. I'm just lookin' out for my family, and if it involves steppin' on a few toes, I'll

do it. But I won't enjoy it."

narrows his eyes. "We never killed any of yours. And not everyone you killed was too close to you. I ignored your continued disregard for our dealings and you pay that back by murdering some of my family. If-

you are trying to start a war between us, you're going to get a war."

shakes his head. "I've not no beef with ye or startin' up a war. Just keep yer family to yer own business, and I'll keep my family to mine." He did respect the other, even if they were enemies.

nods. "Keep out of our arms deals in the future and we will have no issue with you. I just wanted to make sure you are understanding."

smirks. "Of course. I just might try to stay a bit more outta yer territory." He leaned a bit forward, hands on his hips. "Now, can I get my little songbird?"

nods slowly and passes a sheet of paper with directions on it. "She's in the basement area of this hotel. All the doors to her are unlocked and there aren't any guards."

eyed him carefully as he took the paper. He nodded. "Tak. Enjoy yer family fun." He turned and headed out of the room to go find Trudie.

watches him go before grumbling under his breath. It had gone better than he expected but he still didn't trust them.