I find myself sitting with Iz and Felicity. They are friendly and welcoming, but I still do not know what is happening. I don't understand why Marco wants to keep me or what it means, as he's currently ready to be married for business reasons.I don't understand it. I don't know how Marco’s family can welcome me and not care that he is engaged to Roxy. They don't care about the circumstances in which I came to be here, either.Arms wrap around me, and I tense. "Welcome to the family, sis. It's good to see someone put him in his place and silence him." Dario beams at me as he slings himself on a chair beside me."I highly doubt I put him in his place." I know he is waiting for his moment to ensure I am back where he wants me. Following his orders."Considering he stood quietly, took it and then followed to apologise, he was put in his place." He laughs."As I said, you're good for him. He's no longer an emotionless rock." Lorenzo grins, and I cover my face."Does everyone know I called
I watch Lorenzo, each move, each kick, each jab. I'm proud of how fucking amazing he is doing. His eye is bleeding, but nothing major. His opponent, however, is sluggish. After that first jab that Lorenzo connected, he's slower. It's giving Lorenzo the chance he needs to get in the hits."Fucking fists up!" I turn to our father. "Lorenzo, move your feet." I nudge him."Aggression is great while training. He's doing well, be a bit nicer." I laugh, and he joins in but returns to his aggressive shouting as if he can't do it any other way. I see Lucia walking down the hall from the corner of my eye. My head snaps up as I see Hugh chasing after her. Lorenzo's gaze follows mine, and I close my eyes, watching him get hit.Shit. I stand still, fighting between going after Lucia and checking on Lorenzo."He will be fine, go." Dario pushes me. Rushing through the crowd, I reach the door. Walking out, Hugh is standing."Where the fuck is she?""There was a van." His words are quiet."What do you
I feel someone straddling me, my chest pinned against the floor of the van. Struggling against the grip, I get a hand free, rolling over and punching the person I try to break free.While they try to tie my arms together, I continue to fight."Someone fucking help." Moving, I kick out, catching him in the knee. As he falls, the door opens, and I find myself pinned down by more people. Fighting, I struggle to get free and feel the rope tying my hands and feet together.The van begins to move again, and I'm left with a guy sitting on my hips. His finger strokes down my body as I fight to break free. The van suddenly stopped, and I glanced around to see who it was, but everyone had their faces covered.I look at the building. It's an old bottling plant. Getting dragged in I notice the shattered windows and falling debris. The sound of pigeons flying makes me look up. The roof is partly gone.Surely there are other buildings close by? If I scream, will they hear?"About time, woman." I fr
I stand annoyed. The place is empty, so he's either run, or he is with Lucia. My body steps into a room; this is the room from the video."Take what is needed and burn this place down." Everyone stares at me."No rushed decisions, Marco. Let's find her first." Matteo states and walks into the room, my hand stopping him."Stay out of here." Nodding, he turns and walks away. I walk through the room. This used to be her room. I walk through, slowly checking everywhere for something. My body stops as I look at the bed."I know you don't like the thought of people seeing her shit, but maybe it's best as you're looking crazier by the second." My head shakes at Dario's words. I need to search. I need to see if there is anything anywhere that could lead us to where they took her."Got a hit on the van." Turning, I look at Mac. Leaving, we climb into the cars and head to the warehouses. "Someone is ensuring that the van doesn't leave." I nod at his words."No movement." I turn to Hugh. "Alex h
Stopping outside the house, I look towards it. Grasping the knife from the seat, I walk to the front door. Pulling the handle down, I push it open."Excuse me!" The words have me turning and walking towards him. "Lucia?" His eyes widen."I know, I look fucking amazing for a dead person, right?" His face whitens."I don't know what you mean." I watch his body move, slowly edging closer to the cabinet."It's too late to pretend you don't know now. I hope it was worth the money Gino paid you." I walk towards him, watching as his hand moves into a drawer. My body rushes, my foot slamming the drawer on his hand. He moves back as I reach in and take out the gun."Daddy." Turning, I look at the door. Shit."Princess, go upstairs." My head shakes at him."Don't even move. You try it, and you will regret your choice." Stepping towards the little girl, she tilts her head and stares at me.“I’m just showing your daddy my Halloween costume. What do you think?” She observes me for a moment and smi
Stopping outside the house, I relax when I see the car, knowing it means she is still here. After finding Alan and Richard had died quickly, I realised I should have listened to Dario.I thought we would catch up to her with them, but they died far quicker than the others had. Stepping from the car, I begin to walk towards the house."First two bodies are cleared up." I glance at Hugh and nod. If she wants to kill everyone who hurt her, I will let her, but it should be in a place where there are no connections to her.My guys have had their work cut out, ensuring no one speaks about what they had seen or about her. Our inside guy with the police is working on ensuring reports disappear. I walk through the house, glancing into the room and stopping at a closed door. I open it and stop when I see her."Lucia." I watch as she jumps up, spinning to face me, her hands holding out the gun. Raising my hands slightly, I step into the room. She's a mess, and I need to get her away from here ri
He is in the way as I close the door, pushing his way in before closing the door behind him."What do you want, Marco?" I step back, still feeling uneasy and on edge. Tiredness quickly draining the immense energy I had before."You."I stop. I look up at Marco; his eyes are fixed on mine. My heart begins to thunder in my chest."I want you, Lucia." He takes a step closer, and I move back.He says that, but it's not possible. Surely even he realises that it isn't possible? "You have Roxy." His brows pull together, and he frowns at me. "You're engaged to Roxy. Business or not, you're going to be her husband.""I will fix that. I will change it, Lucia.""How? You agreed to marry her as part of a deal, Marco. You can't just walk away like it is nothing." I don't think he can, anyway. I stay watching him, his body stepping closer to mine. His hands move as he takes his jacket off, quickly followed by his tie and shirt.I don't move. I stay still as he gets closer, slowly removing his cloth
Waking, It's still early. Today, I need to get answers. I need to know everything. Getting dressed, I walk out and stop, Luca runs towards me."Luca, no!" Iz laughs and grabs him. "Sorry, we're waiting for Matteo to get back. How are you feeling?" She smiles at me, waiting."Fine, just confused and lost." She nods and hugs me. Walking over, I sit down with her."You will be fine. You just need time to readjust to this new life." She smiles and sighs. "It's hard. I grew up knowing the brothers and their sisters. I knew about the family, the Cosa Nostra, but even now, I struggle every now and then."I don't respond; I just watch as Luca plays, and she talks about Matteo and his current position in the parliament. Elmay walks over and holds out food while smiling at me."I haven't seen you in ages." I hadn't, which is weird."You were busy, Marco said you need to eat." She smiles and walks away."Luca, here." Confused by her tone, I look at Iz and watch as she pulls Luca to her side. Her