Luciano stirred the food on the fire and occasionally glanced at the young boy who was in the kitchen with him. He was quiet and obedient too, he had followed his instructions without complaint.He covered the food. "so all we have to do now is wait for the food to be ready" he told Ricciardo. "Okay" he replied. "I uh am sorry about the death of your father, accept my condolences" he told him. Luciano had heard about the death of Ricciardo's father from his aunt Fiona when she was discussing with a client the other day. "Don't be" Ricciardo told him. "Huh?" "I said don't be sorry, he was a horrible man, I am glad he died" Ricciardo replied. Luciano shuddered at the hatred in Ricciardo's eyes when he spoke about his father. He didn't like seeing such hatred in his eyes so he changed the subject. "So, how is school? What is your favorite subject?" he asked, at least this was a safe question, he thought to himself. "I have never been to school, my father forbade it, I was homesch
Two weeks later THE VITALE FAMILY True to Dracaryx's words, he hadn't forced Valerie to do anything else. He only took him out on outings and generally doted on him. Although Valerie was disgusted by him and his actions, he had to play nice. But time was running out, He had overhead several disgruntled conversations from the other vampires who thought Dracaryx had abandoned the plan for revenge. Some of them showed their hostility to him without pretense. Valerie knew it was time for him to escape but how would he do that. Even though he was a vampire, he was still new to all this and he couldn't fight an entire army of vampires by himself. And what if Dracaryx was the one, he was to fight. The blood offspring and sire bond was becoming harder for Valerie to fight every day. He needed to leave before he was no longer able to resist it. As he was walking in the lonely passage way, he could hear someone sneaking up on him. He whirled around to catch the person off guard and to h
THE RUSSO HOUSEHOLD Everyone was in a panic. Out of the ten men sent to the Vitale family, only one was still alive. Just a few moments ago, the light of three of them had gone off. "Do you think they have been discovered?" Dante asked. "Oh no! Does that mean Valerie is in danger, let's go and meet them now, they need our help" Geremia said."Good idea! Get our men ready" Dante ordered. "I think we should all calm down, think about it, the light of three of them suddenly went off. What if they are trying to get Valerie out, if you storm there now, you might spoil their plan" Camilla told them.At that moment, Geremia received a message through his earpiece. "let them in now" he said. "What is it?" Dante asked. Geremia looked at them, "Valerie is here" he told them. They all rushed out, a truck drove into the compound and stopped in front of them. Stefano stepped out of the car first, he went around to the other side and helped Valerie out. On the way back, Valerie had gone in
"Stefano said he tortured you a lot" Geremia said, a tinge of anger in his voice. "He did, I was his little pet, except I wasn't treated well like Camilla here. He would beat me, burn my skin, starve me. When he saw that I was able to withstand those, he started the sexual torture. He would tease and edge me withholding pleasure until I would run mad and give out whatever information he wanted. Other days he would jerk me off and make me orgasm till I would be screaming in pain as I climaxed.""that bastard" Geremia said."We are in war Geremia, he had to do whatever he could to do to get information. I would have done the same in his place" Valerie said. "But what do this people even want?" Geremia asked. "Apparently they were in the alliance too. Back then, the Vitale family were very influential and powerful, they are the ones who built the town, they were in a alliance with the Russo family, Antonio's family, Ferrante family and the Bianco family, everything went well until the
Dante glared at Paolo, he wanted nothing more than to punch his mouth shut. "Well Paolo, if you don't want to invite the monsters to their rightful place at the table, maybe you would prefer that they tear us all to shreds" he told him. "Valerie, how do you think they would take this option?" Antonio asked. "Some of them are smart while some are fixated on revenge. But this is a better option for them." Valerie replied. "So let's vote, those who want the peace treaty raise up your hands" Antonio said. With the exception of Paolo, they all raised up their hands. "Well majority carries the vote, we will surrender and offer a peace treaty. But how do we contact them and offer this treaty? I don't suppose Valerie will be amenable to going back there?" Antonio asked. "Considering how I left there, I don't think they would be happy to see me. A drone delivering it would be the best thing. I know the coordinates to their camp" Valerie replied. "Good, so this meeting is over, we can a
THE FERRANTE MANSION Camilla was with Silvana planning the party. "The nerve of that woman asking me if she could help me out" Silvana remarked as she talked about Paula attempt to join in the party planning. "I know right, after all she did during the investigation. She was so determined to find you guilty that day" Camilla replied. "I remember, I kept wondering what I did to her deserve all the attitude she portrayed that day" Silvana wondered. "Valerie called her a witch" Camilla said with a giggle."Really? That's so funny" Silvana replied. "Where is Ricciardo by the way? I haven't seen him since I came" Camilla asked. "he is over at Fiona's house hanging out with Luciano" Silvana replied. "Awwn, that's so cute" Camilla replied. "I know, ever since he started hanging out with your brother, he has been so happy. He adores Luciano and looks up to him a lot" Silvana replied. "That's good, he needs friends and so does Lucy" Camilla replied. "So, what's going on with you and
Carolina shivered in fear. Geremia was so angry. "I didn't do anything to her" Carolina said. "So you weren't the one who planned with Vanna Vegas to humiliate her? Because I saw you" he told her. "I…I…I" Carolina stuttered. Anytime she was nervous, she always stuttered. "You what? Do you want to lie again?" Geremia asked her. "No, no, I….I…I won't lie, I did manipulate Vanna into causing trouble for Camilla" she said. "Aren't you ashamed of yourself? Your father killed her father, took over her family, drove her brother into hiding, sold her to be auctioned away and yet you won't leave her alone. You still cause trouble for her. Don't you think that you are evil?" Geremia asked her. Carolina kept quiet and didn't answer him. "I told you to answer me when I ask you questions" he told her. "I don't think I am evil, it is the way of the mafia world, the rich and powerful oppress those underneath them. That's what my father said" she replied. "Such a pity that you and your fath
Dante was standing in a corner of the party. He was looking around for Camilla. Where had she vanished to, he hoped she was okay? Dante knew he had fallen for Camilla, even after all his warnings he had given to himself, he had fallen for her. But how was he not supposed to fall for her, Camilla was a wonderful person, she was beautiful and caring. She was so brilliant and her organizational skills were top notch. She had taken care of the business when he had been preoccupied with Valerie. But did she feel the same way towards him? She was his captive, he had bought her. Did she even like him or was she pretending to because she had no choice. "Come dance with me Dante" Paula said as she pulled him to the dance floor. He hadn't even noticed that she was there. This was another problem Dante had as well. Ever since Paula came back, she had been all over him flirting with him. It was obvious she wanted him back. But he would be damned if he would go back to her after everything th
Dante had never been more furious in his life. He was pretty sure Vanna had something to do with Geremia's disappearance."Now Dante, I have other things to do. When you do see that cousin of yours. I would accept an apology from you" he said and walked away.Dante turned to Valerie. "I need your guys on this case. We need to find him" he told Valerie."Sure, I will contact Stefano" Valerie replied, he was already sober.He contacted Stefano and told them to look for Geremia."They are on it, they are tracking his phone" he told Dante.
"Why are you asking about my daughter, Dante?" Mr Vegas asked."Well we are looking for Geremia and we can't find him anywhere, we wanted to ask her if she had seen him" Dante replied."well, my daughter has been staying away from him like you requested" Mr Vegas replied."We just want to ask her, it's just a friendly conversation" Dante replied."Well Vanna already retired for the night, she went with her friends for some kind of sleepover, she is an adult, I don't really keep track of her movements. Maybe you should realize that Geremia is an adult as well" he told Dante.
"Why are you asking about my daughter, Dante?" Mr Vegas asked."Well we are looking for Geremia and we can't find him anywhere, we wanted to ask her if she had seen him" Dante replied."well, my daughter has been staying away from him like you requested" Mr Vegas replied."We just want to ask her, it's just a friendly conversation" Dante replied."Well Vanna already retired for the night, she went with her friends for some kind of sleepover, she is an adult, I don't really keep track of her movements. Maybe you should realize that Geremia is an adult as well" he told Dante.
"Why are you asking about my daughter, Dante?" Mr Vegas asked."Well we are looking for Geremia and we can't find him anywhere, we wanted to ask her if she had seen him" Dante replied."well, my daughter has been staying away from him like you requested" Mr Vegas replied."We just want to ask her, it's just a friendly conversation" Dante replied."Well Vanna already retired for the night, she went with her friends for some kind of sleepover, she is an adult, I don't really keep track of her movements. Maybe you should realize that Geremia is an adult as well" he told Dante.
They went inside the house, they divided themselves and went round the house, yet there was no sign of Geremia."Maybe he left his car because he was drunk?" Dante asked aloud."That's not like Geremia at all, he would never drink to the extent that he would need to leave without his car" Valerie said, he was now very worried."His number is switched off" Camilla said."Wait a minute! I don't see Vanna anymore at the party" Dante said."Do you think she has something to do with his disappearance?" Dracaryx asked."Well, there is only one way to find out, we should ask her father where she is" Dante replied.
The party had come to an end and Dante, Camilla, Dracaryx and Valerie made their way out of the party."where is Geremia?" Camilla asked."he must have gone home" Valerie said absent mindedly."Geremia wouldn't go home without telling us" Camilla insisted."But where could he be then?" Ryder asked."isn't that his car?" Dracaryx asked pointing at Geremia's car."Maybe he is sleeping inside" Valerie suggested.They made their way to the car and Geremia wasn't in the car."where could he be?" Camilla wondered."Let's go inside and look for him" Ryder suggested. They made their way back to the house to look for Geremia.
Vanna sauntered close to him on the bed."What's happening is that I am going to have a swell time with you and when I am done, you will realize that I am a great catch" she told him.Geremia struggled with the ropes."You are a sick person, so you realize that? You are going to rape me just because I rejected you?" he asked her.She trailed her long nails down his chest. "Don't be silly Geremia, men can't be raped. I am just going to show you how good I am and what a fool you are for rejecting me." she said with a laugh.
Geremia opened his eyes to find himself on a bed in a strange room. Where was he, this wasn't his room in the mansion.The last thing he remembered was stepping out of the party to go meet Carolina. And thus room certainly didn't look like one of the rooms in the cabin."Finally, you are awake." a sultry voice said. Geremia looked in the direction of the voice to see that it was Vanna.He tried to stand up and then noticed that his limbs were tied to the bed posts."What the hell is going on?" he asked Vanna.
Carolina was still asleep when she felt someone shaking her awake. It was Geremia."Hey, good morning sleeping beauty" he whispered."that's so corny" she told him as she laughed. "I am leaving, I made you breakfast. It's in the microwave, just heat it when you are ready to eat, okay?""Okay. Thanks a lot Geremia" she replied."You are welcome Lina." he told her and then he kissed her forehead.He stood up and left while Carolina settled back to sleep, a smile on her face.Geremia drove back, he was happy and much more relaxed.He got to the mansion and discovered that Dante was waiting for him in his office. "Hey" Geremia said tentatively wondering if he was in trouble."Where are you coming from? Your men said you weren't here last night" Dante asked suspiciously."I uh went somewhere else" Geremia replied hoping Dante wouldn't press him further.Dante looked at him speculatively and then he burst into laughter."What's funny?" Geremia asked."You don't have to hide the fact that