CAMILLA I sat quietly like a mouse during the meeting. The meeting had powerful men like Ferrante, Antonio, Paolo and many others in attendance. I was afraid of even making a squeak that would draw their attention to me. They talked about a variety of subjects ranging from drug trade, weapons, human trafficking (thankfully Dante wasn't involved with this), the assassin guild etc. I sat like a piece of furniture by Dante's side. I helped him with water when he was thirsty, snacks, the flash drive (when he needed to access some documents). So far no one had noticed me and I was extremely grateful for that. "Who is this?" Ferrante asked as he looked at me. I cursed inwardly as the eyes of the powerful men were suddenly fixated on me. "My new secretary" Dante replied in a nonchalant manner. "Isn't this your pet that you bought from my auction?" Antonio asked.Paolo suddenly chuckled, I recognized him as the man who had almost bought me. "You made her your secretary? You didn't ha
CAMILLA "What do you want Dante?" Ferrante asked. Dante looked at the man with so much malice that he shuddered in fear. "I want his hands because he dared to touch her. I want his tongue because he dated to lie about her" Dante declared. The man gasped and fell to his knees. "Please, I plead for mercy" he begged Dante. Dante ignored him and looked at the others in the room. "I should have your tongues cut off for lying too" Their faces blanched in fear and they fell to their knees begging for forgiveness. "I will be merciful though, turn to each other and slap yourselves hard until I tell you to stop" Dante commanded. They looked at each other and quickly obeyed him. The sound of their slaps echoed in the room as they slapped themselves. I looked at Dante, he looked unbothered and bored as they slapped each other. I glanced at the other bosses in the room and they all looked unbothered like this was a normal occurrence. Only Paolo looked angry but this was probably beca
DANTE"So there is a new presence in the crime world. They just emerged and they are vicious, rich and powerful." I informed them. "Who are they?" Valerie asked."They go by the name Vitale and that's all we know about them. They have blocked all our major routes of delivery." I informed them."I haven't heard anything about such a powerful family. When did they emerge? Where did they emerge from?" Geremia asked. "Nobody knows, some of Ferrante's men who tried to attack them were killed. The funniest thing is how they were killed" I replied him."Why, what's funny?" Valerie asked. "No gunshots wounds were on their bodies, rather they were drained of blood" "Drained, how?" Valerie asked. "I have no idea, no blood at all remained in their body, just two little puncture holes on their throats" I answered. "Vampires?" Valerie asked. "Vampires aren't real" I replied. "I will make some enquiry into it. Ferrante wants you to infiltrate them and find out all you can" I told him. "Did
CAMILLA I was to accompany Dante to an event today. It was just two days after the meeting at Ferrante's house, Dante had been indecisive about letting me join him. I had to convince him for the umpteenth time that I wouldn't get into trouble before he let me join him. He was at a work event, a friend of his was having a party and he had been invited to it. I glared at Ferrante when I saw him.Silvana stood timidly by his side. I watched as he flirted with other women and kissed a woman right in front of her. It was the highest form of disrespect to me. The fact that other people seemed unbothered showed me that it was probably a normal occurrence for them. I watched as she walked away from the scene presumably to the bathroom and then I excused myself from Dante's side and followed her.
CAMILLAI walked around in the bathroom looking for the occupied stall. I knocked on the door and when she opened it, I entered inside without giving her a chance to stop me. "Shhhh" I shushed her when she wanted to protest. "What do you want?" she asked me timidly. "I wanted to say thank you for helping me" I told her. "You didn't have to" she replied as she looked down and wringed her fingers nervously. I looked at her, she was a stunning woman and under much different circumstances she would be very stunning.I wanted to help her but I needed to know that she needed my help."Do you like being married to Ferrante?" I asked her. She looked up and I saw how frightened she looked. "Yes…. Yes… yes… I love my husband and I love being married to him" she said. I looked her in the eye. "Breathe Silvana, this is not a investigation or firing drill. Go home, think about it very well. Tomorrow we will have a meeting at your place, give me your answer then" I told her. I reached down
Camilla sat outside while Dante and the others were having their meeting inside. Due to what happened the last time, everyone gave her space and nobody bothered her, she was glad for this because she didn't have the time or patience for any mischief today. Then Silvanna walked passed her slowly. Camilla waited for her to pass and then waited for some minutes before following her. She followed Silvana to a garden. They both stood quietly for some minutes. "The garden is beautiful" Camilla spoke in an attempt to break the awkward silence. Silvana turned and looked at Camilla. Her eyes shone with fierceness and determination. "I want to leave him, I don't want to continue suffering in this hell hole anymore" she told Camilla. "And what brought about this change of mind?" Camilla asked. "Yesterday was my son's birthday. His name is Ricciardo. I wanted to wish him an happy birthday, I begged Ferrante to let me speak to him, he hit me and then laughed in my face before telling me th
Camilla was in her room designing a gown. She planned to present it to Maria to thank her for being such a good friend and companion to her. She was truly grateful for Maria's friendship. Her mind wandered to Dante, since they came back from the meeting and Valerie had dropped him at home. He had shut himself off from everyone, he ate his meals alone in his study and didn't bother to come out. The only person who saw him was Geremia. Despite herself, Camilla found that she was worried about him. It was such a weird feeling, she hated him and yet she still cared about him. Plus, she was also bored, she missed their verbal spars a lot. Camilla stood up, she decided to get Dante's attention the only way she knew how to. Back then, when her father was still alive, anytime he was too busy for her, she would get into trouble and thus he would pay attention to her in order to scold her. She changed into some clothing and went downstairs, she went to the wall where Dante kept his car key
Camilla stayed in the room for hours waiting for Dante. She was already feeling sleepy when the door opened at last. Dante entered the room carrying a tray of food. He set the plate in front of her. "Eat!" he ordered. Camilla didn't argue with him, she was already starving. She quickly ate the food. After eating, she looked at him tentatively. "are you still angry?" she asked him. "Yes" he retorted. "Would it help if I apologized?" she asked. "maybe" he replied. "I am sorry for taking your car out" she said. "and?" he prompted. "For breaking your rules and disrespecting your authority" she added. "Why?" he asked. "Why what?" "Why did you do it even though you knew that it was wrong?" he asked. "you weren't coming out to do anything and I knew you would be busy worrying about your brother, so I wanted you to focus on something else instead. And, I was also bored, I missed talking with you" she answered. Dante sighed, Camilla had done the whole thing for good intentions ev
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