Meanwhile… THIRD PERSON'S POV : As the soft music started, everyone started pairing with their partners and started dancing slowly, to match the song. Everyone is enjoying the night with their friends or partners. Or that's what they are portraying outside. Who knows? Anything can be detectable, but human thoughts? Well I'm not a mind reader, so I don't have such powers. People may look good and behave well with us as if they are our friends but sometimes the ones who act as friends are the worst enemies that we ever have. So, we need to be careful. But for now, everything looks calm and everyone seems to be enjoying it. But one girl seems to be busy looking at all the items in the dining area. It looks like she is not at all interested in dancing. Her whole concentration is on the food and nothing else. She looks beautiful wearing a baby pink halter neck long gown, with matching mask and heels. But the way she held her dress when she tried to walk says that she is not good at w
ALINA’S POV : “You look stunning, my little devil,” Enzo said as we danced slowly to match the song.“I know.” I just shrugged with a smirk on my lips.He shook his head and chuckled, “You haven’t changed at all.”“Who said I had changed? It’s you, who thought that I have changed.” I said while taking a step forward while he took a step backwards.“Well, that was different. That change is different and I’m happy for it.” He said while swirling me around once before changing the partners.And he passed me to Aaron, as he switched partners with Jessica. “Stop talking nonsense, Enzo,” I said but he just smiled giving me a wink and whispered something in Jessica’s ear that made her laugh.“Is he bothering you, again?” Aaron said, pointing his gaze at Enzo. “His life is just a call away, you know. One call to Gio and he is done, for good.” Aaron smirked.I chuckled at Aaron’s suggestion while Enzo glared at Aaron which he ignored btw. “No need to call Pop. I can handle him.” I smirked, lo
OMAR’S POV : I f*cking couldn’t believe my eyes!“What the f*ck are you doing here?” I asked, trying to keep my cool in the middle of the dance floor where everyone was swaying their bodies to match the music.I was just enjoying the dance with Grace until it was time to switch partners much to my dismay. Do you have any f*cking idea of who I happened to switch partners with?Catherine!Yes, the woman who wanted to mess with me but failed. I didn’t punish her for what she did, because I didn’t need to, as she has experienced a much bigger one by falling in love with an asshole who used her as a pawn in his selfish games and doesn’t care about others' feelings or lives. I pity her for falling into his trap but that doesn’t mean I forgive her for whatever she did. She made a mistake when she tried to play with me, but coming to my family gala which my mother loves, is a big mistake!She placed her hands on my shoulder and I resisted the urge to throw her right away. But I didn’t want
SHANE’S POV : I made sure everyone left the room except for the people that I trusted and the people who knew about us.I told Rudy to take the girls with him to a safe place before they came. And he did. He took Emily and Grace with him telling them there was an important thing that he needed help with. But Alina?I didn’t find her anywhere in the room. And it made me furious at myself for letting her leave out of my sight. I just hope Nate convinced Jessica to find Alina and take her to the safe place on time. Because, if something happened to Alina, I would never forgive myself! She is very important to me. And I couldn’t even think of seeing her hurt.“Are you ready?” My train of thoughts broke when I heard a voice beside me.I looked at Lorenzo and nodded, “Always.” I told Lorenzo about what was going on when he insisted on not leaving the ballroom all of a sudden. He is stubborn but yeah, he could be helpful, if things go unplanned. Because sometimes, situations are unpredicta
ALINA’S POV : “Yes, I killed him,” Daniel shouted, leaving us all in utter shock. We stood frozen, unable to utter a word, completely taken aback. Time seemed to stand still as his confession echoed through the room, piercing our hearts with its raw power.“Daniel…”“No, Mia.” Daniel raised his hand to stop his wife coming towards him. “He needs to know. Everyone needs to know. It’s now or never.” He said and then turned his gaze back towards Vladimir who was pointing his gun at him and waiting for him to answer.We were a minimum of thirty feet distance from them but the room was so awkwardly quiet that we could hear the conversation very clearly, even from here.“Yes, I killed him. But do you even know the reason why I did that?” He asked Vladimir.Vladimir scoffed, “Of course! You did it for power. To rule us, what else?”“Power?” Daniel shook his head letting out a small chuckle but there was hurt in his voice. “What power are you talking about, Vladimir? Do you think that I need
SHANE’S POV : “Alinaa!!” Horror clipped my heart at the sight of her falling on the hard floor when the bullet hit her.I ran towards her to hold her but she did something that I couldn’t even think of her doing even in my dreams. She picked a knife from her shoe and threw it at the man who shot her, or my eyes were playing tricks on me? Why the f*ck she had a knife in her shoe? And how did she even manage to hide it?Nostalgia hit me hard but that flipped away and replaced with my heart racing with concern and fear the moment her body gave way and she sank to the floor, unconscious. I took her fragile body in my arms and held her head in my lap, patting her cheeks to wake her up. “Alina! Alina! Wake up, dammit!” She didn’t move.Fear dawned over me and gripped me tight enough I couldn’t breathe. I have never been this scared before. What if she was hurt badly? What if something happens to h-… No! I can’t! I can’t think of that. “Alina, please wake up!”“Shane!”“Call Ana!” I screame
SHANE’S POV : “Don’t worry,” Charles said after he cleaned up the wound and Band-Aid her. “She was lucky, the poison didn’t spread. Only a bit grazed her body, which might not be enough to kill her but enough to collapse.” He said while taking a vial of her blood in a syringe and storing it in two tiny glass containers that he brought with him. “Don’t look at me like that.” He said when I was staring at him. “I took these…” he showed me the blood containers, “…to run a few tests. To make sure that she is completely fine.” I rolled my eyes at him. But still, something doesn’t make sense. Why does he look tense when he is taking her blood? Is she really okay? Is he hiding something from me? “Will she be okay?” I asked him.“Of course. She will get conscious in an hour or so. And I will inform you if there are any traces of poison in her body once I get the results. But other than that, she is absolutely fine.” Relax flooded through my bones once I heard his words. “I’ll take my leave
SHANE’S POV : “Who the f*ck tried to kidnap her?” “We don’t know. It was anonymous and couldn’t be traced. Whoever called, must have used a burner phone.” He said, gritting his teeth.A burner phone? This means he was prepared for the kidnap or he has easy access like us all. “Are you saying that you still don’t know who it was and he is still out there enjoying his life after trying to f*cking kidnap her?” I was boiling with rage. My veins are visibility ticking. Who the f*ck wanted to kidnap her? And why? “You think I let him go.” He arched his brows in displeasure. He curled his hands into tight fists, “That f*cker had it all planned. He made sure that no one could find him and covered all his tracks.” He cursed under his breath.He couldn’t track him, even after all these years? Who the f*ck is he? And what would have happened if Enzo wasn’t there on time? God! My pulse pounded at the thought. The mere thought that he could have put his hands on her… My heart swells with rage a