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Luca"Why is Emma completing your jobs?" my father asks me as we speak over the phone. The pretence was about business landing this afternoon, but the longer we spoke, the more he worked to ask me something. The jobs have been slow since Emma took in the drugs, I think because my father realised my intentions, but I haven't complained. The less time we spend on jobs, the more time we have in the bedroom—or kitchen, perhaps even the gardens, as I take her after a slow walk and in-depth talk.Things have been improving between Emma and me, and I can't complain."Ah, you noticed that, did you?" I tease. Gripping a cigarette out of the drawer on my office desk, I bring it to my mouth and light it as my father remains quiet on the other end of the phone."Noticed?" He snaps. "Oh, I've noticed your slackness, Luca. It's the talk of the heirs. Word has it the future is changing at your hands, and everyone's for it.""Well, that's good; I don't need to work hard to get everyone to travel on
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"I must go, Father, if that's all.""It isn't," he tells me fleetingly. "I have a job coming up. Densel has called a meeting; I'm not invited. I need eyes and ears for the meeting. I need someone inside.""When did that happen?""Just last night," he confirms. "I've had word that he's making movement. I'm unsure what his aim is, but we must get on top of this before word gets out." He frets."That's what you think this is about? Father, no one knows about Emma. I've ensured that. This has to be about Bianca. Franko was adamant Bianca belonged to him. Rossi must have struck a deal. I haven't discovered what was promised or if she was in exchange for something, but I will. Honestly, I think it weird he'd promise Bianca at all. She was to be the next Don; marrying her to someone low like Densel would have been my last choice.""We all have our preferences," my father cites. "Get me someone on the inside. Someone he wouldn't expect. He has to trust them.""I know a few people. Let me call
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Emma"Amore Mio?" Luca calls me as I stand on the balcony, watching Bianca train with Niko and our men. Some of my father's men have started filtering over, the ones without wives and children, that is. And as they stand amongst Luca's men, I see our future taking shape. But Bianca and Niko are the main subjects of my gaze in the now, so I push aside the future to concentrate on the present. It seems the pair of them need to let off some steam, and sparring the shit out of each other is helping them. They spar easily, Bianca having trained with my father and me for some years, and I already know Niko has good capabilities that he's probably grown up with. "Yes, Luca?""Whatcha doing?" he asks as his hands slide around my waist. He steps up to me, kissing my neck. Tipping my head, I allow him more access while keeping my eyes on my sister. Tracking her movements, I sigh deeply. A strange pull makes me want to join them. But the stubbornness inside me has me closing my eyes to break th
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It has me thinking. Forgiveness is not warranted, but me holding onto my malice is just hurting me. Luca was right, though I don't forgive my sister. Allowing myself to move past her upsetting actions will release me from the hold I've found myself drowning in.Bianca's guilt is another thing she'll have to live with despite my forgiveness."I forgive you," I mutter breathlessly as I hold her in a headlock."What?" She shouts."I forgive you, Bianca.""Why?" She asks."It's simple: I forgive you because I can. I won't be held prisoner by the upset and anger your actions caused."Letting go of her, she moves away, taking her stance once again before me. We regard each other with hooded eyes, and I see the confusion melting through her. What she doesn't realise is that perhaps forgiving herself would unleash her from the guilt prison she has herself in. But I'm not about to make her see the light. She deserves to stay imprisoned.Suddenly, she kicks out at my stomach, winding me as pain
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Luca "For goodness sake, lay down, Emma!" I demand with frustration. She's refusing to do as the doctors ordered. She's walking around our bedroom, collecting mundane things that make no sense to me. I intercept her, guiding her to the end of the bed, where I push her lightly—very lightly—to sit and relax. "I'm pregnant, Luca, not dying." "The doctor said strict bedrest for a few days," I note whilst clenching my jaw so as not to talk to her with the tone that's begging to put her in her place. She's my wife, and she's pregnant with our child. She needs rest; the doctor literally ordered it. "And that was five days ago. I need to bathe; I want to shave and pluck my brows, ready for Bianca's wedding in a few days. I also need to go out and get a dress..." "I'll have a rack brought here; you can try them on at your leisure and keep the others for another time. We're not going into town..." I tell her, finally allowing some of my contempt to filter through my tone. She stands, st
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"So, are you ready?" Emma asks, pushing her food around her plate again. I'd argue with her, but I've had about enough of arguing with her regarding protecting this pregnancy we both crave. So I fill my mouth with food instead, choosing to take a back seat, if only for this evening. "Of course she is, there's no pressure. We both know we're only doing this because Dimitri is forcing us," Niko quips. "Niko..." I warn. "You'll learn to love one another," Emma notes, ignoring his jibe about the whole situation. Honestly, it makes sense, and the longer I've considered my father's idea, the more I realised how good this is for not only us as a group wanting to keep something as important as DNA concealed but also for Bianca, as her life depends on this communion. I think Niko knows this, and perhaps the drive to agree is not for me as a friend and leader but more so because there's doubt Emma could take another blow, like losing her sister. One thing I'm grateful for, in hindsight no
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EmmaTonight is Bianca and Niko's wedding rehearsal dinner, and I'm petrified to travel to Dimitri's home in my current condition. I haven't stopped hurling into the nearest toilet or trash bin for days, and I can barely stand for any amount of time before feeling exhausted. This pregnancy really has taken hold of me, and fast. It is making me feel like a ten-tonne truck has dropped on me. The heartburn, the nausea, the muscle aches and blinding headaches. Not to mention the vitamins that make me feel utterly worse on top of everything else.And then you have the insatiable appetite I have for sex, which isn't a bad thing. But it isn't very pleasant at three am when I wake from a wet dream and need Luca to finish me off.Luca and I agree, though; we wish to conceal our pregnancy for as long as possible to protect our child and our future from outside influences that may wish to harm me and our child. We also have talked long and hard about me taking the role of leader, and now we are
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I suppose for me, she's always been the one to look up to because my mother never had a say or knowledge of half the things my father had gotten up to. She just turned a blind eye and ignored the bad because the good was good enough to be stupidly in love. Obviously, over the years, she realised what type of man she married, but even then, she stayed.Maybe if she had left, our lives would have been different, or perhaps they would have been worse. We'll never know now...which reminds me. I'm still yet to plan their funerals, and things seem kind of backwards marrying Niko and Bianca first. But I guess we can always pretend that their wedding was planned beforehand. This is definitely something we need to discuss tonight."Come, let's get the dinner party started," Dimitri grins.We do indeed get the dinner party started. His grand dining room is fit for kings and queens. The table is plain with the best silverware and plates Dimitri probably owns. And there in the midst of the table
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Continued:"Majority should rule, no?" I frown."If only that's how it worked. Elders still have a say, and Dimitri won't go against those he worked alongside. I hate to tell you, but the men he worked closely with hold a place in his heart. Dimitri is nothing if not loyal to those who served him and alongside him.""So where do I fit into this and Bianca?""Dimitri might seem like a, ah, what do you English call it? A vicious man, but he's honestly just living up to the man his father wished him to be. Like me, you are Dimitri's good deed. A way into the pearly gates if they are indeed real. He's kept you close because he feels the need to protect you. Same for the girl, Dimitri takes the blame for her father's death, and now he has given her to you and you to her as a way to make amends.""It's a forced marriage," I spit in disbelief."A convenient forced marriage that has brought you happiness you would never have allowed yourself, you mean? I'm sure the girl was the same, and that
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NikoWe exit very slowly and cautiously, holding our weapons out to protect us and ensuring we move with precision to best protect our lives as we both take opposite sides in an attempt to cover the front of us.Luckily, no one's around, or at least it seems that way as we remain quiet and assessing."Okay, talk to me, Sven," I sigh as I let my guard down enough to move out of the doorway so Sven could close it behind us. The chill of the night air hits my naked skin, causing me to shiver."I shouldn't," he tells me before pulling out a smoke for himself. He lights it and then offers me the box, holding it open as I take one for myself. Passing me the lighter, I smirk before I take it and light up the smoke, inhaling the nicotine with fervour. It quite literally feels like I've been starved of nicotine of late."We can do this the easy way—.""I've worked for Dimitri since before his father passed over his title. I was just a lowly orphan with no family after the previous Don took my
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Continued: "We're going outside," he tells me quietly, almost as if he's speaking numbly. It's as if he knows I'm going to object, yethe's not going tochange his mind. "You won't change your mind, will you?" "We have no choice. I need to make a plan, and I need information before we make any decisions." "Then you should know she was here with Benji. I don't know why, but he was here for her," I reveal, reaching inside my bra to bring the piece of paper out. I slip it into his hand, and he frowns. "You won't be long?" I ask. "I'll be as quick as I can, Bee." With that, he kissed me tenderly before passing me one of his guns, and then he encouraged me back to the sofa, which was the most uncomfortable chair I had ever sat on in my life. And then he and Sven left through the door we entered through. I watched Alexandra with keen interest as she shook herself and the chair she sat on when the door showed her the route to freedom. "Are you in a relationship with him?" I asked,
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BiancaSo we're in hiding, great, except for the fact that there's no food or much water and only one bedroom come living area, leaving us with the only option but to share space with one another.That first hour was filled with tense silence. We sat in a circle, staring at one another as we judged each other.I guess none of us had a clue of what to say, leaving the only sounds coming from Alexandra as she hissed annoyance at being tied to another chair while simultaneously trying to release herself. She couldn't, of course. Sven ensured she wasn't able to breathe, let alone escape. Soon, though, the trivia of being trapped down here had me wandering around the space as I paced back and forth in an attempt to kill my anxiety. And my movement had first Sven agitated and then Alexandra."You'll have to surface at some point; they'll be waiting," she tells me. Or at least she looks to me as she speaks. It's as if she's solely talking to me, yet she never actually addressed me. Anxiet
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Continued:"No, I'm here. Right where I should be. I'm here for you, Bianca. Only you.""You can't heal these ugly parts of me," she tells me desperately, but I hear more than her telling me something. I listen to her convincing herself she can't be healed. She's so wrong."I don't care; I accept them. I accept all of you, Bee.""Why?" she asks in a quiet and frightened tone. Her disbelief is flavoursome, and I hate it. I think long and hard about my answer, but it comes down to one thing. "Because I can," I tell her with a look that I hope transpires everything I'm not saying.Because I love you should have been the words that left my mouth, but it's the wrong time to say such things, especially when the feeling is so new and appeared so quickly that even I'm tripping over this emotion I've run from all my life."I'm ugly, horribly ugly inside, Niko.""And I'll love those ugly parts just the same; now, do you want to talk about it or save that conversation for later?"She looks ast
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NikoSven and I meticulously strip what little clothing Alexandra had on, but we find nothing that could account for a tracking device.Even so, we check every crevice of her body and still come up empty-handed before replacing the clothing to give her some sense of decency. If I'm honest, I tackle the task with indifference, but in honesty, I feel sick to my stomach doing such a task. At first, she shook like a leaf, but her true identity showed itself when her quivering lip turned into a malicious smile when we realised she didn't have an evident tracking device."Perhaps you should look elsewhere," she sneered at me with enough malice to prove she's gone entirely fucking rogue. This is not the woman I remember; she sure isn't the loved-up woman who followed Mitchels every word. "I should kill you now, leave your dead body for them to find. Perhaps that would leave the message that I'm not to be played with," I hiss back with equal fervour, but I knew I was only playing into her g
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Continued:My entrance is dramatic, and I twist my ankle. Barely containing the yelp of pain as hands steady me. "Careful," Niko warns as his hands grab my shoulders. Righting me, he strokes my cheek and kisses my forehead. Then he leaves me, moving for Alexandra, who is sitting on one of the kitchen stalls in the middle of the kitchen. I watch Niko closely tie her to the stall, ensuring her hands and legs are immobile.I'm itching to turn every light off and cut out all light for anyone searching for something to guide their way here, to me.The seconds tick by until he's finished, and I slap every light switch to swamp us in darkness when he begins to stand."Bee?" He questions me as the house falls into darkness. The silence around us stretches out only as far as Alexandra's laugh allows. She knows, god, she knows that they're coming. "Isaw lightout at sea," I whisper to Niko. "She's guiding them here. I'm sure of it!" I tell him desperately, knowing he probably won't believe m
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BiancaThings are escalating so quickly, and I'm at a complete loss for words. I don't know what to do with the information safely stowed away in my bra. It is burning my skin. It's begging me to reveal it, knowing deep down that we need to acknowledge the fact that a Densel was seemingly working against one of their own with the likes of another man's wife, who just so happens to be one of the top three rulers of our kind.I'm sure Niko could make more heads over the tail of it himself, but I don't want to give away the game for Alexandra only to win with the upper hand. Because she knows, she knows what Benji was doing there, and she might be the fucking key for the downfall headed our way. Now, whether Benji is the one she is hinting at or if she is hinting at Mitchel is above me right now.Anxiety rolls through me, and a sixth sense begs me to accept the truth. They were working together, but for what and why? And more importantly, who?So, I defer. I accused her of cheating des
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Continued: Sighing and gritting my teeth in annoyance, I begin to unbutton my shirt in a hurry. Shifting it off my shoulders, I hold it out to Alexandra with a stern look of annoyance, willing her to take it without saying thank you. Sven chuckles from the back of the boat. He's far enough away that his chuckle comes at me quietly, but I hear it anyway as I make eye contact with him. He never did appreciate having morals. "Thank you," Alexandra eagerly takes my shirt, wrapping it around herself, proving she was trying her damned hardest to conceal the fact she was indeed very cold. I train my gaze away from her lack of attire, aware that my staring might well upset Bianca, and I far from want to create that distance between us. Not after we've come so far in our relationship. "I think you need to start talking, Alexandra," I finally demand with a low undertone, my voice as menacing as I can make it. I want to instil as much fear as I can to successfully seek the answers I need. Bu
