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Chapter 10
Terakhir Diperbarui:
2024-10-05 00:35:58
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Into the darkness Chapter 11
Arianna POV: It felt like I had woken up from a nightmare, I went back to my house, and I sat in my bed, reading my books, and watching the news. I ate the same dinners I always did and the time away started to heal the wounds inflicted on me. I had become completely undone by the way my father was constantly inching further and further into my life, asking this and that, little things that shouldn’t have mattered, asking about this person and that person what they did, what I thought of them. Each question was a double-edged sword, how did I Judge them, would I do the task, how well did I pick up on things, was I compliant? I was being evaluated from the moment I woke up to the moment I went to sleep at night, he wanted to see how much use I could be to him. I didn’t know which way I wanted to go, be absolutely useless and incur his wrath, or be useful and lose all control. I was too afraid of him to play dumb at the end of the day, When Gio came in and told me he would fight the b
Terakhir Diperbarui : 2024-10-05Into the darkness Chapter 12
Gio POV:“She’s asked to come to us?” I was stunned, she was smart I knew this had nothing to do with any feelings for me and only fear of her father, but if she trusted me to protect her It was good enough for me. “She’s determined not to return home, and she said she’ll tell you everything she knows, considering she’s the number girl I do believe she’ll know a bit,” Luca told me over the phone as I heard him ripping through town. “Open up the second master give her whatever she want’s have the maids draw a bath for her, double the guard, let her know she’s free to go anywhere in the house, and make sure the cook prepares something nice for her,” I demanded, I didn’t want her to think we had anything to hide, or that she was a prisoner. I did my best to focus on my work, to make sure that I had my bases covered. I had provoked the beast in a horrible way, hoping disrupting his supply would keep him busy, instead, it made him snarl and snap. He had decided the best way to punish me
Terakhir Diperbarui : 2024-10-05Into the darkness Chapter 13
Arianna POV: I felt like I was overstepping when he insisted upon me doing something to change the room and make it more to my taste, but waking up this morning and seeing the dark white bed and couch, dresser, nightstands, and gray walls I felt like I was living in an insane asylum. I suppose it was my mother’s fault that I grew up with so much and now already being on edge seeing all this blankness made el uneasy. The way he offered it too, so freely, so sure that it was what I needed. I didn’t like that he knew me so well we were strangers, but he knew exactly what would calm me down. I was already a stranger in my own family. I didn’t need this stranger to see me so wholly. He was clear in his intentions too, that’s why I knew coming here was safe. I had been surrounded by liars, crooks, and con men. In all of them, he was the only one to be honest, and even though he fell into the same category he also had a good heart. I got myself together and made my way downstairs deciding
Terakhir Diperbarui : 2024-10-17Into the darkness Chapter 14
Arianna POV: I didn’t like the idea of going out and shopping and spending his dime, I felt slightly cheap doing it, but what would be worse was spending the day in his home trying not to think of all the horrible things that would be done to us by my father. So I found myself putting on my coat and having my lovely bodyguards follow me to a car. I’m going off to spend the money of a man who had rescued me. Like the bad plot of a romance movie on some trashy television channel. I decided to start with clothes because well he was right I hadn’t brought a lot with me and I was very frantic in my packing so many of the things that I had brought weren't useful. Clothing rack after clothing rack my mind drifted back to what he would be doing today. Would he be seeing my father? Would my father be seeing him? Would someone die? I tried to focus on the pretty things in front of me and picture myself wearing them, but every time I did, my head was split open on the pavement somewhere, an
Terakhir Diperbarui : 2024-10-23Into the darkness Chapter 15
Guilia POV: I huffed down the street stomping, but I stopped when I realized I was being too hard on my new boots. I looked down and pouted licking my thumb and taking out a smudge. Daddy wouldn’t be happy about this, he told me to get her alone so we could get her home. I still don’t know everything that happened but I know that Risci bastard stuck his nose into our business. Dad said he was in love with Arianna, why she is his type I’ll never know. I’m younger and it is a known fact that men are supposed to like younger women. I crossed my arms and growled marching over to my car and slumping into my seat. I guess I still had some hard feelings about him turning me down, which was ridiculous, by the way. I had been flirting with him all night and he seemed into it, buying me drinks, dancing with me, having his hand on my thigh then poof he disappeared. I guess he figured out who I was, my dad didn’t let me go around flashing that I was his daughter because he figured out I was pre
Terakhir Diperbarui : 2024-10-26Into the darkness Chapter 16
Guilia POV: I huffed down the street stomping, but I stopped when I realized I was being too hard on my new boots. I looked down and pouted licking my thumb and taking out a smudge. Daddy wouldn’t be happy about this, he told me to get her alone so we could get her home. I still don’t know everything that happened but I know that Risci bastard stuck his nose into our business. Dad said he was in love with Arianna, why she is his type I’ll never know. I’m younger and it is a known fact that men are supposed to like younger women. I crossed my arms and growled marching over to my car and slumping into my seat. I guess I still had some hard feelings about him turning me down, which was ridiculous, by the way. I had been flirting with him all night and he seemed into it, buying me drinks, dancing with me, having his hand on my thigh then poof he disappeared. I guess he figured out who I was, my dad didn’t let me go around flashing that I was his daughter because he figured out I was pre
Terakhir Diperbarui : 2024-10-31Into the darkness Chapter 17
Arianna POV: I hate to admit it but following my sister's attempt to bring me home, I stayed inside. The shelter his home provided for me was warm. I enjoyed at first spending my days reading and watching TV. I found myself relaxing when I really needed it. I felt more comfortable after spending more time in his home, curling up in the den and wandering to the fridge as I would have at my place. We found ourselves in a familiar routine. He would come home to me cooking a tradition I had come to cherish in a short time. He would be ragged from whatever treacherous path he had lurked down. I would make a meal and by the end of it, we would be laughing and worry free. I had asked him more and more questions about himself getting to know him more every day. He wasn’t what he looked like at all, very well spoken and intelligent with a softness behind his very dominating exterior. He never wanted any of this but he didn’t like a villain so he became one to take my father down. “You sai
Terakhir Diperbarui : 2024-10-31Into the darkness Chapter 18
Arianna POV: We pulled up to the restaurant a nice place and I felt underdressed seeing the women and men in their dresses and suits. I looked down at my jeans and sweater and over at Gio in his suit. “Don’t worry we have a room to ourselves,” He chuckled at me getting out and coming over to open the door for me. I felt the urge again to be closer to him, finding ourselves at a nice restaurant alone. I took his hand as he led me into the restaurant we bypassed the line and people turned their noses up at me as we walked by. I straightened my spine and glared back, I wouldn’t have dressed this way if I had known he’d be taking me out. “Next time I’m changing,” I whispered to him as they opened the door to a private room, an intimate table set for two with dim lighting. “Next time?” He leaned into me, smirking. I felt that same flurry of heat rush up my body in a rosy tinge, this felt eerily close to the night we met, his breath on my skin, my heart racing. I was annoyed and excit
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Bab terbaru
Into the darkness Chapter 70
Arianna POV: We stopped for lunch at a little bistro, much like back in America they were heavily involved in helping businesses in their town. The owner came out and greeted Giovanni and Luca, snapping his fingers to get us a better table and the finest wine they had. I rolled my eyes as Gio winked and pulled out my chair for me, he knew damn well it wasn’t his connections that made me interested in him. Once again, the blonde from the store flashed into my mind. Did he, though? She was fawning over him so intently, praising him a cooing his name. I had never been a woman to constantly stroke her man's ego. I shook my head, removing the thought from my mind. No, I won’t do this. He’s taken me home to his family, he’s showing me the place he grew up. I won’t begin second-guessing now, not when we’ve faced demons together. As if reading my mind, he held my hand as if it was second nature, kissing it before answering a question Luca had asked him. He explained to me his favorites on
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Arianna POV: “Let me take you out today to show you the town.” he grinned as we went downstairs to breakfast. I nodded happily at the thought of running around town with him, seeing everywhere he grew up. The places that he hung around as a child with Luca and his brother. I wanted to see the town that helped him grow into who he is, all the little memories dotted around shops and cafes. “Gio?” his mother called. “You going out?” she pouted for a moment before walking into the kitchen and then handing him a list. “Get me this, please.” She kissed the top of his head and patting his shoulder She patted the empty seat next to Giovanni for me to sit in, “Come on dear, I’ve got fresh fruit and pastries,” she gestured to the pile of breads on the table. “Mama, who is going to eat all of this?” he asked, going over the list. She scoffed and turned to him. “You and Luca have emptied my pantry before. Don’t think I don’t know what you’re capable of get me my food,” SHe scolded him, wav
Into the darkness Chapter 68
Giovanni POV: I felt horrible the way she was sitting back in her chair, absentmindedly smiling as she looked around the room. My mother guided her up to my old room for me while we sat there finishing the meal. She followed a long like a child dead to the world around her. I thought once she knew we were going somewhere safe she’d relax, but it seemed meeting my family was very important to her. I tried not to grin at the thought that she cared that much for me. My mood soured though as I watched her leave and then turned to my father, he stared at me with a discerning look. I wanted to roll my eyes, but I knew that would only antagonize him. I was sure he’d tell me what was wrong with her soon enough, and I would ignore all of it. If he knew anything he would know there was no turning back for me, I had damned myself in his name to avenge my brother, now that an angel has swopped in to save me he is upset. “She's beautiful,” He commented. I didn’t say a word in response, waitin
Into the darkness Chapter 67
Arianna POV: His father rose from his seat and set down his paper, I could see what his mother meant; they were similar. He had the same wide shoulders and strong jaw Giovanni had and the same nose, but Giovanni’s eyes were his mother's. If I wanted to see what he looked like thirty years later, it was at the other end of the table, salt and pepper hair, some wrinkles here and there, but still strong. The two men stood at opposite ends of the room like monoliths, refusing to bow to the other. One wanting the respect he’d earned, the other the respect he’d deserved, I sighed softly to myself. It wasn’t just looks that they were identical on; I stepped down the stairs and past Giovanni. “SIgnore Risci, thank you for welcoming me into you, especially given the circumstances,” I walked over holding out my hand. His father cocked his head to the side as he considered me for a moment, taking my hand and kissing it. “Oh, I see why my son has overlooked your past.” He looked at Giovanni,
Into the darkness Chapter 66
Arianna POV: I didn’t find a wink of sleep the whole flight, my mind racing with the possibilities. I had never met the parents before, let alone a whole family. Even if I had I knew in my bones it wouldn’t be the same as it was now, my heart would flutter, my mind wouldn’t race, my palms wouldn’t be slick. Luca and Giovanni were both asleep, heads slunk to the side in the same manner. I wondered if Giovanni’s brother had done the same. I wondered if he looked more like his father or his mother, who he acted more like. I wondered if his family would begrudge me mine or if they understood my past. I was even more on edge by the time we got off the plane as I was sure I looked a mess, from the bitter cold of an east coast winter we stepped into the cool warmth of the mediterranean. I felt as if I dragged in the sludge and sleet with me, my eyes looking more akin to a racoons and less human. The one bright spot waited for me as we stepped down from our flight. “Arianna!” Becca excla
Into the darkness Chapter 65
Arianna POV: It didn’t feel real; it felt like some wild fantasy I had found myself in. I watched on the news as they carted him out of our house and into the cop cars, a dark expression casting over his face. Then at the arraignment, I sat in the back so he couldn’t see me, like I was five hiding behind my mother's leg, but still. The judge set no bail, for fear he’d run off, the power of a federal judge and not one of the county guys, that we all knew my father had in his pocket. He was being held without bail until his trial. The judge seemed to be unbiased; still, I warned myself I told myself not to think it, but I felt like we had a chance of putting him away. I felt as if I thought it, it would flitter away and vanish. He had never been caught before, my father had been on trial a total of six times, and not once had they been able to put him in jail. He had the best lawyers, he had donated to the judge's campaigns, and he knew their families. Not once did they even come clos
Into the darkness Chapter 64
Domenico POV: There are moments in life of crisp clarity, like a camera lens focusing or a breath of fresh air after swimming. You see things just as they are, not as you wanted them to be; every little piece of information you neglected to cover, your own fears they shine brightly. I’d experienced this once before when my wife ran with our daughter in the middle of the night. All her good intentions, all our quiet evenings, the distance between us over the past weeks. They glared at me in the eyes, forcing me to realize all I had missed because I didn’t want to see that she was leaving me. I felt the same when the FBI walked boldly into my house, that punk smuggly dangling the cuffs in my face. “Tax evasion's a bad rap,” he chuckled, dragging me out of the house as cameras flashed, blinding us, as he laid conquest to my home. In a matter of seconds, the last few months flashed into my head: Vanessa’s body in the morgue, the fear and hesitation on Arianna’s face when I returned t
Into the darkness Chapter 63
Arianna POV: We were working closer and closer to my father's arrest, every day I caught moments when it felt like we would pull this off and I grabbed onto them tight. They kept me sane, most of the time I felt a green mist in the air. Something was coming for us we couldn’t see, shadows pulling at us as we neared our victory. The slimy and sinking feeling that though we had every scrap of evidence to put him away it wasn’t enough. He was too foul a beast to keep breathing. I could see the shiny strings he pulled to get us to move this way and that. Giulia had shown up and tried to get me to see some photos of Giovanni doing something that would “turn my stomach”. I had pushed her away and left but my skin had been crawling since. It was the simplest interaction she had let me go, and I felt as if I should cling to Giovanni ever since then. The rug was going to be pulled soon and we’d be sent tumbling. As hazy as the days were, never seeing where we were heading as I looked over
Into the darkness Chapter 62
Domenico POV: Pack of vipers that lay below my feet you would think one of my daughters, my flesh and blood, the fruit of my loins would have any amount of loyalty for the man who gave them life. No, not only did my eldest have to be bewitched by that Italian fuck, but my youngest in her naive stupidity had gathered evidence on me to put me in jail. The only pride I took was in their vengeance, even though I was their father they saw me as a threat and both didn’t hesitate to take care of it. Should I ask that they know better, of course, but what parent doesn’t want their child to defend themselves? It bothered even me, a man who had raked innocents over the coals to build my empire, to strike my child. I wish hadn’t had to do it, but she’d left me no choice, but to turn me in to the feds. I thought of that little neonazi blondie boy who’d been trailing us for years now. I could see the smirk on his Hitler youth face, as he put cuffs on me. Made me wanna hurl giving him the satisfa
