VALENTINO
~~~~~~~~~~♧♧♧♧♧♧"You look pissed. What's up?" Ciro asked as I threw open the door to my office in one of our main clubs. "I've been waiting for you for ages.""I didn't get the much needed rest I was hoping for. Instead, Ravenna had to go organize a stupid meeting."
"What was it all about?" He asked, looking up from the coffee table he had just massacred with his knife.
"She's trying to stop the skins trade."
Ciro cocked up a brow in surprise. I had been equally surprised when I had heard her at the meeting.
"Well, it's good, right? You never did like this shit to begin with," Ciro said with a questioning look on his face as if asking what I thought on the situation.
When Fiore had first brought up the idea, we had tried to stop him, but he had been adamant.
After he carried through with it, we had threatened to leave the organ
RAVENNA~~~~~~~~~♤♤♤♤♤"You're a slave driver. I'm beginning to rethink having you as my trainer," I cried as I picked myself up from the floor of the ring placed in the center of the gym for the hundredth time. Three hours had probably passed since we started training. I wasn't really keeping track on the time, but what seemed like ages ago, Nana had come in to offer us some breakfast which we had declined. My body hurt all over. I wasn't really getting much training in. Instead I had been getting my ass kicked by Zypher. "Don't be a pussy and chicken out. Push yourself. C'mon." "This whole entire training has only been fun for one person, and that's you." "C'mon. Keep your attention trained on me." I did as she said, keeping my eyes trained on her. Maybe it was from the endless ass kicking that allowed me to master her moves, but I saw the punch coming. I quickly deflected it, landing two suc
VALENTINO ~~~~~~~~♧♧♧♧♧♧"Tino. You came," Fiore said with a smile as I walked into his living room. It had been long since I had been here, and I was itching to get back home. This house held no happy memories for me. I was surprised to find Roberto Accardi in the living room, sipping from his glass of whiskey. Since when did they become buddies that shared drinks at each other's houses? Then again, I didn't know every single person he gotten acquainted with. I had made sure to keep my nose away from anything that concerned Fiore. "You called for me," I said with a raised brow. "Sit. I was just telling Roberto that I'm stepping down, and you'll be the one to take my place in the organization," Fiore said with a huge smile. Something smelled fishy around here. Why wait to step down until Ravenna got back? He was healthy. Actually, he didn
ZYPHER ~~~~~~~♡♡♡♡♡I blinked, slowly opening my eyes. I immediately regretted that when the rays of sunlight streamed directly into my eyes. Where the fuck was I? I looked around the unfamiliar room trying to piece the events of the day before. I had come with Ravenna to the house where most of the men stayed and then a meeting had been held, the men had insisted on a party, and for some reason I had joined them. I wondered what mother would have said had she seen me like this. The room had two doors aside the one that led out the room, and I opened the first one which I found out to be a closet. I concluded that the other one was a bathroom so twisted the knob, opening the door. "Oh, my God. I'm so sorry. I didn't know you were in here." I quickly fled the bathroom, closing the door behind me. I had just walked i
VALENTINO ~~~~~~~~~~ ♧♧♧♧♧♧♧ “What you doing?” Ciro asked immediately I picked his call. His voice sounded solemn, which was unlike him at all. I rolled my eyes, even though he couldn’t see me. “The fuck would I be doing by this time? I’m at home.” “Ravenna’s gone.” “What do you mean, gone?” I asked as I shoved some cereal into my mouth. “I mean, she’s gone. Someone took her. Her men her busy looking for her. They came over to the club to ask for her whereabouts,” he replied. “What?! How the fuck did that happen?” I completely forgot my breakfast as I headed for my bed
RAVENNA~~~~~~♤♤♤♤♤♤I drifted awake as I was placed on a soft bed. “Go back to sleep,” Valentino ordered as I tried to sit up on the bed. I shook my head. Recalling the day’s events had wiped the sleep away from my eyes. “I’m not fucking around here,” he said sternly. “Go back to sleep. You’ve had a long day. When you wake up we can talk about everything.” “I said no. I’m not going back to sleep.” He pinched the bridge of his nose. “So help me God, Ravenna. If you don’t go back to sleep, I’ll tie you to this bed. Don’t test me,” he said before walking out of the room and locking the door. Asshole. I flopped down on the bed, looking up at the ceiling. It tempted me to go to that door and pound on it until he opened the door, but I knew it was of no use. Might as well force myself back to sleep. *********“Hey, I slept, and I showered. You can open the door now,” I shouted, hoping
RAVENNA~~~~~~♤♤♤♤♤“Thanks for the offer, but I’ll manage just fine from here. You’ve done enough,” I said when Valentino had opted to take me to my house. “You helped me put a call through to Nana, so Zypher will come pick me up.”“I’ll wait here with you. When she comes to pick you, I’ll get going. The people that kidnapped you could easily do it again.”One of the rare times he was actually a decent human being. It was sweet and surprising at the same time.“Thank you. You didn’t have to help me today, and yet, you did.”He shrugged it off. “I just happened to be there. No big deal.”“Stop lying and just accept my words of gratitude. My ride is here.”I moved to swing open my door, but he placed his hand on my thigh, stopping me. I turned my head around only to have my face almost shoved into Valent
RAVENNA~~~~~~~~♤♤♤♤♤♤“Remind me again why I have to go to this stupid meeting,” I asked Zypher when she informed me that Fiore had called a meeting with the other heads.My return was still unknown to them. I bet they’d piss themselves when they saw me. I was eager to see the expression on Fiore’s face.“So you can go bust Cruz’s ass afterwards.”“What?”“You asked me to remind you why you had to get this meeting off the table.”My mouth formed a small ‘O’. I had totally forgotten about that during my inner musings.“Right. Let’s get this meeting moving. Are you sure your Sisters have the men’s house surrounded? I don’t want the culprit to slip away.”“They have the house covered, and they’ll be there until we tell them to leave.”“Good.”At the
RAVENNA~~~~~~~~~♤♤♤♤♤♤“I thought you said you were going on a vacation. I didn’t expect to see you so soon,” I said as I opened the gate to my house.“Jacob. He was the reason for my quick return,” Drake replied.“That’s a lie. He was missing me so much that he had to come back home. So, you live in a big house now,” Jacob said.I shrugged. “Yeah. Let’s go in. Your visit was unexpected, so there’s really nothing to eat. Nana is just making dinner.”I led them into the house and to the kitchen, where Zypher was assisting Nana in making the food.“Oh, hey boys,” Nana said with a wide smile. “You’re just in time. Dinner will soon be ready.”“I don’t think I’ve ever seen her smile at you like that,” Jacob said under his breath to Drake, who chuckled.“Boys, this is Zyp