Beresford moved to her side protectively but she said nothing just stared at the Police Officer he said quietly looking at his notes,‘The Coroner has not determined the exact time of death as yet but the Officers attending the scene think maybe it was about a week ago. Now Miss, I’m sorry but I have to ask this, when did you last see your Aunt?’He asked solicitously patting her arm reassuringly and she looked up at him again her big blue eyes were clear and guileless,‘I called in briefly when I returned to this country from my trip to Israel about ten days ago.’She said quietly looking for all the world like the dutiful niece and Beresford confirmed her words,‘I can confirm that Officer as I picked Lady Alcina up from the airport and drove her to her Aunts. We were there for under an hour and then we returned to the Castle and we have been here ever since. Is there a problem with Annabella’s death?’He asked raising an eyebrow, the Officer shook his head,‘I’m sorry who are you,
She found them in a quiet dusty bar miles away from any city, Beresford had been told they kept their heads down and never admitted to being Mafia. As far as the local community were concerned they were a couple of old farmers who had retired to their quaint little town and left their farms to their sons. They were stunned when they saw her walking into their bar those eyes could only belong to their Boss’s daughter,‘Alcina Moretti?’She nodded and smiled at the two men they looked so old she did not remember them at all,‘Sì, sono io, SigNoai, è tempo di riprendermi ciò che è nostro.’ [Yes, it is me, Gentlemen, it is time to take back what is ours.]They looked at each other and then at her,‘Non ti vediamo da quando eri un bambino piccolo ma conosceremmo quegli occhi di Moretti ovunque’ [We have not seen you since you were a small child but we would know those Moretti eyes anywhere]They sat up straighter and she saw they were not that old, she would guess at around fifty, her Fath
They were right the other Dons were very wary of her, after all, she was a petite, stunningly beautiful young woman, not a big tough Mafia Don so they instantly dismissed her and her ideas as futile. The Mafia was a patriarchal association, women knew their place, pretty ornaments on the arms of the Dons, and then wives and Mothers. They had no place as Leaders, and there was no way they could be allowed to declare a Mafia war. Alcina knew she had to prove herself and it was sheer luck that she stumbled across two of Giovanni’s men on her way to the meeting she had called. They were in a shop and she recognised them from those who had been in that room when her Father was murdered. Alcina never forgot a face her photographic memory stored every person she had ever met in her head, when she came across people a second time the memor
Alcina clenched her fist when the other Dons laughed and made further lewd suggestions angrily she pulled up the video on her phone and cast it to the large screen TV on the wall. They all turned to watch it closely and when it finished they stared at her, shocked and amazed that someone so small and pretty could be so ruthless. ‘Bella’One of them began and she cut him off angrily,‘Mi chiamo Alcina Moretti e abbatterò Giovanni, sono stato addestrato da agenti del Mossad, so come uccidere, qualcuno di voi vorrebbe sfidarmi oggi?" [My name is Alcina Moretti and I will bring Giovanni down, I have been trained by MOSSAD Agents, I know how to kill, would any of you care to challenge me today?]’They looked at one another and no one moved she barked a harsh laugh tossing her silky mane of hair,‘No, non pensavo così' [No, didn’t think so]The threat worked all
They ganged up on her, Beresford telling her in no uncertain terms that if she insisted on facing the Mafia Don, he would insist she take them as her bodyguards. It was Beresford who contacted them again so she could take them up on their offer, albeit almost a year after it was made.Knocking back his whiskey Don Mario stood to leave, his Guards standing quickly behind him,‘Quindi Alcina ti aspetto domani sera alla mia festa di anniversario, lanciamo i nostri dadi e vediamo dove atterra’ [So Alcina I will expect you tomorrow night at my anniversary party, let us throw our dice and see where it lands]He kissed both her cheeks and left with his men and Alcina sank back into her chair, her hardest battle was won, the other Families would now follow her, and Mario would see to that. She frowned, he had just invited her to his huge Anniversary Ball, he had been married for twenty-five years which was something of a miracle for the Mafia. Marriages did not normally last so long as a riva
The elderly Don held out his hand and she took it and let him lead her onto the dance floor over her shoulder he nodded imperceptibly at his other Son. This had gone a little wrong, he had hoped Marcus would bed the woman so he could control her and he was furious with him for messing up his plans. He would have to find another way to control her now. He twirled her around the dance floor expertly his mind working overtime she was gorgeous and he was tempted to seduce her himself.‘Non c'è nulla da perdonare amico mio, la questione è risolta’ [There is nothing to forgive my Friend, the matter is dealt with]She smiled as he put his arm around her and led her into another waltz both of them unaware of the emerald azure blue watching hungrily.Ricci could not believe what he was seeing, it was her, the woman who had haunted his dreams for two years. He watched her glide by her blue dress shimmering under the lights, her pale golden hair tumbling in a riot of soft curls down her back as
She was on fire, a deep burning lit her core but she had no idea what to do, he looked into her eyes and smiled,‘Ho aspettato così a lungo per te la mia piccola rosa inglese. Non ti lascerò mai più andare. Tu sei mio.’ [I have waited so long for you my little Bella. I am never going to let you go again. You are mine.]He was kissing her neck and she was so hot she thought she might self-combust. Ricci was enjoying himself she was responding to his kisses and he could feel her heat and desire, with a sharp tug the top of her dress fell away and he caught her nipple in his mouth. Alcina gasped as he sucked it and then circled it with his tongue. Her mind was telling her to stop him but her body wanted more, he moved from one nipple to the other circling one with his fingers and sucking the other‘Oh my, oh my’She moaned running her fingers through his hair,‘Sei così bella, mia piccola rosa inglese. Ti farò mio, nessun altro uomo potrà toccarti. Noi siciliani siamo molto esigenti come
The realisation made him cringe with embarrassment,No wonder she had panicked, she was a fucking virgin and he had hurt her with his crass demanding behaviour. He had to find her and apologise, beg her to give him a second chance, he never meant to hurt her. He would never hurt her, he wanted to cherish and worship her. Getting into his bed he was stunned to find he wanted to keep her at all costs even if that meant putting a wedding ring on her finger,‘Wow, did I just think that?’He lay back against his pillows in amazement‘My God, I want to marry the damn woman’He grinned, now all he had to do was find her and propose.Alcina put him out of her mind, she had so much to do thankfully she didn’t have time to dwell on what might have been. She met the other Dons and found each of them more than willing to help her, Don Mario was correct, all they had needed was someone to lead them. The fact that it was a young beautiful teenage girl did not seem to bother them any more she had pr