IsabellaPlease tell me that's not true," I said with disbelief as I shook my head and turned back to Alessandro. Alessandro's shoulders were shaking, and suddenly he burst into laughter as he crouched to the floor. "It's been three days now. Same as you, princess," Damon said as his shoulders were also shaking. I hit his shoulder. "That's not fair," I said as I wiped my eyes and glared at the two men.I whipped my head quickly to him. "Three days?" I voiced out. "I thought it was longer... it felt longer," I said."It was definitely longer," I looked up to Alessandro. "Damon was awake, but he was..." I pointed to the window. "It looked like I was asleep for a long time... this makes no sense," I said as I felt a headache bloom behind my eyebrow along with a wave of exhaustion."But he was fine," I thought to myself as I lay on the bed and closed my eyes."If you could go back in time, what would you change?" I heard Damon ask in a soft voice. "I don't think I want to change anythin
IsabellaThe room was first silent. Until Donatella exploded in a flurry of screams and shouts."We have been with the system for generations! You cannot come here and change it. It would be better if you step aside and let the one who is meant to sit on the throne handle this. You cannot do this! I will stop you. I promise I will not let this stand! Hundreds of years of tradition thrown away by your kind! I should have sided with Sandra when she called you a nameless scum. Because that is what you are," her voice lowered with the last word.She was panting heavily, and when the realization of what she had said dawned on her, horror took over her features. She raised a hand to cover her mouth and gently began to shake her head. But I had already seen this from the start. I had seen that you would offer no apology but instead, you would walk out of the room. Her eyes turned to me as though she sought me to stand beside her. But she was alone. She dropped her hand and squared her shou
Damon"Pulling myself away from Isabella was one of the hardest things I found myself having to do. But that idiot called Roman…" I said as I squeezed the covers tightly."It's okay," Isabella said as she lifted my face to hers. "He'll come back, right? We planned that he was going to come back. And now that he's back, we only need to go through the motions of execution.""But I don't think he's alone," I protested.Isabella smiled, giving me some sort of hope, but I knew I'd be fine if I was away from her."He's not alone," Isabella said. "He has supporters and allies. It was one of the possibilities I told you about yesterday.""Great, but yes. Roman has close to an army with him and he has allies. Good, so go. Hurry, if you don't go now, they'll gather more and it'll be harder for you later."With a push on my chest, I eventually forced myself out of bed. Just minutes later, and after several kisses from Isabella, I was dressed in all black with my mask in my hand. I walked towards
IsabellaNo one needed to tell me what morning sickness looks like. I heaved as I threw up what was my dinner from the night before shortly after Damon left. Finally, I pushed myself back against the toilet seat and put my head between my knees."This can't be real," I told myself, even as a small smile began to form on my lips. I pushed myself up from the floor and staggered until I found a robe. I made my way to Paula's room and pushed open her door. She was still sleeping when I came in. I shook her until she woke up."I'm pregnant," I said after she rubbed her eyes awake."Are you sure?" she asked, still looking sleepy."I'm having morning sickness, and I'm late. I'm at least two weeks late, and I didn't think about it before because so many things were happening at the same time, and finally… I'm sure I'm pregnant," I said after bombarding her with so many words."Have you called him?" she asked, and I shook my head."Well… maybe we should talk to the doctor first, and then we co
IsabellaI looked up in front of me and willed the screen to come into focus. Multiple screens showed up in my vision, and all of them began to blur with red. I flinched as my hand instinctively clutched my belly. I didn't need anyone to tell me what it meant. I was in grave danger."What is it?" Damon asked as he pulled me closer."I don't see the future," I said. "I need... I don't see a future. Before you came, I saw that everything was perfectly fine, that the baby is fine. But now... I see red. I see blood. I don't see anything.""But I thought you saw an infinite amount of futures," Julius said. "Surely you were supposed to see him. You were supposed to see RJ."I shook my head gently. "It doesn't work like that. My visions... the premonition doesn't work like that. I have to know about the existence of something before I can see the possible outcome. I didn't know about this RJ before, which is why the future I saw was only in line with what I knew. And now that I know about hi
Damon"Ivan," I said into the phone."Yes, my love," he answered, making me roll my eyes."I heard about the things you did. I've heard about how you killed Roman. It's smart. But his son is alive. His son is here. I need you to pull up some contacts for me. I'll text them to you. But I want you to tell them how incompetent RJ is in handling his father's business.Plant a good seed about how he would run everything to the ground in a couple of months. Make it sound convincing. It's been a while since I've done some espionage, Damon, but it's fine. I have my ways. I expect your response by tomorrow."I turned away from the window to find Isabella's face guarded. Her hand was on her belly protectively, and she looked deep in thought."We just need to wait for a while," I said as I reached my hand towards her, beckoning her to me. She smiled, but I didn't need much observation to tell that she was forcing it."Ted, can you give us a minute?" I asked, and the young man packed up his lapto
IsabellaDamon sat me down in the lounge after breakfast and looked at me with purpose in his eyes."He has called, hasn't he?" I asked, already knowing the answer."Tomorrow," Damon said. "I'll get everything ready," I replied with a sigh. Damon grabbed my hand with a frown on his face. "You are not coming with me, Mabella. He knows where we are, my love. I don't know how," I said."He is like you in some ways. If you go by yourself and leave me here, he will come, and the outcome is going to be tragic. I don't think it will matter how many men I lead behind. This is why the best way to handle him is through diplomacy, like his father. Fighting him head-on or trying to prevent an attack is going to lead to disaster." My hand found my belly and gave it a small rub. Over the past few days, I had been almost murmuring to the baby, asking questions about what his or her gender would be and also telling stories about my childhood.Damon looked pained as he spoke to me."Why? I can move
Damon It all happened within a second. The madman shook Isabella's hand, and even though I wanted to reach out for her and pull her away, Isabella assured me that all would be fine. I watched as he pulled out a gun and pointed it at her belly, then shot her. Before anyone could react, I went for RJ first. I slapped the gun out of his hand and punched him so hard that he flew out of the glass window, breaking it in the process. Instead of shouting, the man smiled as he fell from 15 stories in the air. I turned back to Isabella. Her belly was a mass of blood and gore as she lay there gasping for air. "No, no, no," I repeated over and over again as I clutched her to my chest. "Daniel!" I called for the doctor. Luckily, he was on standby and instantly ran into the room. His eyes widened, and he began to shake his head slowly as he approached quickly. "Tell me you can save her," I pleaded as I removed the mask with one bloodied hand. "I can, but the baby..." he began, but I interru