AdrianI wasn't sure what to say after my phone call with Alfredo.Elio and Lyra have disappeared?How?How did that even happen?He was supposed to be with them?But according to him, he had stepped out for a while to do something and found out that they had been kidnapped when he got back.Where did he go to?What was so important that he had to step out and leave them unprotected?I trained the gun properly on Kael when he glanced at me in the mirror and scowled, "Face your front."He was driving."What else do you want me to say to make you believe me?"I shrugged.At this point, I wasn't sure I believed in anyone.Anyone could be a spy or traitor right now, and that meant nowhere was safe for me.As if he understood that, he turned the car around unexpectedly.I pressed the gun to his temple. "What the fuck are you doing?""You can't go to the family house or where people know you? You know that."Of course I did. "Then where are you taking me to?""Greenville."I stared intently
LyraFuckMy head was killing me.Ugh!Just what the fuck are they putting in their drugs?!I sat up, or tried to, feeling the restraints tighten around my legs and hands."You're awake." I opened my eyes this time to see that I thankfully wasn't blindfolded.In front of me instead was the person I had come to realize was the enemy. Alfredo."Why?""Oh. You're not really the target. Just the pawn."He had the sleeves of his white shirt folded to his elbow and its edges tucked into his pants like he hadn't just kidnapped me and my father, and he sipped a glass of liquid that was in his hand.I scowled. "So you've been on their side since the beginning?""Not since the beginning. Just a few years ago. The thing I've done from the beginning was hate that motherfucker, though.""Who?""Adrian."I strained my hands against the rope, trying to find a loophole but to no avail."Why?""Because..." He chuckled, "do you really need a reason to hate someone?"I cocked my eyebrows. "So you don't
AdrianI felt my heart skip a beat as the word filled the air."Hey.""No, no, please, don't do anything rash." I said in my mind, but right before us was Lyra, who fell right to her feet after getting up.Her hands were free, though, and my bro... No, Alfredo chuckled."Oh my God, isn't she so cute? It's why I like her."He stepped towards Lyra, who was trying to sit up, and trailed his finger down her face. "Pity it had to end like this, though."I felt my fists clench at the sight of him touching her."Tie her up." He said to one of the many guys in the room, and I turned to Jack, the leader of the Bellinis."Are you really just going to let go of your territories just to take over ours? Because believe me, if he can betray me, he will betray you."Alfredo walked over to him. "At least..."We all paused when we heard a commotion in the background.Lyra.My God, no!I groaned inwardly when I saw Lyra scuffling on the floor with one of the men.She had his head in between her thighs,
LyraMy brain was foggy, my sight tainted God knows how many hours later when I woke up, and the first thing that came to my mind was the fact that Adrian had come for me.He had risked everything for me and said he did feel something for me.The thought of that made my heart warm, and I blinked my eyes multiple times in order to see clearly."Lyra." I turned my head to the side to see my dad seated beside me, and I winced when I tried to sit up."Easy. Easy. You just had a bullet removed from your arm."Damn, that must be why it hurts so much.I sat up on the bed with his help and turned to him with a smile."Are you okay?"He scoffed, "You're the one who just went through surgery."I shrugged. "You were still hurt either way.""How about you?"I shrugged too, or tried to, until the pain pierced through my arm. "Okay..."The door opened to reveal some nurses and a doctor who came in to check me, and I glanced at the door, disappointed when they closed the door on their way out."Adri
AdrianThe alcohol wasn't tasting any better after each night.It continued to taste worse and worse, and I continued to stalk each night."You should have kept your dick in your trousers!""How could you sleep with my daughter?!""You were meant to protect her!""Keep her hidden!""Yet you put her in danger!"I gulped the rest of my whiskey down, groaning at the words that went through my head.He was right.Elio was right.I should have kept that dick in my pants and protected her, yet I had put her in danger.I felt my chest tighten at the sight of her bleeding in my arms."Just go. We'll be going to Africa once she gets better."I couldn't blame him either.Who would want their daughter to be with a murderer and Mafia lord, especially when that was what he had been trying to keep her away from all his life?I knew that because I knew him.I poured out another glass of whiskey for myself and sighed when I shook the empty bottle.There was another thing I was stalling on.Him.Alfre
LyraThe house was quiet, the lights off and the moon shining on it, and I winced a little when I tried to ring the doorbell, forgetting to use my uninjured hand.Ding.Ding.No answer.Wasn't he here?"Ugh!"So much for going to the mountain.He was probably in Sicily.I tapped in the door code, deciding to go in for a drink or something before I left, and I tripped over something the minute I walked in.Like a line or something.I looked around for it once I stood up properly and turned on the lights for help only to see nothing.The fuck?!I went straight to the kitchen, pouring a glass of whiskey for myself even though the doctor had said I should abstain for a few more days, but you know what? Fuck it.No one knew when they might die, and I definitely didn't want to go to hell without having a taste of alcohol again.Ugh, I should have stopped Kael from leaving or at least getting Adrian's new number because his old one has been refusing to go.Did he intentionally cut me off?Be
Lyra"Five days after several establishments of Adrian Mancini, the CEO of the Mancini Group, exploded, police authorities have concluded on the case and confirmed the source to be a series of classified military bombs, which are obviously not open to the public. This brings about the question of..."Dad turned off the TV when he walked into my hospital room again, carrying some drugs, and he came to my side."You shouldn't be watching that.""Why?""Because... you need to rest, and that is not going to help."I rolled my eyes. "What of Adrian?"He had been around the whole five days of my stay at the hospital, but now that I was getting discharged, he was nowhere to be found."I don't know.""Dad..."It's either he knew from the way he was avoiding my eyes or he had done something."Dad!"He finally looked at me, "What?""What did you do?""Nothing. Just... I told him to leave for me to talk to you.""Okay..."He sat down on the bed beside me and held my hand. "You do know you're in
LyraIt wasn't until 4 am the next day that we slept off in each other's arms, exhausted from all the fucking and orgasms that we gave each other, and I tossed and turned, confused when I woke up to an empty bed beside me.Huh?Where was he?The delicious smell of coffee and bacon wafting through my nostrils immediately led me to where he was, and he dropped the spoon in his hand when I walked in."Fuck. Lyra."I glanced down at my body, which he was staring at, and tried not to blush."You're the one who tore my sweats yesterday."He chuckled and lifted me onto the counter, his lips claiming mine hungrily.I wrapped my hand around his neck and kissed him back just as hungrily.He pulled back when the bacon started to burn."Go put on some clothes, or I might just spread you for brunch instead of this bread and bacon."I felt my pussy pool at the thought."That doesn't sound so bad."He paused in his movements and stared at me like he might just go through with it until he turned arou
Quinn"What was that?!" Gary asked as we made it to the ground where I detached my body from the rope I had tied to the table in the study. Riley let go of me.It had literally gone sideways.Everything.The guy, the kiss in the hallway, and now, a fucking alarm I didn't know about.I was pissed, to say the least."Come on!" I held Riley's hand and ran off in the direction of a gate I knew was hidden behind tall trees and flowers at the back of the house.It was kind of like an emergency exit for the general and his family, but I had used my disguise as a guard to unlock its safety in case of a moment like this."Guys!" I shouted above the gun sounds while trying to keep my head down."Come to the back gate I told you about. They found us out.""Shit!"Yeah, shit! It was annoying.I pulled on Riley's hand once we got to the gate that thankfully opened once I gave it a push, and I felt a slight sting on my arm right before making it outside with Riley.It wasn't so painful, I would say
Bella"My God, I'm so sorry." I immediately glanced around for a napkin or something.He brought one out of his pocket."No, it's fine. I actually forgot you speak English too."Okay, seems like I'm meant to know him.Fuck!"Sorry for startling you.""No, it's fine."Thankfully the stain reduced, but it was still evident to my eyes that I spilled my drink on this dude."So..."I put on a smile and accepted his kiss on both of my cheeks before stepping back again."Nice to see you again.""Yeah..."I nodded, trying desperately to keep my smile as bright as I could."Dance?"I glanced at the dancing floor he pointed to and accepted his offer after seeing him now politely with his hand stretched forward.Oh fuck me!"Do you know him?" I jumped yet again, this time more subtly, as Gary's voice filled my ear, and I glanced at my new partner to see if he noticed or heard that."Shut the fuck up, Gary. How is she meant to answer you?I know, right?For once, we were on the same page."So...
BellaGod, I am so nervous.The party was today, and Quinn telling me now that I'm actually to meet her at the party and not go together today was making it even worse."So that's that, okay?""What?" I glanced up at her confused, the last few sentences she heard completely in the air because I didn't hear any of it."I'm asking if you remember the plan.""Yes, yes, I do.""Great." She picked up a bag of tools and devices she had packed together before heading to the door, and as if on cue, a car pulled up in front of the door outside."Baby girl!" I stood up to glance outside when I heard the voice.Oh, it's that guy.The guy from the borderline who had come with another police officer or commissioner or something.Gary.He was wearing a simple shirt and pants now."Don't call me that."I watched as the guy gave her a hug or tried to until she jabbed him in the ribs."Fuck! Really?"She strapped the large bag over her shoulders and turned back to face me before looking at him."Don'
Bella"Why are you closing your eyes?"I popped them open when her voice asked that question."N-nothing. The water was getting into my eyes."I pushed her back and stood under the water properly to wash the bleach off.I could feel her eyes on me.Fuck.I was wet and hot and bothered, and her staring at me like this was not going to make it any better.We headed back to the mirror, both drenched when I finished with the wash.Now it was time for the dye.Thankfully, I was wearing a sports bra underneath my shirt, so she wouldn't know how hard my nipples were; besides, it seemed like she was nonchalant enough.Like she hadn't felt that.That tension.I washed and blow-dried my hair after the dye had sat a while in my hair, then we were done.Or so I thought until..."We're going to give you a little haircut too."To say the least, at the end of everything, about two hours later, I stared at a different face in the mirror.Short hair, wolf edges, and bangs.It was crazy how talented sh
BellaThe next few days were uneventful.Just me, lying around and watching some TV while my captor paced around and did some workouts. She had this gym/workout room in the basement and never had the nightmare episode again.I wonder what could have made me have such an intense nightmare the other night.By day six of staying after my running away episode, I could say my leg was feeling better.It was still painful if I put too much pressure on the injured leg, but not enough for me to yelp or scream.It was definitely getting better."Let me see."I jumped, startled, when my captor suddenly appeared in front of me while I was testing out the level of pain my leg could accept the next afternoon.It was even better than yesterday and less painful now.I flinched when her hands wrapped around it."What? Is it still painful?""No." I averted my gaze.Just... Her hand felt cold against my—I would say warm—leg.I tried to remain still and not have any other reaction as she pressed on parti
QuinnI took out my phone to call Jose once I finished washing the dishes."Quinn." He coughed repeatedly and sighed when the episode ended."Are you okay?""Just managing as much as I can."Which isn't a lot.It's crazy how much the sickness had taken its toll on him."And Riley?""She's okay. She hasn't run away in the past few hours, so we can be grateful for that, but I still don't think the operation is a good idea. She seems like she isn't ready for this world at all.""No one is ever ready.""But don't you think you should tell her everything first?"I just felt like she deserves to know, even though I don't normally deal with stuff like this, but there was also the possibility of her crashing out on Jose, which I didn't want.To say the least, I just don't have a good feeling about this, and it was making me anxious."After the operation, I'll tell her.""You're sure."He gave a hum, which we both knew wasn't certain, and cut the call after a few moments.It is dynamic, the re
Bella"Here is the plan...""Alessio is as much a party-thrower as he is a general. Father to two children, a beautiful wife..." She pointed to the woman's picture under the guy's picture, "Yet he loves to fuck around.""He has various houses across the states, thanks to his connections and corruption, I'll say, but this..." She sorted out the document to bring on too the blueprint I had mentioned earlier."...is where he would be holding the next party. His birthday party."This was still ridiculous to me, but as long as it's just hacking... right? I could do that remotely but something was telling me that that is not going to be the case.Ugh!"This is the ballroom where the party will be held." She pointed to a section on the paper, "Then this is the passageway that leads to the main living room.""Here, we have his bedroom and study, and that is where our prize is. The study."I glanced at the many rooms and floors sitting in between the main living room and study.This wasn't al
Bella"Uhm... A party is the mission?" I made an incredulous face that portrayed just exactly what I thought about that."Yes. A party.""What am I meant to do there? Hack into the DJ's playlist.""And that's the thing about having a short-circuit brain. You just can't seem to think outside the box.""Haaa..." I gasped, flabbergasted. "Did you just call me short-circuit?""No. Your brain."She dipped her hand into the water to test the temperature and turned back to me."Your leg.""Huh?"I yelped and winced when she held my badly injured leg.It felt shattered, which it should, considering how hard that bitch had stepped on it."Fuck!""This is so going to set us back.""Um... You already said that like a million times, and it isn't even my fault.""Oh, you think so? You're the one who decided it was a good idea to run away, yet again!"She laid so much emphasis on that "yet again.""Ugh, whatever!"She removed the shoes on my leg quite aggressively until I yelped again; then she pla
Quinn I felt the relief in her composure even before she showed it. She laid her head back on the ground and sighed. Uh-oh. She couldn't be more wrong. I felt angry and betrayed. Who would have thought she would run away after being so complacent and cooperative? I had actually thought we were on the same page, but I guess not. So... I nodded to Aria. She needed to be taught a lesson. "Okay. We have the go-ahead and can start the party." "Wait, what? Quinn!" Her eyes widened in panic as two guys pulled her up, and I cocked my eyebrows. "What? You're the one who chose to do this the hard way." "Quinn!" She had no time to protest before her mouth was gagged with some ropes tied around her feet and leg, and I stood to the side with my arms folded while Aria and her men strapped her to a chair. "Mmm! Mmm!" She protested through the tape even though it sounded muffled. "And... here we go." I watched as the two men brought her chair to a basin of water t