Chapter 48 : The devil himself

Between sparring sessions, Luciano was contacting Maya through the mind link, reminding her to take Talia shopping, but Maya told him that Talia was sleeping and that she shouldn’t be disturbed.

‘Talia is sleeping. Considering her wounds, she must rest. We can shop tomorrow.’, Maya tried to reason with Luciano.

‘No. Do it today.’, Luciano was not relenting.

The truth is that he felt guilty.

He knew that Talia left because of the incident in the kitchen, and he thought that if Maya had her shopping, Talia would have felt better and not tried to leave again.

The thought of Talia leaving was creating knots in his stomach.

She nearly escaped, and next time, he might not be so lucky to find her sleeping in the forest.

It was late afternoon when Luciano finished training and returned to the packhouse.

His shorts were sticking to his body, and his bare chiselled chest and abs were glistening due to all the sweat and he was itching for a shower.

Luciano heard Maya’s voice coming from the kitc