*SILIA*I am woken up by my parched throat from the deep restless slumber that I had been in.After working the rest of the day in Alfeo’s floor and talking to Delilah during the break I had realized that this was how normal life would be for me for a little while. Since I had been told that my life was in danger I should have been scared about it but I knew that as long as I was in the office or this mansion the Calixes would keep me safe.But I had still been on edge for another reason. I couldn’t shake off the fact that Draven might have been watching me through the security cameras or that if he wished to he could come to me or call me up to him. I wanted to avoid seeing him for a little while longer until I could ease into this discovered truth.It wasn’t because I was just being indecisive but I was so happy that I was scared that if I was proved wrong once again, if he was just going to laugh and insult me once again for having some hope then the recovery would be long. I might
*DRAVEN*A creaking of the door opening woke me up alerting me of someone’s presence. My head ached from the infusion and toxicity I had doused myself in just yesterday but my instincts were stronger and waking up my senses to catch the sound of the intruder trudging towards me I am ready to attack.“Can you stop being so tensed? It’s just me,” Diana’s voice sent relief through me and opening my eyes I stared up at her tired face.“Our mansion is the most secured place in all of New York and yet you are always on guard,” she laughed and shrugging I said, “I don’t lose anything by being alert. Moreover I can never know when you will hold a grudge on me and try to harm me again.”She didn’t take the accusation well and widening her eyes she sat on the edge of the sofa near my feet and said, “I haven’t taken any petty revenge on you since I was eight! Stop bringing it up even now.”Her shout made my ears ring and wincing I waved my hand to tell her to lower her voice.“Did you drink agai
*SILIA*Did I forgive Draven yet?No, the answer is a no for now but did I give him a chance to prove himself that he might change?Then yes I did.I am conflicted about whether I had given in too soon or that I could have resisted more but I do not care anymore than this. I didn’t want any regrets and it looked like he was really trying to change.‘But he didn’t say that he loves you yet…’The voice in my head reminded me and I knew that it was still something that I needed to be worried about but since I knew the reason behind why he was like this, there was a big chance that Draven would change if the danger that is looming over me somehow gets eradicated.Knowing that he cares for me instead of hating was a lot better than nothing.“Good morning Silia!” Delilah greeted me properly for the first time in a while finding me alone.“Good morning,” I beamed back at her happy to see her face.At my greeting she looked struck for a second and then mellowing her gaze she said, “I am happy
*SILIA*The voice scared me.At first it made it seem as if it was telling ME to kill all the Calixes but when I focused a little more I understood that it was being said by someone. This was a conversation happening between or among some people but trying however much I could I couldn’t extract more information than this.Who wanted to kill the Calixes?It was a relief that Diana, Draven and Gavin weren’t going to that party but Alfeo was and I needed to stop him.“Hey!”A snap of his finger brought me out of my zone as I stared at him in worry.“You alright?” I am but you won’t be if you go there today.“Yeah,” I said hiding the panic in my voice as I reached for his glass of water kept on the table. He raised an eyebrow at this action of mine but didn’t say anything. Taking the half empty glass he drank from exactly the same spot as I had and when I continued to stare at him he said, “What? You were the one who stole my glass from me.”He was in a playful mood and must have taken m
*SILIA*“I hope you know I meant death from cringe. What is wrong with you?” he laughed making fun of me. For a few seconds I had been gripped by such fear at his words and action that I was almost frozen in my place.“Can you be serious for once?” I scolded him pulling away while embarrassingly glaring at him. Rubbing the skin where he had kissed me, a warm itchy spot; I scowled at him, “And quit playing around with me. I thought I was different than the other women you played around with.”He grinned at my words and nodded, “Of course you are different. I am sure I made it very clear to you but how could I not tease you when you look so cute worrying about me. Don’t you know who I am?”Saying that he stretched out his arms to showcase the many degrees hung on the wall behind him. Pulling his arms in he flexed them and smirking he said, “Not to forget these babies aren’t just for show.”“Oh god, I can’t believe you said that,” I couldn’t help but laugh and finally the expression of s
*SILIA*“I can’t believe he actually let me come,” I murmured soft enough for only Alfeo to hear.My words made him give me a look of humor and disbelief. “You really shouldn’t be saying that after threatening to run away again.”“I wouldn’t have,” I admitted, “If Draven would seriously have pulled all of his strings to stop me then I would have no choice but to stay locked up in the house.”“But I am sure you would have been angered and felt wronged to be forced to stay locked against your wishes,” he stated making me nod my head. Smiling at my agreement he replied, “You have your answer there itself. He couldn’t afford more of your hatred and in turn acting out like you did before.”I was about to defend myself when he pointedly glared and said, “We all know that you would have been pissed, admit it. Anyone would have been I am not blaming you, I get that you are worried for us.”“Stop reading my mind,” I muttered under my breath and grinning at me he handed me a purse. Opening it I
*SILIA*Going to a corner I frantically call out into the earpiece, “Hello! Draven? Are you alright?”But I can hear nothing from his end except for some static and noise.The line clears slightly and I hear Alfeo’s voice after some time, “Fuck, how did they know I would be here?”“Alfeo? Are you alright?” I panicked trying to understand if he was alright and could hear me.“Yeah, I am fine and so is Draven,” he said grunting a little, “He lost his ear piece and was busy killing the few men who had barged in trying to get me.”“Someone must have tipped them about our plan,” I heard Draven’s muffled voice from behind him.“But no one except Monica knew that we would be here. Not even our men then how did they know?” Alfeo said and I strained to hear what Draven had to say about this.“The strange thing is that they expected you to be here but not me, them were surprised and unprepared. So it is not one of our people or they would have warned them about me as well,” Draven said clearing
*DRAVEN*I can’t fuck believe this.What kind of a gang would dare attack the Calixes so openly?We had underestimated it to be someone easier since we had already been prepared for their attack but that didn’t seem to be the case. Our causalities had been less than five in count to their more than twenty men that were lying dead below. They had retreated and we had finished most of them off so it shouldn’t take too long now but still I needed to make sure that Silia was safe.Taking out my phone I dialed the call to Diana. She picked up without any delay and without wasting any time I asked, “Did you find Silia? Did you evacuate everyone out safely? The police will be on our asses if they find us here. We need to leave soon.”“Almost all the members are already sent off safely. The nonmembers are being guided outside by the local security team arranged by Monica but I haven’t seen Silia yet. Don’t worry I am sure she must be leaving soon.”That news worried me because when I looked u
*SILIA*I think I needed to run away.“Silia? What are you doing here? Are you alright? Everyone was looking for you. It's time!” Diana said hastily coming to me when she found me in the washroom of my suite.Her words only made me panic more and shaking my head I said, “No, Diana I don’t think I can do this. I don’t think I can go out there like this.”My words must have not sat well with her because she donned a softer expression and with a hand patting my back gently for me she pulled me into a hug.“Come on, tell me what is it? What is troubling you and I swear that I will make it alright,” she said and although her hug made me feel good it also reminded me of why I wanted to run away from my own wedding.“This! See this is the problem! I can’t even hug you properly without this belly getting in my way,” I said pointing at the small bump that kept us apart from hugging properly.She seemed to realize what I had been going through and smiling at me she asked, “What are you afraid o
*SILIA*“I don’t think that Romani would actually set this grand of an event,” Diana muttered from beside me. It has been a week since we came back home and the cold mafia woman who we thought was injured was stronger than anyone we knew and had been completely fine even after that blast. Apparently she became unconscious because of exhaustion and nothing else.“According to him he is creating history and he wants the whole world to remember him and this day properly for centuries to come,” I murmured, spotting him introducing Draven to everyone around while laughing heartily. No one would say that he was sick seeing how well and about he was moving around.“He certainly chose a very strange reason to be remembered in history, ‘The man who gave away his business empire to a Mafia Don’,” Alfeo laughed, chiming in on our conversation.“Do you even know how terrified the public and media is over this? I heard the president is on his toes with this change,” Nick said, sipping a glass of c
*SILIA*“Yes! Fuck we did it!” Alfeo shouted enveloping Draven in a hug which I joined along with the others.We were probably making a lot of ruckus pulling, pushing and rejoicing, unable to believe what had happened.We won!We actually won!A clearing of a throat grabbed our attention as Samantha said, “Mr. Romani is waiting for you.”Calming down at her words Draven pulled away from us, smiling at the hoots and laughter. Looking at me he kissed me once and said, “Thank you, this wouldn’t have been possible without you.”I simply smiled at him and then turned back to the rest as he said, “Make sure that all the injured get treated and rested well. We are flying back today itself and celebrating this victory!”“Alright we’ll arrange everything you just go and meet him,” Gavin said and nodding along as I turned to leave with the others when suddenly I was stopped.“Miss Morgan, Mr. Romani wants to meet you too,” Samantha said, making everyone stop in their movements as they all looke
*SILIA*I couldn’t grasp the sense of reality. I had killed the one person that had previously meant the world to me. I had thought that I hated her a lot but even now when she had said that she hated me I couldn’t help but feel hurt. I didn’t want her to hate me. I had wanted things to have never gone the way that they had.I never wanted to lose her.“Shh, it’s alright you did what you had to,” Draven said and slowly walked towards me. I could see the pity in his eyes and I am sure I looked like a mess but his eyes didn’t stray to anywhere else but my eyes. His gray ones pierced straight into mine, reminding me of the peaceful shine of a breezy moonlit night.Reaching me he first gripped my hand over the fork and prying away my hand carefully from the weapon of murder he took hold of my violently shaking hands that couldn’t control the tension now that they weren’t holding onto the wood for dear life. Throwing away the fork to a safe distance away he immediately pulled me into a hu
*SILIA*“You might have reached till here but I cannot let you go any further than this,” Lisa said, it felt as if it had been days since I had seen her and I wouldn’t have minded it being a little longer or until I died for me to face her again.I still can’t believe she had left me alone there with Luca to suffer, it was worse than simply killing me. She wanted me to ‘suffer’, to prolong my misery.“You really think you can stop us?” I asked, challenging her, feeling my insides burn with hatred.She ignored me and looking at Draven she said, “If you still care about your people’s life then you would back away while I am giving you the chance to. You will lose the game but will return back alive.”Wasn’t she being a little too cocky?If Nick had been enough to take her down alone then the twelve people we had brought with us were definitely a lot stronger.“And lose the opportunity to kill the person who has been the sole reason for all our sufferings? No, thank you,” Draven said wit
*SILIA*“Hey! Hey who are you people! Get off my farm!”A man came shouting at us like a lunatic when we stopped our cars in front of his house.Getting out of the car Alfeo approached the man and introducing himself he said, “We just need a little assistance from you. We need to check something in your barn. Can we please do that?”“No absolutely not!” The old and hot headed man shouted at us, “You think I'll just let you jackasses get into my property just like that. Absolutely not mister.”“We will be happy to pay you a good amount of money for that. If you would just let us in then this briefcase full of money will be yours,” He said, showing him a briefcase that had been brimming full with money. By the way this farm and house looked, he really needed that for repair works and maybe to even live life in general.He stopped and hesitated for a minute when suddenly the door to his house opened and through it came an old lady, probably his wife.“Al? Who are these people?” she aske
*SILIA*“Yes! She was right about it,” Gavin shouted barging in through the door with Nick trailing behind him. The two of them looked really spent and when I was about to ask Nick what happened but he put up a hand before me to stop me from speaking.“My eyes have been fried from staring at a screen for around thirty six hours now and I fear that if I even blink it shut it isn’t going to open anymore,” he said and then mumbled under his breath, “That's why I hate Mafias.”“So what did you find?” Draven asked and the rest of us huddled closer to his laptop that he had brought with him.“So far we have learnt about a small vineyard that is very exclusive and is situated on the island called Martha’s Vineyard. It is registered under another woman’s name so it was hard for us to track it down but we finally did. The label vine that it makes there is called, ‘Dives Uvae’ which also means rich grapes in Latin.”“A silly name if you ask me,” Alfeo muttered in between to which Diana laughed
*SILIA*“Only ten days are left,” Gavin said, making all of us sigh in frustration.“That's too little time and we still don’t have any clue about where Romani might be,” Nick mumbled, having joined the Mafia unable to stay away from this life after getting so deep into it once again.“No we don’t give up hope here, we can still turn the situation around, we just need to think from another perspective,” Diana said, making me nod along but if truth be said even I was losing confidence with how little time we had left.“If it makes anyone feel good then at least the Ravens aren’t in any position to even care about this game when they are already so deep in their own troubles,” Alfeo said, making me nod along.“Not to forget that the Phantoms don’t seem to have any clue about Romani too, although they have become more frantic in their searches,” I said, frowning near the end.No matter what anybody said or did it was clear that we were all on the edge with how close we were to winning an
*SILIA*“What was that just now?” Draven asked, looking slightly dazed as we took the elevator up to his office.“Just a little mental torture,” I said smiling at him. “He hadn’t hurt me physically as much as he did mentally every time that he touched me or tried to brainwash me into loving him.”I didn’t realize but a frown had taken over on its own and seeing that Draven said, “Let me overwrite that memory.”Pushing me against the cold walls of the elevator he kissed me. I fought for control, my body turning hot at his touch. After staying away from him for so long it was as if every time that he touched me he was quenching a thirst in my body.Our tongues slid against each other, gently caressing, massaging and sucking. I wanted to take control again like how I did before but as soon as he realized what I was doing he brought his hand down to my thigh and gripped it, making me gasp at how close he was to my crotch. He then pushed a knee gently against my excited entrance, leaving i