ELIANARough hand against my mouth pried my eyes open and jerked my body up. My mind was foggy but I cleanly remember Luca stepping out of the room to attend to business as he said.This was not Luca’s hand. And they'd never cover my mouth and nose in an attempt to seize my breathing either.I writhe, struggling against whoever's stronghold it was, my screams muffled by cold hands. The room was dimly lit and the shadows crowned the face of the intruder so I couldn't see clearly either but from the body outline and brute strength, I knew it was a man. His low gruffs as he tries to cage me down told me so as well.My heart thumped wildly in my chest and I threshed wildly for my release. “Stay fucking still… you… fucking bitch!” His irritated voice growled into the dark and a smack snaps my head to the side and a searing pain numbs my brain.My eyes stinged with tears and the spot he'd just hit me burned from the intensity of his hand and my body stills underneath him as he held me down.
LUCA“Boss,” Gabe regards me as he walks into the room, a scowl sits on his face.“What’s the situation on ground?” I ask, walking past him with a gun in my hand, my fingers twitching to fucking out a bullet through Romano's brain.“We’ve apprehended the culprit.” Gabe reports and I nod, looking at him expectantly to give me the information I really wanted to hear. His mouth parts to speak his next words when they read mine. “She’s safe. If we had arrived a minute late, he might have escaped.”He states, stepping aside for me as I made a beeline down my hallway that was now littered with a few dead bodies. Some of them I don't recognize as my men, laid amongst the bodies. I'm sure the courtyard would have a few litters as well. To think they were able to disable my security alarm and quietly take out my men, only someone with inside information on how the system works would be able to do so and all my men were trained on that, not because I wanted that sort of information to be broad
ELIANAThe sound of ringing echoed in the dark emptiness of my mind. A sound that I've heard once before. The sound of gunshot.My mind stilled and I tried to pry my eyes open. What happened?Voices rings out around me as I try to focus on the sounds. His voice is the most potent though, weaving strongly around me. It sounded as though he was pissed and somewhat… sad? And I wondered what could have gone wrong?My body's laid against something, not too hard but not too soft either and I wondered where I was. There's footsteps pattering from movements and I feel myself coming out of the darkness.“Luca, she's waking up.” Someone said, the voice sounded close by and familiar. My forehead creased as I tried to put a face to the voice.“Clear up. You're all dismissed.” I hear Luca’s soothing, familiar deep voice, the footsteps clamour before fading out and my heart skips a beat and my body lights up as I suddenly feel his presence closing in.His thick enticing musky scent filled my nostr
LUCA I head into my office where I know my most trusted men are waiting on me. Enzo and Gabe stand by my desk and they all regard me when I enter and walked over to my desk. They both mirror the same grim look, like angry dogs waiting to be unleashed. The ambush two nights ago had dealt a heavy blow on us but even that was not enough to quell their thirst for retribution. “Enzo, what's the report?” “We’re still on the lookout, there have been no recent siting of Romano anywhere. It's almost like he's disappeared.” I grit my teeth, anger washing through me and I clench my fist at my sides. “That’s not possible. He can't just disappear without a trace. He's hiding somewhere and I want him found. Romano’s not fucking slipping away from me after the stunt he just pulled.” “I have Miko and the rest of the security team searching. They've been on it endlessly but we've not had much lead yet— “Then have the security team ace their game. I want no stone left unturned. You all have the n
LUCAWe ploughed through the crowded room of a club in Costa Rica. My men were spread out across the room, I didn't want to cause a scene and have him slip out of my grasp when I almost had him. Once we got his location, my men proceeded to tailing Romano but we were meticulous enough so he wouldn't notice a breach in his security system when Miko hacked into it.But for a man hiding he sure is stupid enough to be carelessly having fun in a public space when his life is in danger. It's almost like he didn't care for himself or if I found him. Or perhaps he was so confident that I wouldn't find him. As though he was mocking me.The fool thought wrong. But I don't blame him for having such confidence. He's across the globe, it'd probably take any other mafia a month or a few to find him but Romano's mistake was probably putting me in that category and letting loose while he thought he was safe from me.Spotting the VIP section, I gingerly climbed up the stairs leading up to it. The bea
LUCA“What are you brooding about?” Enzo asked, walking into the private sector of my jet plane and taking the seat in front of me. We're headed back to Madrid after dealing with Romano and the rest of the goons he'd run off with to Costa Rica. And I left the rest for the clean up crew to handle with Gabe and Miko incharge. “I’m not brooding.” I mutter bitterly without sparing him a look, I know he's going to start lecturing me, I don't need him to talk because I knew what he was going to say. I take a long drag of my whiskey drink from the tumbler in my hand.Once I'd gotten out of the club, I drove back to the port with Enzo trailing behind me. It was well into the night but I'd beeped my staff right ahead of time as I fired off the streets and they were ready for me as soon as I arrived. Coincidentally, I owned a couple of things in Costa Rica so getting to Romano and working the rest was a piece of cake.“The others might not have noticed your outburst earlier, but… It's not lik
ELIANAHis body heat consumed me and all the heat in my body burned when I felt his presence behind me. It's been three days since Luca set out to find his enemy, the one that had attempted to kidnap me and I found out from the whispers of the guards that guarded the house after Luca’s departure, the man that had attempted to take me that night was one of his Luca’s men. His name was Darius.And I found out that Luca had laid waste to him. His betrayal must have affected Luca in some way, given he was part of Luca's organisation. But it was also a grim reminder of the sort of man he truly was. The incident never left my mind and even though I tried not to think about it, it’s hard not to think about it. It left me puzzled with so many questions.But his thick warmth distracted me when he touched me. Luca had offered to wash me. No he'd asked me right after he'd told me to stay in the shower with him. I couldn't say no to him, my body, soul and mind were in sync to his proximity but
LUCA Few Hour Earlier… “What are you trying to say?” “It’s quite obvious, make her your queen.” I scoff at my best-friend, rolling my eyes. “That’s impossible and you know it. She’s not like us, I’m not going to drag her further into my world.” I say with a grim expression contouring my face. I take another drink of my whiskey, the cool liquid burns down my throat as I chunk the rest of it. “No, she’s not.” He concurs, putting his glass down on the stool beside him. “Then don’t talk about it anymore. I don’t need a queen to run my empire.” I state, dispelling the topic. It wasn’t one I wanted to talk about. He doesn’t speak after that, just watches me, I feel his gaze on me. His tight-lipped expression tells me that he’s not pleased. I didn’t care either way, it wasn’t like I needed a woman by my side but the thought of letting her go was just an impossible task to me. Because she was already mine. I made a deal with that bloody housemaster of hers, it’d be cruel to send her bac