HERE LIES PRINCESS

Mateo's pov~

I smashed the ceramic I held on the wall as I saw my wife being hurled into the black SUV.

Why is this girl so stubborn? She never listens!

I have to do something about her behaviour, yet I can't help but feel some sort of satisfaction for always challenging me.

If I tried to save her right now, I'd be shot down before taking one step.

I can't let Massimo see me.

I had to get her out now too!

This was supposed to be an easy extraction, all she had to do was locate Serena and ill handle it, but no she was just as pigheaded as I've always known her.

What exactly keeps pulling me to this woman, always wanting to protect her?

I thought I could only feel this for Becky, now this hard-headed woman has burrowed into my thoughts!

I hid behind the shadows and waited for Massimo to leave before signalling Luna.

At first, she was reluctant, but when I moved past her, she saw my deathly glares as I whispered “Get her car keys and meet me after” She succumbed and nodded in agreement.

She waited for the mother superior to retire to her room before sneaking out to meet me.

After she handed the keys to me I instructed her to find her mother and get the hell out of this place before Massimo realized what was happening.

I could care less about what happened to them but I know I wouldn't hear the last of it from Ariana.

She nodded again without saying a word and started walking towards the main gate.

I waited a little while, a few minutes to light out before turning the key in the ignition, I rolled up the glass after taking one last look around.

I drove slowly out of the compound and entered the road leading to Massimo’s mansion.

I've been here once, on one of the trips I took with Don Argento, during the swaps.

He brought me here.

The vile things they did to women, even I couldn't stand to be in there.

So I had to get the mother of my son out of there as fast as I could.

I drove slowly, without taillights until I got to a clearing not very far from the main gate.

I had to go the rest on foot.

I stealthily glided across the wall until I found a blindspot from the CCTV and then I started climbing the wall.

As I crossed over and jumped safely to the other side, the alarms blared.

“Shit!” I cursed under my breath, could this day get any worse?

 I moved under the cover of darkness and the trees, the alarm still deafening me to my thoughts. 

I jogged until I found the primary gate leading to the residence.

Pompous bastard, my father Don Rinaldi would call him.

He was the most feared Don, even though I was very wary of him and I avoided dealing with him privately.

But for some reason, I'm putting my ass on the line to save the sister of the woman who haunts my every thought.

I felt a sharp stab in my chest and I touched it, I could feel my hands were stained.

I got closer to the light and I saw it was blood.

“Shit!” I cursed again.

The odds weren't in my favor, and for once I fear I may be at my limit.

I watched soldiers troop out of the mansion, armed to the teeth and they ran backwards toward the direction of the main gate.

I heaved a sigh of relief, it seems there’s a good spirit out there getting it right.

I waited for the last guard to leave before making a run for it.

I slid in through the primary gates and found myself in the main residence.

Great! I wasn't spotted!

I looked around again before taking a careful walk around the building, I was able to spot the wine cellar outside, I remember getting lost there once.

And I remember it led inside the main house.

I readied myself and waited until I was sure no guards were around, before running toward the cellar.

Luckily it was open and I slid inside, I took the staircase and before I knew it I was looking at the door leading to the main house.

I held on to my chest as it bled, I turned the knob and opened the door.

To my greatest surprise, I saw Massimo seated just a few feet away from the door, his legs crossed waiting for me.

Guns from different sides of the room pointed at me and a red laser dot pointed at my forehead.

“Shit!” I said under my breath.

To his side I saw the women bound and gaged, horror and tears written all over in their faces.

“Come on Mateo, this shouldn't surprise you, you think I wouldn't recognise Silvio’s bride? You have been naughty Mateo, you have coveted that which isn't yours” he started before standing.

“ You destroyed 300 years of history standing proud at the Argento estate for a woman, a stripping whore, a stained woman, impure! even her father rejects her” he added before pulling Ariana by her hair.

My heart broke as I heard her scream in pain.

“She’s carrying my son, Massimo put her down, this doesn't concern her, we can deal like real men! ” I thundered, and I clenched my fist in anger. My jaws tightened as I glared at Massimo,

 murder stained my eyes.

He let her go and walked toward me.

“How exactly did you think this would play out Mateo? That you would sneak your way into my island and I wouldn't know?” he asked.

“ I own every fucking soul on this island, I know everything that happens,  my guards die and you think I don't know who walks into my front yard, didnt you learn anything when you were here?” he stated.

Fuck… I was so distracted by Ariana’s inviting lips that I didnt think this through.

Massimo was a very thorough man.

“You haven't killed me means you want something, Don Massimo”

He stopped in front of me and looked at me for a long time, before smiling.

“You’ve always been able to read between the lines, I guess you learned a little too much, Don Mateo, now that you are now one with the brotherhood, we must discuss like Dons. I believe we have a common interest”

I was impatient for him to list his terms, “What the hell do you want, say it, a cut from a shipment, a territory?” I demanded.

He laughed.

“I have all that, I want something more Mateo, a piece of the pie, I know about the deal you made with Officer Asisi, and I know Princess over here has no idea why you went after her that night does she?”