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Tesoro Chapter 15.
Cassandria POV.FOUR MONTHS LATER!I used to love doing this as a child. Laying in the dewy grass looking up at the sky, especially if there were clouds, so I could let my imagination run wild. But without the taste of blood in my mouth and the winded feeling in my gut.“Ohh, look at you. On your back panting for breath. Tap out, little one, you are not ready.” The mocking, arrogant asshole that is Ivan is blocking my sun with his taunts as he leans down, trying to make me feel inferior. But fuck him.He stands and holds his bear paw of a hand out for me to take. I slap it away and roll onto my knees with a groan, and spit the blood into the grass. I stand up, catching my breath.“That’s it, little one, run along. You don’t have what it takes to beat me.” I look at him over my shoulder and smile at him, my eyes watching him. A glint in them, a promise of both pain and humiliation that I, a little five foot eight girl, will take down the Russian mountain.“Keep telling yourself that, p
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Cassandria POV.“Cass, earth to Cass, snap out of it!” fingers click in my face and I blink to come out the momentary stun.“I’m fine.” I say as I walk towards the bar. I grab a bottle of vodka and open the lid and drink it down. Allowing the burn to remind me I’m here, I’m alive and he can’t hurt me anymore.“Did any of you know about this?” I ask as I look at the wall. This is a new betrayal. After I shared my pain of everything that bastard did to me and many other women, why is he with Matteo? Was this planned all along? Is it because I left?“No, we didn’t know, but you need to listen before you go all stabby stabby.” Dimitri says and I take a breath to calm my racing and anxious heart.“I’m listening.” I say as I lean against the wall, looking at him and not the news interview.“Valentina has connections with Cur …” I hold my hand up and I shake my head.“With that man, Matteo thinks she is connected somehow with the trafficking. Do you know why Matteo is so against it?” he asks
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Cassandria POV.I’m woken by the sound of an alarm blurring in the villa. I sit up and climb out of bed as the bedroom door opens and Ivan comes into view. His finger to his mouth. Tati comes in behind him holding a vest and gun. She hands them to me.I take them with shaking hands and put the vest on and grab the gun.“There is a breach. We need to move. Stay down, stay calm and don’t fucking hesitate.” He says and I gulp, nodding my head as I hear the first shot fired. I jump and yelp as I duck down. Ivan grabs me and shoves me behind him. I’m shaking as I hear screams, then multiple bursts.I grab the back of his vest, and Tati has me.“We move as one. Remember your training, Cass. This is real, not a drill.” Tati says and all I can hear is the blood pumping in my ears. We inch closer to the stairs, hearing more screams and shouts coming from outside and inside.“DOWN!” Ivan shouts, and I hit the floor as he fires his gun. I lay there in shock. I’m grabbed up and dragged around. It
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Matteo POV.No sooner had Alina and Dimitri arrived than we received the news that Francesco and Sophie were killed in the compound in Sicily. The only word we have is that the staff and the occupants were slaughtered, but Cass and her team are still alive. We have all tried to call them, but no answer. But we have kept trying. I have a feeling in my gut that something bad has happened to her. To my Regina, tesoro mio.One of the local police officers reached out to me and so here we are, in Sicily. We are speeding towards the compound. Andros is beside himself. We don’t know who it was who attacked the compound, but I have an idea. My only thoughts are getting to Cass, and fast.We drive through the gates of the compound and park up. No sooner has the cars stopped Andros is out and running to find his sister.“Where is she?” he shouts as he runs through the villa, shouting her name. I look around and see the grass littered with blood and shell casings. This was organised. They came h
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Cassandria POV.I don’t remember leaving hell. I don’t remember coming into the villa or making my way upstairs to my room. I don’t remember peeling the blood-soaked clothes from my body or stepping into the shower.All I can see is my zio and zia. Seeing their lifeless eyes, the terror on their faces. Hearing the gunfire and smelling the gunpowder in the air. Then hearing a roar coming from inside of me. Maybe it was me screaming? I am a monster, a demon. I watch the blood swirl down the drain and wait until the water runs clear.I don’t even notice the temperature of the water as it scolds my skin. I wash and shampoo my hair. I leave the shower, not bothering with a towel. I wipe the mirror and stare at myself. The first tear falls. A silent sob when I buckle and crash to the floor.I sob for the deaths of my family; they died because of me. They died so I could live, but I don’t want to live anymore. My life is just as fucked up as I am.The little girl who looked at everything in
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Cassandria POV.It has been a few days since the compound was attacked and my zio and zia where killed. I have avoided everyone. I have been doing my own digging into what happened that night. Not that I have found anything that I didn’t already know. Even so, I am building a plan in my head. But I can’t do anything until I’m stateside.I twirl and thrust the bokken out in front of me. I keep slashing and moving like it is the real Katana. A bokken is a wooden training sword. It is the same length and width as the Katana. Can’t use a naked blade just in case someone approaches me.During my weapons training with Alina, I found I liked using the guns, but my favourite was the Katana. She told me it was her favourite too, and she also told me about her reasons for it. She was trained by master Tadashi in Tokyo when she was a girl. His son Hamada is now the boss of the Yazuka.She explained that the blade is an extension of your body; it moves fluid like water. It can cut through anythin
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Cassandria POV.We have been standing outside the gates of the compound since before dawn. Receiving condolences from the community and other Dons that have come to show their respect for zio and zia.They were both well loved and respected in Sicily and it shows with the amount of people who have come. The funeral will be held tomorrow and I’m not ready to say goodbye. I’m starting to think that the Romano family is cursed.There have been whispers and speculations about who will be the next Don and everyone other than those in the inner circle think it will be Andros. It should upset me but it doesn’t. There has never been a Donna before, especially when there is a living and capable male heir.Flowers arrived yesterday from the Irish Kings, and separate flowers arrived from our aunt Erika and uncle Fionn. Andros wasn’t too happy about that, but I told him they have every right as they are family, whether he likes it or not.My feet are killing me, and it’s hot as hell out here. We
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Matteo POV.The Irish! The fucking four Irish Kings. They answer to nobody. Over the years, we have tried to get them onboard but they are stubborn as they are savage. How did she?Family, that’s how. How did I forget about that? Erika Bristol, Andros, and Cass’s aunt married Fionn O’Rourke, and they had Daragh. Of course. It makes sense, they only answer to family and not to outsiders.Now it makes sense why they sent flowers. I’m such an idiot I didn’t connect the dots.“Cass, where is he being held?” I ask her and she looks at me. She stands and wobbles. Shit, I stand and hold her hand to steady her.“Help me to the office. I will call Daragh.” She says, and I nod my head. I should be pissed, but I’m not. If the Irish have Curtis, he is as good as dead. Unless she calls them off. I need to speak to Dimitri and Andros.“Dimitri, Andros, meet me in the office.” I call through the villa like a damn fishwife and Cass laughs. I help her into the office and she sits in the chair and I si
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Andros POV.After what Cass has just told me, I know I reacted poorly. I know I shouldn’t have blamed her. I know it is not her fault. But this is still raw. Cass and I have lost so much, but she has lost more than I have. I’m such a dumb shit. I blamed my baby sister for something that isn’t her fault, all because some sick asshole wanted her.I storm through the mansion and outside towards the garage. I need to get out of here; I need to drive and clear my head.“Andros, wait. Where are you going?” I stop and look at my woman, Lola. She is everything to me. I love her so much and I know she can see I’m broken. She is the only one I have allowed to see that part of me. Well, that and Cass.“I need to clear my head, baby. All of this with everything that is going on is too much. I need to get away from here for a few hours.” I say to her as I unlock the car and climb in when I turn the and see Lola in the passenger seat next to me.“I’m not letting you deal with whatever this is on yo
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Cassandria POV.I limp through the mansion. I need my phone, my laptop, and my team on their A game. I fall onto the sofa with a sigh. I lean my head back and close my eyes. So much for my relaxing evening. I scoff before I chuckle. It will never end unless I get to Nikolai first. The only way I can do that is by going after this monster’s family. I will use them to lure him out of hiding. I won’t hurt them. I don’t want them; I want him.I want him to know how it feels to have your family’s life in someone else’s hands. The fear of losing them. He will come for them and when he does, I will take him. I won’t kill him, no I will leave his fate to the others. He is a stain on this world, the amount of innocent men and women he has taken and destroyed countless families all for greed.I know it will never end, not until I have him. He thinks I am a prize, no it’s him. He is the one every mafia family is after. And it will be me who brings them all justice. If these were medieval times,
Tesoro Chapter 46.
Cassandria POV.I sit there on the bathroom floor, huddled against the claw-footed bathtub. I’m shaking. Is it from the cold, the rage, the realisation that I was the reason they died?“Tesoro, look at me. This is not your fault.” Matteo has my face in his hands and the tears are just pouring down my cheeks, dripping off my chin. I’m numb. They did this to get to me. How could people be so fucking cruel? Well, I know how.“They wanted me. My parents died because of one mans greed. So it is my fault.” I move my face from his hold and he sighs when I look back at him and it clicks. I shove him away from me. He hits the floor and I launch myself at him. I straddle him, not caring that the towel has slipped, my hand around his throat.“You knew.” I say through gritted teeth, and he looks at me. He opens his mouth to speak, but I squeeze, restricting his air flow. When I’m pulled off of him. I snap.I thrash and scream, throwing elbows at who has me, kicking my legs out wildly as I remembe
Tesoro Chapter 45.
Cassandria POV.I’m gently jolted awake. I rub the back of my neck from sleeping on Matteo’s shoulder. I’m dazed as Matteo lifts me. I wriggle and rub my face against his neck, like a child who is still half asleep. Which is what I feel like at the moment.Everything that has had happened has taken its toll on me. All I want to do right now is have a bath and go to sleep. Whatever needs sorting can be dealt with tomorrow. Right now, I need time.“Matteo, I’m so tired.” I mumble and I hear a chuckle. I lift my head and squint to see who it is that is chuckling at me. I blink a few times and see Hulk looking at me, and I smile at him.“Hulk, don’t laugh at me.” I say, and he smirks at me and winks. Asshole.“Come on, tesoro, you are exhausted. Rest up and sleep.” Matteo says, and I shake my head.“No, I need a bath and then sleep. Oh and food, I’m so very fucking tired.” I mumble, and he tightens his hold on me.“Cass, what’s wrong? Are you ok?” I look up and see Luna and she is fussing
Tesoro Chapter 44.
Matteo POV.Cass is such a bad ass. Not once did she flinch as she watched Valentina and Rocco get their comeuppance, not once did she tell her team or the king’s or the yakuza to stop. She sat poised, calm and collected and directed what was to happen like a director on a film set.The only time she got her hands dirty was when she decided it was time to end them. Me personally I would have toyed with them for days, giving them every single ounce of pain she felt. But Cass is different. She wanted to end it quickly, and she did.I know she will be concocting ways to get to Nikolai for his role in her suffering, but the question remains. Do I tell her the truth about her parents? Or do I let sleeping dogs lie, so to speak? If I don’t tell her and she finds out that I knew, then that will only incur her wrath, but if I do tell her, then she will no doubt hunt down Nikolai and it will be one huge fucking mess.“Tesoro, where are you going?” I catch up with her as do the rest of the team
Tesoro Chapter 43.
Cassandria POV.I sit there sipping on a coffee, listening to the screams coming from all three of my prisoners. Why should I dirty my hands when I have people to do it for me? The coppery tinge of blood hangs in the air as I watch Valentina crawling on all fours, naked and bleeding from the whip strikes on her back.Rocco is the same and Baron, well, he is restrained against the wall, watching everything that is happening to his precious daughter.“You better keep your eyes open, Baron, unless you want them pinned open.” I say, blowing on the coffee as Tati kicks Valentina in her stomach. She curls up in a ball and endures the assault. I have not had her defiled. I would never wish that on anyone. But she has been beaten, whipped, tortured. The same as Rocco has.“Please, I’m sorry, I’m sorry.” She sobs, her face covered in blood, snot, and dirt. I sip my coffee like I can’t hear her. The same she did to me.“Tati, ya dumayu Valentina nuzhno prinyat vannu.” (Tati, I believe Valentina
Tesoro Chapter 42.
Cassandria POV.I go and change back into my white pant suit and red blouse. My Katana is now sheathed and in my hand.I still can’t believe that I beat Boss Tadashi Hamada, and that the Yakuza are now mine to command.Once I’m ready, I open the sliding door and Matteo is standing there, waiting for me. He walks to me and kisses me.“You sure you want to do this?” He asks me and I look up at him and nod my head.“Yes, it is time to put this to bed. I want to be able to live without worrying about them lurking around every corner. They have already caused me so much pain and suffering, it is time they had a small taste of their own medicine.” I tell him and he looks at me. His eyebrows furrow.“I won’t do everything they did to me. I’m not that sick and twisted. I will humiliate them, beat and degrade them, before I kill them.” I tell him and there is a sense of calm that has washed over me. Which is strange. Up until now I have felt nothing. Maybe me giving into my feelings for Matteo
Tesoro Chapter 41.
Matteo POV.“Don’t hurt her Tadashi.” I say after Keomi led Cass away to change into more comfortable clothes for this duel.“It is not her you should be worried about. I’m no fool, Matteo. I have heard what she is capable of. This, however, is not a sparring exercise. Alina, explain to them what it is.” We all turn and see Alina standing there in an Akido uniform, or Gi, as it is known. The long flared black trousers look like a skirt and a black top that ties to the side. In the belt at her side is a long wooden sword. Her long black hair is pulled into a ponytail. She bows to Tadashi.“This is a ceremony. If she passes this spar as you want to call it, she will be recognised in the ranks of the Yakuza. If she knocks Tadashi down three times, she will be recognised as a master.” She tells us and I look at her in wonder.“Did you ever knock him down three times?” I ask her and she shakes her head no.“I came close. No one has ever knocked this old fool on his ass. He is too sly, too
Tesoro Chapter 40.
Cassandria POV.For the rest of the conference, I keep replaying Baron’s words over in my head about my madre. Like father, like daughter. No wonder Valentina is the way she is with a father like that.I listen to the key speakers, which are older and more experienced Don’s, but I drone it out. I need to leave and get to the prisoners of the Yakuza. Matteo hasn’t left my side since the incident with Baron.Matteo has hold of one hand, and Andros has the other. He is pissed, just like I am. When I go with the Yakuza later on, Andros will come with me. No one, and I mean no fucking one, talks ill of our parents. Not if they want to keep breathing.People start clapping and I join in. Matteo kisses me before he leaves our table to go and give the closing speeches.“Well, little one. I hope you are happy. I know Matteo will never hurt you. He loves you and I hope you will let him in. Sis, you deserve to be happy.” Andros says before he kisses my head. I look at him and just nod my head.I
