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Talia’s POVMatteo tried to warn me several times that this would happen but I didn’t pay him any heed even though I was well aware of the fact that I had everything to lose and nothing to gain. The truth was that I didn’t have much to live regardless of what I chose to do.I may not have succeeded but I was banking on Lorenzo’s instincts to push him towards carrying out his investigation into what I’d just told him about Matteo but given the circumstances surrounding me and my actions, I had little to no hope of that happening. If he walked out of here alive, Matteo would know that I failed him and he would activate his backup plan to kill him either way and I knew Lorenzo wouldn’t see it coming. The idea that Lorenzo would be murdered in cold blood was a reality I didn’t want to wake up to, the thought of it terrified me. A world with Matteo and John as the apex predators didn’t sound like something that would benefit anyone in the long run. They were both alpha males who would do
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Lorenzo’s POVI barked orders at the guards and they scrambled to bring my car. I practically jumped into the car and the driver zoomed off. I couldn’t describe the joy building up inside of me. The doctor had practically told me that Marissa’s chances of ever waking up were lower than one percent but a miracle had happened.She had received a huge blow to her head and the doctors feared she had slipped into a vegetative condition but thankfully, it didn’t happen. I wanted to hear her voice, to ascertain that she had truly woken up but the doctors advised against it. She wasn’t in any mood to exert any stress on her brain and I understood that. Maybe this was a sign that things were going to turn in my favor now and I desperately needed it to happen. I wasn’t a religious person but I spent the last six hours in a church offering prayers on behalf of Marissa, willing her to wake up and she had. I didn’t know if God heard me and granted me this wish but if he had, I needed him to gr
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Talia’s POVOne hour earlier I couldn't calm my nerves. I couldn’t shake off the impending feeling of doom and I knew that something bad was about to happen. Matteo’s mischievous smirk kept on playing on a loop inside my head. He knew something that I didn’t, I was quite sure of it. I rushed towards the window to look outside for any sign that would indicate that I was right but there was nothing out of the ordinary. The grounds were quiet and there were only a handful of guards keeping watch.I heard the door open again and I scurried away from the window, forcing myself into bed as I pulled the sheets to my jaw. One of the prison guards made his way inside, much to my displeasure. “I’m here to take you back.” He said, giving me the nastiest smile.“Don Lorenzo specifically instructed me to wait here until he returns and that’s what I’ll do,” I said. “He’s not here now, is he?” The guard laughed and my nervousness skyrocketed. Had something happened to him already? “Who sent y
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Talia’s POVI tapped on the steering wheel hoping that no one had noticed I was missing yet. I glanced at the rearview mirror more times than I could count trying to figure out if I was being trailed by anyone. I was going through several different scenarios in my head on how Lorenzo would react to seeing me in the hospital or taking the news that his life was in danger. Given how he had easily discarded my revelation about Matteo back at the house, I wasn’t entirely confident that it would change much. Maybe if I persisted and asked him to be on guard, he would see that I was right. I was dealing purely with hypothesis and belief but it was all I had going on for me right now. I was risking my life for people that didn’t care about me anymore but doing good for the first time in a long while felt quite damn good. I didn’t know how much longer I had left in me but the next couple of hours were crucial. If I didn’t fight, Matteo would win and I would end up dead in my cell like I n
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Talia’s POVThe battle that ensued was bloody. Lorenzo took it upon himself to lead the charge and he was taking out John’s men with ease but we were suffering casualties of our own. Two of Lorenzo’s men were dead and it was just me, Lorenzo, and his driver left. John knew this and he was cautiously approaching where we hid behind the car. This was the perfect hiding spot. The car was bulletproof. “It’s just the three of us left,” I said everyone’s thoughts out loud. It’s been ten minutes since Lorenzo called for backup but they weren’t here yet. “They’ve never taken this long before,” Lorenzo said, checking the chamber of his gun to see how many bullets he had left. The Beretta I held had 17 rounds and I only had a couple of bullets left. Even if we killed the men left with a single bullet for each man, we wouldn’t have enough. My worries intensified and my thoughts became darker as the night went on. With no lifeline in sight yet, I felt as though we were all going to drown in
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Talia’s POVFor the first time tonight, I felt elated at the fact that we had a chance to put this to an end once and for all. Lorenzo’s backup plan had worked but that was only the first phase. There was still a lot of work to do and I knew just what to do. “I’m going out there, Lorenzo,” I said, sliding the gun into the waistband of my jeans. “Are you crazy?” Lorenzo glared at me. “We’re about to be saved and yet, you want to risk the whole plan?” “They’ll need to see us to know how to get to us. If I go out there and give them a signal and if they are as good as you’ve made them out to be, they would have no problems coming to rescue us.”“Be careful out there, Talia. Men like John, their thirst for blood is unquestionably their biggest inspiration.” “Wish me luck,” I whispered as I made my way out, my hands hung above my head. “Look who decided to join the party.” John laughed as he spotted me. “You’re not surprised to see me?” I asked. I’d been banking on using it as an el
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Talia’s POVTogether, we ran back to the scene of the car crash to find most of Lorenzo’s backup soldiers still alive. They had won the war and killed all of John’s soldiers but in return, they lost a handful of men. It was a bittersweet ending to a battle we had to win.Lorenzo felt no remorse for the dead. He said they were paid to either live or die, it was part of the job, and there was no emotion attached to it. “What else do you want us to do from here on?” The leader of the group asked Lorenzo, wiping off blood from his forehead. “John has several camps in the city, I need you to take all of them out tonight. We can’t afford to leave any stone unturned. If it requires you to hire more men, do it. I’ll make a wire transfer of $10 million to you immediately and another $10 million when this is all over.”The man nodded and walked away, yelling instructions to his soldiers. “We need a car if we want to get to the hospital on time.” I began. “It would save us a lot of time.” “
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Lorenzo’s POV“Step away from here, Matteo,” I said in an authoritative tone. Matteo stared at me before bursting out into laughter. “What the fuck do you think you’re doing, Lorenzo?” “If you have a problem with me, we can deal with it. Marissa has nothing to do with it.” I said. “You’re pointing a gun at me, Lorenzo. Why would I be so stupid as to listen to anything you’re saying?” Matteo taunted me. He looked different. He sounded different. There was something inherently wrong with him and I didn’t want to jump to conclusions yet. I’ve spent the better part of nearly two decades with Matteo by my side. He was my right-hand man and best friend. Whatever this was, we could sort it out without having to go down an ugly path. “I’m not going to shoot you, Matteo. You know this. What the hell is going on with you? I’ve been hearing weird stories of late and it’s difficult to wrap my head around them.”“Can you remove the gun from Marissa’s head at least, please?” I heard Talia say.
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