Natalie's POV * Moments Before The Attack *"Daisy, it's bedtime now." When I find her and Sebastian in the kitchen, I make an announcement."Are you sure?" With a chocolate chip cookie in each hand, she pouts."Five minutes more?" Sebastian joins in, a whole pack of chips in his arms."Isn't it also past your bedtime?" I inquire, crossing my arms over my chest."I'm an adult. I don't have a bedtime routine." He states proudly, sneaking a glance at Daisy."A man wouldn't proudly state that he doesn't have a bedtime just to impress a girl," I snort at his response."I wasn't trying to impress anyone!" As he stomps one foot on the ground, he tells me."Oh, you're right." As if I've just realized something, I snap my fingers. "That's why you have cookies. Sorry, I forgot.""You look like a walrus," he says, glaring at me.I raise an eyebrow and narrow my eyes at his remark. "Tell me again when you reach the age of eighteen. Let's see what happens.""You're a jerk!!" He yells at me."I a
Luciana’s POV"Boss would definitely be happy if we brought her back as well," the other man says, his eyes widening in surprise."Exactly!" The first man shouts, sounding so excited that it frightens me to my core.The other man pauses before lowering his gun and nodding his head. "OK, then grab her and let's go.""No!!" I scream as the big man grabs me and tries to drag me along with them.I have no prior fighting experience. I've never been in a fight in my life. My father always did his best to protect my brother and I. He did everything he could to keep us from being in this situation.I'm not going to let these men take me without even attempting to flee because I don't know how to fight. The man's right arm is wrapped around my upper body, dragging me away.I hunch my shoulders and bite his arm as hard as I can. He yells and lets me go, and I fall to the ground. I spit his blood on the floor as the taste of his blood lingers in my mouth.As he glares at me and pulls out his gun
Alessandro's POVAs soon as Ken pulls up to the house, I see dead bodies everywhere. Getting out of the car with a gun in each hand, I immediately start shooting the last few people who are still alive.If it were any other day, I would've took them down to the pit, but I can't do that. I don't have the time and patience for that shit. My eyes land on Charlotte, who is fighting with two men.She twists one of the men’s arms behind his back at an angle that makes it snap. After shoving him down to the floor, she turns back to the second man and dodges one of his punches.It doesn't take long for her to have him in a choke hold and kill him right before she bends over the other guy and slices his throat.As blood pours out of his throat, she stands up and turns to me with a proud smile, "You missed the fun."Blood covers her clothes, bruises are already starting to form on her face and her bottom lip is busted. Despite that and some other wounds she probably has, she doesn't look out of
Alessandro’s POVHe immediately walks away and talks into his earpiece while I head back to the car with, Daisy."Back to the hospital." I order, as soon as I shut the car door.When we get to the hospital again, I walk inside and go straight to the waiting room. Nat, Luca, Fedele, Sebastian and Charlotte are already there sitting on the chairs."I want, mommy." Daisy mumbles as she lifts her head up from my shoulder."Mommy's with the doctors right now, princess." I tell her, walking over to one of the empty chairs."Hailey is in surgery right now. Marcelo is with Luciana while the doctors check her over." Luca says, as I take a seat with Daisy on my lap.I nod my head before looking over at Fedele, "What about you, Fedele? Charlotte said that you needed help.""Oh, it wasn't a big deal. I just needed a few stitches." He sighs and shrugs his shoulders. "Nothing too dramatic."Charlotte rolls her eyes as I tap my fingers against the arm rest on the chair. I stand up with Daisy in my a
Alessandro’s POV"Mr. Gattani, are you listening to me?" The doctor's voice pierces the air, drawing my attention back to him."Can you not see that I'm with my wife?" I ask, turning my head to face him."I understand that you want to be alone with her, but please keep in mind that it's been nearly two months." He sighs and slips the pen he's holding into his coat pocket. "Sir, your wife showed no signs of progress during the first three weeks.""I don't care how long it's been! I'll wait years for her to wake up if necessary!!" I argue with venom in my tone."Mr. Gattani!" He annoys himself by raising his voice. "After the third week, we required you to sign a consent form stating that you give us permission to remove your wife from the ventilator. I know you don't want to hear it, but she won't wake up.I now require your signature on the consent form."First, did this jerk just raise his fucking voice at me? Second, what kind of doctor talks to his patients' families like that? Thr
Alessandro’s POVAs I look at her with surprise, we both fall into a peaceful silence. She appears to have had a weight lifted off her shoulders.I approach her and wrap my arms around her body, tightly hugging her as I say, "I'm sorry to hear about your fiancé. We could have helped you if we had known."She returns my hug and places her head on my chest "I wanted to be alone to mourn.Besides, no one else knew we were engaged, so I think it would have been strange to call and inform you all that he had died."Instead of responding, I hug her for a few more moments before kissing the top of her head and pulling away."I'm going to see about Natalie." Sarah shakes her head, her brow furrowed. "She looked like she was in pain earlier, but I'm not sure. She insisted on telling everyone she was fine."After Sarah leaves, I decide to stay on the rooftop by myself for a while longer.Different thoughts race through my mind, and none of them are pleasant.I'm not sure how long I stayed here,
Alessandro’s POVHe makes a small noise and smiles at me, which I interpret as a yes. I prop him up on my arm, holding the front of his body with my right hand to keep him from falling forward.As I hold him close to Della's side, his gaze returns to her, and he smiles once more.He starts moving his legs and arms like he's excited to see her.My heart is filled with love, and I pull him closer to her. He reaches out and places his hands on her face once he's got close enough."Our baby boy is very intelligent." I tell her as I smile down at them. "He knows you're his mother. I adore you all, all three of you. I have everything I could possibly desire. I have a beautiful mafia queen, a little mafia princess, and a little mafia prince."Lorenzo begins to cry, so I reposition him in my arms and gently rock him from side to side. His eyes slowly close, and it's not long before he's completely knocked out again.As I look over at Della, I sit back down in the chair with Lorenzo sleeping i
Alessandro's POVIt's been a week since I signed a consent form and requested that my wife be taken off the ventilator. One week has passed since I last saw her face, touched her skin, and heard her last breath.Today is her funeral, and I've been counting down the minutes. I spent my time with our children, especially Daisy, being there for them. Making certain that they have everything they desire and require.I'll have a couple of drinks by myself before going to bed while they're sleeping. Her odor is still present in the sheets and blankets. It breaks my heart while also making me happy. I like how she appears to be there at night, but I despise how she isn't."Boss, we've arrived." As the car comes to a halt, Ken says.I looked out the car window and saw Della's coffin in the distance, surrounded by our family. I asked my parents to transport Daisy and Lorenzo in their car because I needed some alone time.I open the car door and step out after putting on my sunglasses. The sun
Fedele’s POVHe pulled out his phone and turned it so I could see it. I looked on the screen and sure enough there was a video of Della"You see Fedele I hold all the cards. My wife, my family and hers are safe and sound.""Now what? Are you going to kill me with your bare hands.""Actually I have been thinking about that. Then I started thinking what would be the best possible punishment for your indiscretions and it came to me as I arrived here."He got up and a screen came down from the ceiling. Pictures of children faces appeared. One was of a little girl who looked to be blind, another one was of a little boy connected to a machine and a little girl who's face seemed to be scarred. Then more pictures appeared of sick people. One by one from young to old he clicked through pictures of people I didn't know."Why are you showing me this?""Because you are going to either save their lives or you will enhance it.""What are you talking about?"The door opened behind him and two men wa
Fedele’s POVI woke up to find myself in another room. I was still wearing the blood stained garment that was drenched in Harold's and Auntie's blood. I must have been dreaming.The stench of the blood was starting to get to me. I raised up slowly holding on to the wall."Rise and shine." I heard the eery voice of my captor. I looked around and still his cover was hidden.The wall opened up and there was a bed with white sheets and someone lying in it. I walked in as it seemed to be the only place to go. As I walked in I heard two distinct voices. A man and a woman but they were moaning. The covers moved and then someone emerged from under the sheets. I watched as the sheet slowly lowered from the back.I squinted trying to figure out who it was and why was I brought here. It was a woman.She moved her body up and down. He leaned her head back and I stopped in my tracks."Ashley?" I ran towards her but was stopped instantly as I hit a glass wall. I started to beat on it but she couldn
Fedele’s POV"What's the difference Harold? Della's dead and you nor Alessandro got her .""You sick mothefucker! Della was the only... reason I stayed. You switched the results...""I did what I had too. I had already lost everything and I couldn't afford to watch you have Della.""You sick scum .""This time he charged me and was able to grab my foot and I hit the floor hard. I tried getting up but he kept pulling me closer until his face was mere inches from mine. His left eye was dark purple as I could see traces of a fist. There were light scratches on his cheek and his neck was bloody with remnants of a huge scar.He laughed as I could see most of his teeth had been pulled out. Somehow the blood had dried up in clumps around his swollen gums making him look like a monster. I turned my face as I didn't want to see him.I knew I could never trust him and I needed to find a way out of here."Me? You started this Harold!""I might have but you took it to another level," he said cough
Fedele’s POVI looked up at my surroundings. I decided to take the tunnel straight in front of me. It seemed as if I was in a catacomb. The dark rich stone and concrete was thick and settled as if it had been carved thousands of years ago. It was dark and the more I journeyed in the more the air seemed thin.I continued on which seemed like forever until I came to a door and I opened it only to find a brick wall behind it. I hit it with my hands and the force from the hit had me shaking the pain away."Ouch, what the hell?" I said hitting on all sides. I could hear his laughter in the background so I ran back the way I came. I finally came out and started on another tunnel. The Dane thing happened except this one became smaller at the end. I was literally hunched back when I opened the door to another wall. I ran back to the opening and there were two more tunnels.I started from my left and the tunnel zigzagged. I continued on as I felt coldness starting to seep through. My clothes w
Fedele’s POVI slid down the wall and cried. I could still taste the metallic flavor of Auntie's blood against my lips and my dress was drenched in her blood. How was this happening to me why did I do what i did? At this point I don't even know what made me involve myself in the plot to kill Alessandro's wife? I saw a red light and when I looked up the clock was counting down. I didn't know how long I had been sitting here but all I could do was watch the numbers ticking away."Mr Fedele time is wasting," he said in a singing voice. The deep baritone voice dripped with pure insanity."Leave me alone you sick fucker!""Ah now now now. Did we not just have a conversation about name calling? Have I called you out of your birth name? Where are your manners Mr. Fedele?"I looked around trying to find where his voice was coming from. I checked the ceiling and the walls and couldn't see anything."Did you have to kill her? She made a mistake and death shouldn't have been her punishment. That
Fedele’s POV"What kind of game are you playing Asshole? Let her go!" I yelled out in the room."Save me Fedele!" She said begging and crying so hard I couldn't hear my own thoughts. My heart was beating so fast in my chest I didn't know what to do. I couldn't afford to lose her. I climbed up on the platform to see if I could push the blade part back up. I was using all my strength to make it go back up but it wouldn't move up just kept moving down. I heard Auntie crying harder."I can use the saw and cut your feet off. I think it's the only chance you have.""No you can't. Oh God please no.""Auntie it's the only way."She screamed. "No....please. There has to be another way."Tears were rolling down my eyes. "Let me save you.""Ah nooooo..." I heard her say as the clock bonged out. The wood around her neck began to tighten. I could hear the metal and see the metal knobs that held up the two pieces of the opening turning. This contraption wasn't giving me much time."Whoever can hear
Fedele’s POVI heard him counting down and the once closed door began to open. A bright light barely showed through all the darkness as it seemed that the darkness behind me was starting to suck up the light in front of me. This couldn't be happening. I heard King growling and barking."Five... four... three..."I looked at the clock on the wall. The red numbers twenty-four appeared so bright as King started barking louder and before Hatter got to one, I took out through the open door. As soon as I made it out, the door closed and the lights began to automatically come on down the hall. I touched the wall and sure enough it was made of concrete. Was I in some type of maze? I continued down the hallway but when I stopped and looked back, darkness had covered my tracks."Alessandro please, this is too much. I'm sorry for what I did." I said moving down the hall. I was looking up to see if I could spot cameras but I didn't see anything.Finally a huge room appeared before me. It had a m
Fedele’s POV"I heard you the first time young man," he said with his voice dripping with sarcasm."Please have a cup of tea or something to eat. You must be starving. You were sleeping when they brought you here and it's been over fifteen hours I guess since you have probably had something to eat. People can't focus if their bodies haven't gotten nourishment."I could hear my stomach growling as he said the words. I didn't know if there was poison or anything else in the food. I looked at him and then the food. "How do I know you haven't poisoned it?""Here let me show you," he said taking a slice of ham and placing it on a plate. He picked up a fork and knife, cut it and placed a piece in his mouth. "See, this is good Canadian ham especially smoked with tender loving care," he said winking at me. He picked up the other empty glass and poured himself some water. He patted away any evidence of the food and water."What happened to your hair and apron? I wanted you to look nice when we
Fedele’s POVJolting awake from my sleep, I felt disoriented I looked up and saw green eyes staring back at me as I felt something cold entering my body.I grabbed my neck as I felt a tiny hole against it."Alessandro ?" I asked as my eyes felt heavy."The one and only.""You can't do anything to me!" I tried to yell but my speech felt slurred."I can do whatever I want. You wanted to play games so I am here to play. The only difference is you will play by my rules. The problem is do you want to live or die?The choice will be yours?""You can't hurt me. I am not... a..fr..aid of you." My breathing felt heavy."Oh but you will soon. Get some rest brother because you are going to need it." I felt myself swaying. Alessandro grabbed me and placed me in a box. My eyes were so heavy as I tried to keep them open.He put an oxygen mask on my face and connected the tubing through a small hole in the box to a small tank outside the box. He sat on his knees and strapped my arms to the side of