ClaireThe car sped dangerously close, my heart thumped rapidly and a screeching sound filled the air. I shut my eyes tight and my body suddenly tilted in the air. The sound of the car crashing against the curb came next but no pain struck me, I opened my eyes and realized a strong grip around my wrist."What the hell Blue, were you looking to get killed?!" A deep angry voice roared next to me as his arms gripped my shoulders."I...I didn't know what to..." Words hardly formed from my throat as I looked around and realized a car had crashed to the curb right where I'd been standing a few seconds ago before Vincent had timely pulled me away.It's always astounding how one would feel death coming near, but would be frozen in shock. Now I suddenly understood how many accidents happen."You need to be more careful." He said with a sigh brushing my hair out of my face."I'm fine, thanks to you." He drew me against his chest and I felt his arms close around me. One second I was feeling fe
ClaireThe next morning, instead of driving me home, Vincent drove me to his house instead.I gazed at him questioningly and he smiled at me reassuringly and stepped out of the car, but what met us inside the house was surprising.A set of people were present in the living room. An older man and a woman that looked like a couple. Beside them was the ever gorgeous Natalia dressed in a little black dress, one a girl would wear to a strip club and not out in the day.Opposite them sat Joshua Morano, the man who had given the order to have me taken out the other day. His gaze on me remained a glare, yet a tilt of his lips made it evident the man was getting what he wanted whatever that was. "Ah, my son in law is finally here. I was beginning to think you wouldn't show up." Natalia's father remarked with a big smile.Keira descended from the stairs dressed in blue she looked elegant with every step she took and had a resolute look on her face. When she spotted me and Vincent she stiffened
Year 2015, Italy.A gang of power bikes raced through the streets of Rome startling the people who watched them whoosh by.Three power bikes in front were being chased by two sports cars as if their lives depended on it. At some point they pulled out their guns and began to shoot at the men on the bikes.The bike men managed to evade. However, the shiny blue bike at the front came to a sudden stop in the middle of the road, that was because it had very nearly hit a girl crossing the streets.The girl's beautiful brows were pulled together in pain as she looked down to her legs, there was something sweet about the girl. As the breeze blew her hair, it revealed a lovely and fresh face of an innocent beauty. The man riding the blue bike hastily jumped down taking off his helmet as he rushed to the girl despite the danger approaching him."Are you okay?" In this moment, two eyes clashed as the girl raised her head. One dark and warmly innocent, and the other deep blue like the ocean aft
In this moment, betrayal tasted like ash and salt potent and strong on his tongue as he stared at the familiar yet unfamiliar beautiful face in front of him.The girl he knew was named Keira, just Keira, a beautiful innocent woman selling flowers in the heart of Rome. The girl before him was devious, yet devastatingly beautiful, like a rose filled with hidden thorns that would pierce all the way to your heart, this girl was Keira Morano.She clicked her tongue in a mocking manner, "What did you think? You'd found yourself a lovely little woman to play with till you got bored? You weren't the one playing with me Black, I was the one playing with you."Not once did Rodrigo look away from those eyes, dark and calm as water. To think he'd stared into this beautiful face with budding love, but she'd stared Into his with nothing but deceit. He couldn't bring himself to utter a word. He felt like a complete loser, a total utter failure. But more than that, his heart was cracking and shatter
After that day, Keira continued with her life. Carrying out missions just like she'd been asked. But not a day slid by that she didn't think about him. Loving someone was a beautiful feeling, but it was also unbearable torture. The craving to see them. They would appear in the face of everyone in front of you, and you'd end up waking up to reality to realize that they weren't there in front of you like you hoped.The kiss they'd shared that night on the boat in that incredibly romantic setting. At that time she'd told herself it was just for the mission, but only now did she realize how she'd leaned into him, wrapped her arms around his neck and kissed him back with the same fervor with which he'd kissed her. That moment became one that replayed in her head like a broken record.The pain of a bullet wasn't foreign to Keira, but the pain of the heart was a thousand times unbearable.So unbearable that one evening, she found herself driving to Rodrigo's secret villa in the hills, sh
Present DayClaireI found myself in a far away world, a world I once knew but my mind drowned the memories away to the back of my mind.This world was one where men holding guns surrounded me. Rodrigo had done everything to protect me, but in the end a burly man with eyes as scary as a nightmare had taken me. "Relinquish the treasure. Give up your position as Mafia king, and maybe I'll let the little girl live. Otherwise, she dies!" I had been so scared, I was locked up in a dark room, all I could hear were voices from the man who'd taken me making demands. Days passed like wind and I'd almost died in that dark room where a seven year old's nightmare came alive until my brother showed up."You're safe now sunshine. You're safe." From that moment on Rodrigo never took his eyes off me, and it was from that moment on, people stopped calling Rodrigo by the title El Jefe, (The Boss) and he stopped wearing the blood red ring I once used to see on my father's finger.Memories of my lif
Vincent "Vince, she's gone. I just received a report that their flight already left for Spain an hour ago." Rocco's voice was an echo in my ear until I heard him mention the fact that she's gone.Her brother took her away.I downed the whiskey sitting in my glass feeling the familiar burn down my throat."Vince..." Rocco placed a hand on my shoulder but I shrugged it off with a smile that didn't reach my eyes."I'm fine." I muttered pouring myself another glassful of alcohol.Everyone says alcohol is capable of numbing your feelings and making your pain feel non-existent. But it did nothing to take away the chains of hell that have wrapped themselves around my heart. "You need to stop drinking, even a fish would have drowned by now with how much alcohol you consumed."Recalling something, I threw my head back and laughed."Do you know what that woman said to me a few days ago?" Rocco snatched the glass out of my hand but I was more interested in telling him what I just remembered.
Keira Morano That day, I'd aimed my gun right to his heart. I was trained with guns from a very young age, I never once missed an aim, but on that fateful day, even as I saw my father's corpse lying on the floor in the pool of his own blood, when I raised my gun to Rodrigo's heart, my hands refused to pull the trigger.This man had killed my father, but before my hand pressed the trigger, I diverted my aim away from his heart and shot a harmless side of his chest.That was how much I loved him.He killed my father, but I couldn't bear to kill him. Our love started in deceit, and ended in bloodshed but even after ten years, he still holds an important place in my heart. I'll forever live with the guilt of loving the man who murdered my father.But history had proven to repeat itself.Everyday I watched my brother suffer, I didn't expect that one day when I opened the door, I'd see her standing there. The very girl who broke his heart. It was very late at night, and Vincent had gotte
Keira Morano That day, I'd aimed my gun right to his heart. I was trained with guns from a very young age, I never once missed an aim, but on that fateful day, even as I saw my father's corpse lying on the floor in the pool of his own blood, when I raised my gun to Rodrigo's heart, my hands refused to pull the trigger.This man had killed my father, but before my hand pressed the trigger, I diverted my aim away from his heart and shot a harmless side of his chest.That was how much I loved him.He killed my father, but I couldn't bear to kill him. Our love started in deceit, and ended in bloodshed but even after ten years, he still holds an important place in my heart. I'll forever live with the guilt of loving the man who murdered my father.But history had proven to repeat itself.Everyday I watched my brother suffer, I didn't expect that one day when I opened the door, I'd see her standing there. The very girl who broke his heart. It was very late at night, and Vincent had gotte
Vincent "Vince, she's gone. I just received a report that their flight already left for Spain an hour ago." Rocco's voice was an echo in my ear until I heard him mention the fact that she's gone.Her brother took her away.I downed the whiskey sitting in my glass feeling the familiar burn down my throat."Vince..." Rocco placed a hand on my shoulder but I shrugged it off with a smile that didn't reach my eyes."I'm fine." I muttered pouring myself another glassful of alcohol.Everyone says alcohol is capable of numbing your feelings and making your pain feel non-existent. But it did nothing to take away the chains of hell that have wrapped themselves around my heart. "You need to stop drinking, even a fish would have drowned by now with how much alcohol you consumed."Recalling something, I threw my head back and laughed."Do you know what that woman said to me a few days ago?" Rocco snatched the glass out of my hand but I was more interested in telling him what I just remembered.
Present DayClaireI found myself in a far away world, a world I once knew but my mind drowned the memories away to the back of my mind.This world was one where men holding guns surrounded me. Rodrigo had done everything to protect me, but in the end a burly man with eyes as scary as a nightmare had taken me. "Relinquish the treasure. Give up your position as Mafia king, and maybe I'll let the little girl live. Otherwise, she dies!" I had been so scared, I was locked up in a dark room, all I could hear were voices from the man who'd taken me making demands. Days passed like wind and I'd almost died in that dark room where a seven year old's nightmare came alive until my brother showed up."You're safe now sunshine. You're safe." From that moment on Rodrigo never took his eyes off me, and it was from that moment on, people stopped calling Rodrigo by the title El Jefe, (The Boss) and he stopped wearing the blood red ring I once used to see on my father's finger.Memories of my lif
After that day, Keira continued with her life. Carrying out missions just like she'd been asked. But not a day slid by that she didn't think about him. Loving someone was a beautiful feeling, but it was also unbearable torture. The craving to see them. They would appear in the face of everyone in front of you, and you'd end up waking up to reality to realize that they weren't there in front of you like you hoped.The kiss they'd shared that night on the boat in that incredibly romantic setting. At that time she'd told herself it was just for the mission, but only now did she realize how she'd leaned into him, wrapped her arms around his neck and kissed him back with the same fervor with which he'd kissed her. That moment became one that replayed in her head like a broken record.The pain of a bullet wasn't foreign to Keira, but the pain of the heart was a thousand times unbearable.So unbearable that one evening, she found herself driving to Rodrigo's secret villa in the hills, sh
In this moment, betrayal tasted like ash and salt potent and strong on his tongue as he stared at the familiar yet unfamiliar beautiful face in front of him.The girl he knew was named Keira, just Keira, a beautiful innocent woman selling flowers in the heart of Rome. The girl before him was devious, yet devastatingly beautiful, like a rose filled with hidden thorns that would pierce all the way to your heart, this girl was Keira Morano.She clicked her tongue in a mocking manner, "What did you think? You'd found yourself a lovely little woman to play with till you got bored? You weren't the one playing with me Black, I was the one playing with you."Not once did Rodrigo look away from those eyes, dark and calm as water. To think he'd stared into this beautiful face with budding love, but she'd stared Into his with nothing but deceit. He couldn't bring himself to utter a word. He felt like a complete loser, a total utter failure. But more than that, his heart was cracking and shatter
Year 2015, Italy.A gang of power bikes raced through the streets of Rome startling the people who watched them whoosh by.Three power bikes in front were being chased by two sports cars as if their lives depended on it. At some point they pulled out their guns and began to shoot at the men on the bikes.The bike men managed to evade. However, the shiny blue bike at the front came to a sudden stop in the middle of the road, that was because it had very nearly hit a girl crossing the streets.The girl's beautiful brows were pulled together in pain as she looked down to her legs, there was something sweet about the girl. As the breeze blew her hair, it revealed a lovely and fresh face of an innocent beauty. The man riding the blue bike hastily jumped down taking off his helmet as he rushed to the girl despite the danger approaching him."Are you okay?" In this moment, two eyes clashed as the girl raised her head. One dark and warmly innocent, and the other deep blue like the ocean aft
ClaireThe next morning, instead of driving me home, Vincent drove me to his house instead.I gazed at him questioningly and he smiled at me reassuringly and stepped out of the car, but what met us inside the house was surprising.A set of people were present in the living room. An older man and a woman that looked like a couple. Beside them was the ever gorgeous Natalia dressed in a little black dress, one a girl would wear to a strip club and not out in the day.Opposite them sat Joshua Morano, the man who had given the order to have me taken out the other day. His gaze on me remained a glare, yet a tilt of his lips made it evident the man was getting what he wanted whatever that was. "Ah, my son in law is finally here. I was beginning to think you wouldn't show up." Natalia's father remarked with a big smile.Keira descended from the stairs dressed in blue she looked elegant with every step she took and had a resolute look on her face. When she spotted me and Vincent she stiffened
ClaireThe car sped dangerously close, my heart thumped rapidly and a screeching sound filled the air. I shut my eyes tight and my body suddenly tilted in the air. The sound of the car crashing against the curb came next but no pain struck me, I opened my eyes and realized a strong grip around my wrist."What the hell Blue, were you looking to get killed?!" A deep angry voice roared next to me as his arms gripped my shoulders."I...I didn't know what to..." Words hardly formed from my throat as I looked around and realized a car had crashed to the curb right where I'd been standing a few seconds ago before Vincent had timely pulled me away.It's always astounding how one would feel death coming near, but would be frozen in shock. Now I suddenly understood how many accidents happen."You need to be more careful." He said with a sigh brushing my hair out of my face."I'm fine, thanks to you." He drew me against his chest and I felt his arms close around me. One second I was feeling fe
Vincent If the world works together to take you away from me, I'll destroy the world and everything in it, then it'll be you and me... Forever, if a forever even exists.***I moved in the darkness of night, it was the only time anyone from the underworld come out to work openly.The wind blew harshly on the rooftop, my men followed behind me like an army, and on the far other end of the rooftop stood a man with an intimidating figure with other men guarding behind him as well."Vince are you sure about this? This person is Donatello's boss, and you know Donatello tried to kill you. We have our men here but they won't be anywhere near enough if this person planned this as a trap. I say we call for backup and attack then capture him, he won't be a threat to you anymore."Rocco voiced his concern. "This person is the most important person to someone I care about. He's her brother, I won't attack or make any move against him unless he does against me." I continued to walk forward till