Antonio POV.Four weeks, four agonising weeks I have tried to get through to her. When she sent me and Gianni that video that cunt sent to her, I was fucking livid and mortified. The bitch had seen us at the casino and handed me a drink. Like the idiot I am, I drank it, not realising it was fucking laced with drugs.However, I was lucid. I knew what I was doing. It was only when I watched the footage when I saw Carmella look directly into the camera when she spouted the bullshit about being pregnant. I didn’t realise she set me up. She even smirked as she moaned, knowing damn well she would destroy my relationship with my tiger.But what the footage didn’t show was after she spilled that bullshit, there was more to that conversation. I pulled out of her and slapped her hard. How could I have been so fucking blind? I told Carmella that the thing growing in her belly if there was even a baby was nothing to do with me. Then everything went black.When I got back home, I was raging. Carme
TRIGGER WARNING, PLEASE READ AT YOUR OWN DISCRETION!Teagan POV.I wake up to a pounding in my head. I try to move to reach the back of my head, but I can’t move my arms. My eyes snap open and I look down. I’m tied to a metal chair. My wrists and ankles restrained.I look around the room and know I’m in some kind of interrogation room. The walls are painted red and the floor is wet. My eyes focus on the door that is closed. I turn my head and see a stainless steel table by a sink.I see what is on that table and I scoff. Like hell will I break? Trying to escape is futile. I’m cuffed and I can’t break these restraints. I lean my head back and look at the ceiling.The door opens and I keep my eyes on the ceiling. Knowing who it is that has entered the room. I will not break. I am trained for this.“Bobbi, look at me.” I sigh before I chuckle and look at him. He looks like shit and I laugh. I don’t say anything to him as he walks closer to me. His hands are balled into tight fists, his k
Antonio POV.She is the daughter of Maria DeNucci. What have I done? Gianni grabs me up to my feet, my head buzzes as I watch as someone dressed all in black carries her away. I shake my head as I run after them, shooting the cartel in the process.“STOP THEM!” I scream over the gunfire as I see Gianni shooting as well. I see three of my men take off after her. When she does the unthinkable. She shoots them in the head. One bullet each as I watch the helicopter take off.I roar in anger and pain as I’m shot. I go down when I see the person walk towards me with the gun pointed at my head as I clutch my shoulder. I pant, lift my gun and fire only for the clip to be empty. I laugh as I see the dark dot in the sky get further away.“Give my regards to the devil.” The man speaks when he suddenly screams and I see a flash of tan and black fur maul the fucker, ripping his throat out. Thank god for Lucifer.The men in black retreat and hightail it out of the compound. The smell of smoke and t
Teagan POV.I wake the sunlight streaming through the open curtains and a gentle sea breeze fills my senses. I look around the unfamiliar room. The walls are white with mirrored furniture. The mirrored four poster bed has sheer white curtains tied to the bedposts. A TV mounted on the wall opposite the foot of the bed. The sheets are white, soft and clean.Where the hell I am? I sit up and wince as I lean against the headboard. My thigh was killing me from where Antonio stabbed me. My fingers ache as they have been reset and my face feels tight and tender.I know I probably look like I’ve been hit by a truck, but I’m alive and I have the cartel to thank for getting me out of there.The door opens and I look at the woman that enters the room. She sees me awake and runs out, no doubt to tell them I’m awake.There is a photo frame next to the bed and I choke on a sob, looking at it. It was my mom, my dad and me when I was a baby. Their smiling faces were full of happiness, staring back at
Teagan POV.Looking at my aunt and uncle as they move towards me. The tears fall. I try to stand and my father helps me stand just as my aunt wraps me in her arms and my uncle wraps his arms around us both.“I’m so sorry for not telling you. I’m so fucking sorry we didn’t get to you in time.” She says in between sobs and I sob onto her shoulder.“It’s ok, I’m ok.” I say more to myself than her. I know I should be pissed, but I can’t be. She was protecting me. She is my family. I suppose everyone in this room is. She pulls back and moves as my uncle comes into view.“I was so fucking scared when I took you out of there.” My eyes widen and I knew I recognised that voice when I got into the helicopter.“It was you? You got me out?” I need clarification, and he nods his head.“Yeah sweetie, it was me. Thank you, by the way, for watching my back when I got you out.” He smiles at me and I smile back. That’s right, I shot three men as he ran with me.I move back and look at my uncle and then
Teagan POV.All three of their heads snap up and I blow out a breath as I watch all three. Carmella is screaming to be let go, Langton looks ready to piss himself and Gianni. well, he is the calmest of the three.I watch as my dad steps forward, but José stays by my side.“Alejandro, let me go. Baby, whatever it is, we can make it work.” Carmella shrieks out like a damn banshee. I watch as my dad ignores her and moves towards Langton, watching him before he moves to Gianni.“Baby, please!” she shouts, but he just chuckles, shaking his head.“I am not your baby. Did you honestly think I would allow you, a whore, to be my woman? There is only one woman I want, and she isn’t you. You are delusional to have believed that. But you did come in handy, especially to my men. I will say this Carmella, you played your role well, but not well enough.” He tells her and I just sit there watching. She sobs, hanging her head.“Tell me Carmella. Did you achieve what you set out to do?” he asks her, an
Antonio POV.It has been six months since the cartel took her and we have not been able to find her or Gianni. I can only assume Gianni is dead and, well, Teagan is with her father, no doubt planning another attack. The compound has been repaired and security has been upgraded. I have recruited more men, but the mansion is still too quiet.Lucifer has not left my side, and I know he is missing her, just like I am. Once word got out that the heir to the DeNucci family had been taken, the other families joined in the search, even the Bratva joined in the search.So far nothing, we have scoured all of Mexico and Sicily but nothing. It is like they have fled the damn planet.Since the attack, I have dismissed all the whores from my service and got myself clean and become stronger. During the day I’m kept busy but the nights are the longest. Her scent is no longer in the mansion and so it is hard to shut off. I know she will be safe with her father but still I would give anything to see he
Teagan POV.Seeing him again has stirred up old feelings. I mean, how can they not? I’m pregnant with his twins. Yes, bloody twins. A boy and a girl. It was a shock, to say the least. Even though I know they are a blessing, it doesn’t mean this pregnancy has been easy going. The amount of times I have bled is unreal. But they are determined to stay with me. My babies are little fighters.As we drive away from the compound, I give a scathing look to José. The bastard had to go and do what he did. It threw me for a damn loop. I know it stirred jealousy in him and Antonio. But really, I’m no-ones fucking pawn in this shit show.“Did you have to go that far?” I ask him as he smirks at me before pouting his lips. I look at Marco and he is one of a few people I trust. That is why I have been in touch with him. My father thinks I don’t know his plan. Well, he is fucking wrong. So I had Simon reach out to Marco and told him what I needed him to do and why, and he agreed.The week timeframe fo
Angel POV.I watch as my momma and daddy dance around the kitchen. I smile at what they have and I know I will never have that. You see, I am now twenty-one years old. I’m keeping a secret from my parents. A secret that will cause a war.I sigh as I head to my room. I take the stairs and head into my room. I sit on the bed and think about what I’m going to do? I look at my phone next to me and pick it up. I open the messaging app and look at his profile picture.Ryder or Savage, as he is known to the club. He is the son of Hatchet, the former president of the Prince of Darkness MC. The same MC that has an allegiance with my family.I have known Ryder since we were kids. He is older than I am. He is twenty-five years old and has recently taken over as pres of the MC. I have been in love with him since we were kids, but everything changed a few weeks ago.I have been sleeping with him since I turned eighteen. We were in a relationship. A secret one at that. I couldn’t tell my parents be
Teagan POV.I’m numb. That’s all I can describe this. Numb and in shock. I look at the black-and-white image in my hand and blink. No, this is not happening!I’m fifteen weeks pregnant! What the fuck!“Teagan, it’s ok.” I look from the image in my hand as I look at Antonio, who is sitting there all smug. With a look on his face of I told you so. I’m freaking out. Can I do this again? The twins were hard enough. Now another one?“How is this ok? I was so convinced it wasn’t. Oh my god, it’s not the right time Antonio. It’s not the right time.” I sob into my hands. I should be happy, but I’m too stressed still fighting the demons of what I did. How can we have another baby? We can’t.“Hey, shh. We will face this together. You’re not alone, Teagan. Don’t you see that this baby. Our baby is a blessing. It is a gift. We will do this together. I promise you.” he pulls me to him as I sob. I don’t know how to feel about this. I should be over the moon, but I’m not.“You are going to speak to
Teagan POV.It has been three months since what happened in Mexico. I have taken over the remaining cartel and the title of the heir to the DeNucci family. That was all finalised in the weeks after the takedown in Mexico.It was hard to do, especially when the kids had refused to leave my side in the beginning, and that was fine with me. I needed them close to me. Antonio was great and understood that we needed time to digest what happened. After it was all finalised, I spiralled, and I spiralled fast and hard.He understood I needed time to process that I killed my father. No, not my father, but the monster he became. Even though I knew it was either me or him, I knew that it is still a burden, as my mind refuses to acknowledge any of his wrongdoings. It’s like my brain is stuck in a loop of all the good he did and how he was in the beginning.Antonio has been there to pull me out of the downward spiral I was heading in. The denial of what happened. He has not left my side and for th
Teagan POV.I watch as Antonio and Marco leave the room with my kids. I turn and see my father crawling along the floor. I walk closer to him. The gun is out of reach. So I move to it and pick it up and place it in my holster that is strapped to my thigh.“So, what now? You going to kill me?” he sneers with a groan of pain. I just watch him as he attempts to get up. I move to him and grab him by his hair and pull him up. I wince with the movement. He tried to hurt my kids, he hurt me, he has hurt so many fucking people and it ends now.“It is what you deserve for what you have done and allowed to happen. You are not my father. That man died when my mom did.” A small part of me feels sadness as I look into those eyes, the eyes that always sparkled when I was younger. I was always safe with him until I wasn’t.I remember the good times we had. The family vacations, the celebrations at my early achievements. How he would build blanket forts when it stormed outside and we would all lay un
Antonio POV.“Teagan, wake up, tiger.” I cradle her in my arms as I reach for her face. I shake her gently, her eyes slowly open and she reaches for my face even though she is covered in that cunt’s blood.“You came. The kids, we need to get to them. Alejandro told them I’m dead, and you did it. I’m sorry, I couldn’t keep them safe. I’m … so … sorry.” She sobs and I shake my head.“You kept them safe, you went with them to keep them safe. You are amazing, tiger, you are strong.” I tell her as the tears leave my eyes as I look from her face to her naked form in my arms. She has cuts and bruises to be beautiful skin.“The women, get them out. Help them Antonio. I need … I need …”“What do you need tiger, tell me?”“To find the kids and to find him.” She says as she struggles to keep her eyes open. The sound of metal opening as the women are freed. One comes over, but I give her a look as Rosena stops her.“Here, put this on her.” She hands a long T-shirt to Rosena and we pull it over he
Antonio POV.We have planned for extraction. We followed the signal of all three trackers. Do they know they have them? Is Alejandro luring us all into a false sense of security?Either way, it doesn’t matter he has taken my children and wife. Even if we aren’t really married, she is still mine and that won’t change anytime soon.In six years, he has changed his guards regularly. The only ones who haven’t changed are José and my father. The others are expendable. So this will be a cakewalk. We are disguised as guards and that is how we will infiltrate his compound.“From the tutor, he gave us detailed information on the daily operations of the guards around and inside the compound. He was even kind enough to give us the location of the holding cells, the interrogation room, and the bedrooms which is where the children will be.” Gianni says as we all sit in a hotel room just on the outskirts of the town where Alejandro is held up.“Yeah, but you forget we have been there before.”“Yes,
Teagan POV.I wake up, my head is pounding. I hear a whimper and my eyes fly open and I look around. My eyes adjust to the darkness. My wrists are bound as I dangle inches from the floor. I pull on the restraints, but they don’t budge.“Stay still, otherwise they will come in and hurt you.” I turn my head to the voice and see a woman holding onto the bars of the cage she is in.“That’s the point. I need to speak to him.” I say to her and she shakes her head frantically.“No, you do that they will only cause you pain. Trust me, we have all tried that and failed. It’s best to give them what they want. Don’t fight them, it only turns them on more when you fight.” I feel bile rise up my throat, but I gulp it back down.“He won’t touch me. I know he won’t.”“Yeah, right, what makes you so special? You are here with us. You will be used, tested and then sold at auction. Do you think any of us came here willingly? Look around you,” she scoffs, but I won’t let her scare me.“How long have you
Antonio POV.Sitting down around the table, my eyes focused on the two fuckers opposite me. Alejandro Rodriguez and José Fernando.Gianni is next to me as well as my men. Alejandro looks relaxed and confident and all I want to do is put a bullet between his eyes the same way I did to his twin, Hector.“I know why you are in my city and why you have requested this sit down. So stop wasting my time and get on with it.” I say, sounding bored. I could be at home with my family. This is just stupid, but it is an advantage. They know that by entering my city, they won’t make it out alive.“Always so diplomatic, Antonio. I’m here to simply see my daughter. You see, we parted on not so good terms and I want to make amends.” He says as he looks at me with an air of arrogance about him. I scoff at his words.“You handed her to your men while she was pregnant with my children. You told her you would cut them from her dead body and feed them to your dogs. So why would I allow you anywhere near he
Teagan POV.The kids loved their bangles that they got from their father weeks ago. Angel cried because it was her first real gift from her daddy and Nathaniel was overjoyed as well. I want them to be kids for as long as they can be without worry or fear. They are coming up to the age I was when my mom passed away and I will do everything in my power, so they never have to experience that. Dare I say, everything has been going great so far.“Hey, you ok?” I look behind me with my cup of cold coffee in my hand to see Marco standing there. I smile, but I know it doesn’t reach my eyes as I turn back to what I was looking at.“Yeah, I’m ok. Just had a morbid thought, is all.” I tell him the truth and he sits next to me as I take a sip of the now cold coffee and I make a face at it before placing it on the table.“Want to talk about it?” he asks, and I shake my head with a sigh. Before leaning back in the chair and looking at the ceiling. Don’t get me wrong, being here is nice, but it is d