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
Antonio POV.It has been two hours since Teagan left with Marco and Lucifer. I’m sat in my office with Alonso when my phone dings with a new message. I open it and see a message from Marco and an attachment. I open it and smirk to myself as I read it.“What has got you smiling like a cheshire cat?” Alonso asks and I show him the phone and he reads it and looks at me in shock.“This is her plan. To bring them down using the families?” I smile, nodding my head. I always knew she was smart, but this. This is something no-one has ever been able to do. Not even me. I suppose it helps with her being a DeNucci.The DeNucci family is one of the oldest originating from the old country and they were feared, respected and loved. Teagan’s great grandfather was the best Don there was. He brought peace to the families until he died and his son Gerald took over. Then it went to shit. Certain families took advantage, and it was their downfall.Teagan is taking her rightful place and will unite the fa
Teagan POV.When we arrived back at my compound, I head straight to my room. As I walk through the mansion, I hear voices coming from the living room. I walk well, waddle forward. I stop as I hear the voices of my father and Carlos.“Will he be a problem?” I listen to my father ask Carlos and I wait for his response.“No, it will gut him to have seen her with José. With his nonna sick, he will bend to your will.” My eyes widen. Carlotto is sick? How?“Good, but if she dies you do realise he will lose it completely?” my father says with a chuckle.“Antonio has always doted on her. She will die soon. I made sure of it when I was giving her the poison. He will fall and when he does, the Moretti territory will be yours and then we can flood the streets with your product and weapons. What do you plan on doing with Teagan?” Carlos asks, and I can hear the pleasure in his voice.“She thinks she is in control, but she isn’t. I still hold those strings. She will do as she is told, especially i
Teagan POV.The following day I went to my father and told him I wanted to celebrate the downfall of the Moretti’s and he agreed to it all. I hate looking at the monster he has become. All of this was never because of my mom. It was because he can. He abandoned me and set his twin brother up to take the damn fall. Loose ends, I suppose, well tonight I will be tying them up.“Everything is ready.” Marco tells me and I smile at him as my father saunters into the dining room with José and Carlos behind him. He kisses my head as we walk to the head of the table. I just sit drinking my juice as I watch him give his order for his meal.“You are glowing Teagan, pregnancy suits you,” he says and I smile at him and caress my bulging belly.“Thank you, daddy. It suited mom too. I can’t wait to hold them for the first time.” I say with a giggle as I look at him through my lashes. And he sneers before he smiles as I lift my head.“I bet they will be beautiful like their mommy, man I can’t believe
Teagan POV.I enter the garden, and the families are all mingling, drinking and eating their fill. What they are eating and drinking is safe. It is only the men that work for my father that are eating and drinking what I want them to. A poison that will take effect in a few hours. A slow release. I watch and greet the heads of different families.I watch as men and women enjoy themselves. Even my father is having fun. Do I feel guilty that he will die tonight? I would be lying if I said yes, but part of me isn’t.I think of all the people who have died because of him and his twisted ways, not just family but innocent people, too. They will get their justice.I walk around with Marco and Gianni and I know they are tense with what is going to go down. Marco takes me to a hay bale and I sit down on the blanket. Gianni sits next to me.“Calm down Gianni, loosen up.” I say to him and Marco goes off to do something.“I really am trying. I can’t be in the same space as him without wanting to
Antonio POV.“What the fuck happened?” I ignore the hysteria in Rosena’s voice as I focus on what Anna is doing to Teagan.“Will they be ok?” I ask as I hold her limp hand in mine. I look at Anna when she doesn’t respond quick enough for my liking.“She needs a hospital, Antonio. She has bled, and I need to be able to check them all properly.” She says to me as Rosena keeps screaming, asking what the fuck happened.“What happened is your cunt of a husband was a fucking traitor! So shut the fuck up, Rosena.” I snap at her and I see the tears leave her eyes. I’m too fucking pissed to mollycoddle right now, especially when my tiger and my babies are in danger.“I know that Antonio he tried to kill me. If it wasn’t for her, he would have.” She snaps back, but I ignore her when I turn my head and stare at the person I never thought I would see again, Gianni.“I know what you’re thinking brother, it was best to make you believe I was dead so I could stay by her side. I’m sorry, but I didn’t
Teagan POV.When we finally land, I see a convoy of motorcycles and armoured SUVs. I walk down the steps of the jet, huffing and puffing as I move. Gianni steadies me and I thank him with a smile.The men are all like bears, all rough and ready and cute, so damn fucking cute. Dark jeans, biker boots, and their leather cuts. I’m not ignorant of the MC world. I know the terminology. After all, in Jackson, we had an MC there and went to the clubhouse when they hosted family days.I look at Hatchet and he winks at me as he holds the door open for the SUV as Gianni helps me inside. I start laughing as Gianni pushes me inside.“Hold on, I can get my fat ass in on my own. Stop pushing me, Gianni. You damn oaf.” I say between laughs. When he is ripped away from me and I look into those honey eyes and roll my eyes as I slide inside and Hatchet slams the door and stands by it with his arms folded over his chest, staring Antonio down.I chuckle before I sigh, leaning my head against the headrest
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