All Chapters of Love in Thorns, Guns and Shackles: Chapter 1 - Chapter 10

Elena walked sluggishly to the dining room, she hated having dinner with the whole family and her reasons for that were justified. No young lady would enjoy dinner with a half-drunk father speaking gibberish and a mother calling her irresponsible.So what if she was twenty-two and she had no job? What if she had no boyfriend or fiancé, thanks to her crazy bitchy attitude? Who said you have to be independent by the age of twenty-two? Who said you are late if you aren’t married at that age? Who for God’s sake sets these standards of living? Since when does life have a manual?She hates it when her drunken gambler of a father curses her and wishes he had a rich son instead of a daughter, she hates it when her mother compares her with other young ladies and tells her that she is cursed. It is even worse when her younger siblings no longer look up to her with respect? They just see her as another useless one in the family.But what annoyed her most was her perverted maternal uncle always m

Cain Salvatore was thrown at the feet of Leonardo; they were in a dark room and the only light which was coming in from the small window was being shown on the betrayer; it was called the judgment room.The new Mafia boss stood upright in the dark corner with his face devoid of emotions; there were two other men in the room; Lorenzo- the underboss, and Giovanni- the consigliere.“Gray wizard, wake him up,” Leonardo ordered in a cold voice, referring to Lorenzo with his code name- a mafia thing.He was blunt as usual tonight. But behind that poker face, Lorenzo could tell that he was bottling up his emotions, trying to act like a tough baddie, something that the new underboss doubted that he really was.Lorenzo, who was already holding a bottle of cold water, opened it and poured it on the unconscious man’s face. The water was freezing cold so Cain Salvatore was forced to gasp and sit up.The Don of the Lupi family looked around to identify his location and it dawned on him that he was

The gang watched as Elena was taken away by two men, she was not the only one surprised with the sudden VIP treatment she was getting. Was this some sort of game or what? Why did the Boss order that she be taken care of? She didn’t resist however, even though she wasn’t certain that she was safe yet, she just needed to be smart with her moves.“Boss, why did you do that? I don’t mean to question your decision but that isn’t exactly how things work here. She was found in the enemy territory, she should be used and thrown out rather than be given a VIP treatment,” Luca complained.Leonardo frowned and turned to Luca. “I hope you haven’t forgotten your position in this family, Luca? I am the head of the family; you don’t get to question my decisions. Like I said before, if you want to remain a part of this family, then you have to go by the book, and I get to write that book,” he reminded them.Luca bowed. “I am sorry, Boss,” he apologized with an appealing expression on his face.Leonar

Elena paced around in the cell room, she had no idea how long she had stayed here because there was no window down here in the basement but she knew it was a new day. She had eventually slept off the previous night, after waiting for long hours, hoping that someone would come to set her free.She wondered what these vile men wanted with her, she had no business with them and neither did her father. This was an entirely different gang, so what did they want with her?Then she heard footsteps approaching the cell and she sighed in relief. Finally someone was coming to her rescue; at least that is what she thought.She looked out of the metal bars and saw legs coming down the stairs, she recognized the person immediately. Well, he had saved her from the bad guys just to lock her up here, what was his problem with her clothing? How was she supposed to be comfortable bathing in a strange man’s bathroom and changing into clothes she had no idea where they were brought from.Leonardo walked

Elena kept staring back as the men led her out of the building, she couldn’t help but notice that the house was more like a castle, a large fortress, she had not gotten the opportunity to have a good view of it when they brought her in the previous night. It was night again already, which means she had been here for a full day and no one had come to look for her.Elena noticed Leo standing on the balcony on the second floor; he was watching them from up there. She sighed and faced her front, she was being led by three men to a jeep in front. She knew they were going on a mission, she had no idea what the mission was but she was certain that it was something bad; of course, they were bad men so it made sense that they did bad things.They arrived at the beautiful black jeep and one of the men opened the door, he walked in first and left the door open for the others to follow. Luca paused and stared at Elena, she understood his unsaid words, it was her turn to get in the car.She hesita