Rain’s ears rang so much that she felt they were going to start bleeding at any moment or maybe she already was but she just had no way to check, she lay on her chest and her entire body felt like lead, a heavy rock...She couldn’t move. Her entire body was immobilized from the pressure of hitting the floor. She could feel particles of glass over her eyes, she didn’t want to open her eyes and worsen her current situation. The ringing became worse and just by twitching her fingers she felt immense pain all over her body. Her ribs felt severely broken and her throat and back hurt so badly. She couldn’t move her arms, neither could she move her legs. “Aldo Guerriero, we have a message for your brother,” The voice was cold and emotionless, it sent shivers down Rain’s spine…it made her feel the scratches that were all over her body. Was it the shock? Or was it the fear of what was coming after? “Fucking bastards!” Rain heard Aldo spit out. She’d never heard his voice sounding so hosti

Alexander stared down at the sleeping woman, her eyes were swollen from crying or maybe it was something else, her body was littered with scratches and large gashes that he knew would take just a few days to heal.Her breathing was even, a far cry from what she was like when she was brought into the hospital...Her hands were covered in blood, his mother’s blood.They had found them next to each other, Elisa’s cold body in Rain’s arms.She was delirious when they found her, she refused to let Elisa go and kept threatening to kill anyone that came close...Her eyes were closer all through and even her words were slurred.He had walked up to her, held her by the shoulders and pulled her into a tight hug. Enzo had taken Elisa’s body off her and Alexander carried Rain in his arms while Luigi carried an almost dead Viola.He had to stop his body from shaking as he carried her into the ambulance, the anger he felt at that moment was one he’d never felt before, not even when he had figure

“I have to get you out of here,” Nicholas said, he sounded tired but determined, his appearance looked disheveled and his hair looked like he had ran his fingers through those strands, one too many times.He sat at the edge of the bed while Rain lay down, she had just finished eating and taken her pills…that was when the weight of every scrape and break of her body finally hit her.Her ribs hurt so badly that she found it hard to breath, her entire skin felt like it was on fire, her eyes burned like they had been scratched up by a wild cat and her head pounded so hard…so fucking hard!The nurse said she gave her some painkillers and antibiotics, Rain honestly wished that they would start working immediately. So she forced herself to eat just so they would work properly.The nurse had called Nicholas up not long after she’d brought her food and a glass of freshly squeezed orange juice. Her blonde hair pulled up into a tight professional bun and that stern expression on her face.T

We all make mistakes, we all make choices that at the moment we think it’s the right thing but after some time has passed we come to realize that we were wrong and that we’ve fucked up. For Rain, her greatest mistake was acting alright when her parents died, allowing everyone to call her the strong one and let it define her, not letting herself mourn when it was obviously what her mind and body wanted.When she started having those nosebleeds and dizzy spells, she kept quiet about it because Nicholas needed the attention more, he seemed to be even more broken by their parents’ death than her.There were whispers she’d heard, that she wasn’t their actual daughter which was why she showed no emotion…which was why she was strong enough to help her brother through his grief. The same voices would walk up to her and thank her for being so string, for being a pillar to everyone else that was mourning.Rain didn’t realize how much damage that one decision did to her until later on whe

“They’re not happy with what you’ve been doing, Xander…going around and killing council members in Italy like a fucking madman!” The Don of the Salvatore family, Alexander’s future father in-law said. Andrea sat in the corner, her hands on her lap and her head down. Quiet and docile, just like her father always wanted her to be. Alexander though sat opposite the man, his legs crossed and a bored expression on his face. Sure, he had honored the man’s request and came all the way to the Salvatore mansion just to see him. Alexander also expected that this was going to be the topic of discussion so he prepared himself beforehand, made sure he walked in her with his best expression just so Andrea’s father wouldn’t think he didn’t give a fuck about whatever he had to say. Which was true, but he didn’t need to know that. “I know they’re not happy…it’s why I’m doing it,” Alexander deadpanned while trying really hard to keep the sarcasm out of his tone. “Do you know what your actions are g