Diablo:
I walked past Sienna, heading toward the dressing room where I needed to be alone. Thankfully, she didn’t even bother stopping me as her best friend, Lexi, approached her.
“What are you doing, brother?” Maria asked, following me. Her eyes met mine as she walked in before me, her eyes holding a mischievous glare as I knew that she was sent by my parents.
“Coming to smoke a pot. I doubt that it should consider, sister. You have guests waiting outside, I would recommend that you go out to them.” I said, not bothering to look up at her from the cigarette that I was lighting up. “You know, it is you and my parents who invited them over.”
“They are here for your wedding. You have a wife who you just married, you cannot just smoke a cigarette when you just…”
“You should be thankful that I chose to wait until we were done with the ceremony before leaving her with her friend. Plus, all I am doing is smoking a cigarette, and I am being respectful enough to do it in private. Had it been up to me, I would have lit it up on that altar. I doubt that you think that I care.” I said, stopping her. “Now, if you have nothing important to tell me, and by important, little sister, I mean if no one is dying, leave.”
“You don’t have to be a jerk.” She said, and I raised an eyebrow.
“You are not the one marrying a woman that you don’t want to be with. She is an enemy, and rather than keeping her as so, you all saw it fit to wed the two of us.” I said, glaring at her. “But I will be curious to see what happens when you are sent as a bride to a man that you don’t want to be with. Only then, I wouldn’t expect you to come crying to me to stop the wedding.”
“What was I to do, Diablo? Dad already made up his mind, and you knew, since day one, that he never accepted HER. You were the one who insisted, and don’t think that I don’t know that she is here. If I am hiding that from mom and dad, it is only not to ruin the night. But things are going to be screwed if they find out.” She said, and I scoffed as I took another whiff of the cigarette.
“She is here because she was invited, and not by me. She was invited by the bride who is her best friend. You should have done your research well.” I said, putting the cigarette off on the ashtray. “If you will excuse me, I have my wedding to attend.”
Maria didn’t say another word as I walked out toward Sienna who was standing with non-other than Lexi. My woman, my beauty, and my forbidden desire. The one person who I knew they didn’t want me to be with, but the one person who I was willing to destroy the world for.
Her eyes met mine but she was quick to look down at her feet as she took a step back, giving me my moment with the woman that I would be calling a ‘wife’.
I extended my hand to her, and she raised an eyebrow before taking it. I guided her toward the dance floor, and when our eyes met, she frowned.
“You smell of cigarettes.” She said, and I smirked. I knew that it annoyed her, it was something that I figured out on the night of our engagement.
“Does it bother you?” I asked sarcastically. She didn’t respond, and I looked away from her. “Just because you and I said our vows, does not give you any right to be questioning what I do.”
I twirled her around, pulling her to my chest. She looked to her side, our eyes meeting as I twirled her around before pulling her back to me. “And I doubt that you expect anything more of me after this wedding.”
“I didn’t ask for this dance. As far as I can see, it is you who initiated it.” She said, looking at the other guests who started joining the dance floor. She stepped on my foot, and I wasn’t dumb to think that it was an accident. She was a good dancer. She wouldn’t have done so if she didn’t want to.
“I think that you and I are asked to be a husband and wife. And one of our customary traditions is the husband and wife’s first dance.” I said, and she smiled as she put her hand on my shoulder.
“Another is the father and daughter’s. And I think that I am overdue with dancing with you, wouldn’t you agree, ‘dearest husband’?” She turned to her father as the song ended. He wrapped his hand around her waist, pulling her to him. His eyes were as cold as ice, but he smiled, sending her a silent message with his eyes. She smiled back at him, but paid no mind as the two of them danced, at least, I was going to choose to believe that she paid him no attention.
Mom walked toward me, her eyes meeting mine as she smiled. She looked back at Sienna as she danced with her father before she extended a hand to me.
“Do I not get a dance with my son?” She asked, raising an amused eyebrow. “Or have you gotten too old for that now?”
“This war is just getting started, I do hope that you realize that.” He said, looking at us Alonzo, who did not bother to say a word. He knew what it was he was signed up to when he did. And he was well aware that this war was going to take a lot more out of them than it was going to give them.“This war is going to end with the death of Diablo. This is going to be the only way of this family to break and when it is broken, we will know how to act.” Alonzo said, choosing to respond calmly. “You managed to play your daughter well, I have to admit. I did not expect that out of you, but Sienna seemed to fall for the act of you being on her side. I believe that Myla would have told her the truth by now.“My love lost the one person who would have stood by her side, and that was going to be Elton. With the man dead, she knew that she had no reason to live. She knew that I would not allow her to be my wife anymore. And that was something that you did not want. And after Carlos's death, she k
Diablo:We stood by the door, knowing that we had to get things done.The night was going to be a long one and I knew that Myla expected us to be arriving.I looked at Sienna, who was in pain, but I knew that asking her to stay back was not going to help. She was going to be stubborn and was going to choose doing what she wanted anyway. Might as well allow her to come. Being able to see her would help me focus on the target and the job that we needed to take care of.“We're going to go inside and trust me, this is going to be one hard task. Are you sure that you are ready for it?” I asked, knowing that this was my last shot, and doing so, my eyes met Alonzo's as she stood from the window, watching us in silence. His men were stationed around the windows and I knew that it was only a matter of time before they pulled out their guns. They were just waiting for the order.“This is going to be our one shot Diablo. The last thing that I want is for us to back away. The men are outside and h
Sienna:“How did you manage to leave? Mom just literally calls me. How did you arrive?” Diablo wrapped an arm around my waist. He pulled me to his chest and I could tell that he was both worried and frightened.“Your phone was bugged, son, and we figured that we could use that to our advantage. We were already here when we called you. The one thing that happened was that we were waiting for Alexandra to show up. Sienna wanted to give her a chance to be honest, but it seems to us that it is impossible.” Natania said, taking her son off guard. I knew that Diablo did not expect her to be there, and the fact that she was here with me was one that I didn't even expect. I expected her to fight me. However, I was surprised when she told me that she was coming with me.“I can't believe that the two of you went off whatever arguments that you had for this. And you should be at the hospital. You're still yet to recover, Sienna.” Diablo said, and I raised an eyebrow. He smirked and connected his
Diablo:“What do you mean that she wants to leave the hospital, Mom? I literally told you to keep her there. What do you mean that she's leaving?”“Your wife here does not listen to a word that is being said. I told her what you said but she said that it doesn't make a difference. She is going to leave. And trust me, she has good reason for that. But Diablo, you are going to need to be careful, both you and Maria.” She said, changing the subject. I frowned in confusion and I knew that something was going on. If Sienna was leaving the hospital like that, then something had happened or was going to happen.“What do you mean that we need to be careful? My wife is going to leave the hospital when she is still sick and you are asking me to be careful about something that is yet to happen.” I said Snapping got her. I knew that it was not like me to do so, especially with my mother, but right now I had a lot to think about and Sienna leaving the hospital was the last thing that I needed to be
Sienna:I found when I opened my eyes to find myself in a white room.I was your sleep on the hospital bed. And though I still could not remember what happened, I knew that if I was here that either I was shot or something bad happened.This was the 4th time that I've woken up. Only at first, I was alone. This time I knew that I was not. And that fact alone had me aware of my surroundings. I had tried to sit up four times until now. And on each attempt the nurses would stop me. The last time she had put me to sleep. This time it seemed to me that she was no longer here.I looked around the room, trying to find Diablo, only to frown in confusion when I found Natania sitting on the couch. Her eyes met mine and she smiled before she got up. I tried setting up which you gently pushed me back, not allowing me to do so.“What happened?” I asked weakly. My head throbbed and it felt like I was being hit on my forehead with a hammer. I was not going to mention the top of my head, which felt li
Maria:“Are you sure that you want to do this, Diablo?” I asked, looking at my brother, knowing that he was in conflict. The fact that Sienna was at the hospital was not something that I liked. I did not know who shot her, but I knew that this was something that he had to take care of. It was supposed to be a priority, not Lexi.“We are not going to go back from this, Maria. The number of things that we have to deal with are countless and delaying one thing is not going to help us. At least we might as well get this one done. If we managed to get her, capture her, then things are going to end the way that we want. At least I hope so.” He said, not bothering to look at me.I knew that he had a lot on his mind and that he was thinking of so much. Sienna was someone that he loved. It pained me to know that I was going to be a reason to separate the two of them.The idea of being the person that was to be the one that hurt him was not something that I liked. I was just thankful that he wa