DANTE"So there is a new presence in the crime world. They just emerged and they are vicious, rich and powerful." I informed them. "Who are they?" Valerie asked."They go by the name Vitale and that's all we know about them. They have blocked all our major routes of delivery." I informed them."I haven't heard anything about such a powerful family. When did they emerge? Where did they emerge from?" Geremia asked. "Nobody knows, some of Ferrante's men who tried to attack them were killed. The funniest thing is how they were killed" I replied him."Why, what's funny?" Valerie asked. "No gunshots wounds were on their bodies, rather they were drained of blood" "Drained, how?" Valerie asked. "I have no idea, no blood at all remained in their body, just two little puncture holes on their throats" I answered. "Vampires?" Valerie asked. "Vampires aren't real" I replied. "I will make some enquiry into it. Ferrante wants you to infiltrate them and find out all you can" I told him. "Did
CAMILLA I was to accompany Dante to an event today. It was just two days after the meeting at Ferrante's house, Dante had been indecisive about letting me join him. I had to convince him for the umpteenth time that I wouldn't get into trouble before he let me join him. He was at a work event, a friend of his was having a party and he had been invited to it. I glared at Ferrante when I saw him.Silvana stood timidly by his side. I watched as he flirted with other women and kissed a woman right in front of her. It was the highest form of disrespect to me. The fact that other people seemed unbothered showed me that it was probably a normal occurrence for them. I watched as she walked away from the scene presumably to the bathroom and then I excused myself from Dante's side and followed her.
CAMILLAI walked around in the bathroom looking for the occupied stall. I knocked on the door and when she opened it, I entered inside without giving her a chance to stop me. "Shhhh" I shushed her when she wanted to protest. "What do you want?" she asked me timidly. "I wanted to say thank you for helping me" I told her. "You didn't have to" she replied as she looked down and wringed her fingers nervously. I looked at her, she was a stunning woman and under much different circumstances she would be very stunning.I wanted to help her but I needed to know that she needed my help."Do you like being married to Ferrante?" I asked her. She looked up and I saw how frightened she looked. "Yes…. Yes… yes… I love my husband and I love being married to him" she said. I looked her in the eye. "Breathe Silvana, this is not a investigation or firing drill. Go home, think about it very well. Tomorrow we will have a meeting at your place, give me your answer then" I told her. I reached down
Camilla sat outside while Dante and the others were having their meeting inside. Due to what happened the last time, everyone gave her space and nobody bothered her, she was glad for this because she didn't have the time or patience for any mischief today. Then Silvanna walked passed her slowly. Camilla waited for her to pass and then waited for some minutes before following her. She followed Silvana to a garden. They both stood quietly for some minutes. "The garden is beautiful" Camilla spoke in an attempt to break the awkward silence. Silvana turned and looked at Camilla. Her eyes shone with fierceness and determination. "I want to leave him, I don't want to continue suffering in this hell hole anymore" she told Camilla. "And what brought about this change of mind?" Camilla asked. "Yesterday was my son's birthday. His name is Ricciardo. I wanted to wish him an happy birthday, I begged Ferrante to let me speak to him, he hit me and then laughed in my face before telling me th
Camilla was in her room designing a gown. She planned to present it to Maria to thank her for being such a good friend and companion to her. She was truly grateful for Maria's friendship. Her mind wandered to Dante, since they came back from the meeting and Valerie had dropped him at home. He had shut himself off from everyone, he ate his meals alone in his study and didn't bother to come out. The only person who saw him was Geremia. Despite herself, Camilla found that she was worried about him. It was such a weird feeling, she hated him and yet she still cared about him. Plus, she was also bored, she missed their verbal spars a lot. Camilla stood up, she decided to get Dante's attention the only way she knew how to. Back then, when her father was still alive, anytime he was too busy for her, she would get into trouble and thus he would pay attention to her in order to scold her. She changed into some clothing and went downstairs, she went to the wall where Dante kept his car key
Camilla stayed in the room for hours waiting for Dante. She was already feeling sleepy when the door opened at last. Dante entered the room carrying a tray of food. He set the plate in front of her. "Eat!" he ordered. Camilla didn't argue with him, she was already starving. She quickly ate the food. After eating, she looked at him tentatively. "are you still angry?" she asked him. "Yes" he retorted. "Would it help if I apologized?" she asked. "maybe" he replied. "I am sorry for taking your car out" she said. "and?" he prompted. "For breaking your rules and disrespecting your authority" she added. "Why?" he asked. "Why what?" "Why did you do it even though you knew that it was wrong?" he asked. "you weren't coming out to do anything and I knew you would be busy worrying about your brother, so I wanted you to focus on something else instead. And, I was also bored, I missed talking with you" she answered. Dante sighed, Camilla had done the whole thing for good intentions ev
Maria pulled Camilla up from her lying position. "Look, I won't lie to you, the domestic staff don't really like you that much" Maria told Camilla. "Why?" she asked. "Because they think you are a spoiled heiress who Dante dotes on" "but that's not who I am" Camilla protested. "Then maybe you should make them believe otherwise" Maria told her. "How do I do that?" Camilla asked. "Stop getting into trouble and acting smart, I am sure you must have given the madame a taste of that smart mouth of yours" Maria told her. Camilla looked away and didn't say a thing. Maria sighed and patted her head. "Try and be nicer and less mouthy, okay?" "Okay."Camilla replied. "goodnight" Maria told her. "Good night" Maria left the room while Camilla got ready for bed. It was only when she was in bed that she allowed herself think about what had happened between she and Dante earlier. She but her lips as she reminisced about the kiss. His lips had claimed her roughly. Her hands wandered dow
Instead of waiting for Geremia to come back, Dante went out to look for him. He found him in his quarters. Geremia was surprised to see him. "is it up to ten minutes already, I was just about to come back to the study" Geremia said. "Don't bother, I needed to leave the study and stretch my legs too" Dante told him."Okay. I wanted to tell you about our new information on Valerie" Dante immediately became alert. "Yes, what is it?" he asked urgently."The vehicle he was driving was found on the road, burnt beyond recognition, the firearms inside the car were also taken" "And what about him, is he okay?" *"Yes, he is". Geremia pointed to one of the large screens on the wall. A green light blinked steadily on the screen. "That tracker reads his heartbeat, green means he is alive, red means he is in danger and when it stops blinking, he is dead" "So he is alive?" Dante asked. "Yes he is" Dante sighed in relief. This was the first information he was getting about his brother since