"How come we didn't know about this hallucinations?" Antonio asked. "Because Master didn't want anyone else to know his weaknesses as he termed it" the man replied. "And what was his wife role in all of this?" Paula asked. "Madam Silvana has been really helpful to master before his demise. She took care of him, she comforted him after his nightmares and hallucinations. When he would try to do irrational things, she would gently talk to him about it and change his mind. When his illness stopped him from performing his tasks, madam Silvana took over and made sure everything worked effectively. This was why master made her administrator of his affairs" the man answered. "So you knew about that?" Antonio asked. "Yes, Master was sane that day, he called his lawyer here and changed it before calling a meeting and telling all of us that she was in charge now" the man replied. "thank you for your time, you may go" Antonio dismissed him. The man bowed and left the room. "I think it's pr
Camilla sighed, this woman was going to be the greatest obstacle in Silvana's path. And the boy, how long has he been brainwashed by his grandmother and Father. Would he even want to be with his mother. "Madame, if the autopsy shows that Silvana had no hand in Ferrante's death then we will welcome her to the alliance as the administrator of the Ferrante's family pending when the boy is old enough to join us" Antonio said. "Hmmmm, we will see about that" the woman said stubbornly. "What's you name?" Dante asked the boy in a kind tone. "His name is Ricciardo Ferrante" the woman answered quickly on his behalf. Silvana entered inside the room. "welcome mother, welcome Ricciardo. You must be tired from the trip, let me get you both settled in and get you food" she said to the both of them. The woman glared at her. "You must think that this is your house right and you can do whatever you want, let me disabuse that notion immediately, I am the madame of the house and when you are found
Camilla was the first person to notice that the light was blinking. "Look Dante, the light is blinking" she told him. Dante and Geremia looked up and to their surprise the light was blinking indeed. Dante scrambled up, "my brother is alive, he isn't dead" he said as he stared at the light blinking again. Geremia sighed on relief as he slid to the floor. "What happened then?" Camilla asked. "He must have lost consciousness or almost died and they revived him." Geremia replied. "We need to get him out of there, I am calling an emergency meeting tonight and whether they agree with me or not, I am getting my brother out of there" Dante said as he left the room angrily. LATER THAT EVENING The members of the alliance arrived one by one to Dante's home. At this point, they were already tired of seeing each other, in the past few days they had seen each other more often than they cared to. "So, why did you call this meeting?" Antonio asked as they all sat down. "Yes, whatever you wa
THE NEXT MORNING Dante, Camilla and Geremia headed to the assassin guild. Once they were there, Dante asked for the top assassins to be gathered in a room for him to address them. "Greetings all, I am Dante Russo as you all know, the elder brother to your head Valerie Russo. He went on an undercover mission to the Vitale family on behalf of the alliance. He is in danger, yesterday the light which indicates if he is still alive went off and then came back on again. I don't know what they are doing to him in there but I want him out of there and back home before the light stops forever" Dante told them. "So you want our help to bring him back home?" the deputy head of the guild, Stefano said. "Yes, please I beg you, help me bring Valerie back home" he pleaded with them. "You don't have to beg us, he is our master, he would do the same for the rest of us" Stefano told Dante. "We were already planning to come meet you to ask about him because it is unlike our master to leave without
Camilla sat down with Silvana in her bedroom. "I can't believe Dante got you a phone, allowed you to call me and even let you visit me" Silvana told her. "Well, he said he trusts me not to betray his trust" Camilla replied. "It seems like he really likes you" Silvana said with a mischievous smile on his face. "I doubt it, Dante doesn't fall in love with anyone, he just sees me as a pet, that's all" Camilla told her. "is that what he told you or what you are telling yourself to prevent heartbreak" Camilla asked her."I don't know what you are talking about, can we change the subject please?" Camilla asked. "of course dear, so I would like to thank you again for all your help, I wouldn't be free neither would I have my son back today were it not for you" she told Camilla. "You are welcome, you also had a big role to play too" Camilla told her. "So now what?" Silvana asked. "Now, what?" Camilla asked. "How are we going to bring Sebastiano down and get your revenge and get you f
Luciano stirred the food on the fire and occasionally glanced at the young boy who was in the kitchen with him. He was quiet and obedient too, he had followed his instructions without complaint.He covered the food. "so all we have to do now is wait for the food to be ready" he told Ricciardo. "Okay" he replied. "I uh am sorry about the death of your father, accept my condolences" he told him. Luciano had heard about the death of Ricciardo's father from his aunt Fiona when she was discussing with a client the other day. "Don't be" Ricciardo told him. "Huh?" "I said don't be sorry, he was a horrible man, I am glad he died" Ricciardo replied. Luciano shuddered at the hatred in Ricciardo's eyes when he spoke about his father. He didn't like seeing such hatred in his eyes so he changed the subject. "So, how is school? What is your favorite subject?" he asked, at least this was a safe question, he thought to himself. "I have never been to school, my father forbade it, I was homesch
Two weeks later THE VITALE FAMILY True to Dracaryx's words, he hadn't forced Valerie to do anything else. He only took him out on outings and generally doted on him. Although Valerie was disgusted by him and his actions, he had to play nice. But time was running out, He had overhead several disgruntled conversations from the other vampires who thought Dracaryx had abandoned the plan for revenge. Some of them showed their hostility to him without pretense. Valerie knew it was time for him to escape but how would he do that. Even though he was a vampire, he was still new to all this and he couldn't fight an entire army of vampires by himself. And what if Dracaryx was the one, he was to fight. The blood offspring and sire bond was becoming harder for Valerie to fight every day. He needed to leave before he was no longer able to resist it. As he was walking in the lonely passage way, he could hear someone sneaking up on him. He whirled around to catch the person off guard and to h
THE RUSSO HOUSEHOLD Everyone was in a panic. Out of the ten men sent to the Vitale family, only one was still alive. Just a few moments ago, the light of three of them had gone off. "Do you think they have been discovered?" Dante asked. "Oh no! Does that mean Valerie is in danger, let's go and meet them now, they need our help" Geremia said."Good idea! Get our men ready" Dante ordered. "I think we should all calm down, think about it, the light of three of them suddenly went off. What if they are trying to get Valerie out, if you storm there now, you might spoil their plan" Camilla told them.At that moment, Geremia received a message through his earpiece. "let them in now" he said. "What is it?" Dante asked. Geremia looked at them, "Valerie is here" he told them. They all rushed out, a truck drove into the compound and stopped in front of them. Stefano stepped out of the car first, he went around to the other side and helped Valerie out. On the way back, Valerie had gone in