Masuk[Elena's POV]My heart hammered.I looked at the people surrounding us.My mother wept freely. My fierce grandfather gripped his cane, paralyzed by the gravity of the gesture.My overprotective brother stood still.My best friend was holding her phone to record the moment.My entire world gathered in this ancient courtyard, watching the most dangerous man in the hemisphere surrender his pride."I am a monster, Elena," Noah said, his voice dropping to a dark gravel. "But I am your monster. Be my queen. Give me the right to kill anyone who looks at you."My brain short-circuited.Logic vanished. My body reacted entirely on instinct.I dropped to my knees right onto the hard cobblestones, matching his level.The fabric of my dress pooled around our legs. I grabbed the lapels of his suit jacket.A fierce wave of happiness cracked my chest wide open. I possessed the loyalty of a king."Yes," I choked out, my voice breaking under the weight of the emotion. "Yes, Noah."He took the ring from
[Elena's POV]A second scream tore through the garden hedges.My mom jumped. She gripped the edge of the stone table, her knuckles turning white. The color drained from her face.She stared at the dark archway leading to the perimeter wall.Marco picked up his wine glass with his good hand. He took a sip. He didn't spill a drop.Don Viti leaned back in his tiger-skin chair and waved a hand at the kitchen staff."Bring the cannoli," Don Viti ordered. He pointed his silver cane at my empty chair. "Sit down, Elena. The dessert is melting.""Someone is getting tortured in the bushes, Papa" Jane whispered, her voice shaking. "Call the police."Marco let out a dry, rasping laugh. "We are the police, Jane. Let the boys handle the trash."Footsteps crunched against the gravel path.Noah walked out of the shadows. He tossed a ruined, blood-soaked linen towel onto a silver serving tray. Adrian stepped into the courtyard right behind him, rolling his shoulders to loosen his muscles.Caleb traile
[Elena's POV]My mom stepped into the stone courtyard. She wore a simple beige trench coat, carrying a single leather tote bag.The Viti perimeter guards parted, letting her through without a single weapon check.Don Viti stood up from the head of the table. His silver cane hit the stone floor. He looked like an old, exhausted man staring at a ghost."Jane," Don Viti breathed. His voice cracked.My mother dropped her bag. She walked forward and wrapped her arms around her father. The old don pulled her tight, burying his face in her shoulder. His broad shoulders shook."I've missed you for thirty years," Don Viti murmured into her hair. He pulled back, gripping her arms. He looked at her face, tracing her features."You ran away with that American nobody. Carl. You disgraced the Viti name. I refused to acknowledge you."Jane lowered her eyes. "I know, Papa.""Your mother hated me for it," Don Viti continued. Regret carved deep lines into his face."Mariah demanded a divorce. She left
[Noah's POV]Don Viti snatched a gold pen from his breast pocket. He grabbed a clean linen napkin from the table and began scribbling."I am Viti! I own the south!" Don Viti bellowed.He threw the napkin at Adrian's chest."The deeds to twelve luxury resorts along the Amalfi Coast," Don Viti declared. He pointed a shaking finger at the wrinkled linen. "And the monopoly on the southern legal vineyards. Put them in my granddaughter's name by sunset."Adrian picked up the napkin. He inspected the scrawl. He flicked the corner of the linen with his thumb, calculating the asset value in seconds."Resorts require maintenance. Vineyards require weather luck. But it passes the baseline," Adrian assessed. He gave a satisfied nod, folding the napkin into his pocket. "Acceptable."Elena stood near the courtyard fountain, speechless.I rubbed the bridge of my nose. I watched the European warlord and the Sicilian godfather engage in a bidding war over my woman and my unborn child. They traded mult
[Elena's POV]The mountain wind died.Suddenly, Noah snapped the barrel of the Beretta shotgun shut.The metallic clack cut through the silence. He spun on his heel, raised the wooden stock to his shoulder, and pulled the trigger.The explosion shattered the quiet reserve. The smell of sulfur and burning gunpowder flooded the air.The bearded boss shrieked. He dropped to his knees, throwing his hands over his head. The buckshot grazed the very top of his scalp, leaving a bloody trench in his hair before obliterating the marble statue standing ten feet behind him.Chunks of destroyed stone rained down on the grass.The other two local bosses scrambled backward into the dirt, coughing through the dust cloud.Noah cracked the shotgun open. The smoking shells ejected, hitting the cobblestone.After tossing the empty weapon back onto the rack, he walked forward, grabbed the bearded boss by the lapels of his hunting jacket, and threw him flat onto his back.Noah planted his heavy combat boo
[Elena's POV]I stepped around Noah and placed my body directly between the forty gun barrels and the father of my child.Then I took off my oversized sunglasses and dropped them onto the stone table. The plastic clattered against the marble.I leveled my gaze at the armed guards, then dug into the heavy, archaic Sicilian dialect my grandmother forced me to learn as a child."Abbassate le armi, o vi faccio mozzare le mani," I ordered. Put down your weapons, or I will have your hands chopped off.The words echoed off the vaulted ceiling.The guards froze. They glanced at the old man in the tiger-skin chair and lowered their weapons in unison. The metallic clicks of safeties engaging filled the hall.Don Viti stared at me. The anger vanished from his deeply wrinkled face. He threw his head back and released a booming, ecstatic roar of laughter."Ha il fuoco dei Viti!" my grandfather cheered. She has the Viti fire! He stood up and opened his arms.I walked forward and accepted his embra
Elena's POVNoah's grip on me was like steel, unyielding and burning hot where his fingers dug into my skin. His blue eyes were darker than I had ever seen them, fury simmering in their depths as if every breath I took insulted him."You even thought about running, huh?" he muttered, his voice low
Noah's POV"Don, Marco wants to see you. Something about Jake," Caleb told me as I slid the signed contract across the table.Perfect timing. I didn't even get a chance to breathe before the next fire needed putting out.It had been three hours since I'd left the estate. I wasn't sure how my little
Elena's POVI was awoken by the sunlight that still managed to slip through the curtains. I stirred awake, feeling every inch of my body aching as though I'd run a marathon.My head throbbed in pain with the bit of sleep I had and too many memories I didn't want to replay.The bedsheet was tangled
Elena's POVFiancée!I stared at Noah, who was already standing by the bed with his back to me. My heart twisted painfully.He already had a fiancée, which explained everything. The mentions from Fidelia, the contempt in the servants' eyes, the way this woman walked in like she was already mistress

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