Hello my beautiful readers! Thank you for your patience. As you understand, I have a full time job, side business, editing completed books, and 3 ongoing stories. I hope you all enjoy this update. I made it extra long for putting up with my late updates lol. What do you think about this update? I'm sure it answered lots of questions. Lastly, Isa will be out of there soon. I recommend to hold off on reading because there are still a few chapters before it happens. We are only 15 chapters in and so much to cover. Please have patience and trust the process. XOXO.
*Alberto’s POV* “Cosa abbiamo?” (Italian: What do we have?) I grunted, climbing into the back seat right after Francisco. “Russians,” Edgardo stated as I raised my brow at him. “The Petrovs to be exact.” Petrovs. That rings a fūcking bell. Francisco squinted at him for a moment before speaking up. “They are not trying to help us.” “We don’t know that,” I told him as I motioned for Edgardo to proceed. “This is not the Alberto I know,” he grumbled in response before the door opened again and Aurelio climbed behind the wheel, making Edgardo grind his teeth. “Focus,” I growled at Edgardo before ripping the tablet from his hands as Aurelio backed up the SUV. Edgardo cleared his throat and leaned forward. “The son took over recently after his sister went missing and his father started making rookie mistakes.” “Like attacking one of my warehouses.” Francisco scoffed. “I thought you had shīt under control here,” I growled, glaring at him as he rolled his eyes. “I did have it und
*Alberto’s POV* “Fūck, angel,” I groaned as I pushed her against the bed and ripped her tiny dress right through the middle. “I missed you so much.” “Padrino,” she cried, spreading her legs further apart for me. “I want you. Need you.” “Me too, angel. Me fūcking too,” I growled as I popped the button of my pants open and lowered the zipper. She watched me with hunger as I pulled out my throbbing cōck. The tip of my shaft leaked with pre-cūm at the thought of being so close to home. My cōck and I have never been so desperate to be inside of a woman before. “Fūck me, Alberto,” she begged me with hooded eyes as her teeth worried her bottom lip. “Patience, angel,” I hissed as my hand slowly caressed up and down her body. First my thumb trailed her pouty lips before my rough knuckles stroked her jaw and then her neck. My eyes and hands mesmerized at the beautiful woman before me. I’d never bow down to anyone but Isadora Blanco Di Luca. A fact that even I can’t believe crossed my mi
*Isadora’s POV* I barely had a chance to pull my hair back when I started puking into the toilet. This has been my morning routine for a few days now, which was insane since I’m on a strike and haven’t really been eating. A knock on the door had me groaning before more vomit came out of my mouth like a fūcking exorcist. Fūck me bro. “Leave me alone,” I whined into the toilet as I tied my hair into a messy bun before wiping my mouth with the back of my hand. “Your husband is on the phone,” one of Mattias’ little lap dogs grunted from the other side of the door. I hate it when they call him my husband, but that’s really what that asšhole is. “Go away,” I finally grumbled, only for the loser to continue knocking like the pest that he was. With a heavy sigh and only when I was sure I was done throwing up my intestines, I stood up and flushed the toilet before making my way to the sink. The insistent knocking was really pissing me off, but I ignored it and proceeded to brush my
*TRIGGER WARNING* . . . *I'M SO SERIOUS | YOU'VE BEEN WARNED* *Alberto’s POV* I walked into my basement as I rolled up my sleeves. The room smelled—reeked of blood, sweat, and piss. As it should, of course. My men surrounded Santoro’s already bleeding figure as he hung from the ceiling by his arms. “I hope he’s awake already,” Francisco hissed from behind me. “Because I’m itching to have some fun.” “Me too, Fratello. Me too.” I said as my men opened a path for Francisco and me. As soon as Santoro heard our footsteps, he lifted his head and smiled at us cockily. I really hate the fūcker. Him and his son. “It took you long enough,” he stated calmly before spitting out blood to the side. “You’d think he wouldn’t be so cocky when he’s going to die,” Francisco hissed as he ripped open his shirt. Unlike me, Francisco tended to prefer to have his shirt off when things were about to get extra bloody. Me? The more blood, the better, and I could care less if my clothes was d
*TRIGGER WARNING* *Alberto’s POV* “Get me a doctor,” I hissed over my shoulder before one of my guys turned to get one of the doctors we had on call in here as instructed. I was honestly surprised that Santoro had held this long without passing out, but if we don’t treat his wounds soon, he may die on us, and I still had lots of fun planned for him. Not to mention that he still hadn’t talked. Motherfūcker. Which reminds me… I turned towards the torture table and wiped the blood off my hands before reaching for my phone. I quickly pressed on the message button and found exactly what I was looking for. Or hope to find, that is. Petrov: Let’s talk before I give you a location. Call me when you are ready to talk. I gripped my phone tighter as I exhaled. 5 4 3 “What’d they say?” Francisco asked me as he peered over my shoulder. I sucked on my teeth before pressing the call icon and lifting the phone to my ear. Petrov answered on the first ring, not allowing me enough time
*Isadora’s POV* It was a good thing that Mattias had to meet with someone before the actual meeting between capos that he had told me about because he didn’t have time to force himself on me. Being that we were short on time, he barely said a word to me while we got ready. His cologne was also making me feel even more queasy, so I can’t promise I wouldn’t have barfed all over him if he had gotten any closer than he was. As soon as I stepped out of the closet in the tight skirt, silver, lace and backless shirt with six-inch heels, Mattias stopped buttoning the cufflinks on his shirt. His eyes slowly scanned my body, making me uncomfortable. I finally moved and walked towards the bathroom, hoping like hell that he wouldn’t ignore the fact that we were running late, and he wouldn’t get any ideas. I looked into the mirror, catching his eyes as he approached me from behind. My heart hammered in my chest when I noticed the intention in his eyes. The vomit burned my throat as I forced
*Alberto’s POV* “Fūcking traitors,” Francisco hissed under his breath as we continued to listen to all the bottom feeders strategize against us. Even with the masks, we knew who was who. I had my lucky knife in my hand while I opened and closed it like a lunatic as I listened to those assholes. Fūck it. I’m a lunatic and I’m proud. “So any idea when we are moving in?” One of them asked Ventura as he scratched his beard. Isa’s eye twitched as she glared back at the asshole, but Santoro placed his hand on her exposed thigh and squeezed it hard, earning a soft gasp to escape her lips. I stopped midway closing my knife while I watched them tensely. “Do you need help controlling your bītch?” Ventura asked Santoro with an amused smile. “I’m going to fūcking kill him,” Francisco sneered under his breath before holding his hand out to stop me from jumping to my feet. “That makes two of us,” I muttered back, already calculating every way to make him bleed. Santoro pulled Isa on hi
*Alberto’s POV* Heaven. Most would say that men like me will never make it there. And while that’s probably true, my definition of heaven is completely different. Heaven is a place of peace, where all of our past no longer matters. A devil like me has never found peace until my angel was born. At first, I adored that little girl as her caregiver, her godfather, the man that swore to draw blood at the shed of a single tear on that perfect face of hers. But as the years progressed, and a woman stood before me, I was doomed to the obsession that took over my mind, body, and soul. And though I fought like hell to stay away, I soon realized that she was the peace my soul sought out. My heaven. The light to my darkness. And when you reach heaven, you want nothing else. You hold on to the light for dear life. So when the light is extinguished, possibly ruined for eternity, the darkness becomes all consuming, suffocating to the point of death. Death is the only way to find the light ag