DOMINIC'S POINT OF VIEWA FEW HOURS LATER.The thunder cracked through the sky, roaring as though it strikes with a rage that mirrors my own as I stand, the rest of my people behind me as we each ruminate on the information my wife gave us on the route to the house Alvarez is hiding in."Is everything ready?" Aurora asks from where she stands beside me. Sabine is safely tucked away on a plane en route to Spain as we speak. The second I got her, I knew there was no way I would have her in a place Alvarez could get to her again.I made that mistake once, I am not making it again. The doctor on board would do anything he could to save her and our baby. Sokolov has been nothing short of helpful with this war, and I will have to see to the alliance he keeps talking about.A marriage between his son and a daughter of mine.The cruel but smart fucker has had his eye on my erritory ever since I took over from Padrino, and with this, he has it."We need to wait for Sokolov's men to arrive. I a
SABINE'S POINT OF VIEW.I rest my back against the rock, a shudder escaping me at the intense cold. That was all I could feel. The kind of cold that shashes through you, never like a gentle breeze, as my breathing became more laboured as each minute passed while I sat here, hoping, waiting for an absolution that I hope would come. Right now, I understand what Jack from Titanic felt as he floated in the horridly cold water, holding onto his love's hand while she kept herself on the raft. It feels like I am Jack in this moment, waiting for a boat, hoping that the cold does not get to me, or the sharks, as each second passes, while I hope for a boat that I hope would come back for me.My teeth clatter in my mouth as I try to warm myself by rubbing my hands together while trying to ignore the burning sensation in my thigh. The only things on my mind are my baby and my safety.Did anyone even know of my disappearance by now?Will I be here for the rest of my life?Will there ever be a sav
DOMINIC'S POINT OF VIEWThe jet descends on the ground, like a blade slicing through the clouds, the roar of its engines announcing our presence. The voice of the pilot filters through the speakers as he says "We have just arrived in the snow-covered nation. I would advise being careful. The radar shows that you will be five feet deep once you get onto it, and touchdown is in less than five minutes. Visibility is low, twenty degrees on the ground." The tablet with the glowing S on the map is all I see as it stays still, nothing else close to it. She is alone. Daniel grabs the tablet from my hand abruptly, staring intently into it, and all I wanted to do was cut his hand off in that moment."She might be truly alone. From what I see, she is headed north, and the other heat signals from earlier when they were with her; they headed east. This is a completely different route.""She escaped" A breathy relieved whisper leaves my lips, as I sign. My chest swells with pride, joy, and at th
DOMINIC'S POINT OF VIEWThe plane shook, probably from the turbulence or from the storm of rage already roaring in my mind, the weight of my fury ripping the skies apart as I tried to stay still on the jet, making sure to give orders when necessary. She is out there, pregnant, all alone, possibly hurt... or wodr, dead.The thought of my wife lying cold, pale, without any life in her lungs fills me with something raw, something unfettered.Fear.I try my best not to focus on the thought. She is alive, I can feel it. She is okay, and so is our child."Two hours uintill we land" Aurora mutters beside me, as she works on a computer, sending a few encrypted messages to someone on her side of this war, her ammo strapped to her chest, knives, guns, and a few grenades on her person as she focused on the screen, her brows furrowed, and her expression stoic as she kept it bereft of all emotion.I do not respond, my fists clenched tightly to my side as I keep my lips in a hard line as I stare
SABINE'S POINT OF VIEWThe moment the jet lands, the guard in the place I was kept walks to me, a coat in his hand, as he cuts my restraints, his sharp, familiar eyes on mine"Lorenzo?" I call out in fear and shock. He is from Dominic's army, what the fuck is her doing here?He stares at me, his cold eyes detached as he cuts off the restraints and pulls me to my feet."It is cold out there, you will need this or else you will freeze to death, and I cannot have that. You are too valuable to us for now," He says, holding the thick, long coat to meTempted to curse him out and tell him I do not want the damn cold, I keep my mouth shut, as my subconscious reminds meThe baby, remember you are fighting for two people right nowSo I purse my lips, keeping it in a tight line, as I put on the coat."Let's go," He grunts, as he pushes me in front of him, his gun digging in my lower back, and forcing me to walk on as we move towards the exit.Alvarez waits just at the door, waiting for us, a si
AURORA'S POINT OF VIEWHow life can be one thing, and then suddenly another. Just a few hours ago, I stood beside my daughter, soothing her as she found out she is pregnant, and now, here I am, torturing the woman responsible for that.Fear, raw, visceral fear grips me, as I try not to focus on the bad thoughts occupying my mind, the thoughts of what they could be doing to her as I waste time on this bitch who seems hell bent on killing my baby, only after I just found her. The thought of where she could be, how could this have happened?"Please, "She whimpers as she stares at the jar of fire ants in Daniel's hand, her eyes wide with fear and panic as her eyes follow his every movement"Will you talk?" I ask again, this time being the last. If she says no, I will pour the honey all over her and watch as she loses her mind with pain, with every bite from the ants as they chew on her flesh, before I set her on fire myself."All I know is this, I was contacted by an Italian number, he sa
DOMINIC'S POINT OF VIEWShe stares at me, her mouth in a thin line, like this was some sort of game, like the life of my wife did not depend on her answers."I will say this one more time: Where is my wife?""How dare you?" She says, her lips pulled into a sneer as her eyes spark with hate, "You foolish child. You came to Italy, like the dog you are, courtesy of the man I love, as he took pity on your sorry, sick, pathetic self. You know he always knew you would betray him? He told me. I remember how he planned for his adoptive son to succeed him. Poor Tony was everything; he had trained for that position all his life, until you came and stole it from him! You ungrateful dog! You killed the only man I ever loved, the very man that took you off the streets, and made you his driver and bodyguard, he trusted you!, but you stuck a fucking knife in his back, and killed every single person in his line of succession, his men, everyone! Just so you could maintain what was rightfully Tony's, n
DOMINIC'S POINT I cannot breathe. It feels impossible to breathe without her, the world seems to have lost all its color as I realise one truthMy wife has been taken, I have no idea where she could be, and she is pregnant with our child. This is all my fault, if I had not spoken to her the way I did, If I just kept my fucking mouth shut, and had let things flow smoothly, she would still be with me, here, safe in my arms, instead I pushed her into the arms of the one man that wants to do her more harm than good.Walking back to the mansion after making several rounds and still not seeing any trace of my wife, I am met with the disappointed glares of Raohael, Aurora, and Daniel as they stood together, their eyes hard on me.I do not blame them"This is your fault, if you were not such a fucking coward, if you had just for once listened to your wife, and celebrated the good news with her, she would be here right now. I would not have lost my baby, barely two weeks after I finally found
DOMINIC'S POINT OF VIEWI am pregnantHer words hit me like a wave, a fucking heavy one with the impact a tsunami would have on a city as my heart stopped, the smile on my face vanished.I am pregnantHer happy words keeps playing in my mind, like a broken record as I try to put it out, try to imagine that this is some kind of nightmare, some kind of sick joke, but for some reason, I have a feeling it is the truth, that her tone of voice as it was bathed in happiness meant that this was not a game, she is not bluffing, this is realTurning back to face her, my expression closed off. I ask her, my voice low, a haunted ring to it, as I try not to focus on the fear that was rising in me. The thought of being thrown out by Alvarez, not too long after my mother had me, the thought of whose sperm caused my creation, the thought of having a child while Alvarez is on the loose, the fear, the danger, the pain that would come with this development.This is not good news, it is a fucking hazard