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Thrill of Murder

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ISABELLA'S POV

Peeling the helmet off my head, I kicked the stand to the motorbike.

A slight groan eased off my lips as I limped slowly toward the alley. I had caused a diversion by slipping right before a truck, causing a hold-up. However, falling off the bike turned out to be more painful than I expected.

Either way, it bought me a couple of minutes ahead of Luca. A smile tucked its way onto my lips as I smacked them together. It was just enough to handle—for now. He’d catch up to me soon.

He’d find the note already, but thanks to the licensed motorbike I stole, I knew I had a little more time.

I pulled out my knife swiftly as a body slammed forward in my direction.

“Fuck, Isabella, what the hell happened to you? It’s me, chill a bit,” Roxie groaned.

The smile on my lips stretched wider as I tossed my arms around her, pulling her into a warm hug.

“I missed you too, Pookie,” I greeted, easing up.

She pulled away slowly, still smiling back at me.

“So… shit happ
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  • TANGLED LOYALTIES:BOUND BY VENGEANCE   Thrill of Murder

    ISABELLA'S POV Peeling the helmet off my head, I kicked the stand to the motorbike. A slight groan eased off my lips as I limped slowly toward the alley. I had caused a diversion by slipping right before a truck, causing a hold-up. However, falling off the bike turned out to be more painful than I expected. Either way, it bought me a couple of minutes ahead of Luca. A smile tucked its way onto my lips as I smacked them together. It was just enough to handle—for now. He’d catch up to me soon. He’d find the note already, but thanks to the licensed motorbike I stole, I knew I had a little more time. I pulled out my knife swiftly as a body slammed forward in my direction. “Fuck, Isabella, what the hell happened to you? It’s me, chill a bit,” Roxie groaned. The smile on my lips stretched wider as I tossed my arms around her, pulling her into a warm hug. “I missed you too, Pookie,” I greeted, easing up. She pulled away slowly, still smiling back at me. “So… shit happ

  • TANGLED LOYALTIES:BOUND BY VENGEANCE   CHECKMATE

    LUCA'S POVShe was sin itself. I shouldn't want her, I shouldn't touch her, but I did, and I craved more without stopping. I meant every word. I wanted to fall for her, die for her, and let her ruin me all she fucking wanted, even when a tad bit of subconscious voice screamed at me not to let my guard down. For all I knew, I could be nothing but some form of closure for her. She had broken herself when Antonio had died. What if that was all she wanted me for? Some damned replacement? Some error to be fixed? She couldn’t have Antonio anymore, and now she'd hop for me? But I nudged those dangerous thoughts aside, my eyes lost in hers as we pulled away from the kiss. Not for once did I loosen my grip on her. I wasn’t exactly certain how I survived for so long, telling myself she didn’t mean crap to me, because now that I finally had her in my arms again, I felt fucking whole. “Luca, I—” A sudden knock interrupted whatever it was she was about to say. A visible frown lined my

  • TANGLED LOYALTIES:BOUND BY VENGEANCE   A man who yearns

    ISABELLA'S POVStunned was an understatement. So I was embarrassed. My gaze lifted from Viviana’s back to Luca, who had an awfully irritating smirk glued to his lips. Fuck, he lured me here. He knew I'd not resist the urge to meet him after he had alleged rumors about him having some woman as a lover, and I, like a fool, had fallen right into his trap. “Good,” I said, clearing my throat. “Because you'd be a real asshole if you fucked your brother’s woman,” I asserted, trying as hard as I could to speak with a straight face, especially now I knew the entire hall had their eyes pinned on me. Viviana shot me a murderous glare, and I knew she’d have shot me to death if she had a gun in her hand. But she wouldn’t strangle me—she wouldn’t take the risk of ruining her perfectly manicured nails. “Come with me,” Luca asserted, wrenching my arm into his grasp even before I could get a chance to argue or cause some damned fuss. The godawful smirk still remained stamped on his lips as

  • TANGLED LOYALTIES:BOUND BY VENGEANCE   Wicked games

    LUCA'S POV She held my gaze in the mirror, the response I wanted desperately hovered above her lips. Yes, desperately—I knew what I wanted, and I knew what she wanted as well. I had let her go. Fuck , I was pissed as hell. She wanted to leave? Then she fucking could. That was how I felt the first week. But by the second, I succumbed. I was close to the peak of my insanity. I went on a killing spree—butchering my enemies, rival factions, spies in our Bratva. I ruined everyone as much as I could, using that as an outlet for my anger, my pain—trying to cover up the vast space Antonio left in me. But after a month, I had done all the killing I could. And my men? They were scared as fuck of me. I was a radiating time bomb waiting to tick off. The only nutjob crazy enough to stick up to me was Mancini. I remembered telling him to fuck off. I remembered shoving a punch into his face and him doing the same to me. We had beaten each other to the brink of death until no one cou

  • TANGLED LOYALTIES:BOUND BY VENGEANCE   Fuckedup reunion

    ISABELLA'S POV“¡Sí, jódete y corre! ¡Eso pensé, maldito cobarde!" I cursed out loud, flipping him the middle finger, watching him run as fast as he could while I stood unbothered. “I can't breathe,” a strained, muffled voice called out from beneath my feet. “Shut. The. Fuck. Up!” I groaned, jabbing my foot back into his chest forcefully, repeatedly, earning more pained groans from him. “It must be bad being you, right?” I asked, tilting my head backward as I stuck my fingers into his pockets, pulling out his wallet to flip through. A couple of bills, but no ID. “Really?” I scoffed, yanking out the cash before tossing the wallet back at him and lifting my foot off his chest, earning a painful wheeze from his lips. “You have more money than I do, and you tried to rob me?” I asked, jabbing my boot into his side, rolling my eyes before turning on my feet. I tucked the hoodie over my head. “I'm never a thief, and I usually don't do this, but I'm in need of money, and you did t

  • TANGLED LOYALTIES:BOUND BY VENGEANCE   No mercy left

    --LUCA'S POVThe door swung open as Mancini barged in, his eyes searching directly for me amongst the others in the room. “I heard,” Mancini whispered, pulling closer to me. Not breaking his gaze, he tapped me slightly on the shoulder before squeezing my palm gently. “He was a soldier down to the last minute. I'm sure he'd be proud of you and wouldn’t want you breaking down,” Mancini reassured me. I nodded, trying to feign a smile, but I just couldn't. I should be mourning the death of my best friend, but here I was, assisting the others in a room, planning an attack. “Come on, man, huge fat to buckle up. We need to avenge his death. Every single one of us needs to make those bitches pay for messing with one of ours,” Mancini asserted again. For a brief moment, I was suspicious. How had he known about Antonio's death so fast? But I was quick to cross out the thought as soon as it settled in. This was the mafia—news spread fast, especially when the one dead was the second

  • TANGLED LOYALTIES:BOUND BY VENGEANCE   Ruin and Ashes

    LUCA'S POV Isabella stood before me, eyes red-rimmed, shaking. She hadn’t stopped crying since the explosion. Since she told me what she did. Since she whispered his name like a prayer before breaking into a million fucking pieces. Antonio was gone, my best friend was dead, the only one whom I could trust was gone, and it was all her fucking fault. It was her fault. It was always her. “Every single fucked-up thing that went wrong started the very moment I married you, Isabella!” I spat furiously as soon as we stepped through the doors. I grabbed her by the neck, pinning her back forcefully against the wall while hovering over her. “You! It was always you! You fucking killed him!” I retorted again. This time, she didn’t cower. She didn’t try wriggling her way out of my grasp. She kept crying, almost as though she couldn’t register my words. “You don’t get to cry, Isabella!” I slammed her back harder into the wall, a scowl spreading across my face as she finally lift

  • TANGLED LOYALTIES:BOUND BY VENGEANCE   The price of love

    ISABELLA'S POVPain, fear, and regret. They all came crashing in all at once. I lifted my gaze slowly, drowsiness attacking me as I shifted in the seat, propping my head slightly upward. A stifled groan and a light wince escaped my lips as I glanced around, trying to take in my current environment. The last thing I recalled was my heart thudding in my chest. I had woken up to an uproar in the house, chaos unleashed in the mafia world, and every maid had a whisper on their lips—Luca was having it bad. It wasn’t the smartest choice of my life, but I didn’t mind. I hurried my way toward his office to check on him, worried he'd be pissed to the core or broken. But to my despair, he was pissed. So I watched. Eavesdropping. Then I realized it was all because of the ledger—the one I had foolishly given away. I was pissed too, hurt maybe. I hadn’t expected Antonio to go so far, to such an extreme length. But I knew Luca wouldn’t spare me a minute to explain, so I ran as fast as my

  • TANGLED LOYALTIES:BOUND BY VENGEANCE   Rivalry and Ruin

    LUCA'S POVFucking traitors. Fucking rats.The Bratva wasn’t what it used to be. Back in my father’s days, a traitor didn’t even live long enough to confess—his tongue was ripped out before he could speak a single word of betrayal. And now? These motherfuckers had the audacity to steal from me. To defy me. To challenge my goddamn throne.Not a fucking chance.Kirill's voice droned in my ear, but I barely registered it. My fingers curled into a tight fist against the armrest of my chair, the leather creaking under the force. My head was pounding, a mix of whiskey and seething fury. I wanted blood. I wanted screams. I wanted to remind the world why the name Ricci was feared.“The shipment wasn’t stolen—it was seized. Someone tipped off the government task force. And the Rossetti Mafia had a hand in it,” Kirill said, standing rigidly before me.I didn’t react. I let the words sink in, let the weight of betrayal settle deep in my bones. My men were tense. Their fear was palpable, thickeni

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