THIRD PERSON'S POVThe helicopter lands a couple of miles away from Don Mauro's warehouse. James and Luciano run out to nest the helicopter in bushes in the dark, desolate it from anyone's visibility.The faint sound of footsteps echoes through the thick forest as Luciano makes his way to the entrance of the place he detests most. His uncle's warehouse.Luciano moves through the forest with precision, his weapons surrounding all parts of his body, ready to go in and save the life of Keirah's only sister, Anita.“Are you in?” James speaks through his radio earpiece to Luciano. And Luciano replies on the radio.“All most in. I am at the entrance.” Luciano jumps the fence wire and sets emergency bombs on his way to prepare for his assault.He positions them strategically, believing by the end of this he will make sure that nothing is left in this warehouse except ashes.He also strategically positions himself in hidden places as he walks deeper into the compound.Taking cover behind aband
“I have nothing to offer. I came here in need of your help,” Luciano tried to keep his real intentions hidden. “I am the last person on earth you should ask for help. You betrayed me. All favors for you ended when you took away what was mine.” “I am here asking for her life, Zio. You owe me that much after what you did to me and your brother.” “Stop it! It is enough! You have been hiding Keirah from me for two weeks now. That is more than enough courtesy on my part.” “She is an innocent person. A person not from our world. So, innocent. She does not deserve this.” “Stop beating around the bush. You would not be here if you did not have the codes. Give me the codes, then maybe I will think about letting you go.” “I swear I do not have the codes. And Keirah does not have the codes either. I tried to squeeze them out of her in all the ways possible, but she does not have them.” “You think of me, stupid? That I do not know what I am doing. That I would spend my resources and time on
“I saw the person who tried to kill us that day. At my penthouse in Casablanca. I want us to find her. Even though we have internal wars going on inside our family. “I want us to make sure she understands and everyone around that thinks can take us down understands. That no one tries to kill the Solanas and walks this earth.” This was the offer Luciano was sure was tempting to his uncle. Don Mauro would forgive no one who tried to kill him. And with that, he was sure he had something his uncle could not resist. Just like Don Mauro, they both searched for her and could both find no trace of her after the bombing. “Who are you talking about? It was Keirah who tried to kill us.” “Zio stop it. We both know she was with us. I know the woman personally.” His uncle's complete attention to him gave Luciano hope he was getting somewhere through to him. “I met her before. She was the woman who shut down the CCTV cameras in my elevator at Casablanca that day. “She also told me she left me
Luciano stood with Zia and James as they looked through the glass walls at Keirah. She was in the same pajamas, t-shirt, and shorts she was in yesterday when Luciano left her with Zia. She lay on the same sofa. Locked in the stair room. Zia had taken her out of her bedroom to the glass-walled room, which was better hospital-equipped to take care of her. But luckily at least today she was awake. Luciano looked at her body, which had lost so much weight in just twenty-four hours, and he felt bad for her. “Please, Zia, let's wait for longer to announce the news to her. This is the worst time to announce to her that her sister has died.” Keirah's chest was rising and falling heavily. Her face was pale and her eyes glistened. She pushed herself painfully to raise her hands and knees off the sofa. And Luciano rushed up and walked into the room to help her. Luciano watched Keirah, feeling pity for her. She looked exhausted, pale, and sickly with each minute that went by. “I am so sorry.
Luciano’s POV “She is downstairs with her father.” “Er…Erede is here?!” she shouted out with happiness covering her face. “Yes, he is here…... He has been waiting for you for a while now. He is here to take you home.” I speak, trying to reciprocate the happiness and sounding happy for her while deep down I am in tears. I take a deep breath, trying to process the conflicting emotions of letting her go once and for all. And a certain percentage craves me to plead with her to stay. I don't want her to go. Especially with the man downstairs. Erede had arrived at the forest cottage earlier than James and me. I did not expect the turn of events at my uncle's warehouse, and I thought I would be back in time at the cottage before his time of arrival. After saving the baby. I did not know what to do or proceed with. I wanted a family member to guide us on how to proceed. That's why I prepared transport for him to come from the cottage and meet us at the hospital where an ongoing checku
Not to her expectations, I turn Kierah's back around so that we are both facing Erede from where we are standing upstairs. “You see that man? He is the man you love. You do not love me, Keirah. You love the image of him in me. You love him. “You love him so much as much as I love you. To that man, you would go to hell and back. You love him so much that you got around searching for a random man on dating apps who looked like him to get you pregnant just to make him jealous. “Or was it to have a baby just like what he has with your sister? You are trying to trick me into getting yourself pregnant with my baby, isn't that it? For your information, I will never allow myself to have a baby in this kind of life, and neither with a lying, cheating woman like you. “It's the looks, right? YOU DO NOT LOVE ME KEIRAH. Never USE THAT LIE ON ME AGAIN. “You can love no man other than him. If he is still standing. Even at his death, your love for him will haunt you because you love him too much.
James loses strength in his legs and drops to the floor. “Momma…!!!” He cries. And tries to shake Zia, shouting in pain. I feel his pain. I know this pain more than anyone else. And It is all my fault. It's all my fault they killed her. I should never have run away. I should have stayed, and she would still be alive. “Zia, please... I need you, please!?” I cry with pain, too. I can't see my life without Zia. More gunshots and I see a lot of combat boots coming out of the motorcycles, my uncle's goons back again. How did they find me? Did he put a tracker on me? I curse... I signal James to turn back to my uncle's goons, who are setting up their firearms. All corners of the cottage are surrounded. My guns are far from where we are. And I need to protect James. “Come, let's take cover. I need to get to the gun in the drawer.” It is as if I am speaking to deaf ears. James is in shock. He does not move an inch, holding tight to Zia's body. I pull him. “James, we need to move. C
THIRD PERSON'S POV Just a second later, after the voice in his head. The pain stops, and a giant brown werewolf emerges from the forest. With its teeth bare, the wolf grows loudly as it advances toward Luciano's wolf's form like a predator. And all the wolves that had taken a step back came all at once. Ready to attack. The large wolf roams around him, menacing and towering around his wolf form. Luciano stares and his mouth growls as more wolves link out of the forest surrounding him. The giant wolf leads the others to charge up to him. And when they are all close enough the giant wolf takes a step back. Luciano runs away, and the giant wolf pursues him, followed by the rest of the wolves. His head is still in a daze. As he runs away, he turns back to see the reflection of flight in James's eyes. James is just a step from him and awake. Hope …. James is still hanging in there. Hope rises in Luciano. If he makes it alive here, he can save his brother. He springs back to tackle