“Freya you have to tell him the truth.” Anna tells me, her face creasing in worry. “No, I can't, he'll kill me, he'll cut me to pieces, you know him.” I place my shaking hands on my trembling lips. “He wouldn't, he cares for you.” Anna hisses. “Same way he cared for his ex wife before he killed her, burned her to the ground in her own home.” I grit out. “Those are just rumors, it holds no ground to the truth.” Anna tries to convince me. “I can't stay Anna, I'm tired, I can't live like this anymore, I'm loosing my mind, pleaseee help me.” “But you can't just run away, he'll never forgive you, and when he finds you, you know he'll surely kill you then. Rino hates to be deceived.” Anna says frantically before lowering her voice to a whisper. “Especially not when you run away with his child.”
View More“Get her now.” one of the large men behind me roars heavily but I don't stop running, I can hear the erratic thumping of my heart in my ears. I hide behind a tree in the woods.
“Make sure you find the bitch, we cannot afford to lose her today.” Another deep voice says.
I look towards the bleeding in my stomach and hiss at the amount of blood I'm losing, and by the time I realize the bleeding must have left a trail behind me, my left ear rings loudly and I fall to the ground groaning.
“Fucking bitch, so the is where you were hiding.” The man says with a dark smirk. I crawl across the ground in a hurry and when he bends to reach for my shoulders, I land a heavy blow to his nose.
“You will pay for that.” The man screams, dragging me by my hair.
“Matteo, get your hands off her, boss wants her unscathed.” another well built man in a suit says calmly.
Matteo hisses angrily before roughly putting me over his shoulders and I begin to scream his ears off.
“Put me down you bastard.” I bang my fists into his back. “You’ve got the wrong person,I already called the cops, where are you taking me?” I get no answer in return from about all 10 of the men in suits. He throws me into a car and someone I didn't notice from behind me puts a clothe over my nose and I fall into dark nothingness.
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I wake with a start in a dark room, I'm tied to a chair and my heart nearly halts from nerves, the air from my nose comes out in short breaths and I keep my mouth open to avoid passing out again. The only time I've ever been this scared was whenever I was near Rino, just thinking about him has my control over my own body and mind spiraling. I try to convince myself that maybe he's not the one who found me, I do not want to imagine what he would do to me, I begin to sob at the thought.
“Why are you crying?” my entire being stiffens. The door opens and the exact copy of Rino walks in. “No one has touched you yet and you are already crying.” The shadow's head tilts in genuine confusion. I gasp as he comes into my line of view and scans my face.
“It's been a really long time, Freya.” My brow's creases as to why he's the one here. “Obviously, not long enough Louis.” I croak out.
“Now, we have a lot to catch up on, don't we?” He gives me a small reserved smile, and if I didn't know better, he could pass for an old friend but I did know better.
“Fuck off.” I hiss at him despite my fear. “Ahh, there you are, the Freya I know, ever so stubborn.”
My hair gets pulled back harshly. “Now tell me. Where. Is. My. Brother's. Child?” I feign ignorance.
“I don't know what you are talking about.” I grit out.
“You don't?” The look he gives me unwinds me but I still ignore it.
“No, I don't.”
“Okay.” He merely shrugs, “how about I give you something to remember then.
The door opens and a man drags a woman by her hair into the room and across the floor.
“Do you know her?” Louis asks and I swallow loudly as I look over her features. Of course I know her, she was the nurse who helped me through my labor, I haven't seen her in years but I would never forget her face.
“She has nothing to do with this.” I plead.
“Really? because she claims to have helped give birth to a child you know nothing about.” I close my eyes and inhale deeply.
My eyes fly open at the click of the safety of a gun being unloced, my face scrunches in horror and by the time I begin screaming for him to stop, there's already a splatter of blood everywhere. My body freezes in shock, the metallic smell of blood fills my nostrils and stomach and I become very nauseous. The last time I saw so much blood would be during the birth of my baby.
“You fucked up bastard.” I try to yell but it comes out as a whisper.
The door to the room opens again and a man walks in with two other men behind him dragging a man into the room and throwing him onto the floor in front of me and my breath ceases.
“Do you still not know this man too?” I barely recognize him, his face is badly covered in cuts and blood but I would know that set of curly blonde hair anywhere.
He lays unmoving in front of me. “No, no, no, no, no, Oh God, please no.” I try to slide to the floor, try to hold him in my arms but the only thing I can do is rub my face against his bloodied one but it's not enough, I still can't feel his warmth.
I hear Louis chuckle darkly, probably satisfied by the amount of concern he could get out of me. “Now let's try this again.” He says pointing a gun to his head.
“Where. Is. My. Brother's. Child?”
I have never felt so cornered in a really long time. “No, no, no.” I scream trying to put myself in front of Lucas. “Kill me instead please.” I cry, I have never felt so desperate in years.
“Just tell the fucking truth, you traitor.” Louis let his expression show his rage for the first time since he stepped into this room. “Was it for him? Did you deceive and abandon my brother for a man?” I try to shake my head but fear of what might happen next engulfs me.
“And here I was, really hoping you might somehow, just maybe have a genuine reason for leaving.” He says before dragging Lucas from my feet and placing the gun beneath his neck and I scream historically.
“I’ll-I-I will t-talk, just L-let me talk t-to R-Rino, please.” I stuttered out in a rush unclearly but he seemed to understand because he threw Lucas towards the men and they took him out of the room. Louis looks at me for one last time in disgust before also walking out.
That slow trail and darkened tint in the eyes of Antonio Falcone as he stared directly at me.I stood rigid, almost painful.For the first time tonight, Valor sent a flitting look my way. Cold and empty.I let a nervous smile spread upon my lips even though my insides trembled. He stared right at me so it wasn't a matter of denial.It was too soon. Too fast. He shouldn't have recognized me.“What?" I breathed softly, feigning deep pretense of just catching up to his words.He doesn't speak for a while, just stares. “Who's Shantel?" His wife's confused eyes trailed between us, settling on her husband.He cocked his head, as if in deep thought then he turned his body towards Rino. I couldn't stop my fingers from shaking now.Antonio gave a lazy shrug. “A girl I once met back at the shadows club, helped her once.” His eyes turned to me now. “Never expected to see her again." He added.Rino stood as steel as a rock. He did not turn to me. Did not tighten his grip on my hip like he had do
I held my breathe as the figure surfaced more out of the shadows and closer to us. He sauntered towards us with a kind of swagger that looked like he invented it. He had a full devilish smirk displayed on his face. I nearly stumbled back into Rino in relief at the realization that he wasn't him. What was it with this men and their identical features? “The one and only." He drawled out lazily. He was only a few feet away from us now. Slowly he eyes dragged down to me. He cocked his head to the side, his smirk widening. “She doesn't look like a woman who has enough balls to dare try to escape the cluthes of the devil himself but I do see now why we didn't get an invite to your wedding." He spoke to Rino but his eyes stayed on me. I could feel Rino stiffen behind me, his hands around my waist tighten. “It's never branded on the forehead now, is it Nicolo?" At the sound of the edge in his voice, Nicolo’s eyes turned back up to Rino's. Whatever he saw there had him grinning now, a si
It was past seven pm and I was fashionably late. I was aware Rino and the rest of the family were lined up waiting downstairs. I was clad in my regal red dress, my hair elegantly done on top of my head. I nodded in appreciation to the three ladies hired to help me get ready for tonight. They filed out of the room after gathering their equipments. With one last heavy sigh staring at my figure in the mirror, I headed for the door. I went for a simple makeup look. The jewelry glistening on my neck and hands made my skin glow. I looked gorgeous and I was so certain of it, it unnerved me and made me feel good at the same time. My beauty have always been more of a curse than a blessing ever since I was old enough to know they were two genders in existence. My heels clicked behind me and so did the trail of my dress. I drew in a sharp breath at the very devil standing before me. Rino. His dark eyes, darkened even further at the sight of me. His eyes roamed over my form and I watche
I swallowed hard. My fingers felt clammy as it held onto the edge of the table tightly. I don't know why I did that. I shouldn't have gotten involved. The slam of her words hit me deeper than she must have intended. She came running back downstairs finally looking her age in a cute yellow dress, her tote bag still hung over her shoulder. Her brother calmly waited for her to get down standing by his mother's side, whispering into her ears in Italian. I've been around Italians for almost a decade and I still never understood anything more than the basics of that language. He pressed a kiss against her head, his eyes looking straight into her eyes before his arms left her. Andrea looked like the only thing separating her from a breakdown was her son's presence and words. Her eyes met her daughter's. “You be back by five." She tried to sound firmly but faltered. Selene gave a single stiff nod to her mother before walking in front of her brother out the door. “I'll go with them.
A maid welcomed us wholeheartedly and led us into the large Villa home. “Hello girls." Mrs. Martinez had an award winning smile plastered on her face, it made me hesitate. Nevertheless, I returned her smile with a calm one of my own. Micah beside me was acting like she was being introduced to her mother in law. She launched Andrea Martinez into such big hug, my brows basically almost lifted through the roof. I schooled my features, gravely aware of her whole family following behind her. She turned to me. Her eyes searched my form and in slow, calculative steps, she pulled me into a tight embrace. She didn't let go of me until I cleared my throat as subtly as I could. She let out a nervous laugh, her smile still displayed on her face. “I'm sorry, I got a little carried away." My brows pinched. I took a small step back. “Honey." Her husband came in from behind her, carrying a small polite smile of his own. “It's been a while Mrs. Garcia." He stated, his hand protectively on hi
I woke up drowsy. Rino was no where to be found on the bed or in the room. I got off and headed to the bathroom to freshen up. I came back out with a towel wrapped around my figure. I picked out clothes from the closet and headed for the bedroom. “Holy flipping shit!" My soul just nearly left my body. Why– “When did you get back in?" I asked, my hand on my chest and he just sat there scrolling through his phone. What is it with this mafia men and acting spooky? “Just now." He mumbled, turning his phone off to look up at me. “I'm here to pick you up." I blinked, my brows creased. Ohh Ohh! I looked back at the casual stay at home clothes in my hands and sighed. This wouldn't have been so bad if I didn't have to play the don's wife today. Andrea was sweet and all but she looked like someone who ate class and elegance for breakfast. I turned and went back into my closet but not without the familiar feel of his eyes roaming my legs like a predator watching his prey. I success
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