BrindaMy eyes trailed over his left bicep — The scorpion tattoo looked darker, more defined, almost hypnotic. My gaze drifted lower, tracing the hard ridges of his stomach. Every muscle flexed as he moved, commanding attention.I swallowed, my throat suddenly dry.Should I be doing this?No.But as things stand, I have no choice but to succumb to Francesco’s desires.Or… Am I succumbing to my own?No. I have no such desires. This is just a distraction — Something to pass the time while I plot my next escape.But, why does my body feel like it’s betraying me?Francesco moved toward the bed, his steps unhurried, deliberate. He sank to his knees before me, his dark gaze never leaving mine. My heart pounded — fast and erratic — like a drum signaling my impending doom.The look in his eyes from earlier, the one filled with cold, deadly rage, was gone. Something new had replaced it.Love?No. He doesn’t love me.He calls it obsession.His hand closed around my ankle, fingers cold again
BrindaI took half the length of Francesco’s cock into my mouth, my tongue swirling around the tip, teasing him. But that wasn’t enough — not for him. A sharp inhale escaped his lips as he pushed deeper, his hand tangling in my hair, guiding me with measured control.“You’re damn good, Damsel,” he groaned, his voice thick with pleasure. “But you can do better.”A challenge.Determined to make him come undone — to make him forget every other woman who had ever touched him. Bullet included — I took him deeper, hollowing my cheeks as I swallowed more of his length. A deep growl rumbled in his chest, and the sound sent a wicked thrill through me.His hips moved, thrusting slowly at first, testing my limits. The heavy weight of him pressed against the back of my throat, and when I coughed, his fingers tightened in my hair, holding me in place.“Fuck…” He shuddered.I pulled back with a loud, wet pop, gasping for air. His eyes, dark and predatory, gleamed with something dangerous.“Nice j
Morning arrived faster than expected, bringing with it a storm of rage burning through Alice’s veins.She yanked her wrist, but Scar’s grip remained firm. Her voice rose like thunder. “This time, I swear I will end Francesco! That bastard has the crypt key, yet he still dares to attack our men? And Brinda… That woman is nothing but a damn nuisance! I should have dealt with her long ago.”Scar’s jaw tightened. “Do you even hear yourself? Do you know how dangerous the Dante family is?”Alice let out a bitter laugh. “And do you not know how ruthless our boss can be?”Scar’s expression darkened. “Have you forgotten what Francesco’s father did to your mother?”The words hit her like a blade to the chest. Her fury flickered, replaced by a suffocating wave of guilt and regret. Her heart pounded, her throat tightened, and she clenched her fists, fighting the tears burning behind her eyes.“Why the hell would you bring that up?” she whispered, her voice cracking.“You needed a reminder.” Scar’
Marshall’s eyes darted around the dimly lit room, tension crackling in the air like electricity.“I still don’t understand why you’re taking all this so lightly,” he hissed, gripping the armrest of the leather chair. “Francesco is smart. Too smart. Do you really think he hasn’t figured out that we are working together?”Alessia smirked, swirling the dark liquor in her glass before taking a slow sip. “So... you are that terrified of Francesco, huh?” Her eyes narrowed as she leaned forward, voice dripping with disdain. “Pathetic. I expected more from you, Marshall.”Marshall’s jaw clenched. “I’m not scared of him. I just do not want to die before that sick bastard does.”Alessia’s expression hardened, her voice turning icy. “Then work harder. Bring him down.”Marshall let out a bitter laugh. “Really? You think I haven’t been doing enough?”“Enough?” Alessia’s eyes darkened with sinister amusement. “You are barely scratching the surface. Maybe... it’s time I tell you the truth behind The
BrindaI quickened my pace as I made my way to Francesco’s room. He had called for me and I wished to not be in a situation I would not like. When I reached the door, I knocked gently, notifying him of my presence.“Come in.” He chimed from the inside.I pushed the door open and for a moment, I stood nailed to the ground.Francesco was laid on the bed shirtless. My eyes trailed his face down to his lower abdomen before I snapped out of it. His boxers were the only clothing material that covered his body. His head was at the edge of the bed, facing the door as he laid face up. In his right hand, was a bottle of wine.“Don..” I called when my legs finally moved me into the room.“Welcome, Brinda. How may I help you?” He asked, his voice low and menacing.Confusion clouded my face. What the hell is on about? He had sent one of his men to call me, right? Why on earth is he asking me how he can help me? Is he suffering from a brain tumor?“Oh… I forgot. I had asked one of my men to call y
Brinda Every step Francesco took as he made his way down the stairs made my heart yearn for my mother. Deep inside me, I slowly called for my death because all I could see was the same Francesco — The fearful-looking one — I saw the night he killed my mother and also forced me to drink the Deadly Nightshade. This won’t hold well for me. When he was about five feets away from me, my chest swelled while my body shook as if I was being approached by a Lion. I wanted to run but my legs did not let me move as they were fixed on the ground. When he reached where I stood, he flashed a devilish grin and I couldn’t wish anything good for myself but to pray that the ground would open up. Francesco stretched out his arm slowly, almost as if he was possessed. He cupped my chin in his left hand. “I wanted you to be cruel but not against my mother. How do you want to pay for your mistake?” My eyes narrowed to Elizabeth’s side. Her hands were still on her cheeks as she continued to play the vic
Brinda“You are a fucking coward, Francesco. A man who ever raises his hands at a woman is not worthy to be called… A man.” I pointed the truth out, though my voice cracked.“Do you think you are in a position to tell me what to do?” His breathing grazed my skin. “Come off it, Damsel. This is my world. I call the shots.” He said rather nonchalantly as he stared into my eyes.There was not even a little bit of remorse in him. I struggled against the chains around my wrists but it was useless. I couldn’t break free. As the case may be, I am back to square one. I am exactly in the position where I was the night the Russo brothers attacked.And I really guess that this is the end, I am not with any pin so I can’t escape. I could have depended on my earrings but Francesco had removed them as he is now more cautious because of what happened the other night.Fate. What does it have in stall for me?He pulled my chin upward, letting his cold eyes penetrate into my soul. “I warned you not to
FrancescoI miss Brinda.I miss her so damn much.But missing her isn't enough to fix what I did.When she was mine, I treated her like she was nothing — Like trash. A burden. Something to possess, control, and discard when I wanted. But she wasn't any of those things. She never was.And now? Now, she is gone. And all I have left is regret.How much longer will this guilt claw at me? How many more nights will I stay, drowning in my own self-inflicted torment?The old woman in front of me watched me with knowing eyes, her voice quiet but firm.“I stood by the window, talking to my son when I saw her rush into the building. It didn’t take long before men in black surrounded the place. Then… Gunfire. The whole house exploded in chaos. And that’s all I know.”She paused, studying me.“You look really worried about her.”“I… I…” My throat tightened.“Never mind, darling,” she said softly, brushing a hand against my cheek. A touch so foreign, so unfamiliar. Something my mother never ga
FrancescoThe veins in my head throbbed as if they were trying to burst through my skull. I groaned, my lids fluttering open against the blinding, gritty light. Pain stabbed through my temples, sharp and unforgiving. I squeezed my eyes shut again.A low moan escaped my lips as I rolled over, clutching my head. My hand brushed against something cold… skin. My eyes snapped open. The mattress beneath me was soft—too soft for where I thought I should be.I dragged myself upright, slow and unsteady. The pain ebbed slightly, enough for me to scan the room.A modest wooden stand leaned beside a worn brown door. A few personal items—a comb, a small bottle of body oil, a tin of cream—were scattered on it. A broken mirror clung to the opposite wall, barely reflecting anything coherent.The yellow walls were dull and flaking, the ceiling above cracked and broken in patches. It was the kind of place people abandoned… yet here I was. Alive. Awake. In this forgotten house with…I turned toward the
Morning crept in too fast for the world, yet too slow for Elizabeth. Sleep hadn’t kissed her eyes all night; instead, rage coiled in her veins like a living beast, gnawing at her insides. The mere thought that Francesco and Brinda were still alive mocked her. It wasn’t just a lingering memory — it was a cinematic torment playing on repeat.She could still feel the trigger under her finger, still see their bodies disappear into the dark abyss below the cliff. But the image that haunted her most… was their cries. Not out of mercy. Not fear. But defiance.She had failed.Her breathing grew heavier as she clenched her fists. If only her men had returned with their corpses. Or better yet, with their broken bodies, alive — so she could peel the flesh from their bones herself and erase their existence in the slowest, most unforgiving way.Peace would only find her when she had tasted their blood. When their pain became the lullaby to her dreams. Only then would her greatest, most wicked
“Mom, when will we get all of the Dante family's properties? We have already transferred everything from the Santinis,” Leopard asked, his voice laced with both curiosity and the subtle impatience of a man who believed he had waited long enough. He sank into the plush armchair opposite his mother, his legs crossed like a bored prince.Tiger was already there, bouncing his knee as if trying to shake off an invisible pest. Elizabeth, however, remained completely still. Her eyes were glued to the television, though the screen flickered with an old news report none of them truly cared about. Her right fingers steepled absently around the mug she held in her left hand, its contents long forgotten.“Mom?” Tiger prodded with a raised brow. She still didn’t look at them. Instead, she chewed on her bottom lip, clearly deep in thought.Finally, she exhaled through her nose and muttered, “There is nothing I can do about it. Francesco has not been declared dead yet. According to the will, the cou
The forest was quiet, the chirping of distant birds masked by the rush of the river. Brinda’s soaked frame emerged from the water, trembling from the cold and adrenaline. Her breaths came in ragged gasps as she dragged herself a few paces from the riverbank, but something — no, someone her heart couldn't stop beating for — pulled her back.She turned with a plummeting heart.Francesco. He wasn’t moving.His body hadn’t surfaced beside her. Instead, he floated a distance behind, half-submerged, his limbs slack, and the current beginning to tug him deeper. Her soul screamed before her mouth could form a sound.“Francesco!”Without hesitation, Brinda dived back in. The cold water swallowed her whole, but the fire in her chest burned hotter than ever. Her arms cut through the water with urgency, her lungs tightening as she swam down toward him. He was sinking — his dark shirt ballooned around him, stained darker with blood.Her fingers brushed his arm.She reached forward and grabbed his
Marshall grinned before he pushed her to the bed violently. He rolled her up to her knees instantly. Marshall let out his dick and rubbed it against Alice's wet pussy while she moaned and tried to move but his hold on her body was too tight for her to break from. She bit her lips as she enjoyed what he was doing to her. “If you are that willing to die with me, then let me begin by breaking you piece by piece.” Marshall grinned just before he pushed his dick into her wet pussy. Alice gasped lightly as she took his length in but she still felt he was too big for her pussy. Alice moaned as she felt his hard thrust into her. There was nothing for her to hold onto but to move her hands freely in the air while he jerked his dick into her. Marshall's eyes burned with annoyance while he fucked her from behind. He did not want to fuck her for who she was because he wanted to punish her for misbehaving with him and he also wanted to see how far she cold go since she said she wanted to go t
As Brinda and Francesco vanished over the edge, Elizabeth’s scream pierced the heavens. Her knees buckled as she collapsed at the cliff’s rim, her arms stretched as though her fingertips could summon them back from death.Tiger and Leopard rushed behind her, grabbing her before she followed them. Her sobs were guttural and violent.“No… no, no!” She muttered like a broken incantation. “They can't… I can’t lose them both like this. I have to kill them myself. I want their blood to splash on my face. I want to drink their blood. I want to bathe in their blood.”Marshall stood frozen, his fists clenched so hard his knuckles turned white. He stomped the ground with fury, dragging his hand through his hair, rage growing with every heartbeat.Elizabeth's eyes snapped open. A new fire raged in them. “Find them!” She screamed. “Find their bodies! I want their corpses dragged to me… do you hear me?” Her voice cracked through the wind like a whip.Marshall turned to her slowly, still drenched i
Francesco Elizabeth yanked the blade out of my flesh, and a guttural whimper escaped my throat, raw and drenched in agony. My vision spun, everything blurring into a storm of pain and disbelief. I staggered backward, clutching the bleeding wound as my knees buckled beneath me.“Goodbye, Francesco,” Elizabeth hissed with a sneer. “Go join Alessia and you goddamn father in the underworld.”Marshall’s voice rang out, sharp and deathly cold. He pointed his gun directly at me, eyes glinting with bloodlust. The crack of a gunshot shattered the air — but the bullet never reached me.Instead, Guerrero lunged forward.The impact of the bullet sent him reeling as it tore through his shoulder and then into his chest. “Run… Don…” he gasped, his voice a ghostly whisper.What? He sacrificed… Damn, I must survive to get back at these bastards. I didn’t hesitate.I shoved Elizabeth with all the strength I had left, sending her stumbling into Marshall. For a moment, he froze, caught between pulling
Francesco“Mom… Mom… Wh… what the fuck are you doing here? And with them?” My voice cracked as I pointed at the three evil figures standing ominously behind Elizabeth.“That’s gotta be a joke.” I blinked hard, hoping I was hallucinating. “Long time, son. Don’t you miss your dearest mother?” Elizabeth asked, and her words echoed like gunshots in my ears, each syllable striking me deep in the gut.I staggered back a step, fear gripping my spine like an iron clamp. “You… Was what the Russo brothers said that night true?” I asked, my voice trembling as disbelief etched itself into every line of my face.Elizabeth’s smile widened, venomous and cruel. “That was no tale. I gave birth to them. They are my sons. My biological sons. I carried them in my womb for ten good months.”My skin crawled as if termites were gnawing at my flesh from within. Her words were acid, burning through everything I thought I knew.“What the fuck?” Alessia’s voice shook as her hands trembled uncontrollably. “This…
FrancescoYes, Brinda is mine — and she will always be mine alone. I will be hers too. It's more than obsession — it's devotion, loyalty, and the kind of bond no one can break. I will give her every inch of me, and I will make sure she accepts it. I'm hers. She’s mine. Period.It didn’t take long before Guerrero pulled the car up at the delivery point. I tucked my pistol into the white shirt beneath my suit and stepped out as Guerrero opened the back door. I got out with the briefcase in hand — he immediately took it from me without a word.He didn’t ask any more questions after opening my eyes to reality earlier. He knew what time it was.My eyes swept the area. I expected the client to already be waiting, but no one was in sight.“Why isn’t he here?” I grumbled, stomping my foot on the gravel, already itching to get back to Brinda. We had unfinished business.“Mr. McMasters is one of our highest-paying clients. I'm sure he will be here very soon. Let’s give it a minute,” Guerrero o