SiennaI don’t think my heart will ever recover from what has transpired in the last twenty hours; my morning went from the best to the absolute worst. Nico somehow knew that Dante was being kept on the island and came to break him out even though we were just about to release him. A bullet is lodged in Daniella’s spine, and she will never walk again. On top of that, she lost a substantial amount of blood, and her brain was starved for oxygen for too long. She’s currently in a coma, and the outcome does not look good.As I sit by her bed, holding her tiny hand in mine, I can’t help but blame myself for what has happened to her. I brought her into this dangerous world, and now my lifestyle might have just taken her out of it.I can’t do this anymore; I can’t keep on fighting a war that is no longer mine. Dante can have his title back, and Allessio can have the mantle. I’m done leading the life of a mafioso; I’m done with bloodshed and violence and if I have to live this life alone, th

DanteNico takes up the driver’s seat of the SUV, and I am in the back with two soldiers on either side of me. My hands have also been shackled behind my back, but the key remains in my palm; we at least had to make this look legitimate since I am a supposed dangerous commodity.We near Speranzini’s compound, and I can see the nervousness radiating from Nico from the sweat on his brow. He spares me a sideways glance before entering the gates of the man deemed our enemy. Either way, today will turn out bloody, and only one family will be left standing. Nico brings the SUV to a stop and gets out before dragging me out by my bicep. He hasn’t been able to make eye contact with me since admitting that he shot Daniella by accident, and to be honest, I don’t know how I feel. I know I should be a lot angrier than I am now…perhaps it will hit later. If it does, he better not be in my way.“Ah, one of my favourite soldati,” Speranzini’s grating voice breaks through my thoughts, and I immediat

SiennaSomewhere in the background, I can hear my cell phone ringing, and Marla picks it up and smashes it against the tile floor. “Incessant thing,” she grumbles.“Why are you doing this?” I ask while looking straight into Christian’s tearful pained eyes. It’s almost as if his body is being forced to do something that his mind is unwilling to do. Right now, he’s nothing but a puppet for Marla to use, and she’s the one pulling the strings.Come to think of it, she’s been the one pulling the strings this entire time.She places a hand on her hips. “Hmm, let me see. Well, for one, I can’t stand you. I mean, why did the great Dante Dragonetti choose a timid lamb like you when he could have had a queen like me at his side?” She says, then rolls her eyes. “And now my incompetent nephew seems to have fallen for you as well; I just don’t get your charm.”I raise my eyebrow at this. “All of this is because of Dante?”“Partially. I crave nothing but power, and now with Allessio and you out of

SiennaThe pain I felt two and a half years ago doesn't even come close to how I feel as I walk out of that hospital. Daniella never recovered; in fact, she regressed, and a few minutes ago, I was forced to make the worst decision of my life.I held onto hope even after the two-year deadline, but the doctors brought me right back down to Earth.For the last two years, I’ve been living in a small cabin off the coast close to the hospital. Oddly enough, Dante didn’t cut me off from the Dragonetti funds, but I have a feeling it's so he can keep track of my whereabouts. I haven’t seen Christian since I left his estate after his aunt tried to kill me; this is even after I tried to call and visit when I found out he paid for Daniella’s hospital stay.He’s cut me off, and I understand why; it was easier for both of us to move on. I’ll always love him, just not as deeply as I have before. As for Dante… I don’t even want to think about him. Serena and Sylvana have been in constant contact with

DanteI knew that getting Sienna back here would cause her to push back, but I didn’t expect her to be this fucking stubborn. The look of disgust in her eyes when she looks at me bothers me a fuck ton, but I can’t force her to love me again.She’ll see that being here is in her best interest. I finish up in the shower, dry off and walk across the bedroom to my closet, but I can feel her eyes on me. When I turn my head to face her, she quickly looks away. I can’t help but grin at her reaction because even though we’ve been apart for over twelve years, I still know Sienna.After throwing on a pair of boxers, I head to the bed, and her eyes widen when she sees me. She sits up in bed with a horrified expression on her face and a trembling hand over her mouth.“Wh…what happened to you?” she stutters as her eyes take in the long thick, jagged welts all over my torso. “Speranzini’s favorite toy was a barbed whip,” I say as I get in bed and turn off the light on the nightstand. “Staring at