Lahat ng Kabanata ng Love in Thorns, Guns and Shackles: Kabanata 31 - Kabanata 40

Elena got down from the car and the policeman led her into the station. She couldn’t help but chuckle at how she had four men behind her, armed with guns and a cuff slapped against her wrists like she was some famous terrorist.What did she expect anyway? She had been captured and labeled a member of the Sicilian Mafia; one of the most dangerous Mafia societies to walk the face of earth, a faction which has caused havoc in the society without getting any of it pinned on them.Whoever this new captain was, he must really think he is a god to stand against the Sicilian Mafia, especially the Scorpione family; a faction led by the brutal and cold hearted Scarface, a man who wouldn’t hesitate to kill his own uncle.As they stepped into the station, Elena noticed that all eyes were on her, all the cops were glaring at her as she was taken past their offices. Well, maybe they were also shocked at seeing a female Mafia member, as the Sicilian Mafia was known to recruit just boys in their army

Elena is seated at the back of a prison van with her hands cuffed as she is being conveyed to the court for hearing, it was just yesterday that she was arrested and today she has been trialed already. That wasn’t really what bothered her, the earlier the better.But she was confused on why they chose to transport her with a prison van since she had not yet been found guilty of the charges by the court, that was infringement of her fundamental rights, she shouldn’t be treated as a criminal until she was found as one, at least that was what she thought.Elena worried that her parents might show up at the court today. Wasn’t it funny? She was abducted from her own house in front of her parents and the next time they set their eyes on her, it was as a soon to be convicted criminal. Yes, it was ironic that their useless daughter was finally getting attention from the public, she was finally popular but for the wrong reasons.Elena thought of her younger siblings and imagined what would be

Lorenzo comes out of his hideout as he watched Leo walk away from the hallway, he had eavesdropped on the conversation between the Mafia boss and Elena and now he was curious to know if the boss was taking a liking to her.Lorenzo already had this theory in his head but he just wanted to confirm his suspicions. First, Leo had kept this girl in the Mafia house for weeks now and he wouldn’t let her go, he was treating her like a princess instead of a captive.The Mafia Boss was not even in any way trying to hide the fact that he cared for her, he was always looking out for her even though he pretends not to at times. He instructs the gunmen to protect her whenever they are out on a mission and he hits them when something bad happens to her.Hitting made-men for the sake of an outsider; was that not enough sign? Now, in addition to that, he had warned her never to leave this place, he also said she was part of the crew but that wasn’t how the Mafia recruits new members, he was jumping a

Captain Marco smiled, he knew that voice. He stood up and slowly turned around, and then he looked up at her and her jaws dropped in shock. She certainly didn’t expect to see him here, and he was probably the last person she expected to see here.“You?” she muttered in disbelief. “What are you doing here? Get down before someone sees you,” she instructed and pushed him down immediately.They both lay on the floor, side by side and stared at each other. “Hello Elena,” he said and smiled at her. He was quite amazed that she cared about his safety even when he was going to send her to jail.“Are you just ignorant or perhaps foolish to show up here, they would kill you the moment they set their eyes on you,” she muttered with fear in her eyes. “What were you thinking?” she scolded.“Not if I kill them first,” he retorted.Elena scoffed. “Trying to be brave? Looks like you want an early and miserable death. Don’t be smarter than yourself, you dummy. How many of them can you fight? I guess

Leonardo got down from the car after his men opened the door for him; they had come for a meeting between all of the Mafia family Don, they were to discuss how to end the killing between different families of the same Mafia society.They were all Sicilian Mafia and even though being under different strongholds now, they had all originated from one leader, from the first Mafia family that had birthed the term, Sicilian Mafia.Leonardo wasn’t a fan of this meeting because he knew some of the people would criticize him for killing his own uncle and causing the painful end of the Lupi family gang. He didn’t feel bad in any way for killing his uncle; it was the right thing to do.The other families didn’t interfere when his father was murdered by his uncle, so they had no right to question his decision now. It was blood for blood, tit for tat.Leonardo, followed by his underboss, two of his capos and a few soldiers walked into the big building where the families held their conferences. It