Chapter Twenty-two:Gabriele's POV As I stepped into my office, it looked strange. I couldn't put a finger on it but I could feel something wasn't right.Then my eyes fell on the light bulb and I turned my narrowed eyes to Basilio."How many times do I need to tell you to switch off the lights when you come into my office?"Basilio opened his mouth to speak but then stopped and a frown morphed on his face."You switched it off before you left?" He asked me.I rolled my eyes and walked to my chair. "If I did, would I be asking you about it?" I scoffed.As I sat down, I noticed one of the drawers with my guns was slightly open.Then the feeling I felt when I stepped in returned. Someone has been here and it wasn't Basilio. Basilio wouldn't touch my guns."Someone was here!" I said as I went through the content of the drawers to see what they must have taken.Basilio's frown deepened as he looked through the office."I think whoever came here didn't come for guns," he whispered.I rais

Chapter 24: Arianna’s POV“Do you know how dangerous he is? You shouldn’t move around like this. He might just harm you, Arianna. You need to be careful around the master,” Sofia kept saying as she walked me to my room.I didn’t have the strength or willpower to say anything. All I wanted to do was to be left alone to cry myself some more.My life was ruined beyond repair. There was nothing I could do that would give me my life back. “Arianna, if you want to survive here, you need to learn to stay off his radar. You shouldn’t have gone to his office!” Sofia kept reprimanding me even as we got to the room and we both sat on the bed.“But Sofia, I don’t want to survive here,” I said and her mouth dropped open to the ground.“What? What are you even saying?” she asked in shock.I passed a hand over my face and tried to calm my racing brain. “I don’t belong here. I need to get out of here Sofia. I can’t leave like this,” I said letting another teardrop unto my wobbly lips.“You might not

Chapter 26: Gabriele’s POVHearing her talk was like medicine to my broken soul. She told me about her grandparents and how much they had impacted her. She told me about her childhood and how she had defended herself against Bullies.I found myself smiling at her stories and wanting to hear even more. It was late in the night before we decided to call it a night and retired to bed.I had never had such a peaceful sleep in a long time. But all of that peace washed away as a sharp disturbing scream woke me up the next morning.“Gabriele, did you hear that?” Arianna whispered beside me.“Stay here,” I ordered as I jumped out of bed and ran out of the room.My guards were already repositioning themselves toward the sound and my heart went to my throat as adrenaline pumped faster into my veins.“What’s happening?” I asked them as I got closer. “Where did that noise come from?”Basilio appeared between them and handed me a gun. “It’s from the women’s quarters. We are heading there right now

Chapter 28: Arianna’s POV “Eleana what are you talking about?” I asked confusion washing over me. We were on good terms as long as I knew. Yet she stared at me with an emotion I couldn’t read. “Haven’t you done enough?” she whispered with spite lacing her voice. I turned to Sofia and she shrugged as well. We were both in the same state. “Eleana, I don’t understand. Did I do something?” I asked. “You did everything! Everything!” she cried out pulling her hair. “Argh!” she hit the bedside lamp and it shattered on the ground. I jumped backward trying to escape the shards. “Eleana!” Sofia shrieked as a sharp piece of the lamp missed her by mere inches. Her eyes turned red and they flashed the flames of the anger she could no longer contain. “Sara was right! We were fine on our own! Gabriele gave us everything we wanted but when you came…” she flashed me her teeth and I felt a piece of my soul retreat in fear. “You came and changed everything! Now Sara has gone and killed herself!”

Chapter 30: Arianna’s POV“I can’t assure you that there won’t be guns but I will be there with you. I won’t leave you for one second,” he said.My heart was racing and I found it hard to breathe. It felt like he was asking me to sacrifice my life. I was going to die.He was with me the last time and look what happened. I still got kidnapped.What was the assurance that it wouldn’t happen again and maybe this time I wouldn’t even be lucky?I felt his arms around me as my legs grew weak. There was an emotion I couldn’t place a finger on in his eyes.“If you don’t want to go, you don’t have to. But I don’t want to leave you here instead,” he whispered as he stared into my eyes.I felt an invisible force weave itself around us. It brought my soul closer to his and all he said were like the words from a divine being.“It isn’t safe for you to stay in here alone at the moment. Nadia and Eleana are not mentally stable because of what happened to Sara. I don’t want them to harm you in any wa