Aurora:We entered the hotel, smiling when we saw the cameras flashing at us.We knew that Elena, Alessandro, Gabriella, and Angelina were coming in a bit. Maria and Steven were already on the way, and our main guest of honor, note the sarcasm, was Giovanni. Steven didn’t bother to approach me since what happened the other day, and whether or not it was because he was afraid of Dante or Alessandro didn’t matter at this point. I was just glad to have him away from me, and not trying to speak to me.Dante ran his finger over my waist, gently massaging it, knowing that I was more tense than I was letting out. He couldn’t blame me. Tonight was the night we began with the first step of this, and that was more than enough to set my nerves on fire.My baby kicked my stomach, sensing my worry, and I sighed, putting a hand on my stomach, stroking it gently, letting out low purrs that my mate heard. “Baby being restless?” “More and more with each passing second” I said, shaking my head. He sm

Elena: Now, if I ever imagined a way that I would be meeting my father for the first time, I knew that it was not this. My chest ached, and despite standing as strong as I was, I couldn’t help but feel my lungs burn with each breath I took. My brother, the man who has fought his life to keep us safe, was fighting a monster who was dying for power, and the worst part about it, he and Leo were doing it alone. The two men have saved us the trouble of dealing with that ‘thing’ who stood in front of us. The greed, anger, and hate that he had in his eyes toward us. The way he looked at mom with disgust, and the way he spoke to her as if she’s done a sin, something that HE chose to do years ago. The man didn’t seem to realize that it was HIM who was wrong, and not her, hell, I didn’t even think that he knew what the difference between right and wrong was. “What?” He asked, processing what I just said. I had to fight back laughing. I had thousands and thousands of questions to ask him, and

Dante: “Maria, you need to breathe” I said, giving the woman a glass of water. She sat on a chair, sobbing her eyes out as her son wrapped his arms around her, wanting to comfort her, his pain visible in his eyes for his mother who was in the weakest of all states. Her heart raced against her chest, and taking the glass from my hand, I sat on my knee in front of her, ensuring that she was able to hold the glass and take a sip of the cold water. It would at least help cool her body, if a little at this point. Nicolas’s eyes met mine, and he nodded toward Aurora who was standing, facing the window as her heart raced. I knew that the man had hurt her more than any man ever would, but I knew that she didn’t want this to be his fate, at least, not directly anyway. Alessandro had dismissed himself to one of the empty rooms in the hospital, sneaking in it to do something, though what it was, he wouldn’t tell us. We just all knew that he had something to take care of, and knowing the man, I

Dante: I drove back to the house in silence, not knowing what to say. Alessandro, sensing my anger, did not say a word as he got inside the car despite not knowing what happened. Maybe he did, but he chose not to interfere with things, at least for now. Mom and Elena were sitting in the back seats while Leo and Anastasia followed with their car behind me. Fire burned my chest as so many thoughts played in my head. Aurora’s reaction when she saw them kept repeating itself in my mind, and I couldn’t help the fear that I felt at the fact that she could be having feelings for the man. And stopping in front of the house, I couldn’t help but fear what was to come as a response from her right now. The way she walked out of the hospital alongside Nicolas not only broke me, but the fear that I had of her wanting to leave me tonight was not one that I liked living through. Thankfully mom and Elena, who saw the whole thing, were quiet as they walked out of the car, and entering the house, m

Alessandro:I watched as Aurora and Dante walked out to the living room late afternoon.Aurora walked toward me, and I stood up, wrapping my arms around her to kiss her forehead before looking her in the eye, studying her expression. I gave her one more kiss, gently running my fingers through her hair before letting her go back to her mate.“Now that you two are done with your argument, I believe that we could talk business” I stated, making Dante frown in confusion. I shook my head at the man and smiled “you can’t expect me to be dumb or blind as not to see the anger in your eyes”“You didn’t say anything about it?” Dante asked, and I shook my head.“The two of you are not children for me to interfere with every argument you have, that is one. Two, the two of you, as lovers, mates, and a couple, are going to have hundreds of fights, how you get over them is what would make your relationship stronger. Whether or not you would get over them would prove how your relationship would be; h