•KINLEY•Keeping a close eye on Talon, it was clear that he was up to something. He was acting strange, but I couldn't quite out my finger on it.I sipped on my coffee while I waited for Gianni, we were going to the hospital this morning for the test results from Billie's paternity test.Gianni was sure the baby wasn't his, but I wasn't. Billie obviously knew that the baby was his, the way she acted left no room for mistakes. She knew what she was doing.Taking another sip of coffee, I frowned over at Talon, "Talon? What is going on with you? You're so jumpy, and can barely stay still."He seemed surprised that I had noticed this, his brows shooting up, "Oh? I'm wondering about this paternity test. God knows we don't need Billie sticking around."I looked down at my cup, Luca had informed me that he had seen Talon speaking to her, so why was he acting like he didn't like her?"Well, there's no use worrying about it, is there? Let's wait and see what the tests say.""She's trouble, Ki

•GIANNI•"Where the fuck is she?!" I screamed, barely noticing the pain it caused the wound on my head. I angrily swatted away the doctors hand who was trying to clean the bleeding wound.Luca looked away at my outburst while Talon paced, barking orders through his phone to my men.I had woken hours earlier after the accident to find myself back at home, my doctor waiting for me.Luca was pretty banged up, but what had really taken me by surprise was walking into the living room to find him crying like a child.Luca was a big, bulky man and I had never seen him express such hurt in all the years he had worked for me.Seeing him, I immediately knew something was wrong with Kinley. The two of them had formed a strong friendship over the last few months.When he had told me he had lost conciseness as she was being pulled from the car, I lost it."Luca!" I barked.He looked up, "Yes, boss?""It's not your fault." He looked away again, I knew this was killing him just as it was killing m

•GIANNI•After screaming profanities while shouting for Luca and Talon in between, I suddenly came to the realisation that I still had no idea where to look for Kinley.Yes, she had alerted me as to who she was with, but I had no clue where they were."What is it, boss?""They called me, Luca. She was able to shout out who has her, its Jade. I need the men to find them, I need to find Kinley. You know how evil they can get.""But we chased them away from here. How could they be back without you knowing?" Talon asked me.I turned to glare at him in anger, "I want to know the very same thing, Talon. You have assured me that there have been no sightings of them for months!""We have eyes on them, there have been no reports of them coming back. Unless we have a traitor.""Well, obviously we do! Don't waste my time. Bring me the men who were watching them," I turned to Luca, "And you, bring me any one of them. I will show them how to handle a kidnapping." I was furious. Jade was the adopte

•KINLEY•By the time my bare feet touched the asphalt of abroad I was exhausted.My feet were red with cuts and raw patches. I was filthy. My hands were still cuffed and my mouth was extremely dry.The sun had gone down a while ago and I wasn't even sure if it was still night or early morning.The road was empty with no sign of cars.Grateful to be out of the trees, I sat down on the side of the road, wincing at the aches and pains running through my body.The plan had been to walk until I was able to get to safety, but with the way my body was feeling I doubted I would be able to make it very gar at all.I was exhausted and my feet hurt from all the walking and running amongst rocks and twigs. It was too dark to tell the extent of the damage done to my feet, but I could feel the open wounds.I laid back against the tree behind me and let out a slow breath, trying to decipher what my next move should be. At the moment, the best idea seemed to be to stay in one place and wait for someo

•KINLEY•After leaving the hospital I was beginning to feel a bit better.Luca had fetched me, but instead of taking me home, he took me to a street with fancy, and expensive, boutiques."Why are we here?""Gianni instructed me to bring you here. He wants you to get something for his surprise tonight."I had almost forgotten about his surprise."Is this really necessary?"Luca shrugged, "You know how Gianni is.""What is this big surprise?"Luca shook his head, "Can't tell you or it won't be a surprise. And if I ruin it, he will have my head.""Let's go shopping then, I guess?"I had never really enjoyed shopping so I browsed quickly before choosing a white dress, my feet we healing but I didn't think heels would be a very good idea until they were completely healed so I chose a pair of flat sandals."That was the quickest I've ever seen a woman shop." Luca commented as we were leaving the store."I hate shopping. It gets me annoyed."Luca glanced at his watch, "Gianni is in meetings