It felt like it was the first time we would be sharing a room. The house was bubbling with chatter even as we all retired to our rooms. I felt guilty that I had not checked if Irya was good with her room but seeing Salvatore hold her hand so possessively as he walked her to her room had my heart skip so many beats. She seemed to be on her own cloud of happiness. Elio opened the door to his room which was dark and I was not surprised. It seemed younger Elio was good at expressing the darkness in him. Everything was elegant, luxurious, and black. The room seemed like the grim reaper’s tomb. There was little to no furniture and that which was present looked like something from a vampire’s lure. “Wait here, let me get something.” I quickly ran to my room. I grabbed what I needed and ran back to stop at the slightly opened door. “Where are you? Close your eyes!” I slowly pushed the door in to peak my head. Elio stood by the bed, busy with his phone while his back was to me. I bit my lo

My arm was doing the most. My whole body moved with the car, the corner felt deep to the bone as I swung with the car. I had coerced Elio to play music and, in my head, I was in a music video. I wanted to stand on my chair and throw my arms in the air but it was a fight because I also wanted to drive. “Turn left.” The navigator called, me doing just that with a frown on my face because we were in a parking lot and I had to park the car. If me and Elio had a fight, all he would have to do is let me drive his car. I was on a hundred, not able to climb off as we stepped out of the car. There were no guards, just him and I. He moved to lace our fingers then he tucked me under his wing, our hands hanging over my shoulder. I already knew where he was taking me and life couldn’t get any better. The boat was screaming old money and I guess Elio was old money rich. His family had been in the mafia business for decades and he just inherited it all with his brother. Even thinking about it was

The revelation of Elio’s departure drew us even closer. We were basically tied to each other from then. We had such an intimate lunch which was delicious. My eyes couldn’t leave Elio’s sight, feeding each other with such intense chemistry between us. I could feel it buzz like a currency. I thought it would spark into a fire with how intense it was. I was drowning in him and I did not know how I would survive the coming days. We basked on the deck, shades on, in each other’s arms as the waves crashed all around our boat. It was just nature singing to us as we drowned into each other. With so many emotions having run through me, I drifted off for an hour and woke up to Elio watching and running his fingers up and down my skin. Seeing that I was awake, he kissed me until I forgot my own name then picked me up, running through the deck to jump over the boat. I screamed so loudly, hitting the water hard before he dived back up with me still in his arms. We swam until our limbs screamed a

A soft knock came at the door. As much as I tried going back to sleep, I couldn’t. I just lay in bed knowing I had to get up to eat but I did not feel like it. I did not want to eat at all and I decided to fast for as long as I could until Elio came back. I could not just live life while he was out there going through who knows what. I would eat fruits only and pray for his return. I did not want company as bad as that sounded and as the door slightly opened dread fell on me. I just hoped it wasn’t Mamma. “Hi L. Are you awake?” A soft voice came and my eyes peeled open. The door closed, soft feet walking closer. “I came to check on you. Do you mind if I get in bed with you? We can cuddle and then eat ice cream later.” She tried and it was very appetizing but the problem was, I did not want anyone tainting Elio’s scent on the bed. I needed it embedded there for as long as it could. I turned around, pulling to sit up as she gave me a smile. I smiled back at her. “Hi. I was just abo

We killed our way through the city. Any establishment that even housed a Saxstan was burned to the ground. We were fast and very efficient. I had a list of the men I wanted spared and it was as short as my toes. The rest had graves with their names waiting. We did not waste time, there were too many to kill. There was no time to do all the things I wished. I saved all the gore for their leader. Two weeks it had been and we were tying up loose ends. Word had spread about the war. Most of the establishments we hit were ready for us even though they had no idea when we would hit. But as we took more and more of the men down, the fight dwindled. The Saxstan cartel members were scattered and on the run. All took their family and splashed. There was nothing to stand up for anyways. All their warehouses were burned down. All the stock set alight. All the shipments and planes were made to fireworks for the heavens. As my team of five and I worked, my other teams were dismantling the Saxstan