“Uggh!” Ellie scoffed. “She’s not a princess, Gio. She has no idea what kind of work we get involved in. She’s nothing but a wannabe and has her claws dug so deep into you already. She is nothing to us.”“Ellie, you…” I started to say but Ana placed her hand on my arm, giving me a slight squeeze and a small smile as she stood, commanding the room as she did.“Ellie, you have no idea what you are talking about. You are only here because my mother found you useful and I believe Gio has continued to use you in the same way for the same type of missions. May I suggest that you take a moment to evaluate your life choices as they may come back and bite you on the ass,” chuckles and sniggers could be heard around the room. “You are not a well-liked person from what I have heard, and I don’t think your attitude is doing you any favours.” Ellie sat there with her mouth gaping open like a fish out of water, embarrassment evident on her face. “Now then, for those of you who don’t kno

By the time we finished our tour of the house, it was 1:30. Lileth had prepared us some amazing sub sandwiches and a delicious fresh piece of cantuccini biscotti. It tasted like heaven when it was still warm. The house consisted of a multitude of rooms and the majority had ensuite bathrooms, 2 libraries, one of which was my mother’s and had all of her favourite books in it, the other was more of a reference library but had some novels if people chose to read. Downstairs to the back of the house was a sauna, gym and a pool with jacuzzi off to the side of it. It was also enclosed in a conservatory type building so that you could see the outdoor pool and garden.“Ok,” Bianca said, snapping me out of my memorised tour. “The gym is free between 10 and 12 most days. Just let me know when you are free, and we will schedule some sessions.”“Sounds like a plan. Only if it’s not too much of a bother or disrupts your day.”“You are going to be marrying Gio in the near future. Yo

GioFive. Fucking. Days! I was going out of my ever-loving mind. Where that fucker got the money from to bribe law enforcement when they have been under my control for years, I don’t fucking know but I will find out. There’s got to be another family helping him behind the scenes and they will regret it when I find out who they are.I was currently locked up in solitary confinement, away from Toni and the rest of the team. My phone was confiscated as soon as I was dragged in here, so I had no way of letting Ana know what was going on.“Psst!” I heard outside the door. “Psst!” I was so not in the mood for any games.“Fuck off and leave me the fuck alone,” I growled.“Can’t do that, boss,” that voice sounded familiar.“Pier?” I said questioningly.“Yeah, it’s me. Look, I don’t have much time, who do you need contacted?”Finally, “Send a message to Lileth, she’ll know what to do.”“On it. Hold tight, boss,” what else could I do whilst locked

“You were promised to me and I to you before we could talk or even born. I just wanted to make sure that I showed you that this is not just a contractual obligation to me. You have captured my heart. After seeing what you have been through, I will do anything within my power to make sure they are brought to justice. I will protect you with all that I am from now until death departs us. Will you become my queen, my wife, my everything?”“Gio, of course I will,” he stood up and slid the ring on my finger before kissing me with such passion I thought I was going to melt into a puddle.“I am proud to call you my equal,” my eyes snapped to his.“What do you mean?”“I knew as soon as I heard you put Ellie in her place and then you appearing to break me out of that cell. You obviously smashed your training with Lileth. Then your marksmanship skills and even with healing ribs, you still managed to hit me.”“I did try not to,” I blushed.“Look at me Oriana. I ne

ToniFive days locked in a cell, five days away from my sister. When I find who did this I am going to have their head.“Psst!” I looked up. What the fuck am I seeing. This can’t be right? “Hey bro, you wanna get out of here?”“Well that’s a stupid question don’t you think?”“Well you do look kind of cozy,” she taunted.“How did you get here? Where’s Lileth?” “She’s helping the others. I have come for you and Gio,” this isn’t going to go down well. She’s not even trained. I only got her back less than a week ago, actually, now that I think it, it might be a bit longer than that now. Definitely not trained, not in that short amount of time.‘Click!’ The door of the cell pulled open and there stood in front of me was Lileth, Julian and Ana. She ran to me and hugged me so tight, I thought that I had lost her all over again. I pulled her away and looked her over from head to foot to see if she was hurt.“I’m fine, bro. No new injuries. You need