CAMILLA I sat quietly like a mouse during the meeting. The meeting had powerful men like Ferrante, Antonio, Paolo and many others in attendance. I was afraid of even making a squeak that would draw their attention to me. They talked about a variety of subjects ranging from drug trade, weapons, human trafficking (thankfully Dante wasn't involved with this), the assassin guild etc. I sat like a piece of furniture by Dante's side. I helped him with water when he was thirsty, snacks, the flash drive (when he needed to access some documents). So far no one had noticed me and I was extremely grateful for that. "Who is this?" Ferrante asked as he looked at me. I cursed inwardly as the eyes of the powerful men were suddenly fixated on me. "My new secretary" Dante replied in a nonchalant manner. "Isn't this your pet that you bought from my auction?" Antonio asked.Paolo suddenly chuckled, I recognized him as the man who had almost bought me. "You made her your secretary? You didn't ha

DANTE"So there is a new presence in the crime world. They just emerged and they are vicious, rich and powerful." I informed them. "Who are they?" Valerie asked."They go by the name Vitale and that's all we know about them. They have blocked all our major routes of delivery." I informed them."I haven't heard anything about such a powerful family. When did they emerge? Where did they emerge from?" Geremia asked. "Nobody knows, some of Ferrante's men who tried to attack them were killed. The funniest thing is how they were killed" I replied him."Why, what's funny?" Valerie asked. "No gunshots wounds were on their bodies, rather they were drained of blood" "Drained, how?" Valerie asked. "I have no idea, no blood at all remained in their body, just two little puncture holes on their throats" I answered. "Vampires?" Valerie asked. "Vampires aren't real" I replied. "I will make some enquiry into it. Ferrante wants you to infiltrate them and find out all you can" I told him. "Did

CAMILLAI walked around in the bathroom looking for the occupied stall. I knocked on the door and when she opened it, I entered inside without giving her a chance to stop me. "Shhhh" I shushed her when she wanted to protest. "What do you want?" she asked me timidly. "I wanted to say thank you for helping me" I told her. "You didn't have to" she replied as she looked down and wringed her fingers nervously. I looked at her, she was a stunning woman and under much different circumstances she would be very stunning.I wanted to help her but I needed to know that she needed my help."Do you like being married to Ferrante?" I asked her. She looked up and I saw how frightened she looked. "Yes…. Yes… yes… I love my husband and I love being married to him" she said. I looked her in the eye. "Breathe Silvana, this is not a investigation or firing drill. Go home, think about it very well. Tomorrow we will have a meeting at your place, give me your answer then" I told her. I reached down

Camilla was in her room designing a gown. She planned to present it to Maria to thank her for being such a good friend and companion to her. She was truly grateful for Maria's friendship. Her mind wandered to Dante, since they came back from the meeting and Valerie had dropped him at home. He had shut himself off from everyone, he ate his meals alone in his study and didn't bother to come out. The only person who saw him was Geremia. Despite herself, Camilla found that she was worried about him. It was such a weird feeling, she hated him and yet she still cared about him. Plus, she was also bored, she missed their verbal spars a lot. Camilla stood up, she decided to get Dante's attention the only way she knew how to. Back then, when her father was still alive, anytime he was too busy for her, she would get into trouble and thus he would pay attention to her in order to scold her. She changed into some clothing and went downstairs, she went to the wall where Dante kept his car key

Maria pulled Camilla up from her lying position. "Look, I won't lie to you, the domestic staff don't really like you that much" Maria told Camilla. "Why?" she asked. "Because they think you are a spoiled heiress who Dante dotes on" "but that's not who I am" Camilla protested. "Then maybe you should make them believe otherwise" Maria told her. "How do I do that?" Camilla asked. "Stop getting into trouble and acting smart, I am sure you must have given the madame a taste of that smart mouth of yours" Maria told her. Camilla looked away and didn't say a thing. Maria sighed and patted her head. "Try and be nicer and less mouthy, okay?" "Okay."Camilla replied. "goodnight" Maria told her. "Good night" Maria left the room while Camilla got ready for bed. It was only when she was in bed that she allowed herself think about what had happened between she and Dante earlier. She but her lips as she reminisced about the kiss. His lips had claimed her roughly. Her hands wandered dow