Ella Smith...I held on to Elijah's arm for dear life as we walked through the doors. No one stopped us as we made our way to the wedding hall.The guests were already sitted at their reserved spots, and the bride had already walked down the aisle. Nicolo Jacopo and Elizabeth Williamson were standing in front of everyone, their hands locked with each other as they stared at one another.The second the door opened, everyone turned to look at us as we were the very last people to walk into the large hall.I had to give it to her, everything was beautifully set up from the flowers to the decor.Elizabeth stood tall in a long white dress with a train that could reach me from where she was standing.It was an understatement to say that she looked beautiful. But, I was going to steal the show from her if it meant that it would ruin her day.It might be a bit petty on my part, but she forced me to be petty.With Elijah and I arm in arm, we slowly started walking down the aisle.There we

The awaited hour is finally here. I could see a few men walking up to the gates on foot from the security feed of the camera at the front gates."Is that them?" I asked as I turned the laptop over to Connor.He narrowed his eyes at the screen before he slowly nodded his head."Yeah. That's them." He replied, sounding a bit nervous.He glanced around the room, tensly watching Dante, Harvey, Kevin, and I.Cane, who had his back against the wall as always, had dragged a chair in front of him so his brother could sit in front of him.I nodded my head and pulled the laptop closer to me again.I was really giving myself a pat on the shoulder for making Ella stay away from my office. I could already feel the air getting more and more tense with each passing second.When they got to the gates, the front guard let them in on my order, and four other gunmen walked them down the long driveway and into the mansion.From there, four more men showed them up the stairs and to my study.The second th

A few minutes after Elijah explained about what happened at Nicolo's mansion, Dante and Harvey left to check things out.I stayed in the surveillance room, too shocked to even move a muscle.My eyes were planted on the screen, watching and listening as Elijah gave orders to Kevin and Cane. He called Dalinda and told her to prepare rooms for the vipers at the furthest wing from where our room, his office, and my art studio were located. He told her to get them settled in and then once the vipers left to get to their rooms, he called a few of his men and ordered them to keep watch of the vipers from the large surveillance room. One man was assigned to look after one viper. So, in total, six of the guards were ordered to look after the six vipers.Afterward, he told Cane to take his brother back to his room so he could rest, told Kevin to check on his son and his 'ex-wife', before he left the study.I followed him through the rest of the cameras as he made his way to our room.He walked

Elijah Smith...I was just as shocked as my dear wife was when I received a call from Jacopo Nicolo, the man we thought we had just buried less than an hour ago. I stared at the screen as Jacopo struggled to keep himself on his feet. On the call, his voice sounded rough and tired, and I instantly knew the man had been through it. But I did not expect his condition to be this bad.All he said was that he needed my help, he was hurt, he needed someone to pay the taxi driver, and that he needed a place to stay. The first thought that entered my mind was to wonder why my house was turning into a hotel. Housing Cilvia, Connor, the Vipers and now Nicolo... I didn't mind about the first two, but the last two bothered me. That was, of course, until I saw the condition Nicolo was in.He slammed his hand on the gate, hoping to get someone's attention so they would let him in.I gave the gate guard a call before he could turn the man away."Let him in and help him to the house." I ordered, as

"You know what I mean?" Nicolo snapped before he looked at me."Elizabeth's life is mine." He said, and I couldn't imagine all the things he wanted do to her before he took her life.I understood his anger and need for blood. I was actually surprised that he wanted to pass the idea by us.I assumed he would go do whatever he wanted to do to get his revenge. But I guess Nicolo still values his position on the web, which was still pending review."You can't kill Elizabeth." I said. "And why the heck not?" He asked."Because my wife wants her sister to live." I replied."BULLSHIT." He snapped. "I don't care what the heck your wife wants. She doesn't have a say in this.""She does. She wants her sister to live the mess she had created. And that is what we're going to do." I replied.It would be an understatement to say that Nicolo was upset. He was angry.He pushed himself to his feet, using the anger to bite down his pain as he shot me a glare and started limping out of the room.I'd he