All Chapters of Into the darkness: Chapter 81 - Chapter 86

Arianna POV: Today was closing arguments, it was a crazy mix of emotions. Half of me was confident that we were going to see this through, the other half was sure he’d find a way to escape. I didn’t know what to think or how this would end. All I could do was hold onto Giovanni and pray that it would be in our favor. I had somehow gotten used to being in the state, holding his hand, my palms sweaty, my heart racing as we listened to the closing arguments. The defense was doing a good job of painting my father as a man taken advantage of by his employees, while his beloved daughter was cruelly turned against him by a business rival, who used the situation to take over his business. The way he painted me out to be naive and foolish, the wicked strings that Giovanni held me by. My broken heart was swayed by his beautiful eyes and chilling smile. They may not be wrong there, but naive I was not, and he was the key to freedom. I felt like he was trying to trap me again, paint me into

Giovanni POV: She’d been frozen on the bench, but I pulled her up into my arms and spun her around. I felt like the world was off my shoulders, as if I’d been encased in concrete for a decade, and then suddenly I was free. Like I had been thrown into a lake and my body was floating. I wrapped her in a tight hug, cheering. Applause erupted around the courtroom as he was hailed away. Guilty on all accounts. I’m going to have to find a photo of his face as they sentenced him. Life in prison no no chance of parole. We were free. We had won. We ran out of the courthouse like it was burning. If I never had set foot in another one again, it would be too soon. “Where should we go?” I asked her, hoping that she would tell me to book the first flight to Italy. We didn’t have to stay here anymore, we can go home. She would never have to feel this lonely or frightened again, she could be safe and held with a family, my family.“Take me out,” she stated, simply ordering a night out on the to

Arianna POV: I felt a horrible burn and a ring from two points on my chest as I came to. My entire body ached, and I couldn’t quite understand where I was or what was happening. The last thing I remembered my father had escaped, and I believe I had been taken. I opened up my eyes, squinting as light streamed in. I blinked, my head throbbed, and pounded. I tried to move to see where I was, but I couldn’t. It took me a second to realize that I was bound to a chair. I looked down to see a rope tying my legs, and I moved my hands behind me. Unfortunately, I didn’t think I had the strength to get out of this. “Oh!” I heard someone say behind me… no, not someone. Guilia.“Guilia?” My voice came out. My sister came into view just as she gave me a sinister smirk. WHACK. She drove her hand across my face, my cheek stinging as she slapped me. “That’s for my dress,” she pulled back her hand, and again, WHACK. Another slap stung across my cheek. I felt a little dribble. I think some blood