Lahat ng Kabanata ng The Devil's Bride : Kabanata 261 - Kabanata 270

The sound of footsteps gradually replaced the silence as metal containers were being moved, medical supplies were being opened, weapons were being checked.Men were calling one another by name and before long the vessel slowly transformed from the scene of a brutal battle into something resembling an organized military operation once again.Francesco watched them carefully, he did not say anything as he simply stood there, his eyes moving from one man to another, making sure that they were following his orders.Only when he was satisfied that the men had begun taking care of themselves did he finally turn away….and there, standing proudly beside him, was Mufasa.The animal looked almost untouched by the exhaustion surrounding everyone else, standing with the confidence of one who had just won a trophy and was waiting for somebody to acknowledge the victory.Francesco looked at him for a moment as a faint smile appeared on his tired face.“Thank you brother.” he said as he reached down

His heart began beating faster.For a moment, the possibility that they had walked directly into some kind of trap entered his mind, and his entire body became tense as his instincts took over.“I need to save the bo—”The words stopped in his throat.Diego slowly opened his eyes.The brightness was still there, but his vision was beginning to return.His eyes blinked rapidly for a long while and then he saw Francesco, the young Don was standing only a few metres ahead of him.Completely calm, not squinting and neither was he covering his face… not even moving his head away from the lights.Instead, Francesco was looking directly at Diego, and there was a smile on his face.A smile that slowly became a quiet laugh.“Hahahaha!”Diego stood there in disbelief.“Wait... what?”Francesco shook his head slightly, clearly amused by the reaction…. Diego looked at him for another second before his eyes widened.“Am I seeing right? The light didn't affect him...” he thought, still trying to un

A faint chill travelled through his body, it wasn't the coldness of the room this time, it was the realization.Diego had known Francesco for a long time and he had watched him make decisions under pressure, he had watched him remain calm when others were panicking and he had seen him take risks that would have made another man hesitate, but this room was different.This room showed him something about Francesco that Diego had never fully understood before.Diego swallowed hard “he is more dangerous than I ever thought,” he said silently to himself, his eyes still fixed on Francesco. “And brutal... this is a monster in human form who has planned out everything from the very beginning till now.”The thought made him uncomfortable, this was not because Francesco had ever treated him as an enemy, but because Diego was beginning to understand that there were parts of Francesco's mind that even those closest to him could not see.There were things Francesco knew that others didn't, there w

Francesco remained still for several seconds as his eyes moved slowly across the weapons surrounding them.The rifles, the machine guns, and the whole ammunition, everything they had prepared was sitting there in silence, waiting to be taken from the racks and placed into the hands of the men.Francesco's jaw tightened as his fists slowly clenched at his sides….there was anger in his eyes now.Not the kind of anger that came suddenly and disappeared just as quickly, but something deeper, something that had been building inside him through every event that had brought them to this moment.The people who had dared to believe that the Ndrangheta could be pushed back….all of it seemed to be standing in front of Francesco at that moment and when he finally spoke, his voice carried the weight of someone who had already made his decision.“We kill without mercy.”The words dropped from his mouth with frightening calmness.Diego did not move as Francesco took one slow step forward “we take o

The faint tapping of his fingers against the tablet became the only sound between them for a few seconds.Tap... tap... tap... tap...The screen illuminated Diego's face as lines of information began appearing before him, he opened the recording….then the location and then the coordinates associated with the message.He enlarged the displayed map and began working through the information carefully, ensuring that nothing from Dmitry's last transmission was overlooked.Francesco did not wait…rather he continued forward, his expression had hardened.The calmness remained, but beneath it was something much colder, something that had been building since they first entered Russian waters.The casino.Dmitry's last known location.The Bratva.The missing men.The enemy territory.All of these things were now connected to the next phase of his plan and before any of those pieces could be dealt with, there was one thing Francesco wanted to make certain of.His men had to be ready.The corrido