S Maria Novella Novels & Stories

My study smells like paper, ink, and last night’s scotch. I haven’t slept. I couldn’t possibly sleep, my door bursts open and Ricardo steps in. “She’s here.” I don’t look up. “I said no visitors.” “It’s Maria, Boss.” My pen stops. Why is Maria here at this time? “Send her in” I say to him as he walks out. Maria enters the room frantically. “Signore,” she says not waiting for me to speak. “Something’s wrong with Madam Lena.” My blood goes cold. I sit up straighter.

Sandra and I went back as fast as possible to the reception. I was sweating as my life was under threat. Moreover, as I continued my work I became distracted. Endrick was busy with another girl and he wanted me to sign a marriage contract for what sake.Is it because I am not very okay with some kind of decision that I make so this made me very vulnerable? My emotions were being played with by Endrick.

Blame her. Maria. Taylor informed Theo about everything that happened and he was relieved. He turns to Maria who is silently sleeping with dry tears on her face. He brushed her hair from her face with a smile. "You are the reason today we are safe and alive sister." He said and kisses her forehead. Whereas in the hospital it was too late for Nova. Doctors couldn't save her. Anna cried for hours, Michael never came to the hospital, the guilt of Nora turns to Maria who is silently sleeping, with dry tears on her face. He brushed her hair from her face with a smile. So that's what he decided he will make Maria's life a living hell.

She wasn’t really going back for the clothes, she didn’t need them. “Whatever.” She replied making Ismeralda to chuckle. “How are mom and Dad and Gabriele?” “They are fine. Although Dad and Gabriele are hardly ever home. Mafia stuff.” She snorted and Ismeralda knew she was rolling her eyes. “Well, you know that’s how it is in this world.” “Sure. How is it being married to the Capo of Lato Oscuro?” “It’s pretty normal. Adriano’s been out the whole day. He said he had a lot of work to do.” She said in a very casual tone.

Noah was dressed in white silk, being passed from one relative to another, but my eyes were on the plan. Maria arrived late, and she took everyone’s breath away. She was wearing a gown of shimmering emerald silk that was cut dangerously low in the back. Her hair was piled high, and her lips were painted a deep, blood red. She didn't look like a wounded woman in a wheelchair anymore; she was walking with a cane, looking powerful and untamable. Immediately, she began to move through the crowd. She focused her attention on a handsome guest, a distant cousin of the Alpha named Marcus. She laughed loudly at his jokes, leaning into him, her hand resting on his arm. From across the lawn, I saw Leo.

Chapter five Micah’s POV What the fuck kind of mafia N*****x nightmare had I landed in? Was I being tested? Everything that had happened from the warehouse till now felt surreal, like I’d wake up in a cold sweat any second and laugh at how messed up my dreams had gotten. But I wasn’t waking up. And Elio Romano... God. What the hell was that earlier? Why did he storm in like a man possessed, only to stop short like he was fighting himself? There’d been tension in the air, thick enough to choke on.

"Then can you go to Gomorra? I really need some books. Without it, I won't be able to do anything or create anything." "That would be hard getting into Gomorra, but, I will try my best to bring the books you want here. You might have a little problem with Mercury." "Mercury? Don't worry, I can handle him. I have something up his sleeve that I can hold on to." "Ok. I will leave immediately." "Thank you so much Hermes. This is really kind of you." He smiled and left the room. Rielle smirked and crossed her arms. "This is really going to be interesting. I will change my antagonist and make him into someone better." she left the room.

David Del Valle had decided to stay at the salon, to make sure that everything was in good condition, and Maria went back to Miami with Emiliano Romero, she needed, according to her, some time to rest and cool down her brain, which had become so frustrated. That same day, when the Mexican woman finished investigating Daniel's mistress, they returned home. After three weeks, Maria began to attend to business, but there was a day when she arrived very tired; sometimes when she was too exhausted she preferred to rest in a room by herself; Then she arrived, took a warm shower, relaxed in a bubble bath, then lay down on her bed, but when she tried to fall asleep she couldn't, she was too pensive,

Nova stopped being friends with her the day she slept with Knox and since then she would always throw jabs and accusations at her, all of which we thought were lies because Nova must have been missing Mariella but now I don't know how much of that could have been true. Mariella is indeed a good actress, and that too shrewd. “Mariella took advantage of the fact that your Lycan and wolf had weakened without Thalia, she had been around us all for so long so she knows what makes us tick and she preyed on your weaknesses but it doesn't make you innocent either. I tried to tell you to find her, when I scented her blood in your apartment I asked you to make things right.” “At the airport, I—”

His dark eyes burned into mine, his fingers flexing slightly against my skin. A shiver ran down my spine. I didn’t dare move. Didn’t dare breathe. The tension in the room was thick, suffocating. Vincenzo’s grip on my throat lingered for a second longer before he finally released me, and I gasped for air, my pulse pounding in my ears. I barely had time to process his cold dismissal before another voice cut through the charged silence. "I know what happens to you now that your master is getting married." My body went rigid at the sound of that voice, a slow, creeping dread curling in my stomach. Vincenzo and I both turned in unison, and there she was—Maria. Unbothered. Unshaken. The ever-compo