Romans & histoires Who Needs Enemies When You Have Family

"You don't have to be the strongest person here. Goddess knows I certainly am not." Several people laughed. Brock barked out a particularly loud one, which made her roll those beautiful gemstone eyes of hers. The crowd's laughter grew. Then she became serious again. "You simply have to keep moving forward. If you stumble, someone will help you back up. If you're afraid, you won't be afraid alone. If you need help, ask for it. Because that's what family does. We protect and support each other. And then Octavia smiled. "The enemy is going to learn something important. They aren't facing a collection of packs. They’re facing a family."

Jaylen seemed genuinely concerned and this was where I thought I should ask, maybe, just maybe he would answer. "Jaylen," I called softly almost in a whisper, and held his hand, "Who do you consider your worst enemy?" "My worst enemy in terms of work, do you remember the family we ran into at that event," Jaylen asked and I was surprised he was willing to tell me. "Yes I do," the family he was talking about was Charmaine's donor family. "Their family is my enemy when it comes to business but for some reason, my family holds a deep grudge with them," Jaylen explained.

I think of the possibility that he was never the man I believed. “I don’t know what to believe,” i whispers. “Believe what you see in front of you,” he says. “And know that I will protect you, even from my own family.” i don't answer. i just turn and walk away, but his words follow me, curling into the corners of my mind like smoke. It happens fast. ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________ I went downstairs for dinner and overheard Allessandro. He sounds angry, but his tone is low. "... Orlando wants war, and war he will get," he says.

Adrian countered. “Yes,” I agreed. That answer made him pause. “But a man who builds power around his family,” I continued, “becomes something far more dangerous.” Helena watched me very closely now. “And what is that?” “A man who cannot be controlled.” I answered as the words settled heavily in the room. Adrian leaned back slowly, Voss gave a quiet hum of interest and Helena studied my face for several seconds. Then she asked one final question. “And if your enemies threaten your family to break you?”

"We face whatever comes together. Marcus. The FBI. Your family's enemies. Whatever. We face it as a team. And we win because we're stronger together than any threat could ever be." Elena wanted to believe him. She really did.CHAPTER

“You did not shut down the company, did you?” “It is not the same thing, Aaron. You know what I am talking about. With a business like that, you create enemies and you are someone who know how to create enemies.” “And?” Aaron scoffed at him. “My enemies are killing off my family?” “Yes. Your enemies might be killing off our family. Mum is dead and Zoe almost lost her mother yesterday. They are watching us like a hawk, Aaron. They know our every move, yet, you are still playing chess with your enemies.”

"You have no one, Luke. All you have left is me. Even if I let you go at this very moment, you'll have nowhere to go back home. Your real family's dead and you don't even know where your adoptive family is. If they give a shit about you they would've searched for you." Valentino stops in front of me, leaning down to my height before continuing. "I'm your family now and part of being my family is being in the mafia. Every single one of my enemies already knows who you are, even before the moment you landed in this country. They have eyes everywhere. They will use you against me in every way that they can."

That was why he never thought Catherine would be this caring to him. “But seriously speaking… Thank you. I thought you didn’t care about me.” Catherine looked at him in disbelief. “Come on…” she groaned. “How can I not? You’re my cousin, my family. I’m not that heartless to not care about you. I love my family, and you are one. And whoever hurts my family, I will also consider them as my enemy.” She said with a brow raised as if Catherine was ready to fight whoever bullies her family.

I thought about my own mother, and could not imagine the heartache he must have endured knowing that his had been nearly killed. "That's the thing about the Family," Michael said gravely, taking both my hands in his and gazing into my eyes. "Once you're in it, it's damn near impossible to get out. Even if you want to. Even if you have your own family that you need to keep safe. There's always someone out there. Some enemies are just biding their time, waiting for exactly the right moment to strike. You always need backup, so you always need the Mafia. So then you continue to work for them, and it never ends."

Godson still had no idea what it was but if Emma did not back down, then she was going to dive head first into the ocean and Godson wasn't so sure that the Silver family would be able to hold her. "What do you get out of this?" "I can't come to you to help save not just my family but your friend without getting something in return? I'm not as despicable as you." Godson spat out. "Shut the fuck up. You care about no one except the family business." "And it's because I care about it that I ask you to speak some sense to your friend. It's left for you, but know this, anything that happens will affect you also." Godson said to her as he walked out of the building.