squeak escaped my mouth. I clasped my mouth with my hand. My bo

1911 Commander handgun in a pool of blood. My mother’s cold skin.

g my mind. But then the blood started to ooze out. My head was reeling. Even though Julio was dead I would soon land in the hands of anoth

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used to this. The shinning metal around her ankle caught my attention and then as my eyes went up I realised she

o betray me and death was all he deserved. No hearing just death served to

ile appeared on his face. I grabbed the key on the bedside table and fortunately it unlocked the metal bindings. I picked her up in my arms and that’s when i got a cl

aking here?” Ciel

id what I said but that’s all that made s

r I just knew I couldn’t leave her behind. I laid her dow

hint of her pink undertone and her cheeks were stained with tears. Even in such a stated she was a b

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t the cold hard ground I was expecting but a soft mattress. I jerked up from t

nd white, completely monotonous. The curtains were pushed aside revealing huge

huge king size one with a black cushiony leather covered headboard. On the other side was door that lea

floor. But the men that barged in that night may have killed Julio for good but they were

s clearly unsure what waited for me in the future. I pulled my knees closer to my chest as t

and raised in the mafia where women were nothing but

er lifeless body as

! Ma. W

me warmth was stone cold now. I could feel her blood soaking my dress. I

e.” I mumbled as my

a.

ad been longing it for a quiet a while now. I closed my e

deep masculine voice

to the man holding me captive, a monster. But yet they held a certain a

d he would see my soul and realise how wounded I was. I scurried back aga

. I won’t hurt y

is features were Sharp and perfect as if designed by the gods themselv

a hurt you.” H

s eyes held his sincerity. Yet I di

s your

yre

. Care I wasn’t familiar with. Everything ab

rist. I took a deep breath. He gently ran his thumb against the border of my bruise.

was his way of Punishing me.” He kept

He gave me a qu

me would change his deme

t. His gaze fixated on me and now anger flared up in those orbs. I

g me.” I managed to mumble a

ly colliding with the headboard soon. I pulled my knees closer to my chest in a futile at

was just another monster. A monster that could kill without mercy.

oom. At least I was safe for the time being. But that wasn’t going to last

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ame. The man I was waiting to capture and t

so deeply for. I loved beyond hope. My Father. I lost a part of me the day h

was failing again. Ten seconds. All it would take was ten seconds to extra

ould rip off the hair from my head at that moment. She was just an innocent soul

f me. I was so close yet so far from that one thing I desperately wanted. To have Antonio’s ne

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nt blue eyes and the fear evident in them. One moment I gave her

error flooding her mind. I was familiar with it. I would beam with pride if it wa

d to get a hold on my anger. I wo