Ella Smith...I sat in the surveillance room, watching the zoomed-in room. My shoulders were tense after the shot that was fired. I was sure the bullet tore through Dante.The sigh of relief I blew out of my lips was huge when I realized that the bullet missed him.My heart was drumming in my chest, wondering what caused the leader of the Vipers to react this way all of a sudden.Parts of my question were answered when Connor said that she was his daughter.Who was his daughter?I was sitting at the edge of my seat as I watched Victor walk closer to Elijah's desk. I feared for my husband's life. The only reason I agreed to stay in the surveillance room was so he would be able to focus on his own safety and not worry about mine. That way, he would be able to protect himself a hundred percent.Victor dropped himself on the seat opposite from Elijah and let out a sigh. His men remained standing by the door, not making a single move before or after he sat down."It's a long story.
A few minutes after Elijah explained about what happened at Nicolo's mansion, Dante and Harvey left to check things out.I stayed in the surveillance room, too shocked to even move a muscle.My eyes were planted on the screen, watching and listening as Elijah gave orders to Kevin and Cane. He called Dalinda and told her to prepare rooms for the vipers at the furthest wing from where our room, his office, and my art studio were located. He told her to get them settled in and then once the vipers left to get to their rooms, he called a few of his men and ordered them to keep watch of the vipers from the large surveillance room. One man was assigned to look after one viper. So, in total, six of the guards were ordered to look after the six vipers.Afterward, he told Cane to take his brother back to his room so he could rest, told Kevin to check on his son and his 'ex-wife', before he left the study.I followed him through the rest of the cameras as he made his way to our room.He walked
I found myself standing at yet another funeral. I was getting tired of having to wear black and saying farewell to yet another person.Everyone was gathered around the five dug up holes with closed caskets in them. Elijah had told me that they didn't know who was who, and with how Elizabeth didn't want to have an autopsy or any tests made, they had to burry all of them next to each other, assuming that one of them was Jacopo Nicolo.I was standing by Elijah's and Dante's side, along with those who are on the web and have businesses associated with the web.On the other side, though, stood all of the families of the deceased, including my twin sister.I looked at Elizabeth with narrowed eyes. I couldn't understand how she convinced the other families not have a DNA test done to find out who was which.She definitely had something to do with what happened at that mansion. I just know she had.Elizabeth was crying, covering her mouth with the black scarf that was around her neck. Funny h
Elijah Smith...I was just as shocked as my dear wife was when I received a call from Jacopo Nicolo, the man we thought we had just buried less than an hour ago. I stared at the screen as Jacopo struggled to keep himself on his feet. On the call, his voice sounded rough and tired, and I instantly knew the man had been through it. But I did not expect his condition to be this bad.All he said was that he needed my help, he was hurt, he needed someone to pay the taxi driver, and that he needed a place to stay. The first thought that entered my mind was to wonder why my house was turning into a hotel. Housing Cilvia, Connor, the Vipers and now Nicolo... I didn't mind about the first two, but the last two bothered me. That was, of course, until I saw the condition Nicolo was in.He slammed his hand on the gate, hoping to get someone's attention so they would let him in.I gave the gate guard a call before he could turn the man away."Let him in and help him to the house." I ordered, as
I sat next to the bed while my Ella lay on her back with her t-shirt pulled up to expose the baby bump.She looked a bit nervous and a lot unsettled.Since Jacopo came to this house half dead, she's been having a very hard time sleeping or eating.She's been asking a lot about how Jacopo was doing and if he was going to heal. I could tell that she felt horribly bad for what her sister did to Jacopi, even though she didn't have to.It has been worrying me a lot as well. In the last few weeks, Ella gad lost a lot of weight, which isn't healthy considering she's pregnant."Stop stressing." I said, earning a glare from my wife. She's been having quite tye mood swings lately, and she has been a bit fisty as well, I didn't mind.I never knew someone could be adorable when they threw a tantrum over anything and everything.Ella let out a sigh before she tensed up when Doctor Morgan applied the gell onto her lower abdomen.Her glare ws turned on the old doctor, probably upset that he didn't w
"You know what I mean?" Nicolo snapped before he looked at me."Elizabeth's life is mine." He said, and I couldn't imagine all the things he wanted do to her before he took her life.I understood his anger and need for blood. I was actually surprised that he wanted to pass the idea by us.I assumed he would go do whatever he wanted to do to get his revenge. But I guess Nicolo still values his position on the web, which was still pending review."You can't kill Elizabeth." I said. "And why the heck not?" He asked."Because my wife wants her sister to live." I replied."BULLSHIT." He snapped. "I don't care what the heck your wife wants. She doesn't have a say in this.""She does. She wants her sister to live the mess she had created. And that is what we're going to do." I replied.It would be an understatement to say that Nicolo was upset. He was angry.He pushed himself to his feet, using the anger to bite down his pain as he shot me a glare and started limping out of the room.I'd he
Ella Smith...I sat in the garden with my eyes looking into the distance. The cold night air did great to cool my swollen burning eyes. After the long sobbing session I had with myself, I was exhausted and getting hit by a massive headache.My mind went back to that room. My chest tightened as I recalled what happened in that room when Doctor Morgan was letting us see and hear our baby. Well, I guess it's babies now.I dropped my right hand to my belly and touched the bump. No wonder it was growing too big for my time.I'm almost done with my first trimester. I was almost excited as Doctor Morgan had told me the morning sickness would start fading away on my second trimester. I couldn't get excited anymore. The thought of being pregnant with twins terrified the life out of me.I closed my eyes and took in a deep breath, hoping to calm myself. I didn't want Elijah to see me this way. It was bag enough thay I had ran out on him earlier.I had seen how excited he was, and the last
Elijah Smith...I was all geared up, dressed in all black, ready to get into the back of the black van and hit the road. We had already taken two days to fully make the plan and craft it out so there were no cracks in it for us to make any mistakes.This was a dangerous mission and a very important one.The success of this mission meant a great deal for both the Web and the Vipers. Once we take Elliot out, my wife and the web would be safe, and once we save Victor's poor daughter, she would be married to Nicolo with in a year, and that would set the course of our alliance for as long as their marriage lasts.Which I doubt it would, considering the fact that Nicolo had told me last night that he would kill the girl the second she come face to face with him. He hated the idea of having to go through a wedding again, and I couldn't find it in me to blame him.Nicolo kept the details of the night his manssion burned. Every time it was brought up, he seemed ashamed of himself for bein