Diego:I opened my eyes and I couldn’t help the small smile that formed on my lips when I saw Lea laying in my arms. Her body was curled against mine, and though I stayed calm, I hated admitting that it was something that I wished that I hadn’t agreed on.The idea of betraying her the way that I did, working with my father to get her killed for a crest that I didn’t even know whether or not she had was an all time low of me, and I couldn’t help but find myself unable to look her in the eye. The woman was honest with me, a feature that I knew many didn’t bother having when they dealt with me, and that was something that she didn’t understand. I couldn’t even bring myself to explain what I did in the first place. I pretended to be a hero when in fact, I was just as monstrous as he was.She stirred, and I watched as she opened her eyes to look at me. They widened in surprise at the fact that she realized that she was sleeping in my arms, and I chuckled, shaking my head as I smiled in ass
Lea: “I take it that you chose to suck up your dignity to come and train,” Ezra said, looking me in the eye. “It has nothing to do about dignity, Ezra.” I said, glaring at the man. “And who the hell do you think you are to be speaking to me in such a sense anyway? I seem to have noticed that you have no limits and I think that it is time that you’ve minded them.” “I know my limits very well, piccolo…” “No, you don’t.” I said, stopping the man. “And if you think that I am going to be listening to one word that you say because…” “Listen here, Auditore.” He said, stopping me. “I am not the type that you are going to come at with your plain threats. You are going to do as told if you want to live, and believe me, you are not going to want to find yourself caught up with the other hoods that are now on the loose, looking for you.” “What?” I said, processing the man’s words. “What are you talking about?” “You being who you are is going to draw more danger to you than you know. If you
Ezra: “Why did you tell her this way?” Mario asked, shaking his head in question. “She has done nothing wrong to be a victim to your anger, Ezra.” “Saying the grandfather that chose her over his eldest grandson. Oh, I forgot, I am still a bastard…” “No one has ever called you that, and if you don’t stop here and now, I am going to be grabbing the back of your head and hitting it against the nearest wall. Do not forget your limits here.” He said, and I scoffed. “Because of her and her fucked up excuse of a father, I never got to live with my mother. She chose him over me, and just when I thought that things would be better, he couldn’t keep her safe. Remember her stabbed heart as she was brought in a coffin?” I asked, taking a deep breath as I fought to ignore the pain that I felt. “He failed to keep her safe and failed the cause. Do not expect me to be kind enough to spare his daughter a glance because she is my ‘so-called sister’.” “She was not even aware of your existence and yo
Diego: “Lea, stop,” I said, looking at my mate whose eyes were welled up with tears. The rage that I saw in her body language was not one that I understood, especially when I knew that she walked out of the room being at peace despite everything that we both knew that we were going to have to deal with. “What? What the fucking hell do you want?” She asked, bursting out. I stood back, frowning in confusion as I tried to understand what was bothering her. I didn’t know what happened in the first place, but I knew that she wasn’t going to come back this angry out of nothing. “What do you all want from me?” “Lea, what happened?” I asked, shaking my head in question. “Talk to me, neonata…” “Why? What good would it bring me? Would you help me solve everything that seems to be piling up? Because if you will, please, by all fucking means, do so.” She said, raising her hands in mock surrender. “I am alone in a world that requires nothing more than for me to be a liar and traitor. My father
Lea: I frowned when I saw that we weren’t going to the restaurant. “Diego…” “We are going somewhere, as for work, I already sent a message to James that I am sick and that you’re with me.” He said, pulling his phone out of his pocket as he stopped the car in front of a traffic light. The fact that he was driving to begin with was something that I didn’t like. I knew that he wasn’t supposed to be exhausting it, but the man refused to listen, and though I understood that his reason was for me; I couldn’t help but find it sweet. “I don’t know whether to comment on the fact that he was more than open to give a day off because I, your girlfriend, am tending to your injured leg, or the fact that you actually messaged the man in the first place. You know that you didn’t have to consider that I told you that I planned on going to work.” I said, and he nodded in understanding. “But I know that you aren’t in the right state of mind to go to work, and there is somewhere that I want to go. I
Diego: Lea didn’t say a word as she listened to what I told her, and though I could tell that she was fighting an urge, she stayed in her place, allowing me to vent and let out what I was feeling. My heart ached, and the guilt that I felt was one that I couldn’t describe no matter how hard I tried. It wasn’t until I was done that she curled up as the two of us sat beside my brother’s tombstone, looking at the ground where he was buried. The pain was never to die as I didn’t know how I was even able to look at my mother without feeling the guilt of being the reason behind her son’s death. “Well, it seems to me that we are going to have a lot to deal with now that I know that Cosimo, the man who is playing the act of friend, initially wants me dead.” Lea said, taking a deep breath. “You aren’t going to yell at me?” I asked, shaking my head. “Get up, reject me, leave…” “While I have a lot on my mind, and believe me, none of the ideas that are going through my mind are going to be on
Lea: I couldn’t help but find myself getting lost in a thousand thoughts as I looked at Diego as the two of us walked inside the house. Luna Claudia, who saw us, frowned at the sight of her son’s limp. Her eyes met mine and the woman got up momentarily before taking a seat once again. “I am going to ask this question once, and I expect an answer from the two of you. A proper answer, and neither one of you is going to be lying about it.” She said, looking at Diego and I. He had his arm wrapped around my waist, and though I wanted to help him as he walked, the man refused, being the stubborn Alpha that he was. “Did you have anything to do with what happened in the bank yesterday?” I sucked in a harsh breath and Diego looked between Giovanni and his mother for a second before nodding. “Lea was attacked. I don’t know who did it, but the man’s…” “And what the fuck were you doing there?” Luna Claudia asked, looking at her son. “Last I heard from you, you were heading to the company,
Diego: “What happened?” Mom asked, shaking her head in question, now clearly allowing herself to show the weakness that she felt. I looked at her for a second too long and she shook her head in question, waiting for a response. “There is a lot going on, mama. And we are going to have to deal with it our way. It is dangerous, as you may know…” “Diego, you are not going to go against your father…” “What does Cosimo have to do with this?” I asked, frowning in confusion. The fact that she was still calling him my father was something that made my insides churn, especially when I knew that the man didn’t deserve that title anymore. I had to admit, I was more than a little thankful for the fact that I chose to speak to Lea. Her words, the way she looked at me, and her tone. Everything about the situation made it a whole lot easier for me, and I knew that I wouldn’t choose to change it for anything. “What do you mean…? Diego, you are not making yourself new enemies when you are barely g