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Lea: “What are you doing?” I asked, shaking my head at my mate. “This is your thousandth pushup right now. Your muscles are going to end up cramping up.” “You really don’t know your mate enough, do you, neonata?” He asked, making me blush at the nickname that he was giving me. The fact that he was barely calling me my name now was something that I noticed. And though I wouldn’t dare point it out, I couldn’t help but blush whenever he did it. “If knowing you enough includes ten hundred pushups, then no.” I said, and he laughed. He sat up and shook his head at me, his smile making my heart melt as he cupped my cheek. He leaned in, connecting his lips with mine in a gentle kiss, and I couldn’t help but find myself smiling as I saw how genuine he was being. The two of us have chosen to go out for the day. It’s been a while since we did, and leaving the pack was something that we both wanted to do. If anything, I was more than a little happy knowing that I would be spending more time w
Diego: “What do you mean the man paralyzed you?” Ezra asked, tending to the wound that I had on my right arm. It was one that Cosimo inflicted when he had me paralyzed, a small reminder, according to him, of what he could do when he wanted; and I couldn’t even fight against it. I looked at Lea who was lost in her thoughts, and though I wished to tell her that the man was not going to stop, not here, and not now; I knew that this was not the time to do so. The idea of me hiding the fact that he was the reason behind her father’s death ate me alive, especially when I knew how much it cost her. “The man had control over our mobility. Literally, and I don’t know how,” Lea said, keeping her eyes on the window. “Cosimo was a man that my father worked with. The idea of him being this- this dark, I find it far too hard to believe. But I saw it in front of me. I saw him, and he seemed to be more than a little proud of what he was doing too.” “Lea, Cosimo was always this dark. You just did
Lea: I had to fight back the anger that I felt upon hearing everything that I was learning. My heart raced, and for a second, it felt like my world was crumbling, but I knew to stay calm and quiet in front of the others. Diego had enough as it was, and the last thing that I wanted was to add up to the fuss. “You’re quiet,” Mario stated, noticing the calmness that I was in. To be honest, I didn’t even know what I was supposed to say. The anger that I felt surely reflected in my eyes, I knew that very well, but I didn’t know where things were going from here, but I surely wasn’t excited. “I keep finding out about facts that I know that I wouldn’t have known if this didn’t happen. I don’t know how I am supposed to feel about it, Mario,” I said, keeping my eyes out the window. My shoulder was patched and stitched, but I knew that things were going to be a lot more difficult as things went on. With Cosimo being the traitor all along, I didn’t know how we were going to be dealing with th
Diego:“You never told me about Rome,” I said, looking at mom who looked away from me.Giovanni was listening as he drove us to the airport where our plane was already waiting. Lea was already there with Mario and Ezra.Our eyes met as she looked at me, and I saw regret in her eyes.“I haven’t told you about a lot, and it is not just Rome. However, if you wish to hear of it, it will not be from me. The man is going to tell you everything that I don’t want you to find out about, and if I may add, he is going to be sure to make it as appealing for you as possible to go and risk your lives.” She said, looking at Giovanni and I. “Mama, hiding this from me is not going to mean that you’re saving my life. And even if you think that you are, you’re not. You’re putting me in more danger with what you’re doing, and our enemies, our MAIN enemy, are going to take charge of it.” I said, and she took a deep breath as she looked away.“It was what he knew that got him killed. What he learned from
Lea: I looked at my mate whose eyes held more pain than I could understand. I knew that he was calm earlier, but I couldn’t understand what was going on. He wrapped his arm around me, pulling me to his chest. “Are you okay?” I asked, and he smiled. “Define okay,” he said, and my eyes softened as we looked one another in the eye before he nodded at his plane. The fact that he had a plane came as a surprise to me, but I knew that it was to be expected from a Capo dei Capi, and though I didn’t know how I felt about the fact that I was accepting him as a mate, that the two of us were fully accepting one another as mates; I knew that I was more than a little happy and thankful for that. “How about we go inside? I think that it is best that we do so.” I nodded and he wrapped his arm around me, pulling me toward the stairs where Ezra was waiting for the two of us. I had to admit, I was thankful for the fact that we were no longer arguing as much as we did, and the fact that we came to
Diego: It took everything in me to watch my mother being in the pain that she was in without reacting to it. The anger that I knew that she felt was not one that I could ignore. She was laying on the bed while Mario ran his fingers through his hair, gently massaging her scalp while she was holding the blanket to her chest. Lea, Giovanni, and Ezra were in the living room while we were inside the bedroom with mom. And though I wanted to leave mom and Mario alone, I knew not to, not right now at least. “It is the first time that I’ve heard his name being said in years, do you know that?” Mom asked, suddenly speaking for the first time since she entered the room. Her chest rose and fell with each breath that she took, and her eyes were red and swollen from crying. “I thought that not saying his name was going to make it easier. It didn’t,” “Claudia…” “I don’t want to live through this pain anymore, Mario.” She said, stopping him. “I am tired of living in fear because of the mistake
Lea: “What are you thinking of?” Ezra asked, shaking his head in question, noting out that I have been quiet for a while now. “A lot.” I said, and he raised an eyebrow, clearly amused by my response. “I’m willing to pay for you to share.” He said, nudging my shoulder, making me laugh. “I am learning so much in so little time, and sometimes, I don’t find myself knowing what I am going to do with what I am learning. I just know that if I make a mistake, it might cost a lot, but if I don’t, I will be saving many. The issue is, I don’t know what the mistake would be and how I would know to stop it before it happens.” I said, and he nodded. “It just feels like I was thrown in front of a huge responsibility load, and I don’t know whether or not I am worthy of it. I know that it sounds stupid and foolish, but sometimes I can’t help but find myself feeling completely lost.” “Well, how about you try and start feeling like you are going to succeed? And believe me, you will.” He said, mak
Cosimo: I tapped the dining room twice, getting lost in thoughts at the number of things that I still had to do. On one hand, I had to deal with Claudia, who now believed that she could not only easily escape, but that she could do as she pleased and would easily get away with it. On another hand, I had my son. The man was rebelling greatly, and seemed to forget who the real Alpha was regardless of the title that he’s given himself over the people that pretend to be allies with him. Then there was the little Auditore. The woman was giving me more fuss than I should have accounted for, and I knew that if I didn’t break that soon, she was going to keep growing stronger. And the stronger she became, the more dangerous she was. And that was not something that I had to end, that is, of course, if we were to keep our reign up. “We are going to have to control them, Cosimo. They keep growing stronger, and if this proceeds, then they won’t only target Italy.” Mikhail, one of my Russian pa