I've got you

Arabella's POV

I was shocked. My father was using me as a human shield? Surely there was a mistake. A misunderstanding because what parent would use their child as a shield?

Luciano paused in his tracks but his uncle looked like he could have cared less. As long as he was able to kill my father, he didn't care who else had to lose their life in the process.

Luciano raised his hand to stop his uncle, his jaw was clenched and his blue eyes burned an unholy silver.

"Vitalio, would you really threaten your daughter's life just to ensure your own escape?"

My father laughed, his chest vibrating behind me and a chill swept through my veins.

"Father?"

There was a mistake. There had to be. Maybe he just wanted to use me to escape. He would apologise any minute now and tell me that this was the only way for him to escape with his life. He would tell me–

"Shut up you dumb slut." He said his gun digging into the back of my skull. I froze in that moment realizing that I might not know my father