SiennaWhen I open my eyes to Christian’s sleeping face, my heart warms at the sight of him. Last night I made it known to him that I am his even if he doubts me, and my persuasion seems to have worked. After mulling things over yesterday, I realised that the look I saw in Dante’s eyes was anger. Not directed at me, but a plan was already forming in his head, and it did not concern me. When Dante gets released, he will want nothing to do with me as I do not factor into his plans anymore. I know Dante better than anyone, and that look was him wringing out his last love for me and replacing it with vengeance. He always called me his weakness, and I know now that there’s no place for me at his side anymore.So, where does that leave me now? With Dante back, this war isn’t mine anymore. I will have to step aside and allow him to continue being a leader to his family. But then again, how do we know that Allessio won’t reactivate his mindless soldier side? And what about Daniella? Will he
SiennaI key in the code, and the smell of blood hits me as soon as I step inside the room. Dante is slumped over once more, and when he looks up at me, a chill runs up my spine - his face is coated in blood.“Get me a first aid kit right now!” I say through gritted teeth and stalk towards Dante, who is now wearing a grin.“You have no authority-”I pull out my Beretta and hold it against the guard’s head, watching as his eyes widen at my action. “Get me a first aid kit, or your brain will join Dragonetti’s blood on the floor,” I hiss. The guard nods then he walks off to get me what I asked.“No longer an Outfit Princess, are you?” Dante asks when I sit down in front of him and take his face in my hand to look for wounds.“You should know this well by now,” I say and take the first aid kit from the guard whose respect I seem to have won. I take out surgical swabs and bandages and get to work on his face.His eyes are on me all the while, and he doesn’t even seem to blink.“Why are you
SiennaDecember has always been a sorrowful month for me; but as I wake up to Christian’s face once more, I decide to pocket my hurt just for one day. I intended to rest my eyes for a few minutes, but I guess I was too exhausted after all.Yesterday was hard. I thought I was strong enough to face Dante and speak about Daniella. But hearing him brush her off as if she’s nothing has shattered my heart to pieces. I thought he would at least fight to see his own daughter, but I guess Allessio killed off the last remnants of Dante’s humanity.I shake my head and turn on my back, sighing; I won’t be sad today. Dante is being released; after today, he will no longer be my problem.Turning my head, I give Christian a peck on his stubbled cheek and then walk to my own bedroom. After a shower, I get dressed and head toward Daniella’s bedroom, but I don’t find her in there at all. Panic starts to bloom in my chest, and I rush downstairs as fast as my bruised body can carry me.“Daniella?” I cry
SiennaI don’t think my heart will ever recover from what has transpired in the last twenty hours; my morning went from the best to the absolute worst. Nico somehow knew that Dante was being kept on the island and came to break him out even though we were just about to release him. A bullet is lodged in Daniella’s spine, and she will never walk again. On top of that, she lost a substantial amount of blood, and her brain was starved for oxygen for too long. She’s currently in a coma, and the outcome does not look good.As I sit by her bed, holding her tiny hand in mine, I can’t help but blame myself for what has happened to her. I brought her into this dangerous world, and now my lifestyle might have just taken her out of it.I can’t do this anymore; I can’t keep on fighting a war that is no longer mine. Dante can have his title back, and Allessio can have the mantle. I’m done leading the life of a mafioso; I’m done with bloodshed and violence and if I have to live this life alone, th
DanteThe moment I saw how she looked at Drakos was when my heart turned to stone. She used to look at me like that; like I was the only person in the entire world. I know that I have no right to ask her to love me, not after the damage I inflicted on her body, not after I nearly killed her. I remember everything I did and everything I was subjected to at Speranzini’s fucking hands.I thought that I had hardened my heart to everything until I saw my daughter bleeding out in another person’s arms. My self-control nearly snapped, and I wanted nothing but to wrap my arms around Sienna and comfort her.But that’s not the role I get to play in her life anymore. I am no longer her Tempesta… I am merely a man brought back from the dead to kill her.Sienna cannot be in my life, and she cannot be the queen I once desired. I need to make the people responsible for all this pay with their lives - they ruined my life and completely turned it upside down for over ten years. And all for what?“D-D
DanteNico takes up the driver’s seat of the SUV, and I am in the back with two soldiers on either side of me. My hands have also been shackled behind my back, but the key remains in my palm; we at least had to make this look legitimate since I am a supposed dangerous commodity.We near Speranzini’s compound, and I can see the nervousness radiating from Nico from the sweat on his brow. He spares me a sideways glance before entering the gates of the man deemed our enemy. Either way, today will turn out bloody, and only one family will be left standing. Nico brings the SUV to a stop and gets out before dragging me out by my bicep. He hasn’t been able to make eye contact with me since admitting that he shot Daniella by accident, and to be honest, I don’t know how I feel. I know I should be a lot angrier than I am now…perhaps it will hit later. If it does, he better not be in my way.“Ah, one of my favourite soldati,” Speranzini’s grating voice breaks through my thoughts, and I immediat
SiennaVendetta Claimed.Two words, and I am left in disbelief. Dante killed Allessio a few hours after arriving in Italy, where I couldn’t even do it over the course of ten years. I look at the image of the bane of my existence lying dead, and I can’t even breathe out a sigh of relief.Because I gave up that fight as soon as those bullets hit Daniella.“Sienna,” I hear Christian’s voice on the other side of my bedroom door and sigh. We haven’t spoken since I came home from the hospital, and as I look at my packed luggage, I wonder if we will ever talk. Ah, I suppose now is a good chance, especially since I am leaving.“You can come in,” I say, and as soon as he opens the door and looks inside, my heart threatens to break at the look on his face. I know he’s taking this as hard as I am, and looking at him doesn’t make it any easier.“Hey,” he says with a forced smile, closing the door behind him. “I am about to have dinner, will you please join me?”I shake my head. “I-”“Please, Sien
SiennaSomewhere in the background, I can hear my cell phone ringing, and Marla picks it up and smashes it against the tile floor. “Incessant thing,” she grumbles.“Why are you doing this?” I ask while looking straight into Christian’s tearful pained eyes. It’s almost as if his body is being forced to do something that his mind is unwilling to do. Right now, he’s nothing but a puppet for Marla to use, and she’s the one pulling the strings.Come to think of it, she’s been the one pulling the strings this entire time.She places a hand on her hips. “Hmm, let me see. Well, for one, I can’t stand you. I mean, why did the great Dante Dragonetti choose a timid lamb like you when he could have had a queen like me at his side?” She says, then rolls her eyes. “And now my incompetent nephew seems to have fallen for you as well; I just don’t get your charm.”I raise my eyebrow at this. “All of this is because of Dante?”“Partially. I crave nothing but power, and now with Allessio and you out of