Alessia Romero----"No! You stay away from me!" I barked at Lino who was running behind me while calling me worriedly, of course, he could do that, he could only worry because he was not in my shoes."What did my father tell you? Alessia, Ale-" I slammed the door on his face and then collapsed against it.My eyes were burning with tears that commenced sluicing down my cheeks instantly. My lips quivered as I struggled to hold the sobs from breaking through.What was I, a puppy to just toss here and there? Marry someone? Did dad agree?

Rodion Konstantin ---- "Fucking asshole!" I squeezed my phone which was against my ear as it beeped again for a hundred times. What was hard for a grown-ass man to just answer the phone?The oxygen in my office felt poisoned.I hated to admit that something was wrong, no, everything. Ever since I started working with Matteo, there was not a day he never answered my phone, not until today.Matteo was half of what I was, I trained him, nurtured him, shaped him and made him something that many mafia teams desired. He was one of the best-trained men a mafia team could provide. He was much better than some of the mafia underbosses, he was way better than Romeo who was Lazza's Underboss.I dialled his number again. I always talked about patience but lately, the word was not in my vocabulary. As I directed the phone to my ear, a knock alerted me, part of me wanted to see Matteo walk in but the last time

Alessia Romero__—-------I was woken by the soprano voice of a woman singing. The accent and the song were both in Spanish. The persona was a singer, that was a fact.I could feel my body aching for unknown reasons. I tried to move my hands but I was tied up. Same for my legs which felt weak and were trembling.I gently opened my eyes to familiarize myself with the situation. My eyes rested on a cream ceiling above me. They felt heavy and puffy. I could see but the vision was not clear.I blinked again to adjust my sight. It was getting better within seconds, but the pain in my back head was nothing to joke with. I lifted my head to peek at what was happening. I was welcomed by a dancing woman who was busy moonwalking in front of me.She hadn't noticed I was awake because she was so drawn into her dance and singing,

Rodion _____ "Start talking!" I pushed Dmitri inside my office and then banged the door shut. The idiot was not allowed in Italy, let alone in Sicily and my territory. The nerve of him and his fighting techniques, I must admit I was surprised by how he managed to take down eleven of my men."Damn, I respect you now, how the fuck did you succeed in taking me on the grou-"I cocked my gun and then aimed it at him. He held his hands up in surrender."Okay...okay. Calm down." He collapsed on one of my office seats. "You were not picking up my calls!" He uttered."Why the fuck are you here!" I seethed. What was hard for him, he was supposed to stay out of the picture. He was not gonna add more burden to what I had. I had no time to protect him while I was running out of time in finding Alessia and Matteo.