“We can’t do that.”
I furrowed my brow. “Why not?”
“We’ll get in trouble.”
I snorted. “No we won’t. We are the carriers of the next generation. We can ask for forgiveness, but I’m totally going to use the fact that I have the onlyprincipessaas leverage. Besides, Vincent had me kidnapped. He owes me, and now I’m going to help you get reunited with your One.” I grabbed Mazzi’s hand. “Let’s go. Come on, do that poof thing.” I nudged my head at Mazzi.
Mazzi’s eyes couldn’t get wider. Seriously, they were so round it was funny. There was a knock on the door. “Everything all right in there?”
“Let’s go. Now,” I said urgently. The doorknob jiggled, and Mazzi nodded. My stomach flipped, and then we were suddenlyoutside. I could smell the ocean, and when I turned around, I saw why. “Oh, wow. That’s pretty. Where are we?” I asked.
“Capri. This was where they were going. There is a warehouse that they were going to be checking out.”
“Okay. Reach out to Naldo and see if he responds to you. Tell him we’re here and that if he doesn’t respond to you, we’re just going to start popping in and out of places.”
Mazzi gave me a look like I’d lost my mind. I probably had, but fuck this. Sandro had been gone forever, and if he looked rough, what did that even mean? We needed to get him and the others back to the villa.
“Mio angelo? Where are you?”
I cringed. “Marcello is reaching out.”
Mazzi’s eyes widened. “He’s going to kill me. Literally. I’ve endangered you.”
I rolled my eyes. “I’m not helpless. I’m helping a friend in need. Friends in need. He is a dumbass who decided to suffer for over a year. He owes you and Naldo for bringing me to Naples.” I nodded and held up a finger.“I’m with Mazzi,”I told Marcello.
“Yes, so you’ve said. But why is it that I cannot find you?”
I took a deep breath.“We’ll be back in just a bit. Give us just a little while, and we’ll be back—with the others. We need to get Sandro though. Sorry, I guess I’m not a good boy today,”I added. I winced when I heard Marcello shout through our bond.
“That good?”
I shrugged. “I’ll ask for forgiveness later. For now, I’ve had to mute the connection a little. He’s going off in Italian, and I don’t understand a word he’s saying. Where did Naldo say they were?”
“He’s not happy we’re here. He said there’s another family here other than Piscano’s, which is what is causing so many issues.”
“Great. Where are they? We can poof in, I can distract them, and you can grab Sandro, and then we can get out of there.”
“They’re this way.” Mazzi grabbed my arm, and I was sure we looked comical as we walked through the streets of Capri. Mazzi pushed us down another passageway, and I saw the ocean in front of us. My stomach flipped again, and then we were next to a large building. There was shouting in the distance, and I turned at the sound of angry voices.
Mazzi pointed to the right, and that’s when I saw the others. Well, I saw Nicolo, but then he was gone. And then he was standing in front of us, and I suddenly found myself picked up, and we were then back where the others were all crouched down.
I pushed at Nicolo and glared. “Excuse you.”
“I’m not dying today because you disobeyed your mate and came here.”
I rolled my eyes. “I haven’t disobeyed anyone. They never said I couldn’t come here. I didn’t ask, therefore, I haven’t disobeyed.”
I smiled at Mazzi as he and Naldo held one another. “You shouldn’t have come. Our phones are going off, and Vincent has ordered us to return immediately,” Naldo told his beloved. Then he looked at me and sighed. “If any of us survive, Marcello is going to kill us, so it won’t matter.”
I rolled my eyes again. “As if,” I said. “I’ll protect all of you from my mate. And from Master Vincent,” I said. “Now…where is Sandro?”
“Inside,” Nicolo said. “He was alive an hour ago. Dino had a visit from some of Cattaneo’s men.”
I shook my head. “I have no idea who that is. Are you sure they don’t know you’re here?”
“We’ve moved around. But counting the number of men who have gone inside since we’ve been here, we’re greatly outnumbered.”
I nodded. “Mazzi, I’m going to need your help.” Since I was crouching down, I called for my fox. He was incredibly happy tocome out, and when I finally found my way out of my shirt, I looked at the others. I nodded to Mazzi before I took off. There were open windows everywhere, and I ran as fast as I could. I leapt up and managed to catch the ledge with my front paws. I kicked with my stronger back legs and pulled with my front at the same time my body elevated, and then I was through and falling to the floor. Unfortunately, there were several men in the area.
