Page 213 of Sienna Rossi: Beyond Shattered Trust

I also haven’t told anyone else about my pregnancy, so much has been going on that I haven’t had the chance.

There’s a knock on the door before it’s opened, and Royce walks in, holding a sheet of paper in his hands. He glances at Jayce and me, and I instantly know from the grave expression on his face that it’s a match. My stomach sinks as he looks across at Dad and the rest.

“What is going on?” Dad asks, a concerned frown on his face.

Royce looks at Jayce, who exhales. “During the fight with Vincenzo, there was a small part that I omitted… During the fight, his mask came off. Darling?” He looks at me, and I nod, walking over to him and whispering the spell, reflecting his memory of the battle around us to the moment the mask slips off, revealing Vincenzo’s face.

Everyone in the room looks stunned, and not in a good way. Aunty Ri gasps, Dad freezes, Uncle Leo’s eyes widen, his face paling, Uncle Liam runs his hand through his hair, and Azura swears.

“And we confirmed by a blood test – he is who he says he is,” Royce finishes as Vincenzo declares himself the son of a king, his voice echoing around the room.

“Fuck.” Leo is the first to speak as Aunty Ri grabs Dad’s arm and drops onto the table beside her. Azura’s heart is hammering as she shakes her head.

“Kia and Al do not need more shit.”

“No, they don’t,” Uncle Liam says.

Leo motions for the reports, and Royce passes them to him. “Have you told Sky?” he asks as he scans the paper before tossing it onto the table, his eyes flashing.

“No,” Royce answers.

Dad takes the paper and scans it before he passes it to Uncle Liam.

Uncle Leo nods, massaging his temple, and Azura moves over to him, placing her hand on his shoulder. “We have to tell Al.”

“I fucking know,” Uncle Leo growls.

“He’s our cousin,” Aunty Ri states, the part that’s probably playing on everyone’s minds.

“Yeah…” Dad murmurs.

“Doesn’t mean he gets a free pass to do shit; we leave it to Alejandro to decide,” Uncle Leo says as he leans back, placing his hand on top of Azura’s. “The question is, who’s telling him?”

Silence fills the room as the elders all look at one another until Aunty Ri stands. “I will.”

The men look at her and nod, clearly not wanting to do it.

“Fine. Everyone else, keep this on the low until then,” Leo orders. “Fucking hell, what a clusterfuck.”

And for once, I echo the sentiment, because this is one big mess that makes things so much harder.

How do you tell someone that their son’s biggest enemy is his own brother? That the very man he’s been wishing dead is his own son?

My heart squeezes painfully for Grandpa Al and how the truth will affect him.

I’m not looking forward to it, and by the looks on everyone’s faces, no one is.

If I Had Known

Alejandro

“My favourite princess,” I say as Raihana steps into my office. I’m fucking surprised she’s here, and I know it probably means business, but I can enjoy my niece visiting.

I got the message ten minutes ago that she’d arrived.

She should be taking a break after the shit that went down in Russia. I was briefed last night already, but the fact that she’s here means it’s got to be something fucking important.

Not to mention we’ve lost Mikhail. I considered him a friend of some kind, even though he was an annoying fucker.