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He balled his hand into a fist stepping closer to me, “you’re living your worst hell, but you won’t admit it.” He tried again to get me to show any kind of emotion. “It’s not hell if I like the way it burns.” I purred. Leaving him in an empty board room.
“No mistakes.” I reminded myself quietly.
END OF FLASHBACK
“Isabella?” Vincenzo looked at me, I shook my head and apologised for dozing off.
“Sorry continue” I nodded sitting up right.
“Xavier his men along with the Salvatore’s are hungry for power. They want revenge me dead and Isabella a prisoner, their lack of rational thinking will leave them open and unprepared focusing solely on anger and hate will only get them so far. In tactic we have the upper hand. I know we are more than capable of taking them down once and for all. Their hunger makes them weak” he looks around the table.
“Hungry dogs are never loyal.”He concludes. The statement sending shivers down my spine. “We attack tonight go” he orders everyone to leave. They all stand and go out to prepare and train their men for tonight everyone ready to kill.
I looked over at Vincenzo sighing “what’s wrong?” He questions. I shake my head softly unsure of why I have this bad feeling in the pit of my stomach. “I just don’t have a good feeling about tonight” I tell him honestly. He looks at me curiously “what do you mean?” He questions. I shrug once again struggling to find the right words to describe this feeling of doom. I let out a huff and smile “nothing I'm probably just worried about going out into a dangerous situation and leaving Dante behind” I whispered… maybe that’s why I was worried.
Vincenzo shrugged his shoulders “that’s why you’re not coming” he states simply. I shoot up looking at him “excuse me?” I scoff out. “You’re not coming” he calmly states once more.
“What about you?” I asked, he looked at me like I had officially lost my mind.
“Of course, I'm going I have to be on the field with my men, what kind of leader would I be if I send my men out in danger while I remain at home safe.” I shake my head scoffing.
“This is my fight just as much as it is yours” I poke his chest.
“Dante needs his mum” he firmly sticks to his guns.
I nod my head “he also needs his dad” I remind him.
“If we are both out there, we risk him losing both his parents” he persists.
I shake my head “Vincenzo we are stronger when we work together. I need you with me just as much as you need me with you on that field. This is not up for discussion. I swore to make him burn just like he burnt me. Besides I think you learnt by now that I don’t take the word no very well.” I stood up to leave the room before he says another word.
“Isabella. It’s dangerous what if you get shot? What if you die!” He shouts, I spin around looking at him softly “then take care of Dante” I whisper looking at him.
“This is something I need to do. I owe it to myself” I paused for a second “I owe it to her” I whispered referring to the girl in the dark basement. The girl who got tortured to breaking point, the girl that lost everything because of him. I owe it to her. I owe it to my innocence the innocence he robbed me of.
“I can’t let you go Isabella” he states sticking to his word, he pushes past me to go to his office. “Italy!” I called out, he stopped in his tracks like he remembered something.
He turned around slowly, “I’m coming. I don’t just owe it to myself, or my parents or Dante. I owe it to Maria” I remind him that because of him I was left without a sister.?
“He broke me, he broke my parents, and he took Maria’s life from her. He deprived me of my sister, my son’s aunty and my parent’s daughter. Don’t make me stay behind” I choked out looking at him, his men watching us intently.
“Okay” he nodded his head.
“But you need to do something for me” he adds conditions. I nod my head waiting for him to continue. “Dimostra a te stesso” (prove yourself) He firmly states in Italian I eye him sceptically.
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Vincenzo stood in front of me in nothing but grey sweats, “seriously?” I breath out my eyes shamelessly ranking his body.
“You want to go out into the field? I know you’re crazy, but I need to know your capable” he states.
I laugh to myself, his seen me interrogate and burn his two girls alive. Crazy was generous, “Okay” I agree.
“What do you want me to do?” I ask waiting for instructions.
“Fight me” he calmly says.
I look at him dumbfounded “What?”
