The Alpha's Promise ✔️

C H A P T E R 42

Broken

"Vaster than the sea, more violent than the wind, your love is the only thing on this earth that could ruin me." -Tennessee Truths

Italy, Past

The town stood still. Blood littered the stone paths as a dirty reminder of the loss everyone felt. Families were dead. Merchants were dead. Even the priests and priestesses had been slaughtered. The families of the conspirators suffered the most. Everyone believed it was warranted. Nobody goes against the Morettis.

Now their alpha was dead. No one had expected him to last so long without Rosanna but revenge takes time.

Clarice De Luca stood on the balcony of the Moretti Villa, her guards stood behind her. It was encased by trees but if she looked hard enough she could see the people of her pack walking around aimlessly, trying to function like usual. But how do things ever go back to normal after half of your pack is slaughtered?

She hears Dante approach her, their son in his arms.

"We can fix this," he tells her.

If only it were that easy. All she wanted to do was mourn the loss of her brother. A brother who would be seen as a villain for the rest of history. She wanted to hate him for what he did, but how could she? He was the person who had protected her during their childhood. He was the one who consoled her when she was sad. He had been her family forever and now he was gone.

In a way, Clarice had been prepared for it. The pressure of being Alpha had taken a toll on Lorenzo. By the time he was ten, he had already stopped smiling. Clarice had been ecstatic when Lorenzo found Rosanna. He finally looked happy.

And how could he not? Their love was different. It was more than being mates. It was about joy and laughter, mixed with all of the little things that made life great. His love for her shone like the brightest star in the night sky. Lorenzo Moretti loved Rosanna more than life itself.

But in the end, it was not enough because she still died, and shortly after he did too. It was impossibly unfair. Lorenzo had done everything right. He rebuilt the pack from the ground up after the mess his father had created. He took care of all the pack members and made sure they never lacked anything. He made sure Clarice never felt the absence of their parents by showering her with so much love it nearly suffocated her.

Yet he had gone and done this.

Her brother had entrusted her with a big responsibility. She would rebuild this pack from the ground up to its former glory.

After all, the Luna Rossa Pack never backs down.

"Send word to Florence, I want the Medici sisters transferred to our territory before anyone else gets a hand on them," Clarice says. The guard nods before disappearing.

I promise I'll fix this.

It was a silent prayer to her dead brother. If only she knew the destruction her actions would unleash.