Aurora (Book #1)

Chapter 26

We walk to the entrance and no one is there.
"Where the fuck are they?" I whisper looking to the sides.
"I guess they all believe you are that type" Christian smirks.
I shoot him a glare and his smirk disappears.
"Alright, let's go"
"Where are we going?"
"To the computer room" he explains, "We gonna sent your family our location and then you will leave. I'll make sure to keep you somewhere safe until they arrive"
"That's your plan?" I ask.
"Anything better to suggest?" He cocks his head.
Honestly, no.
"And what about you?" I try to sound as cold as possible.
"I will stay here, so It wouldn't be suspicious " he says ,"After we're done with Salvadors, I'll figure it out"
It's funny that he thinks I'm going to let him go that easily, but I remain silent as we finally reach the room. We enter and find some of Salvadors soldiers are there. He takes a gun out with one hand and with the other he pushes me behind him. In an Instant, all soldiers are dead. His hand is still on my waist.
"Don't ever fucking touch me again" I hiss at him and remove his hand. His brows arch and his face pales. I stare at him for a second.
"Let's just end this" I say and move to a random computer.
"Grazie a Dio" I say when I see the computers were open. I send a message to our secret server. I really hope they will get it. I look up and see Christian staring at me. The frown is still there, but his eyes expressed guilt and regret.
"Don't look at me like that"
"You told me never to touch you again" he says offended.
"You're surprised?" I chuckle, "After all you have done, you think i might find your touch pleasurable?"
"Sole-"
"Don't "sole" me, Christian!" I shout.
He closes his mouth.
"I ain't no saint, but you..." I point my finger at him. Tears start to form in my eyes, "People didn't lie about your cruelty. You are really a diavolo"
"Aurora, please, here me out"
"No , I'm tired of your lies" I sob ,"Your promised you'll never hurt. You swore, I'm the last person you will and what now ? Elena is dead ,and you are the one who killed her. There's is nothing in this world that would've hurt me more"
He looks away.
"She was so good to you and you killed her, without hesitation" my voice is cracking, " I do not wish to see you from this day on"
With quick steps walk out of the room and as I do, dozens of soldiers raise their guns at me. I feel someone taking me from behind and I try to scream, but my mouth covers with a hand.
"Cállate" I hear a Spanish voice. ( shut up)
"Hands off her" I hear Christians voice and click of a gun. Half of the soldiers turn their guns at him. I hear an evil laugh.
Alejandro.
Christian aims him.
"Calm down, chico" Alejandro says and raised his hands in defense, "Now put down the gun, if you don't want her blood all over the floor"
He gestures me with his hand.
Christian slowly puts his gun down.
No, Christian!
"Buen chico, now, slowly put it on the floor" (good boy)
Christian does as he's told. He obeys. How many times have you seen Don obeying?
Is he so scared for me?
"Sujétalo" Alejandro orders. (Hold him)
Two men take Christian by his arms. He tries to get out, but he gains a punch on his stomach.
No.
He groans in pain.
"I liked you, Chico" Alejandro starts, "But you betrayed me and my trust"
"Because you are such a fool" Christian chuckles. Another punch. To his face this time.
Stop!
"¿Qué haremos con el suyo, hijo? "Alejandro asks. (What shall we do with him, son?)
"Déjame matar a este cabrón, padre" His son growls. (Let me kill this bastard, father)
"No" I hum and try to get free.
Alejandro and his son look at me and share glances. An ominous expression appears on their faces.
"Don't even think about it" Christian says, "Kill me, torture me , do whatever you want to me but don't touch her"
Oh, Christian.
"Please" he begs desperately.
I don't even acknowledge how a tear escapes my eye.
Alejandro takes few towards him and takes him by the chin.
"Anyone who betrays me, chico,has to suffer" he whispers.
Alejandro's sons walks towards me and loads his gun.
"And there's nothing more painful than watching your loved one die"
Elena's face flashes in front of my eyes.
"It's okay, I love you." she whispers to me.
"So watch" Alejandro growls and forces Christian to look at me.
His eyes start to blink from forming tears. I stare back at him, knowing that this is the last time.
Maybe I shall tell him the same thing Elena told me? It's okay, Christian. I love you.
But my mouth is closed and all I can do is  just look at him. Alejandro's son puts the gun on my temple.
That's it.
This is the end.
I close my eyes.
I'm ready.
Suddenly, a wall near us explodes and everyone falls on the ground. I hear a high-pitched ringing in my ears. I look up, trying to figure out what happened.
"Ciao, everyone"I hear a familiar woman voice , when I'm finally able to, "I hope I haven't missed everything"
The woman comes out of the dust.
Sofia.
She aims and random Spanish soldier.
Bang!
Our people come out of the dust as well and start the attack. Spanish soldiers attack them back. Sofia quickly runs to me and helps me to get up.
"Sofia" the only the I could've mumbled at the moment.
"Aurora, get a grip" she says and hands me two guns. "Leave emotions for later"
She shoots again. And again.
I hear unknown foots steps behind me. I hit the stranger with an elbow and hear them fall. I turn around and shoot the Spanish bastard. Then another and another. My eyes find Christian, currently attacking to Spanish soldiers twice his size and kills them. The element of surprise played into our hands. Everything is under control here.  It's time to find Alejandro.
"Sofia" I shout, "I'm gonna look for Alejandro"
"Come back, please" she shouts back and I nod.
For a second my eyes meet Christians. He breaks the eye contact to hit a guy with his head. Right behind his back I see Alejandro and his son. Running.
Cowards.
I run as fast as I can. I turn to left to the corridor and see Alejandro's son closing a wall, that apparently is a door. The door of secret room, I suppose. I have to figure out how to open it, but first I have to clean my way.
"Morana" the bastard says, "it will be such an honor to kill you"
"Killed" I correct him.
"What?"
"It will be such an honor to be killed by me"
His face drops and I hear him growl. He takes a knife and quickly attacks. I don't manage to raise my gun, because he drops it from my hands. His on top of me, trying to hit me with knife. I keep his arms as away as I could. My hands start to hurt. I don't think can't hold him any longer.
Smash!
A foot hits him and he flies back. I look up and see Christian.
"You could've shot him" I hiss.
"I'm out of bullets" he replies, "You could've been more thankful"
"Oh, you want to talk about thankfulness?"
He shuts up. He looks on the floor and takes my gun. He checks the chamber.
"You have two bullets left" he hands me the gun and his fingers touch my palm. He leaves them there for a second. Savoring our touch, i guess. But I move my hand away. "You'll need them"
I just nod. He walks to Alejandro's son and they start to beat each other.
Finding the hidden door was not that hard. I just pulled the fake lamp.
Thank god for many movies this days.
I walk into a dark office. I close my eyes to concentrate. I hear rustling and shoot.
"Ah!" someone groans.
Fuck.
I didn't kill him. I quickly find the lighter and when I look a side I see Alejandro. He is standing with a raised gun in one hand and with the other cover his wound on his waist. If I move, he will shoot me immediately.
"Games over, chica" he utters through the pain.
"I think the game has just started" I fall on the ground and with a delicate move knock him of his feet. A gun from his hand drops. I aim him with mine.
"Wait" he cries and starts to crawl backward, "You, Italians, are fair people, right? How fair is it to kill someone who's not armed and injured"
He tries to mess with me.I scoff and low my gun down.
It'll be fun to play along.
"If this was a movie, I would've let your words get into my head. I would've put my gun away" I say and put the gun on the desk without removing my hand from it,"We would've fought as equals. And just because you're physically bigger than me and more experienced ,there would've been a huge chance that you'll win"
I take a pause. To make sure he's relaxed and he is. A evil smirk appears on my face.
"But this ain't movie, Alejandro" I raise my gun back and aim him.
"No, please" he says and raises his palm to cover his face.
"Dulces sueños" I shoot. (Sweet dreams in Spanish)
Blood floods from his forehead right on his face. I look into his empty eyes.
Elena.
I wish she would see this. But Instead her gaze will hunt me forever.
"Please" I hear a female scream and it distracts me from my thoughts. I leave the secret room. As I walk out of it I see Alejandro's son breathless body on the floor.
I walk to the noises.
"Please hear me out" I see Celia on floor and Sofia her gun raised on her.
"What's going on?" I ask.
"Tell her" Sofia orders.
"Look, i was forced to do this" Celia says with a shaking voice, " He said that he will help me with everything if I did as I was told. Please, don't kill me"
I look at her trying to find a glimpse of lie in her eyes.
"What shall we do?" Sofia asks.
If she says the truth, than nothing to worry about, and even if she lies she's alone now. There's no harm she can cause. I put my hand on Sofias gun and low it down.
"I'll let you go" I say coldly.
"Gracias, gracias" Celia mumbles. (Thank you In Spanish)
"But if I see you on my territory once again" I growl, "Expect no mercy"
"Of course" she says as she gets up.
I gesture her to leave with my hand and she runs.
"And him, singora?" I hear a familiar voice.
I turn around and see two of my people holding Christian in their grip and struggling to keep him straight.
"Let me just end him" Sofia says.
"No" I say hastily. Too hastily.
Sofia looks at me confused.
"I promised him to his uncle" I turn to Christian "Let them choose how to be with you"
And also, even after all he's done, I can never harm him.
He looks at me with his jaw clenched, but he doesn't say anything as I expected.
I hear something rolling. Everyone looks at the direction of the noise. It's a ball. And it picks now.
Cazzo.
It explodes and everyone falls on the floor. I hear the high-pitched ringing again. I can't hear, but I can see.
Celia.
She walks at Christians direction, who's on the floor, and helps him to get up. She caresses his cheek.
Che cazzo? (What the fuck?)
Christians expresses nothing, but I guess, he just has concussion. She takes him by the hand and they both leave.
After a while we all came back to our senses. Sofia kept mumbling that I should've let her kill him. We check the dead bodies. We lost some people.
They all died to save me.
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Christian.
His gun is aimed on Elena.
Celia walks to him and cups his face with her hands. Christian smiles.
"Sole" he whispers to her.
That's my word. My nickname. He gave her it so easily.
They share a kiss. A passionate, but disgusting kiss.
"Do it for me" Celia says to him when their lips part, " Kill her"
Christian looks at me.
I'm instead of Elena now.
And he pulls the trigger.
"Ah" I gasp when I wake up. I am in the plane, 36,000 feet up from the ground, going back to Italy.
"Rory?" Sofia hugs me by the shoulder, "Are you alright?"
"It was just a nightmare" I reply.
"About her?" Sofia asks. She knows that Elena died. The entire Italy knows at this point, and I didn't even process it myself yet. Tears starts to form in my eyes. Sofia pulls me into her embrace and hugs me.
"I am so sorry" she says.
"I am sorry too"
Elena and Sofia were close. Andreas were assassins and Rinaldis often hired them when they needed to do something, when Rinaldis name should've not been involved. Sofia asked for a permanent job and Elena hired her. Eventually, they became friends.
"She loved you very much"
"She never loved anyone more than you" Sofia whispers to me.
We sit in silence for a while. Relaxing in each others embraces.
A question pops into my head.
"How did you find me?" I ask.
"Dante had Celias phone located before"
"Right" I remember Elena ordering him to do it, which reminds me...
"So what's going to happen now?"
"Life moves on" she caresses my shoulder, "We must too"
"And the family?"
She pauses for a second.
"Nuovo Don" (New Don)
Nuovo Don.
Nuovo regole. (New rules)
Che Dio ce la mandi buona!
(May God help us)