Savage Crown II

2. Two

Callum

It had been four years since she disappeared without a trace. Four years since I have known nothing of her. Natalia had completely upped and left her old life behind and even her family. Leaving no trace or idea of where she could be. I wouldn't blame her though after walking in on my brother Declan's perfectly set up scenario that night. Drugging me and then paying off some old cunt I used to fuck named Clara to go along with it and lie saying I had been plotting to kill Natalia.

After I woke up on my office floor that night, all bloodied from Elenora Serafin's beating I had realized what had happened. The fucking irony of our relationship ending in the spot that I had bought for me and her to signify our new beginning. That same night I drove back to our home and found everything still in tact. She had taken off leaving everything behind. Adrián the head of the Mexican Mafia started a bloody war against us over Natalia. There were a lot of casualties on both ends and a lot of property damage done to both our territories. The bloodshed dragged on for months until one day I received a meeting request from him where we finally agreed to call off the attacks as if he wasn't the one that started it. Still I went in hopes of seeing Natalia there only to be disappointed that she was nowhere to be seen. Adrián probably called for a hault as a last request from Natalia wherever she was.

As for my treacherous brother, once I had him thoroughly trailed, it had come to light just how deep his treasonous actions ran. He was the one giving Iván Santos access to Natalia's location, he was the one who had kidnapped her mother Rocio De Leon and handed her over to Iván after having learned the schematics of the Leon estate that hosted Natalia and I's wedding. He was working with Iván Santos the entire time. He brought shame to our family and our reputations. When my father and I found out what he had done, I had him hunted like the dog only for our trail to go cold quickly. My own brother wanting to overthrow me behind my back and worst of all hurt my wife. Clara was nowhere to be found either. Declan had made sure she was hidden somewhere secure. My search for Natalia continued and so did my search for Declan and Clara. Knowing my wife she'd need more than just words to convince her that what happened that night was a set up.

With my brother missing now, I needed a new underboss. Out of all the people in the world that rose up to the vacant seat was my cousin Elijah McAllen who filled that spot. Something never done before. It was against tradition to involve someone from my aunt's family but it had happened and he was the best. Having trained under a notorious German boss behind my aunt's back he was well equipped for the job. With him we reached newer heights including connections to the West Coast and even more cleaner funds.

We held more power than ever with Europe now under our full control and even through those heavily rocky deals we still had with the Leon's we were even bigger. The Don of Chicago Fernando Lombardi and I still did business when necessary, but everyone stayed in their lanes to keep the peace. A peace that was necessary to avoid another war.

I never gave up my search for Natalia, in midst of it all. She had to know the truth about that night. But whenever I was close to finding her she'd disappear. With the aid of her family it would be damn near impossible even when I had the best men and PI's in the country searching for her. Our lives entangled over a childish mistake that led to our union. It was a set up for failure from the beginning but we made it past the mess and made it work.

She ran away taking the light out of my life with her. If I have to burn the fucking world just to drag her back into my darkness, then I will. At the end of it all We are still married.