Desolate

Chapter 19

Hades' POV

I could strangle her. I understand why she chose to not let anyone in on her plan, but she hasn't been training for very long. She hasn't even been home for a year. I know she's strong, the strongest person I've ever met, but I'm still scared shitless. I had to explain to Ana that she went on a vacation and it broke her heart. I couldn't very well tell her that her my soon to be Donna put herself in danger and didn't tell anybody. Jesus, when she gets home I'm gonna make it to where she can't walk around for the next six to eight weeks.
    Marcello and I were driving to go get her car. Apparently she left notes for us as a way to explain, I'm kind of jealous she left one for Marcello first, but she is his twin. They have a bond I'll never understand and as much as I wished she would have talked to me before leaving, but it must be killing Celly. I will try to be there for him because I know that would be what Mirabella would want. I just hope her mission won't take too long because I miss my girlfriend. I can't do it without her anymore. She's brightened my life and my daughters, so her not making it back from this mission is not happening.
    When made it outside my club, I all but jumped out of Mar's car. I grabbed the extra key off my keys and unlocked it. Sitting in her driver seat was a letter addressed to me. I sat down in her car and opened the note.
Hades,

I love you and Ana more than anything. I am more than grateful that you have allowed me to be in her life, as well as yours. I didn't ever think I'd fall in love, but you took that thought and destroyed it. You proved to me that I am lovable and so worth it. You raised my confidence and allowed me to get to know and fall in love with your daughter. You two are my world, always. I know this is going to be hard, but I need you to hear me out. We can not allow my mother to keep messing with our lives. I refuse to let Ana be hurt by my sorry excuse of a person. So I need you to think carefully and logically about my next step in the plan.
You must end the alliance with the Italians. I know that this will be hard to do, but you can not allow Ana to see them. Hire a nanny if you need to, but she cannot under any circumstances still be allowed to see them until this is all over. You need to prove to the Underworld that you and Lorenzo are friends no more. In the conference room, it is sound proof, speak to my family in there. Only my family. There is a mole in our organization and I have yet to find out who. I have been working on this mission silently for a month or so. I have already advised Marcello to make it seem like they see me as weak and not suitable to be apart of the Italian Mafia. My mother has told me her whole life that my father didn't want me. She said it so much that I can bet she convinced herself. So, by them, "pushing me away," you cannot get your side of the marriage contract. Most mafias know about it by now, I'm sure. So you "end" the alliance with the Italians and the lose their weapons. Which will make the American's think they have an upper hand. Now you spread the fact that I am missing and you won't get your betrothed, my mother will seek you out for a deal. This will push us to step three. I will inform you on that when I am ready. I have someone on the inside with me that can get you guys information, safely. I cannot reveal their identity at this time, but you will know when the time comes.
I'm sorry that this has come to this, but I needed her to be safe, baby. I cannot risk her life when the only reason my mother is attacking is because of me. Be safe and please thank about this second part of the plan, we need a way into her life. Since she thinks she has the upper hand with me around, she will use this to her advantage. I need you to trust me and do this for me. I know that Lorenzo is your best friend, but if you explain the plan to him and my family they will also agree. We need to do this Hades.
Did you know that dolphins sleep with one eye open?
I love you,
Persephone
(P.S. BURN THIS NOTE)

I knew she was right, but that still didn't mean that I wanted to sever my alliance with them, especially at a time like this. Lorenzo is my best friend and his family is my family. I know that it needs to happen, but my chest hurts. I won't be able to go to them when I need someone. My girlfriend won't help clean me up after a long mission. My daughter won't get to see her family, but I must do this to keep both of my girls safe. I nodded to Marcello and took Mira's car to their house.
I walked into the Italians house and nodded for them to follow me. We weren't saying a word until we were in the conference room and I've checked for bugs. I made it into the conference room and did a thorough sweep, thankfully there were no bugs. It makes sense, we were the only ones with keys to the room. No maids or guards were allowed to step foot into this room.
I held the note up and handed it to Gabriel. He needed to see why I am choosing to do this, I trusted very few people and he was at the top right along with Lorenzo. "We must end the alliance. I have to listen to her. She has been planning this for awhile and I won't let her down. I love that girl so much. She's so fucking smart and has taken a liking to this life and she's damn good at it. I trust her, just as much as I trust you guys. So this will all be fake, no one outside this room is to know about this. We don't know who the rat or rats are. We can't risk Mira's safety or ours. I need my girl to come home and take her rightful spot as my Donna. I know that she's going to be kickass. I want nothing more than to have her in my arms again and seeing her with my kid. This alliance will end for now, but the second it's time to rescue her, we back each other up. No doubt about it. I love all you fuckers and we need to do this for her."
Gabriel burned the note with the lighter in his pocket. I nodded my head in thanks, because I don't think I could have done it. It was the one thing I had of hers. "I understand Hades. We need to make this look believable. I need you to destroy one of our warehouses. The Underworld must believe that the tether was severed. If we were silent in this, they wouldn't believe this for a second. You need to leave a note in the warehouse. Something along the lines of finding her or you'll kill us. Make it look like you want this marriage contract for heirs or something. You need to seem desperate. I don't know what it should be, I think it should come from you. But you can't make it known that you love her. You need to see her as property, like you were cheated out of a deal. You are known for being ruthless and deals are very important to you. I mean just before you came home you killed that guy who was late to your meeting because he cared more about strippers. Use that narrative. Make it seem like we wronged you so bad that your friendship with Lorenzo is no more."
Everyone nodded their heads in agreement. "Alright. From now on, we speak through letters in our mailboxes. We do it at the same time every evening. It won't be suspicious because our mailboxes are right beside each other. You could make it seem like you accidentally received my mail. Not very many people know we are neighbors. It is a good thing we never had to release that knowledge. Most people believe I live in Russia. Now, we leave the mail in the box right after the mailman leaves our area. You guys will leave it in my mailbox on Monday, Wednesday, Friday and I'll do it Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday. On Sundays, if we have important information, send Rocco outside at noon with something in his harness. He likes coming to my yard if Ana is playing. If for some reason, you need to reach me at any other designated time, use a burner. I also think someone should check her phone to see if she left any more clues about this. I hate to have to do this. I love you guys so much." Everybody laughed, we never expressed our love for one another, but it was there. I had to say it because this could get messy. "Now, we have to do this for as long as our stubborn girl is there. Now, which building should I attack and what will be there."
"Actually, you should attack our weapon warehouse. You will "take back" the weapons that were sold to us by you. You can drop them at the warehouse we share under Mira's middle name. We will get them later when we figured out the next step. I know this won't be easy, especially since we can't see Anastasia. But I think you need to make it known that you're ruthless. Let the Underworld fear you even more than they do. I can recommend a woman to nanny Ana. She's amazing and I know you'll love her. She's, uh, actually my girlfriend. We could use that at our advantage. We can make it seem like she's playing you, but in reality is helping us stay in contact. I was going to tell everyone about her at the next family day, but Mira went out and got herself into this mission. My stubborn girl is making me so proud, but entirely frustrated at the moment." We all laughed at his statement. If that wasn't the truth, I don't know what is.
"Alright, I'm going to go grab Ana from her nap and let you all say goodbye to her. I won't tell her why, but she'll know that she can't see you guys for a little while. I'll also use the woman you are suggesting. It could come in handy."
I went up to the room Ana and I stay in when were at their house. She was sleeping in one of Mira's shirts. I felt my heart crack at the sight. Please baby come home to us. I scooped Ana up and woke her up gently. "Hey baby, we need go say bye your uncles and your grandpa. They won't be around for a little while. They're going to be very busy, so they wanna say goodbye to their favorite girl."
My sweet brave girl nodded her head at me and she knew that she had to accept it. I can't wait for this to be all over. I hate seeing her without her family. We walked down the steps and everyone hugged her and said bye. Gabriel gave me the lady's number and told me he'd tell her about the situation. He said to call her in the morning. I nodded my head and went to our house. I had to get used to not seeing them for a while.
I put Ana back to bed and went to my room. I couldn't believe she wouldn't be sleeping with me tonight. I groaned and flipped over the paper Gabriel had given me. The name sounded very familiar, but I couldn't remember where I've heard it.

Nadia Lynch, CEO of New York Nannies
718-xxx-xxxx

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I apologize for how long it's taken me to get this chapter out. I've been trying to work on these next couple of chapters. Things are about to get crazy and I want this to be pretty cool.

Also, who are we guessing the rat is? I refuse to give spoilers, but I think you guys are going to be surprised.

I've also been working on a separate book. It's not related to this book in any way, nor is it mafia related. The only similarities it has is a single father. It's a sports romance. Which other than mafia is one of my all time favorites. I might release a little sneak peak of the other story with their aesthetics and a chapter or two.

Thanks for reading,
AuthorTCM💕