Savage Crown II

32. Thirty- Two

Natalia continued
I got into the Range Rover that I had arrived in with Zoey. Ronan drove and rode off following the coordinates that Papa had sent me. A photo on the maps showed a small white two story house that they were using as a safe house close to Declan's place. We had five other cars trailing behind us consisting of Irish soldiers all ready to follow our commands and my family's men would be at the location shortly. I was at ease knowing Zoey was safe along with Bianca under heavily armed and guarded men at their house.

As Ronan pulled into the drive way of the house, Gio's Escalade was spotted quickly. Ronan put the car in park and got out of the car along with me following right behind. He walked over to the trunk and called me over, "Natalia, please put this on " he asked handing me a bullet proof vest. "We can't have you getting hurt."

"Thank you" I said accepting the vest and put it on over my black long sleeve shirt. He pulled out two hand guns from a silver box and handed them over to me. "Where is your family?" he asked as he looked around. "They're here" I said pointing to another ten cars that had just arrived onto the property. Nora and the Twins stepped out of the first car. The twins stood tall with a hardened face. Dominik ran his hair through his blonde hair as he asked, "Bratva or someone else?"

"Irish...Declan to be exact" I quickly answered. "Kill him on sight" I ordered. "You sure about that Nat?" Tymon asked focusing his ice blue eyes on Ronan. "Yes, Kill on sight" Ronan answered with a hardened face. Even after the lies and betrayal I couldn't help but feel Ronan and Bianca's pain in this all as their own flesh and blood was the one creating all these problems.

We all began to walk towards the safe house with our guns raised. Immediately I was hit with a stench of pennies and something burnt in the air. Both scents I was so familiar with of blood and fire. My heart dropped as we walked through the halls. The house was empty and unfurnished with black out curtains blocking out the sun in every window. As we reached the living room I saw two figures sitting down on a old beat up yellow couch. Our lights quickly illuminating their faces and saw that it was Leo, and Owen.

Leo looked over at us holding glass full of scotch to his face to block out the light as his face was illuminated by the lights of our guns. His light complexion covered in what appeared to be dirt so that the only features shining through were his teeth and eyes. "Natalia" he said exhausted as he rose from his seat."what are you doing here?" he asked with a heavy tired tone as he walked up to hug me." You guys never came back home." I said as he released me. My entire body began shaking as realization set in that Leo wasn't covered in dirt but in ashes and that he wasn't tired but injured on his lower left abdomen. The gauze was soaked as it bled through and smeared on my clothes. "What happened?" I asked looking around. "Where's Callum , Gio, Elijah and Ian?" I asked looking around the living room my heart sinking deeper and deeper as there was no sight of them , "are you okay? We need to get you to the hospital!"

"I'm fine Nat so is Adrián and Ian." He paused staring at me as he got closer to me again, "we were set up." He sighed. "The house blew up while we were all still in it." He said as he pulled me into his arms and held me tight as he continued what he was saying with a heavy heart that almost had him on the brink of tears. "We've been taking turns searching through the debris and rubble Nat. We've searched and done all we can Nat but..."

"BUT WHAT?" I uttered as my body began to tremble in his arms. My eyes pooled with tears as I began to hyperventilate, "but what Leo?" I asked again.

"Callum is dead" Gio said as he limped on a cane from the shadows of a hallway passed the living room. He slowly walked towards Leo and I using the metal cane to hold himself up with. His right leg was completely bandaged up and held up using a makeshift splint."he's gone Nat, I'm sorry to tell you this" he repeated as he swallowed the lump in his throat.

Those words hit me like a speeding car in that moment my body involuntarily went limp and began to slump down to the floor. Leo caught me in his arms. A mixture of a shriek and a sob left my mouth as the pain and anguish took over me. "No!" I sobbed as Leo carried me and placed me on the couch. Nora ran to my side and held me in her arms like a mother would hold a child to comfort. "No! No! No! You're lying!" I sobbed. "It can't be!"

"I'm sorry Natalia" Gio said apologetically. The pain was unbearable, as I wept in Nora's arms. Ronan turned to all the soldiers behind him, "head outside and guard, give our family a moment."

My heart shattering into a million pieces as I cried uncontrollably and heavily. Gio's and Ronan's voices began talking over me. There voices were quickly muted out by the loud ringing in my head and the world around me grew cold and consumed with darkness.