I looked at her possessively before grabbing her by the nape of her neck and pulling her closer to me, our lips a breath away.
"You are mine. Only mine. Understand?" I gritted out and she nodded slowly.
"Good. Because I'll fucking kill any man who l...
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"Nico!" I heard her voice call out to me and rushed towards the sound, my heart beating wildly in my chest when I spotted her being dragged away by two men.
"Let go of her!" I shouted, pointing my gun at the two shot them dead. Sprinting to her, she ran towards me and jumped into my arms while my men held off the others.
"Dove, my baby, my love." We both held each other other, her sobbing into my chest as I placed kisses on the top of her head before making her look up at me.
"You're okay baby, we're okay. I love you." I cooed, kissing her soft lips.
She immediately responded, kissing me back feverishly before she fell forward into my arms, her grip around me loosening when I tasted something metallic in my mouth.
Blood.
My blood running cold, I held her arms and pulled away from her when I felt my shirt clinging to my stomach and looked down, only to see blood.
Only problem was, it wasn't mine.
"Dove..." I rasped, my voice hoarse as blood pooled out of the bullet hole in her stomach, crimson flowing out of her mouth as she dropped to the ground beside me, lifeless blue eyes staring back at me.
"NO!" I shouted, sitting up with a jolt as I pulled my gun out on instinct, my finger ready to pull the trigger but all I saw in front of me was Jake looking at me worried with his hands up in surrender.
"Ace, it's me, Jake. You okay?" He asked worried when I looked around the car we were in, in alarm, on our way to the warehouse when I nodded, running a hand over my face.
"Bad dream?" He asked and I nodded, looking out at the abandoned buildings around as we remained quiet for a while.
"I saw her get shot. She-..." I stopped, my voice thick with emotion when I gulped and Jake put a hand on my shoulder.
"She's alright, and we'll get her back to you safe and sound so you can actually marry her." He said and I nodded as we stopped near a familiar building in Catania, Italy.
The city where Giovanni spent five years of his life.
We had a plan, we had the men, we had the guns and we had a mission. Now, all we needed was for the plan to work so all the rest of the the dominos would follow.
"Did we get more men?" I asked and Jake nodded as looked around the warehouse. We had been here for nearly an hour now, and dread was building up inside me rapidly.
"All of 'em, don. We're ready to leave." He said and I nodded, downing my scotch in one go as I exited the warehouse, looking over all the men and my family who had gathered here.
