Under A Dark Cloud

Chapter 40

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But you kinda have to get ready for a little heartache for this one.

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Two days after the kidnapping....

Third person's Pov :

It was only yesterday after finding out yesterday that Keira was missing and nowhere to be found. Searching for every clue or sign or anything close to finding her, Cloud became desperate as tendrils of panic and worry wrapped around him, suffocating him. It was revealed that two of his own men were actually working for the enemy and it was all planned out from the start. It wasn't too soon until Nonno Antonio decided to bring Jennifer into questioning with her father, confused and angry with the situation until she snapped and shrieked everything about how it was all Keira's fault and if she was the reason all of this ever happened. She also added that she was the one who helped them and planned the part in making Keira believe that he was sleeping with her. This took every ounce of will power of Cloud to not kill her there and now and he never cared about his grandfather's friend's daughter's blood spill and gush out from her into a think pool of blood. Luca, with no hesistation and the right, pulled the hair of Jennifer and slapped her right across the face in front of her own father. Alfredo was bewildered for a moment until everything clicked in and suddenly became angry and embarrased of his own daughter, He decided to cut her out and disowned her right from the spot.

From that moment, It felt worse than a punch in the gut after learning the truth as Cloud started to blame himself that all of it was his fault and was convinced that all of this was the price or punishment he has to pay. The price for being too blind to see and understand and turned to believe on his own foolish pride.

Cloud looked like an angry wounded beast with a moribund expression on his face as he was no longer himself when anger, depression, sadness and guilt mixed in together drove him into full rage and clouded his mind as he continues to destroy things with his bare hands, now bleeding with cuts and bruises in his knuckles and fists.

It was all too painful for Louisa to bear to see her own child, her own son, acting like this after losing the only woman he had dearly loved all too much in his life, as she broke down and sobbed as Luca tried to comfort her as well but ended up crying with her. It was too painful as well for everyone in the room who had witnessed the broken hearted king who had lost his queen.

Feeling that now is the time to act and stop his brother from wrecking anymore objects and getting himself hurt in the process, Damanico immediately ran to Cloud as he tried to stop his brother.

" Cloud! Get a grip of yourself! This is what they want! This is what they planned! Don't let them have the pleasure in destroying who you are and give up yet, you stupid bastard! Wake up! "

Cloud was blinded in mortification and in anger as he glared at Damanico with his bloodshot eyes as He pushed Damanico away with great force. Damanico stumbled down and scrambled back up as he enveloped his brother in a very tight embrace to prevent him from doing anymore collateral damage in the room and himself. This enraged Cloud more as He tried to break free from Damanico's grip as He shouted,

" Don't you dare try to stop me, You m*****f****r! Let me go! You all know that this was all my fault and all of this happened because of me, so let me go! "

" It wasn't your f**king fault, stupid! None of this was your fault! It was all that stupid family's fault! If only they would finally acknowledge that they can't bring us fu**ing down!, " Damanico exclaimed back as he struggled keeping Cloud from breaking free of his lock but he knew that what he said was partly true. Cloud was part of the reason why He had not come after his wife and directly demanded for an answer from her personally instead of sulking around and shutting himself out from her.

Cloud howled in anger when he knew Damanico had lied for a bit as he broke free from Damanico and grabbed him securely as He threw his own brother far from him with the anger that fuelled his strength, making Damanico fly a few meters before hitting the wall with a thud.

Damanico groaned out in pain as a small thin line of blood dripped down his head. He immediately went back up without a care of thought of having concusion as He slowly stood up with the support of his hands on the wall and barked out orders to his men.

" Hold him down! Do not let him loose and let him stay down now! Someone bring in the tranquilizer. Our capo is not well and we have to help him calm down the hard way or by force! "

As ordered in the moment Damanico tackled Cloud again, the soldiers joined in and pinned their own capo down on the ground as he wriggled in anger and rage. Cloud screamed out and spouted delusional things as one of the men had come back in the room and injected him with a minor tranquilizer.

A few good seconds later, Cloud was starting to become less and less more restraining and resist less as he continued to wail out and apoligize in sadness, pain and regret.

" Keira....I'm sorry.....Keira..... Keira....I'm sorry, dammit.....Keira..... Keira.... I'm sorry... "

The only thing Cloud ever saw and mainly focused on infront of him before blacking out when the effects of tranquilizer have finally kicked in as his eyes started to become heavy and starts to flutter close, was a broken picture frame of his own beautiful wife in their wedding day, looking straight at the camera as if looking straight back at him, with a sincere and happy smile on her face. Cloud tried his best to reach out to the picture frame until everything from his vision went all black.

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Only a few hours later, Cloud has calmed down and was completely asleep in his newly replaced bed with bandages wrapped around his hands and knuckles as people quietly placed the final touches of his newly replaced room, just how it is before the destruction happened.

As the final touches were done, Everyone left in the room silently. Even the Valentino family left Cloud in his room to rest except for Damanico, who stood there, leaning on the door frame as He watched his twin brother sleep while hugging his wife's wedding dress close to him and her picture frame beside him, with a sympathetic yet sad smile.

Damanico could see another glistening tear go down his brother's face as Cloud's expression turned into a sad and dejected one as he cried out in a soft, almost breaking voice.

" Keira.... I'm sorry...I love you, mi amore... I didn't mean for this to happen... "

Damanico frowned as he heard his brother murmured those words from his sleep and quietly went beside his bed and bent down to softly whisper to Cloud and made sure no one can hear him but Cloud himself, even if he is asleep.

" Remember the days when I told you like a hundred times that love isn't always easy and the ones you loved could hurt you the most but all of those were worth it? All of those were the things I've hinted to you about when it comes to love. And I was trying to warn you if you did find that girl, you'd treasure her forever and never let her go or let her feel any signs or emotions of unwantedness and unloved. I hinted those... so that you won't end up early like me.... Keira was the only one for you and I can see that you loved her all too well, Mi fratello and I swear I will do my best to help you get her back... "

Damanico looked at his brother one more time as he shook his head with a small smile and went out of the room as he turned off the lights and walked out the door as he closed it with a soft click.