|| Book 1 of the Syndicate Series || [Standalone]
When young Diovanna is framed for something she didn't do and is sent off to a "boarding school" she feels abandoned and betrayed. But one thing was for sure, this boarding school was no ordinary sc...
Song~ I know the End - Phoebe Bridgers Song~ Mount Everest - Labrinth Song ~ Way down we Go - KALEO TW- Violence
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I'm freaking out.
The ball is in three hours.
That's three hours until I meet my father. The father my mom told me countless of times was dead.
I guess I just want him to like me.
I still don't understand why my mom would lie to me. I thought my mom loved me, that she was doing all those things to make me strong and better.
But Diovanna says those things were wrong. Diovanna is my big sister, and I love her.
However the more I live with Dio, the more I'm starting to feel like my mom was wrong.
I'm starting to feel like my mother was just doing those things to hurt me. She always told me to trust her- that everything she was doing to me and making me do was for a reason.
But I'm conflicted.
Dio has taught me so many new things- Even our brothers. Ares lets me color his tattoos. Matteo eats whipped cream with me. Luca likes to draw with me.
I wasn't allowed to do any of that when I was at the boarding school, or with my mom. But maybe she had a reason?
I mean, there is so much more that everyone has done for me since Diovanna took me in.
So why would my mom do that? Why would she do those things to me? Why would she make me do all that training if it wasn't love? It had to be out of love, she would never have the intention to hurt me.
She told me that.
I just don't understand.
I never understand.
Stupid, stupid, stupid.
She had a reason.
She loves you-
"Bella?" Diovanna's voice sounds from the other side of the door.
"Hey," I say softly when she steps in the room. I was getting ready in my room right now while Dio got ready in her room.
I think it was so we could show each other our look when we both were in our dresses.
Like a reveal.
She gives me a smile when she sees me, "You okay?" She asks, "You look conflicted."
How does she always know?
I just shake my head, "I'm fine."
Dio gives me a pointed look but doesn't comment, "Okay, you know I'm here for anything you need."
