The True Mafia Heir

Chapter 24

Anna POV

I had spent my week going to the training course every day and working on the knife course, the group that had gone to Italy had been on a tech blackout apparently, so I couldn't contact them at any point. I missed them so much, I was excited when I left the compound on Saturday evening because I knew they were coming home on Sunday. As I got in the car to go back to the house, I had a feeling that someone was watching me, I asked the guards if they had seen anything but they hadn't, and I couldn't see anything, but I had learnt a long time ago to trust this instinct, so when I got in the car, I made sure my phone was next to me with Andrew's number punched in, just waiting for me to hit dial, and my weapons were all ready for use. I started driving and sure enough, a car started following, I took the long route and they were definitely following me, when I started approaching the house though, they picked up speed and drove past me, I thought that was a little odd, but drove into the driveway and got out of the car. I look around again but didn't see anything. I approached the front door and heard footsteps behind me, I pushed dial on the phone, but before I could say anything, I was hit to the back of the head with something very hard. I dropped the phone and tried to spin around. I was seeing stars but I needed to fight. I could see two large shadows in front of me. They were blurry and kept moving, or perhaps I was the one who was moving? I gathered all of my might and threw one of the knives. Nothing happened, I grabbed my gun, while trying to stay upright, I felt a punch connect with my stomach and I stumbled backwards, trying to stay upright, I tried to aim the gun and fired, "Ahh!" well, I've hit someone. I felt another punch connect with my jaw. Followed by what I think was a kick to the stomach again, and then something sharp pierced my skin. I fell down this time and the beating began. I just felt kick after kick after kick, to my stomach, face, back of my head. I didn't even have the energy left to raise my arms to protect myself. The stars in front of my face were soon replaced by darkness, the sound of the crunching of the pebbles on the driveway was replaced by a buzzing inside of my own head. This was it; this was my end.

Marcus POV

We finally finished the damn mission. We had managed to secure our Italian base as well as setting up a new weapon trade route and some new drug contacts. We also had killed a couple of mafia men who had been working as snitches and they will no longer be talking to anyone. I had missed my kitten so much, I hated not being able to hear her voice, or see her, but it had to be this way, it was the safest for everyone. When we got to the airport, while we were loading the luggage into the plane, I turned on my phone to check for messages. My phone was blowing up, I looked over to Alexander who seemed to have the same issue. I had 68 missed calls from Andrew and Sebastian, 12 missed calls from the house and 103 messages.

I phoned Andrew. "Marcus, where the hell have you been?" he yelled at me.

"We had a tech blackout, what the hell happened Andrew?" I asked as I signaled Alex to come over so he could hear as well.

"It's Anna...."

"What happened Andrew, is she ok?"

"No, no she's not Marcus, she's hurt, she's hurt really bad. She's not waking up. She had to have emergency surgery and is having her second surgery as we speak. Marcus, she has flatlined 4 times now. The doctors don't know if she's going to survive."

I dropped the phoneand fell to my knees. Alexander picked up my phone and continued to talk to Andrew to get the details. Oh God, what have I done?

*

"Can't this damn plane go any faster?" I yelled at no one in particular.

I looked over at Cole, "Those fucking cars better be ready to go when we get there, I'm not waiting for luggage, I'm getting in that first car and going." Cole nodded and stood up to talk to the pilot.

"Tylor, have you got that footage yet? Do we have any idea who's behind this shit yet?"

"Working on it boss."

"Work faster, I thought you were good at this shit."

"I'm the best boss, I'm nearly there, give me another 2 minutes."

"What happened again, Alex?"

Alex sighed, "from what Andrew said, she called them but dropped the phone before she could say anything, they heard people walking on the driveway, the sounds of someone getting beaten up, a gun being shot. They tried to get there, but when they arrived 30 minutes later all they found was Anna laying in the driveway bleeding out with a note attached to her bra. They took her straight to the hospital wing and the doctors started working on here. That's all I know without the CCTV."

"30 fucking minutes? They were told to situate 15 minutes away, what the hell took 30 minutes?" I yelled.

"I don't know boss; you'll need to ask them."

"And what the fuck did the note say?"

"Andrew wouldn't tell me what the note said, but he told me to tell you that they've increased security ten-fold until you get home."

"I've got it, boss, I don't know if you want to watch it right now though, it looks pretty bad," explained Tylor

"Bring it to me now," I say through gritted teeth.

*

I was furious, how dare someone attack my Anna, the attackers were all covered, so we couldn't get their facial details, when I got home, I went straight down to the hospital ward to check on Anna. She was still asleep, she was covered in bruises, she had cords and drips coming from everywhere and an oxygen mask on. I saw Andrew in the chair next to her, I stormed over to him.

"Show me the fucking note." He handed it over to me as if he expected this to be my reaction.

Not a smart move Marcus,

You should have known better than,

To leave your pretty kitten alone,

When you weren't here to protect her.

We could have taken her, but we chose not to.

It'll be much more fun taking her when you're here to watch.

Until next time....

"What has the doctor said?" I ask Andrew.

"That's it's still touch and go, the sooner she wakes up the better. Her uncles and I have been taking turns sitting here with her since her last surgery finished."

"Why the bloody hell did it take you so long to get here last night?" I yell.

"She didn't say a word on the phone, it was just complete silence, we didn't know what was going on, and then when we figured it out, there were two of their cars waiting for us down the road, we had to kill them all before we could get through. What I want to know Marcus, is why did you leave her alone with only some fucking guards? What the hell were you thinking?" He yelled back at me.

"Enough!" came Damien's voice. "For God's sake, Anna is lying there in a fucking coma and all the two of you can do is blame each other for it? Marcus, you have to admit that you left her open for attack. Andrew, you have to admit that you should have been here sooner than you were. You both made errors, but right now that is not important. Get over your damn selves and focus on the one person you both love."

"My father is right, I'll stay here for a while, you and your brothers are welcome to stay in our guest rooms to save you going back to your compound for now. I have Tylor working on the CCTV from here as well as the compound, in case they followed her from there. I spoke to the guards at the compound and apparently she asked them before she left there last night if they had seen anything strange, and the timeline doesn't add up, the time that she left there last night should have had her back here 20 to 30 minutes before she arrived, which makes me think she was trying to lose someone in the car, or her car was stopped somewhere for whatever reason. I'm also bringing up her tracking device for the last 24 hours to see exactly where she has been. I will, of course, keep you updated with whatever we find out." I explain.

He nods, "thank you." He takes Anna's hand, kisses the back of it and leaves the room.