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“Step down, Falco,” the unknown man, who I assume is Filippo demands. “Or we will tear her apart.”
“Never,” I growl.
“What is it?” Carlo asks.
“Videos of the fuckers torturing Gabriella,” I mutter, my tone filled with the promise of death. “They want me to step down, or she dies.”
He sucks in a deep breath before letting it out slowly. “What are we going to do?”
Locking eyes with my second-in-charge, I growl, “We’re going to war.”
Chapter 37
Gabriella
When I startle awake, my entire body aches so badly, I let out a gasp before groaning.
Dio.
They left me hanging overnight, and the room is freezing. The extreme chill in my body makes the pain so much worse.
There’s complete silence as I glance around the room.
Yesterday, I was too shocked by the attack and torture to take in anything.
I see a metal table and various tools and knives. There’s also a stick with prongs, which they used to electrocute me with. The laptop is still on the table, and the camera’s pointed at me. It looks like I’m in a basement.
Knowing I’m being recorded, I lift my head and school my face into an emotionless expression.
What doesn’t break you makes you stronger.
With nothing to do but think, my thoughts turn to the attack.
Aunt Greta. Gerardo. Martha.
Sorrow pours into my chest.
Please let Aunt Greta be okay. Dio. I hope they got to her in time.
When a lump forms in my throat, I try to swallow it down.
Before I’m able to process my sorrow, it sinks in hard that I’ve been taken captive. I’ve been stripped to my underwear, and the piece of paper is still stapled to my stomach.
My harrowing situation fills me with immense dread, the realization that I won’t get out of here alive shuddering through me.
My first thought isn’t about where I’ll go when I die but about everything I’ll miss out on.
There was so much I wanted to do.
I’ll never become a mother.
I won’t get to go on my honeymoon with Damiano.
Damiano.
I won’t see him again.
The heartache tearing through me is too much to handle, and my mind scrambles to shove all the emotions into the darkest corner of my soul.
