ARIANA’s pov~
I found myself bound to the floor as I screamed helplessly, the guards soon came running in and in no time I was released from my binds.
That fucking rat!
Who was I back there, I was going to kill him! What am I becoming? This world is turning me into a person I can barely recognise.
I can feel Cayenne emerging, slowly but surely.
I can’t believe Julius has been the mole all this time, I thought of Mateo, unconscious in the hospital the mole on the loose!
“Take me to the hospital right now!” I thundered, the guards were all in dishevel, there had been a shift in power and with Julius gone I commanded all of it.
Soon I was at the hospital, it had been almost a full day and he was still in surgery, I called for Doctor Alonzo, to explain the situation of things, while on the lookout for Julius.
I battled with the thought of telling Mateo that his trusted right hand had been working for our father all this while.
It may break his heart, but that wasn’t the priority i needed to know what was going on and why his surgery was taking so long.
I was furious and I took it out on the doctor, i grabbed his coat immediately he stepped into the suite with a smile.
“If you do not tell me why my husband is still in the OR I’ll be forced to use violence against you doctor, do not test me today!” I roared.
I knew he didnt deserve it but I had to pour this anger out on someone! How did I not see it was Julius all this while and now he is gone!
On the run, with two out of the three most powerful families hunting him down.
“Maam please we are doing all we can, it’s a delicate procedure, and every second is crucial” he started before snatching his shirt back from me.
“It’s not safe for him here don’t you understand that, they want him dead! And ill be damned if I let that happen! I made a promise” I said before bursting into tears.
Tears I didnt see coming, I bawled my eyes right there in front of the confused doctors.
“Maam” he started, “look there’s been progress, we can’t know if his legs work until we do a test, all we can do right now is waiting for the surgeons to do their part” he stated before offering me tissue rolls.
“What about his dick?” I asked amidst tears, I sniffled before I saw the doctor’s face look down in disappointment.
“By the time we got to it, it was nearly too late, we can only hope for another miracle, but right now we are fully concentrated on saving his legs” he finished, I nodded in understanding.
I got up and straightened myself, “im leaving extra security here, im not putting his life on the line, if Julius comes here I want him arrested or shot on sight! Understood?” I declared.
I saw him give return a puzzled and perplexed look, “the old man?” he inquired.
“Understood!” I thundered again.
“Yes ma’am and with that, he scurried away, I walked toward the bed Mateo once laid at and raised the pillow to my face, I took a whiff of it but it smelled like the dry cleaner.
I threw it across the room in frustration.
I was alone, with no advisors, no Julius.
“Maam” the guards called before handing me his phone, I sat on Mateo’s well-laid bed, and I caressed the smoothened sheet before placing the phone to my ear.
“Ariana” the voice called and I knew who it was.
The fucking rat.
“Surrender yourself Julius before it’s too late” I replied calmly, I understood that aggravating myself won’t solve the issue.
“I can’t do that Ariana, not when im this close to finding the mole, I was framed,” he said before pausing.
“I saw you hack off a woman’s head! Julius, what the hell did you get mixed up in!, what the fuck do I tell Mateo when he wakes up?” I asked, “surrender now Julius before it’s too late” I added.
“Im sorry Ariana, I can’t explain it but that man in that video wasn’t me, I’ll contact you when I know more and I have proof, I hope I didn’t hurt you and the baby, I’ve arranged direct communication between you and the hijackers, stay peeled to this phone, goodbye Ariana” with that he hung up and once again I was left alone to my thoughts.
I never should have come back home, I thought of Enzo, the nice waiter who wanted to take me out and now im stuck in Italy.
The only female Don and everyone wants me dead or worse a failure, I had to prove them wrong and I will do that by capturing my rogue caporegime.
I couldn’t do it alone, and I had no one, no one but myself.
My other self, Cayenne and it seems I’ll be needing her a lot from now on.
I had just sat in the back seat of the black SUV when I got the call.
“Boss, what do we do?” the man on the other end of the call inquired, his voice was hoarse and they hurt my ears, I put it on speaker mode.
After which I asked the driver to roll up the partition glass.
“You have them secured, good, I’ll give you a call soon, with coordinates of where to land the plane,” I said, “until then keep flying” With that I hung up on him.
Officer Assisi wasted no time in picking up the call.
” it was too early to start calling in those favours Don Donatelli, once I indulge there’s no going back and you are going to have to come through with your end of the deal” he reminded me before giving me a small laugh.
“It’s never too late in this godforsaken world, I’ve hijacked a plane midair” I started.
“You what!” he exclaimed before laughing, “We do need more women in the game! You are catching on fast Ariana” he laughed again.
“This is not an enemy jet, my sister is on it, she was on her way to Colombia, but I need new coordinates for her to land safely, and a good hiding spot” I stated.
There was silence at the end of the line before he spoke.
“I heard rumours your father was involved with Eliano, he keeps treading dangerous Water Ariana, he is getting on our last nerve!” Paul said before banging the table on the other end.
I rolled my eyes as the SUV started and we were on the move.
“Are you doing this or not, they’ve been flying aimlessly for a while now” I mentioned.
Another silence followed.
“It’s not going to be easy, but I’ll see what I can arrange, I’ll place her in witsec only if she’s going to testify against her father in international court”
He switched the deal, conspiring bastard.
“That wasn’t part of the deal!” I exclaimed, “Deals change princess, we need a witness, your sister is a stellar one at that,” he said and I could imagine the grin plastered under his fake ginger beard.
“Fine, but that will be her choice” I noted, “great, give me an hour ill send in new coordinates to land, agents will be waiting to take her into the witness security programme, immediately” he mentioned before bidding me goodbye.
I heaved a sigh of relief, two siblings out of the way one more to rescue and her angry mama.
I slumped into the back seat and nudged myself into it when I got yet another call.
If this is Paul trying to corner another deal out of me it would be a cold day in hell before that happens again.
“I never thought I’d see the day my daughter would undermine me” the voice came.
I sat up straight I was scared, but I knew I had to step up… for Mateo for my baby.
“Hello Don Rinaldi, you lost all right to call me daughter after what you have done” I stated.
He laughed heartily.
“You are just like your mother, unruly till the end” he mentioned.
I was quiet, “you have what belongs to me and I want them back” he started.
“They are your fucking children you heartless piece of shit and you are never getting them back, when im done with all this mess im coming for you” I declared boldly.
He laughed for a long time.
“I know you killed Mateo’s parent and I’ll find proof when I do you are going to prison for a long time papa”
The line went dead and I took a deep breath.
Maybe… I shouldn’t have done that.