Lealtà {18+}

LEALTÀ - Chapter thirty-seven - LAST CHAPTER PART I

Chapter thirty-seven. The king shall rise, The king shall fall...

Desta Castello
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This can't be fucking happening!

I woke up with a knock on my shoulder, Angelo looking angry and afriad. Ella was standing close to her daddy. Holding his arm, in pure fear. Not understanding what was going on. But Angelo did. And so did I when I saw the look on his face.

We were fucked. I looked at Kimberly, sleeping peacefuly. We walked out of the dark room, standing in the hallway.

"Speak," I said to Angelo. He swallowed the saliva that was in his mouth, trying to make up words.

"Five SUV's is on their way. About ten-fifteen minutes away...Desta. We won't survive this, please think at least of the possibility to run. Don't make one of us die." He pleaded. His eyes full of tears, looking down at his daughter. His whole world...

"I will stand my ground." I walked down the stairs, and all of my men were gathered in my office. I pushed the doors open, seeing all of them ready for war.

"Men. I will give you a choice today. A choice of staying alive or dead." They all looked at me with stern faces.

"If you would like to go back to your families, hug your children - your parents. Go ahead. You have ten minutes, now. If not? Stand with me. Stand with me, until your last drop of blood. A king shall rise, and a king shall...fall."

Nobody moves. Not even Angelo. Everyone lookes at me with smiles on their faces.

"We will not leave your side, boss." Alexandro said. He looked at me with courage. His eyes were bright and I know that he will die for me. I looked him in the eyes with a bad feeling. But I pushed it away.

"You all has been with me from the beginning. And you all should be there with me until the end...

Loyalty is what we stand for. Loyalty is what you all has shown me these years. And you all deserve it. So let me bow to you. For everything. Let me be there until my very last breath. Let me carry your casket down that
Church, when the bells ring for your service. But most of all!

Let me be the one who yells your name when the sun goes down, and the moon goes up. Let me be the one with the burden, the pain and with the memories. Let me carry you. Like you all been carrying me all this time."

Everyone were silent. The whole room were in peace for a moment, as I bowed to all of my men. For the first time. For the last time. For death...for life. For brotherhood. For loyalty.

"Lealtà." I say with a soft voice as I look up into Alexandro's, Angelo's and Kian's eyes. The closest to me. My brothers.

My family.

"Lealtà!" Everyone say in unison.

I'm so far from being me. So far from being home. But yet so close. I am this man, I am this leader and I am a monster in reality. I stand out here alone with my thoughts, but not alone in my heart. But alone in my mind. Alone in my destiny. Alone in fate and alone in the hell I'm traped in.

This will be the last time I'm going to take shit. The last chance of showing the underworld who is the king. Who is the monster and who is the writer of the rules. I'll show them.