They should never have met.
Each one of them lived in different parts of the world. She lived in the light, an ordinary existence while he kept to the shadows, the underworld.
But one fate encounter brought them together and no matter how hard the...
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Maximus
"This is taking too long." Romano said pacing inside Lorenzo's estate office where the three of us were sitting. "We should be tearing them apart not still waiting on Luka decoding internet shit."
Lorenzo leaned back in his chair. "Calm down."
Romano glared and continued pacing. "Calm? Carnellio is still underground and working with our enemies to strike at us. And here we are, sitting and waiting. We should be hunting them down."
"Romano." Lorenzo said slowly. "We are not fools. We know that Carnellio is working with others but we don't know who is helping him stay hidden. We have a long list of enemies, it would be foolish to hunt blindly."
Running a hand through my hair I fought myself from rising to Romano's emotions. "Romano, no one wants to make Carnellio suffer more than me. We can't do that if we jump at every enemy's throat. It would alienate ourselves and make him go underground deeper. We must wait till we know where Carnellio is and who he's been working with."
Lorenzo nodded. "We must be patient and ready to act when we get all the facts."
Romano made himself a drink. "I hate waiting."
"Learn to." Lorenzo scolded.
"Fine. So Sebastian? What we think?" Romano asked bringing his drink to his lips.
I looked to Lorenzo. "He saved Stella's life and has been dedicated to her charge. Think he would be a great man to wear our mark."
Lorenzo nodded. "I agree, he has shown himself worthy, decision now lies with Stella."
Tilting my head, I wondered why it would be up to Stella. It took five seconds for it to click. "No." I growled making Lorenzo give me a look for my attitude.
He stood up, walked to his drink counter, picked up a bottle and poured himself a glass. "Bylaws state that if a member of the family is saved by a man who is still proving themselves, whoever was saved marks them. Stella is your woman and carrying your child, she marks him."
Standing up I shook my head. "One she is pregnant, she can barely even stomach smelling certain food and now she has to smell burning flesh? Fuck no. And second this is Stella, she is pure and innocent, branding someone goes against everything she is."
Lorenzo slowly turned to face me, his chin lifting up to give off cool air making him full Don mode. "Stella accepts being with you. She wants to be part of this family, she must do what that entails. Marking."
Shaking my head, I paced. "He saved her before she knew me and accepted the family. You could still mark him for that, or I will since she is tied to me."
"Your testing her." Romano mused to Lorenzo making me scoff in agreement.
Lorenzo walked behind his desk sitting back down while he kept eye contact. "It's time to see if she can live in this life Maximus. This is her crossroad."
