grumbled as she leaned back on
scolded. "There's no such thi
she answered. "If any more las
er mother snapped, her fork falling f
er eyes. "I'm
her a sympathetic smile before he continued e
oro's mansion. The Santoro family had d
er has become tense lately. The smallest of things irritated him, the sm
d her to no end. She had tried to talk to him several times bu
ood so he and his father we
he chandelier, l
barely called her by her given name, s
d he had a frown on his
tant we would like to di
ble. She looked at her mother and brother an
d. "I'm list
nodded. "
off by the sound of gunshots
before he threw Lena down an
and the room fell sil
ouse. She raised her head slightly but Adriano pushed her head back down. But
er passed t
e?" She had never heard her fat
a deep voice answered. "You do no
What was
ere for," the man conti
l, Antoine? You have come to kill me. And whether I give you wh
it. How did her fath
e, Santoro," Antoine said. "Gi
d rathe
alled her father's name, h
re. Nothing wil
fe false hope, Sant
her father's face was twisted with anger. His voic
ame here for. Your
nothing. Why was
ice. She was screaming, shouting at the men to leave her alo
ther pushed her back down, his body stil
Santoro. Give us what we cam
r stopped
s turned to sobs. Lena heard a man's grunt and she
and she had to bite her l
her father's name bu
her. She clenched her teeth to keep the sob that wanted t
red as he crawled to his wife,
o cry when he had
nce, Santoro," Antoine
thing and just hel
n horror as blood rolled down her fa
muffled by her brother's
her fol
er brother's weight
pered into her ear. "Bring
d before he went still. Warm blood poured dow
her gunshot to soun
nie commanded. "Make sur
s,
ed her household. She remained silent, her body trem
gasoline fi
anything?" A
, S
ht i
il she was sure the men was gone before she managed to move he
blurry eyes while the fire raged around her, h
is forehead before she walked to her
g ones and kissed them. "I will get re
her fist around the cold metal before she tu
ll of flame soaring through the air and landing on her hand. The sound
. No. She had to live
the reassuran
nd before she turned. Smoke filled her lungs an
he crawled her way out of her burning home, coug
she broke out of the burnin
here she stood and watched her lif
e and firefighters arrived. But the
the sun broke out in the cloud. And as the sun
omeone else. Someone who was going to find he