Ella POV:

"Camilla" I called out from the living room.

"Hmm?" Camilla replied, turning around to face me.

"I have a question to ask you"

"And that is?"

"Okay, hypothetically speaking I was in love with someone, but I don't know if I'm in love with them at the same time, because I don't want love feels like. Can you um maybe describe to me to see if I could be in love with him?" I asked.

"Oh my god! I knew it! I fucking knew it! You're in love with Dante!" she screamed.

"What? I didn't say that! I just asked you a question! And as my friend you should answer it" I said, trying to contain my cheeks from turning red.

"Whatever, anyways yes, I'll tell you what love feels like"

"Thank you! You're the best!" I shrieked.

"Love is not about having a perfect relationship; it's about finding someone who matches you and will go through everything without giving up. Even if they know you're the most fucked up person on this earth."

"Um, have you ever been in love?" I asked.

"Maybe..."

"Who? Tell me!"

"I can't" she said, turning around.

"Oh, come on, why?" I asked.

"Because you'll go telling my brother and then my brother will end up killing him" she replied.

"I would never tell your brother, I trusted you with who I love, now you tell me!"

"So, you do love my brother!" she shrieked.

"Shut up, he might hear you!" I shouted.

"Oh my god, I can't believe you're in love with him" she said, grabbing my shoulders and shaking me.

"Okay, now tell me! Who is it! I'm dying with curiosity here!" I said.

"It's um... Alessandro" she said lowly.

"Oh. My. God!" I shrieked.

"Please don't tell my brother!" she said.

"I promise I won't"

"Anyways, I was thinking we could go out shopping, it's getting really boring, just staying here" she said.

"Sure, let me go ask Dante" I said, running off.

I made my way to Dante's office. I still can't believe I just told Camilla that I'm in love with her brother. And I can't wrap my head around the fact that she's in love with Alessandro. What would Dante do if he found out? Would he actually kill him? No, he wouldn't, Alessandro is his best friend and he's known him ever since they were young. But still, you really don't know to what extent that guy will go to, to get what he wants. And that's one of the reasons why I love him, he protects his family even if it means having to hurt himself in the process, he's really cunning and ambitious, something I aspire to be one day.

The mansion was so quiet this afternoon, that I could hear my own footsteps through the long corridor. What is going on? Where is everyone? This isn't normal, usually you could hear men arguing or fighting and even gun shots, whilst they're training. So, what's going on today? My breathing grew heavier as I came closer to Dante's office, and I didn't notice that I was increasing my pace, when I finally made it to Dante's door. I knocked twice and waited for Dante to let me in. But I received no response, Dante didn't call for me to come in. This is when I really started worrying. Where is he? Is he okay? I quickly ran down the long corridor, and for some reason it seemed like the corridor was never coming to an end, my breathing grew heavier, and my legs grew tired, as I ran quicker with every step I took. I decided to go and check his meeting lounge, where he holds his meetings. I knocked about five times quickly.

"Come in" I heard Dante's calm voice call for me.

I ran inside and didn't care if there were other men in this room. I ran over to Dante and threw my arms around his neck. He lightly flinched but hugged me back.

"Ella, are you okay? What's wrong? Why were you running?" Dante asked.

"I uh- I thought something happened to you, you weren't in your office and my mind started over-thinking, I thought- I don't know" I replied, pulling away from him, and trying to catch my breath.

"I'm fine, I have a meeting with the Russian Mafia, did you forget?" he asked.

"Yeah, but there was no sound of anyone else in the mansion" I said.

"Yeah, that's because some are out at the warehouse, and some are here" he replied.

"I'm sorry" I said.

"It's fine, but what did you want?" he asked.

"I wanted to ask for permission to leave, because Camilla wants us to go out shopping" I said.

"It's fine, you can go" he said, with a cute smile.

"Thank you, and again, I'm sorry" I said, walking to the door.

"It's okay, just make sure to come back before six" he said.

"Mhm, bye" I said, walking out.

I ran back to the living room, to be met by Camilla and Alessandro talking.

"Hey, Camilla we can go" I said.

"Oh okay, let's go" Camilla said.

"Where are you two going?" Alessandro asked.

"We're going shopping" Camilla replied.

"Oh okay, have fun and be careful" Alessandro said.

"Yeah, bye" I said, as I grabbed Camilla's hand and ran out the door.

"So, who's driving?" I asked.

"I am" Camilla replied, getting her keys out and unlocking her car.

"This is going to be so much fun!" Camilla shrieked, as she started the car and drove off.

Camilla drove for about an hour, before we finally made it to the mall. We walked in and I could already tell it was super busy, there were people running around everywhere, and there were kids screaming and running around.

"Oh great, there are so many people" Camilla pointed out.

"Yeah true, but let's go!" I said, running in with Camilla's hand in mine.

"Oh my god, we should get matching tops!" Camilla suggested.

"We should!" I shrieked.

"So, I get the red and you get the black?" she asked.

"Yeah, that's fine with me" I said.

"Then let's go try them on" she said.

"Mhm"

"They're so cute!" I said, as I looked at us with the matching tops.

"They are, we are totally getting them!" Camilla said.

"Yeah, let's go pay" I said.

"So, the bill is fourteen euros"

"I'll pay" Camilla said.

"No, we'll split it" I said.

"Nope, I got it" Camilla insisted.

"But that isn't fair" I said.

"It is, now let me pay" she said, handing the woman the money.

"Um, I'm sorry but I think I saw you drop something in the dressing rooms earlier" the woman said.

"What? Oh okay, I'll go check" I said.

"How about you two go and check, so I'll help the couple behind you" the woman said.

"Sure, that really doesn't make any difference to me" Camilla said.

"Okay, thank you" the woman said, as we walked back to the dressing rooms.

"What did we drop?" I asked, as we stepped into the dressing rooms.

"I have no clue" Camilla said, as we searched.

Suddenly, I felt someone grab my shoulder and put a cloth over my mouth. I tried to fight and kick the person, but nothing was working, and slowly everything started going black and I passed out.

I woke up in a dark looking room, with my hands tied again. It was extremely cold and humid, the place looked really old. And the smell that the place had was horrible, it smelt like humidity and trash. Where am I? And where's Camilla?

"Hello?" I shouted into the never ending darkness.

No one answered, but I could hear footsteps approach the room I was in. The closer the footsteps got to me, the heavier my breathing got. Was I going to die? But who is this person? Antonio died, my father is far gone, and oh my god- Marco. But he died, right? I shot him, the night of the attack. But he escaped, why the hell was I so dumb to let him escape! Suddenly, the door creaks open, the noise it made, made my ears bleed. That's when he walked in, Marco. I was right, it was him. But what does he want this time?

"What do you want?" I shouted.

"I'm here to make a deal with you" he said.

"Why the hell would I make a deal with you?" I asked.

"Because your friend's life is on the line" he said, with a smirk.

"What the hell did you to Camilla?" I yelled.

"Oh, I haven't done anything-yet. But that all depends on you, whether you want to make this deal with me to save her life" he said.

"What do I have to do?" I asked.

"First you have to swear to me that you'll do it, even if it means you'll do something horrible" he said.

"I promise, I'll do whatever you want, just don't kill her!" I shouted.

"Fine, you have to go back to the mansion"

"What? That's it?" I asked.

"Oh, you wish it was that easy" he said. He pulled something out from his pocket and held it in front of me.

"What's that?" I asked.

"This is ricin, it's a poison and when ingested can kill any person very quickly if not given treatment immediately, and there's no known cure for it" he said.

"But what does that have to do with anything?" I asked.

"I want you to go back to Dante's mansion and make Dante drink this without telling him anything about it, and if you do, tell him I'll kill Camilla immediately"

"W-what?" I stuttered.

"You already agreed to doing it, so now I'm going to let you go and you're going to go back to the mansion and make Dante drink this" he said, walking towards me.

"But I didn't know that this is what I have to do!" I yelled.

"Too bad, come on your free" he said, as I fell to my knees.

"I can't do it; I can't kill Dante!" I yelled.

"Why? Is it that hard for you to kill someone?" he shouted.

"No, it's because, I- he's a mafia boss, how am I supposed to kill him?" I yelled.

"All you have to fucking do is make him drink this, add it with water or something" he said.

"But-"

"No more buts, go!" he yelled.

I took the poison and ran out, I didn't know what to do, what the hell am I supposed to do? I can't kill Dante, but if I don't, he'll kill Camilla. What do I do? Why is he so cruel? Why does he want to kill him so badly? Why can't he forget what Dante did and put the past behind him? Because he's taking it way too far now! I didn't even notice the cold tears running down my cheeks, as I was running back home. I had no clue of where I was going, or where I am at the moment. Suddenly it started raining, could this day get any worse? I stopped running and stood in the rain before I ran in a bus stop point. There was a middle-aged woman, probably waiting for the bus to come. She had light brown hair and blue eyes. She wore a white top, dark blue jeans, with a big green jacket over. She gave me a smile and I didn't even bother smiling back and put the poison away in my pockets.

"Are you okay? Why are you crying?" she asked.

"Um, no reason" I replied, giving her a fake smile.

"You wouldn't be crying if you were fine"

"You're right, I'm not fine, I don't know what to do anymore, I just-... why is life so hard?"

"I know how you feel trust me; I went through a very difficult time in my life just like you" she said.

"What did you do? If you don't mind me asking"

"I ran away from my problems; I started a new life for myself, and it was the best decision I had ever made" she replied.

"Ran away? But wouldn't that make everything worse? Running away from your problems?" I asked.

"No, not really... Now I'm not saying do the same just keep fighting if you truly believe that you're happy at the moment... But I wasn't, so that's why I ran away...from him" she said.

"Ran away from who?" I asked.

"It doesn't matter, just take my advice if you will, but if you don't want to its okay" she said.

"I just- I don't know what to do, I'm in love with someone, but another person is making me choose between him and my best friend"

"I don't know what to tell you about that, just trust yourself enough to make the right choice" she said, as the bus pulled up.

"T-thank you" I said, as she got onto the bus.

Dante POV:

"Have you seen Camilla and Ella?" I asked Alessandro.

"No, they left to go shopping, didn't Ella tell you?"

"Yeah, but they left hours ago, and I told them to come back at six and it's eleven. I'm getting worried now, do you think they're okay?"

"I'm sure they're fine, but you can call Ella to make sure" he said.

"Yeah, let me go and call her" I said, walking to my room.

I got out my phone and dialed Ella's number. I waited and waited, but she didn't answer, and then the call cut off. Where could she be? Is she okay? I ran out to the main lounge, and out the front door and got in my car and drove off. I had no clue where I was going to look for her, but I just had to go out and look.

Ella POV:

I stood under the bus stop for about half an hour, crying and thinking about what I was going to do. Suddenly I saw the bright lights of a car pull up and a guy got out of the car. It was Dante, how the hell did he find me? He pulled me in and hugged me.

"Dante, I-"

"Oh my god, you're okay. Wait, where's Camilla?" he asked.

"I- I don't know"

"What do you mean you don't know?"

"I just-I don't know, we were uh shopping and she went to use the restroom and never returned, and I tried to look for her and I ended up here" I said. I can't believe I'm lying to him right now.

"Come on, let me get you home and I'll look for my sister after I get you home" he said, carrying me to the car.

We drove back to his mansion in silence. I had no idea of what to say, and I didn't want to somehow let him figure out what's going on, so I just sat there crying and he kept his free hand on my thigh to make me feel better, but it really wasn't helping because when we get back to the mansion, I have to end his life...

Camilla POV:

I woke up in an old looking room, tied to a chair and I could hear two men talking outside of my room. Suddenly the voices stopped and the door creaked open. I couldn't believe who walked in. Wasn't he dead? Didn't Dante and Ella leave him for dead?

"Camilla, I don't have much time to talk to you, but I'm not here to argue or fight with you. I'm here to tell you something" he said.

"What the hell do you want dad?" I yelled.

"Listen Camilla, I'm only here to do the right thing"

"And how am I supposed to believe that?" I asked.

"Because Dante is about to die" he replied. I could tell he wasn't lying; his eyes were sincere, broken and red, like he was crying.

"What?"

"Marco has a plan to kill Dante and he told me about it, he thinks I'm on his side, working with him. But I'm not, I'm going to do everything to save my son" he replied.

"Marco? Isn't Marco dead? Ella shot him"

"He got away and lived somehow and now he made a plan to kill Dante and this time it might just work" he said.

"What's his plan?" I asked.

"He told Ella that he was going to kill you and in order not to kill you Ella had to do something" he replied, pacing through the room.

"What did Ella have to do?" I asked.

"He told her that she had to make Dante drink ricin, a deadly poison, when ingested can kill a person, and if not treated immediately there wouldn't be any cure to save the person"

"W-what? That isn't true, she wouldn't do that, right?" I asked.

"She's on her way back to the mansion right now, I don't know how much time we have left until Date drinks the poison" he replied.

"Then what are you waiting for? Go and stop her!" I shouted.

"I can't, I can't let Dante know that I'm alive, that's why I came and told you, because you're going to be the one to stop her" he said.

"B-but Marco will kill you if he finds out what you're doing" I said.

"And I'm ready to pay the price for it, I want you two to live and have a better life than I ever did. I want you to grow up and fall in love like your brother did. To get married one day and have children. My life has no meaning left to it, so if I die it wouldn't matter" he said.

"You weren't born evil, were you? Someone made you that way" I said, as he untied me.

"We all have our secrets Camilla" he said, as he helped me to my feet.

"I know that your parents favoured Gabriel over you, even though he wasn't their real son" I said.

"Camilla, go!" he shouted.

"I forgive you dad" I said, giving him one last glance before running out.

Ella POV:

We got back to the mansion and walked inside to find the place empty, everyone was probably asleep, it was about midnight now.

"I'll be in my office, trying to find Camilla" he said, but before he could walk away, I grabbed his arm.

"Can I look for her with you?" I asked.

"But aren't you tired? It's almost midnight"

"No, I want to find her" I said, shaking my head.

"Okay then, come on" he said, as he led us to his office.

I closed the door, and he went to sit down, and I sat down across of him. He poured himself a drink and started drinking and I just stood there silent.

"Where could she have gone?" I asked.

"I don't know, but we'll find her. I found you, didn't I?"

"Yeah, hey what are those papers?" I asked, pointing to a stack of papers on his desk.

He turned his head and as he did, I poured the poison in his drink. "These are the contracts that will allow us and the Russian mafia to join and form an alliance" he replied, looking back at me.

"Oh, have they signed yet?" I asked.

"No, not yet. But tomorrow we have a meeting and they're supposed to sign them tomorrow" he replied.

He grabbed his glass and was about to bring it to his lips to drink again, but before he could do so, I grabbed the cup and drank it all myself.

Third POV:

"I'm sorry" Ella whispered as she collapsed to the ground.

"Ella!" Dante screamed.

"Ella, wake up! ELLA!"

"DANTE!" Camilla ran in screaming.

"What the hell is going on!" Dante yelled.

"Oh my god, she took it. Ella took the poison" Camilla yelled, as she rushed to Ella which was now in Dante's arms.

"Poison? Camilla what the fuck is going on? I thought you were missing!" Dante shouted.

"I was, we both were. Marco kidnapped us, he was going to kill me, but he made a deal with Ella that he wouldn't kill me, if she made you drink this poison and kill you. I escaped and tried to stop her from killing you..." I replied.

"Kill me?" Dante asked.

"Yeah, but she couldn't do it, so she drank it herself"

"What poison did she drink?" Dante demanded.

"Ricin, there isn't any cure if the poison has been ingested for a long time" Camilla answered.

"Then call a fucking doctor right now!" Dante shouted.

Camilla simply nodded and called the doctor. "He's coming" Camilla said, with tears running down her cheeks.

Dante POV:

A few minutes have passed since the doctor arrived, he hasn't even let us in the room with her, and he hasn't told us anything about how Ella is doing. I've been pacing through the main lounge and the others were just sitting silently on the couches. With every minute that goes by, the more worried I get. Suddenly, the doctor comes walking into the main lounge.

"Is she okay?" Camilla shouted.

"I don't know yet, she's still unconscious and her body hasn't shown any symptoms of the poison yet, but it surely will. The poison has only been ingested in her for a few minutes, so the symptoms may not show very quickly" the doctor said.

"What are the symptoms that she may have?" I asked.

"Vomiting, severe dehydration which can be followed by low blood pressure, and even seizure, and if not treated very quickly it might cause death" the doctor replied.

"But you can help her, right?" Camilla asked.

"It's not that simple I'm afraid. Ricin doesn't have a cure yet, so all I can do is try to act quickly when she wakes up and give her any type of pills that can cure her from the poison" the doctor replied.

"And when will she wake up?" I asked.

"I'm not sure, it might take days" the doctor replied.

"What? Days? But can't we do something to wake her up?" Camilla asked.

"I'm sorry, but we can't, it's up to her to wake up. And can you please tell me what happened, because no one has told me how she ingested ricin. Was it a suicide attempt? Because no one in their right mind would drink ricin" the doctor said.

"No, it wasn't a suicide attempt, she saved me" I said.

"What?" the doctor asked.

"Someone told her to make me drink it, but instead of letting me drink it, she drank it herself" I replied.

"Oh, well that's not something you hear every day. I can see that she loved you very much, that she put her own life at risk because of you" the doctor said.

"We weren't-" I said, but Camilla cut me off.

"Can we see her?" Camilla asked.

"Sure, and I'll be going now, and I'll come back tomorrow to check on her" the doctor said, before leaving.

"Thank you. So, who's going to go in to see her?" Camilla asked.

"You and I only" I replied.

"Come on then, let's go" Camilla said, running off.

I simply followed her and walked to my room. Camilla opened the door and I walked in behind her. Ella was resting on the bed, slowly breathing. I felt so useless, like I could do nothing to help her. All I could do was blame myself because this was all my fault, the poison was meant for me, not her. I was supposed to die, not her.

"This is all my fault" I mumbled.

"No, it's mine. If only I got here before, I could've stopped her" Camilla said.

"No, I was supposed to be the one who drank it not her, so therefore it's mine"

"I should've got here in time, if only I was a little bit faster, I could've stopped her" Camilla said, as a tear rolled down her cheek.

"It's none of your faults, now stop blaming yourself" Alessandro said, walking in.

"Cosa vuoi?" I asked. (What do you want?)

"I wanted to talk to you about Marco" he replied.

"Andiamo" I said, walking out with him. (Let's go)

We walked back down to the main lounge and the rest of my men had already gone to bed, so it was just Alessandro and I in there. We sat down at a table, when suddenly we heard knocks at the front door.

"Who could be knocking at your door at this hour?" Alessandro asked.

"I have no clue, but whoever it is, is going to regret it" I said, standing up.

"What if it's Marco? What if he found out that Ella was the one who drank the poison?" Alessandro said.

"Well, if it is him, his blood is about to be all over on my hard wooden floor" I said, heading to the door. I slowly opened it and a man stepped in.



"Che diavolo!?" I yelled in disbelief. (What the hell!?)

Author's note:

Hey guys! Who do you think is at the door? And do you think Ella will be okay? I hope you're liking my story, thank you xx