School had already ended and my mind was still racing with the thought of Alessio. What is wrong with me?!

I walked to my brothers who were standing by the car looking impatient as ever

"Where the fuck were you?" Damon snapped.

"What the fuck is your problem?. I came as quickly as I could so shut the fuck up" I sneered at him

"Enough you two. It's too early for this shit, get in the car so we can leave" Stephano said giving us a harsh glare that shut us up quickly

We piled up in the car and drove off. On the way I noticed a black car a little bit behind us. I shrugged it off but I started to panic when I saw that the vehicle kept on taking the same turns as we did

"We're being followed" I said in a grave tone

"I know" Stephano said with gritted teeth as he stepped on the pedal hard. Creating a space between us and the vehicle

"Call Antonio right now" Stephano said stiffly when he saw them catching up with us

I fumbled with my phone and dialed his number and he picked up immediately fortunately for us

"Tony a car is following us. Please send help" I said hastily

"We're tracking you guys now. We'll send some men over immediately, please stay hidden bambina, don't get hurt" I could sense the worry in his tone but I can't just sit still and let only my brothers fight

"Okay" I said and hung up immediately. If he knew what I'm about to do then he'd kill me

I brought out a gun from under the seat and pulled my window down

"What the fuck are you doing Gabriella?. Get down right now!" Xander yelled at me and pulled my body down with his over mine

"Get off me, I know what I'm doing. Just trust me" I said trying to push him off me

"Shut up you stupid brat. Are you trying to get killed?!" Damon yelled at me and I glared at him. This is not the time to act with anger

"Kindly shut the fuck up before I throw you out of the car" I warned and he glared at me before turning away

"Go ahead and kill yourself, see if I care" he mumbled under his breath

Stupid fucker

"Gabriella give me the gun. I'll do it just stay down please" Bruno said softly, placing his hand on the gun

"Can you all shut up this is not the time for this drama!" Stephano yelled at us as the car behind rammed into ours

"Fuck!" Matteo yelled as his head hit the window hard causing blood to spill out

I grunted as I saw Matteo slipping in and out of consciousness. I roughly pushed Xander off me and pushed half my body out of the window

I aimed at their tiers and shot it, causing the car to let out a loud and painful screech as it came to a stop

"You fuckin bitch are you crazy?!" Damon asked in shock, he stared at the car as it faded in a distance

"You're welcome" I said and sat back down with a huff

I looked at Matteo and saw Xander applying pressure to the wound on his head

"You're in big trouble when we get back home missy" Xander snapped when he saw me looking at him

I sighed knowing the inevitable trouble awaiting me at home

Antonio's pov I was currently in the office with Alessandro and Domenico. Someone blew up our shipments worth over a billion dollars. Not to mention they killed some of my trusted men

We've all been on edge ever since, of course it didn't affect us too much but if we let them get away then it would make anyone think they can mess with us. When I get my hands on them, I will give them a faith worse than death

"What should we do Antonio?" Dom asked frustratedly

We are sure that the Mexicans are behind this, but I have a feeling that it's far deeper than that. They don't have the balls to attack us so ferociously except someone bigger is helping them

My phone rang, interrupting my thoughts. I stared down at the phone and saw that my bambina was calling me, a smile grew on my face as I thought of my sorella.

I picked up and my face grew darker as I heard the dread that filled her voice

"We're tracking you guys right now. We'll send some men immediately, please stay hidden bambina, don't get hurt" I said, my grip on the phone tightening in anger

'Damn you Russians'

"Domenico track the kids right now" I said calmly, despite the fact that I was burning in anger at the thought of my bambina getting hurt or possibly taken away from me again

Dom started typing quickly on his computer and within minutes he got their location and I sent some of our strongest men to the location

"Do you think they'll be okay?" Ales asked not trying to hide his worry

"They will, they have to be" I said firmly.

Gabriella's pov We neared the house and I started getting nervous because I knew what is waiting for me

Too soon we pulled up at the garage and i hesitantly got down. We made our way to the front door and we walked in to see everyone in the living room. Our aunts and grandma looked pale

"Oh thank goodness. My precious babies are back" grandma said with tears in her eyes and immediately engulfed all of us in a warm and loving hug

"Are you all okay?. Did you get hurt?" Emilio asked worriedly and we all gave way for them to see Matteo and their eyes widened

"Mio dio" Nico winced seeing Matteo's head (my god)

"Come here" Leonardo said as he and Angelo helped Matteo to sit while tending to his wound

"What happened?" Antonio asked as he squinted his eyes at us

"Well your little sister here thought it would be a good idea to get her body out of the car and shoot the tiers of the vehicle that was chasing us" Damon said with a smug smile

Antonio's eyes visibly darkened as he stared at me. The others had long stopped what they were doing

"You did what?!. Didn't I tell you to stay hidden, why did you choose to do something so foolish!" Antonio yelled at me causing me to flinch lightly

"I'm sorry I just couldn't sit back and do nothing. They would have cut up with us if I didn't" I tried to explain

"Then why didn't you listen to Bruno when he said he would do it?. Were you expecting a thank you when you did that?" Damon taunted again and I fought the urge to put a bullet in his head

"Can you ever shut up?!" Xavier for the first time snapped at him angrily

"No leave him alone. Gabriella was stubborn, I told her to stay down but she pushed me away. She was reckless and would have lost her life because of her stupidity" Xander said icily

I bowed my head and bit my lips hard. I know what I did was reckless but I wouldn't do it if I wasn't sure it would work. Why can't they understand that?, Do they think I'm stupid

"I'm sorry" I apologized

"Are you really?. Are you too thick headed that you don't understand when not to do something stupid?. I told you to stay hidden, why couldn't you just let your brothers handle it!" Antonio said coldly and I felt my heart clench. That hurt more than it was supposed to

"I am sorry, I knew what I was doing. Matteo got hurt and I just thought that I would be able to do something"

"Something that could've gotten you killed. Did you think how we would feel if something were to happen to you?!" Nico said with disappointment evident on his face.

"Leave her alone. She knew what she was doing, and if she hadn't done that then we all would have gotten caught and probably be dead right now. So instead of you all yelling and scolding her, you should be thanking her" Matteo said causing me to smile softly at him

"He's right you know, any of us would have done what she did so cut her some slack. I don't know about the other but I'm proud of you bambina" Dom said and planted a kiss on my forehead

I looked back at Antonio to see that he was already staring at me with his cold eyes. He really is mad at me..

"Don't you ever dare do that again Gabriella or I will deal with you in my own way" he warned causing me to gulp lightly. He started walking towards me and I quickly stepped back in fright

"I'm not going to hurt you bambina, I would never do that. I'm not mad at you, I was just worried, I thought we would lose you again. Please don't do that again" he said looking physically pained making my heart break in two

How much did I mean to all of them?. Do they really love me like they say they do?. Will I ever be able to tell them everything that happened?

All these questions began to haunt me and I tried to push them back. I felt him hug me tightly and I sighed in contentment, I'm glad to be in my big brothers arms

"Okay so you all forgot about me and my bleeding head?" Matteo said effectively drawing the attention to him, our eyes widened when we saw how pale he was

"Shit" Leo cursed and continued to clean his wound

"I'm sorry bud, I couldn't protect you" Tony apologized with a soft look as he stared at Matteo who looked back at him with a small smile

"I'm okay Tony. But after this I will need alot of food to replenish all the blood I've lost" he said with sparkling eyes causing us to chuckle. Matteo will be Matteo

My mood turned sour when I realized that I need to find out who was responsible for the attack. I knew if they really wanted to attack us then they would have easily been able to, but they didn't

It's almost like they were giving us a warning, letting us know they're coming. But who could it be?

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