I woke up when I felt a foreign presence in the room. I opened my eyes slightly at the same time Dom did

He held my hand under the blanket and closed his eyes, signalling me to be calm. I gave a discreet nod and felt the presence coming closer

By the footsteps it wasn't just one man, probably three. I tapped Dom's hand underneath the blanket and sprung up when I felt that the first guy was close enough

I punched him in the nose and snatched the gun from his hand and shot him in the head

Dom followed my actions and attacked the other two who were on his side of the bed. I threw the gun to him and he shot them dead

"Do you have any weapons stored here?" I asked him

"In the secret room. I suspect there's more than just these three fools" he said and walked towards the bookshelf

He pulled out a book and a slight crack was heard, I watched in awe as the bookshelf rolled to the side and in its former place stood a steel door

He opened it and I saw different weapons, I know where I will be spending time from now on

I hurriedly grabbed a sharp knife and a better gun with a silencer. Dom selected some weapons for himself as well

We walked to the door silently and I opened it, I scanned the halls but no one in sight. We heard a gunshot coming from the living room

We quietly made our way there and hid behind a wall. Taking a peep, I could see the rest of my brothers surrounded by men in black

Even though they had killed a good number of them, they were still outnumbered

Third person's pov- Antonio though outnumbered was determined to not let what happened with his younger brothers to repeat itself

All the brothers were fighting like their lives depended on it. Even Matteo who didn't like violence showed much bravery as he fought the men. He knew why they were here and he wouldn't let them do what they did to him to his precious bambina

"Where the fuck is she?!" One of the remaining men yelled as he watched his comrades getting killed

"Tell us or I swear I will blow his fuckin brains out" he said as he caught hold of Xavier who was too busy trying to help Xander

Antonio who was pushed onto the floor by three men looked at the situation with a deep frown of worry

He can't be helpless, he was the Don, their older brother, their protector. He had to do something to put an end to all this

All this time he was worried about his sorella who luckily was not there with them

A gunshot rang across the room and the man holding Xavier dropped dead with a bullet in his head

The brothers looked in unison at their little sister who stood beside Domenico worriedly. They had been praying she wouldn't come down

One of the six remaining guys moved towards Gabriella but was shot dead by Domenico

Antonio seeing as they were distracted, broke out of the hold of the guys holding him. He snatched a gun from them and shot them all

Gabriella shot the leader in the leg and knocked him out with her gun. They would try to get some information from him when he wakes up

"Are you guys okay?" Antonio asked his siblings who all nodded

"I have something to tell you all" Emilio said and they all turned to look at him

"We'll talk about that after we get rid of the bodies" Alessandro said and moved towards one of the dead bodies

Just then a phone rang and he picked it up from the man. He answered it and put it on speaker

"You can't hide from me. Antonio I will ruin your entire life, I will destroy you all, starting with your little princess. You can run all you want but I will always find you" the voice of a girl which Gabriella identified as Viktoria said and hung up

"Fuck!" Antonio said in frustration

He would gladly lay down his life but he didn't want any harm to befall his sister

"What does she mean by that Antonio?" Alessandro asked as he faced

"She is Maxim's daughter" Antonio answered hesitantly

"Look I'm sorry for putting you guys in danger. It's all my-"

"Enough Antonio. Stop blaming yourself for everything" Domenico cut him off

"Yeah it's not your fault. You have always done what you had to for us, we would be a bunch of ungrateful brats if we were mad at you" Leonardo said whilst trying to reassure him

"Emilio said he had something to say I think we should listen to him" Gabriella who had not spoken ever since finally said

She noticed how on edge Emilio looked, like he was seconds away from passing out. She could tell it was important

"What is it?" Stephano eyed his older brother

"Behave yourself Stephano. Please speak Emilio" Antonio said

"Well you all know Amira-"

"Oh you want to get married to her? Congrats!" Xander said with fake excitement

"Can you let him fuckin speak?!" Alessandro asked in irritation as he smacked Xander across the head

"Well after finding out about Gabriella I went to her house. She was acting strange but I didn't think much of it

The next day when I woke up I heard her talking to someone on the phone. When I listened properly she was talking to a girl who she called Viktoria

She sent Amira to me to get information on our family, she was just using me and reporting everything to the russian mafia. And I urm, I killed her" he rushed out

"What?" They all asked in shock

"Well I did suspect her but this is alot!" Xander said

"Did you say you killed her?" Gabriella asked

"Yes. I couldn't let her live after what she did" Emilio said as he rubbed his face tiredly

The guilt from when he found out had come back again.

"I know it's going to be hard for you all to forgive me, especially you Gabriella. I said so many stupid things but I just want you to know that I am truly very sorry" he said

"Since everyone has something to say. I and Gabriella found out alot of things regarding Viktoria as well" Domenico said, successfully diverting the attention from the uncomfortable Emilio

"What?" Leonardo asked

"Before any more discussions can we please get rid of these bodies. It's making me highly uncomfortable" Matteo said

His face had gone pale as he continued to stare at the dead men on the ground

"Of course bud, sorry about that" Antonio said and they all helped in disposing the bodies and locked up the leader in the basement

"Okay now tell us" Alessandro said as they all sat down

"Well when Gabriella told me about the girl who poisoned her, I assured her that I would do some digging of my own

After my researches I found a strange file with our surname on it. I showed it to Gabriella yesterday, it contained multiple addresses of some gangs and mafias that are our rivals

She's trying to build an army to take us out. Gabriella said she found a similar file on her mission and she took it to her warehouse. It's kept in a safe the only problem is how to retrieve it since we can't leave the house" Domenico briefed them

"Can I see this file?" Antonio asked and Domenico brought the file from his room

"I don't think that's all this file contains" Antonio said with a deep frown as he observed the file in his hands

"What do you mean?" Domenico asked

"Look properly, it looks encrypted. It only reveals what they want us to see" he said as he pointed to the sides of each address

"Maybe getting the other file will make this one make sense?" Xander said with an innocent look

"We'll move back to our house in two days. There's no point staying here she knows where we are, it's better we go home where we have more security than here" Antonio said

"Okay you guys go to sleep it's late" Alessandro said and they all slowly started making their way to their rooms

"Wait Emilio" Antonio said and Emilio reluctantly sat across him

"I'm not mad at you Emilio. You are my younger brother and it is my duty to correct you when you make mistakes.

I'm sure you know what you did to Gabriella was absolutely wrong. It will take alot of time for her to even begin to think of forgiving you

You have to make it up to her, show her through your actions that you are indeed sorry. Your words mean nothing to her right now" Antonio said bluntly

Tears of regret welled up in Emilio's eyes. Chances of his sister forgiving him are close to zero, he wouldn't even be able to forgive himself

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