At His Mercy: A Dark Mafia Romance by Raven Scott

Author:Raven Scott [Scott, Raven]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2022-04-20T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter Twelve: Denise

I was forced to sit in silence in Illiana’s office while I waited for her and Carmine to arrive. After realizing that I’d been caught in a lie about Callista, I considered making a run for it. There was no way Illiana wasn’t going to kill me after she found out that not only had I made contact with Callista, but with Gabriel as well.

For some reason, Ashton slid across my brain, and I couldn’t keep myself from wishing that I had a chance to talk to him before all was said and done. I wished I could tell him about the realization I’d had about Carmine so that he could at least follow the thread. I wished I could tell him that I had feelings for him, too, even if those feelings were complicated for me because of my station in life. I wished I could ask him if he’d really be okay with us just being related in name alone, or if he ever wanted more.

Sitting in isolation on the precipice of death really gets one’s mind going.

“Become an official Carducci.”

That would be a lot nicer if it meant something deeper. Always floating so closely to Ashton, I never stopped to think how truly compatible we were. If he had been proposing to me instead of just asking me to swear allegiance to his dumb dad, I might have taken the plunge. As stupid and impulsive as that would have been, as much as it made no sense to marry someone for whom you were still trying to sort out your feelings, I would have taken a few happy days as Ashton’s wife over dying without anyone by my side.

My mom raked across my brain, the mother who raised me, not Illiana. Renee was halfway between two homes, having lost her husband and all of her children in the span of a year. She was the only person who’d ever truly loved me, and I repaid her by running and making promises that I could never keep. Would she be okay? Hopefully, her family, her real family, would wrap around her and love her as much as she deserved. The Binachis certainly weren’t up to the task.

Then Gabriel, my poor half-brother who was living his happy life with his family and had no idea of the shit storm that was headed his way. With me out of the way, there would be nothing stopping Anthony or Illiana from digging the Varassos up and forcing them back into this life that they fought so hard to get out of. If I could go back in time, I’d change the way I handled things with them. I would tell them everything—the truth, not just the tailored version I used to get on their good side. I’d want Gabriel to know that I did it for him.

The few people who I actually felt any concern for would all suffer because I wasn’t strong enough to keep myself alive, and worse, I was going to die, not even knowing why.

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