Dark Betrayal (Famiglia Book 2) by A.J. Daniels

Author:A.J. Daniels [Daniels, A.J.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2018-05-24T23:00:00+00:00

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With my head held high and a renewed determination, I walk through the front door of my childhood home and straight towards the back of the grand house where my father’s office is located. I don’t bother knocking. I won’t give him the satisfaction of being able to turn me way or making me wait until my resolve to do this today fades. I push open the heavy door and come face to face with my father and uncle.

“Jessika.” My father’s voice booms across the room and I have to fight against the shudder that threatens to race up my body. It’s not the good kind of shudder either… the one that Alessandro always manages to elicit from me.

“Father.” I tip my chin in acknowledgment. “Uncle.”

My uncle stands, his six-two frame somehow more commanding in this room than that of my father sitting behind his ornate desk.

“Nikolay.” he stands from his seat, doing the buttons on his suit jacket before shaking hands with my father then turning to me. “Jessika, you get more and more stunning every time I see you,” he says, placing his hands on my shoulders and then bringing me in for a hug.

There were times my uncle was more a father to me than my own. He wasn’t cold and closed off when he came to visit. He showered us with hugs, brought us gifts, but most importantly he made us laugh. That never changed when I started my training if anything his visits became more frequent. They were the only things that got me through the worst of it. Knowing that my uncle Vik was coming to visit was all the motivation I needed to get me through a week of hell in this house.

“Thank you, Uncle.”

“Don’t be a stranger, Jessika,” he admonishes placing a kiss on the top of my head and then turning to leave. I feel guilty for not going to see him after I was discharged from the hospital two years ago, but after what my father demanded of me and the reality of what my life had become I just couldn’t bring myself to. I wanted to believe that Vik had nothing to do with the family business but I knew that he did. He was the only one my father trusted.

‘Is it done?” my father asks as soon as the door closes shut behind my uncle.

“Hello to you too, father.” I walk towards his desk and stop in front of it refusing to take a seat in one of the chairs. I need every advantage I can get, and it may seem stupid but having to look down on him as he sat behind his desk gives me the illusion of that advantage. “But to answer your question, no, it is not done.”

Anger flashes behind my father’s dark eyes, a vein popping on his forehead as he tries to reign himself in. For a brief moment, I wonder how the hell I could possibly be related to this monster. The only thing that comforts me is the thought that maybe I took after my mother.

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