His

ayed in. The room was decorated in expensive Italian decor f

is the complete opposite of what I p

something much d

and homey. I still have yet to determi

st before I blacked out, feeli

acious room, but my so

ght to myself, realizing I was wearin

d raced over to the door. I turned the door knob,

lock

. Wildly banging on the door with closed fists, I screamed and

about Mateo and how scared and confused he must b

looked to be about eighteen or nineteen stood on the ot

y?" She asked, her voice fill

could hardly speak, my entire body trembling and my

ecognition flickering across

ding my head incessantly.

him." Thanking her repeatedly, I followe

oman with long graying hair and kind eyes sat in a wood

on her wrinkled face as she st

d him close to my bosom, afraid that if I didn't hold him ti

much for takin

a concerned look as she analyzed my body language

ump in my throat. "I need to get

young woman who brought me

t didn't belong to any one of us spoke.

oursing down my spine. I slowly turned around, Tristan lea

ose to me as I could,

older woman asked, her tone stern and her hands resting on her round hi

one roof, ma. And I can assure you that I w

en though her hair was brown and her eyes dark brown in c

she was related to Tristan in some way. Maybe a sister perhaps? T

ter repeated simultaneously, shocke

eeming to connect the dots before dr

a, I told you this already. Why else would I spend hours and hours working to b

I would h

maybe you wouldn't be so damn surprised by everything

ing him, he immediately calmed down. "You know wh

his mother and sister. "I'm going home," I said fir

teo are mine," he growled. "So either

m hostage and force them to play

er stood her ground. She folded her arms across her chest and stared up at her tall,

ck. "This is wron

pay your dear friend Andre

s his face with the palm of her hand. Tristan's head jerked to

dn't tell if he was going to retaliate

long as Mateo is with Mrs. Lucci, then I know he will be w

f the nursery. We passed by several of his armed men as he p

bed and shoved me on it. I fell back onto the mattress

thdrew a syringe needle. I backed away until I fe

teeth and readied himself to

the needle made contact with my

the needle in between his teeth. He spit the cap o

determined to remain awake just in

ut then he set the needle down o

as holding

. I tried pulling away from him, but his grip on

cause if you don't, I won't hes

hed him carefully as he began removing his clo

sked when he started clim

ne again?" He chuckled in amusement as he s

ms around my body and pulled me into his chest. "I'm never letting you or

d to his soft breathing, waiting

awake. A gruff sound erupted from the base of his throat. "Stop movi

sely when I felt the erection in h

ed back to check to see that his eyes

tightened his hold and grumbled. "Do

the

sworn he

not going any