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Day 6 (Arie's POV)

          I strolled through the never-ending halls of the palace by myself, exploring and being fascinated by the art mounted on the large walls and the lifelike sculptures, something Michelangelo would've made in his glorious days.

Yesterday was a calm one but also very tiresome with Soph. Apparently, the wedding was taking place in Florence, which we were leaving for tomorrow because the location of this castle couldn't be exposed to every guest attending the wedding. It was a safe haven for the family away from the rest of the world. So, Soph had me pitching in ideas on how she wanted her reception to be set up with Allaire, her wedding planner in a place I had never seen.

Nonetheless, she got everything from the silky fabric that would decorate the tables to the diamond gilded centerpiece on them and the petals decorating her aisle, the dresses the flower girls would wear, the piano music that she wanted to play out during the vows, and every little meticulous detail. Thankfully, that kept me busy, and in a way, I avoided all the cousins too, including the ones I pissed off the day before. I doubted they'd be nice to me after Aria slapped the shit out of them.

My feet stopped right before I could turn a corner upon hearing a heated argument. "Nonna, no one has access to your area other than you!" I listened to Leo shout in rage as my heart sped up. "You avoided me all day yesterday, but not today. Tell me how Nonno's (grandfather's) knife was used to stab Verona?"

"Someone must've broken in and stolen it," Marsilia said with the usual leisure yet somehow strong edge in her voice.

"Unless you gave it to your minion yourself," Leo countered as I leaned further against the wall in order to not be seen by them.

"Your Nonno's prized possessions have been encased behind glass in a room that is also accessible by you, Aria, Raffaello, Omerino, and your father," Marsilia's voice boomed before she yelled something in Italian.

"He died before I was even born!" Leo growled in anger which sent an unnerving chill up my spine. "That fucking knife was untouched until now which explains the fingerprints and you're the only one who could get it out."

I heard Marsilia let out a menacing laugh. "Like I've said before, I would've killed her if I wanted to a long time ago. You hid her away from everyone ever since she got back. This is the first time the most of us are seeing her again, so it can be any of them."

          "They fear Zietta and didn't lie in her presence. Whereas, I don't buy your bullshit," Leo snapped. "Why are you trying to ruin my happiness?"

          "She wasn't made to be the regina of my empire, Leonardo, and neither is that American. Your taste in women is horrendous and downgrading. Definitely not the filth a king should indulge in." Marsilia's words seared through me like a blunt knife and angered me beyond belief. Only if I could go out there and slap my supposed filthy hand on her botox-stricken face.

Surprisingly, Leo laughed at her derogatory statements. "There was a time when I cared about your opinions and gave you the utmost respect, but you've seemed to lose it all, Nonna. They are far better than you in every aspect."

"Very well, then. Perhaps you should go look after your wife while I try to figure out who's behind stealing your Nonno's knife." Her heels began thundering against the royal floors of the castle and got louder as she walked in my direction. Fuck! She'd probably roast me alive if she found me eavesdropping.

After calming my racing heart, I pretended to look around and walked out only to bump into the former queen herself. Fuck me! "I'm so sorry. I wasn't paying attention."

The two bulky bodyguards next to Marsilia drew their guns at me which almost forced my heart up my throat, but she raised a hand and silently instructed them to put the pistols away. Her piercing blue pearls gawked at me up and down before she stopped and stared into my eyes, making the hair on my arms stand erect. "God has given you little brown eyes to use. Utilize them or I won't mind ripping them out of your skull. Capisci?"

With my eyes wide and mouth sealed shut, I nodded immediately before she strutted past me with her goons right behind her, my gaze following them until they disappeared into another hallway. "Fucking bitch," I murmured under my breath.

"Don't let her hear you say that." The sudden voice startled me to the point it pushed my body into defense mode and forced me to punch the person behind me, but my striking fist got caught by strong fingers right on time. Leo lowered my hand, flinging it back to my side with a hard and annoyed expression on his face. "Watch yourself and your back while you're here. You're walking on dangerous grounds among dangerous people, Noelle."

His formal way of talking to me had me chuckling internally, but the look on his face drilled his words into my brain. He was right. One wrong move on my end would put a noose around my neck and possibly put my kids' lives on the line which I couldn't afford.

Mike cleared his throat next to Leo and smiled at me when I looked at him. "Arie."

"Mike." I smiled back and stood there awkwardly.

"How are you doing?" Mike tried to make small talk with me and I played along.

"Not too bad," I said, glancing at Leo who exhaled a frustrated breath and walked away without another word to me or Mike. I watched him stride into the distance, anger and pain radiating from each step he took.

"He's in a really bad place right now," Mike informed me with a sigh. "Still don't know who attacked Verona."

"How is she?" I asked in a weak tone.

"Saw her this morning. She's doing much better. A lot of movement than before."

"That's good," I smiled.

He nodded. "I better get going before Leo rips my head off. I'll see you later." He squeezed my upper arm, then left me standing alone.

I continued my trek down the halls, but my mind went to the day before yesterday when Leo decided to let me off without any questions. Unexpected was the understatement of the year. After our previous heated interactions, I was anticipating him to blow up on me and throw me under the bus because of the hostility he displayed toward me, but it was nothing like that. He defended me in front of his pathetic cousins when they started bitching. I appreciated it more than anything before I did the job of shutting them down myself. They were tough bitches, though. Didn't close their shitty mouths even after that, but they got what they deserved from Aria.

I told Fred about the fiasco when I talked to him yesterday. He was ready to come here himself and put those girls in their place which plastered a smile on my face. He brightened my day without a doubt with his sassy sense of humor that built off of mine. Surprisingly, he also cut his New York trip short to see the kids and also got them a puppy that they had been asking for which left me astounded. Not that I didn't like dogs. I loved them more than anything and always wanted one of my own, but Fred was allergic to them which is why I never got the kids a doggy. I couldn't describe how much I missed him and the kids. If I could, I'd run from this hellhole immediately to my family, but Athena was very clear about what she'd do to me and Ashton, so it wasn't an option.

Counting the days till the wedding was all I could do. Also, according to Athena's threat, I had to talk to Leo and clear up everything, including unsaid things and putting things straight so that he could stop punching himself in the gut with business. Seeing how riled up he got whenever he saw me wasn't going to make this task easy. I didn't even want to talk to him either, so it was going be harder than ever. It almost made me laugh how comfortably and easily I used to communicate with him, but the times had changed drastically to the point we could never go back to the place we started from all those years ago.

When I neared an exit, I threw the large doors open to find Athena training a young girl along with Heaven and Lina. They all looked at me before I could escape the scene like a fugitive. "Arie, come meet my other soulmate!" Lina pulled the girl away from Athena's grasp and began walking toward me as I met her halfway down the few steps. "Arie, this is Yana, my babe. And Yana, this is the one and only Arie."

(Mackenzie Foy as Yana. [Yes, it's the Twilight girl])

The girl smiled and shook my hand. "It's nice to finally meet you." Yana's undertone of Russian accent was a nice change from all the Italian I was hearing.

"Likewise," I chuckled.

"Girls, get back here. Now!" Athena ordered them and they listened immediately as I looked around to notice numerous lounge chairs surrounding multiple tables under patio umbrellas.

Reluctantly, I went over and sat at a table by Sophie who was enjoying lemonade by herself and watching the girls train. Athena lightly pushed Yana toward the pull-up bar. "Get to it," she ordered all three of them and walked around, watching over the girls like a hawk, making sure they got in their exercises.

"Okay, so I just gave in the design for your maid of honor dress. You're going to love it!" Soph chirped up with a grin, patting my arm relentlessly in excitement.

Rolling my eyes, I grabbed the glass of lemonade from her and took a swig. "It better not be ridiculous, Soph. I don't want to look like Shrek."

"You already do, bitch!" She snatched the glass back. "Don't worry! You'll look as sexy as Jessica Rabbit."

I giggled. "I better."

"Keep training, Yana. You won't be able to beat me." A boy waltzed toward the girls with a smug grin, running a hand through his disheveled black hair.

"I'll pin you down again within a minute, dear brother." Yana huffed out air and continued on with her push-ups. "So how about you run along like a little bitch."

"Watch your mouth!" Athena chided, glaring at the girl and walking in the boy's direction who didn't share the same accent as Yana. He sounded like he was from Queens like me. "Glad you decided to wake up from your slumber, genius."

The boy laughed and embraced Athena warmly. "You know I can't sleep on a plane."

Athena hummed, pulling away and releasing the boy before he sauntered toward us. Leaning down, he gave Sophie a quick hug and pecked her cheek. "How's the bride doing?"

"Would be better if you guys didn't miss any events." Soph swatted his arm in mock hurt.

"I couldn't miss my lectures or else I'd get my ass whooped real hard." The boy glanced at Athena then back at Soph with a snicker before his curious brown eyes fell on me. "Hi! I'm Oliver. You are?"

(Sergio Mayer Mori as Oliver 😍)

"Arie Noelle." I shook his hand as he scrunched his gaze a bit.

"Ashton's sister?" He smiled with his perfect teeth, shaking his head a bit. "I've heard a lot about you."

"Good or bad?"

"Bad because I'm the one who did the talking," Athena interrupted with a cunning smirk that I wanted to slap off her face. "Oli, I want you against Yana. C'mon."

"Right now?" He pouted to Athena's demand, faking a yawn and stretching. "I just woke up. I still gotta take a shower." Athena stared at him intensely until he complied. "Fine." He threw off his shirt, showcasing his abs, and walked to the large sand pit the girls were training by.

          "I bet my money on Oliver!" Marco declared as he stormed out the back doors of the palace along with his brothers and Leo's other cousins. "Ten thousand dollars."

          "Let's take it up to a million," Gabe betted on Oliver, winking at Athena who watched the cluster of cousins amusedly. I had never made a bet over ten dollars and these people were spending a million as if it was just a penny.

          "You all sure about that?" Athena cocked a brow at the bunch that included Gabe, Marco, Renzo, Stefano along with Marcello and Cesar who I came to know were Leo's paternal aunt, Caterina's sons. "I won't let you back out when I ask for the money."

(Jordan Calloway as Marcello/Marcel Verdino and Rome Flynn as Cesar Verdino 💞🤤)

          "We're sure," Marcello smirked.

          "They're going to regret this regardless of Oli winning or not." Gus came up behind my chair and kissed my cheek before pecking Sophie's.

          Soph wiped her cheek with a look of disgust on her face. "Don't put your man-whore of a mouth on my face. For all I know it's been eating some old woman's crusty coochie."

          I laughed out loud at her vile statement as Gus snorted. "It wasn't crusty," he said with a roguish smile, forcing me and Soph to gag in repulsion. "Neither was it old."

"Dirty pig!" Soph slapped his towering chest, pushing him onto the chair next to hers.

"Call me whatever you want, baby." He laid back, crossing his arms behind his head and relaxing. "You'll be my girl one day."

"Not even in your wet dreams," Soph snapped.

"You're in them every day. Don't you remember, babe?" He grinned smugly as I laughed at his persistence. "We have eight days till your wedding. That's enough time to make you fall in love with me and steal you away from Wren."

"Try your best," Soph challenged him with a tight-lipped smile and turned away from him as I shook my head at the man's cockiness and tuned back into the fight that was about to take place.

"I'm rooting for you, Oli," Lina pecked the boy's cheek before Heaven stood in front of him.

"I'm rooting for Yana as always." Heaven flashed him a sweet smile, sliding a finger across the ridges of his abs. "Don't die though."

Awestruck by Heaven herself, Oliver gazed at her in sheer adoration even as she came and sat on a chair next to Lina who was relaxing in our little section, chugging on the water that the maids brought for them. Yana took advantage of Oliver's infatuated distraction and kneed the boy in the groin, forcing him to the ground within a second. 'Oh, shits' and gasps left everyone's mouths before Yana punched him in the face and let him fall flat in excruciating pain.

          "Fuck! I felt that." Gus remarked, shifting a bit uncomfortably in his seat.

          "Number one rule, never turn your back on your enemy, dear brother," Yana schooled him, smiling proudly to herself.

          "I'm not your fucking enemy, Yana!" Oliver groaned, rolling in the sand in sheer pain as Heaven hurried to his side while Lina laughed.

          Athena kneeled beside the boy and looked him over. "Yana!" she yelled.

          "What? You said always go for a man's balls because that is where he stores his ego and pride which is very sensitive." Yana pouted innocently. "And Oli was being very cocky. Pun intended."

          Oliver laughed through his pain at her words and so did the rest of us before Athena, Yana, and Heaven helped the boy to a chair. "I think she broke them. I'm never going to be a father," Oliver faked a cry of despair.

          "Stop being dramatic," Athena scolded before yelling at a maid in Italian who scurried inside the palace immediately. She then sauntered over to the men who sulked due to the loss of the million dollar bet. "Pay up."

          "I'll transfer a million to your account," Gabe groaned.

          "No. Each one of you six idiots will transfer a million to Yana's account." Athena crossed her arms and tilted her head to the side.

Stefano gestured a few things in sign language to which Athena smiled with her hands on her hips. "Don't use your muteness as an excuse to get out of this, Stefano. You were with them when the bet was made. And I know you all have the money."

          "What the fuck? That's not what we decided on," Marco argued.

"Stronzo (Asshole), that's what happens when you make a deal with the devil." Gus laughed to himself and so did the rest of us.

          "Sweet little Marco." Athena leaned down and caressed his cheek. "I'm going to take it up to two million for everyone now. One to Yana and one to Oliver. Argue more and I'll take it up to ten million each."

"That's some bullshit! I ain't paying you two million," Cesar revolted, standing up from his chair.

Athena slowly tilted her head to the side with a sweet smile before grabbing the boy's crotch. He almost yelped as the other men around him cupped their balls in discomfort while our group cackled. "You really want to back out now, Cesar?"

"I was kidding! Just let go," Cesar requested in a meek tone. "You'll get your two million."

          Athena looked at the other men. "Boys?"

          "Okay!" They all grunted in unison, allowing Athena to retract her claws from Cesar's groin.

          "I'll give you their routing and account numbers later. We should do this sometime again." Athena winked at them before strutting in our direction and grabbing a bottle of water from a maid who also handed Oliver an ice-pack.

          "Cazzo!" Marco swore in the only Italian curse word I knew as he bit his lip and said a few more things in his language. With a roll of her eyes, Athena flipped Marco off whose grin widened.

"Marco, watch this." Eros swept into the scene out of nowhere and kissed Athena senseless, showing Marco that the lady was already taken.

"Fuck off, Eros!" Marco scowled.

Athena and Eros chuckled as they pulled apart. "Girl, you're sweating like shit. Gross!" Eros lightly pushed Athena away playfully and began pacing before she could throw a punch at him. "Easy, Ms. Estle."

          "Why do you still call her that?" Gus questioned before the heavily tattooed man could disappear into the palace with the two of his minions.

          Eros shrugged. "Because I do," he replied and vanished behind the doors with the men who were following him like puppies.

          "Alright! Who's going next in the arena?" Gus looked around for any takers.

          "Me and Heaven!" Lina volunteered, jumping up from her seat and dragging Heaven to the sandpit. "Ready, babe?"

          Heaven smirked, taking a defensive stance. "Are you?"

          As they commenced the fight, I got distracted by Verona who was being escorted out the castle by Aria and her oldest daughter, Aurora, who was nice just like her mother.

(Claire Holt as Aurora Rossi. She's so fucking gorgeous 😭😍)

          Verona held onto the area where she was stabbed as the ladies helped her down the few steps cautiously. Her blue eyes fell on me as I got off my seat to let the struggling woman take it. "Hi!" I greeted.

          "Hello, Arie." She gave me the most lively smile despite looking so weak, but she still seemed to be better than before. "Don't renounce your chair for me."

"It's no problem at all." I returned her kindness, but she still refused to take my seat.

          Gus stood up from his chair, sauntering toward his male cousins sitting on the other side. "I'll leave you ladies to this table."

          "Have mine." Sophie hopped over to Gus' seat and sat down as Verona made herself comfortable next to me while Aria and Aurora occupied other chairs around us.

          "How're you doing?" I popped the question, peering at her fragile form.

          "Better. Thank you for asking," she answered me in a soft tone as usual when a young girl walked out with a tray of food. She placed it on the table in front of us, compelling Verona to grimace at the sight of it. "Thanks, Zee."

          "Of course." The maid bowed a bit and stood back.

"Don't make that face," Aria said with a chuckle. "You need to eat it all."

Verona scrunched her nose in disgust. "It doesn't taste good, Zietta."

Aria took it upon herself and snagged a spoonful of porridge from the big bowl. She furrowed her brows whilst swallowing the dish. "It tastes great, Verona. It's really hot though. Wait till it cools down a bit."

"What's going on?" Leo's steps thundered down the small flight of stairs as he came right for Verona, compelling me to shift a bit in my chair.

"I brought her down here for some air, Leo. Calm down, will you?" Aria suggested the man who seemed to be bearing the world's burden on his shoulders.

"I'm calm, Zietta," Leo pushed the words out through his teeth. Definitely not calm.

          "You're not," Aria countered, straightening her spine and giving Leo a hard look. "Nothing is going to happen to her out here."

"Only a fool will make a move at this moment," Athena chimed in to put Leo at ease and squeezed his shoulder. "So lay back and enjoy the nice day."

Leo sighed, rubbing Verona's shoulders before he bent down and kissed her lips lovingly. I turned away immediately in order to respect their privacy and calm my trembling heart in my chest. Despite everything, there was still that pang of hurt resonating within me after all those years. Forcing him away at a time I shouldn't have left a sense of guilt and regret on my conscience. I did him wrong and now he had gotten his wife back from death itself.

From what I knew, she was Astor's victim which explained why he was so protective of her. I could only imagine what she had been through, and despite it all, she was still the kindest soul I had ever met. Never would've imagined Leo to be married to someone so sweet and friendly seeing that mostly every female in his life was a bitch, except a few, but Verona was something else and I grew to like her a lot.

"Who won?" Athena's voice shook me out of my daze and diverted my attention toward Lina and Heaven who skipped over to us with giggles erupting from their mouths.

          "It was a draw," Heaven answered.

          "Why am I not surprised?" Athena rolled her eyes.

"I'm going next against Gabe." Gus stretched his body in preparation for the fight.

"Augustus, let me go against Arie first," Athena suggested, smiling at me cunningly.

"I'd pay to see this!" Gus grinned, plopping back down like a child about to watch his all-time favorite movie.

"I'd rather not," I shook my head vigorously, refusing to participate in this play.

Athena pouted. "Is someone scared to have her ass handed to her?"

I narrowed my eyes at her before they glanced at Leo who watched me tentatively, waiting for my answer like everyone else.

"Leave her be, Athena," Leo instructed the woman.

She exhaled a breath of fake disappointment. It was all too clear on her bitchy face. "You're right, Leo. I should pick on someone my own size anyway. Arie won't be able to take me down."

The devil in her tried to rile me up, and unfortunately, it worked. "You know what?" I removed the jacket I was wearing and hung it nicely on the arm of the chair as I rose up to accept her challenge. "I've been dying to kick your ass."

"Took the words right out of my mouth," she smirked.

We assembled on the warm sand, the grains of which covered my bare feet that were slowly sinking in. After taking a defensive stance, I cracked my fingers and watched her stretch herself out. The impeccable smirk pulling on the corner of her lips was agitating, but I'd get to take it all out when I'd start landing punches on her.

"I'll go easy on you," she shouted from the other side.

"Whatever."

People cheered us on, roars and hoots filling the air as I saw more of the family members gather around. My heartbeat raced at the number of eyes on me, but I held my head high and waited for her to come at me. We inched around in circles for a few seconds before I lunged forward, throwing my fist at her which she dodged easily.

"I believe you can do better," she taunted me.

Glowering at her, I bit my tongue before we both rushed for each other. I swung my fist again but she countered the attack with a punch to my gut, throwing me back onto the sand with a jolt of pain erupting in me. Climbing on top of my body, she slid her nail across my neck and said, "Dead."

Bucking my hips up, I flung her back before quickly regaining my footing on the ground. She stood across me with mischievous eyes that rubbed me the wrong way as she turned around to throw her track jacket away which revealed a small section of the tattoo on her back through the tank top she wore. When she was ready, I closed in on her again and went for her stomach. Grasping onto her shoulders, I attempted to knee her side but she caught my leg and flipped me over like a weightless paper. Resting a foot on my back, she thumped it hard, eliciting a whimper from my mouth.

"And dead again." She let out a laugh. "Who taught you how to fight? An amateur high school hooligan?"

Growling underneath my breath, I elbowed her leg as a sneak attack, propelling her backward to the softness of the sand, but she rose up immediately. The sudden adrenaline coursing through my body drove my body forward, giving me the chance to violently kick her back onto the ground, forcing a painful groan from her mouth. I mounted her, straddling her waist with my finger slicing her neck slowly just like she did. "And dead."

"Ay! That's my girl!" I heard Gus cheer for me with a couple others.

To top it all off, I punched Athena's face due to the frustration built up in me. Although it was a cheap shot on my part, the opportunity was there and I couldn't resist.

"And then she fucked up," someone else said.

Athena's hazel green eyes bore into me with such intensity that I almost regretted doing so as she sucked her bleeding lip into her mouth. "Shouldn't have gone for the face," she threatened me before tossing me off her body.

Charging toward me like an angry tigress, she rammed her fist into my face with a force I couldn't handle. I stumbled back a bit and shook my head to clear away the unexpected haziness before my eyes as I felt blood trickling down my nose. My vision cleared but Athena was already heading for me. Her fingers enveloped my neck in a strong grip that was almost suffocating. She surprisingly lifted me off the ground by merely half a centimeter with the strength I didn't know she possessed before she slammed me down. Her nails dug further into the skin around my throat as her jaw clenched in anger.

"Piece of advice, sweetheart," she forced the words out through her teeth and neared my face until our noses were literally an inch apart. "You never want to piss me off. If you get on my bad side, you better run for the hills because I'll ruin your life. Mind you, I've done it hundred times before and you'll be a piece of cake."

"I hate your guts." I gritted my teeth and shoved her off me with my legs before we both got onto our feet instantly to throw hands at each other, but Vince and Omer held her back as Gus imprisoned me in his arms, hauling me away from the sandpit while I continued to struggle. "Just let me go."

"Calm down, Sirena!" He released me close to the table I was sitting by as the people gawked at me in amusement.

"Damn, Arie!" Soph remarked crudely, staring at me baffled as a maid handed me a bottle of water that I chugged down at once.

"Shut it!" I retorted in a harsh tone and put the bottle down before Leo personally handed me a tissue to wipe my bloody nose as a frown sat on his brows. Whether it was for seeing me hurt or acting stupidly on impulse and losing my shit, I didn't know and I didn't care. Anger was the only prominent emotion in me at the moment as I watched Athena glaring at me. Oh, how I wish I could kill her!

"Are you okay, Arie?" Verona asked me in a gentle tone with her brows scrunched together in concern.

I sighed, trying to calm my anger. "I am fine."

She turned her head toward Athena. "Athena?"

"Don't worry about me," Athena said with a smile. "A weak punch can't do anything to me." Her malicious eyes found mine with ease as she tilted her head to the side. "I hope your nose is okay, Arie. It'd suck to have a nose job done now."

I narrowed my eyes at her, ready to pounce on her again but controlled myself. "Worry about your busted lip, Athena. Hate for you to get lip injections to just get it back to the right shape."

"Girls, stop!" Aria scolded us, holding onto her stomach. "You're not little kids."

Athena lowered her head and so did I. "Sorry, Zietta," she said as I apologized to the woman too.

"Well, that was fun!" Raffaello commented with a laugh before he looked around. "Who's going next?"

"I am," Leo volunteered, removing his shoes and giving me a side glance before looking down at his wife. "Your food has probably cooled down by now, tesoro. Eat it all." With a kiss on her lips, he headed for the sandpit to wrestle his youngest uncle, Omer.

They both removed their shirts to reveal their rippling muscles that I looked away from to avoid staring and started dusting off the sand from my clothes and hair. Verona picked the bowl of porridge from the tray and twirled the spoon through the thick consistency of it. She got a spoonful but stopped right before she could put it in her mouth as she looked at Aria who was sweating profusely.

"Zietta, is everything alright?" Verona asked as the people close to the group looked at Leo's aunt worriedly.

Aria shook her head, clutching her belly. "I don't fee-" Her sentence was cut off abruptly when she threw up blood all over the table and on Verona who dropped the bowl in shock.

"Oh my God!" I gasped and rushed to Aria's side like everyone else. She continued vomiting blood, falling to the floor in pain.

"Mom!" Aurora shrieked as Felix, the doctor that operated on Verona, pushed everyone aside and briefly examined Aria.

"Zietta!" Leo dropped to her side in a panic, ignoring the pool of blood he was stepping into. "What the fuck happened?"

Felix looked at Leo, his face as pale as the clouds. "I think she was poisoned."

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Hopefully you enjoyed this long chapter. Yay or nay?

Who likes Fred?

What's the deal with Marsilia? Could she be lying about the attack and grandfather's knife? If not, who must've gotten the knife out?

Who remembers Yana and Oliver from EMB? 😄

Who enjoyed the fight between Arie and Athena? Who enjoys their banter? I personally do 😂 I find it hilarious having my two female leads from my different books fight.

Who won the fight between them according to you guys?

Will Arie and Athena ever get along? 👀

Will Arie ever sit down and talk to Leo calmly about everything and clear up the bad blood? If so, how do you think it'll all play out?

Poor Aria. 😢 Who could've poisoned her? Will she live or die?

IMPORTANT: I've been thinking about it a lot and just want to let you guys know and see what you think. I'm actually thinking about changing the names of the books to something English that would be easier for everyone. Should I do it? I haven't thought of any names but I want one that flows nicely throughout all three books of the trilogy. Some fierce and mafia-like name. Suggest me titles for all three in the trilogy, not EMB.

AND I'm also thinking about making it a series instead because I'm going to do many other characters from the books. Athena's book is close to being completed. I'm gonna do one on Mike, Draco and Allaire, another character that hasn't been introduced yet. Maybe Gus, Vincent, and Lina after that. Maybe Rome too. Not sure about any of the maybes but let's see how life treats me and how you guys support me for however long I plan to be on this app. Hopefully for a long time.

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