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"You will do as you are told, Adrian"

"I told you," I grind out "My priority is the girl If you want to enact your childish fucking vendetta, go ahead You already killed everyone she holds dear to her heart She'll never love me after what you've done"

"Love?" Father laughs out loud "You're too fucking naive for you own good, Adrian But go after her, if you irl will never love you For her, you are now the enee"

His words ring out in er to catch Marzia before she littery dress as she runs, kicking off her heels, bare feet hitting marble as she does her best to put some distance between herself and h I've waitedup now

I finger the chain with her nonna's wedding ring in my pocket as I come up behind her I snatch her ar down her face along with her perfectly painted on mascara She whips around to face me and roars like a lioness

"You killed them! You killed my parents!"

"Well, technically, my father did-" Her slap hits rabbed her by the wrist and I' down at her with a cold expression "You just ravefeeds you"

"I'ain," she spits out in disgust "You ruinedaway from me! I will never not hate you"

So, my father's words come true But her vehemence as she says them only makes me more determined to make Marzia submit One day, she will kneel for ht by fucking thought until she's eager to get on her knees for me

"You ever hit ain like that," I tell Marzia "I will punish you"

"What are you going to do?" she snarls "Cut off ers?"

"Maybe I'll cut your pretty hair instead" I grab her ers in it "Maybe I'll cut it all off Maybe I'll take away your food You don't knohat real pain feels like until you haven't eaten for days, bas you love, too The dresses, the shoes I'll take everything and watch you go mad in a locked cell"

"You're a monster"

"I' et that"

She resistswildly to break free ofher Instead of allowing her to break free, I si and screaain