Vows And Revenge

grumbled as she leaned back on

scolded. "There's no such thi

she answered. "If any more las

er mother snapped, her fork falling f

er eyes. "I'm

her a sympathetic smile before he continued e

oro's mansion. The Santoro family had d

er has become tense lately. The smallest of things irritated him, the sm

d her to no end. She had tried to talk to him several times bu

ood so he and his father we

he chandelier, l

barely called her by her given name, s

d he had a frown on his

tant we would like to di

ble. She looked at her mother and brother an

d. "I'm list

nodded. "

off by the sound of gunshots

before he threw Lena down an

and the room fell sil

ouse. She raised her head slightly but Adriano pushed her head back down. But

er passed t

e?" She had never heard her fat

a deep voice answered. "You do no

What was

ere for," the man conti

l, Antoine? You have come to kill me. And whether I give you wh

it. How did her fath

e, Santoro," Antoine said. "Gi

d rathe

alled her father's name, h

re. Nothing wil

fe false hope, Sant

her father's face was twisted with anger. His voic

ame here for. Your

nothing. Why was

ice. She was screaming, shouting at the men to leave her alo

ther pushed her back down, his body stil

Santoro. Give us what we cam

r stopped

s turned to sobs. Lena heard a man's grunt and she

and she had to bite her l

her father's name bu

her. She clenched her teeth to keep the sob that wanted

red as he crawled to his wife,

o cry when he had

nce, Santoro," Antoine

thing and just hel

n horror as blood rolled down her fa

muffled by her brother's

her fol

er brother's weight

pered into her ear. "Bring

d before he went still. Warm blood poured dow

her gunshot to soun

nie commanded. "Make sur

s,

ed her household. She remained silent, her body trem

gasoline fi

anything?" A

, S

ht i

il she was sure the men was gone before she managed to move he

blurry eyes while the fire raged around her, h

is forehead before she walked to her

g ones and kissed them. "I will get re

her fist around the cold metal before she tu

ll of flame soaring through the air and landing on her hand. The sound

. No. She had to live

the reassuran

nd before she turned. Smoke filled her lungs an

he crawled her way out of her burning home, coug

she broke out of the burnin

here she stood and watched her lif

e and firefighters arrived. But the

the sun broke out in the cloud. And as the sun

omeone else. Someone who was going to find he