Shadows Between Hearts
CHAPTER -- 1
Elara ( FL )
" Who are you ? Where am I ? "
Luciano ( 1st ML )
*voice calm & dangerous*
" You are in my house, bella prigioniera."
Luciano ( 1st ML )
" A place no one finds unless I let them."
Elara ( FL )
*heart pounding*
" Why I'm here ?"
Dante ( 2nd ML)
*mocking*
" Because you don't know how to stay out of business that isn't yours. "
Elara ( FL )
*looks between the two men*
" I don't even know you ."
Luciano ( 1st ML )
*stepping closer*
" That maybe true."
Luciano ( 1st ML )
" But I know you. Your name. Your father .... "
Luciano ( 1st ML )
" The secrets he trades with our enemies."
Dante ( 2nd ML)
*low laugh*
" And secrets have a price . You are payment."
Elara ( FL )
*pulls at her wrists , shackled to a chair*
Cold iron digs against her skin .
Elara ( FL )
" So what then ? You'll kill me ? "
Luciano ( 1st ML )
*kneeling*
Luciano ( 1st ML )
*brushing dust off her cheek with unsettling tenderness*
Luciano ( 1st ML )
" No.... Not yet . Death is merciful . "
Luciano ( 1st ML )
" I prefer debts to linger."
Dante ( 2nd ML)
" Or perhaps he just like the sounds of fear . wr call it .... Music. "
Elara ( FL )
*glaring at Dante*
" Monsters."
Luciano ( 1st ML )
" Yes. But monsters can be gentle when it suits them."
CHAPTER -- 2
Dante ( 2nd ML)
*snapping between them*
" Gentle ? Don't lie to her . Don't dress up the truth. "
Dante ( 2nd ML)
" We tore down an entire family last night. Why pretend we're saviors ? "
Elara ( FL )
*Whispering*
" Why me ? Why not take him --- "
Elara ( FL )
" My father --- if it's his debt ?"
Luciano ( 1st ML )
*eyes darkened*
" Because striking a man's blood cuts deeper than striking it's flesh ."
Luciano ( 1st ML )
" And..... when I look at you , I see more than leverage. "
Elara ( FL )
" And that's supposed to comfort me ?"
Dante ( 2nd ML)
[ Leaning on the wall ]
*smirking*
Dante ( 2nd ML)
" You should decide which cage you prefer , sweetheart . "
Dante ( 2nd ML)
" The golden one...."
Dante ( 2nd ML)
*nods at luciano*
Dante ( 2nd ML)
" .... Or the one set on fire ."
Luciano ( 1st ML )
*voice low, intimate*
" Choose carefully , Elara ."
Luciano ( 1st ML )
" I can make this basement a sanctuary or a grave ."
Elara ( FL )
*trembling*
" You think if you give me a choice it stops being captivity ? "
Dante ( 2nd ML)
*sudden harshness*
" Keep that tounge sharp, girl. "
Dante ( 2nd ML)
" Men have died for less insolence."
Dante ( 2nd ML)
*cutting in*
[ protective but possessive ]
Dante ( 2nd ML)
" Enough , Dante . She is mine to handle."
Elara ( FL )
*shaking her head*
" You're both insane. You think you owe me , but you don't. "
Elara ( FL )
" I will never -----"
Luciano ( 1st ML )
*pressing a finger gently to her lips*
" Never speak a dangerous word down there."
Dante ( 2nd ML)
*eyes narrowed*
" Careful brother ."
Dante ( 2nd ML)
" Careful , you don't confuse possession with love ."
Luciano ( 1st ML )
*without looking away from her*
" And what if love is just another from of possession. "
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