Eternal Love Book Three: Mafia Love

Chapter Seven: Til Death

The trip to Italy meant a lot to Annalisa she hadn't been there since her mother had died. Even though she had only been ten when they left it was still home. Bastion took her to her old family home where her brother Anthony still lived. They spend some time there before going to Bastion's home in Naples.

He still lived in the quaint home he had waited all those years for her. A week after arriving Bastion had his best friend over for dinner to meet his wife. Valentine was surprised to say the least, a few years ago Seb had left to go on a business trip and now he finally returned and was married. Valentine was confused but he went with it.

When he arrived for dinner, he saw her, a red-haired beauty walking from the vineyard into the house. Valentine walked into the house and called out for Seb.

“Hey Valentine, long time no see Paisan.” Seb says giving him a hug.

Annalisa came out of the kitchen with a smile on her face. “Valentine this is Annalisa my wife.” Seb says introducing them.

“It's nice to meet you Valentine. Bastion talks about you all the time.” Anna says smiling and shaking his hand.

Valentine smiles back, “It's nice to meet you. I'm happy for you both.” He says, but for some reason Anna gets a feeling about him, a bad feeling.

The dinner ends up being nice as they talk about their plans to stay for a little over a year before returning to New York. For the time being they would stay at the vineyard and continue growing the business, especially now that her father and husband's businesses were now one.

As the months passed Anna had a quiet fear growing in the back of her mind. Every time she was around Valentine, she felt uneasy. She felt the lust in his eyes when he looked at her, the same look Giotto once had. She had made sure that she was never alone with him. Anna did not want to go through what she went through with Giotto again.

Everything was going good until a day before her twenty-first birthday. Bastion was called by her father, there was an emergency and he needed Bastion to go and get Giovanni and keep him for a while. Bastion left, Anna stayed waiting for her brother Anthony to come, he was going to stay with her while she waited for Bastion to return. Valentine came to find out what was going on.

Anna was hesitant to let him in but she did. She knew where Bastion kept his gun, so she led Valentino into the room where it was kept just in case, she needed it. They sat down and drank some coffees as Anna explained what had happened.

“My father got attached, he's fine but he's worried about my little brother, she he's having Bastion bring him here so we can keep him safe. He's only going to be gone a few days and my brother Anthony should be here in a few hours. He's coming to stay with me.” Anna says hoping it will deter him from any deviousness.

“Oh, I'm sorry to hear about your father. Everything will be okay though, you'll see Anna. Soon Seb will be back home. Valentine says with a smile.

She nods and smiles back. “So, Valentine how long have you known Bastion?” She asks.

Valentine was curious to see how much she knew about her husband, so he smiles and says, “Almost a hundred years or so.” He waits to see her reaction; her facial expression doesn't change much.

“Wait so are you special to?” She asks him curiously.

He laughs, “Well I'm immortal, Seb helped with that, while he was waiting for you.”

“What do you mean he helped you with that?” She asks.

“He told me how to become immortal, and I did it.” Valentine tells her.

Anna becomes furious as his words sink in, “You mean to tell me he's known how to make people immortal all this time?”

Valentine nods, “Yes he's known.”

Anna was pissed and Valentine saw this as his chance, he hugged her and then tried to kiss her. She shoved him away and went to reach for the hidden gun under where she sat. But Valentine was quicker and had already pulled his gun and shot her. In moments Anna lay on the floor a bullet in her shoulder. She gasped and grabbed her bleeding arm.

“It's not my birthday yet,” she says out loud to herself before passing out from the pain.

Valentine didn't understand, but he freaked out if Bastion found out about this, he would do terrible things to him. He had to fix this. He took her unconscious body out to one of the empty areas of the vineyard. It was dark out and no one was out there. He smiled to himself, he might as well enjoy this while it lasted. He was going to have her even if she was unconscious. He forced himself on her, thankfully for Annalisa she did not wake.

He had his way with her body until dawn began to rise, then he knew he needed to end this. He put a bullet in her head and then buried her body, not realizing that he was being watched from a distance...