Chapter 27

Flashback (E)

"She's slept for hours now Ariana. How long will it take for her to wake?" I heard Aiden's voice whisper from afar off and I turned to see him walking around as if he was bothered.

"She will be awake soon Lord. You don't have to be bothered" Ariana replied and looked at me but I blinked my eyes close so she won't know I was awake. "But didn't you warn her about the danger of drinking those wine?"

I waited for Aiden's reply but it never came and I had to blink my eyes open to see if they were still there but they weren't. "Where did they go? And what happened to me?"

"On a business deal" a voice whispered beside me and I jerked away in fright. "About what happened to you; we found you laying on the floor in Aiden's house bar in between broken bottles."

"Giovanni?" What are you doing here?" And how did you enter? Cause I didn't see you walk in" I asked dazed.

"I've been here all along but you didn't notice cause you've been focused on