27. Start of Something New

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Utter silence greeted Amara's words. The only sounds that were heard were the noise of the waves crashing against the seashore as the two stood still, the soft light of the moon shinning upon them.

Amara stared at Valerio's face as his eyes clenched shut at her answer, his breathing slightly laboured. Uncertainty washed across her like a tidal wave when he didn't speak after a few moments.

Had Valerio perhaps changed his mind? She thought dejectedly.

Confused and slightly hurt, Amara slowly pulled away from him and took a step back, causing his eyes to snap open and Amara couldn't stifle the gasp that left her at the sheer intensity of his gaze as he looked at her now, as compared to all the other times.

"D-Did I say something wrong?",she whispered worriedly, "Have you perhaps changed your mind —"

Before she could even complete her sentence she was pulled into the cage of Valerio's arms. 

"Don't say that", he warned her.

"But you didn't say anything. I just thought that you.....", Amara murmured, lost, as a storm raged in his eyes.

At her words his eyes softened infinitesimally, "I apologise sweetheart", he said sincerely.

Butterflies fluttered in Amara's chest at his endearment. He had never called her so before.

"I...I was shocked",he admitted with difficulty. "For how could someone so innocent and so...... light as you ever agree to be with someone so blackened and dangerous like me willingly?"

Amara frowned, "Don't talk about yourself like that."

"It is the truth Amara", Valerio said chuckling darkly, "I am meant to take over my family legacy in a few years from my grandfather. I'm dangerous", he emphasised the last word. "Everyone around us already fear me and they do so for a reason. Your Grandpa, Nonno, Allister and everyone else are wary of me, they all fear what I could do once I officially become the Don of the Valentini Empire. They fear that I could hurt you."

"Will you?", Amara asked, blinking up at him.

Valerio stiffened at her innocent query. Did she have absolutely no clue? Absolutely no idea what she did to him? About the power she could hold over him if she so wanted to?

Valerio knew that he would build up a new world or tear another one to the ground for her, for her and for the way she looked at him. Every part of him knew that he would, that it was all a hard, solid, indisputable fact that made his entire being ache from the honesty of it.

"Not you....Never you. Du bist meine seele", he vowed fiercely.

Despite not understating his last sentence, Amara felt her face burn at the blatant possessiveness in his  voice.

"How's your arm?" she squeaked out trying to change the topic hurriedly. Very carefully she trailed her fingers down the spot that she remembered seeing the injury. She could feel his eyes follow the movement.

He flexed his bicep in reply and laughed when she gasped and pulled away immediately as her fingers contacted the large ball of muscle.

"Good then",she squeaked out.

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