Chapter Fifty Nine – Strike Back
Marco glanced at his watch, counting down the seconds, it had been forty eight hours since he let his Bella Cigno fly away, setting her free from this life, from him. Seventy two hours since he last slept, and still his eyes would not close, because each time they did he saw her, the memory of her face, her smile, her fiery temper as wild as her red hair, the day she made him the happiest person alive, and now she was gone taking with her his heart, his soul and his future. The bitter taste of regret mixed with strong coffee lingered on his tongue, if there had been another way, but there wasn’t, not for her, and not for him. They had to be on different paths now, he had to break the cycle of death and destruction, he had to make sure that she was no longe
