Third person's POV:

"Don." Aurelio stepped inside the office.

The Cassano's had an office in a remote location where they dealt with their torturing and illegal business. They only came here three times a week since they preferred their home office.

But today they had a meeting with one of the Capo's, Alexander Ferrari.

Though he was only twenty years old, he took his father's position two years ago. He was stern, brutal, and effective. He was clearly born for this.

Hector nodded for his soldier to speak. They'd been busy discussing tactics and plans to bring down the Russians.

"Katarina Petrova is here to speak to you." He announced.

The daughter of Dimitri Petrov, the man they were planning to kill.

"Let her in." Hector spoke.

Silas threw him a look. Why would she walk into enemy territory? It was weird. But Katarina has an obsession with Hector. She always came to the clubs he was at or did shit like this, show up at his workspace.

Katarina walked inside of the office dressed in a skintight blue dress that showed off her slim body. Her long blond hair hung over her shoulders and by the way that she smiled, Hector knew that it was not going to be worth his time.

"I was told that I could speak to you." She put on the sultry voice that did not affect Hector.

"You can. Speak and don't waste our time." Silas rolled his eyes.

"I thought privately."

Hector gave her a deadpanned look. A few years ago, he'd been so drunk that he hooked up with her. That led him to never get drunk again because he makes the worst mistakes then.

"Speak." He ordered her while sipping his cappuccino.

He had more important things to do. As long as his little sister wasn't safe, he would not stop working.

"I've come with a compromise to stop all this tension between our families." She announced.

It was hard to read Hector so that stressed her out but she continued talking.

"If you decide to marry me, my brother will stop harassing your sister. Does that sound fair?"

If Hector didn't know Katarina, he would've immediately agreed. Because it did sound fair but that wasn't the truth. He placed down his cup of cappuccino and gave her a bored look.

"You've come up with that yourself. Agreeing with you gives me no assurance that your brother will leave me sister alone." He stated.

"I can convince my brother." She shrugged.

No, she couldn't. Ronan was a lost cause. He'd even go up against their father to get Elena.

"Your brother is a psychopath. He's obsessed with my little sister. The only thing that will stop this tension between our families, is the death of your brother and father."

Her mouth fell open. Shock crossed through her icy blue eyes. She had expected him to agree. She thought he'd do anything for his little sister.

"You're on my territory now. I give you five minutes to leave before you regret it." He warned her.

She stormed out of the room while the men shared an eye roll. Theo's phone rang and he picked it up. His face fell immediately.

"She did what?!" He demanded.

Everybody looked at him as his eyes widened.

"Is she hurt?"

Hector tensed because he had a feeling about who this was.

"Christ, Nico, why would you let her do that?"

Theo got up from his seat and ran his hand through his hair.

"We'll come over. Take her to the hospital"

He ended the call. Hector knew that he wasn't alone in the room so he kept his emotions in check, although he was freaking out on the inside.

"What happened?" Silas demanded.

On the contrary to his older brother, Silas tended to burst out without caring that anyone would see. Hector always warned him to watch out but he never listened.

"Elena beat up some boy and sprained her hand whilst doing it."

Hector closed his eyes. This little girl was going to send him to an early grave.

"That little shit. I don't know if I should be proud or mad." Silas cursed.

Alexander chuckled. He'd been quiet throughout the entire scene with Katarina. Hector had invited him to make plans because he knew how bloodthirsty his capo was to kill the Petrov's. After what they did to his little brother.

"Your sister is definitely a Cassano." He commented.

Hector got up from his seat and put on his coat. Now he had to go deal with this.

"Manipulate their labs and start attacking their clubs. We need to weaken their stance before we attack." He instructed Alexander.

They nodded at each other. Hector walked outside followed by his brothers. Theo was hurrying towards his car like the worried mother hen that he was. Hector was strict towards his siblings but he knew that he lacked in giving them comfort, so Theo took that upon him.

"Do you know who she hit?" Hector asked as he stepped into the driver's seat.

"Chase Graham."

While Silas started to curse his head off, Hector couldn't stop the small smirk rising on his lips.

Elena really was a Cassano

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Elena's POV:

"You're an idiot." Leonardo commented.

The nurse was putting on a bandage over my hand. I sprained my hand while punching Chase.

I rolled my eyes at my brother.

These were my battle injuries.

"Yeah, they're going to ground you until the end of times." Nicolas grinned.

"Oh, shut up!" I snapped at them.

Honestly, I didn't care if Hector was going to punish me. I was happy that I hit Chase. The asshole deserved it and it made Amelia smile slightly.

That was all I cared about right now.

"I'm sorry." Amelia apologised.

"You didn't do anything wrong. I'd do it again." I told her firmly.

"You're never doing that again, Elena."

Hector walked in. Theo appeared behind him and rushed to my side. He gazed at my hand and then cupped my face.

"Tesoro, please don't fight. You gave me a heart attack." He sighed and kissed my cheek.

Oh, Theo. What would I do without him?

The nurse hurried out of the room. I rested my head against Theo's chest and it instantly calmed me down. I was still very angry but Theo always calms me down.

"Why did you hit that boy?"

Hector always goes straight to business.

I glanced at Amelia who sat by herself on the couch. She looked scared. I knew that eating disorders were serious and I should tell an adult but not now. I'll speak to her first. I'll convince her to tell Theo.

He's just the best option.

"He annoyed me so I punched him."

That wasn't a complete lie. Chase really did annoy me with his dumb remarks.

"I don't allow lying, Elena. You know that." He warned me.

I don't lie much because I'd rather snap at him with hard facts but I was not going to just put out Amelia's secrets.

"Look just punish me. No need for all this bullshit." I muttered.

"You little shit, answer the fucking question!" Silas snarled.

I buried my face in Theo's chest and he softly patted my back.

"Tesoro, we don't want you to fight anybody. If someone bothers you, you come to us and we'll deal with that person. Yes?"

I nodded hoping to end this stupidness sooner but Hector wouldn't let it fall.

"Amelia. Tell me what happened."

My eyes met hers and she looked scared. I saw how her grip on her knees tightened and how she paled.

"How does she know what happened? I did it on my own!" I snapped.

"Then why did she apologise?"

Fuck, how much did they hear?

My brain was working hard to try to think about excuses but I came up with nothing.

"He called me a fat pig."

I didn't think that she would tell the truth but I was happy she did. Although, I hoped that she did it because she wanted to and not to save my ass.

"I told Elena and then she went to beat him up for me. She meant well, she only tried to help me."

She didn't lift her eyes.

"When did he call you that?" Hector questioned.

I froze. Something was up.

"I- why does that matter?" She asked confused.

"Because you've not been eating for the past two weeks."

Silence.

I was quite annoyed. If he noticed that she wasn't eating, why didn't he approach her sooner?

"I was stressed because of the exams." She lied.

"Don't lie. I want the truth right now." His voice was stern.

Why did he have to be so intimidating?

"Let's just calm down." Theo suggested.

He did have the capability to pick up on social clues which Hector was blind to.

"We'll talk about it later, alright?" He asked Amelia softly.

She nodded.

"But-"

"Don't push her now." Theo cut off Silas.

Silas sighed deeply and mentioned for the twins and Victor to come along. I let go of Theo since he walked to Amelia and held her hand. That left me with Hectorg.

"Do that again." He grabbed me by the nape of my neck.

I tried to get away from him but he pulled me along out of the hospital room.

"And I swear that I'll lock you up in your room until your thirty."

The thing with Hector was that he never brags. He was dead serious.