Third Person's POV:
In the silence of the night when everyone is asleep having beautiful dreams, Romanos are fighting with their enemies. They were ambushed when they were coming from a meeting. Matteo wasn't with them as he is not involved in the mafia but all of the other brothers were there along with Gabriel. It was a very crucial meeting for their mafia business.
Somehow their enemy got to know that they will be there and they ambushed them. The fight broke out. There were bodyguards with Romanos but the enemies were greater in number than them. They were fighting very vigorously.
Gabriel was engaged in close combat. He was fighting with two men. He delivered a punch on the man's face and kicked him on his stomach, sending him flying back. The man was unconscious. Another man was trying to hit him on his head with an iron rod from behind sneakily but Leonardo saw and stopped the man by punching him.
The man was stopped but he attacked Leonardo now using the rod. Leonardo stopped his movements but got hit on his arms. He successfully stopped the man and got the rod in his hand and used it to deal with some attackers.
Antonio was also fighting a group of men. He was trying hard to defend himself. There were four men attacking him from all the sides and he was alone fighting them as all of the others were engaged also. He kicked a man that was going to punch him in the face. Another man tried to kick him from behind but he managed to dodge in time and he back flipped the man.
When he was fighting with that man another sneaked in and he had a knife in his hand and he sliced it towards Antonio's face. Antonio saw it last minute and used his hand to stop the knife but he got his hand hurt. He snatched the knife from the man and sliced his throat and the man was dead on the spot. His hand was bleeding. The blood was dripping from his hand. He took out the handkerchief and tied it around his hand to stop the bleeding. By that time Gabriel came there and helped him deal with the last men.
"Dad, are you okay?" Antonio asked Gabriel.
"Yes I am okay. Let's find others. They will also need our help." Gabriel said to Antonio to which he nodded and they went towards others to help them deal with the remaining men. Their men were doing a good job by handling the enemies. The situation was looking positive for the Romanos now. The attackers were quickly getting defeated one by one.
Gabriel and Antonio went towards Alfonso who was fighting three men on his own. They helped him deal with them then they moved towards Rafael and Benjamin. They were together and trying to fight a group. There were many men attacking them from all sides. Seeing this they got anxious and quickly went to them to help deal with them.
They saw that Benjamin was fighting with the men and trying to protect Rafael. He was injured. They quickly fought them. Leonardo also came there and helped them.
"Benjamin, take Rafael to the side and try to stop the bleeding." Leonardo said to him. Benjamin quickly nodded and with the help of one of the men he took Rafael to the side away from the fighting and quickly looked at his injuries. He was shot on his shoulder and blood was flowing down. He quickly tore his shirt and wrapped it around his injuries and pressed on it to stop the bleeding. He was now losing consciousness.
"Rafael fratello. Don't close your eyes. Look at me. Try to keep your eyes open please. You are a doctor right. You have to keep your eyes open. We have to go home also. Ana will also be waiting for us." He kept talking to him and he also tried his hardest to keep his eyes open. He ordered his men to bring the car fast. The fight is also coming to an end. The men were defeated and some fled for their life seeing their partners getting killed.
The car came quickly. Benjamin with some of his men placed Rafael into the car and the car drove off quickly to the hospital. He left behind one man to tell his brothers that they have gone to the hospital so that they can also catch up to them later.
Meanwhile the other Romanos were still fighting off the last of the men. There weren't many left so they quickly took care of it with the help of their own men. After taking care of the enemies they looked around and found that they had lost quite a lot of their own men.
"We have lost many men today." Antonio said. All of them sighed. They will provide the proper reimbursement and care to the deceased's families but it won't cover their loss. Just then the bodyguard came there and told them about Benjamin taking Rafael to the hospital. They quickly hurried to the hospital leaving their men behind to deal with the aftermath.
All of them quickly arrived at the hospital. They went to the floor on which Rafael was. Gabriel quickly went to Benjamin who was sitting on the chair and asked him, "What did the doctor say?"
Benjamin stood up and replied, "they have taken him in the operation theatre. They have yet to come out." Gabriel nodded and looked at the closed door of the operation theatre. They waited there pacing back and forth. About an hour later the light of the operation theatre turned off and the doctors came out. They were all of the experts in their field.
All of them quickly went to them and asked about Rafael. "How is he?" Alfonso asked.
"He is out of danger now. We will shift him to the room in some time then you can meet him. He will need some time to recuperate. Take good care of him." Gabriel nodded. "Thank you doctor." "It's our duty Mr. Romano." The doctor said and went away from there.
All of the Romano sighed in relief. Gabriel said, "Antonio I want to know the mastermind behind this attack. I won't spare him for hurting my son and attacking my family. I am still alive and the capo of this mafia."
(Capo: boss)
"Okay dad. Don't worry. We will take our revenge for this attack." Antonio said and went away from there after making the arrangements and appointing the bodyguards there. He went to his headquarters immediately and appointed his men to find out about the attack.
He also made the arrangements for his dead men to be properly buried and to compensate their family. After doing all of this the morning came. It was already six o'clock. He stood up and went to the hospital to check on his brother. His men have informed him about the enemy and it was no surprise for him to know that the attacker was Andrey the Russian mafia head.
After arriving at the hospital he saw that all of his brothers and dad were still there. He went into the ward of his brother and saw that he was sleeping peacefully. His face has recovered some of the blood and now it doesn't look so pale like before.
He thought about the twins. He also has to inform them. How will he tell his sister? His brother knows about mafia work but his sister doesn't. So how will he explain it to her?
"Dad, how is he now?" Antonio asked Gabriel.
"The doctor came and checked him. He told us that his vitals are normal and he is recovering well. He will wake up in some time." Gabriel replied to him.
"Ok that's good. I have found out about the attacker. Guess who it is?"
"Andrey." Leonardo asked more like said. Because he has this hunch that the attacker was him. He has always been enemies with them. Always finding the ways to make them suffer.
"Correct. Now who wants to teach him a lesson?" He asked with a smirk.
"All of us." Alfonso said back with a smirk. They will not leave him. He has harmed their brother and dared to attack them again and again. This time they will deal with him properly.
"Antonio fratello how is your hand now?" Benjamin asked him.
"It is better now." He said looking at his hand. The doctor has bandaged his hand and given him some medicines so his hand is not feeling much pain.
"We should go home and freshen up. We also have to tell the twins about Rafael but I am concerned about princess. How will we tell her?" Antonio said.
All of them looked worried as to how to tell her.
"How about we tell her that...." Benjamin told them his idea and they agreed with it and went to the home after making sure the security was tight and Alfonso also stayed back.
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Ariana's POV:
I woke up in the morning and got ready. I noticed that papa didn't come to wake me up today. Does that mean that they haven't come yet from their work? But it is already eight a.m. now. I went downstairs and saw that twinnie was sitting in the living room.
"Good morning, twinnie. Where is everyone?" I greeted him. He looked at me and I saw that he looked worried. His face was pale. I immediately went to him and asked.
"What happened twinnie?"
"Actually they haven't come yet. I am worried now." Twinnie said to me. Now I am also worried thinking about them. I quickly took out my mobile phone and called Antonio fratello. The call went through and he picked it up immediately.
"Hello fratello. Where are you guys?"
"Hey princess. We are just coming home. We are on the way. Don't worry, ok?"
"Ok fratello come quickly. We are waiting."
"He said they are on the way." I told twinnie and he nodded relieved. We waited for them on the couch and after a few minutes they came in. I immediately felt that something was wrong. Their expressions weren't right and they seemed like they were worried about something.
"What happened?" I quickly asked. They looked at each other. Then papa came forward and sat beside me.
"Princess.... Rafael is in the hospital. He got injured but don't worry he is okay now."
"What, but what happened? How did it happen?" I asked frantically and I had tears in my eyes thinking what had happened to my fratello.
"Actually we all had some work last night as you know. So we went to the meeting together as it was very important for our work. So when we were coming back some men ambushed us. When we were fighting with them one of them found an opportunity and shot Rafael on his shoulder. We quickly took him to the hospital and now he is stable and recovering well." He wiped my tears that were flowing down my eyes.
"But why did someone ambush you guys?"
"Actually we have many enemies because of our work and one of them got to know that we all are going to that meeting and took advantage of that and attacked us. Don't worry it is all under control now." He patted my back and comforted me.
"Ok but I want to see Rafael fratello now. Let's go see him. Is he awake?"
"No, when we came he was still sleeping. We will go and see him." Leonardo fratello spoke. I nodded and thought about it and then said.
"Papa, fratello, you guys go and get freshen up. We will prepare breakfast for you guys. We will also prepare the breakfast for Rafael and Alfonso fratello and will take some clothes and toiletries for them also. You guys go first." They nodded and quickly went to their rooms.
Twinnie went to our fratelli's rooms to prepare a bag of their stuff. While I went to the kitchen and with the help of the staff quickly prepared some healthy soups for my fratello.
I packed the tiffin and then went out to the dining table and saw that the staff had prepared the table. I saw that all of them were also coming down so we quickly ate some food and went to the hospital.
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