The sun drifted into Annella's room bringing her from her peaceful slumber of unreality. She sighed gently as her left arm moved to above her head as a small smile formed on her lips. Her thought traveled to the past five day and how much her normal life has changed so much. Finding out she is to be married to someone she has never met before, to witnessing said person killing four men. Not only that but also learning that fact that her father is not really who she thought he was. No just just so happened to be the leader of the Italian Mafia. 

" Princess, are you awake?" Kaden's voice drifted through her room as the door opened to allow his head to pop through. She turned her head to her right with a sleepy smile to him, smiling back he stepped in through the small gap and closed the wooden door behind him. He walked over to her as Annella could just make out what he was wearing, she would have blushed if she was not still half asleep. He was wearing red plaid pajama bottoms that were low riding and his bear chest and stomach on show for the world. His hair that is always styled perfectly was a mess showing he was just out of bed as he lifted her bed covers and slipped in with Annella.

" What are you doing?" Annella mumbled sleepily to him as she rolled onto her side and looked to him through half open eyes.

" I wanted to see my Princess." Kaden whispered as he nudged closer to her and Annella moved as well to place her head onto his bare chest with her ear just above his beating heart. Her left hand rested up his very well toned stomach, while Kaden placed his arm around her as his right hand went to her left upper arm to moved up and down gently.

" Can I ask you a... personal question?" Kaden asked sounding hesitant to speak to the sleepy woman resting on his chest. He tried to hard to ignore that sensation she was giving him as her thumb moved over his stomach, bumping over his muscles. Annella let out a small hum telling him to continue and ask his question.

" Are you a... a um..." He blushed at the question, not realising he could be so embarrassed by such a simple question. But here he was stuttering like a complete moron. He took a deep breath trying to compose himself.

" Are you a virgin?" He pushed out of his mouth. He could feel Annella stiffen on his chest before smiling to him and burying her face into his chest more.

" Yes." She whispered to him before drifting off back into the unreality of dreams. Kaden smiled at the no information, knowing that he will be her one and only, or at least that's what he hoped.

" I love you, Annella. I have fallen completely and madly in love with you. And your stupid game." Kaden whispered known she was sound asleep.

" I will make you fall for me too, I will show you just what you mean to me. I will always protect you, even from myself if need be." Kaden whispered before smiled and drifting off into a peaceful sleep himself. It was not but half an hour before the door opened again as Antonio walked in with the intention of speaking with his daughter about the days plans. The house was abuzz with preparations for the big day tomorrow and excitement hung in the air. Antonio stopped when his eyes wondered to the bed were Annella and Kaden were wrapped tightly in each other's arms, sound asleep with content smiles on their faces. Antonio smile happily as he turned and left the room quietly closing the door as not to disturb them.

"Nessuno deve preoccuparsi Annella fino a quando lei stessa è sveglio. (No one is to bother Annella until she herself is awake.)" Antonio said stopping a maid who nodded and shuffled away from him. Antonio stood outside the bedroom door smiling.

" Boss." A voice sounded as a man walked up to Antonio with a smirk on his face.

"Sebastian. Cos'è? (Sebastian. What is it?)" He asked his second in command who was looking to him then the door to his daughter bedroom.

" Appena venuto a informarvi che la sicurezza per il matrimonio è ordinato. Perché sorridi così felicemente circa? (Just came to inform you that the security for the wedding is sorted. What are you smiling so happily about?)" Sebastian spoke looking to Antonio who was an inch taller than he. Sebastian sported blond hair short and spiked that matched his green forest eyes with his strong jawline.

"Molto buono, e nulla dovete preoccuparvi di. Proprio noto che questo matrimonio può andare meglio di quanto sperassimo. (Very good, and nothing you need to concern yourself with. Just known that this marriage may go better than we hoped.)" Antonio smiled and turned to head towards his office. He had been have second thoughts about forcing Annella into this, but now seeing them both like he just did. Antonio then thought that it was not such a bad idea. By marrying Kaden, Annella will be protected and loved; which is all he wanted for her. That is what every man wants for this daughter, is to grow up having a good life, to be safe and loved. And that if anyone hurt her, they would surely pay dearly.

" Boss, the dress fitter has arrived." Sebastien informed him just as they reached his office door.

" Inform her I will be there in a moment." Antonio spoke as he walked into his office too see two of his men standing either side of a man who was kneeling down, shaking with fear. Antonio's face froze over as his jaw clench in anger. He stepped into his office closing the door behind him and walking over to his desk.

" My men informed me that you were caught snooping around my home." He growled as he walked behind his desk and pulled open the top drawer. " I don't take kindly to that kind of intrusion of privacy."

" Please, please, please. I did not mean any harm! I lost my way!" The man begged as Antonio pulled out a black pistol and a silencer.

" You see I also cannot stand people that lie to me." He said twisting on the silencer to his pistol. "I had my men do a bit of digging and guess what they found..." Antonio spoke as he rounded back around from his desk and over to the coward of a man. "That you work for the Castillo, and were sent to gather information about my daughter and her fiance."

" Please don't kill me I have a wife and child on the way!" He begged as Antonio rolled his eyes knowing it was all a lie. That fact was he had his men look closely to this man's life and found he was a cheat and a fake.

" Bull shit." Antonio spoke as he put the pistol to his head and pulled the trigger, killing him instantly.

" Get rid of the body, make sure this does not happen again." Antonio told the men as they nodded and began the disposal of the dead man. Antonio sighed and walked back over to his desk putting away his pistol and sitting into his large leather chair. He need to get the two married and away to the safe house as soon as possible to keep them both safe.