CHAPTER 23: TIT FOR TAT

Nat's POV

We reach home an hour later.

Turns out when Leo was looking for me, he got his car.

The drive home was silent with nothing but music blaring on the radio.

I could tell Leo was damn angry and he wanted to kill Marco this instant because Marco not only killed his cousin but countless members of the clan.

I don't understand why Leo felt the need to bring this up when we were finally communicating and sorting everything out and how in the world am I supposed to act about this?

I shoot a glance at Leo and see his grip tightening around the steering wheel and breath heavying with every passing second.

I want to reach out to him but I also don't want to trigger him more.

He obviously knows that I know about this.

"Uh, Leo?" I call out his name and he nods in return.

"How do you feel?"

"About?"

"All of this, the thing with your brother, Marco-"

"Oh you mean how Marco killed my closest cousin? Yeah, I'm all sunshine and glitter," he snaps by cutting me off in between.

I look outside the window and sigh.

I can hear Leo taking deep breaths and a few minutes later he says, " I'm sorry, I didn't mean to snap."

"It's alright, just let it out okay?"

"Yeah, thanks. It just fucking sucks that Marco gets away with every shit he pulls, letting my bestfriend die, hurting you and killing my brother," he says with venom laced in his voice.

"You know what's even worse," he asks me before I can respond to him, "that I can't do anything about even if I wanted to, my uncle wants me to stay quiet and do nothing about this as if I'm not bound to start going red with rage a second later."

Mario isn't letting him retaliate?

I mean, that's a really smart move and all but Mario is even more aggressive than Marco and that's saying something because we all know how crazy Marco can get.

I put my hand on his and smile at him and he tries to smile back.

"It'll be alright, don't worry," I assure him and he nods his head in return.

A few seconds later, we reach home and I don't feel like getting out of the car and leave him alone but he does needs time and space to clear his head out.

So when his call pulls onto my porch I ask him," hey Leo, sure you don't plan on killing Marco this instant ?"

"No. You see being a leader of the clan I have to plan everything and moreover I have to tell Mario who killed Petro ."

"And you would do nothing about the fact that Mario happened to kill Luca ?"

"No, we don't kill family "

"Okay," I say and take that as my cue to leave.

As I was getting out, Leo rolled down his window and said, "Nat, I really don't know how you found out about our clans. You were never meant to find out and now that you have, you need to stay away from Marco. He's my enemy and we can't be hanging out a lot as much as I would love too but that only puts your life in danger. And don't worry, you will be safe just stay outta this mess. "

And then he left.

I just stood there for five minutes trying to take in what he had just said.

Is there really no danger from Leo?

Isn't he the one destined to kill me?

Ya, I know I should stay away from Marco but my life is in more of a danger with Leo.

Leo's POV

As soon as I dropped her, I left for the hotel where Mario was staying to tell him this whole new information.

How does she know about all this?

I just told her that I was the leader never about this clan stuff.

I would have to ask Mario after all he is the brains of the clan, whatever is left of it that is.

I still can't digest the fact that Marco was spying on me all this while without me knowing anything.

I cannot let him win this time.

I have to avenge my parent's death.

Mario was right all along and that is something I don't admit often or at all.

Twenty minutes later, I reach the hotel and straight away go to Mario 's room.

"Mario! I have news for you !" I exclaim as soon as I step inside his room.

"What is it?" he answers.

"I found out who killed Petro. "

That got his attention, after all, Petro was his only son.

"What ?" he says in surprise.

"Yeah,"

"Who is it? Tell me fast !" he says and runs his hand through his hair.

"Remember that Nick guy ?"

"The one who kept bothering your girl?" he says with a scoff.

"He is Marco, disguised as a normal American teen Nick ."

"That slimeball killed Petro ?" he asks, horrified.

"Petro was a weakling if you recall and if you look at Marco, he has a sturdy figure that could easily finish off Petro ."

"You don't say one bad word about my son, Leonardo !"

"Okay," I say and raise my hands in surrender.

"Now make a plan," Mario says.

"How about tit for tat ?"

"What tit for tat?"

"Look they killed a weakling of our clan, no offense and we kill a weakling of theirs. " I say with a smirk.

"Not bad Leo! " he says with a smirk as evil as mine.

"Now just wait and watch Marco, the battle has just begun, " I say and we both laugh.

"So who kills him ?" I ask him.

"We'll send Alejandro "

"Who's he? "

"Your dead father's second brother's son "

"How come I don't know him ?"

"Ask Alejandro yourself," he says with a smirk.

"I hope he will not cause any trouble. You take care of him. He's your duty. Something goes off I will come and seize your throat not his. You're in charge"

"Ya ya. I will just call him. A member of that shitty clan will be dead tonight. "

"Grande! It's tit for tat !" I say and leave, hoping that the plan is as successful as theirs.