Chapter 44 It Was Because It Looked Like Poison

• Alexander pov.
• “Seriously? The first thing you do when you wake up is kiss her? Are you out of your mind, Alexander, or have all those bullets finally messed with your already deranged brain?” Daniel scolded, dressing my wound with a mixture of disbelief and anger.
• “Aw, Uncle Daniel, don’t scold him,” Julian interjected from across the room, smirking as he glanced up from his phone. “Uncle Alexander wasn’t exactly normal to begin with, so why are you surprised?” He leaned back, his voice casual. “Do you know what everyone in Italy calls him? Creatura delle tenebre — ‘creature of the darkness.’ He’s the same man who wiped out an entire mafia clan just because they betrayed him.”