Redemption

***Part 1 of a two-part series*

** Makenna: **

*He's back. After three long, painful years of healing, he's finally back.

I loved Lucio De Campo with all of my heart, but his secret lifestyle destroyed any possible chance of us reconciling. For eight years, I loved him unconditionally and wanted nothing more than to start a family with him, until the night that all hell broke loose. Not only did I discover who he truly was, but the gruesome lifestyle that he led had put me in danger. When he left, I was broken beyond repair and was just now finding myself again. I couldn't let him back in. No matter how bad my heart was yearning for him. *

**Lucio: **

*I'm free! After years of living my life under my father's rule, I am finally free.

It took losing the love of my life and freedom for the past three years, but I have finally found my way. I'm a new man, determined to right my wrongs for the woman that I love. Who I am will never change, but I will never allow anyone to hurt her ever again. She's mine. Always has been and always will be. Fiancé or not; we will be together again. *

**Frankie: **

*Outcast. Disappointment. Failure. *

*Those are the words that I have been branded with since the day Lucio walked into my father's restaurant. I went from being next in line to some low level thug within my father's operation. For three years, I plotted against the family that forced away my father's love. They took everything from me, and I was determined to do same. *

One night destroyed the lives' of three people and entangled them for years to come. Love, pain, and revenge started it all, but will it also end it?**