Lissa- Sugar and Spice 1.6 - Final
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“Yes,” the general said. “We.” He gave them all a bright smile, as false as a party mask. “And we’re happy to see that you’re well and—”
The general’s words blurred as the Wildes stared at the four unknown guests. They were strangers.
And yet—and yet, there was something familiar about them.
The height of the men. Their long, leanly-muscled bodies. Their dark hair, and the elegantly masculine bone structure of their faces.
The way the women held themselves. Their slender bodies. Their fair hair, and the shapes of their noses and mouths.
Instinctively, the Wildes drew closer together.
“…so my apologies for the delay,” the general said, “but the weather in Rome—”
“Basta!” one of the men with him growled. “Enough! Just get to it.”
“Si,” the second man said. “Cristo, we have had enough of talk!”
Caleb looked at the general. “Who are these people?” he said. “What’s going on here?”
The general cleared his throat. “They are—they are—”
The first man stepped forward. “I am Matteo.”
The second man joined him. “I am Luca. And these are our sisters, Alessandra and Bianca.”
Silence. No one moved. No one spoke. After what seemed a very long time, Travis said, “And you have come here as our father’s guests?”
“We have come,” Matteo said, “because we finally know the truth.”
Jake folded his arms over his chest. “What truth?”
“You will not like it,” Alessandra said.
Caleb flashed a cold smile. “Let us make the decision about what we will or will not like.”
Bianca cleared her throat. “My sister is simply trying to warn you that—”
“She warned us,” Travis said sharply. “Just get to it. What’s this truth that you think we won’t like?”
Matteo and Luca looked at each other. Then Matteo shrugged his shoulders.
“It is,” he said, “that we, the same as you, have the misfortune of being the sons and daughters of General John Hamilton Wilde.”
Beyond the ridge, the first group of fiery rockets shot into the black Texas sky and burst into a dozen glorious shades of pink, purple and blue.
THE END
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