He regretted his actions deeply

Words could not describe how upset she was.

Luca managed to stand up with so much difficulty, he held his head in his hands enduring the intense banging in his head.

He regretted his actions deeply, he was an egoistic man that felt he should have everything he wished for.

He wasn't the type to handle rejection, Kahlan had repeatedly rejected his advances towards her. It hurt his pride so much that he wanted to conquer the brat.

He forgot how much his wife loved Kahlan simply because Kahlan saved her. They were unable to have children after years of getting married, though his wife wasn't a little bit bothered about it.

When his wife went to handle a situation that cropped up in Bologna, she encountered some difficulties and repeatedly got stabbed on the thigh.

She managed to flee from the attackers but lost so much blood. She stumbled on Kahlan on the street that night and she saved her.

She told Kahlan she couldn't go to the hospital, now, any normal person could have smelled something fishy. She was expecting Kahlan to leave her to suffer alone but surprisingly the little woman exerted so effort to help her into a cab.

Kahlan got a room for them in a motel and she treated her wounds with expertise. Most importantly, doing it in silence not asking any questions at all.

The little woman stayed by her side till daybreak in silence even getting her breakfast in the morning.

Her cold heart was touched by the kind gesture and she immediately took a liking to the young lady.

Engaging in a conversation with her, Mrs Luca found out that Kahlan was looking for a where to stay in Catania.

Mrs Luca was overjoyed knowing she had a properties there... immediately she offered for Kahlan to come live in one of her buildings.

She wanted the young lady to come live with her but she restrained herself from making such request. Afraid she would scare the young lady away.

She was a gang leader, she did some shady stuffs behind the scenes and that was her main stream of income. Passed down from her father to her, she had the obligation of keeping the affairs of the notorious gang in check after her father's death.

She had so many enemies lurking around and waiting for her to reveal a weakness so they could strike.

Even her home wasn't safe, she didn't want to bring the sweet looking girl into such a world of anarchy and danger.

So, she watched and cared for her from afar. Not daring to go any closer.

The mumblings from the crowd increased exponentially. Someone shouted from the crowd, "Via a morire Luca" meaning go die Luca followed by a slap on his face.

People had this frame of mind that bullying the weak and fearing the strong was a normal occurrence. The ineptness of Luca's personae in front of his wife crashed their imagination of Luca in their hearts. Giving them resolute confidence to prey on him.

An uproar broke out among the many people that gathered and they dragged Luca here and there not just because he looked weak now but because of the inappropriate way he had treated them in the past.

All that indignation poured like rain on him without constraint. Many people had to suffer in shame and humiliation in the past whenever Luca maltreated them all because he was Luca!

Luca kept shouting in pain as his hair was yanked here and there. His were clothes torn by the wicked hands of the angry mob. He pleaded for his wife to come save him but was totally ignored by hair.

Instead she ordered one of her male underlings to take Kahlan's properties back to her room for her.