She felt like a caged bird. A bird that was meant to fly the high, blue skies, but was trapped like a prized possession for her master to impress others with. Ava is the daughter of a very powerful man in the underworld. Her blood, her family name makes her a tool for others to gain more power. Greedy men want her for her name, not for who she is. Being locked up all her life in her father's house makes her naïve and ignorant of the outside world. Meaning the greedy men have an easy game to play.
Lihat lebih banyakI was humming while I worked in the garden. I was planting the most beautiful red roses into the ground. The chirping of the birds, the cool breeze and the warmth of the sun kissing my skin felt like a blessing after such a dark period of my life. Never, once I thought my life would end up so darkly as it was now.I had this vision when I was sixteen, that I would marry someone who I would love with all my heart and be happy the rest of my life. I would live in a warm, cosy house, preferably close to a lake. I would have children, did not matter how much or which gender. Maybe I would be a stay-at-home mom, or I would have a job. I had many variants of this vision, but the one thing that would be the same was my happy ending like in all the stories they tell us when we were children.I sighed. Would it not be great to have such a life? I shook my head. Those stories are fairy tales. I had to learn that the hard way. No, things like that are fantasies and not reality. Reality is much,
"Put your shoes on and get your coat." I heard Nicholas saying to me as he passed my bedroom. I wanted to ask why, but he continued to walk away, leaving me no room to question him about his mysterious request.I quickly took the asked items from my closet and made my way toward the foyer. As I made my decent down the steps, I saw Nicolas getting ready as well together with five other bodyguards."What's going on?" I asked worried. Had something happened? Did we need to flee? Were we in any danger?Nicolas looked at me with a warm smile and gestured to go outside with him. He escorted me towards one of the cars. He opened the passenger side door so I could enter the car. He quickly made his way around the car and joined me in the car.He turned the key and the engine came to life, roaring like a beast.As we were leaving the premises I sat stunned in my seat. We were leaving the house.I turned towards the man who denied every request of mine to leave the house. "Nicholas? Where are w
One month. One month of misery. I barely slept during the night because of the nightmares. I barely eat because during the day the images of my traumatic memories would haunt me. Making it impossible for me to eat a whole meal. And lastly, I barely did anything during the day. All my things were still back at my last home and Nicholas did not want to take the risk to get my things back. He was afraid that would gain attention.It was like the world around me had stopped and I was stuck in time. It felt like I got a break from life and because of that, I could finally process what had happened to me. I was forced to marry an evil and cruel man, lost my family, got kidnapped, lost my baby, found out about the secret life of my brother, and was now locked up in another mansion again.After a failed attempt to eat breakfast I would settle myself in the living room. I would put on the tv and let that play in the background while I looked out of the window, thinking about ne
"Ask me."My brows furrowed. "What do you mean?""Ask me your questions and I will see if I can answer them," Nicholas explained. I was quiet for a minute. I had several questions, but none of them came to my mind right now. I had questions about my own family, about Edric and this Lex guy."Okay, who is the Lex guy?" First, I wanted to know who was responsible for the death of my baby."Lex was a gang leader. He had a small organization that trafficked drugs and weapons from time to time. I think he had some business in prostitution as well. Anyway, he was too eager to take power. He thought he could conquer the mafia world by killing Edric and marrying you, but he acted too rushed, now he is dead." Nicholas was shaking his head at the thought of Lex."What made him think that?""You mean why he thought he could grab power by killing Edric and marrying you?" I nodded my head."Edric was at the top when your father and brother died. H
I stepped out of the shower. After three days I could walk more freely. The miscarriage and the bruises on my ribs made it difficult for me to walk. Even though I did not want to be pregnant at first, now I wanted it so badly. I still could not believe what happened a few days ago. My husband and his family were dead. I was no longer a married woman. I was no longer pregnant. It felt all surreal to me.Nicholas had left me alone during the past days after his first visit. I did not mind it. I needed to be alone to process everything. The only person with who I had contact was Debbie. She was nice but too talkative. The moment she stepped in the room until she left, she talked the whole time through.In the corner of my eye, I saw a glimpse of how I looked in the mirror. I looked horrible. The bruises were still very dark. I hated to see myself like this. I wended my head away from the mirror and started to dress. Today I felt like leaving the bedroom.When I was
"Don't." That was all I said when I felt someone pick up my body. "Please don't," I said in a whisper. Two arms held me up and I felt how we moved slowly and carefully out of the basement. I tried to resist, but the person who held me shushed me in a calming way. I wanted to tell them to let me be, to leave me behind. I did not want to be tortured by something or someone again.I could not go through a rough period anymore. I had lost too many loved ones in a short period of time, I had felt too much pain for three lifetimes already at the age of eighteen. I just wanted peace.Leave me alone.• • •I was embraced in softness. I tried to move; my body ached. I noticed I was laying down on a bed and a good one at that. I opened my eyes and was met with a luxurious bedroom. I laid in a California King's bed, which had the softest sheets laying on them I had ever felt. The interior room had the same color theme, light grey, gold, and whi
Trigger Warning for the following chapterI had just put on my clothes, making myself ready for a new day. Evelyn would be coming back today. She had visited her friend for a couple of days and came back to our house to keep me company again. She wanted to look at the room which could be possibly the nursery for the baby.When I left the bathroom and was ready to exit the bedroom, I heard people shouting downstairs. I quickened my steps and headed towards the noise, only I was held back by the sound of a gunshot.I tensed.Careful I stepped forward. This was a stupid idea, I thought. You should run away! A voice in my head shouted at me.Short after the shot, it became silent, like the silence before a storm. Then all hell broke loose. Multiple gunshots were fired, by the sound of it. More people started to yell at each other.Instinctively, I stepped back.I saw a figure appearing around the corner. I wanted to shout
Two months went by and things were different. Again, I was locked up in the mansion, it was now not my father's but my husband's. Evelyn tried to convince both her father and Edric to let me out and have some fun, especially before the baby would come. But both the men said no.I was now their number one priority, I needed to be protected 24/7, which was horrible. There would be always a bodyguard nearby. Their cold demeanor, almost robot-like, was not very comforting when I was watching a movie or eating my dinner.There was always someone looking over my shoulder. Following me like a hawk. It was very unnerving.The best thing about this whole pregnancy was that Edric kept his hands off me. This baby meant a lot to him, his family, and apparently the mafia. So, no harm was to come to me or the baby.I did not have to worry if I would do or say something wrong.I finally felt like I could breathe again.Also, it helped that Evelyn
Mafia. I had asked Alex for a laptop and he gave me one, not knowing what I wanted to do with it. I had searched for the term. I was finally getting answers, so I thought. Multiple hits came up. I thanked Evelyn silently in my mind for teaching me how to effectively use the internet.Although I knew I still had not mastered it, I knew now better how to use certain sites, like Google.I looked at the hits. The first hits were mostly about a game called Mafia, but I knew that was not what Alex and Edric meant withmafia. They talked aboutThe Businessand that meant a kind of organization.So, I looked further.Then, I stumbled on some hits about definitions. I read them and what I read; I could not believe it. They said the termmafiareferred to a criminal organization that had its own culture, politics, and economy. This organization did business in different areas like gambling, drug trafficki
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