CHAPTER FOUR

GREECE’s POV.

After leaving his office, Amira explains a few things about him to me.  Apparently I shouldn’t speak if he doesn’t speak to me. Not like I can actually say a word though but that man annoys me. He is not only a murderer but an annoying jerk.

His brother, well his brother is very different from him. How do I know they are both related? They look a lot like each other. While Dominic is much more scary and not easy to approach, his brother is the direct opposite. He even knows sign language.

Amira nudges me and I jolt out of my train of thoughts.

“What’s going on in your mind?” She signs and I shake my head vigorously.

“Nothing” I sign back.

“Good, you should remember what I told you. Stay out of his sight if you can. He won’t hesitate to kill you”

It seems that fine face has a pretty bad reputation; everyone knows he is a murderer. I hope the moon goddess kills him in his sleep.

“Did you hear what I said to you?” She signs again and I nod.

I am quite aware of what she is saying; I want to take revenge on him, I need to do everything possible to stay under his rader. Father always says something. To know your enemy, you need to be close to them. Dominic didn’t do the right thing and I am never going to forgive him.

“I think I will go back to my room” I sign to Amira and she nods. That is the only place I find solace now, I want to be away from everyone. I just want to be by myself and I pray that comes through and no one comes to knock on my door for anything else.

With a fake smile, I turn around and walk away hoping to get away from everyone as fast as I can but I immediately come across someone else. Dominic’s brother who has a huge grin on his face.

Didn’t we leave him upstairs just now? How did he get here so quickly?

“Are you concerned about how I got here so fast?” He signs but I don’t answer. He is Dominic’s brother, no good can come out of him no matter how wide his grin gets.

I use this opportunity to study him. While his brother is huge and tall, this one is tall and less huge than his brother but I can see his muscles also peeking out of his shirt. Unlike his brother, he has his hair in cornrows. Beautiful blue eyes, which is clearly different from his brother’s onyx eyes. From his skin, you can decipher that he likes his tan since he is a shade darker than his brother who looks like he hates the sun. Both brothers are clearly the same height, the moon goddess sure has her favorite since the two of them look like they are from another dimension entirely.

“You really don’t talk?” He asks again, signing as slowly as he can. How did he even learn sign language? It’s not like anyone close to them is deaf or dumb.

“No” I shake my head lightly.

“I see” he wraps his hands around his chest, one of his hands propping his jaw up, “so how are you going to go by around here? Dominic is not going to let you sit around all day doing nothing”

“He can do what he wants with me, I don’t care”

I do care, I care like crazy. Especially when it looks like that man can pull a trigger and kill me in a split second. If I want to live, I need to act as foolish as I can. How I wish I wasn’t daddy’s caged princess. How I wish I got to see the world more and understand its dynamics. I would have been able to navigate my way around not looking all foolish and stupid here.

 Here is an advice for you, Greece”

He knows my name, how did he know? Is he also in on this with his brother? Was he there when the order to kill my family was given?

“If you want to stay alive, you need to do everything and anything Dominic tells you to do, okay? He won’t hesitate to kill you if you dare to go against him, do you understand that?”

“I know” I sign.

“Good” the smile on his face returns, “just be a good girl and you will live a good life”

“Hmmm” I nod.

He turns around to leave but stops again, before turning to me.

“This is not me being nice to you, Greece” he says again, “I just don’t want my brother to kill off a beautiful girl like you”

Before I can say anything, he walks off, his steps calculated and precise.

One thing is for certain, these two brothers are maniacs and I will try to stay as far away from them as possible.

****

As soon as I enter my room, I shut the  behind me and plop down on the ground. The image of my parents and my brother slowly winds its way into my head and my eyes become misty almost immediately, they were the only people who didn’t discriminate against me despite my condition. My family loved me, they adored me but what did they get in return? Dominic took their lives away from them and made me an orphan. Even if dad owed him money, how could he kill him like that? People like him should get a place in hell where they would never be able to get free.

Now I am in a place I have never come to before, I don’t even know how people react here. I don’t know what I am supposed to do or how I am supposed to navigate through life here. It seems like the moon goddess has turned her back on me because what the hell Is happening now? How did I end up in Rome from Milan and how did I get entangled with someone like him?

Someone knocks on the door and I jolt out of my thoughts. I immediately stand up and I open it, Amira is standing there.

“What is it?” I sign, a look of confusion passing through my face. I left her a while ago, she didn’t say anything about wanting to talk to me.

“The alpha asked me to give you this” she signs before handing me a luxury bag.

“What is this?”

“A dress” she signs again, “you are to get ready before 7, he will send someone to pick you up”

The frown on my face intensifies. What does he mean by get ready? Where is he taking me to? I just got here and he wants to take me somewhere now?

“Why?”

Amira shrugs, “I don’t know”  from the look on her face, she really does not know.

“Maybe you can try and help me? I have never gotten ready before”

She nods, a small smile appearing on her face. With Amira here, I don’t feel so alone. I hope he doesn’t do anything to her.

“I will come back later to help you, okay? You should take some rest”

“Hmmm”

I watch her leave before slamming the door shut again, what the hell is this? In my twenty five years of living, I have only been to pack gatherings but I am sure this isn’t a pack gathering. His pack house is back in Milan so where is that devil taking me to?

I tsked, even the devil is better than Dominic at this point.

Without bothering to look at the cloth, I fling the bag on the floor before slumping on the bed. How I wish this is some kind of dream, one which I will wake up from soon.

My door flings open and I jolt out of my sleep, my eyes fall on Amira and I let out a sigh. I must have fallen asleep. Is it time already?

“You should take a shower and come to get ready, Greece” She signs and I nod, climbing out of bed. I immediately wince in pain as soon as my legs touch the ground, I must have forgotten about my pain for a moment and now it’s back.

“Does your leg still hurt”

“I will be fine”

Not sparing her another glance, I pull my legs towards the shower and as the water cascades down my body..Another kind of fear grips me. What if he wants to take me somewhere and kill me off? What will happen to my dreams then?

Well, I am well skilled in combat, I can easily tackle him right?

What? Tackle him? That man is more than six feet tall, how can my small frame tackle that mass of a man?

Shoving the thoughts to the back of my head, I turn off the shower and step out of it. I just hope this gets over soon.

As soon as I step into the room, Amira’s face lights up.

“We will start with your makeup, okay?” She signs and I shake my head to refuse her.

“Let’s just get dressed, I am not in the mood to wear makeup”

For one, I have never worn makeup before and two, this is not an occasion for me to wear makeup and look happy. If for anything, I should look like a woman who has just lost her husband.

“The Alpha..

“He doesn’t get to control my face, Amira” I sign with frustration written all over my face, “please”

She lets out a sigh, “sure, let’s get you dressed”

Just like how I hate the man who sent the dress, I hate the dress too. It is a red short dress that stops a little above my knees, hugging my body. I have always been sensitive about my body, that's why I always dress in baggy clothes. Now I look like a whore.

“Wow” Amira mouths, “you knew you had that in you?”

I look over at the mirror again and I let out a sigh, I got all my curves from my mum but I have never liked it..it feels like people want you for your body once they find you curvy and beautiful.

Amira has my hair in a high ponytail but it is still cascading down my back towards my bum, I have chopped it a million times but it still grows. I love it though, I have used it to hide my tears a million times.

“You should really tell me your hair routine, Greece” she signs and I flash her fake smile. It is natural, I have never had to use anything on it.

Another knock on the door and an unfamiliar voice filters through.

“The boss said not to keep him waiting, Greece” he says from behind the door.

“She is coming now” Amira responds and a pang of jealousy hits me for a split second. It must be nice for her to be able to speak and still sign.

“You got this, Greece”

Nodding at her, I turn around and walk out of the room in the pair of heels that Dominic sent alongside.  I am not a fan of heels but how would he know this? Now I am going to walk around where we are going in these uncomfortable shoes.

Moon goddess, my prayer still stands. Maybe you can kill him off now.