My grip on his trousers tightens, his expression stoic as he stares down at me and I have no idea what he must be thinking.
"I beg you, save me from that man." I cry placing my head on his legs."Little red.. Come out, come out wherever you are. Come out dang it!" He roars from somewhere behind us and I gasp, crawling forward trying to put as much distance between us.He turns around and stares at me as I move backwards in fear, my back making contact with a wall and preventing me from going further."If he finds me, he would surely kill me this time. I can't let him find me. Please help me!" I let the tears flow freely from my face. Why wouldn't he help me? Why was he just staring at me?He cocks his head, staring at me before he walks off with his men behind me.When he gets out of sight, my sobs gets louder and I cry my heart out.He'd kill me when he finds me, I should just come to terms with it. I couldn't escape him, I can't escape from him.Pulling my knees to my chest, I place my head in between my knees with my arms wrapped around then.I would just wait for him to get me, I wouldn't fight him hopefully he wouldn't punish me much.My head starts spinning as my eyes blur.I feel sleepy, maybe I should sleep a bit when I wake up I might be back in my cage.Loud footsteps draws closer to me, but I don't bother raising my head, I know he found me."Come here, little one." He carries me bridal style and I hold his neck for support.He is probably planning the different ways he can use to torture me."I'm sorry I tried to run away. Please don't hurt me." I mumbled, my eyes feeling heavy so I couldn't open it.He doesn't say anything but he keeps walking."I'm… sorry.." I say once more, fighting the sleep that threatened to render me unconscious."Please don't hurt me…""You're tired, sleep." His voice cuts me short.That does not sound like HIM, and he feels so warm. Why do I feel safe close to him now?I didn't think much as I stopped fighting the will to sleep, welcoming the darkness.*Santino Saint D'Angelo's POV*"How did they know we would be here?" I asked my men, watching their faces one by one to see their reaction.The business deal I was meant to sign today failed because of a snitch, and one of them here was the snitch.I watched Lawless as his eyes darts around, finding focus on anything but my face. Lawless has been with me since we were kids. His real name was obviously not Lawless, it was a nickname that was given to him and it stuck."Law?" I call his name and his eyes darts to me before he looked else where.I pray he wasn't the one that snitched, I pray to God that Lawless wasn't the traitor amongst us."How did they know we would be here?" I repeat my question staring at him intently."H-how would I know?" He stuttered.Damn it. His stuttering gave him away."You have no idea how Christian found out about a deal that only the people standing here knew about?" I ask waiting to see his reaction.Christian was my sworn enemy and the leader of a rival mafia.He came to disrupt our tradingl at the exact moment we were about to finalize it.And I was pissed."Law, do you remember what Uncle Murphy said to you once?" I ask him, twirling my gun on my palm.He shook his head, and I smile at him."He said you should never lie cause you give yourself out the moment you do." I hold the gun, pointing it at him."Now I'm asking, why did you tell Christian about our plans?" I ask him and he starts laughing not even bothering to plead for forgiveness.I clutch the gun tighter as I stared at him in anger.He was one of my trusted men, and he went ahead and betrayed me."I guess I don't have to continue with this charade." He says, smirking at me."Why?" I ask wanting to know why he betrayed me, why was he working with Christian."Why? You ask. Well obviously because he pays better…." He starts but i cut him short."This was all because of money? If you had asked for a higher pay I wouldn't have hesitated to give it to you then why…" He cuts me short with a glare."Don't cut me short and listen. Christian doesn't boss me around like he do. He doesn't treat me like I'm some sort of minion like you do."I stared at him in disbelief as he gave his reason for betraying me.I treated him like a brother, I treated him better than my own brother and he comes to say I treated him like a minion?"Kill me if you dare." He takes a step forward, placing his forehead on the gun and holding it in place."Shoot me. You can't right? You wouldn't dare shoot me. You can't cause you are a pus.."Bang.I pull the trigger without hesitation and watch as he falls down dead.'Don't get attached to someone, so when the time to kill them comes you can do it without hesitation'That was the only thing taught by my father that I still put to use.My attention snaps to the figure running towards us and Micheal instantly raises his gun to shoot but I stop him.Her red hair was the first thing I noticed, then her mismatched eyes and the freckles scattered all over her face. Her little lips parted as she ran towards us. I couldn't help but think of how fragile and pure she looked, begging me to taint her and break her.She looses balance the moment she gets to us, holding my leg for support."Help me please" She pleads, and her hold on my leg tightens.I stare down at her, deviod of any emotions.I could feel my men's eyes on me, they were watching to see what I would do."I beg you. Save me from that man." She pleads placing her head on my legs.That man? What man? Another wife getting abused by her husband? But she looks to young to be married. It's not like it was any of my business though.I should just leave her here and go."Little red! Come out dang it!" I hear a man roar and she flinches, shaking in fear.She pushes past me, pushing herself backwards trying to escape.Just what did he do to her to make her this scared?"If he catch me, he would…" I didn't bother listening to the rest of what she says. Signalling my men, they following me walking towards the men that were screaming for her to come out."Don't you think you are being to loud?" I ask cleaning my ears with my fingers."If she wanted to come out, she would have been out by now. Don't you think?" I ask them, raising my eyes to glare at them."Alright. Look here pretty boy…." I didn't let him complete his sentence, silencing him with a bullet in his head. The rest of his people follows after, their bodies dropping down dead."Boss one of them escaped." Michael says about to go after him, but I stop him.I have a feeling we would be meeting again soon.Micini’s POVI didn’t get out of bed until the afternoon.When I opened my eyes, Natalie was already gone. But the blanket was still draped over me like a promise.I felt lighter.Not healed. Not okay.But lighter.Maybe crying had wrung something out of me. Or maybe I was just too tired to keep carrying everything today.I showered. Slowly. As if every drop of water might rinse away the filth I felt clinging to my skin.By the time I made it downstairs, I didn’t expect anyone to be waiting.But Luca was in the kitchen.He looked up as soon as I entered. His whole face shifted into something soft and familiar.Something safe.Or… what I thought safety looked like.“I made you tea,” he said, gesturing to the cup on the counter.I nodded, sitting down without speaking.I didn't question how he knew I was on my way down, I didn't have the strength for that He didn’t push the conversation. Just slid the tea toward me and sat across the island.I took a sip. It was warm. Bitter. Grounding
_Micini’s POV_The silence after Saint left was worse than anything he said.Even the echo of the door slamming didn’t linger.It was like his presence had been scrubbed from the room, and in its place was a gaping hollow that nothing could fill.Luca didn’t speak. He didn’t touch me, either.He just sat beside me like a shadow. A waiting shape. Always there.I stared into the fireplace, watching the flames flicker and shrink. They reminded me of everything inside me — too much heat, burning itself out.All I could think about were my parents and how much that information had hurt me. “I should go rest,” I finally said, my voice dry and flat.My mind was barely there and if he said anything else, I didn't hear him.Luca stood as I stood.He didn’t offer to walk me back. I think even he knew I needed silence more than safety.The hallway felt too long. Too narrow. Like it was built to make people feel small.Make ME feel small. Maybe that’s what this whole house was — a maze designed
Micini's POV_We uncovered something... but I'm not sure you'll want to hear it."My heart dropped to the bottom of my stomach, my legs shaking beneath me. They found something about my parents. After all this while. "What did you find?" Luca asked, wrapping his arm around my waist to steady me. Suddenly hearing about my parents shook me more than I thought. And why wouldn't it? Daniel had kidnapped me years ago and all the memories I had about my parents disappeared. I couldn’t even remember what my own mother looked like. And now he says he found something about them? I wasn't sure what to feel.Does my parent know about me? Would they want me when they find out? Different thoughts ran through my head and I struggled for what to do.Luca seemed to understand the way I felt because his fingers dug into my waist lightly, holding my steady.“It’s okay.” He whispered. “Let’s hear what he has to say.” “What did you find?” My voice was small. It didn’t even sound like mine.The ma
I walked down the hallway, my mind filled with confusion and guilt. I had left Luca's room in a rush after kissing him, I couldn't stand seeing the look on his face when I broke off our kiss. To me, it felt as if I was deceiving him, and maybe I was. I had kissed him less than thirty minutes after his brother touched me and I felt dirty. The kiss with Luca still lingered on my Lips but it didn't feel right. Not in the way it should have. Not in the way it felt with Saint.And for some reason, my thoughts kept spiraling back to Saint; I couldn't forget the way he looked at me when I was with his brother.Like I had betrayed him.Why does he have this effect on me? I chose Luca... didn't I?And besides, Saint had Ciara so it really shouldn't matter much. I wasn't paying attention to where I was going.At that moment I just needed to escape and clear my head to figure out what the hell I was doing.Before I realized it, the mansion's familiar corridors gave way to unfamiliar doors
I swallowed hard, my pulse racing as both brothers stared at me, waiting for an answer.They had just put me on the spot and I was forced to face my emotions.Two pairs of eyes pinned me to the spot, both the same color but they held different emotions.My mind was scrambling, searching for something, anything that would clear the tension between them.Wait, what was I stressing myself over?.. I could just say the truth, what was the point in lying? It was Luca’s room after allLuca is my boyfriend. I was standing in front of Luca's door. I had come here to see Luca.Isn't that what I should say since it was the truth? So why was I hesitating?Was it because of Saint?“I came for Luca,” I said quietly, my voice barely above a whisper. “This is his room, isn't it? I didn’t know you’d be here, Saint.”Saint’s eyes darkened, his jaw tightening as my words hit him.He was expecting me to pick him...He wanted me to say that I was here for him, but why was that?I didn't know he would be
I leaned against the wall, my chest still heaving from what happened with Saint.What was he trying to gain by doing that?Wasn't it bad enough that I was already conflicted?He just had to come and make me feel things I didn't want to feel.And the look he had given me, 'You belong to me.' But I was with Luca now, why doesn't he understand that?!'But Lucas doesn't make your heart race just like he does.' That tiny voice in my head said and I knew it was right.But still, what had I done? Luca is the one I'm dating, not Saint.I shouldn’t have let him touch me. Worse, I shouldn’t have wanted it. Yet, I had stood here silently, still wanting more.A lump formed in my throat as I slid down the wall, resting my head against my knees.I didn't go through all these problems while I was with Daniel.I don't recall what he had done to me these past two years that I had forgotten, but I'm certainly giving relationship advice to the boy I liked wasn't going to be one.Heck, if Daniel found o