“Now darling, you know what to do.” He smirked as he began to take off his clothes, slowly while maintaining eye contact with me.
I shivered from the meaning of his words. Does he mean? No. ‘He hates me too, so of course he wouldn't want anything to do with me’ I thought to myself as I shook my head like a maniac at the possibility of him wanting to consummate the marriage. I heard from my nanny that it means two people who are married having sex after the marriage. She made me know that it was important but also only to be done by a couple in love. “What are you waiting for?!” He yells as he approached me. As the bed dipped, my heart thumped wildly in my chest. I was so nervous that I was mute and unable to swallow saliva. “Who knew you could look this decent? You also have eyes like hers. He commented slowly, looking at me like he was in a trance. “No. Please… please get away from me.” I pleaded asi backed away with every step he took towards me. My whole body was drenched in sweat from fear. I know fear, but this one was different. I felt more fear that I did, in the face of death. My whole body shook with every step that I took back, with every hungry look he gave me, with every thought that crossed my mind. “I'm your husband, am I not. You said I do, did you not?”. He questioned firmy and I shook my head yes, unable to firm any coherent responses, and he grabbed me in one swift move. He didn't even let me blink when he started kissing my neck, roughly. The sounds coming from the sloppy kiss disgusted. I fought and kicked, but even my strongest shiver didn't move him an inch, that was when it dawned on me that there was nothing in ould do to stop him. Tears immediately began to stream down my face as he continued his assualt. He immediately came to an abrupt end with an emotion in his face I couldn't quite understand. “All this time since I set my eyes on you, not once have you cried and you choose to cry now? Are you saying I'm repulsive?!” He yells, slapping me hard, before walking away and slamming the door behind him. As soon as he left, I ran to my top like my ass was on fire. I needed to get dressed as fast as I could. It felt like some sort of security and so I did. Feeling better about the situation despite the slap, I ran out of the room, only to be dragged back in by the mafia man whom I thought had left. Only after he left me did I realize that there were people with him. I turned to look at every one of them and there were 4 armed men with face masks, and two women, who were dressed very sexy. Still thinking about the possible reason why I was dragged back, and why all these people are here, I hear a cuff click, my right hand trapped and my left arm hanging up, being held by the mafia man. I tried to remove it from his grip but he was as firm as the first day I met him. Knowing that he wouldn't budge, I just stopped struggling and watched. Hwn he was done trapping me in cuffs, he snapped his fingers and the girls came to him like digs. The look in his face had demeanor just screamed the fact that he didn't consider these women as anything but specks of dust and it irked me to my soul but who was I to stand up for people if I can't even save myself from anyone. So I just sat there and looked with my hands hurting really bad already and it had just been a few minutes. Right in front of me, they removed their clothes and we're naked before anyone could blink. I felt ashamed on their behalf and looked away, but as soon as I did, I was hut very hard by one of the guards. “Keep your head up!” He yelled as me, swiftly going back to positing so fast younwohld doubt he was the one that just hit me. Blood pooled in my mouth as a result of it but I didn't kosn nor show any emotion, I just drank the blood. “Since I can't touch you, you'll have to watch me being touched.” He states as he grabs the boobs if one the girls. She moaned so loudly, it's hard to believe that it was out of pleasure. He wanted to torture me and I didn't want to give him the satisfaction of seeing me squirm or cry from discomfort and disgust, so I maintained a stoic face. He grabs the inther one, and shives her head down, as if telling her to touch him there, and she understood the assignment perfectly, you hung him there almost immediately. He immediately moaned at the contact and although I hate this man to my corem it was hard to deny that h was sinfully beautiful and the sound of his moan, almost had me reacting but I swallowed every thing I fel and looked as though I was unfazed. Seeing my unresponsiveness, he grabs one of them and puts two fingers in her mouth, making her suck on it, and in about a second, he puts those two fingers in her pussy, and I almost gasped,due to shock. I always thought it was his tool down south, that was supposed to go into her. ‘Were the authors wrong?’ I asked myself as I watched but I guess they weren't, because a loud moan woke me up from my thoughts, only to see that he was actually fucking her. He's married to me!I wouldn't call it jealousy, it just felt so wrong.He's married to me and actually fucked her in front of me.I hated it, I hated it, I hated it so much, but I guess this was just a little part of the torture and there was more to come.Also, it was stupid to be angry.Yeah, I'm really stupid.I had to hold myself back from being turned on by the sound he made to being repulsed by the sight in front of me. “You think you're so tough princess?” He taunted while actually the girl with her annoying moans filling the room. Looking at me and seeing that I had no reaction to his supposed torture, he immediately stopped, pulled out and put on his clothes.As he walked towards me, I braced myself for a slap or hitting of some sort but none of that came, instead it was clicking sounds, indicating that the cuffs were removed, so I slowly opened my eyes.Now looking at his face, he seemed very angry but was containing it which I was grateful for.It was an emotion I didn't want to be at the re
Lorenzo's P.O.V “Enzo, we got him”. Daniel, my right hand man, stated as he walked into my underground office. This office was one that is never to be discovered by outsiders and is only known by Janet and Daniel, my closest Aides. “Where is he?”. I ask, folding my sleeves as I walk out of the office, heading towards the usual place we keep criminals, the dungeon. I actually felt some sort of happiness at being able to take out my frustration on someone, it had been weeks since I tortured a person and I itched to do it. “The dungeon” Came his curt reply. He was never one to talk much but was very intelligent and got the work done. “Master, we already beat him up severely, I don't think he can take anymore”. One of my personal guards says as we approach the dungeon. Furious at his attempt to make me go easy on him, I stopped and turned to him but could not help but smirk for a second, seeing him visibly shake from fear. He knows exactly what I'm capable of and what to s
Opening my eyes in another place had me startled and for a second, I thought I had died.A bittersweet feeling flooded my chest.The thought that I had died while being captive all my life pained me, but I also looked on the bright side.'At least, I'm not subjected to any more torture' I thought to myself, sighing in content as I close my eyes to enjoy the rest air and smell of beautiful flowers.“You're awake, now spill”. A voice u recognised as the mafia man said from a corner in the room, making me scream and jump in fear and surprise.Oh no, I'm still alive.Realising this, I took a good look at the room from where I lay, and realised that I actually was still in the mafia man's house because I could hear the chants the men made while they trained every morning.Everyone could hear it.'Why did he bring me here?’ I asked myself, remembering that I was in the dungeon, but couldn't think of a possible reason why.“You're not deaf little traitor, why were you not eating your meals?”
“Please, please I don't know what you're talking about.” I pleaded as soon as he raised my head out of the water.I had been waterboarded for several minutes now and at this point, I couldn't breathe.This wasn't my first rodeo with this method of torture and was probably the reason why I have survived until now, but I was getting too exhausted, it was hard to keep my eyes open.Noticing this, he slapped me. Hard.So hard, I could taste blood in my mouth.“What do you want from me! Just kill me already!” I screamed as he bent my hea again towards the water.I was sick of the games of the little tortures, here and there, of the constant slaps and maltreatment.I am human too.“You connived with your father to escape and you're here having the audacity to tell at me. Who do you think I am?!” He yelled back, bending my head to face up, with a knife to my throat and unclosed my eyes, ready to take it. “All my life I've been tortur
Lorenzo's P.O.V“She was actually telling the truth. Daniel says as he walked into my office with some papers in his hands, some of which I needed to sign for the company.Yes, I'm a CEO and the leader of the mafia in the state.Originally, I only started the iron business because I wanted it to shield what I actually did but to my surprise and dedication, it grew to a point where the media, the country and almost everywhere in the world recognised my products.“That bastard tricked me”. I roared out in anger. I was so angry, I could burst. How exactly does that man evade me every time.The papers he brought contained an envelope containing pictures. Pictures of the wounds on her body, taken by her nanny who had vowed to expose Donga.I also got the testimonies if the maids that served in his mansion. The ones who could make it out alive.I heard he killed all he could find before he left, to tie loose ends.“I had been torturing her all this time.” I said to myself, feeling regret fo
“Are you sure this is the right room?” I ask the maid that came in with a nice looking breakfast. A tray on a trolley filled with plates of toast and eggs with juice and fruits, unlike the usual dry bread and water they called tea.I only ever had a meal like this on some birthdays when nanny would give me some parts of her salary, and un oild sneak out to get the ingredients.“Yes ma'am.” She responded curtly and left the room. “Ma'am!!!” I yelled out in my head. Me, I was just called ma'am?. I definitely was dreaming but I would treasure this dream and never wake up from it.“You called?” The maid asked with her head popping through the door, making me realize that I was actually not dreaming.Still in shock, I nod to let her know I wasn't calling her.For a good amount of time, I only stares at the meal wondering if I should actually eat or admire it.Was this my last meal?Was it poisoned? At least he had the decency to make it nice.I thought as I dug in, pushing every other th
Anxiety gnawed at me with every rise of the sun. Everyday since the last day the mafia man was here, I had meals three times everyday, and they were never shabby meals.Extravagant even, in my opinion.Several thoughts had crossed my mind but he had already told me that only when I had the hope to live would he take my life. This was probably his attempt to make me eat well, feel relaxed and want to live, and when he thinks he had done enough, would kill me.I hated how cunning and wicked he was, because I was slowly beginning to think that maybe, just maybe living wasn't that bad. I knew of his plans and was still actively falling for it.I need to leave this place.My head is being messed up, I can't sleep properly because my whole thoughts, conscious and unconscious were filled with him, wondering whether he was going to come in my sleep.It not like I could do anything to save myself but I couldn't help the anxiety I felt with every footstep or sound I heard.It's been to peaceful
Despite the pain in my head, I didn't want to give up.No, I couldn't give up.How could I?I know it was a far fetched dream but somewhere in my head, I wished that all the pain I've had to endure would be compensated by the best partner ever. Someone that would love and care for me deeply.This was a part of me that I kept in hopes of giving to the person I would love for the rest of my life, and die with it if I didn't find that person.I gathered my strength, of at least whatever was left of it and tried to struggle even if with my knees my knees.I could crawl.I could limp, anything.Anything to get away from this man but it seemed like my body had already given up in me even if my mind still fought.“No!!!” I screamed at myself and my legs when they refused to move.I would rather die“Kill me please!” I roared out to the monster of a man in front of me but he chuckled. His ugly teeth showing, and his body bubbling with excitement from my fear.Everytime I whimpered, or cried o
Lorenzo’s POVI didn’t sleep that night.Not because I couldn’t. Because I wouldn’t.Sarah lay curled against me, finally still after hours of trembling. Her face was peaceful now, but I knew that peace was borrowed. Fragile. Her breathing was even, but I felt the storm she was holding back. It pulsed under her skin, and in the small sounds she made whenever the wind knocked against the windows. Every time, I reached for her. Every time, she clung a little tighter.I kept my eyes on the ceiling, memorizing every creak in the cabin’s frame. Every groan in the wood. I tracked the trees outside by the way their shadows shifted across the floor. I listened for anything. Everything.Because I knew he was still out there.Donga.That bastard had come back, not just as a threat, but as a ghost Sarah was finally starting to lay to rest. And now, she was bleeding again.Not on the outside.But in all the places I couldn’t reach with my hands.By dawn, I had a plan. It wasn’t perfect. Plans rar
Sarah’s POVIt happened on a Tuesday.The kind of day that felt ordinary in all the right ways, socks warm from the dryer, fresh coffee in my favorite mug, and Lorenzo’s jacket draped over the kitchen chair because he never remembered to hang it up. The wind carried the smell of pine, and I had just sent my first message to a support group I found online. I was building something again. Piece by piece.I thought I was safe.I thought peace had roots now, buried deep enough that nothing could dig them up.I was wrong.I’d gone out to the clearing again, the same one I had walked to days before when I finally felt free in my body again. I’d brought my journal and a blanket, planning to spend an hour under the clouds scribbling thoughts and hopes and maybe even a letter to my younger self.The wind was softer today. The sky open and merciful.I didn’t hear him at first.Didn’t sense it.Didn’t feel the old, heavy darkness until it was already too close.The snap of a branch.I turned.An
Sarah’s POVIt started with a single step.One step off the porch, then two. Three steps into the wind, jacket zipped, boots laced, and heart thumping like it hadn’t done something this brave in a while. I told Lorenzo I needed to walk alone today. He didn’t argue. He just gave me a thermos of tea, kissed my forehead, and said he’d be here when I got back.It’s funny, idea of freedom used to terrify me as much as I craved it. Not the philosophical kind, the kind people post quotes about. I mean real freedom. The kind that requires choice. Movement. The kind that means you step beyond your safe place and trust the world not to hurt you again.But this morning, the sunlight through the trees was too beautiful to ignore. The wind too inviting. The quiet too rich to fill with fear.I had to go.Even if it was just a mile into the woods.Even if it was just for me.The trail behind our cabin was one I hadn’t walked alone since the kidnapping. Daniel had cleared it once, back when he was
Sarah’s POVFor the first time in a long while, I felt like I could breathe.Not the shallow, anxious breaths I’d taken after the kidnapping. Not the trembling ones I’d hidden from Lorenzo at night. This breath was full, deep, real, grounding. The kind of breath that didn’t come with dread tangled in the back of my throat.I stood on the ridge just behind the cabin, wrapped in a blanket, watching the sunrise bleed gold across the trees. The air was crisp and still. Somewhere in the distance, water trickled through thawing ground. It felt like a beginning. Not just of spring, but of something inside me, something that had been buried under fear and pain.Healing isn’t clean. It’s jagged. Uneven. Some mornings I still woke in a cold sweat, certain I could hear the rasp of rope against wood or the sound of boots on barn floors. But those memories didn’t control me the way they used to. They no longer felt like cages. Just echoes. Old ghosts that I had stopped running from.Now, I faced t
Sarah’s POVI didn’t sleep much.Even though I was safe. Even though Lorenzo barely left my side, even to breathe. My body knew I was free, but my mind hadn’t caught up. The dark didn’t feel like peace anymore, it felt like the barn, like rope on my wrists, like metal against my skull.I’d wake in cold sweats, breathing hard, fingers curled into fists that refused to unclench.Sometimes I screamed.Sometimes I was silent.I hated that I had spiraled again. The last time this happened, I was still back home with nanny. Why was I being so weak again?However, Lorenzo was always there. Holding me. Steady as stone. He didn’t flinch when I sobbed against his chest or when I punched the mattress in frustration because I couldn’t stop shaking at the sound of a creaking floorboard. He didn’t speak unless I asked him to. He just stayed.And somehow, that helped.Still, there were moments I hated myself for what I felt.I hated how small I was now. How fragile. Like I was made of broken glass
Lorenzo’s POVShe was in my arms, but it still didn’t feel real.Ny wife, barely able to stand, but alive.I held her like the world would tear her away again if I let go. Her breath hitched against my chest, every inhale a sob, her fists gripping my jacket like she didn’t believe I was real.Truth be told, I wasn’t sure either.The barn reeked of rot and rust. One of the men was still groaning in the corner, gut-shot, barely breathing. I didn’t care. Not yet. My whole body was coiled tight, every muscle ready to snap. But I forced myself to focus on her first.“You’re safe,” I whispered, one hand cupping the back of her head, fingers brushing over a swollen welt behind her ear. Rage flared again. “I’ve got you.”I lifted her gently, cradling her against my chest. She was lighter than she should’ve been. Hadn’t eaten. They’d kept her tied up like an animal. I could feel it in the way she flinched, not from me, but from the memory of what they did.I carried her outside into the pal
I should have known something was wrong the moment the wind changed.It came suddenly, sharp and acrid, like sweat and smoke and blood. It wasn’t the cool, clean breeze I’d grown used to on the ridge behind the safehouse. I paused halfway through my usual walk, turning to glance back at the small cabin nestled between the trees. Everything looked the same. Quiet. Still.But my skin prickled.“Daniel!” I screamed, stumbling backward, as I saw him fall like a pack of card on the floor, already looking lifelessThree of them. Maybe four. Faces wrapped in cloth, eyes cold and distant, like they weren’t even human anymore. Just shadows with weapons.I could see from a distance that there were other men in total black, like the guards of the mansion but they seemed to actually attack the maids. It was definitely not our guards. Daniel tried to stand. He made it to one knee before the second man kicked him full in the ribs, a crack echoing through the clearing. I couldn’t move. My feet we
“You left her alone, didn’t you?” He said with a wicket glint in his eyes. I blinked. “What did you say?” He chuckled. “Sarah. How is she? Still making that jasmine tea at sunset?” He questioned. The look in his eyes told me that he was sure of what she was saying because she truly recently had been obsessed with Jasmine tea. The room dropped ten degrees. No. No, he couldn’t have I grabbed him by the collar, yanked his face up until we were eye to eye. “You stay the hell away from her.” “Oh, Lorenzo,” he said, voice a murmur. “I’ve already been.” I froze. No, he was bluffing. Had to be. Sarah was safe. I’d left her with Daniel, the only man I trusted enough to guard what mattered most. My wife. My reason. My center. But Donga… Donga was looking at me like the devil already had her by the throat. I shoved him back down and turned, pulling out my phone as I stormed out of the room. My fingers moved too fast, too clumsy, as I called Daniel. Ring. Ring. Voicemail. I tried
The moment Lorenzo walked out the door, the air in the room changed. It was as if the light had dimmed on purpose, as if the walls knew and mourned with me. I sat frozen on the edge of the bed, the last words he spoke still echoing through the hollow of my chest: “I’ll come back, Sarah. I promise.”But promises meant nothing when you were going up against Donga.I hugged my arms around myself, rocking slightly, eyes locked on the empty space where Lorenzo had stood only moments ago. The silence left in his wake was unbearable. I listened , not for footsteps, because I knew he was long gone, but for anything, anything at all that could tell me this was just a nightmare and not the cruel reality we had both been dragged into.My father, Donga. I hate saying his name, even in my own mind. It tastes bitter, like ash and rust. To the world, he was a ghost cloaked in violence, an outlaw whose name stirred fear even in hardened men. To me, he was a prison guard in a home that never knew peac