Nothing mattered to Luciano at that point other than beating the living day light out of his step brother.
If possible he wanted to kill him while he was at it.
How dare he say such rubbish against his wife! His own wife!
There was no way Luciano was keeping silent!
“Separate them!” One of their cousins, Petro, yelled the moment they both began their heated combat.
Punches, kicks, the awful sound of bones cracking filled the air with blood dripping on the ground from both brothers.
Luciano was too angered at the moment. “Restrain Luciano!” Matteo growled, as few of the brothers tried to hold Luciano down and stop him from delivering fatal punches to Raffaele.
“Fucking let go of me!” Luciano growled with such a blood thirsty rage, knocking them all off and punching some of them in the groins before continuing with his hard blows and punches at Raffaele who was already battered up and bleeding badly.
His entire features screamed of pain which oozed all over him. Luciano had blood splattered on his torn shirt and he had also acquired bloody injuries himself but not as much as Raffaele’s.
The chaos was extremely loud and it created such a scene in the area, attracting the stares of all the maids who were too confused to do a thing other than watch the brothers fight to death.
“Quickly go call signora Jade and signora Aurora” A maid agitatedly whispered to her colleague.
Jade who was nestled in comfortably in the confinement of her home chatted lively with her maids unaware of all that was going on outside.
“Elisa is such a good person honestly. She is the only wife I am friendly with here. The rest are either too bitchy or too timid for my liking” Jade said taking a sip of her wine.
“Elisa is the wife of Petro. Luciano’s cousin and uncle Giovanni’s son. They are a really nice couple honestly. I am glad you are beginning to see the brighter side of this family” Elizabeth smiled whilst helping Jade untie her packed hairs.
“I never even thought there was a brighter side to this family…” Jade chuckled when the doors of her home bursted open and a distraught maid scampered right in, to their bewilderment.
“Could you not knock?” Elizabeth scowled at the younger maid.
“Signora Jade. Please pardon my intrusion… but… your husband has been involved in a fight with his brother, Raffaele. You need… to.. come fast” The maid spoke out of breath.
“What? Fight!” Jade bolted up at once with surprise and fear permeating across her face.
“Oh my God!” She gasped wide eyed before taking to her heels with her maids scurrying behind her.
Her heart drummed so loudly in her ears as her mind envisioned all the scenarios she might be met with. The younger maid led the way, running ahead of them to the scene.
When they finally got there, Jade almost sunk into the ground if not for the timely arms of her maids.
The other wives gathered there too, Aurora the most in tears.
“How dare you both fight like animals!” Giovanni lashed at the two men who had been separated and held down by various armed guards.
“You both are the leaders in the family’s business and in your household but yet choose to behave like uncultured pigs!” He delivered ear splitting slaps to both of them.
Jade observed the features of her wounded husband in tears.
Luciano had his gaze downcasted, his clothes turn apart and a broken nose and bleeding lips. Yet his breathing was still rugged, a testament to the fact that he was still very much angry and if given the full opportunity, he would have actually murdered Raffaele.
“In this family, the rules for treating stupid brothers are still the same. By the time I am done with you two, you both will think twice before pulling this sort of misconduct. And I will make sure I deal with you both right in front of your wives. Handcuff them right now. A good whip will teach them how to behave!” Giovanni spoke with a tremendous authority.
Jade shook her head in tears, her breathing tremored and her lips quivering.
She quickly ran to Elisa, who hugged the crying lady. “Do not cry please. Not in front of them” Elisa whispered.
“Why is he getting whipped? Can’t someone stop this?” Jade asked in tears. She did not know why she felt this much ache in her heart hearing that Luciano will be whipped.
“It is the rule here Jade. I am sorry” Elisa sobbed quietly as well.
Suddenly the sound of a whip hitting flesh echoed through the walls of the hall.
Jade forced her eyes to watch in horror as Giovanni instructed his guards to whip both Lucaino and Raffaele.
“Someone make this stop please!” Aurora cried out, her knees buckling to the ground.
Mariposa tried lifting her off the ground but she refused, crying bitterly watching her husband get whipped mercilessly.
They both endured their punishment, neither of them showing any signs of extreme pain but Raffaele once in a while would groan out.
Luciano on the other hand stood firm and immovable, his head still downcasted as he was getting whipped on all sides.
He stood as if he was not feeling a single ounce of pain but Jade knew he was. He was in extreme pain. His white shirt had been doused in a crimson red pool of blood; both his and Raffaele’s.
Jade could not take this anymore.
She just could not! She had to stop this madness.
“Where are you going?” Elisa held her back, concern laced in her tone.
“I.. can’t.. no I just can’t… watch this happen to my husband. It hurts me alot” Jade cried out, her voice failing to mirror the extreme pain she felt within.
“You can not go there Jade. Control yourself. Do not give them the satisfaction of watching you fall” Elisa sternly said to Jade.
Jade tried stiffling in her tears, placing a hand over her mouth as strokes upon strokes landed on Luciano’s back.
She prayed fervently for the torture to stop but it did not seem like it would end any moment from now.
Unable to keep on looking, Jade shut her eyes close, burying her face in Elisa’s shoulder.
It was at that amount, the sound of whipping died down and the men were released from the handcuffs causing Jade to fly her eyes open.
Luciano fell to the ground and Jade quickly ran to him as Giovanni dispersed his men.
Some of the guards approached Luciano too and offered to carry him up.
“Elizabeth, Jane and Catherine” Jade called her maids to her side. “Go prepare a very warm bath” she ordered.
Side by side with the guards, Jade walked with Luciano as they slowly trudged to their home.
When she actually thought that things would not get bad then they actually turned out getting worse.
What could Luciano have done that made him get such a painful whipping?