Arcado POV
Never in my life have I felt panic until now. As I watched her walk away from me, weight settled its way into my chest making it hard for me to breath. Earlier, I saw panic written on her beautiful face as Skyler said those three words. I prayed to god that Kulah wouldn’t find her and that those pathetic guards didn’t tell him Griselda was here.
Taking a deep breath, I sauntered out of the hallway to meet that fucking loser. I acted nonchalantly as possible, giving nothing away as my face turned stoic. But my heart was beating erratically in my chest and my breathing was ragged. No matter what, I would protect my queen even if it meant I would die in the end.
My mind kept replaying what she spoke with her eyes. Those three words still made my world fill with fucking rainbows and it made me fucking happy. My shoulders relaxed as those three words kept replaying like a beautiful record. I wanted to whisper those sweet words to her as she closed her eyes and succumbed into me, while I protected her from the world. Soon those days would come.
Pulling the door open, I stepped out of the mansion and a scowl found its place on my lips as I stared at the bastard”s back. He seemed to be talking on the phone in hushed whispers and his shoulders were slumped defeatedly. Clearing my throat, I stepped further and now stood in front of him.
“To what do I owe the pleasure of, seeing you here”, Sarcasm laced my words.
He froze and for a moment, he seemed to be deep in thought. Slowly turning back towards me, his eyes widened and his mouth popped open. A grin popped onto my lips as I stared at his expression, he almost seemed as if he was afraid of me. Yeah be afraid mother fucker, soon you”ll be begging to let me kill you.
Masking his face, he chuckled out humorously, the sound made me clench my fists tightly and it took everything in me to not bash his face in. I wanted to beat him to a pulp right here as he cowered away in fear. I swallowed all the words my lips wanted to utter his way.
“Well, a little birdie told me you had something of mine”, His words made my stomach churn immensely.
“And what might that be?”, I raised my eyebrows questioningly.
“A girl who belongs to me”, He took a step towards me.
“I have many girls”, A chuckle left my lips, as he snarled at me.
“Don”t act dumb Arcado, you know what I am talking about”, His eyes shrined with so much anger I am surprised he didn”t burst.
“See that”s where you”re wrong, I don”t know what you”re talking about”, I shrugged my shoulders.
Lunging forward, his fists tried to hit me, but before it made contact, I grabbed it tightly and twisted it, while a scream left his lips. My lips curled up in disgust as the man attempted to push me off of him. Every control I had was now gone and I wanted to snap his neck with my bare hands.
“Don”t test me, little boy”, My harsh voice rang in the air.
Dropping his hand, I stood up to my full height and took an intimidating step towards him. A smirk tugged up my lips as his expression showed horror. His hand that tried to hit me was now bruised and twisted to an odd angle.
“Learn how to fight, before you make a move”, My tongue made a tsk noise at him, making his anger rise further.
The devil in me enjoyed him getting angry, he enjoyed his prey cower in fear while he stood tall in front of him. His mind drifted off to his beautiful angel and he promised her he would give her the world if it meant killing everyone in the process.
“You should leave”, A voice said behind me.
My eyes strayed to the voice and Eli was walking up to us with an unreadable expression while his stare was on Kulah. Once he stood next to me, his lips curled up and he bent down, whispering something into Kulah”s ear.
Standing up to his full height, his intimidating tone made Kulah cower away in fear, “For years I have watched you torture her as she cried for help, I have watched you rape her many times as you enjoyed her screaming, but now I”ll be damned if I let anything happen to my only sister”.
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Eli”s pic at the top.
Eli POV
Eyes turning to slits, I stared at the sick man who called himself a leader. His panicked expression brought a smug smirk on my lips. It was time people knew his true colors. I would make him pay for ever laying a hand on my baby sister. For two years, I”ve watched her tend her bleeding wounds, her eyes dull and waiting for the right time to die. Every time, my heart constricted as I saw her helpless form trying to cower into herself, wishing she could disappear.
I was the true Russian mafia leader, but the sick man I called my father, took all my power just because I couldn”t rape an innocent girl. How could I, when she was just fifteen? My father was a man I despised and everyday I prayed to god he would die, so my sister could be free. But he didn”t, instead the minute she was born, he told me to keep my mouth shut and not tell her she was my sister or he would simply kill her.
So I didn”t, but when I held her for the first time, I was the happiest guy alive. Her soft hazel eyes were staring up to mine with curiosity. Her pink colored cheeks were puffed out as she let out a wail, but when I cooed at her, she immediately stopped crying and instead she cooed back.
At that moment, I truly felt what real love was. Sure I did love my mother even though no matter how many times I tried to get her away, she wouldn”t listen but then again I was just a little boy who didn”t know my father was a cold blooded man. At that time my mother made me promise I would protect my sister no matter what.
Except I broke that promise and I wanted to kill myself every time I watched my sister cry. She would try to keep her emotions inside, and if Kulah took her against her will, she wouldn”t break easily, instead she would fight back. I watched those moments without doing anything, but I wanted to kill him every time his dirty hands touched her innocent soul.
I wanted to take her away from from the devil”s mansion. Wanted a life where we both could live happily as siblings should. When I was younger, I would dream of a life without the mafia and those dreams would become beautiful each day. We would live in a small house just the two of us, and I would protect her with my life. But they were just dreams and every time I tried to get close to her, reality got in the way.
But now I had the chance to tell her how sorry I am and to protect her from the devil who was standing in front of me. I just wanted to squeeze his neck right here and watch as his eyes slowly became lifeless. But without a plan, I could easily be doomed since the guards didn”t know I was their true leader. Soon I will take my rightful place.
“I won”t give up without a fight”, My voice came out as a growl.
Kulah stepped closer to me, turning his face stoic but I knew he was still panicked. He snarled and marched at me, his fists flying in the air, trying to aim for my stomach. But I caught it with ease and twisted until he screamed in pain. The thing about this bastard is that he doesn”t think with his mind, instead he uses his anger to hit someone.
“Don”t forget that I could easily kill you”, His eyes glared at me.
“Don”t forget that you can”t”, I stated smugly.
He knew he couldn”t kill me. If I die, he couldn”t get to the one thing that was important to him, money. I was the main part of the mafia, who helped him transfer them to his account. He made me do his dirty work, since he was a coward who was afraid of the government. If he did kill me though, I had my trusted men who knew he did the most dirty work than all of the mafia combined and they would out him if they hear I died.
His anger could be felt from a hundred feet away. Eyes blazing, he stared at me like he wanted to choke me. But he wouldn”t, because simply he wasn”t strong enough instead he was a weakling who didn”t know how to pick his own size to fight someone. He took another threatening step towards me and I raised an eyebrow challengingly.
“Know where you stand”, He spat.
“I already do, but see, a guy who”s a coward is already standing on it”, I heard a chuckle behind me.
“This isn”t over”, His eyes darted between me and Arcado before he turned around and left.
Letting out a sigh, I turned around and my tense shoulders relaxed. Arcado was standing a few feet away with his arms crossed in front of him and a far away look in his eyes. As I looked at him, my mind wandered off to Griselda and at this moment I knew they were made for each other. From miles away, I could feel just how much they love each other.
“So, Griselda is your sister”, His head snapped to mine.
“Yeah”, My fingers smoothed out my hair.
Nodding his head, he turned his back towards me and made his way into the mansion. My eyebrows furrowed at his lack of questions but I think he already had a hunch of what I went through. Following after him, I walked through the endless hallways until I made it towards the stairs.
“Do you want to talk to her?”, Arcado stood next to me.
“I do, but I don”t know what to say to her”, I hated how my voice cracked, I wanted to be strong, at least for her.
“Well, start from the beginning”, Arcado suggested.
Looking towards him, I sent him a grateful smile and walked up the stairs slowly. Taking a deep breath, I stoped at Arcado”s door. Earlier Dexter told me where she was staying, so I remembered the directions he gave me. Knocking on the door, my heartbeat sped up and a lump grew in my throat.
The door opened slowly, showing her beautiful innocent face. No matter how much I looked at her, my love for her never dissipated. Her big, soft hazel eyes stared up to mine and I got the brotherly urge to protect her innocence from the world. Giving her a small smile, I opened my mouth to speak.
“Can I come in?”.