Vladimir:“Mummy, daddy is opening his eyes” I heard my daughter Ayla whisper. “Shh, baby girl, daddy won’t want too much noise around him” Eliana told our little one. I could already picture Ayla closing her mouth as she looked at me. I opened my eyes to close them again, the light blinding my vision momentarily.“I’m sorry, love, let me dim down the lights” Eliana said gently. She dimmed the lights down and I fought to open my eyes again, and having to fight the urge to close them again, I looked at her, my son and daughter who sat on my bed beside me.“Daddy?” Xavier whispered as low as he could. I smiled and raised my hand to his cheek, gently rubbing it before pulling him to me. Ayla laid on my other side, hugging me. I smiled at their concern seeing as both were careful when it came to my bandaged chest, and seeing Eliana looking down at me, I nodded at her, raising my hand toward her. The kids moved aside a bit, allowing me to pull my wife in for a gentle kiss.“I am proud of
Eliana watched as the eldest of her younger siblings left school. She sat on the bench by her side, not knowing that this was her sister. Having met her mother earlier, Eliana was sure to pay for her school and ensure that her university fees were paid. The young girl opened a bag of chips to eat as she waited for the bus to arrive. She looked at Eliana who was sitting by her side, looking at her phone before extending the bag of chips to her “do you want some?” The girl was twelfth grade, she graduated this semester, and Eliana was sure that she would be thrilled when she found out about her life taking a turn that she didn’t expect “thank you” Eliana took a piece of the chips from the bag, before nodding in thanks one last time “are you waiting for your sibling, kid?” “I came to see my sister, she goes to school here” Eliana said looking at the girl “which grade are you?” “Twelfth, I graduate this semester” “Nice, congratulations! Do you have any plans for college? Univers
“What is it that you want now, Lorenzo?” Eliana asked as she entered the study. Her eyes were fixed on the man who was standing, his back to her as he stared out the window.“I have another loyalty test for you” he said not turning to face her. The man’s eyes were fixed on the garden in front of him, but he could still see her reflection as she clenched her fists in annoyance.“You have given me dozens of tests, and I have proven my loyalty to you” she responded not flinching. She knew the cost of one wrong move, and she couldn’t risk it after everything she’s been through so far. She had to be in control of her emotions if she was to survive this.“This would be the last test” he turned around to face her, walking to his desk and heading to his chair which she noticed was turned in the other direction. He turned the chair around to face her, and her eyes widened when she caught sight of her husband.“Vladimir?”“Kill him, and you’ll be my official heir. Everything that I ever owned,
Eliana:I walked through the aisle leading toward the auction.My body bare for the hungry men’s eyes to see.My husband avoided my eyes, his eyes hard as he glared at the man who was to buy me.They had made the deal.My mother, his lover’s life, for mine. His daughter’s.The bloody bastard was going to buy his own daughter, and we were both forced to comply.His eyes, those blue eyes which mother once fell in love with, Lorenzo D’Angelo, were fixed on one target, and it was me.My turn came as the men called for me to rise on the podium for the men to see. Most of them avoided looking at me in fear of my husband’s reaction. The memory of the previous auction still carved in their minds. However, Lorenzo stood up and put up his bid “one million dollars”He knew that I was neither a virgin, or his sex slave. The deal he made with Vladimir was different than that of other slaves, but he did it to make me know how much he wanted me to pay, and what he was willing to lose for that to hap
Vladimir:I walked inside the house with a heavy heart. The walls tightened on me with each step I took.Knowing where I sent my wife not only scared me, but broke me, and knowing that she convinced me of it herself only made me want to bring her back, lock her in the room, and wrap my arms around her, hugging her tightly.The woman was stubborn enough not to listen to reason, and if the Z case wasn’t the lead to him, and if I didn’t know that her own life was in danger because of his existence; I wouldn’t have dreamed of doing this. However, we all knew the reality of things and couldn’t deny it, and unfortunately for me, Eliana took that to her advantage.The way her eyes met mine, the trust she had. The love and fear. I hated that she chose to put herself in this for us to end the whole thing. But we all knew that Lorenzo needed to be stopped. He has gone for far too long for us to just stay quiet about it now and despite me wanting to handle this my way; Anastasia had a different
Eliana:I woke up to freezing cold water being splashed on my face, startling me.My body was bruised from being beaten, and I wasn’t surprised with the way I was woken up. Lorenzo has been making sure to make me suffer in every possible way, and him waking me with a freezing bucket of water was the last thing I now worried about.“Drink” he ordered throwing a plate of soup in front of me. I glared at the plate for a second before grabbing it and taking a sip of whatever he had for me. I knew that I needed to survive for Vladimir’s sake. If I was sent here; it was because my beloved trusted my intuition.I was thankful that the man was decent enough not to sexually abuse me despite my ripped clothes. He believed that I was too ‘tainted’ for his men to touch me, and being thankful for that; I didn’t bother answering him.“How many times am I to explain to you that I had nothing to do with my mum’s death? Bloody hell, if I married Vladimir, it was to keep her safe!” I said following my
Vladimir:“I take that you’re not in your best of moods” dad stated once he took sight of me walking into the house. My knuckles were filled with blood after tracing one of the men that would lead us to the woman.It seemed like there was a call made by her to the man, and seeing as he refused to give me any answers; I was forced to take different methods. His eyes which were wide in fear eventually had him spilling out that the woman was Lorenzo’s mistress. She didn’t know that she was ONE of his mistresses, but it seemed like Lorenzo was punishing her for some reason.“I really don’t feel like talking about my mood right now. If there’s nothing that you’re going to tell me, I’m going to my room” I said glaring at him. I knew that he didn’t approve of me giving Eliana to Lorenzo, and I did not want to have this conversation with him. He’s already shown his anger and annoyance by it before the auction. Therefore, I wasn’t in the mood for it.“The kids called, I thought that you’d want
Eliana:I had to fight back hissing in pain as the maids washed my body.The fresh wounds made the whole thing a lot harder for me, but I was glad that things were somewhat moving from where they had been for the past few days.I knew that Lorenzo wasn’t going to simply ‘trust’ me. But I also knew that even the slightest hope of things going from me being tormented to me joining him on the table meant that things weren’t just stagnant.Having sent Vladimir a message. I was now more comfortable with how things were going and where they were about to reach. The man must have been going mental over worrying, and I was glad that he didn’t know of what was happening; otherwise, I knew that he would have done his best to come here and shoot Lorenzo’s head, and although that would have solved a lot, I knew that it wouldn’t have been the end of this.Knowing that I had a brother somewhere wasn’t assuring to me. It was the ONLY reason why we were keeping him alive. An enemy that we knew was al