Chapter 90
Lucky
I am drained and exhausted. Red is back with some food. Can you even call it that as I look at the metal plate. A slice of old looking bread and a bowl of, I assume pea soup. Or something. It looks positively vile. Yet my stomach is growling since it has been a while since I have eaten.
“You know they will come for me, don’t you?” I say as she sets the tray down on the bed in front of my crossed legs. They feel numb from being folded for so long. I ought to stretch them but being in this position makes me feel a whole lot more comfortable.
“Ha, you are so hopeful, Princess. Nobody will come for you. Trust me. The man who are engaged to, he isn’t coming. He will never give up his precious throne for pussy. Not even you.” Her voice is laced with laughter. He has a heart of stone that man. His empire is his baby. Not you!
“He is a man who likes and craves the power. He has protected his interests for many, many years. And before that his father and his grandfather. You have no idea do you, who you are engaged to? I could tell you the story, but I think is better, your little brain tries to work harder. No?”
Bitch. As it is my so-called tiny brain is not quite so tiny after all. I recall I am engaged to Nico Santangelo. Everything has clicked into place, no long-term memory loss for me. She is the unlucky once, since I also recall that I am trained in martial arts. I am guessing, she is too and I also know that this bitches name is Yelena. What her relation to Nico is, I have no idea. We are yet to find out since she is pussy footing around.
However, I won’t share that I can remember with her. Personally, I don’t see that it has any good outcome.
What I do know, is that Nico is in love with me. I am the air that he breathes, his oxygen and the light in his dark, underbelly world. He craves me like an addict does heroine or crack. He will be doing everything within his power to find me.
Unfortunately, I cannot remember how we got here. All that I can bring to the fore of my mind is meeting with Mia at the coffee shop, then being brought down by someone and bundled into a black vehicle. It turns out that Mia was not my best friend after all. She is somehow involved with Yelena.
Nico will burn the world down to get to me, wherever it is that I am currently. There isn’t anything to let me know of my whereabouts, the walls are dark and moldy. Dampness clings to the air like a sewer.
“I unchain you now, do not try anything stupid, Princess otherwise you will live to regret it.” Her voice is cold and heavy with her Russian accent and business like. I pity any man who thinks he will ever have a chance with someone like Yelena. She is after all a trained killer, she has a vendetta against Nico and he will get to the bottom of it.
“What did you mean, when you said you had as much right to the business as he did?” I ask her, hoping she will let her guard down and talk to me. Although, it won’t do me much good stuck in here like a captive animal. It’s making me restless and seethe inside.
“It is none of your concern, Princess. My business is my business. You are merely the pawn stuck in the middle. Poor little rich girl,” she says as she lifts my chin with her fingers. I shake my head to get out of her grasp which she laughs at in my face.
“It is a shame you are not liking the women, Princess. I would like to have a taste of your sweet cunt. It fascinates me to wonder what the great man sees in you. I can only imagine you have platinum between your legs.”
Filthy cow, I hate her, Nico will come and he better shoot her dead in front of my eyes. Morally wrong? Who gives a shit. She is pure evil. She is the devil in disguise.
“Your cunt, it must taste like the sweetest honey in the world, since the big boss man has tried nearly all the women on the planet. But to settle down with a woman like you, huh that is truly something. Ah, it is because of your own father. He needed you. An arranged marriage is what it is. Do you remember, Princess?”
God, this woman, she is loving tormenting me. Her time will come and when it does, she will get the bullet from Nico’s gun, right between her eyes and I will watch as she slumps to the floor, to nothingness to be dust and ashes. Her time, it is coming.
As it happens, I do know that Nico and I were only together because he wanted to have the streets of New York City and in order to do so, he needed the alliance with my Gianluca family.
The lines between us blurred, however. Once sworn enemies, to becoming lovers. That type of burning, hot passion and love that you only read about in books. It happened for Nico and I. When he comes for me, I will want the marriage as soon as possible and to give him the children and the heirs that he deserves.
It's keeping me going as she moves away from me and reaches inside her cargo pants for the keys to unchain my hands. They rattle, and that is the moment I realize she hasn’t quite closed the door. It’s ajar and I can see dim light through the small gap.
Could this be my moment?
Could I take her with the element of surprise?