Chapter 96

Nico

I study the footage with laser focus, my brows furrowed together. “Dammit I wish we had a bigger screen right now,” I tell Tony irritably.

“Report coming in there is a female in the doorway, Nico. It’s Lucky from the sound of it. Feed footage coming any second. No lag on this thank goodness.”

My heart stops beating. Leastways that is how it feels. Or is it hammering in my chest? Hell, I don’t fucking know. Either way I feel out of control and a mess. This is the first time I have felt useless and not able to right a situation.

Ordinarily, I have people who bow down to me, staff who do anything I ask them to. Not that I treat them bad. Unless they cross me then that is a different matter.

However, since my businesses except a few here and there, are legalized there is no reason for bad actions on my behalf.

I hold my breath waiting for a visual on my beautiful, Princess knowing I must expect the worse. She didn’t look too good on the video that was sent to us by the bitch also known as Yelena.

“It is taking forever, Tony,” I say through gritted teeth. He lets out a sigh. I like to think I am a patient man, however, where Lucky’s safety is concerned that is all out of the window. And then I see her. She is being pushed forward by some asshole who is three times the size of her.

His hands are on her body. It’s enough for me to see red mist and want to throat punch him before taking several rounds to his heart. “The fucker, he has his hands on her. I am going to personally kill him,” I shout out raged.

“You are not doing any killing, Nico. Do you hear me? You are staying several hundred yards away from the situation.”

He taps the driver’s shoulder as he leans across me. “Can you hurry it up some, we have to get to the location yesterday.” His tone is controlled. Nobody would think that he has an inner rage going on. Tony was always the one to stay on top of his emotions.

I on the other hand am not. Especially not seeing Lucky being pushed further forward until she lands on her knees, her hands going into the dirt. “The fucking cunt. I swear to God, Tony. I am going to kill the motherfucker.”

Tony shifts and turns to me. “No, Nico that is not what you are going to do. We have this covered. We have a team that is going to be on site anytime soon. They are the ones that will handle the situation. We will not be getting blood on our hands.” His eyes are dark, almost black.

“I. Am. Going. To. Kill. Him,” I enforce through gritted teeth. “I don’t care about having their blood on our hands. And I want Yelena alive. This ends today. I want to know who the fuck she actually is and what relation she is to us. And why the cunt seems to think that she has some kind of right to our organization.”

“Nico, calm down. You are going to give yourself a heart-attack.” He squeezes my shoulder.

“That is Lucky that is being abused.” My insides knot and gnarl as I watch Yelena kick Lucky in the ribs. I am not a crying man, yet watching Lucky be treated so badly is getting to me. She is defenseless against the guards and the bitch in front of her.

In horror I look on as Yelena steps in front of Lucky and pulls her head back by her hair. The torture on Lucky’s face will scar me for life. The fact that I could do nothing about this will be what my nightmares are made of until the day I die.

“Are they going to kill her?” My voice is hoarse as the lump in my throat begins to ache.

Tony squeezes my shoulder again. “Brother, I have no idea. She said she was going to give you the couple of days. It’s not even been half a day. Maybe she is trying to extract information out of Lucky, to get her to talk and give up some of your personal secrets and affairs.”

The fuck! “Lucky does not know much about our organization or our business affairs. She has no clue other than we run a few casinos and strip clubs. The only knowledge Lucky really has is of the corporations we run. She knows nothing about our underbelly world.”

Tony gives me a confused look. “She must know something. She is a Gianluca. Her father isn’t exactly an innocent man, is he?” Tony says.

“Fuck,” I rake my hand through my hair. At this rate I am going to end up bald. Bile sits at the back of my throat watching Lucky be kicked in the ribs again. This time she falls to her side and clutches her knees to her chest in the fetal position.

I growl audibly. My driver does not take his eyes off the road. It hits me that we are no longer on tarmac. Instead, we are heading down a bumpy track with wild trees either side and cactus. There are no buildings, the lands appears to be like forest land either side of the track.

“Are you sure this is the right direction?” I ask Tony. He nods.

“I have it pulled up on satellite. We are a mile out. We need to stop soon and kill the engine,” he informs me.

“Then I am going to get out on foot and kill the motherfuckers who are torturing my woman. No man gets away with placing a finger on Lucky. Not one last one of them.”

“Are you going to try and get yourself killed, Nico? Is that your plan? You are one man against four men and Yelena. All, I hasten to add are carrying significant weapons. You won’t stand a chance. They will see you coming.”

“Not if I dodge between the few buildings that are there and take them out one by one.”

“Listen to yourself, Nico. That is an insane plan. Besides, what use are you to Lucky if you get shot and we manage to extract her? Hey, tell me that then, Brother.”

Fuck, I hate it when Tony has a point. And I know I have to sit in place waiting for her to be saved. But that doesn’t mean I am not burning up with anger like wildfire coursing through a forest.

“How many do we have going in?” I ask him trying to bring my heartrate down a notch.

“We have six on the ground and we will have two in the air. We can get them all, Nico. If you do not interfere and try to be a fucking prince on a white horse. This is about saving Lucky’s life not you being her hero.”

I nod. “Okay but instruct that I do not want a kill hit on Yelena. I need her alive!”