Chapter 11 Consequences of her action
Alessandro's POV
Madison was mortified when she heard Ritual.
She had to be though.
Everything. Every Job was like a ritual to my father and only the inner cartel understood those terms
I pulled my hand from the table, placing it on my thigh first before moving it to hers, under the table. She jerked, her pupils shaking. She was avoiding staring at me.
I could sense her discomfort by the way she bobbed her legs up and down. If this wasn’t so important, I wouldn’t have brought her out of the manor.
She just had to deal with it.
"Madison ai? Why did you pretend to be blind at first if you could see all those while?" Stefan was the fucking first to throw a silly question at her.
Maddie looked at me for approval to explain herself but I wouldn't look at her, my eyes straight - in fact, glaring daggers at Stefan.
Why was he prying? It wasn't his fucking business.
"THAT is suspicious, if you ask me." My 1st Cousin spoke, looking at her. A dirty smirk played on his lips as he oogled her, visibly.
In front of me.
The guts.
"I didn’t bring Madison here to be questioned by anyone." I glared at everyone on the table, telling them I had had enough of the conversation.
Stefan continued to glare at her, not even batting an eyelash. I was almost getting pissed but then judging the Stefan I knew, he was always suspicious of every damn person and it didn’t help that she started with a lie.
She moved her hand under the table, placing it on mine, her palm sweaty. My eyes snapped to hers, holding her gaze for a while.
I sighed, bringing my tone low as I tried to explain. I didn’t even know why I bothered to, "Madison had a rough past but I didn’t bring her here for scrutiny. I brought her so we -"
"They always come in with a sappy story" Stefan cut me off, rolling his eyes.
In split seconds, I slammed my hands on the dinning table, launching forward to pull Stefan up.
"What the fuck is your damn problem, Stefan?" I roared in his face. I didn't care if anyone was looking at me. I was the leader and I deserved respect, alongside whoever I brought with me. "You seem to forget your position and that I can fucking kick you out."
He knew what kicking him out meant. He wouldn't even have a life to breathe anymore.
He sighed, raising his hands up in defense. "Sorry, Don."
My grip on his shirt wouldn't loosen as my eyes bore deep into his, red with rage, until I felt her small hand on the back of my thigh, snapping me out of my mood. I released him, roughly.
"Idiota" I eyed him, glancing at her before sitting down, my face straight. "We have more pressing matters at hand and I brought a fucking solution to the problem and instead of y'all to thank me for unleashing my pet for such purpose, you're judging her?"
I didn't need to look at Maddie to know she'd be lost in this conversation
"How can we not judge her when she came in blind and all of a sudden, she can see!" One of my uncle's spoke in Italian. "She could even be a snitch!"
"Do you not trust me to handle this situation?" I growled, replying in Italian too.
"Enough. Let him do his thing." My father spoke in his strong Italian accent, training his eyes on Maddie. I didn't like that he looked at her for so long.
My father had a fetish for petite, beautiful women since my mother - who I don't fucking like talking about.
And Madison was not just petite and beautiful but also had a summer body without trying too hard.
She was a mixture of a model and a pornstar. Clean skin, straight legs - just the perfect catch. Her lips? Perfect for everything I had dreamt of making it do to me since she submitted herself to me.
Fuck.
"I own her now and everyone has to deal with it.” I stated, looking at him and then everyone else. "My property." I held her hand up, ignoring the way she looked at me.
I was claiming my territory. I didn't mind. After all, one of the traits of being a Mafia leader was being territorial.
"Leave. Everyone." My father spoke in English. He stared at me and then at Maddie who still sat after everyone stood up.
She didn't know any fucking person here and I didn't trust my two idiot cousins with her. Neither did I trust Stefan or my two Uncles.
"Keep her within sight and brief her on her role, Stefan." My father ordered. We still gave him respect even though he had stepped down as Mafia leader.
I glared at Stefan, still holding Maddie's hand for a while. "I'd fucking kill you if you do anything stupid"
He rolled his eyes, taking Maddie with him reluctantly.
My father stared at me for a while before speaking out. "You seem to give a shit about this one."
I raised my eyebrow at him, quite confused. "Because she's my property?" I thought I had already established that.
He chuckled darkly, pouring himself a drink. "Possessive. Protective. What else? Love?"
My eyes darkened as I glared at him. He knew I hated those words. It was a taboo.
"Nothing like that will happen, Father. Besides, love doesn't exist to me.” I snarled.
"Hmm" He nodded. "So it's lust?"
Sighing deeply, I rested my back on the chair. "She's pure.” I cracked my fingers, staring into space. “You know how I love to taint them innocent, pure chicas."
"Except you've never tainted one before." My father scoffed.
True but that was what made this situation more thrilling.
"Well, she’ll be the first.” I smirked sinisterly. “It's just for the fun of it. Besides, she signed herself to me, willingly." I shrugged nonchalantly.
His eyes roamed around my facial expression for a while. "Get rid of her after you're done with this deal."
My body jerked forward. "What?"
"We can't risk it." My father shrugged, playing with his drink by twirling it in the glass cup.
"Only I get to decide if she stays or leaves.” I stated authoritatively, fisting my hand.
"We don't need her." He argued. "The Bianchis' don't need her."
"I need her."
My heart pumped hard in my chest when those words left my lips. My father’s mouth parted slightly, disbelief evident in his face.
But that was the truth.
I needed her for my missions.
Hell, I needed her until I had had enough of her. Besides, i owed her security too since she worked for me and as such, she needed to be protected away from those predators waiting to devour her.
I hadn't forgotten about the scars I saw on her and I was going to make sure they paid for it. I had inherited her fight since she became mine too.
Just the important ones though.
"She'll be a distraction.” My father pressed on, anger laced in his voice.
"I'm done talking about this." I stood up roughly, falling the chair on the ground. "Madison is my priority now and I’ll make sure to bear all the consequences of her actions." With that, I walked away without looking back.
"Madison?" I called out to her, looking around for her.
She wasn't anywhere within my vision. I was about to climb up the stairs when Stefan appeared on the stairs but with no Madison.
"Where is Madison?" I asked him, climbing up the stairs carefully.
"Oh, I left her with Fernando." He shrugged carelessly.
The Fernando that was eye fucking my girl?
Hell fucking no.
I tugged his shirt, pulling him close. I gritted my teeth, trying to keep my voice low. "Where is Fernando?"
"Upstairs. What's your..."
"Get the fuck out of my way!" I pushed him away, not minding if I hurt him.
My heart raced as I opened each and every door in search of her. Fernando was a mad psychotic dog and I didn't trust him with any female at all.
A loud scream made me halt. I turned to the direction from which the loud scream came from. My legs carried me with speed as I breathed through my mouth to get enough air to my lungs and vital organs before it killed me of cardiac arrest before I even got to Madison.
"Madison? Madi... What the fuck did you do to her?" I pulled Fernando out of my way, wrapping my hand around her.
Protectively.
Just like an owner would do his pet. Completely normal, right?
She raised her head up to meet my eyes. Her body was trembling under mine. Her eyes glistened with tears.
"He did.. he ..."
I pulled away from her, jumping up to face my cousin. Before he could complete his drunk sentence, I threw a hard jab across his face.
"What did I fucking say about touching my property?" I brushed him to the ground, climbing on top of him, my fist raining down until my knuckles were split and stained with his pathetic blood.
"Alessandro stop it!" Maddie screamed but I was far gone into my rage. Letting it swallow me.
When his body passed out on me, I stood up, staring at her dead in the eye - she looked at me like I was a monster.
“I hope you remember this day, Raven." When I stretched my hand to touch her face, she cowered back, eyeing me in pure disgust. "Anybody who fucking touches my property, dies."