Chapter 5
I glance at the man and almost feel pity for him. His breathing is labored, his breaths coming out in shallowed gasps. He sounds like a train whistling and rattling. I'm guessing a punctured lung would cause that. It comes from all the beatings which we've been giving him.
He put himself in this mess. No one steals for me and goes scott free. No one. Precious stones and jewels I harvested with time, effort and hard-earned money. Something tells me things run deeper than that.
A set up, maybe, or he was sent by someone?
His mouth opens, drawing my attention to his face which is all bloodied and unrecognizable. It looks like someone has rearranged his features. It's a fucking bloody mass of pulp. I glance down at my curled fist which is coated slick with blood. His blood. I should finish him once and for all, snuff the life out of him with one more punch. Just one more punch and it would be all over for him.
A face flashes before me, one which has been plaguing me this past week. A comely face with hazel eyes and pouty pink lips. Lips I dreamt would wrap around my-
"Ash?"
I snap out of my fevered imagination and back to the moment.
"Something wrong?" Lobos asks from behind me.
Damn witch has gotten my mind tripping and my cock twitching.
"Is there something-"
"I heard you the first time." I grind out. My shoulders slump and I turn round to face him with a shake of my head. "You finish this and make it clean." I wave my hand around wildly. "Put the man out of his misery already."
I feel his lingering eyes on my back as I stalk out of the warehouse and into blinding sunlight. After cleaning up, I drive myself to Stardust. Walter has a few days off. Yapped my head off about going out of town to be with his family. Good for him. I'm mister solo and loving every minute of it, at least not until. . . hazel eyes.
She's been plaguing my dreams non stop.
I laugh to myself when I remember how odd and out of place she'd looked at Stardust, dressed in a loose long dress. It was strange to see, though, because nothing, absolutely nothing could have covered the hips on her.
It was an odd combination. A woman with a stripper body and innocent eyes. Eyes that had looked at me with such horror when I insinuated her sister was probably doing drugs or whoring herself. Her reaction had amused me to no end. I wasn't able to hold my laughter inside.
It was refreshing to see someone like her at the club, but if her sister looks as well as dresses anything like her. . . I shake my head. She'll never end up in my club, or any club at that long enough to make it. First off, clubs are a place where girls like to dress half-naked. Think of it as a buisness. The business of the flesh. They showcase their goods to intending customers and the haggling begins.
All that and more, takes place at Stardust, which if I dare say so, is on another level. It caters to people with certain tastes. Expensive tastes of the flesh. Drugs, female clientele and alcohol. Lots of all of that. Girls like hazel eyes would get swallowed up there.
Same thing goes for me. Women like her, are not meant for beasts like me.
Quote me on that.
But that's the problem with me. I like to play with fire, except from where I'm standing, hazel eyes doesn't just look like fire, she looks like a blazing inferno. Something tells me she won't be that easy to conquer. My phone rings and I use the hands free to answer. "Spit it out, Moro."
"I'm staring at her right now. She lives in this run down neighborhood but I can tell you this for nothing - this chick - she carries herself like a queen. Damn!"
"What is it you see?" I'm gritting my teeth, wishing I could be in two places at the same time. That kind of super power would come in handy in my line of business.
"It's just. . . she's wearing this. . . oh, mama, this is some view."
"Picture! Now!" I'm on the edge of my seat, almost passing a red light, but stop just in time.
I hear sniggering on the line before he cuts the call. I'm sweating buckets at this point.
How long does he need to take a damn photo?
Aim and click.
That's it.
Just when my patience has worn thin and I reach for my phone, a video pops up on my screen. It's her. Hazel eyes. She's all covered in a silk wispy-looking dressing gown, yet all her curves are sinfully on display.
She walks bare foot outside to the front of her doorstep and bends. She fucking bends to pick up the newspaper that was thrown there, and for a brief instance. A very brief instance, I see the swell of her well - endowed chest peeking out. My cock immediately strains against my pants reminding me it's been too long since it got wet, and not from water.
I pause the video, close my eyes and gather my wits about me. When I continue watching it, she turns and walks back in, giving me a view of her oh-so-round and fuckable bum. Honks and shouts bring me back to life and I realize the red light has turned to green, and I'm holding up a long line of cars.
I put the car back on the road but I'm not concentrating. I drive like a madman to Stardust. Once I get into my office, I lock the door and jerk off while watching the video. I cum like a man who has never experienced an orgasm before. It's a release that does nothing for me except heighten my desire for hazel eyes.
I don't even know her name. . . yet.
I smile deviously as I pick my phone and call Moro. "Find out all about her. Her name, who she is, her relations and friends, where she goes to school, every single thing, down to her favorite colour. I want to know everything. Is that clear?"
I hear his sniggering before I cut the call.
Chapter 108"Fuuuuck! Must you place this shit around my neck so tightly?" I ask Night eyes with a frown.Night Eyes rolls his eyes but doesn't say anything except to tighten the tie around my neck like a damn noose. He says I've been acting like a prissy bitch since I woke up this morning and realized it's the D-day. My six trusted men, now my groomsmen, are sitting around dressed up in white tuxedos drinking champagne while I'm sweating buckets inside this suit that's more like a straight jacket than any other thing."Will you get your feet off my precious table, Moro?" I say, tugging on my collar as I eye him from the corner of my eyes.He just smirks and continues sipping on his drink like I didn't just give him an order."Ouch, fuck! What the-? Will you take it easy? My neck's not a damn concrete, Night eyes.""Quit bitching, Ash, anyone hearing you would think you're not dying to get married to Alicia,
Chapter 107 The ride is fraught with tense silence and not even Ash's hand in mind does anything to alleviate the tightness in my chest and the dryness in my mouth. I'm freaking the fuck out. He keeps rubbing circles on my open palm with his thumb trying to soothe me but it's pointless. Getting to the meeting place doesn't take long because there's not much traffic. I look up at the large white building as Ash drives into the driveway and my eyes immediately home onto the bold signboard displayed on the front of the building in red capital letters that reads - THE CAMORRA. "You've gotta be kidding me!" Ash chuckles. "I told you they rule everything in Italy so don't be surprised about that." "I understand that, but they kill, and steal, and-" "Ah, ah, ah! Don't say that to anyone here, Hazel eyes, they rule everything, yes. . ." He nods. "Even the police, so hanging up a big old signboard isn't going to make it less real." My heart sinks, because what he just said is even worse
Chapter 106 When I wake, it's still dark outside and there's no one on the bed beside me. I sit up as panic begins to claw its way inside my chest but when I hear the shower going, I know what happened last night was real and Tanya is alive. Even though I haven't gotten much sleep, I feel energized. I feel happy.We're going to have to face them tomorrow.My heart plummets when I remember Ash's words from the night before. He sat me down and told me there would be reprisals and that I needed to get prepared for whatever the five dons that run the Canmora will do. He was a bit evasive about what the reprisals were but I don't need to be a rocket scientist to know it has to do with shedding blood.I'm petrified as his words wash through me but as soon as the door to the bathroom opens, I shake it off and paste on a smile as Tanya comes back inside the room. Her blonde hair is wet and longer than I've ever see
Chapter 106The ghost of Tanya doesn't float toward me as I initially thought, she walks toward me instead, smiling mischievously exactly the same way Tanya used to when she was alive. I blink repeatedly but she's still there, still smiling, and still looking at me."T.... Tanya?" I say once again, noting the tremor in my voice.Tanya's ghost smiles wider. "Hi, sis."Instead of fainting, as most women would, I let out a piercing scream loud enough to wake the dead. A hand snakes around my waist and it takes a few seconds for me to realize Ash is speaking to me.". . . relax, it's alright, please."I focus on his face as his words finally break through my consciousness. "Is. . ." I lick my dry lips. "Is her ghost still there?""I'm right here, sis." Tanya's ghost says from right behind me.This time, I'm not able to take it as the cold hands of oblivion wrap around me and enfold me in their arms.*". . . going
Chapte 105 Ever since I was kidnapped, I had slept fitfully, always keeping an eye open for when Rita and her minions would come to torment me. Not that it would stop her - no, but at least I would be somewhat ready. Now that I'm free, I feel a sense of peace steal through me as the hum of the car engine wraps around me. Soon, I few my eyes close as the movement of the car lulls me into a deep sleep. I don't know what wakes me up but the car has stopped and Ash is coming down. I blink repeatedly to remove the vestiges of sleep still clinging to my eyes and cloudy head before I come down from the car and look around. What I see in front of me gives me pause for thought. It's a plane. Ash is standing in front of it shaking a man's hand as he nods to something he's saying. He turns to me and beckons for me to come over. My legs feel a little wobbly from being cramped up in the same position for goodness knows how long but I manage to walk over without falling. Ash introduces me to the
Chapter 104Ash carries me up the stairs and doesn't let go, even when I tell him I'm okay and can walk, still he doesn't allow my feet to touch the ground. I try to tell him that carrying me - bridal style - will only slow us down but he's not having it.He's fast on his feet, I must admit but that niggling fear is sitting pretty on my chest once again and not allowing me to breathe well. As soon as we get up the stairs and into a hallway, he slows down and looks left and right. His eyes have gone keen and sharp and I don't need to be told we're both in danger. If they see him carrying me out of here, we're both dead.At least I will be.The scorned woman will forgive Ash. . . maybe.I watch his face as he watches the surrounding before moving stealthily. I feel his muscles flex and bunch as he carries me. His strides eat up the floor as he moves toward a door at the far end. I slide my eyes from his face an