Charlotte's p.o.v

Somewhere in the darkness of my overwhelmed soul, my dimming star was struggling to regain its former glory. Three weeks had gone by and I was merely a shadow of my former brilliant self.

All I wanted was to become a doctor and the rest would follow. And this was not part of my plan... There was no way this would be.

Some had fixed it there perfectly.

So all this long dad had been thinking I didn''t know anything about his illegal deals. The illegal fire arms business deals, the dark and secret hard drug deals he is part of. Things have never been the same since my parents joined the underworld empire.

Especially my Dad, he has changed a lot. I don't think if he still looks at me the same way he used to. I get tempted to ask him if am his biological daughter but I refrained from doing so.

Until Monique's shit happened... There has always been vengeance in his dangerous eyes. Whatever transformed him into a beast he has become must be so cruel.

The nights would go out and I would remain the immersed in the cold darkness of the dungeon I had to call my room. A captive who had no right to be herself ...I became.

Tears were not helping anymore, and even if they would. There weren't enough left in the reserves. Moments of glamorous past flashed though my soul as I aimlessly paced in the room.

The pains had vanished not because of I had received some therapy. They had gotten tired of tormenting a poor humn being like me.

I had no energy to think straight anymore. Many times I had tried to but everything in my head was hazy. This guy was not leaving my mind at all.

The only person who could understand the language of my tired roul but his hands were short and tied. Rotimi... If only there was a way I could reward him.

Why do things have to be this slippery and sophisticated?

Rotimi... His name sparked hope in me. I would be wrong to day I was in love with him. He was just amazing in his own ways. I can't tell where he sourced his hope from. His unending energy and enthusiasm for me got my unwavering attention.

I couldn't understand why he was so impressed with me. Why he went to the extent of taking care of me despite of the flaring risks. Nobody does this for no reason. If he loved me it was a matter of fact that he had a better reason behind his efforts.

I still had mixed feelings about him. A part of me wanted to fall in love with him forever and the other part I couldn't tell wether it was alreary in love or not. As I slowly pondered on his fabulous aspect, I felt his firy eyes scan through my empty soul.

Every time I turned I found myself staring at his wide toothy smile. Love ... The ones I loved the most had now turned against me. To judge and even kill. What I saw was love in his eyes. I felt it down my nerves, under my skin. His smile became infectious.

The knock on the door almost made my fragile heart cold. I knew what it meant. I was somewhere in my dreamlqnd almost locking my lips with Rotimi's.

"Am gone... They will kill me if they find me right here," Rotimi said before he jumped through the window.

I staggered to the door. I was literally shaking as I held the door knob before opening it.

"What a clumsy idiot!" Dad boomed as he punched me in the face. I found myself reeling in pain on the cold floor.

"Don't dare shed a tear lest I break your ribs! Pick your cursed self from that damn floor!" Will Still ordered. I gulped the warm blood oozing from my nose and mouth.

I had to get used to it. "It's payback time," mum said as she circled me. She sunk her sharp nails into my throat forcing me took choke while Dad slammed the door shut.

I fixed my terrified eyes on the blood stained floor. I was sure my heart was beating for the last time when I saw Will Still pull out a pistol.

"Look at me,lucipher!" Dad boomed again. "It's time you get to understand what it means by messing with the family. You f**ked up already by killing her. You are not one of us," he posed and blew the tendrilse of thivk bhang smoke into the air.

"But we are human enough to consider giving you an option to be alive till this hour. And there's only one option if at all what you want is to continue being alive," he explained in a throaty voice.

An option? To be alive?

His burning stare pierced through my skin like some firece rays. Will Still's sarcastic laughter drove the remaining courage out of me and my knees became weaker.

It would have been useless to start pleading with them again. I waited for the worst... For the bullet to rip my skull aprt into pieces.

"We have decided to give you a chance to live despite of your f**king mistake," he posed as his strong hands pulled my hair forcing me to stare into his monster-like eyes. I heaved a deep sigh of relief when he let go of me. Just a slight mistake and I would be no more.

"You are getting married to Clemont Hill as as his third wife!" I felt sharp pain down my spine. A throb in the temples followed. A sob in my sore throat and the next thing... warm tears dropping on the floor. I could feel the beats of my own heart like drum beats a mile away.

"Wether you like it or not. At this point you hands are tied and we are not begging you to," her weird voice evhoed in my ears.

Will Still slowly walked to where I was and roughly pulled me closer to his chest. His nircotine breath almost made me puke.

"You killed my daughter for no reason. Your crocodile tears won't help!" He breathed heavily as he pushed me away. I stumbled and fell hard hitting my head on the floor. Darkness... I lost my vision.

****

The fresh fragrance of his cologne filled the entire room. I wanted to open my eyes but I couldn't. The next thing was the warm soft touch of his mascuu fingers. As if he knew what I wanted he planted a warm passionate kiss as our lips interlocked.

His hot toungue was sweet and soft. I parted my legs as his fingers jorneyed and glided up my thighs. I couldn't remember well if I had my pants. I let out a soft moan as his fingers parted my already wet lips.

His fingers find there way between my lips and as I moaned softly. The feeling was exceptional, never I felt like that before.