Submitting to Mafia-5

''Boss, the Russians are trying to invade our territory again. They are making deals with Inland Taipan.'' Ricci reported to him the latest news.

''These Russians are getting into my head. They attacked me last time and I went easy on them. But now they are calling for death. Get information about their deal. I will see how they will get it done.'' Sebastian said wickedly.

Sebastian is the 3rd generation Mafia. His grandfather and father were not as strong as him. That's why his father became a victim of another group.

At the age of 15, Sebastian took hold of his family's business. From the smuggling of weapons, to drugs, the selling of girls to organ trafficking, he did everything and, within 3 years, he became the strongest Mafia in Italy.

He is known as the 'Black King', because of his status in the dark world.

Furthermore, no one has ever seen the true face of the Black King, except the few important men of his gang. All the deals he makes are made through his men. That's why his enemies never succeed in getting through him. Although they are thirsty of his blood.

A month ago, one of his men betrayed him and sold the information regarding Sebastian to the Russians. That's how he was attacked by them.

''And boss, what should I do about the betrayer?'' It's been a month since they kept him but Sebastian hadn't announced the verdict yet and Ricci was dying to see his punishment.

Sebastian smirked devilishly, ''We need to pay him a visit.'' He looked at Ricci.

Ricci also understood the meaning behind his words and nodded.

In the evening,

They walked through the dark tunnel and arrived at the little cell where they had kept Philip.

The man was tied up in a smelly and moldy place. It was even hard to breathe there. Blood was oozing out of his mouth and there were visible bruises on his face.

Sebastian gave him a death glare. The man trembled.

''Please... please let me go. I am innocent.'' He pleaded, although he was aware of the fact that his words weren't going to melt the Black King.

The man dressed in black from head to toe looked like an angel of death to him.

''Let you go?'' Sebastian's voice came out like a whisper and he circled around him.

''Aren't you asking for too much?'' He stopped right behind him and held his neck to choke him.

Philip withered in his grip and tried to get away but his tattooed hand held him tightly in place.

From the corner, Ricci watched the whole thing quietly. Just when Sebastian felt like a man on the verge of dying, he let go of his neck ruthlessly and came to stand right in front of him.

He held his hair harshly and made him look in his dark eyes.

''You know the price of betraying me. Still you did that.'' He tsked. ''You must not love your life anymore.''

''Please, boss. They kidnapped me and forced me-''

''If that's the case, then you did great. I better want to see you die through my hands rather than them.'' He said darkly.

Sebastian got a knife out of his pants and put it on his throat. Philip started to move away from the cold metal. ''Shh... stay still. Otherwise, one slit and you will be kissing the angel of death.''

The fear took over the eyes. He did not want to die, not yet.

''If you kill me now, then there is no way for you to know what happened to the Vet who saved your life that night.'' Philip said in one breath as the knife was digging into his skin and he could feel the blood dripping out of there.

Sebastian's hand stopped and he threw the knife away. He held the man by his collar and punched his face so hard that he saw the stars.

''WHAT THE F**K ARE YOU SAYING?'' He roared and his voice echoed, making everyone flinch.

''WHAT HAPPENED TO HER?'' Sebastian punched him in the abdomen. He instantly vomited blood.

''CUT OFF HIS F**KING FINGERS.'' He ordered another man of his.

The man immediately came forward with a tool which is used to cut off the digits.

Philip was coughing violently and he shook his head. ''I... I will tell you.'' He said with difficulty.

''SPEAK.'' Sebastian growled.

''Mikhail, he raped her. He raped her to save you.'' Philip looked in his eyes fearlessly as he told him the truth.

And Sebastian felt like the world had come to an end. He could hear a ringing sound in his head, not anything other than that. His senses went numb and he took a step back.

Fear took over him and then the pain of losing his precious thing.

''This motherf**ker is lying, boss. He is playing with you.'' Ricci said to him.

Philip chuckled as he saw the pathetic condition of the Mafia King. ''She is your Achilles heel, isn't she? How do you feel knowing that you ruined her life?'' Philip taunted.

Sebastian just stared at him. He looked like a man who was ready to set the world on fire.

''You couldn't protect a single girl and you go around killing people. Remember when you killed my sister for marrying one of your rivals? This is what you call helplessness.'' Philip scoffed, and that was the limit of Sebastian's patience.

He took out a gun from the back of his pants and put it directly on his forehead. ''I will tear apart every single person who will dare to come in his way.'' He said to him with his bloodshed eyes and did not waste a single second before shooting him in the head.

The vicious chuckle of Philip died down. Blood splashed on his face. He wiped it away with the back of his hand and walked away from there.

After they reached the parking lot, Sebastian grabbed Ricci from the collar and pushed him towards the wall so hard that he felt like his backbone was broken into two pieces. ''You told me she was sick because of drugs.'' Sebastian said with gritted teeth.

''Boss, I have done everything but there isn't a single clue about it-'' he avoided looking in his eyes, ''Rape" and the last words came out more like a whisper.

"Investigate Mikhail."

"Yes, Boss." Sebastian let go of him and stepped inside his black Bentley and signalled the driver to drive.

While his head was hurting like hell. Sebastian threw his head on the headrest of the seat and massaged his temples. Everything made sense. The fear which Ricci saw in her eyes and the 'M' on her face..... the pieces of puzzle were put together.

The most painful part was that he was the reason behind her pain.

"Take me to the apartment complex." He said to the driver and he immediately took a sharp U-turn to change direction.

'How will I get her out of this trauma and how will she treat me when she knows it all happened to her because of me?' There were a lot of questions in his head and, for the first time in his life, Sebastian had no answers to them.

Soon, the vehicle halted in front of a building. He had the address of Lauren's place, so he went directly to the other floor.

Sebastian contemplated whether he should knock on the door or not? He retreated his hand plenty of times before pushing the button of door bell and sighing.

Philip wasn't wrong. He was indeed left helpless.

''Elysia, you are coming with me. We will go to the mart for groceries and I can't carry them alone.'' He heard a voice from inside which he assumed to be Lauren's.

''I am not going anywhere.'' He heard a familiar voice which he could recognize even in a half dead state.

His cold stony heart skipped a beat.

''I will not hear a 'no' from you. You are coming with me and that's it." Lauren said with authority, and for a moment Sebastian prayed for her to come out.

He wanted to see her, he was dying to catch a glimpse of her beautiful face.

Sebastian heard the footsteps. Someone was coming closer towards the door. In one swift motion, he hid behind the door of the emergency exit and waited until the door was once again closed.

The footsteps were retreating and he knew that they were walking towards the elevator. So, without wasting a single moment, he rushed up the stairs.

Sebastian did not have to break into a single drop of sweat from rushing down to the ground floor from the 10th floor.

Right at that moment, the doors of the elevator opened and he saw two girls. One of them was wearing a black hoodie and she had her face covered with it. Her terrified little steps and those anxious eyes..... it took him a nano second to know who she was.

The mart wasn't far from the apartment, so they walked there and he quietly followed them without making a single sound.

''Lauren, I am afraid. Please take me back.'' He heard her saying.

''I am with you. Don't worry.'' Lauren assured her.

And Sebastian wanted to kill himself. If he knew that she would have to pay such a heavy price for saving his life, Sebastian would have never asked her for help.

His veins were popping out from the neck as he felt the blood was pumping madly in his veins.

They were soon inside the mart. Lauren was talking to her non stop as she was trying to distract her from the negative thoughts.

Her hands were visibly trembling and Sebastian could not tolerate it anymore and left.

He went to his personal gym and took off all of his clothes, just leaving his boxers and started punching the sandbag.

He does not know how long he boxed for, but his knuckles were bleeding.

''Boss, there is news regarding the trade between Russians and Inland Taipan.'' Ricci was terrified by his demeanor. ''The trade is tomorrow night.''

''Report it to the police through an anonymous source. I am going to destroy these bloody Russians.'' Revenge was getting in his head and he was going to make them pay for messing up with Elysia.