Proserpina We arrived at home, but as I made to strep out, Lucien's large hand gripped my wrist.“Stay here.’ He commanded and made to get out.I grabbed his arm in panic,“No, Lucien. I want to come.’His eyes seemed to assess me, coldly, clinically and one part of me asked incredulously,“Why is he looking at me so strangely? We just spent an hour making love, holding hands…?’‘I want you to…’ he began in his rumble, a tone I had heard when he was at the end of his tether.“Lucien, I need to see my children!’ I cried.‘You need to be safe.’ He said gruffly, ’You are carrying my child.’And with that terse reply, he stepped out. Before I could protest the car was sliding out of the porch. I turned back in shock. Lucien was entering our home, the posse of bodyguards with him.***“Where are we going?’ I demanded, knocking on the glass partition of the car.The security man sitting up front turned. He was not a familiar face and he seemed ill at ease. Avoiding my eyes, he said in a sti
Proserpina When I reached the Safe House, it was already dawn. I was whisked into a driveway, non-descript looking at that, in a street with similar-looking houses. As the car drew up, the door opened. Schwartz was already there, his handsome face looking drawn and anxious. Like me, he had obviously not had a wink of sleep. The dark shadow of his beard heightened the exhaustion on his face.He was on the phone and gave me a vague nod, indicating with his hand that the men with him should ride ahead. The driver and the escort of my car were swiftly replaced with Schwartz' men.I had been sitting up, ramrod stiff, trying not to panic. I desperately wanted to see my children, to hold them, to have Lucien's large, warm and solid presence beside me.But the look on my husband's face as he had left me scared me.It had been the look of a man who had other things on his mind. Not good things at that.The violence and savagery of the underworld that he was a part of, was as abhorrent to me a
Proserpina' WHAT? ' I cried, jolted out of my annoyance and worry, and then remembered my children. I did not want to upset them further.‘Schwarz sighed again and he rubbed his jaw‘The Boss,’ he said, hiding a yawn as he spoke,’ The Boss felt it would be best if you all were away from here for a while.’And as I began to protest, he went on hastily,‘Proserpina, it was his idea and I support him completely in this.’I glared at him, fury, dismay, and anxiety warring in my heart.Lucien Delano was trying to keep us safe.I could respect that.But did he need to keep us all away from him for that? Keep ME away?I NEEDED that man beside me.We had had a similar situation when I was carrying Claude. He had drifted away, gone to every woman possible and it had nearly devastated me.I was not going to tolerate that!***' I...I want to talk to hm, James, please.’ I said fiercely.But he shook his head firmly. “You need to think of the kids and yourself, Proserpina.’ He said tiredly.Even
Sophie The last few hours had been like something out of a film.She was still trying to make sense of what had happened.The Boss and his lovely wife, their love apparent to everyone that night in the Club; it had been such a heart-warming incident in the mad, ugly world she existed in.And then, she had taken a ride home in the vehicle that Danielle had thoughtfully arranged for all the girls. She had been giggling as she alighted. But the moment she entered her apartment building, she knew something was wrong. It was close to dawn but the door to her small home was open and her neighbours, an old couple with seven cats, were waiting for her. The woman was, normally reserved and unwilling to interact with her, but now she appeared at her own door, looking flustered.“I was waiting for you,’ she began as Sophie stepped in, bewildered and horrified, looking around her small house.To say it had been ransacked was putting it politely. The furniture had been overturned, the mattresses r
Proserpina I looked around myself.The house that we had been brought to had once been a charming inn, perhaps. It had been done up and restored by professionals who had managed to retain the cosiness of the original building. It had probably been meant to be a country getaway for a wealthy magnate. A huge garden with a variety of colourful flowers caught the early morning rays of the sun.Schwartz said something about a carriage house and the place being on a hundred acres of land. But I was barely listening.A fireplace in the large living room caught my attention-“I shall need to see it cannot be opened by the children,’ I thought distractedly as I gazed around me. Claude was clinging to my arms, refusing to get down onto the floor. He was in one of his black moods. The twins had slept through the journey and were now rearing to go. I sighed. I wanted Lucien so badly, I wanted him to hold me in his muscular arms, wanted to lay my head on his chest.I wanted to feel safe. Just to h
Proserpina The large windows were open and the sunlight was now streaming in, gradually. Drapes in rich yellow hues danced in the gentle breeze coming in.The rays of the sun fell on my children as they stood, side by side and it played on their golden curls. They stood like two golden angels in their overcoats and pyjamas, observing Paddy. The young fellow was looking away, lowering his head, focusing on a tiny piece of thread he had picked from his cardigan.I felt my heart swell with pride. My son never failed to make me feel humbled. He was gentle and loving.But Ria, ever the dictator, had to have the last word. Now she tapped her chin importantly and announced,“Alright. He can play with us.’***“Off to the bathroom, kids,’ I stated in a no-nonsense tone and they raced away, hell-bent on exploring the house. Sophie followed them out, holding Paddy's hand. Claude let out an ear-splitting wail, struggling wildly, clamouring, demanding to be taken to them but I soothed him wearily
Lucien He stood, breathing harshly, belting the bathrobe around his thick, muscled body. The sight of Catalina, naked and kneeling before him, his cum dripping down her chin, her thick lips still wet as she licked them, made him feel disgusted.Where earlier, in another life, he might have been turned on by coming awake to having his c*ck sucked so enthusiastically by a woman, it only left a feeling of revulsion in him now. The disgust, the loathing on his face as he stood, his fists clenched by his sides, trying with all his might not to smash the woman’s face, must have shown on his face. Catalina frowned, her expression changing.Gradually she seemed to realise that this man, the man whose member she had been choking on to keep him happy, was anything but pleased. Fear flashed over her face as she comprehended the fact that he was fiercely, violently angry.And she knew the Mafia Doan well enough to know that in his uncontrollable rage, he was capable of just about anything.Lucien
LucienThe phone rang.Blearily he stared at the screen and felt a wave of guilt wash over him.His daughter’s smiling face appeared on the screen.He felt sick; Proserpina had been explicit. If she knew he had been unfaithful, she would take the kids and leave him; that had been her ultimatum.Knowing her, he knew she would not hesitate to do so, she was strong. He admired that unflinching courage she had developed, a fearlessness that made him respect her even as he ruthlessly dominated her in bed.The phone rang repeatedly.Moving to the bar shakily, he gulped down a tequila and stood, swaying on his feet.In a fit of guilt and agony, he sank to the bed and buried his head in his hands and groaned.He could not think of existing without them. His Woman was his life. He adored his daughter. He loved Piers and baby Claude, all splitting images of himself.And Proserpina was expecting their fourth child.He could not face them; could not think of talking to them.The very idea of list