Chapter 5 FIVE

FOUR

Her eyelids were heavy.

She felt weak.

Struggling between staying awake and being weak.

Isabelle looked round the room she was in,it was dark but not so dark that she couldn't see.

Where was she?

It looked like a basement but not just any type.Looking around she could see blood stains on the walls,hand printed blood stains of people who struggled to live.

That was when she remembered—

Wedding day.

Gunshots.

Men in black.

Kidnapped.

Her body shook with fear and she tried standing from the chair,only then did she realize that she had been chained.

She tried pulling her hands from the chain,then she heard a voice…

“I wouldn't do that,if I were you,” a deep velvety rich voice stated.The voice making every hair on her body stand,deep and sweet like chocolate but dark and menacing.

So she wasn't alone?

She turned quickly towards where the voice had come from,she was terrified to death.

The man walked out from where he sat initially and Isabelle could see that he was tall…really tall.

She was sitting but she could tell.

Where had he come from?

He didn't look any close to the men that had attacked her in the woods.

He was different.

He seemed to be the boss.

And he wore a suit.

Finally recovering her voice, “You are not me,so don't tell me what to do”

She waited for his response.

Nothing for seconds.

And then—

“What's your name?” he asked,that voice again eliciting confusing reactions from her body.The voice deep.But gentle.Perhaps soft,making it difficult for her brain to know how to react.

“Sarah,” she responded.Perhaps,if he thought she wasn't the one he was looking for,then he might actually let her go.

“Isabelle Conti…right?” 

He disregarded her response.

She looked down in disappointment. Although she loved the way he called her name.It felt like a sensual caress and she had never heard her name being called in that manner before.

“Isabelle…when I talk to you,you fucking keep your face up.You LOOK AT ME! Do you get that?” he stated in a commanding voice.

He was definitely the boss.

Isabelle looked up immediately.

“Yes I'm Isabelle,” she replied in a defeated tone.

She heard the basement door open and close,with someone walking down the staircase.

“She's awake?” the man who just joined them asked.

Mr. velvety voice nodded.

“Boss, can I kill her now?” Luciano asked.His hand filled with ink and the scar on his neck blending with the monstrosity his face displayed.

“Not yet…be on standby,” Alessandro responded.

Luciano stood firm.

“Luciano.Leave us!”

He took one look at Isabelle.She noticed the hesitation mixed with darkness in his eyes.

Luciano desperately wanted to kill her.His impatience gave that out. But instead of doing what his mind wanted to do,he obeyed.

The basement was silent for a while.

“I’m Don Alessandro Moretti and your worst nightmare. Your father crossed the line when he killed someone special to me years ago.And now,I'm going to repay the favour by killing someone special to him,” he revealed as he came even closer to her.His hands on each side of the chair,their faces up close to each other.They could feel each other's presence.

She felt trapped with the position he chose to be at the moment.

Yet,she was drawn.

“And oddly,that's you.”

“My father is not a murderer! I don't believe you and I would never believe you,” Isabelle said loudly.

Isabelle looked round the room and she did the first thing that came into mind.

She screamed.

“HELP ME! Anyone please HELP ME! They're holding me captive…p-please,” she cried out.

If anything,she was getting on his nerves at the moment.

God! It's just been minutes he has spent with her and it's concluded that he can't stand her.Why on earth was she screaming?

She should have known that everyone here was at his mercy.

He knew Giovanni had a daughter but never knew she was this dumb.

Alessandro’s anger riled up even more.He held her on her throat to prevent any further screaming.

He wasn't the type to hurt women but this woman was pushing him beyond limits.

And she just got here.

Isabelle halted with the screaming as soon as he held her throat.She watched him quickly pull a knife from his pocket.Her life vanished before her eyes.

He was going to kill her.