Fire of vengeance

My eyes opened and everything was spinning around me, with my pounding headache. It took me a little while to discover a master bedroom with huge dimension and most luxurious furnitures,it was decorated with some highly expensive painting and no photographs. I was laid on a king sized bed with a plain white, oversized T-shirt and an oversized pair of shorts.I assumed they were of a man. Where was I? Was I in the Russo mansion? I managed to recall what car hit me but I couldn't remember anything else except it's color. Black. What if I was back in the trap of Alantino. I couldn't stay there, I had to escape from there. I didn't even know what time it was. It was so strange that the room was completely furnished except for clock, photographs and an empty walk-in closet, I got a peek of it as the door was slightly open and it was all vacant. 

I got up from the bed and opened the door without making any noise, the corridor was completely dark except the lights permeating from the  lampposts outside as there were so many French windows almost at every corner of the house. It took a while for my eyes to adjust in darkness and slowly I kept moving when suddenly the lights went on and I heard footsteps from behind. This was the end of me. No one could save me now. Foolish of me that I thought I might escape Alantino. Foolish of me for not being responsible enough while running. Foolish, my fate. I turned behind, timorous and cautious. My heart beseeching me constantly, not to turn as it knew the danger, but that wouldn't have changed anything as I was back in the trap. 

A man in his early twenties stood stunningly with his arms crossed over his bare chest and there was only boxer briefs present on his tall, muscular figure, which didn't help much hiding his outlines underneath it. His black eyes scanning me and searching my face, his hairs were shovelled, maybe he just woke up and there was a tattoo on his shoulder which my eyes couldn't define from so far. This wasn't Alantino and this wasn't the man even near to him. I had known Alantino's relatives and he wasn't one of them. But I knew this face, the only thing was I couldn't think back to where I saw him. And after a flicker of second, I recognized him and holy shit! He was the alpha of southern Italy, Enzo Amato, I have read few articles about him on internet, he had came in power two months ago just after his father's demise. He wasn't the man I should be with. I was in great trouble, my father and Alantino both had conflicts with him. I had also read the article about his cruelty and lack of emotions. He was a living corpse without any feelings and maybe I would encounter his cruelty today. I swallowed hard and was shaking like a leaf. I could feel the sweat depositing on my forehead. He took steps toward me and stopped at a safe distance. He was so taller than me and I kept my eyes at ninety degree angle that I could only focus on his chest. Abashed to meet his eyes. 

"Alantino's wife and Leonardo Monaro's daughter."

He said in a low voice that sent shiver down my spine as he rolled off his tongue. 

"I conjecture, why you were running on your wedding night with your torn outfit and a really miserable situation?"

He said and my neck went stiff. I didn't know if he waited for me to respond or had he just decided what to do with me, in his mind?

"You can tell me I won't harm you until you are honest."

He said and my fury sprang to life as I recalled the incident and the giant figure in front of me didn't scare me anymore as I smoldered with resentment. 

"My husband deceived me."

I said and the word never leaving my mind. Revenge. I wanted revenge for what he did. 

"But as far as I know, a peace treaty was signed between the families,right?"

He asked simply without manifesting anything on his face. It was as blank as my heart was hollowed from feelings. 

"True. But Alantino had something else going on in his mind and he never consider me or my family honest for the truce. He wanted to make us pay for my father's deed that's why he planned everything to make me suffer for the crime I never committed."

I said and tears accumulated my eyes, this time they weren't out of my broken heart or feelings for Alantino rather this time it was because of ferocity. 

"Hmm, so are you planning on going back to your father or Alantino?"

He asked. Was he mad? My father wouldn't take me back and Alantino was the last person I would go to. 

"No. I can't go back to either of them. I want Alantino to pay for what he did to me."

I told him this time looking at his deep black eyes, which complimented his tanned olive skin. 

"So how are you going to get your vengeance?"

He asked a question, even I didn't knew the answer of it. The fire of revenge was boiling my blood in my veins but I wasn't strong enough to act upon my anger yet. I needed to survive first. But the question was why was Enzo concerned about it. He could have just simply killed me or had used me as a leverage to extort my father or Alantino. But then they didn't gave a fuck for whatever happens to me. 

"I don't know yet."

I admitted. He was lost in a deep thought. 

"How about I help you seek your revenge?"

He said and I stifled at his words, was he being serious? I couldn't tell. 

"Why would you help me?"

I questioned in eerie. 

"Because I think we both have same enemies and we both can make a good team against them."

He opined. 

"Them?"

I asked as my sole enemy was Alantino. 

"Yes, Alantino and your dickhead of a father."

He said in a way that made me embarrassed about my father's deed.

"I don't want revenge against him. He didn't make me suffer."

I stated. 

"You sure about that? For what I know, he made you suffer all your life.He even forced you to marry that bastard Russo. But you eventually fell for him."

He said. 

"How do you know so much about me?"

I asked in obvious curiosity. It was something personal about my life. How did he knew this? 

"Because I keep an eye on my enemies and your father and your husband are certainly in that list which makes you clearly observable to me."

He apprised and of course he observed everyone. There was nothing private in our world, basically everyone kept an eye on everyone which made everything exposed. 

"I don't doubt that."

I simply said. 

"So would you like to be at my side in this?"

He asked and I nodded without thinking much as I already did the worrying part about what will people think if I did something? What image would they portray of my if I did something stupid? How would my father react to my deed? These were questions that often rose in my mind whenever I tried to do something in life except one time when I ignored them and tried to run away, far from my family, far from this world but failed miserably. Enzo was correct my father made me suffer more than Alantino did and they both were equally responsible for my miserable situation. I glanced at Enzo he was searching my face as if trying to find, what I was thinking about. 

"I have a doubt, you are strong enough to get your hands on them but why do you need me at your side?"

I asked because I really wasn't an asset as far as the mob was concerned, women had no job in mob life except providing their husbands with blow jobs. 

"I can but that won't be much fun as it would be when we both make a team against them. Can you imagine their reactions when they will find both of us at the same side."

He said, something shone in his eyes. Exhilaration. And I knew that I wasn't gonna step back now. I would make everybody pay for their deeds. They will beg me for forgiveness but it would be too late. I wasn't an emotional, sweet, caring girl now. I was on my way to becoming a mobster and showing those filthy men,what power does women possessed. Those women whom they have kept as their lechery, they always considered them weak and the only thing they ever wanted to listen from them was their moans. I would make all those men scream out of agony, beg to save their dicks. 

"You can sleep in the room where you were. It's yours from today."

Enzo said and I headed back towards the room waiting for the next day to approach that will change me completely and I wouldn't be the same, feeble girl I used to be I would be someone staunch and vigorous, remorseless and brutal. After pledging these words to myself I went to sleep.