Vivian’s POV
I didn't know the exact time but I knew it had been almost 24 hours. Not one person came to see me. I didn't move much and my stomach was in too many knots to care about the hunger there. All I could do was pray tonight I didn't get tossed around between these men.The silence was driving me crazy. I could hear a pin drop down here. I didn't want any of those men to come back down, but I also didn't want to stay here forever.Then it started. First a few gunshots, then the screaming. I don't know how long it went on for until the basement door burst open. I could still hear fighting upstairs, but my eyes were glued on Tommy.He was covered in blood, cursing at the sight of me. He was speaking to me but nothing was registering. Why was he here? Did he come looking for me? How did he find me?"Baby, are you ok?" He asked, cupping my cheek. I nodded my head with tears streaming down my face. I couldn't find the ability to speak a word.Tommy's phone began ringing and he answered with one hand while the other wrapped around me."Niko, I need you here... I don't fucking care... there are more men than I thought." I wasn't sure what was happening, but I knew his cousin was not happy about him rescuing me. Did Niko want me to rot down here? Maybe he just wanted the police to handle it?"Vivian, I need you to go with Paul and do exactly what he tells you." Tommy ordered softly to me. I shook my head yes, still stuck half between this world and my shocked mental state.Paul's hand came to my back, guiding me away from Tommy. My hand quickly grabbed his shirt. "Where are you going?" I asked."To finish this. No one threatens my family. Go with Paul!" His eyes grew darker, becoming that man I didn't like. Tommy definitely had a Jekyll and Hyde personality.Tommy kissed my forehead then ran upstairs. Paul waited a few moments before guiding me after him. "Are you ok, V? Does anywhere hurt?" Paul was taller than Tommy and even more built than him."I'm ok and everywhere hurts." My eyes looked into his deep brown ones and I saw my friend filled with concern for me. "I'm not sure what is happening, Paul, but I'm ok. Thank you!" I gave him a small smile and let him bring me out of the basement.I gasped in horror at the sight before me. Dozens of men laid dead and dismembered over the once beautiful Italian marble floors. Who did this?"Don't look V!" Paul pulled my head into his chest and continued to walk me out of the room.As we entered the entry way the front door busted open with a dozen men that immediately opened fire. Paul quickly shielded my body with his then threw us behind the wall. My body instantly started shaking again."Paul, what is happening?" I cried. I was trying to keep it together, but there was a fucking war going on, and I was somehow in the middle of it."Shhh, we need to hide you." Paul words were strangled as he spoke. My eyes traced his body and he had two bullet wounds bleeding out."Fuck Paul, you've been shot.""I'm ok. Let's move." Somehow he stood, then lifted me up. One arm wrapped around me as he held me behind his body and his other held out a gun. Why did he have a gun?We made it upstairs unnoticed but I caught a glimpse of the man I thought I loved. He was down there in the war zone, brutally killing one man after the other. His body was showered in blood and his eyes had a darkness I never knew could exist in any human before."Paul, we need to stop the bleeding. Find a bathroom." I told him, trying to put pressure on his wounds while we walked. I can’t process what I just witnessed, I need to distract myself until this is over and we are safe. Then I’m going to kill Tommy for whatever mess I found myself in. I didn’t know how, but I knew this was all because of Tommy."Here!" He opened a door down the hall and there was a large master bedroom in there. The second we entered the bathroom he closed the door and collapsed to the floor."Fuck Paul. You are way too big for me to carry. I need you to say conscious, ok?" I moved quickly through the cabinets and found some alcohol and bandages. I checked the wound on his shoulder and luckily the bullet went clean through. The one in his side had no exit wound though. He was burning up and covered in sweat. He needed a hospital and soon."Come on. Let's get you to the bed. We need to get that bullet out of you." I helped him up, nearly falling over myself. He was way too big of a man for me to carry his weight. We stumbled our way to the bed and I quickly removed his shirt.As I cleaned and bandaged his shoulder wound he started coughing, slipping in and out of sleep. I smacked his face. "Paul, you need to stay awake!" I ordered him."Shhh, you'll get yourself killed. Here, take this and hide. Anyone who comes near you just shoot, V." He handed me his gun after removing the safety. I never fired a gun before. Fuck! I never shot anyone before."Keep those eyes open or I'll scream for help." I noticed he was being weirdly protective of me. He was more concerned about me living than himself so I would use that to keep him alive too."Ok! Just don't scream.""You have a bullet in your side that I need to remove. You'll feel better once it is out. It's going to hurt, but I need you to not resist me."As I said, he was a big man and he could easily push me away when the pain got to be too much."Ok, just be quick V. I need you to go hide." He knew I wouldn't leave him like this. I nodded my head then grabbed a toothbrush and scissors."Bite down on this." I inserted the toothbrush in his mouth, hoping it didn't crack under the pressure of his jaw. "Ok, I'm going to make a small cut to your wound then grab the bullet with my fingers. I'll be quick, but you need to be quiet and don't push me off you."He nodded ok. He was taking this way better than I thought. If someone was about to cut into me with small dull scissors, then stick their fingers inside my stomach to remove a bullet, I would just pass out and die right there.He grunted when I widened the wound then his body thrashed as I reached inside searching for the bullet. "Got it!" I shouted, quickly realizing my mistake. I ripped the bullet out as I heard heavy footsteps approaching the room."Hide! Now!" Paul ordered in pain. I couldn't move him and I wasn't letting him get killed. I grabbed the gun and turned to the door. I wasn't sure I could do this, but Paul saved me. I had to try to save him.The door flew up, revealing the two men that took me back at the restaurant. They looked evil before, but now with blood dripping off their face, they looked like fucking demons.I didn't think and just pulled the trigger. The first man went down, and then the second. They walked in with little smirks on their faces thinking I couldn't do it. They should have raised their guns at me instead."Oh fuck!" I whispered. I just killed two men. I quickly ran to the door and locked it. I ran back to Paul and he was on his side coughing."Don't move!" I tried making him lay down."Get in the closet. Now!" He seemed pissed at me. I just saved us. Why was he mad? "V, closet! No more games. I can't let you die." He shoved me off the bed and I pushed him back down."Fine! I'll hide in the closet. Let me tighten this around you first." I ripped the bottom of my dress and wrapped it around his waist."I got it. Go!" He tied a knot with my fabric and I nodded ok. That man was going to end up killing himself if I didn't listen.I ran to the closet with a chair. I closed the door, jamming the chair under the door knob then found a corner under the clothes to hide in. I still had the gun and pointed it straight at the door.The fighting continued downstairs for a long time, then it went silent. Being alone in the closet made reality come crashing down on me. I was kidnapped, threatened to be raped by many different men, held chained to a wall in their basement, then my maybe boyfriend came with our friends and rescued me. I removed a bullet from Paul's side with my fingers and killed two men.That was a perfectly good reason for me to be curled into a ball sobbing for the next few hours, which is exactly what I did.Niko’s POV"Get her the fuck up!" I ordered with nothing but pure rage for this woman. She laid in a ball covered in blood and a ripped red dress. A fucking coward hiding in the closet while my family was being murdered to save her.My mind flashed with Tommy's words. "I know I fucked up. Promise me you will protect her. I need to know she will be ok. Vow to me brother!" He grabbed my shirt as blood shot out of his mouth in a violent cough. My fucking little cousin, raised like a brother to me, was dying in my arms and all he cared about was that whore that ruined our family."Tommy don't worry about the girl. She is what brought us this fight. Save your breath and hold on for me." My forehead reached his and I held back my tears. I wasn't a man that cried, but watching the only person I cared about in this world die was gutting my insides."It wasn't her fault. Even it was, she was worth it. Vow to me, Niko!" He ordered again. This little shit was going to make me protect her."I vow
Vivian POV I was terrified when Niko found me, then I was relieved to be saved, then I was a whole new kind of terrified when he told me I would be punished for their deaths. Whose death and why did he think I caused it? I didn't know any of these men or what they did. I remained locked in a bedroom for three days while a man stood inside my room watching me intently. He didn't speak to me, but his eyes never left my body. I saw a glimpse of Gio standing outside my door whenever a maid brought me food, but like the guard in my room, he didn't acknowledge my existence. After three sun sets and three sun risings I finally decided to shower. I spent most of my time laying helpless in bed while covered in blood and filth. I didn't know why it never registered to me to shower before, but it just didn't. I assumed I was still in shock, and now I was just in utter fear. I walked into the bathroom, closing the door and took a long breath. I knew my guard was directly outside. I was thankfu
Niko POVThe second she whispered, "Tommy is dead" I realized she didn't know. I wanted to smirk at the guilt washing over her. She deserved to feel pain the rest of her life. He was dead and it was her fault.Then she lost it. Her hand smacked clean across my face, rendering me utterly frozen. A woman never so much as raised their voice to me let alone dare strike me. She was screaming what a bastard I was then proceeded to punch my chest. I looked down at this little thing trying with all her might to hurt me. It was laughable how her hardest punch felt like a tickle to my skin. That was enough though. She disrespected me in front of the whole family. She looked like a lunatic, thrashing about and calling me names. I grabbed her wrist and dragged her to her room. I would put her in her place. I can't hit her though. Maybe I could. No, I won't hit a woman no matter how much I hate her.I felt her body drop and noticed she twisted her ankle. I rolled my eyes then threw her over my sh
Vivian POVDid that fucker just say they can speak to me? Is that why no one would answer me? Acted like I didn't exist?"Mario!" I shouted with rage."Yes Mistress?" He responded immediately. What the fuck was this shit? "Did Niko order you not to speak to me.""Yes. He just said we can now.""You asshole." I punched his shoulder. I shook my hand knowing it hurt me more than him. "Mistress, you should calm down. Please try. Niko isn't a patience man and he never allowed anyone to speak to him the way you just did. If someone dared to raise a hand at him, they would no longer have one." Marie pleaded with me.I looked down to my hands then rubbed my wrist at the thought of Niko holding my arm down and chopping it off. I shuddered as I envisioned blood spraying everywhere. His eyes were cold like a harsh blizzard while my blood coated his devious smile. Fuck, stop thinking about that."I'm tired. Are there pajamas I can borrow?" "Of course, dear. The dresser and closet is filled for
Niko POVThe second Vivian walked down the stairs in that cute little sundress for church I felt my need for her body. She looked so innocent and it was sexy as hell. I knew her pussy had to be fucking tight to mess my cousins up so much. That damn fool gave his life for her, and he didn't even know her.I approached her ready to tear her apart, but then she gave me this sweet smile. Marie had told me they had a talk last night and Vivian understood how to behave properly. My dick twitched at the idea of her listening like a good girl for me. My lips leaned to her ear when it hit me. I was trying to tease her. What the fuck is wrong with me? If I wanted to fuck her, then I'll just fuck her. I didn't need to be nice to her first.My response came out, "You look... nice" like a total idiot. She didn't seem to notice her little body with large breast and round ass had my tongue tied, and luckily no one was close to us. She looked me dead in the eyes then her fucking mouth opened. I don'
Vivian POVI was completely lost all day greeting Tommy's family. The surge of emotions that ran through my body as his casket lowered to the ground was indescribable. I stood there with no one by my side. I was alone in this world, again. You left me here all alone, Tommy. You left me with your beast of a cousin that wants me dead and a hundred family members that look at me like I'm their enemy. Why did you do this to me? Did you ever even love me? I wiped the few tears that escaped my eyes and walked with the crowd back to the car. Mario held the door open and I climbed in next to Niko. He was quiet the second we arrived. I could see the anger in his tense body and knew it was best to call a cease fire until this day was done. Niko didn't speak about his feelings, or really anything at all, but I knew they were close to each other. I wandered around the back gardens admiring all the different flowers. I used to garden at my aunt's house when I lived there. She didn't really speak
Vivian POVI woke up achy in my closet, stretching as I removed my blanket. I gathered my pillow and blanket, then walked out plopping it down on the bed."Oh dear! I didn't see you." Marie held her hand to her chest. "Did you sleep in the closet?""Yes. It felt safer in there." Safer from what, I have no idea. I didn't feel like doing today, or any day ever again. I took my clothes from Marie and headed to the shower. I was quietly staring off at the wall while she did my hair and makeup. She picked a pretty white dress that flowed from my hips to my knees. I looked aimlessly at my reflection. This wasn't me. I liked dresses, but not ones like this, and not every day."You want to get some new clothes after lunch." Marie smiled at me, hoping to cheer me up. I could tell her and Mario were glancing at me in worry. I guessed I seemed depressed."Sure." I simply replied then walked down to breakfast. I walked past the large window, finding the garden outback. Maybe I could take a walk
Niko POVThat next morning after Tommy's burial Vivian was acting strange. I thought she was up to something, but once she yelled in my face that she was just miserable I saw it in her eyes too.I hoped she would be scared of me, or at least shy away embarrassed after watching me fuck that woman. I planned to mess with her about it, but there was nothing from her. She was void of any emotions, like me. I got a call that morning. We had trouble with the Chicago families and decided to let her be. I had a shit storm of bullshit to deal with and some little woman wasn't going to distract me. The next few weeks I saw her brighten up some. She wore mostly jeans or these tight black stockings pants, except for dinners with guests she had on little dresses. I was sure to arrange them more often to see her tight curves. I wasn't home much as I traveled to different cities to meet with the heads of the family. The Vegas boss had a shipment ruined due to a fight between the Chicago families a