Marcellius Fierri [Book #1]

Chapter 31

Mia's POV (Warning! Sensitive themes ahead)
As soon as Marcellius and the guys left, we were being ambushed. Hit in the head with something extremely hard, it knocks us unconscious.

I'm the first to wake up. I scan my surroundings. Selene, Mama Fierri, and Cesare are next to me. All of our hands and feet are zip tied to the kitchen chairs. My mouth is duck taped, so I can't speak. I struggle against the ties, attempting and failing to get loose. I look around for something to cut the ties, but there's nothing within reach.

Damn it!

I freeze when I hear the door open and close. The footsteps get louder the closer they get. My heart begins to race, panic setting in. I let out a sigh of relief when I saw that it's Miko.

He drops his backpack on the floor, rushing over to me. "Mia? What happened!?" He looks over at his family, a mixture of confusion and fear plastered on his face. "Where's Papa?" He realizes I'm unable to talk and rips off the duck tape.

"He went after the guys who attacked you and your mom in California." He races back over to his backpack, grabbing a pair of green scissors. Rushing back to my side, he begins cutting me free. "Somebody hit us in our head, and when I woke we were all like this."

My head is throbbing. Something wet and warm trickles down the back of my neck, I reach up to touch it. I look down at my fingers. It's blood. I groan, wincing in pain.

Miko notices. "Are you going to be okay?" He sounds so concerned.

I hold back a smile. "I'll be okay. Go help your mom and uncle." He nods. I stand up, swaying a little. Once I catch my footing, I look around for a phone. Then I remember that Miko has one.

I walk over to his backpack and pull out his phone. Just as I'm about to dial Marcellius, the sound of a gun being cocked fills my ears. I freeze, dropping the phone.

"Get the fuck back!" A man barks from behind me, his Russian accent sounding exactly like the guy at the gas station.

Another guy appears from the back entrance, grabbing Miko. He struggles against him, angering the guy. He takes his gun, which I'm pretty sure is actually the same gun Marcellius gave me, and hits Miko in his head, knocking him out cold. "Miko!" I scream.

Hearing her son's name, Selene wakes up. She's blinking repeatedly, trying to adjust to the light. She takes in the scene before her, starting to realize what's happening. She looks over at me and then at her son. She screams, but her cries are muffled by the duck tape still around her mouth.

"Shut the hell up bitch!" The man behind me shouts. He shoves me into the wall, his gun still aimed at my head. I collapse to the ground. 

Both men are tall, the second guy a big burly man compared to the other guy. Both have thin short dark hair and blue eyes.

The only difference between the two besides their clear physical differences, is that the second guy has a scruffy beard and the other a clean shaven face. He drops Miko in front of me before turning his attention to Selene. I grab Miko, straddling him protectively in my arms.

Please wake up Cesare.

"Move, and we kill you and the rest of your family." He waves the gun around carelessly, his finger still on the trigger. I flinch, afraid the gun would go off at any moment.

I'm finally able to relax when he shoves the gun in the waistband of his dark jeans. He turns away from me, joining his partner. The big burly guy with the beard cuts Selene loose with a small dagger he pulled out of the hidden holster under his jeans.

He picks her up, slinging her effortlessly over his shoulder like a rag doll. She kicks and screams against him, but he's not fazed in the slightest by her minor attacks.