Mafia Princess

Chapter 19

Nico's POV :

I watched as she sent a punch to the face of her brother's friend yet my mind was focused on the thought of where I had heard that name before 'little monster'. My eyes trailed back over to Adrianna who was rooted to the floor unmoving, almost as if her brain was lost.

She slowly started edging backward until her back hit the wall and then it clicked where I had heard the name before, from the Russian monster who made us who we are today. He used to call her his маленький монстр which literally translated to 'little monster' in English. I could slightly hear her mumbling no under her breath repeatedly as she sank down to the floor.

In seconds I was crouched next to her trying to call out her name and get her to focus on something that wasn't the horrid memory running around her head. There are a lot of memories she could have involved with that name - each worse from the last one. She went through hell in that prison, I and Jay didn't have it as bad as she did but I was never supposed to go there.

The door of our bedroom got thrown open and four giant men entered, my angel was finally asleep on the bed after crying yet again. It's been a year now and she is slowly getting used to the orphanage and life without parents. She has me. 

The men see her lying on the bed and start walking towards her yet I jump in the way. My mind is running crazy with thoughts of how I think my 4-year-old self is able to get these scary men out of our room. 

"Get out the way kid" one of them roughly says, his glare was icy cold and makes me shrink in my skin a little but I have to protect her, she's my little sister now. When I don't move a hand roughly grips my arms and drags me to their body making me shiver in fear. I watch as they stick a needle into her sleeping body and her breathing slows down massively. Then a pinching is felt on my neck and black spots dance in my vision. Laughing is the only thing heard in the background.

I shake off the memory and try to get Adrianna to snap out of the state she is in.

"What's happening?" a voice speaks up from behind me, I turn to glare at her brother who I'm pretty sure is called Matteo, and ignore him.

"He asked a fucking question, what is happening to my daughter?" her father speaks up this time. He shouldn't even be called a father, he caused her so much pain I hate him for her, she told me that she has given him another chance yet I think he will just end up hurting her again.

"It's a fucking flashback she is having, that shit over there triggered it" I manage to growl out while I prop her up against the wall preparing myself for what I am going to do to snap her out of these terrible thoughts.

"From the Russians" I hear her dad mutter slightly, confused questions fill the room from her brothers while I just slightly nod at them my back still turning to them so my angel has all of my attention.

"Fuck don't hate me for this" I mutter bringing my hand up.

"What are you-" his voice is cut off as my hand hits her face, I know I probably shouldn't have slapped her so hard, and definitely not in front of her family. Glancing up slightly at them I see every single person has a glare rested on their face, all directly aimed at me.

However the slap did cause Adrianna to gasp and is now staring right at me with wide eyes, I stand up from my squatting position next to her and grab her hand pulling her off the floor and into my chest hugging her tight.

"He's gone don't worry" I whisper in her ear as she takes a deep breath, she nods into my chest before I release her. She slowly rubs her cheek glancing at me with a thankful look while I smile at her.

"What the hell was that?" one of the triplets speak up this time. I glance at her seeing if she wants to tell them or ignore the question and just move on.

"You tell them" she manages to mumble to me before making her way to the sofas in the lounge where she took a seat, I followed and sat next to her allowing her to curl up into my body.

"Well, when you dropped her at an orphanage the Russians also found her location, now from what I know you didn't it for protection even if it was shit protection. I was 4 while Adri was 3 and 4 men broke into our room. I tried to protect her but failed causing them to take both of us.  We met Petrov then who called Adri his маленький монстр which means little monster. Your friend over there said that to her after she punched him and voilà flashback to one of the things we went through" I state pretty easily, obviously I am not going to tell them details of what either of us went through as it isn't my place to say.

I wish that while we were there Adri didn't offer to take beatings for us. We found out pretty quickly her family was the Italian mafia and they were only after her, I was just there for caring and even though it was the worse 8 years of my life I would never leave this girl no matter what. She is my little sister and I will always protect her even if she doesn't want it. She always felt guilty that I ended up there with her no matter how many times I try and tell her it was all ok.

Her family all have different emotions, some seem outraged while others just have guilt plastered all over their faces. Her twin looks like he will cry though, she never deserved any of what she has gone through and her family needs to get that into their thick skulls that they don't deserve her.