Chapter 23: A Cunning Plan
Natasha was an intelligent child. She was the first born of Dmitri Yanukovich, leader of one of the Russian mobs. She was always taught to be strong, independent. Dmitri allowed her intellect to grow, giving her books, hiring her a tutor so she could absorb as much information as possible.
Natasha conned, played, and persuaded her way out of al difficulty in life, but what she wanted most, was her father's respect. Not his love, which he showed every day, but his respect. She wanted to fill her father's shoes as head of the Russian mob, the problem was her younger brother, Ivan.
Ivan was less intelligent, less worldly, less persuasive, less everything that mattered. Yet Dmitri started training him to become his replacement. Natasha never understood why, not understanding that her lack of a penis was so much of a hindrance on her attaining real power in her father's eyes. Dmitri wasn't a sexist, he was a realist. A woman cannot command the same amount of respect that a man can in the eyes of the underworld, a world dominated by men(he hadn't met Nataliya yet).
Natasha strived her entire childhood to earn the respect of her father, she got perfect grades, she learned thing about his business that even Dmitri didn't know, she was the perfect daughter to take control, yet he wasn't allowing her, he continued to mold Ivan.
Distraught at the tender age of 12, she sought comfort from another man, an older man. He treated her like she wanted her father too, until he finally slept with her(something she did not want from her father). Dmitri found out, then he cut the man's eyes out, pulled out his teeth, cut off his genitals, cut out his tongue, cut off his fingers, cut off her feet, and made sure he survived. He wheeled out his useless husk in front of Natasha, showing his might, fury, and teaching her a valuable lesson about the Electra concept.
After her brush with the man, she learned the valuableness of her body, and the power it can have over men. She added sex in her repertoire of talents, only using it as a last resort.
When she turned 18 she asked her father directly about becoming head of the family.
He laughed and responded, "My dear I would never do that to you, it is a lonely road with much too many obstacles for you my dear."
"I am ten times smarter than Ivan!" she spat back.
"But you cannot command respect like he can."
"He's 14, no one respects him."
"He will grow into it."
"Can I not command respect just because I don't have a fucking cock?"
Dmitri looked her in the eyes, angrily, "Excuse me for thinking that anyone you do business with could stop from looking at your tits every five seconds."
"Fuck you dad!"
"Insolent girl," he responded turning his back, "Maybe you should find a husband instead of trying to take my seat."
"You think I can't do it?"
"I don't think you have the guts."
"You think that just because you are the most powerful man in the underworld, that people piss when they hear your name, that I can't topple you down?"
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Eyes of Vengeance
Misterio / SuspensoA tale of revenge, of sorrow, of misery, of a girls struggles with life, death, peace, and war. Her life of torment is chronicled in this novel, the question being, is there a light in the darkness? Or is it just an ephemeral flicker...