Her Mafia Cousins

Maia

Recap...

I continue walking after that and walk into the conference room and greet the people there beginning our meeting.

Adonis:

It didn't take long to sign new contracts as they didn't change much from before I took over everything. "So I hear your girl got taken yesterday," Jeremy the current British don says. "I assume that's why he called us here," Lucien the French Mafia don replies. Jeremy just rolls his eyes. I am good friends with these two, we've had a close alliance since my dad was in charge.

I haven't seen them for awhile since we all got busy. Jeremy is 20 and Lucien is 21. They both have been dons since they turned 19. I just wish we were meeting each other on better circumstances. I clear my throat and say "Yes, my Donna has been kidnapped." They both swallow and Jeremy says "We can supply you with more weapons and 30,000 soldiers." I nod grateful."I can supply you with guns, vehicles, and 10,000 men," Lucien says. I nod to him as well.

"Thank you both, I'm sure it will help a lot. Let me know when they can be sent over," I say. They both nod in understanding. "If you can I also would like you to have your soldiers back in your countries to just keep their eyes open. If they see anything suspicious just have them report it to and then relay the information to me please," I add.

"I can do that," they both say. I stand to shake their hands and they do the same. "Thank you both for coming, I wish it was under better circumstances," I say leading them out. "It was nice seeing you friend, I hope you find your Donna," Jeremy says leaving. "It was good to see you too, if you need anything else just let me know," Lucien says before he walks out as well.

I go to my office and sit down at my desk. I do some work on my computer and later leave to have a few meetings with some assassins getting them onto my team and re-signing contracts with them. I also meet with a few cartels to gets weapons supplied and re-sign contracts with them as well. When it's all over I go back to my office to see Nico waiting for me with a package.

"What's that?" I ask as I sit down. "I don't know, it arrived earlier and just finished getting checked by a bomb squad," he informs me. I reach out and say "Hand it to me." He does and I open cautiously. Despite the box size there's nothing in there besides a small tape, two photos, and a note. I read the note first.

"Heres a reminder of what we're capable of. No one acts alone in our business and it's best to remember that. The same will happen to Kiera if you don't hand over Ethan Greco January 1st at the abandoned railroad tracks at 9:00 pm."

I put the note down slightly confused and look at the picture first. My heart sinks to my stomach and I feel like something's suffocating me. I put the photo down and take a moment to decide what to tell Nico. I pick up the other photo hesitantly and see it's one of Kiera. She looks healthy for the most part. She's in a hospital bed with some IV fluids. I read the back and it says today's date. It seems she's at least safe for now. I gain the courage to pick up the video tape and read the label and swallow hard. I don't think I can stomach watching something like that again. I put both the tape and the two photos back in the box and tell Nico "Put this in the private vault, only you take it there. No one else."

Nico does as I say and I lean back in my chair taking in a shaking breath. My heart is raising and I feel sick. Only Nico and my closest friends and family know about what happened.

Flashback

"Maia get back here," I yell. She just laughs continuing to run up the hill. "You can't catch me," she chants. I start to laugh myself. She can always put a smile on my face. After awhile I speed up and grab her. "Gotcha," I say spinning her around. She just giggles and says "Addy I'm hungry now." I set her down and grab her hand saying "Let's go get food then, there's a café not far from here."

I take her there and send a text to my dad before ordering our food. Maia eats her burger happily and I smile watching her. I decide to take a photo to remember this moment. My food arrives not long after and I eat as well. "Are you ready to go?" I ask her. "Yes, I'm so tired now," she says. I laugh and grab her hand taking her out of the restaurant.

We walk for a little bit before finding dad's car. He isn't in there so I put Maia in the car and leave to go find him. I end up at the back of the café and walk around for a bit before I hear some voices. I stop and listen closely. It sounds like it's coming from the ally. I walk up slowly and stand behind the brick wall slightly peering into the ally. I cover my mouth to stop myself from screaming.

My dad is on his knees in front of a man holding him at gunpoint. He looks barely alive covered in blood and bruises. I notice there are other men surrounding him. "Since you have no use to us you can be the first to die. But I want you to die knowing that I will hunt down your precious wife and kids and slaughter them," the man says before putting the gun to my dad's temple. I don't stay and watch. I run. I run all the way to the car and open Maia's door.

She isn't in there. I run up and down the streets for what feels like forever. I call my mom and tell her what I saw and what happened. A few minutes later someone comes and picks me up. "We have to go look for my little sister," I tell him. "There's already search parties getting ready to go out to find Maia. For now we need to get you, Rhea, Ajax, and Ares to a safe house," the driver tells me. I look at him closer and notice it's Nico's dad. "What about my mom?" I ask. He sighs "When I talked to her she said she wants to help. The mafia currently is mine but your mother will take over after we do certain paperwork," he tells me. I nod solemnly remembering what I saw.

"It'll be ok," he says trying to comfort me. He's never been good at that.

Flashback over

"Adonis," Nico says shaking me. "What?" I ask strained. I feel wetness on my cheek and I wipe it away. "Are you ok?" He asks. "Uh yeah. Yes, of course," I say. He looks very concerned but nods anyway. "You should go home, get some rest," he says. "What time is it?" I ask. "11:30 pm, we'll talk about our plan in the morning we have 4 days. It's not much but it's enough" Nico says. I sigh and nod. I leave not long after and am driven home.