Haunting Pasts

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She was art, and she was not painted by accident, every stroke of her beauty , imperfectly perfect was created with purpose.

~A.j Lawless

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Lucas Aloisio strode through the dimly lit corridors of the Italian mafia base with his uncle Giovanni walking beside him , their steps oozing power and authority.

Lucas was soon to be the next leader of one of the most powerful illegal organizations in the world and he had plans to take the reins from his Uncle's hands and turn it into the most feared mafia along with his brothers.

He was the first out of the five boys , Lucas Vincezo Aloisio is a man who demanded respect and does not mess around , with his sky blue eyes , brown silky hair a very refined jaw , 6 ft 5 height and muscular body he was not to be messed with.

And then there were the twins Lucian Andrea Aloisio and Asher Alessandro Aloisio are both 16 years old and are both around 6 ft 2, Lucian is the smart one between the two while Asher is the sadist

The third brother is Kevin Alessio Aloisio who is 15 years old aswell as Mateo Aloisio-Garcia who was adopted when he was only a year old in Spain and was raised up alongside Kevin.

And last but not least the Italian mafia's princess Tessa Lucia Aloisio is the gentle , kind hearted one in the family and whose been missing for the last 7 years.

The first thing Lucas wanted to do after becoming Don was to look for his 14 year old sister because with all the mafia's resources it wouldn't take long.

Lucas continued to follow his uncle through the halls of what would soon be his , as they walked by all the soldiers they would pass bowed their heads in respect , As they neared their destination they could hear the sound of leather gloves making contact with skin.

He looked over all the men and women from the railing above the huge training room , watching their bodies move with skill and force. This was one of the smaller gyms for the higher positions in the mafia which were only about 50 people. (The reason why the high positions were separated from the rest is because they're training is way more intense )

Lucas scanned the room looking at all the different people , one thing they all had in common was the sweat that covered their bodies as some hit punching bags others were sparring and some were running as fast as they could on the treadmills.

They slowly walked down the stairs so that they were now on the same floor level as everyone else. They walked through the hoarde of sweating, grunting bodies with his Uncle correcting some people on their technique but while Giovanni was doing that Lucas's eyes fell onto A young woman sparring against a man at first he thought How the hell is that fair until he saw the amount of power in each of her punches , how quick she was to duck or dodge a blow , how perfect her form and techniques were and her unbelievably strong kicks.
although the man was definitely double her size she wasn't just holding her own she was actually winning.

"Her name's Hazel " Giovanni said after noticing how intently he had been watching her as she just landed another hard kick to his face causing his nose to start bleeding.

"What does she do" he asked not taking his eyes of the woman who managed to successfully pin the man to the floor.

" she's head assassin " he said with pride , Lucas looked at his uncle with one eyebrow raised an inch higher than the other " She is head assassin "

" What ? Didn't think it'd be a woman?" Gio smirked

" to be honest no " he shook his head

"Come on Lucas you know better than that" he said giving him a pointed look.
" she's one of / if not the best assassin in the world " he said Slightly smiling seeing that she had made the giant man tap out.

" The best Assasin is quite a title" he said also watching the man limp away from the ring a wide grin spreading across her face from her victory.

Now Lucas could properly see her features, she had glowing light almond brown skin, full pink lips and dark brown curly hair that fell down to her curved waist even though it was up in a ponytail, her legs which were perfectly shaped glistening with sweat. he couldn't get a clear view of her eyes but what he could see was that she had gorgeously shaped siren eyes.

"I know it is but she deserves it , she's very special to me "He answered his nephew after a bit

" How so?" This truly was a confusing situation "when I found her she was running from a man who mistreated her and was begging him to let her go"
He nodded indicating that he was listening.
"Her cries and pleads were so full of emotion that I had to stop and help her , there was no way I could just ignore them so I felt obligated to getting out and helping her"

" Why was she running from him " Lucas asked turning to face his Uncle.

" That is not my story to tell " he nodded again and Giovanni continued " after that I asked her if she had anywhere or anyone to go to , but she had no one , No family, so I took her in at first she was scared and always on gaurd but with time and alot of patience she finally opened up to me and told me everything"

" So you made her head assassin out of pity?"

" No, she made her way to the top she's got amazing aim for sniping , she's strong enough for hand to hand combat against a man quadruple her age and size , she's fast and doesn't take shit no matter who you are , even if you're a Don"

"Isn't that just disobedience" he said keeping his face neutral but his tone stern.
" It is , but she's spent her whole life following people's lead that she learned that in order for you to be a good leader you have to keep your feet steady or else people will trample you over even if that requires a bit of disobedience"

"I'd love to teach her how to obey me" he said under his breath licking his bottom lip as his uncle checked the time on his Rolex watch.
"ALRIGHT EVERYBODY TIMES UP"
as if they'd been waiting for him to say those four words people slumped to the floor breathing as if the entire room needed an asthma inhaler.

"I heard what you said boy and I'm not a fan of how dirty your thoughts have gotten " when Lucas looked for the curly haired girl again he found her laughing with a redheaded girl that seemed to be her age then turned to him with her siren eyes, after a few moments of staring she turned on her heels and sensually walked away her hips swaying as she did so.

Everything about her so far was unintentionally seductive. The way her body curved , her glowing skin , her really long curly hair and he could never forget her pale green cat eyes , that looked straight into his soul.