Blood War (The Don Sequel)

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Just about a day late.. enjoy 🙌

Kiara

"At what point will we be able to leave this place?" I woke up in a bad mood and honestly the only thing on my mind is getting back to my son. Part of me is still hoping that Dario would just show up and rescue us.
"What exactly are you excited to go back to?"
"My son, what else is there? You're keeping a mother away from her only child Morretti!"
"Calm down." His warning was loud and clear.
"I'm not scared of you." It was a bluff. This man could snap me in two I'm sure.
"You are but you don't necessarily need to be. I have said this before."
I'm way too anxious just sitting here all day everyday, trying to swoon my way onto Mario's good side. Fuck earning his trust if it's one thing I learnt from Camilla, is how to escape a fortress like this one. It's the not getting discovered after I often struggle with but at least it's a start. Maybe all we need to do is lay low once we get out of here. I'll need to find a way to contact Dario and God knows I have no clue how long he will take to get here or how many people in Russia are actually on the Morretti's payroll. I can't risk being seen at all not even to ask for directions. Kiana has been here konger than I have but I'm oretty certain she wasn't grabted the liberty to tour this country so we're both lost and clueless. Not forgetting to mention I'm just on the surface of learning the language but I can't actually speak it. This feels like deja vu.
"What is it that you want from me Morretti?" I wasn't in the mood to entertain any conversation with him truthfully.
"There is a stylist here to cater to you and Kiana."
"Why?"
"We will be attending an event in a few hours."
"Who the hell is WE?"
"Myself, Stefano, Valentina, Kiana and you. Of course it goes without saying that you are expected to behave yourselves."
"Behave ourselves? You make it sound like you're speaking about children. We're grown Mario, incase you missed that fact."
"You in particular, are rebellious Kiara. You've seem to forgotten that you were studied. Watched under careful eyes so that we could learn all that needs to be known of Dario Romano's wife. We may have missed out on the connection between Kiana and Rafael, but we certainly know which one of the two best friends is more likely to be a problem. Besides, this is a chance to get outside for some well deserved fresh air. Are you really upset to get out of this place for a night?" Here he goes reminding me of things I had forgotten like how carefully they watched us for some time for a moment just like this. Like predators stalking their prey. We may not know them but they sure as hell know us. Although getting out of this place is a plus for Kiana and I. I'm not keen on being surrounded by no doubt ruthless Russians. Whatever it is they are attending tonight I am certain I have a pretty good idea of the type of crowd that will be in attendance. What has me more curious is why they suddenly want to bring us with them. Aren't we their prisoners? What's in it for them? Cause it sure as hell isn't out of the kindness of their heart that they're doing this or they would've simply let us go. No matter how much Mario tries to convince is that we aren't prisoners simply because we're free to roam the property and aren't being starved and abused, we know better. We're prisoned within these walls in a foreign country on a huge property guarded by men with guns we wouldn't have the strength to lift and under the roof with enemies. There is no such thing as our rights here because we don't actually have free will. I'm pretty certain that this event isn't optional for us so I won't even bother to try to decline his 'invitation'. This is Dario all over again. Dictating to me what I am to do and how I am to dress. Typical behavior for men with power, clearly. It's either that or this just runs in the family.
"It's hideous Kiana."