LOTANNA

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Lucian
As I walk into 'Dreams', One of the biggest clubs in the city, Owned like many others by me and my family, I was trying to do one thing and failing miserably, ignoring my brother. I swear if he wasn't my second in command, the asshole would be swimming at the bottom of the ocean right now. Normally ignoring Alessandro wasn't really hard but this night he seemed determined to add to my fu*king headache.

   We had been invited by Fernando Marcello, the don of the territory closest to mine,for drinks, a friendly meeting he said. Hah, the bastardo must think i'm a fool, there was no such thing as a 'friendly meeting' in the mafia, he wanted something, they all fu*king did and i swear, if it was about marrying that fu*king puttana he  called his daughter, i will put a f*king bullet in his damned head.
Alessandro once again derailed my train of thought, honestly, he is asking for a beating and maybe i will, i need to blow some steam, this week has been shit.
     "Hey fratellone, i was thinking about taking that hot bartender home tonight what do you think"
    I want to pull my hair out,
"Oh for fu*ks sake, just shut the hell up"
I could see Bernardino my third trying to hold in his laughter but failing miserably, why the hell i had this idiots as confidants i will never know.
Our conversation if you call it that would have continued indefinitely if we had not been interrupted
     "King"
Someone called from behind me, as distracted as i was i still had heard him approach, number one rule of survival:stay alert, stay alive
Turning to face the newcomers, i threw on my mask, the person known as the mafia king
"Marcello"
I say curtly
"It gives me pleasure to have you here"
I don't reply and he continues talking, he definitely wants something with all the ass licking  he was doing, his daughter was beside him giving me a sickly sweet smile while i was trying not to sneeze from the excess perfume on her.
Her previously chocolate brown hair had been dyed blond, every inch of her surgically enhanced, Benedetta Marcello, only daughter and all round fake bitch.
"Hello king, long time no see"
Long time no see indeed, three years actually and if i could extend it i would, i hadn't seen her since that awful night i had slept with her in a drunken state, when i woke the next day, i was thoroughly disgusted. For the next couple of weeks she behaved like we were married and had kids all ready, even though i made it very clear that what happened was a mistake, one that would never happen again. Honestly, i did not kill her because her death would create a mess that i had no desire to clean, she obviously still hadn't gotten the memo
"Hello benedetta"
I just want to get this over with, they cant pull shit here, this is my territory.
Davie, the manager  in charge of the hotel walked us to our room, it was the most exclusive in the club, he appeared very nervous and jittery,
"Your waiter will be with you shortly sirs, enjoy your evening"
He bowed so much i was sure he head would have kissed the ground if he had gone a little lower.
Fernando signaled his daughter to leave as we were about to start talking, i resisted the urge to roll my eyes,the fool still had a very disgusting misogynistic view about women, treating as trash and sex toys, honestly, his behaviour explained a lot about his daughter's personality. But of course, i didn't give a fuck and frankly it would be better to talk without her in the room she was very annoying.
Our waiter for the evening walked in , and one word flashed through me
GORGEOUS
About 5'11, smooth mocha brown skin, neat braids framed her small face and made her eyes  pop. She was absolutely stunning, when she opened her mouth her voice was angelic with an a bit of a southern accent
"Good evening sirs, what can i get for you tonight"

I kept my eyes on hers as she met my gaze, she had beautiful eyes but they seemed closed off, as we kept up our little staring contest, a number of emotions flashed across her eyes before she lowered her gaze and became guarded again, interesting.
"Scotch on the rocks, six"
Fernando was the one who answered, i looked over at him and the look he was giving her made me want to claw his eyes out. Disgust flitted across her face so fast I almost missed it, before she controlled her expression and gave a bright smile as fake as benedetta's ass.
" Coming right up"
She walked out, her hips swaying gently, i doubt she even knew she was doing that, and who the hell designed that damned uniform!
Fernando started blabbing on about nonsense we all knew he was not here to talk about
The waitress walks back in and set the drinks on the table before saying
"Here you go, i'll just be in my station, if you need anything, just press the buzzer, i'll be here in a jiffy"
She walks out again, closing the door behind her.
"Cut the f*king crap and get to the point Marcello"
Alessandro cuts in and i smirk, there was  a reason he was my caporegime, after all if i was the Devil, Alex was my right hand Demon.
"R-right" He stutters, Alessandro scoffs and i silently agree, the man is a f*king putanna
  "I have a proposal for you king"
I raise one eyebrow in silent question and he continues
"I want to unite the two territories "
I didn't speak, and let him finish,
"A marriage between the two clans will be very beneficial and you will be named heir of all my properties and ownership of the territory"
Of course i knew the benefits of marrying Benedetta as she was the only daughter of the don but
the fool was delusional, oh the two territories will belong to me but it sure as hell won't be by marrying that bitch. Unfortunately though, i have to play along for a while
"The marriage will be beneficial to the two clans, so i see why not"
Happiness spreads through his face and an evil smirk creeps up my lips, he just signed his doom.
His third presents a contract and i read through it, barely glancing through as i know it will be useless really soon, i put down my signature and the deal is done.
Fernando leaves to settle the bills, he could have easily let his third do it or simply called for the waitress, my gut is telling me something is wrong and when i hear her scream, i'm just about ready to kill him, Benedetta has returned to the booth and is   throwing herself desperately at me to the amusement of my brother and Dino.
I want to stand and she tries to stop me, i shove her away roughly and dash out of the room followed by Alex and Dino.
What i meet makes me boil, she was on the floor, hair disheveled and cheek slightly swollen.
"What the f*k is going on here"
Fernando turns to face me, a quick flash of fear showing on his face before he hid it again,
"Don Lorenzo"
I notice the way, she eyes me with alarm, shit, they just revealed my identity. I notice her blushing, a lone dimple on the left side of her cheek, beautiful.
"This is private, she attacked the don, we have rights to punish her " Fabrizio, his second in command was the one who spoke this time, like hell i care if Fernando was attacked, and what f*king rights,it appears i have been to lenient on them
"He assaulted me"
She said as she stared at him, her eyes burning with immense anger and hatred, damn!! she's fierce.
"Shut your filthy hole slut"
Fernando said and she turns her glare to him, i despise it when women are treated like trash and this man disgusts me, but it was like my anger was doubled for some reason, i was furious that he was doing something like this in my territory, to her
"First, this is my territory, you have no right to any damn thing, second i let you into my territory and you harass my woman, what the f*k gave you audacity bastardo? "
What the f*k i'm i saying, shit!!!!, my woman?, really, wow that wasn't creepy at all. But i don't stop talking
"Now get your asses off my territory and Fernando, the deal is off"
I am just starting to calm down when Fernando speaks again
"Don't be stupid Lucian, this is a golden opportunity and you want to lose it because of a woman?, a f*king pussy"
At this point, all i see is red and it takes every but of selfcontrol not to end his pathetic life right now but i know it is still too soon.
"Get.Out.Now"
As they leave, i turn to look at Dino and he knows what i mean immediately,
There is silence for a while as she gets up in her feet, i can see the dried tear streaks on her face and that gets me even angrier which in turn pisses me off. Alessandro, the ever present annoyance whistles and i just know something stupid is going to come out of his mouth
"So..... your woman huh"
I am beyond exasperation at this point, i run my hand through my hair
"Just shut the f*k up alex"
I turned to look at her
"You're coming with us"
She couldn't go home tonight, that was a death sentence.
"Excuse me? "
She said and still pissed off my reply was harsher than i intended
"Are you deaf ?"
I started walking away and she shouted after me
"Hey wait a minute, i can't go with you "
"If you want to go back home and die, be my guest"
Of course, i wouldn't let anything happen to her but her home, where ever it is would be dangerous and i really wanted her with me. Fuck what is going on with me. I keep walking and i hear her footsteps following me. What have i gotten myself into.
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