Veils Of Darkness

Threat!

Author's POV'

"Aarghhh"

A painful scream left the man's mouth when Lorenzo hit his stomach with a steel-poll. He clutched his stomach due to the immense pain. Watching the reaction, a satisfactory smirk appeared on Lorenzo's lips when Thomas started coughing blood. Lifting the steel poll Lorenzo was about to hit him again but stopped hearing the voice behind him.

"Seems like you are enjoying this a beat too much."

Vincenzo said with an arrogant smirk on his face as he enjoyed the view in front of him.

Lorenzo chuckled before turning his head towards Vincenzo.

"I was having a little fun, but since you are here I'll leave this upto you."

Lorenzo threw the steel-poll towards Vincenzo, and he caught the heavy object like a ball.

"By the way, I'm going on a mission to California since my father has asked for it."

Vincenzo nodded in anticipation.

"On your way out, give a visit to my little birdy and ask her to come into the basement."

Lorenzo gave a nod of acknowledgment.

"Anything for you!"

As he left the basement, Vincenzo turned his attention towards the man lying on the ground beaten up and covered in bloody bruises while his hands were tied up to the chair. Leaning down in front of the man on the chair, Vincenzo grabbed his jaw harshly, twisting it and the man let out a painful cry while shaking his head vigorously as his mouth was covered with a handkerchief.

Hearing his cry, Vincenzo smirked, satisfied with his reaction.

"This is what happens when you mess with me, Thomas."

Vicenzo's tone turned to a serious warning tone, because he's not someone whom you can mess with. He was yet to be a mafia king of Italy, but knew very well that the crown would be his for sure and why not? He had done years of handwork just for that crown. The only motive for him to live since he turned nine.

Thomas tried to mumble something but started coughing when Vincenzo started choking him.

"And you should have known this better."

His eyes had a deadly look in them as he continued to chock him.

"I was supposed to tear your body apart while bathing you in your own pool of blood, but consider yourself lucky because your bastard of a father is coming soon into my hell of torture."

Vincenzo gritted his teeth while applying more pressure on his neck, making him cough harder.

"I have to keep you alive until that old bastard comes and when he comes I will kill you with my own hands."

With a harsh jerk he let go of Thomas neck while he was coughing harder and started inhaling the air greedily. His face was on fire as he was coughing badly, while Vincenzo, on the other hand, was pissed off that he had to let go of him and closed his eyes for a split moment to control his anger before opening them again.

Vincenzo ordered his guard to call out Elena and got himself busy. In the meantime, Elena entered the big dark basement. Her eyes wandered around her surroundings, looking at the huge dark room which stinks and had blood spits at the corners. She scrunched her nose, staring at the creepy basement.

She gulped as fear started rushing into her. Her brain started to feel numb when she saw the darkness of the basement and no one to be found. Only the faint sound of her footsteps could be heard in the dark quite basement room. The only source of light was creeping through the small dusty window. The basement was evoking the feeling unease and mystery.

Her confused gaze fell on a familiar figure and her eyes widened in horror.

"Thomas?"

He was literally unrecognizable due to all the beating and ugly bruises on his body and not to mention his bloody form. Even though Elena hates him with all her guts, but she can't see people in pain with all due respect to her job. She was about to approach him, but someone held her from behind and pulled her towards him, which made her back hit his muscular chest.

Elena was about to say something when a sharp knife was held against her throat.

"Where do you think you are going amore?"

She flinched when Vincenzo whispered darkly in her ear.

"Let me go!"

She tried to free herself, but he held the knife closer to her throat, which was almost digging into her skin. Her body froze when she felt the sharp blade digging into her skin.

"Even though you had a knife against your throat, you still have the guts to make a move?"

Elena gulped, sensing the threat lying in his tone.

"You are too brave for that, but do you want to end up like your brother?"

At this point she couldn't believe that she saved this man who was now pointing a knife against her thorat. She never thought that saving someone will get her into something like this.

"Why are you doing this?

Keeping a calm demeanor, she asked even though her insights were scared as hell.

He chuckled, amused, finding her more interesting than before. He has been never interested in someone like he was in her. She was pulling him towards her faster than the magnet.

"Well, this arrangement is for your bastard father and this little piece of shit."

He spoke in his chilling voice which made her shiver internally. She gritted her teeth when he mentioned Thomas's father as her own. She loathes that man with all her might and will never accept him as her father because he was never and neither will be. All he did was torture her and her mother and gave them painful memories which she doesn't want to remember.

"I ended up in hospital and a lot of things slipped from my hands because of them."

Leaning close to her ear, he spoke in his dark thundering voice making her gulp.

"And now you all are going to pay with your life."