Mafia's Arranged Princess Bride Book1 King of New York

Chapter 63

Lucky

What is happening? There are more sounds like shots being fired, then I feel a body on top of me. "Do not move, Miss Gianluca, stay down." Villessey commands me. His voice stern, I realize I am holding my breath.

"Oh my God, what is going on?" My voice quavers, a lump is in my throat at the sight of a motionless Phillip laying in front of me.

"We are under attack, stay still help is on the way. We have the place surrounded. I can't move you just yet we are in the open."

"Obviously we are not protected enough if someone has managed to shoot Phillip. Is he, is he dead?"

"Yes, he is cold." Great that doesn't sound nice, does it? I mean he is, was a person a living person who had a mother and a father. And who would be attacking us? I thought this place was like Fort Knox with all the security, the eyes in the sky and just about anything else that Nico could surround us with in terms of security.

"On the count of three, I want you to get up and follow closely behind me, I will shield you. We are going to run back to the three line where we will be less obvious and have more cover."

"Are you fucking kidding me, can't you hear the shots going off? Who the hell is attacking us?" I am seething now mostly because I am frightened, what if this is the last thing I remember before I myself get shot and where the fuck is Nico when you need him?

"One, two, three," he hauls me up like I am some kind of rag doll and pushes me forward. My legs automatically spring into action and I run as fast as I can for the treeline. My horse has already bolted, Lord only knows where she has gone. I hope that wherever she has run to, she will be safe. No animal deserves to get hurt and it would tear my heart out if the horse was hurt. If only I hadn't have been so stubborn and wanted to get out of the house.

Villessey keeps an arm on me as he drives me further, my legs move faster than I thought could be possible as the adrenaline pumps through my veins. I am startled, scared and out of mind.

As soon as we make it to the tree line, he grabs my arm, "this way, there will be more cover and there is a cabin deeper into the forest."

"Cabin?" I stutter, clearly, I am in shock. My body is alternating between sweats and chills. Not a good scenario.

"Yes, a cabin, nobody will know it's there only Nico, Aurora and myself know about it. It leads us to the tunnels inside the house."

"Surely it can be seen from the sky if someone is watching us."

"No, it's covered over, it's more like an underground bunker, we call it the cabin. Come on let's go we don't have time to waste." He grabs my hand and pulls me forward his head moving from one direction to the next like a hunter on the prowl.

"What about Phillip?" I wipe my hand across my face to move away my hair that is covering it, I run into a branch which catches my cheek, the pain stings.

"He is dead, nothing we can do about him now. Can you move faster?"

I pick up my pace and match him, almost. He's fast but at least I have good legs on me from all the gym work and running I do. Thank God for small mercies.

Villessey stops, he scours the area then places a hand on my head, "get down on your knees." I do as I am told without questioning him, although I am wondering should I even trust him. What if he is the one behind all of this? What if he is actually the one that is the inside person who has been feeding information to Yelena?

"How do I know I can trust you, Villessey?"

"You don't but I'm the best chance you've got of getting into safety. The cabin is just here." I watch as he gets down on his haunches and starts to move bracken and leaves away to make a clearing. I see a large iron rung in the ground which he pulls on. A trap door opens and all I can see is darkness.

"Get in," he commands me.

"No."

"Do as you are told, Lucky or you will be shot. If they are on the grounds and we have been compromised, you have no fucking choice."

"How dare you speak to me like that?"

"You're acting like a brat; our lives are in danger not just yours and today isn't a good day for me to be shot. Now get the fuck down there. You'll see a ladder, start climbing down."

I have no idea who to or who not to trust right now, I do what he says and find the ladder and begin to take steps down. My only hope is that Villessey is on Nico's side, but this could very easily just be another trap. What if there is more than one of them involved?

Will I be going down to safety? Or will I be going down to something worse?