Separated by the Sea

I'm Coming For You

Dez POV
“Nazio! What took you guys so long to get here?!”
“Sorry, Gian was driving like an old man,” Ignazio said with a teasing smile.
“I was just being safe. I didn't want us to be hurt before we even got here,” Gianluca defended.
“Leave it to Gianluca to drag everyone down. Oh, better watch what I say before he bombs me with insults. Sorry my family doesn't meet your standards, your Highness. ”
He clenched his jaw and went to the back of his car to get his weapons.
Maybe I should have just kept my mouth shut, but I would not stop until he apologized to me. He had no right to talk to me like that back in the bunker.
Malia was sliding knives into her boots and set her sword at her side. Clover, Theo, Francesco, Reece, and Ignazio were huddled around the trunk of the car, bulking up on guns and I just stood there, awkwardly waiting. Clover stepped away from the trunk as she loaded a dark purple gun with bullets. I went over to her and admired her gun.
“Wow, that gun is so cool!”
She smiled sweetly.
“I got it custom made by the best gunsmith in Italy.”
“You think you could hook me up with one? Preferably a black one with pink flames.”
She laughed. “I'll see what I can do.”
“Cool. Can you show me how to use them one day, because I know Piero won't want to show me. Apparently I'll just hurt myself.”
“Well, if Piero says I can't-”
“Meh, we don't have to tell him.”
“But-”
“Oh, look at that naked man running!”
Everyone turned to where I pointed and I snatched up a gun and stuffed in in my back pocket.
“Aw, you guys took too long. He ducked into the bushes. Are you guys ready to go? There are people that need saving.”
“Uh, Dez, you're not going,” Francesco mumbled, avoiding my cold stare.
“Bull. I'm more of a man than you are. If anyone is staying it's you.”
He sputtered and I patted his shoulder.
“Nice try, but I'm going to get my man.”

Maria's POV
His friend threw me onto the bed and I rolled off the side, but he grabbed me and threw me back onto the bed.
“Where you goin’ princess?” He laughed, the most sickening laugh, and I kicked him in his manhood. He groaned and retaliated by punching me in the face. Why do they always go for the face?! My jaw hurt as the other rapist came in with a chain.
“Please, just let me go. I won't tell anyone this ever happened-”
The friend slapped me to silence me and grabbed my arms as the other guy chained them to the bed. I squirmed and kicked, but they still had me outnumbered. I suddenly had a trip down memory lane. Maybe if I thought about the best times I’ve had, I can distract myself from what will happen next. The first guy pushed his friend out of the way and came onto me. It was my tenth birthday party. The best one ever because all my family was there. Piero insisted that I sit on his lap while they sang to me. I was a big girl now, but did it anyway. He always took care of me, but where was he now?
There was a soft pop, two to be exact, and the guy collapsed on top of me, it was dark and I couldn't see, but there was a figure standing in the doorway, holding something. A gun? I tossed the guy’s heavy body off of me and backed up against the headboard of the bed.
“Please, don't hurt me,” I whimpered.
The figure clicked on the light.
“Christiano?”
He gaped at me in horror and stumbled over to me, tripping over the guy’s friend’s body.
“Dear God, what did they do to you?! I was only gone for 10 minutes!”
I glared at him full of hate as he untied the chains.
“You left me here, with those rapists. You're a real bastard Chris.”
“I'm sorry, but they threatened me and lied. They said they would help me find my sister if took care of you for them, but I should have known they were lying. I really am sorry.” He took of his jacket and put it around me.
“Your sister? I thought you said you were alone? Is this even your house?! Did you lie since the beginning? Is your name even Chris?!”
“I know you're angry and I feel terrible-”
“Answer. The. Questions.” 
“This isn't my house, it's theirs,” he said pointing at their bodies laying on the floor. “My name is Christiano and I’m 19, almost 20. I was sent out of the pack 2 years ago with my sister, she's 17 now, when our alpha was killed. My dad was the beta and he was there when our alpha was killed, so they blamed the murder on him. They killed our parents and were after us, but we got away while our parents bought us time. Rosalia and I got separated while running through the forest. I searched for her there for days, but she was gone. I don't know what happened to her and have been looking for her since.”
There was silence for a moment.
“That's awful. You know, I could help you look for her. Piero knows most of the highest people in Italy, all the pack leaders. She could have joined one of them.”
“Uh, no, it's my problem. I lost her and I don't see why you would want to help me, especially after that major act of cowardice.”
“It took a while, but at least you came back.” 
“It's getting late, I’ll drive you home.”
I nodded and he helped me get dressed. It was mostly his clothes, but I didn't really care. In the car, I told him which roads to take to get me back home.
“I still think we could help you find your sister.” I said, staring out the window at the trees passing by in the darkness.
“Well, I guess it's worth a shot. I clearly haven't gotten any progress and it's been 2 years,” he laughed. “I'm not good at the whole finding missing people thing.”
“I’m sure Piero will assign our best trackers. Why not even stay at our place while we look?”
“Oh, no, I can't do that. I’ll just go back to that one motel. I’m friends with the owner and they let me stay in the basement, for free. It's great. I mean there are rats, but you get used to it after a while...”
“Ugh, that's disgusting! Yeah, you're staying at our place.”
He stopped in our driveway.
“Wow, this place is AMAZING! You live here?! It looks like a castle!”
“Yeah, home sweet home.”
Eager to see my family, I jumped out of the car and sped to the front door. I got the key from under a rock by the door and opened the door. It was quiet and nobody was there. Chris came in behind me.
“Wow, your house is so...white.”