Seeking Vengeance🔖

~21~Again

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Leonardo was a wreck. He'd been on edge since Alcina ran out of the club and never returned. He had gone in search of her but found no trace. A group had been sent out to search the streets around, nothing sufficed. He groaned as he paced the now empty club. It was 7 in the morning so no one was expected at this time. Lucas and David had sobered up and went to get a few more men to help.

"I need all security footage from last night! The halls and the parking lot!". He yelled to a man. "All of you are useless! Get me Julian!". The man scampered off.

"Calm down. She'll be fine". Bianca begged. Just then Julian arrived.

"What did you find?". Leonardo asked impatiently.

"Come with me". Julian said and Leonardo followed. The door which led to the room had a thumbprint system as the lock. Only a few could access it. It was the same with all their warehouses. Julian placed his thumb and the door creaked open, he pushed it further.

Screens on the wide table showed the club from different angles, within and outside.
"If we wind it back a bit". Julian said as he clicked some buttons. Leonardo glanced to the camera showing the hallway. He watched as Alcina's blurry figure ran. Another screen showed her outside, pacing. The two men hold their breaths as a figure approaches her. He covers her nose with a cloth and she goes limp. He hauls her to a car in the parking lot, as the other cameras told. After placing her in the back, he enters the passenger's seat and the car speeds of.

"The bastard, Giovanni. He did this! No one else!". Leonardo exclaimed as anger seeped through him. He needed to punch something and Julian was careful to be out of harms way. "F*ck it

"You can't just go pinning everything on Giovanni. You still have someone after your life". Julian said with a huff.

"Sometimes I wonder if you're for me or against me, Julian. I had a meeting with the Italian and Chinese moguls right here yesterday, particularly the ones we bought that casino from. Giovanni's men raided a truck with goods and dropped hints pinning it on me. The drugs were worth millions of dollars. At least now, the Chinese and I have a common enemy. The dirty bastard! As much as I would've loved to finish off every one of them for trying to kill me, I have better things in my mind".

"Like a certain young woman you seem to be taking a liking to?" Julian teased.

"Don't start Julian". Leonardo said as he ran his fingers through his hair.

"What? Everyone knows". Julian continued.

"You're really lucky to be alive. No one can talk to me that way and still be standing". Leonardo said. "Go make yourself useful somewhere"

With a dismissive huff, Leonardo left the room. He ran into Bianca but as she attempted to speak he held up his hand.
"Not a word"

"You missed a call while you were with Julian. Your phone's in your office". She said, nevertheless.

He braced himself for the worst as he placed his thumb on the lock to his office, it beeped and flashed green. He picked up his phone and saw the unknown number. At that moment, the phone rang again, Alcina's number flashed on the screen.

"F*ck it"

Leonardo answered the call but stayed quiet.

"Hello, Leonardo". The voice he'd been dreading spoke from the other end.

~  ~  ~  ~  ~  ~  ~ Meanwhile, at Alcina's end.

Alcina stretched as much as her bound hands and legs could go on the hard floor. The musky smell seemed to choke her, so she took slow breaths. She sighed as she stared at the handcuffs on her hands, everyone seemed to have a knack for abducting her. She scooted closer to the wall to rest her head, her dress gathering dirt in the process. Her hands were cuffed to the front and her two legs bound with a rope.

As footsteps approached, she struggled to adjust her dress which had ridden up.

Giovanni walked in, flanked by two buff men. Alcina narrowed her eyes at his hands which held her new phone.

"Hello, Alcina". He smiled. She grimaced. "Get me a chair". One of the men left and returned with a chair and the man who took her from the club.

"I see you've met Raymond". Giovanni said.

"What do you want?". Alcina asked harshly.

He tsked. "You're not in a position to ask questions, Princess". She grimaced at the name. "But I'll still tell you. I need to use you to strike a deal with Leonardo. One that could ruin his life. I'll be holding you to ransom, if he doesn't accept it, you become my property"

"I belong to no one and I never will". Alcina said slowly. Giovanni laughed and grabbed her hair, her eyes stung.
"Look at you. You're weak, useless. I might as well kill you right now. But that would be of no good to me. I don't want you dead. Leonardo doesn't want you dead, no no no".

She spat in his face. He laughed, dark and sinister. "All you do is laugh. You find this funny?!" She shouted.
He wiped his face and slapped her with the back of his hand. The force pushing her head sideways.

Giovanni's eyes narrowed into slits and she kept her head down.
"I should've taped your mouth shut, the second you arrived". She bit her lips as she held in the sobs. The slap she gave Leonardo seemed like a poke compared to what she just received.

"I'll call Leonardo now and let him know that his love is with me. Then we can discuss business". He said as he dialled the number. Her face stung and felt swollen. The last thing she wanted was a puffy cheek, it felt like her jaw had been shifted.

"Hello, Leonardo". Alcina heard Giovanni speak

"You don't seem too happy to hear me". His voice was smug as he put the phone on speaker.

She heard Leonardo now. "Enough with the silly games what do you want?". His voice was dangerously low.

"Let's not be in a haste now. Don't you want to hear your love?"

"If anything happens to her, I swear, you will regret everything you've done"

Giovanni laughed, as though it were a casual conversation with a golf buddy. "Let's not be like that, Leonardo. Here talk to her".

He brought the phone to Alcina's face but she turned her head the other way.
"What? You can't talk anymore?. Cat got your tongue?"

"Alcina?" Leonardo spoke. She sniffed but kept quiet, sure that he heard her. More like slap got her tongue.

"What do you want Giovanni?"

"If I have this opportunity to extort anything I want from you, I want to make it big. I'll get back to you".
He said as he cut the call, not allowing Leonardo reply.

Alcina could only imagine that stage of the Moretti house. She imagined Leonardo and hoped he hadn't just smashed his phone from frustration.
"Dear princess. Why don't you rest? I'll be back tomorrow"

She didn't say anything. There was no point replying. Alcina hung her head till they left and throughout the rest of that day. The burger they brought laid untouched. She felt numb. Eventually, she caved and the tears poured out. She curled on the floor and sobbed to herself.

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Hello, loves. I haven't had time to write. Please stay with the story even if I stop posting. I'm having exams, so there's really no time to write, thanks.

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