The Queen: Love's Death || ✔️

Chapter 29: First Victim

Zeus

I couldn't feel my legs. Blade was bleeding from his nose and Bullet was still passed out on the cold floor behind bars in the underground shed. After attacking Estelle and her men this morning, they took us down within seconds and chained us up while whipping us and throating heavy things at us and they even electrocuted Bullet after they forced him into a cold shower. I wondered if he was even alive.

I was scared. This was the worst thing that could've happened to this entire family. Blade hadn't said a word since we were attacked. Poseidon was in tears from fear. Jermaine hadn't said a word since he had arrived, which I wanted to figure out.

The entire family was in danger and there was nothing that no-one could do to change it. I saw it in Estelle's eyes how much hatred she had for my mother. So much that she was actually capable of beating her brother's eldest son to a pulp. My knee cap was busted and my entire left foot was just unresponsive.

Apart from the physical injuries, I was emotionally lost. I was angry, anxious and most importantly, fearful.

I was angry because aunt Estelle actually had the audacity to say that we were her brother's kids but she didn't show us or any of our family any mercy. She'd pay for this.

I was anxious to know what our future had in store for us. Were we even going to be alive by the time we were set free? Were we even going to be set free?

I was fearful. If my mother was alive, I'd be sitting behind these very bars with assurance that I was safe. Yet, it wasn't so. My mother and father were dead. I wanted to be angry at my mother for keeping my father's existence a secret but I knew that she kept it for a good reason.

"Hey!" One of the guards called us and I was the only to look up. "Get up! It's dinner time." He grinned maliciously and I felt like choking. They opened the bars, grabbing us roughly and dragging us back into the house. I noticed that they had left Bullet behind.

Once we made it back in, I saw all the women with the children on the floor, chained and scared for their lives. I searched through all of them until my eyes set on my wife and sons.

Hilary looked up at me with hopeful blue eyes and I absorbed some of her strength. I had to keep strong for them. She held on tighter to Jason and Mason looked up at me with a determined face. I was so proud of him.

I looked at Athena and noticed how thin and sickly she looked for a pregnant woman. She still had three months of pregnancy left. I became scared at the thought of her baby girl being born under captivity.

I looked at Bani and Tanu and noticed how sick they had begun to look. I wondered if they were even being fed where they had been. Charlene was in tears with Cynthia in hand while Sarah held onto Matthew Jr. with all that was in her, silently reciting her prayers under her breath. Lizzy was in Charmoné's arms while Kaylie was cuddled up between the two. They all looked so scared.

"What a lovely family reunion? Too bad it has to end so sadly." Estelle chimed suddenly from behind us and the guards suddenly grabbed Daniel, Charlene's youngest son.

"No! No, what are you doing?!" Blade screamed and then began to cough out blood violently.

"I'm giving you ten seconds to tell me exactly how to get into the Mafia. Or else." Estelle threatened, pressing her gun against Daniel's milky skin and I watched him shed his tears.

"We don't fucking know! Claudia told us to stay away from the Mafia!" Alex cried. "Please! Leave my son alone!"

"What? Son? My baby?" Charlene suddenly bursted, realising who was in danger. She moved her sightless eyes around, as though trying to see what was happening, but nothing could save her son from the situation he was in.

"Three seconds." Estelle gritted.

"Don't do it, Estelle! He's just an innocent boy!" Poseidon argued through his sobs and I looked away.

"Half a second." Estelle sang while rolling her eyes.

"Don't you dare hurt a hair on that child, Estelle, or else you'll pay the price!" Alex tried again to save his son, but I could feel it in my bones that nothing could be done.

"DON'T YOU DARE!" Mary bursted, getting up from her knees and trying to run to her brother's aid but her chains were stopping her.

Chaos erupted. Everyone tried to run to save his life, even I pleaded, but the guards pushed us down and hit the ladies back into place. I watched as Athena was pushed roughly to the ground and Noah was hit against the head with a cold gun, knocking him out cold. Charlene was barking out in tears for Daniel to be saved, but none of our efforts were working.

The women scratched their ways past the guards but didn't make it two feet towards Estelle as they were all whipped back painfully. Blade, though looked like he was dying, stood up and tried to charge, but was pushed down and that caused his internal bleeding to worsen.

Estelle just stood there with a smile on her face as Daniel cried miserably to himself. I also felt my own tears build up as Estelle's index finger crept its way to the trigger on the gun.

"STOP!"

"Let him go! He's just a child! He knows nothing about the Mafia!"

"My son! My baby! Daniel! Not my baby! Please, Lord, not my son!"

"Estelle, let the child fucking go now!"

Bang!

Everything froze and Daniel's lifeless body fell onto the cold, marble floor and the young seventeen year old boy took his last breath.

"Take care of the body. And take these stupid people back to their cells. I'm going out." Estelle announced nonchalantly and walked out, as though she had not just ended the life of an innocent child for the sake of the Mafia. She had ended a mother's life for the sake of the Mafia. She had destroyed the lives of an entire family for the sake of the Mafia.