Little Queen

25

Draven's POV

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The stench of burnt flesh hangs heavy in the air but both Il Portatore and I are able to ignore it with little difficulty. I normally try not to get too messy when I'm in the pit but Portatore completely let loose so I figured I'd join him and get some of my frustration out. Danny screams again as the white-hot cattle prod is pressed into his eye. 

I push myself from the wall I had been leaning on and bend down to be eye level with the traitor, "Tell us the truth, or la tua cagna di moglie gets this next. You can end it all Danny. You're going to die no matter what, just tell us what we want to know and we'll make it quick."

He sobs when Portatore pulls the sizzling metal back out.

"Please, please I don't know anything, please."

I grab the metal bat beside me and swing it into his shin, a satisfying snapping sound follows the blow. I do the same to his other shin before he even finishes his first scream. Portatore raises an eyebrow at me out of curiosity. 

"What can I say I'm old fashioned," I shrug chuckling. 

Daniel drops his head, panting. Bloody drool stretches towards his lap. 

"Lay him down," I command picking a knife from its place on the wall. The chair drops back laying Danny boy out for our entertainment. 

"Tell us what we want to know Danny boy or I'll keep you alive for years," I say once I have the knife pressed against his torso.

He doesn't say anything but just as I start to carve the family's name into his abdomen he breaks.

"Wait wait wait, it was me. It was. Mi dispiace cosi tanto risparmiarmi, mi dispiace cosi tanto."

I stare at the idiot, "I know that you fucking idiot. Did you really think we didn't know you were the traditore del cazzo? Who were you working with!" 

His one functioning eye widens as he realizes we know he was working with someone else.

"I-I, I don't know. Really really I don't I was just given my instructions in a letter. I don't know who was feeding them the information I swear!" 

I stare at him for a moment before deciding that he was telling the truth. Besides he was so low ranking in my own ranks it's unlikely he would know much about anything else- he's an absolute idiota. 

I pat his chest that's riddled with wounds, "Thank you for finally giving us the truth. Now I'm sure you don't know who my friend over here is, so let me introduce him. Daniel, this is Il pertatore del morte. He's gonna take real good care of you." 

His face is as white as a sheet of paper when I turn to leave. He screams and begs for me to come back, to not leave him alone with that monster. I chuckle as his begging turns to shrieks of pain

A damp towel is handed to me when I step out of the pit's entrance. I wipe off as much blood as I can from my arms and face but there's not much I can do about my clothes. My previously white dress shirt was now dark red and my pants were soaked around the hem. The walk from the pit to the house was significant but I use it to stew over who else could be a rat. At the moment no one but Pertatore is to be trusted, including Drew. As far as anyone else is concerned, the problem has been taken care of. 

I slam my office door behind me slipping out of my soiled clothes. I had a freshly pressed suit delivered to my office on my way back from Ignacio's, knowing I would leave the pit a mess. When I am finally cleaned up I get back to the work I hadn't finished earlier today. The stack of papers sitting next to my computer is giving me a headache just looking at it but with some of my tension gone, I don't feel as shitty as before. I work through each paper as quickly as possible, eager to get back to Idalia. I've been away from her for much longer than I had planned already. 

I'm about halfway through the stack and getting annoyed with it again when there's a firm knock on the door. 

"Entrare," I say thankful for the interruption. 

Gio stalks into my office, his face as flat as ever. His hands are tucked behind his back and he keeps his feet shoulder-width apart.

"What is it Gio?" I sigh leaning back against my chair.

He hesitates for a moment, shocking me. If there is one person I can count on to be sure of each move he makes it's Gio. 

"Don, all due respect I need to speak to you about Idalia."

I lift an eyebrow, he needed to be very careful of what his next words to me were. 

"I know who she is, who's daughter she is-" 

Before he can finish his sentence I have my gun aimed between his eyes, "How the fuck do you know that?"

He doesn't seem too worried considering I have my finger on the trigger, though I guess that's why I hired him in the first place. 

"I spent a couple hours with her this afternoon, I heard the maids mention that she wasn't eating. She told me." I slowly drop my aim and switch the safety on. This girl is too trusting and now I would have to kill one of my best men. Gio looks like he's contemplating something before he speaks again. 

"Don, she needs to speak with her old guards, she won't adjust if she doesn't have them to help her. "

I narrow my eyes at him, "And what makes you think I can't handle this?"

"Nothing Don, but I have some experience with this type of behavior. She's not in a good place and nothing here is comforting. She needs something familiar, someone she knew before her life was destroyed." 

I run a hand down my face in frustration, Gio's mother was depressed for most of his childhood and he ended up taking care of her while his father was out scoring drugs until one day he just never came back. 

"You think she's depressed?" 

He takes a deep breath, "Not horribly, I think she needs help. But, I don't think you can give her what she needs, it needs to be them."

I purse my lips and give him a stiff nod, "Thank you for the information. If anyone finds out who she truly is, know that I will make your death slow and excruciating."

He gives me another nod before turning away, his hands are still gripping each other behind his back when the door clicks shut quietly behind him. 

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Okay so I know this was short but I've had a shitty day and this literally was not finished so I'm glad that I was even able to get it done. A few people have asked that I include translations at the end of the chapter as well as in the comments so here y'all go! Also I m purposely leaving out the translation of the new man's name, if you want to look it up feel free but I promise it will be revealed eventually. 

Translations: 

"Tell us the truth or your bitch of a wife gets this next"

"I'm so sorry, please, spare me, I'm so sorry"

"You think we didn't know you were the fucking traitor?" 

"Enter"