The Mafia's Princess

Chapter 13 - Cold Blood

Xavier POV:
A loud ringing was all I heard, I opened my eyes but the light was too bright. After multiple attempts to open my eyes I finally did it.

What happened?

I looked around and saw my family laying on the ground, my father, Luke, Alex and Liam were fluttering their eyes open, and Kade was groaning, although his eyes were still closed.

"What the hell happened?" I said, still not fully aware of my surroundings. Then I remembered. The man threw what I now know to be a low powered explosive, used to knock out and slightly wound enemies. They are easier to get passed security, which is probably why whoever wanted to hurt us used them. Although their true intentions were probably to kill.

"Is everyone alright?" My dad asked.

My brothers responded with a chorus of okays, but that's when I realized.

"CECILY! WHERE THE HELL IS CECILY!" I yelled.

My brothers frantically looked around. I began to panic.

What if they took her!

My mind was racing until I heard a scream.

My sister.

I ran towards the noise, followed by my brothers and father. I turned the corner to see my sister fighting with the old man we saw earlier.

They were about 40 yards away when I saw the man pull out a knife. I ran faster. I was going to shoot the man but I was scared I might accidentally hit Cec. As I approached, still 30 yards away, I heard a gasp and the knife blade disappear.

"CECI!" I screamed as her face made a shocked almost painful expression.

I was 10 yards away, my mind racing because my sister was just stabbed, when the man who was attacking her fell back. Knife lodged in his heart.

Thank god, it wasn't her.

"I killed someone." Her eyes were staring at the motionless body in horror.

My father and brothers finally caught up with me and took a second to witness what they saw. I took this moment to step in front of ceci. "Hey, it's okay teresa, dont look at it." She slammed her face into my chest and I hugged her tight.

"Princess are you okay?" My dad came up behind her and put his hand on her shoulder. She then turned to hug him, sobbing.

"I-I-i killed someone." Was all she said. 

"Baby it's okay, it was self defense."

Our men were called to remove the body from the house, I knew this one would be different for all of us. Sure each of us have killed before, but this was Ceci. Our sweet innocent Cecily. She killed someone and I know it's gonna be rough. I remember the first person I killed. I thought I was a monster for about a week until my dad reminded me the person I killed was a human trafficker.

Ceci was in her room sleeping, the events of the past hour must have taken a toll. Liam, Alex and Kade were with dad trying time figure out how that man made it onto the property.

I started towards the kitchen to get some food but ended up at my sisters bedroom door. I opened it and saw Luke sitting on her bed rubbing her back while she slept.

"Hey." I said softly trying not to wake Cec.

"Hey." Luke responded.

I sighed. "Today was a mess"

"Tell me about it." Luke paused. "You know, I never thought Ceci would ever kill someone." I looked at his eyes, which glistened like he was trying not to cry. "I always told myself I would kill so she wouldn't have to kill anyone herself. I guess I failed."

"We all did." I stopped. "I just wish we had more time, I wish she would have had a few more years before we had to bring her into this world."

"Ya."

"She'll be fine. She just need to process." I felt a vibration from my pocket. My phone. I picked it up and saw I was getting a text from my dad to tell him to meet at the warehouse. "It's dad, he wants me at the warehouse." Luke nodded. "Stay with her, she needs one of us right now."

"Of course."

I walked to the bed and placed a soft kiss on my sisters head before walking out the door.