Shattered

18

Savana escorts Greyson and Jasper to their new rooms. They take some time and look them over and are more than a little impressed. They certainly hadn't expected something as nice as this. They like that they have connecting doors which they leave open. Just knowing  that the other is nearby eases much of their anger.

Jasper waits until Grayson can join them in his room. "Okay, Savana, what's going on? Don't think that we didn't see the swollen red eyes. You've been crying. Has Brice hurt you?" Jasper is more than a little angry at the thought.

Savana shakes her head. "He's been all kindness to me. From the time I caught his eyes at the auction. When the FBI raided he placed himself in front of me and had me get down so that any stray bullets would be unlikely to hit me. He told me himself that he isn't a good guy, but all he's done for me shows to me that he is. I know to the rest of the world he isn't, but he is to me." She writes.

Grayson pulls her into his arms then walks her over to the bed and has her sit on his lap. "Then why the tears, Shrimp?" Savana smiles at the nickname the boys had given her years ago. She didn't think that she would ever hear them call her that again once they disappeared.

"Sheila Bishop is the granddaughter of the FBI Director. She was taken by the sheriff as well. As a personal favor to the Director, Brice has tracked her down. She was taken to a mafia west of here. I'm not sure when he'll be attacking, but it will be soon, I know that much."

"Okay, that mafia must have done something to royally piss him off if he's going after it. Something more than the drama queen being there." Both boys are more than aware of how miserable that bitch made her life in her younger years. They warned her off, but aren't sure how well their warnings did once they left.

"I think they are the ones that were culling, I think the term was I heard KK use, girls in Brice's territory." Savana writes. As the boys read what she wrote they stiffen up.

"What? What does culling mean?" Savana writes confused.

"Culling is a term used in the slave trade as going after the girls usually and sometimes boys that are wanted for sells. They usually don't take boys unless there is a specific request. Sometimes there are specific requests for a type of female as well."

The two boys look at each other. "If they were culling girls in Brice's area without permission they are dead men walking. Brice will absolutely decimate them. If they are close enough he'll take over their territory as well."

"Yes, he will. That's why he was rather annoyed at the FBI needing to be there as well. But since it gives this raid a legitimacy that it wouldn't have otherwise," KK shrugs. He had entered without any of then noticing.

"Sorry to have barged in, but I knocked and no one answered. I just needed to let you know that the boss would like to see you two in his study. Savana, would you take them there when you are ready?" KK has a feeling that there is more talking the three need to do.

Savana nods and KK smiles at her before waving bye and leaving.

"Okay, so what's the problem? Brice takes out the mafia that has the bitch."

Savana pulls up some things and shows the boys. Grayson and then Jasper finally understand. "She's his type. You are worried that he'll want to be with her?"

"He's not interested in me. I'm a burden. He won't be responsible for her so he'll be able to chase after her and it won't break his honor."

Jasper and Grayson are both snickering at her words. "Shrimp, what makes you think that Brice isn't interested in you?"

"I make him uncomfortable and he basically told me that he doesn't want to be around me. I've been rather clingy since he was the only one that I could trust fully. Funny, that, he's a mafia boss and I trust him completely."

"He's your knight in tarnished armor. He saved you quite literally, it's only natural you feel that way about him. Especially after what the sheriff did to ma and pa. It rather surprises me that he killed his brother though." Grayson knew that Grant worked in kidnapping the girls. He hated him for that, but that he tried to save Savana causing his own death, well he'd earned forgiveness.

"There's a rumor that Grant wasn't his brother, he was in fact his son." Jasper mumbles softly but the other two might not have heard him since they just continued as if he hadn't said anything.

"Shrimp, Brice is more than interested in you. My guess is that he pushed you away because he is having a hard time not taking you to bed. When he doesn't think any one is looking he can always be found watching you. There is a sadness in his eyes that I don't think he realizes is there. You are too fragile at this time to be able to give your consent and he won't take advantage of you. You are under his protection and taking advantage of you would break that protection." Jasper does his best to explain things to his little sister.

"He wants you, but he's afraid that if he is with you that it will break you, Shrimp. He doesn't want to hurt you. From what I've seen he is doing his best to make you happy. If he saw you unhappy earlier, I'm willing to bet it made him upset. Even if he didn't show it. He's going out of his way, welcoming us into his home, why? To make you happy. He couldn't care two shits for helping the feds. He doesn't know us from Adam. He brought us here because of you. Because it made you happy. Because he thinks it will help you heal. That's what he cares about. You.

"He won't want to have anything to do with the whore queen." Jasper finishes.

"Grayson, Sheila was bragging about getting two abortions before her sixteenth birthday. One she had gotten shortly after she broke up with you." Savana tells her friend/brother.

"That little bitch. She never even bothered to tell me." Grayson had only gone out with Sheila because he needed some one to have sex with. That and he wanted to give her a warning about messing with Savana.

"Dude, you know that she was sleeping with others the same time she was with you. It might not have been yours." Jasper tells Grayson to calm him down.

"You're right. She was an indifferent lay any way." Grayson says and helps Savana up so they could go see what Brice wanted to tell them. They continue talking as they go. They are paying attention to their surroundings though. They learned early on in their servitude that they needed to be able to return to certain rooms without  being shown or they would be punished.

"Savana, please stay while I talk with them." Brice asks her as they come in after knocking.

Savana nods but doesn't pay much attention to what Brice is saying since he is talking to the boys and not her.

"Jasper, this is Colonel Schnauzer. He is the one in charge of training my men. He is ex special forces and is interested in seeing just how well trained your father made you. He will be evaluating you both and then taking you into classes, since you are more interested in that aspect.

"Grayson, this is Matthews, he's in charge of all IT. He and his team are the heart and soul of my mafia. The Colonel is the arms and legs. Matthews gives me the information I need and Schnauzer gets me the results I demand. After your evaluation with the good Colonel," there are some scoffs from the two mafia men that he's talking about. "You'll be going into training with Matthews.

"If this arrangement doesn't work for either of you we'll take a step back and reevaluate. You both will also be taking sessions with Dr. Califax, Savana's therapist. I need to make sure that you aren't walking time bombs. I need people I trust to be around not just me, but Savana as well.

"In your free time, if you have any, you will be allowed to spend time with Savana. If I feel that she needs you more then I will arrange your schedules to be with her longer."

Brice looks at Savana doing his best to hide his sadness, but the two notice it. "Savana?"

Brice calls to her and she turns to him and gives him a bit of a smile. "These two will be doing therapy sessions like you. They will also be taking sessions with my men here. Other than that they will be able to spend time with you. Is that acceptable?"

Savana smiles brightly and nods. She signs thank you to him and he signs you're welcome back making her smile even more brightly.