Marie stared out the black limousine she was bundled into by the scary-looking man. Her face was full of dried up tears. She had cried, screamed, fought and done everything within her little capability to avoid being taken away by the members of the gang.
However, neither her father nor mother moved to rescue her or intervene. Till now, she doesn’t know the reason she is being carried away, so she just decides to give up, and let fate decide as she cannot win the battle, whatever it is.After two full hours of driving, the driver took a turn into what seemed like the woods, and she began to panic immediately.“What if they’re taking me into the woods to kill me”“Is this how my miserable life will come to an end?”Her thoughts began to travel all over the place, as they drove deeper into the forest.Just when she was about to shout for help, the most magnificent mansion she had ever seen came into view. A little gasp escaped her mouth as the gigantic gate opened by itself slowly, and the compound became clearer to her.For a moment, she forgot she was just kidnapped as she took in the beauty of the empire in front of her.“Of course, it’s owned by the biggest Mafia in town, so what was she expecting?” She thought to herself.The place was several hectares wide, with close to ten different magnificent buildings in view.The driver pulled up in front of the second biggest building, which she assumed would belong to the second-in-command of the organization. The snarky man who had been sitting right next to her all along signaled for her to get out of the car.Reluctantly, she opened the handle and stepped out carefully. There were guards everywhere…like everywhere. Fully armed, all dressed in black with communication devices in their ears. She looked at the gate for a second, and contemplated if she could run, but she knew she’d be dead in a heartbeat.“Don’t even think about it.” The man said, cutting through her thoughts.Of course not. Even if she did miraculously escape the numerous guards, she wouldn’t last in the woods. They drove for nothing less than fifteen minutes in the woods alone. She wouldn’t know where to turn to, and would probably end up roaming around or eaten by a wild animal. She shivered at that thought.Reclining to fate, she followed the man slowly into the humongous building. They were met with a big open area which could pass off as a waiting area. There was a huge gold chandelier hanging down in the center of the waiting area matching the gold and white furniture.There was a huge couch set in white with gold edges located on the left side of the room, and it looked so clean and untouched. On the right, there was a mini bar, which was stocked with expensive drinks from top to bottom. There were paintings scattered all over the room, each with different depth and meaning.There were also two armed men on both sides of the room, focused as if someone were about to attack soon.“Go and sit over there, girl” said the man who had been with her for half of the day.Tired of receiving commands from him, she turned to ask a question“What is your name…sir?” She mustered all of the courage left in her, adding the last part with hesitation.At age 22, she wouldn’t say she would pass off as an extrovert, but she wasn’t too shy either. She stood up for herself and friends when necessary, and no one could ever get away with bullying her.“Bob,” he replied with a small smirk on his face, slightly impressed by her courage.“Sit over there, and wait for me,” Bob said, pointing Marie over to the smallest couch beside them.“And don’t try anything funny while I’m gone. These guys know how to use their guns.” He nods to her briefly, and walks into the elevator on the right side of the room.Shortly after, he gets to the office of the big boss and after knocking, Bob walked into the office.“She’s here, boss,” he said curtly.“Hmm, send her in.” The boss replied, with his head buried in a bunch of paperwork he had to sign before the end of the day.“Okay boss,” Bob nodded his head, and stepped out again.Bob had been working for The Shadow Empire for over five years, and he was one of the most trusted men of the big boss. He carried out all his dirty work seamlessly with no questions asked. He was very keen on details and protocols, and was his go-to man.In less than two minutes, Marie found herself following Bob to the topmost floor in an elevator. She was thinking of the one thousand and one ways that the man would look like, and how ferocious he would be, and what he might eventually do with her.Getting to the entrance of the office, Bob knocked again and they entered into the office, after a short response from inside. On instinct, she hid behind Bob as she was expecting to meet an old, grumpy and ferocious looking man behind the desk.The boss, who was already irritated from working, wasn't ready to start patronizing a young girl.“Show yourself” he almost thundered, referring to the lady hiding behind Bob.As she stepped out slowly from behind him, the boss’s eyes widened, and he knew his eyes couldn’t be deceiving him.“She’s the girl from last night!!”The big boss happened to be Drey Sandler, son of the biggest Mafia Boss in this whole of the city. The man with whom she encountered last night. However, she couldn’t recognize him, but he did.Drey was pretty shocked to see that his newly acquired property is the same person he had a one night stand with just the day before. However, he perfectly masked his shock, and scanned the young lady in front of him.Marie opened her mouth in awe unconsciously as she looked at the man behind the desk. He was completely different from what she had imagined he would look like. It was just like in the stories, but unlike books, she was a victim and she wasn’t finding anything funny.He cleared his throat, and gave them his most serious look“Bob, excuse us” he said with a straight face.Immediately Bob stepped out, Drey looked back at the girl probably expecting her to break character, or say something about their encounter , but she stood there, staring blankly.“Can I know why I have been kidna
“We just received intel that there’s been a breach in the main site where we keep our top and private information.” Bob said all in one breath as he rushed into the living room.The atmosphere immediately changed, and Marie dropped the plate of spaghetti she was intensely feeding on to assess the situation. She saw how Drey clenched his fists tightly, and rose up to immediately snatch the tablet off Bob’s hand.He stared at the tablet intently and she could see his face muscles tense up. “Who could do such a thing? I made sure there were no loopholes upon creation of this site!” Drey thundered, as he faced Bob who was also visibly panicking.Marie didn’t know exactly how to act, or what to do, but she knew dinner for that night was ruined, and she hadn’t properly eaten.Some seconds later, two other men dressed in all black rushed into the dining area as well, and one of them whispered something into Drey’s ears. Drey slammed his fists heavily on the table, and Marie flinched from t
Marie turned for the sixth time on her bed in one night and sighed heavily. After the whole drama that happened at dinner last night, she had found it impossible to sleep. The adrenaline from solving a major case was unmatched, so she felt giddy. For the first time in a while, she was satisfied.It was 3am in the morning, and she had barely been able to catch two hours of sleep altogether. The bed was messy from the amount of times she had rolled on the bed. She doesn’t know why, but her mind was all over the place.Of course, there was so much to think about but she couldn’t exactly say what was going through her head. Tired of the struggle to sleep, she finally got off the bed and sat. “Hot milk would slap right now” Marie thought to herself in the dimly lit room.She remembered how her mother would always prepare hot milk and bake cookies for her elder sister whenever she was having difficulty sleeping. Marie, a bit envious of that, would also pretend to have sleeping problems ju
Marie brushed her hands through the numerous dresses on the movable hanger in front of her. It was two days after Drey had asked, or rather commanded her to be his date for a ball, and it was that day of the ball.It was 2pm in the evening, and a team of beauty experts had come to drag her literally from the comfort of her room to doll her up for the event. She didn’t know why Drey had asked her, of all the women at his disposal, to be his date to the ball. She didn’t know much of his personal life, but there had been rumors of the son of The Shadow Empire being a playboy, but she really couldn’t care less.Now, she was in a dressing room with nothing less than eight beauty workers in the room, some with makeup products, some hair tools, and the others were trying to get her to pick a dress from the options lined up. She was dressed in a robe, as they made her have her bath all over again in a bid to get to work.After scanning the clothes for the 100th time, her eyes landed on a red,
Marie woke up feeling all giddy from the previous night. It is so ironic that she was kidnapped into a life much better than the life she is coming from. But, she was having an eerie feeling that things would soon take a turn, but until then, she decided to just live in the moment and have fun.Her mind went back to yesterday, and a large grin broke out on her face. She remembered how Drey’s hands felt against her waist as they danced into the night, and how all eyes were on them throughout, including Percy’s. Right, Percy!! Drey’s ex. The woman gave her an edgy vibe yesterday night, and she could really see why she could fit in as Drey’s ex.However, she had never heard any rumors whatsoever regarding Drey having an ex, a popular one at that. And from what she saw, it seemed like she was either involved in the Mafia or belonged to a very powerful organization in the country. Curiousity was eating her up, and she wanted answers.She looked over at the laptop across the room which was
It was exactly six days since Marie had last seen Drey, and six days from when they had their last training featuring his outburst. Within those days, she had been made to attend the boxing trainings with other teachers, and they were introducing some elements of Martial Arts as well. She didn’t what she was preparing for, but she went along with it anyways. Now, it made more sense as to why she is his property; they’ll probably train her till she ready to start running dirty errands for them. She felt caged, and she desperately yearned for freedom. In her freetime, she would brush up on her hacking skills, and play around a bit, however her internet usage was strictly monitored.Other times, she would take night strolls within the compound, only with the accompaniment of her personal watcher, Iroh. He was assigned to her during the course of the week to make sure she doesn’t run away or do something that’ll put them at risk. She found it frustrating at first that a man had to follow
The truck was barely kilometers away from them and Drey was left in a pickle. If they remained there, they would be crushed by the oncoming truck, and there was no sufficient time to run and ditch the car. Marie was in full panic mode, and hyperventilating heavily. Suddenly, Drey began to reverse on top speed, but the truck kept coming at them, and then it dawned on him.“This is an assasination attempt” he took a quick look at the plate number from the windshield and memorized carefully. Realizing he had take a drastic decision, Drey turned off the road and drove into the forest on the right side of the road. The car was hitting trees left and right, but Drey knew he had to drive as far away from the road as he could. After driving crazily in the forest for about a minute, the car stopped moving as they hit a very strong tree. Both of their heads were saved by the Airbag who came on as a result of the impact. However, Marie still sustained an injury on the side of her head as she wa
It was around 5am when Drey had told her to get dressed, as Bob and another guard had come to pick them up. She could barely sleep at night, not only because of the new and uncomfortable environment, but because Drey was constantly moving from one calls to another trying to track down the man that almost assassinated them.Right now, they were on their way back to the villa, and Drey and Marie were seated at the back, while Bob and the other guard sit in front.“Did you track the plate number as I asked you to? Drey asked, in direction to Bob.“Yes sir. But as we thought, it was a stolen truck which got missing yesterday morning. We tracked down the actual owner and he turned out to be a farmer in the hillside.” Bob replied, his eyes steady on the road.“Find out exactly where it got stolen, and gangs around that area that might have anything against The Shadow Empire. I want my hands on him tonight.” Drey folded his hands in anger, and Marie could see the literal rage in his eyes.“Y