Selena's POV
I shiver in my seat, I clutch my stomach tightly trying my best not to throw up.
"Kieran." Nikolai turns to look at Kieran, the both of them calm.
"Yes?" He stands up from the table and walks to Don Carlo's body.
"Leave him." He places the tip of the gun at the back of Priscilla's head.
"Just kill me you bastard!" Snot is running down her nose. It is almost impossible to believe that this is the same Priscilla I met yesterday.
"Hmm, I don't punish ladies I've not tasted." He smirks and looks at me. My trembling body does nothing to ease the guilt.
"But I do have a way to punish you." He grabs her by her hair with so much force, my scalp winces in pain for her.
"Bang! Bang!" He fires two more shots to Don Carlo, one to his neck and the other to his head.
"There. Do you now understand why I've played this game undefeated for so long?" He trails the gun up and down her neck.
You're a monster." Tears are flowing freely from her eyes and despite his tight grip,she tries all she can to get to her father.
"Oh yes, I am. I've never denied my nature as a matter of fact. I will let you live to warn the rest of the foolish ones. Tell them, I, Kieran Alejandro, the Lord of the Underworld passed them a message. Deliver his dead body. They will all understand." He digs his nails into her waist.
"Kieran!" She stops struggling and winces.
"I'd love to hear you scream my name in bed that way. It will be a delight having rivals from one night." He peeks at me through his lashes. My eyes dart to Nikolai and I see him staring at me strangely.
"I'll kill you! I will avenge my father, Kieran. I'll kill you,I'll destroy this stupid family!" Her voice is hoarse from all of the screaming and she continues to scream.
"The only reason you're alive is to pass those bloody motherfuckers a message cause if I go there, I will warn them with a bloodbath. Everyone knows how I flow. And your father has no one else to blame for his misfortune. I am the Lord of the Underworld for a reason." He tightens his grip on her hair.
"I will not pass any bloody stupid message. Kill them all if you want. They should perish with him!" She stops struggling this time around, accepting her fate.
"I do not like girls that disobey my instructions. This was a warning. A punishment for a lady like you, Hmm, I will enjoy it. As for you,I'm not so sure." He blows off smoke from his gun and places it back in his pocket.
"Bastard!" She grunts.
"I dare you to say that word one more time." He smiles slowly in a way that sets me off.
"You're a fucking bastard! If you had a father, you would understand just how important one wa-" her eyes widen. His hands are on his throat and he lifts her up.
"Kieran." For the first time since the beginning of all of this, Mrs Alejandro finally decides to speak up.
"There's no need interceding for an idiot that does not value her life mother. I should send her to go meet her father. Their love could be forever bonded over there. What do you say Priscilla?" He lifts her even higher. Her face turns pink and her eyes go red.
"S-,I'm sorry." She taps his hands severally.
"Good." He releases his grip and she lands down on the floor with her ass.
"Anyone else has anything to say?" He cracks his finger, that sly smile still on his face.
"Do not forget to pass my message. I'll be keeping tabs on you. And you, Cinderella, up. Now."
Like a command, I follow his every word. I just watched him attempted murder twice. I'm not about to lose my life. At this point, I am rethinking my decision to sign those papers.
"Just a little reminder City girl. Nikolai should hear nothing about it. I can handle you in a thousand ways. That, let's call it a sneak peak. Welcome into the Alejandro's family." He extends his hand for a handshake.
"Thank you." My hands remain stiff and I immediately go back. I can't wait to leave this place. I know for a fact that I'm going to be sick. I just don't know how long I'll be.
"What did he say to you?" Nikolai grazes his fingers on my laps. I flinch.
"That I like her and we were not going to have any issues if she behaved like the good girl we're all seeing."
I scan the place with my eyes searching for Priscilla.
"She went to pass the message. Welcome to the Alejandro's." His mother passes a cup to me. I catch the cup and I smile back at her. I hold the cup in my hands until I realize they are all waiting for me to exhaust the drink in the cup. I take a deep breath and I take it all in one gulp. It's sour and heavily scented.
"Look at that honey. She took it all at once. Just a little touch here and there and she can be his." She's clapping excitedly.
"She can be moulded. Welcome to the Alejandro's. As for what you saw earlier, we have stayed long in this game by establishing dominance. It's not going to be easy for you at all. But you will get the hang of things. That." Nikolai's father stops talking to make sure I'm digesting the knowledge.
"Is how the mafia world operates. The floor is stained with blood of past heroes. Blood of weaklings, blood of opposing parties, thieves and rubbers, bosses and like my son, the Lord of the Underworld." Something flashes in his eyes.
"Nikolai would be just good for you. Kieran needs.." He trails off leaving the kind of woman Kieran needs to my imagination.
"The lady that will catch my interest is sincerely yet to be born."