Chapter 10

Courtney

We all sit in silence as Giovanni reveals what I feared the most. Sergei has found me. Giovanni’s words repeat over and over in my head making my head feel dizzy.
“Sergei knows you’ve been working in my club. Nate was working with him. No scratch that. He was spying for him.”
Shit.
Suddenly the real truth dawns on me. Nate didn’t accidentally hit me with his car. It was Sergei’s orders. He just didn’t expect Gio Lucchese to take me in and protect me. The plan was clear to me now. He was going to take me while I was knocked out, but Gio had me protected. That’s why he was angry. They got in his way. I know what happens when someone gets in Sergei’s way. He removes them out of the way. He kills them. Maybe I should just pack up and go back to him if it meant him leaving these people alone. If it meant keeping them safe.
I knew they wouldn’t agree for me to go back to him, even if I was trying to protect them. Over the months I’ve come to look at Gio as a father, Caterina as a sister, and Lucien as a protective older brother. Then there was Alec Vitale. I don’t know how I look at him. He was cold one minute then caring and protecting the next.
Yes, we’ve been having sex over the past weeks. I know it’s just a distraction. He knows it is too. Standing up, I look to the people I’ve grown to know as my new family.
“I…I’m going to go back to him so it keeps you guys safe. I can’t let him hurt you.”
I nervously look to Alec and his face is void of all emotions. His chest is heaving like he’s having trouble breathing and his fists are clenched at his sides. I know he’s angry at me but this is for the best.
Giovanni looks up to me in sadness and Lucien is holding a hysterical Caterina in his arms. I’m sorry but this is something I have to do. I could never live with the guilt of having their deaths knowing I could have stopped it from happening. Giovanni breaks the silence.
“No! I’ll have my best men by your side at all times. I can’t allow you to go back to that monster!!”
Damn.
Now Giovanni is angry at me. I’ve never seen him this angry before and it’s scaring the shit out of me. I already knew Alec would be angry, but the rest of them. I guess they’ve become just as attached as I have. Glancing next to me Alec is glaring at me. No. He’s glaring into my soul. He picks up his glass downing the rest of his alcohol and throws it to the wall shattering it into a million pieces.
Then he storms upstairs to take his anger out some more. Letting my tears fall, I look through my blurry eyes. “I-I’m sorry. Just don’t want him to hurt you guys.”
Giovanni looks at me with a murderous look in his eyes, “You're family now. He’s not going to touch you!” I nod and think to myself. Can they really protect me? I guess I’ll have to just sneak out when everyone’s asleep tonight. I can’t let Sergei ruin their lives over me. I look to them and lie. “Okay. I’ll stay.”
They all seem to buy it. I look up the staircase and notice Alec standing there gripping the edge glaring in my direction. Shit! He knows I’m lying and by the looks of it he’s going to confront me soon. I just hope I’m able to lie good enough. He takes one last look at me before storming away.
I walk upstairs to my room when someone grabs me and covers my mouth pulling me into a dark room. I try to break free but it’s no use. I knew he was going to confront me but I didn’t expect him to so soon. He digs his fingers in my hip with his free hand roughly biting down on my neck. “You're not going back to him. I told you. You're mine!”
He continues to attack my neck and digs his fingers into my hip even harder. I can feel his erection digging into my backside and I subconsciously let out a moan I tried to hold in. This just makes him even more possessive and turns me around just to shove me into the wall. Why the hell is he acting like this?
I try to get out of his grip but I fail. I’m not his. We're not even a fucking couple. Just two people having sex with no strings attached.
“Alec, let me go!” This just adds to his anger and he shoves my skirt up to my waist and unzips his pants releasing his dick.
God!
He shoves me down on something soft bringing down on my knees forcing my legs apart. He fists his dick and forces his way inside me making me scream out. “OH GOD!!” This just makes him thrust into me even harder.
Thrust.
He’s not just fucking me.
He’s marking me.
Another thrust.
He yanks my head back and kisses my lips hard as he takes his other hand gripping my breast as he continues to mark my body ruining me for all men.
“Right there, Alec! Yes, I’m almost there, baby.”
That’s all it takes for him to come undone and my walls clench down on his dick that’s buried inside me.
One more thrust and he’s hissing in my ear, “Fuck Courtney! You take my cock so well. Such a good girl.”
We both have sweat dripping on our foreheads and breathing heavy trying to catch our breaths. He stands up and turns the lamp on and I look up to him still on my knees and he grips my chin, kissing my lips.
“You're mine. Don’t ever forget that. You better get off your knees before I take you again.”
He leaves the room and leaves me on my knees and completely breathless. That was his way of making me change my mind on leaving. I’ve come to a decision.
I’m not leaving.
I’m staying here.
With my family.
With Alec Vitale.
I pull my skirt down and try to make myself presentable to face everyone downstairs. Who am I kidding? I know they heard us. We were a screaming mess minutes ago. I look downstairs and spot Lucien and Alec walking into the gym.
Giovanni glances up as I walk in the room and smiles at me, “So I take it you're staying?” Did he know?
“How did you know I was lying?”
“Sweetheart I’m mafia. I know everything. So tell me something, are you in love with Alec?” I visibly gulp. Shit! How am I going to lie my way out of this one? He knows when I’m lying. “Not love, just a distraction. We both know that.”
His lips curl up in a smirk. “If you say so, sweetheart.”
My face begins to heat up as I remember how Alec owned my body earlier and how he dominated me. Giovanni seems to notice and he speaks up. “We could all hear everything. I think Alec was letting us all know who you belong to.”
I nod and decide to take a walk down the street. I need to think of something to save them from Sergei. I can’t let him win.
Not this time.
I spot a tree and decide to sit underneath it. Just as I close my eyes, I feel a cold hand on my mouth and I come face to face with those grey eyes that learned to fear and haunted my dreams.
My nightmares have just become my reality. The devil that broke me stands there snarling in my face. His disgusting breath hot on my neck making me cower down in fear. He found me. “Did you really think you could escape me and not get caught, filthy whore?”
He yanks me up by my hair, making me scream in pain. I regret leaving the estate. Nobody will look for me. Alec is going to think I just ran away. I should have just stayed indoors and not take a walk. I remember Nate’s words to me as he raped me.
“He’s going to punish you real good, baby.”
Sergei slides his hand up my thigh and reaches my panties, ripping them off. He throws them to the ground. “You know the rules ozornaya shlyukha!! You're not supposed to be wearing them. I guess I’ll have to punish you for that too.”
I hate that he calls me a naughty whore. He grabs a cloth from his coat and shoves it in my mouth slapping tape over it. All the air leaves my body I lose all the color from my body. He turns my body and slams me into the tree and I feel cold metal on my wrists and a click before my body go limp and I’m welcomed into darkness.
I wake up wishing this was just a really bad dream, but it’s not. The tape is still containing the cloth he shoved in my mouth and I’m completely naked chained up with my arms above my head.
My feet barely touch the floor. I know what room this is. It’s the basement. Where he always kept me locked up and let his men use me. The room where he punished me.
Where he broke me.
Footsteps make me start to shake in fear. I have no idea what Sergei is going to do to me but the look on his face tells me it’s going to be bad.
Real bad.
My body already aches from being chained up like a dog. He walks up with his belt in his hand and spins me around exposing my ass to his men.
“Tsk. Tsk. Tsk. Look at this, men. She’s been a bad, bad whore.”
I hate that he does this, especially in front of his men. He knows exactly how to make me look weak and broken.
I scream in pain through the cloth as he raises the belt again. He goes to raise it again but stops in mid-air and then looks at one of his men. He only looks about 18 years old.
“You come forward. How would you like to fuck her?” The guy’s face turns into a smirk and comes forward. “Use her as you please. Make her bleed.”
Sergei circles my body then comes face to face to me gripping my chin and ripped the tape off my mouth making me scream in pain. “I want everyone to hear you scream as my men watch you receive your punishment like a good whore.”
Sergei grabs a chair and sits right in front of me, grinning like the devil he is. A sound of a zipper brings me back to reality as a searing pain rips through my lower region as one of Sergei’s men thrust viciously over and over. A lone tear slips down my face as Sergei looks at me smirking, then motions for the man to stop.
“Don’t cum inside her. Do it on her. Paint the slut.”
The man continues to break me as he is about to release in me I feel him pull out and find his release on my ass. Sergei stands up and starts to clap and whistle.
“Little brother. Happy birthday! Men look at this pathetic whore. You all can use her as you please…I just ask one thing. Don’t come inside her pussy. That’s for me.”
I just hang my head down looking at the floor and accept the punishment.
I’m never going to set foot outside again. Never going to be free again. I feel a sharp pain and look to Sergei as my head drops back down. I accept the darkness.
The only escape from this devil.
My own personal hell.