26- 3rd Punishment

Isabella

Running through the final door, I let my body just collapse. Panting heavy, I’m drenched in sweat. My arms, legs, torso all burning with a pulse beneath my skin.

Glancing out the corner of my eye, I see Alex has managed to follow me. Moving, he moves to sit down next to me in the process.

“Nice job Amore Mio (My Love). You made it, you beat the game” he commended. Nodding, I just try to focus on my breathing. Pulling out his whistle he blows it. The sound loud enough to make me flinch as it reaches my ears.

Four long toots and the same low horn sounds signalling the end of the game. Remaining quiet, I suddenly hear lots of manly voices coming from behind us. Turning my head slowly, I steadily watch as all the men, including Lucus, Tony, and Grant all come through the door. Huge smiles playing on their faces as the last two guards drag in Caleb and Angel without care.

Jumping to my feet, I attempt to run towards them. Tony stopping directly in front of me, his arms now around my already bruised torso. Struggling, I try to get out but fail.

Lucus, Grant and Alex all soon join me. Boxing me in so that if I had managed to escape, one of them could instantly grab me. As these men were clearly very handsy with me.

Watching in silence, I watch as my friends get thrown to the ground not too far from us, their groans helping to ease my worry. Their wounds open once more. New blotches adding to their already injured bodies. My heart breaking for them. They didn’t deserve this, not one bit. And because of me, they too were in this mess.

“Please” I whisper. “Please let them go. They don’t deserve this. It's me you want, so please, just let them go already” I cry, begging for them to stop.

Ignoring my pleas, Lucas moves to speak. “Well Principessa (Princess), since you made it out of the maze and without being caught” admits Lucus, a proud smile showing as he looks to me.

Baffled, I try to comment, except Alex beats me to the punch. His calloused hand moving to rub my cheek softly. “Only because she managed to figure out the secret behind our little maze”.

With mixed emotions, Grant, Tony and Lucus all turn to look at me. So much was going on and in a short amount of time that I was getting whiplash just from trying to comprehend what was happening at that moment.

“So… in other words, you cheated?” Grant asks with a smirk.

Uh… Excuse me? That totally pissed me off. What gives them the right to accuse me of cheating when they were cheating too.

“Uh, how's that cheating? I only did the exact same thing that all you assholes did. After seeing that the maze moved, creating new paths and openings, it became a fucking death trap. Most importantly, you had no intention of letting us go. At least not alive anyways. The only reason I got lucky was because Alex did it. From there it was only a matter of putting the pieces together. So fuck off, I won your sick twisted challenge! Because if I cheated then so did all of you which makes us all losers” I yell angerily.

“LANGUAGE!” All four of them yelled, before harshly smacking my ass.

“GAMO (Fuck)!” I cry just as Tony and Alex move to kiss my forehead. Tony’s arms still holding me closely.

Groaning, Angel and Caleb slowly come too. My attention shifting over to them. Watching as they struggle to turn over onto their backs, tears now falling down my face. Unable to offer comfort.

Turning to face me, Lucus moves to take my face within his rough stern hands. Holding it tightly. His sexy blue eyes burning holes into my soul. “You brought this upon yourself Agapi (Love), And for that, this was your punishment. By you running away from us we had no choice. Since the events at home didn’t keep you from making the same mistake twice, we decided that having you watch us as we tormented your friends become a more suitable punishment. For we deliberately told you not to run away. And while you and your friends were resourceful, you weren’t smart enough. We own you. You belong to us. Contract or not. You are ours. And we’ll stop at nothing to have you with us, do you understand?” asks Lucus calmly. His calm is the scariest thing I have ever seen. Angry Lucus I could handle. Calm Lucus not so much. A shiver running down my spine making my skin crawl, and not in a good way either.

Nodding quickly I earn another harsh slap to my ass, all four of them snapping; “WORDS!”

Wincing at the pain, I move to answer them. A tremble in my voice; “Y-Yes”.

Cocking his head, Lucus raises an eyebrow and spits out again. “Yes what?”

For fuck sake. Him and his big fucking ego. Can’t he just get over himself. But being scared for my life I decided to answer him again.

“Y-Yes Kyrios (Master)” stuttering it comes out more like a question than a response. Leaning towards my ear he smiles before whispering, “Good girl Neonata (Baby Girl).” Shivering at the breath he chuckles darkly having seen my reaction as he kisses my exposed neck just under my ear before slowly pulling away from me.

Eyes still on me, Lucus starts up once more. “Now then, I do believe we did promise you a prize should you had won. Normally that prize is your life but," he pauses before continuing. "Since you already know we aren’t going to kill you, we'll give you another choice” he finishes before moving to Caleb and Angel, circling them like a predator, just before striking.

“Caleb and Angel here were both captured, making them the losers of our little game. You my dear can choose their fates. They can either be taken to the pit where they will spend the next couple of days at the mercy of my men or be sent to the cells for another private session with Victor and Alex or…" he says, pausing yet again. "You can set them free.”

Already knowing what I want I move to scream “SET THEM FREE” not realizing what the effects my words had. As I knew there wasn’t any hope of escaping for me, but my friends didn’t deserve this. “Let them go! Please! Please Lucus" I beg my eyes now on him. "Please, Don’t hurt them anymore.”

Catching their eyes both are filled with relief and pain. “No Bella!” chokes Angel. Caleb coughing as blood pooled from his mouth.

Fighting back the tears, I try to plead my case. “You don’t deserve this. Please Ang, Cal” I say, hoping they would listen to me. Looking to Lucus I say it again. “Set. Them. Free.”

Tilting his head, Lucus asks again. "Is that your final answer?" nodding its almost like he was happy with my choice.

Smiling, he walks back over to me before capturing my lips in a passionate kiss. Shocked, I remain still, his lips surprisingly soft yet warm as they press firmly against my own. His tongue seeking entrance to my mouth in which I deny him.

Frustrated, he growls. “Kiss back.” Rough hands now moving along my body, a tight squeeze in warning. Unable to fight them, I simply give in. My mouth moving as I open my lips. Lucus using that moment to slip in his tongue. Our lips doing the tango, his dominance over powering me.

Parting ways, my heart races. Up next comes Tony. Tony swiftly turning my face towards him as we do the same thing. His kiss softer than Lucus but just as controlling. Moaning, I can't help but melt into his kiss exchanging saliva as we did. Tugging on my bottom lip we eventually part ways. Stepping into place, comes Alex, his hand tugging at my hair. Forcing me to turn as I'm forced to look up at him. His frame hovering over mine. Bending ever so slightly, he moves to claim my lips with his. A mixture of roughness and forcefulness is used. Grant being the last to kiss me. His a mixture of everything.

With my lips swollen and face hot, my legs begin to feel like rubber. Man, for murdering bastards they sure knew how to kiss.

“No more Agapi (Love). You are ours, Now and Forever” Lucus says again. Making it final.

Snapping his fingers, guards move to pick up Caleb and Angel. Screaming in pain they're both yanked from the floor. Only to be brought to Lucus’s feet.

Blinking, that’s when I see it. Lucus pulling out his Springfield 1911 from behind his back pocket, pointing it at Angel. Grant doing the same, his gun pointing at Caleb. Eyes wide, I struggle. Screaming for them to stop. My pain no longer there.

“NO” I scream, Lucus and Grant both pulling the trigger, Angel and Caleb’s bodies now hitting the ground, drops of red splattering all around as they lay motionless.

“YOU MONSTER! YOU SICK SON OF A BITCH! YOU SAID YOU'D SET THEM FREE.” Struggling in the arms of my captors, they just continue to hold me. My vision blurred with tears.

Breaking the silence, Tony is the first to speak. “They did Agapi (Love). Just free from this life”.

Grieving for the loss of my friends, the men only chuckle.

“Why?” I cry, sobbing.

“To teach you a lesson Bambina (Baby).” whispers Alex near my ear, my body falling into the darkness as it consumed me.