Saints Of The Mafia

🌹TWELVE

Bounded Tears & Numb Feelings
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Crimson

When I finally awoke, it was pitch-black outside. We slept all day, our bodies shutting down on us. I tried to stay up to watch over Kisa, Auden, and Sy while they slept but turns out I fell asleep too.

Kisa and Sychar are both hugging Auden in between them and for a short second, I smile at the sight. They look adorable together huddled up in the bed.

I go to the window and look up at the sky. I look down at the doors leading to a balcony. I push the door open a little outside to look fully at the starless night sky.

At this moment I felt all alone in the world. Just yesterday I was celebrating my birthday. Everyone was so happy as they partied with me. Now their eyes were closed in death.

I pull out the pretty band that held up my hair. It was a gift from my uncle, I remember slipping it on before I fell asleep. Now it was the only thing that I had from home.

Going back inside, I hide the band in a drawer for safe keeping. It was the one thing I had that they didn't take from me.

My stomach grumbled with hunger and I sighed. I had not eaten anything from since yesterday and I know that the girls would be too. I crawled back into a separate bed and pull my knees to my chest.

The door handle silently juggled and I stared at it with terror. I instantly got up and went to my friends in the next bed. The door opened revealing Maksim in slacks and a jersey. He looked just as tired as I felt.

"You must want food and a bath. Come."

He spoke and I ignore him keeping my knees to my chest.

"Crimson..." I watch him as he looks frustrated with the situation, "Come on, you and your friends need to at least eat. Auden needs to eat," I stare at him as he says her name. Her real name.

He keeps standing at the door as to not scare me. I know why he said her real name. He was trying to appeal to my nature of protecting and caring for the toddler.

I slowly nod my head at him and get off the bed. Kisa catches my hand in her sleep mumbling for me not to leave her. I kiss her and promise that I will never leave her. She finally let my hand go when I kiss her cheek and tell her to go back to sleep.

He leads me outside of the room. I then really looked at the man that I was to be thrown into marriage with. Maybe I was a pawn in whatever angle he was in.

"This is your home now so you can walk around. I promise once you behave and follow the rules we won't have a problem. But that is for tomorrow," he says as he looks at me. I stare blankly at him as we enter the kitchen.

Maksim is very tall and well built. I was a dwarf compared to him in frame. I looked like a little girl next to him. He couldn't keep eye contact with me for long. Hopefully, he feels guilty.

His voice is deep and stern as he speaks again. "My maids made chicken noodle soup for you and your sisters. I made a bottle of warm milk for Addie," he takes out three medium-sized bowls and one small one. He then precedes to take out the soup.

I don't speak a word to him as he does this and I don't leave the kitchen door. I stay glued to the spot. To be honest he terrified me. I was afraid of him. And I had a fucking right to be.

Another man walks in. He accidentally bumps into me as he comes in and he mumbles a sorry, that is until he turns and looks at me. He was the guy from in the hall earlier.

"Judas," Maksim growls as he shoves the food in my arms on a tray. But it's too heavy and I almost throw it down but this Judas guy helps me with it before the tray could fall.

Maksim takes the tray from him and grumbles a "Night" at the man and we both walk out of the kitchen. I was wrong. That guy in the kitchen was way bigger than I perceived him to be.

When we reach back to the room I'm staying in, Maksim places the tray on a table. I go to wake the girls up to eat but he quickly grabs my arm in a tight hold.

"You see Judas," I nod at him, a deadly look in his eyes, his jaw ticking. "You don't speak to him or breathe the same air as him. If I see you or find out that you did, you won't like the consequences. Do you understand?" I nod my head silently at him.

He lets me go but he stops me again. "What do you say when someone gives you something, Crimson?" he asks me getting up in my face intimately.

The words fall out of my mouth without a thought. "Thank you.", I say walking back to the bed. He soon leaves and I exhale. As I said, he makes my skin crawl and my blood to run cold.

I soon wake the girls up and they do. I give them the soup and they thank me.

"Auden, careful it's hot, baby," I help her with her soup and soon she learns to blow before consuming it. She was really smart for her age, I was just glad she didn't know what was happening around her.

After dinner, we went back to sleep. I was too frightened to walk back out and find a bathroom.

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"The rules for you all are very simple. You could go anywhere in the mansion except for other peoples rooms. And you can't go below ground level. And just do what we say.", Misha tells us while we ate breakfast.

Riya showed us where the bathroom was and thankfully we took a bath. When we came back to our room there were clothes waiting for us. Each of our size. I even got baby things for Auden.

"The wedding is tomorrow...I don't want any tears there will be important people there and I want no screw ups. In other words, if I see tears or hesitation to go along, you will be hurt.", I hug Auden to me as Maksim eyes drift to her.

I stand up from the bed and speak for all of us. The three brothers together were scarier combined than them apart.

"As we promised that day on the plane, we promise to cause no trouble for you," my voice sounds small in front of them.

Jasha takes Auden from the bed and I get pale. He bounces her in his arms and she giggles at him, "Pwetty," she says holding onto his face. Auden hides her face in his neck and I start to cold sweat.

"Crimson, relax. We just never had a baby here before and this one is super adorable," Jasha says rubbing her back in smooth circles. "What is her name? How old is she?" he asks.

I watch Maksim and he nods his head for me to answer " Her name is Addie and she is four years old," I say using the nickname Maksim gave her and he seemed pleased with my answer.

Jasha kisses her cheek and gives Auden back to me. I give her to Kisa and I continue standing in front of Sy and Kisa to sort of block them in a way.

"Jesus! Sim, look at their faces, they are scared of us!" Misha let's out a loud sigh and I restrain myself from drawing back. He was right but of course, I said nothing.

"You could make your wife feel safe once she is in your bed but for now they should be scared," Maksim says roughly.

"Sychar..." Maksim calls out to Sy and her head pops out from behind me "Can you hug Jasha please?" he asks with a fake sweet voice and I dig my nails in my palm.

Without a word, she gets up and goes to Jasha hugging him. He hugs her back tightly and whispers something in her ear after he kisses her hair and she comes back to me.

I hold her hand and she nods her head to as a sign that she was okay. He asks the same thing from Kisa and she does as asked. But when she came back her eyes were watery. She nods at me and I knew that she was fine, the situation weighing heavy on her.

"Crimson," I knew it was my turn and I don't wait for him to ask. I walk over to him and my hands go around his waist. He hugs me back and sighs in my ear "All you have to do is be nice to me," he says softly in my ear.

I about to pull away but his next words shattered my world. "Kiss me, Crimson," I think about Auden and I close my eyes obeying him.

I tiptoe and kiss him on his lips. His head leaning down so that I could reach. His hands held my waist tightly as I allowed him to kiss me. I barely moved my mouth but it was enough to satisfy him.

When he releases me I had to fight the temptation to wipe my mouth of his saliva. I couldn't cry, no matter how much I wanted to cry I couldn't. I knew he wanted to see my reaction but I just blinked blankly up at him.

I walk back to where I was and they leave without another word. How am I suppose to be nice to the man that destroyed my world? First, I had to become numb. I had to be a shell, a vessel just to keep the ones I loved safe.

Because I couldn't show discomfort to him. Him asking me to be nice to him meant that I couldn't even look at him bad. I couldn't make him feel guilty. A reminder that no matter how much he took from me, he could take more.

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