I trembled as my legs got into the water. The chills the water gave me was enough to make me fly out of there if I had wings. I jumped out of the pool and took a look at Gio who was not paying attention to what I was saying. "I can't." Gio stood distracted, with his eyes focusing on something else. I stared at him, various horrible thoughts running through my mind. I don't know if I should be worried that a sixteen year old boy was looking at me hungrily. Or I should just be worried about not drowning. I took a look at the pool and I shivered again. There was no way I wanted to go in there. "Can I take a break?" I asked Gio, who was still lost in space. I wonder what he was thinking. He didn't answer me at first and until I walked over him and tapped him before he came back to reality. "You said?" he inquired and I folded my arms, looking at him. "Seriously, Gio? What on earth are you thinking about?" "And how does that have to do with
I arranged my hair while I was standing in front of the dressing room. I tried styling my hair into different styles that will suit me. The dressing room was scanty at the moment. About two girls were doing their thing while I focused on mine. While I was still dealing with my hair, I heard the door open and from the reflection of the mirror, I saw Gio come in. 'What the heck does he want now?' I said to myself. The two girls hurriedly left the room leaving me alone with Gio. "Hi, Gio," I said to him. I didn't turn around to look at him but I knew he was standing behind me. "I'm sorry I didn't help you on time. It was my fault you almost drowned inside the pool," he apologized and I chuckled. Really? That apology was not necessary to me. He had no control over what happened. Besides, it was his father, Luciano who oversaw the affairs of everything. He knew his father was deadly and he could not dare go against his father's wish. Besid
Sitting in the general dinner hall, I could not eat anything. I was staring at the sumptuous meal which was placed in front of me without touching any bit of it. A lot of things were disturbing my mind. When I returned last night, I could not find Luciano anywhere. I searched everywhere secretly but still, I could not find him. "I am doomed!" She muttered "Am I crazy?". For some reason, I am convinced that I met with Luciano last night. Various things I have done with Dee kept replaying and I stared at the food in disgust. Ewwwww! The sudden urge to throw the food on the tray filled me but I had to tame the feeling. I could not shake off the feeling that the last thing I did with Dee two days ago before going was him forcing me to swallow his sperm. After that, he refused to kiss me afterwards. 'Poor children' I muttered. I couldn't help but feel strange about this whole scenario. I got up from my seat and I took the tray of untouched food t
LUCIANO'S POV I stood there in front of my mirror. I was already dressed for the party . Anger coursed through me. I shut my eyes. Amara had been with Dee. I was sure of it after last night. Like a movie playing back in my head, I could see the delighted smile on her face; I could smell her intoxicating perfume as she hugged me thinking I was my brother. The images replayed again and again. I opened my eyes, wanting to concentrate on something else, but I couldn't get her out of my head. What did Dee have that I didn't have anyway? I had never felt so adverse to being a twin as I felt at this moment. I shuddered imperceptibly as I recalled the hug she had given me. Her body was so warm and soft, her breasts had pressed against my chest. I had felt like taking her right then. I felt a distention in my trousers and discovered I was already hard. Damn! How could a mere slip of a girl make me act and behave like a horny teenager? I opened the w
AMARA'S POV The house was huge with more hallways and balconies than I could count. There were women and men dressed in the most outlandish costumes. The men with masks; the women without. There was a lot of food,drinks and conversation. What made it stand out from a normal party was the fact that almost everyone was holding a gun in plain sight. My eyes widened in surprise as I saw that even the women were not exempted. I saw some women holding sophisticated looking guns-like they knew how to use them. Luciano saw me looking at them as we walked. "I'll have to do something to make you useful, you know? You have to adapt to this life now. I think you would have to learn to know how to fire a gun, Again." He didn't have to tell me that I was a failure. My hand was not in his grasp clenched. I didn't know how to fire a gun as he really wanted me but Gio toow asnt helping. The little I had learnt about guns aside Gio's practice was through movies. But
Amara's POV I hurried into the bathroom with tears threatening to fall off. The shock of what Luciano made me do was overwhelming. I was sad, but it was something I couldn't escape from, life has led me to this. Remembering the amount of shocks I received from Luciano caused the tears to flow unrestricted. I was in the bathroom so I could turn on the shower and scream as much as I wanted. He had promised to be with me tonight, which meant another round of torture. Like the one he made me go through earlier wasn't enough for him. I decided I wouldn't go to the room. He would have to break the door and get me, at least I'd know that I tried my best. Sometimes I wonder why my life is like this. One minute things are going well, the next minute it's going haywire. I slouched on the bathtub losing the will to do anything, I just wanted a break from everything. Ideas began to form in my tired brain as I thought of doing things that would really
Amara's POV Why on earth did they choose me to study Bella? I wondered, really infuriated but refused to show it. Being with Bella was another way of saying they wanted me dead. "Can I study someone else?" I asked, wishing she would oblige me. "No!" Olga said a bit loudly reminding me that I didn't have any option but to obey her command. She pushed me to the other rooms leaving me to find Bella myself. I smiled as I walked past some girls that I already knew then my eyes settled on someone who resembled Bella. I looked at her closely and realized that it was her. Her sight gave me the creeps but I hid my disgust for her and walked up to her. "Took you so long to get here, huh? " Bella started. "Looks like you've been waiting for me. Why?" I asked her, not able to contain the resentment I had for her. "Don't flatter yourself Amara, Olga told me we had an assignment to do together that's why I'm here," she informed me. I nodded realizing t
Amara's POV Receiving constant training and beatings from Bella had made me stronger. I noticed that I had become tougher and bold which I was grateful for. Finally, I was beginning to fulfill the promise I made to myself the last time Bella beat me up. As I constantly remembered what Luciano said after I came back to him with bruises. I brought a pair of jeans with a blue shirt from the wardrobe and flung it to the bed, reminded of the fact that Luciano had not tortured me as promised. It got me tense because I knew he wanted me to anticipate the night we would spend together and I knew it wouldn't end up well, especially for me. I wondered what he wanted from me, if I was so useless to him why couldn't he sell me so Dee could buy me? It was something I really wanted to ask him but I didn't want to incur his wrath so I kept it back in and walked to the mirror to dress up. The jeans fitted me nicely and did nothing to hide my curves. I smiled for a