Chapter 1

Kiara's POV

“If you leave now, I promise not to tell anyone about this. Just please leave" I cried in front of him, begging him to leave. "I am tired, don't you see? I love you to death but still beg you to leave, so please do it, please!" He was staring at me, not saying a word. "Go away!"

"Okay, fine, I'll go. But if you tell anyone I'll kill you, Kiara!"

With those words, he disappeared.

2 years later

I was sitting in a café, talking with Lana- my best friend, since I've known myself.

"So, it has been a while. Any boyfriends or new friends?" She asked me while taking her

coffee from the waiter's hands.

"No, not really. After Finn, I don't think I'm ready for a new relationship."

I took a sip of my coffee.

"Are you ever gonna tell me what happened?" Lana looked at me, hoping I'd spill some words.

I just shook my head. I didn't want anyone to know what happened between me and Finn. I've never spoken to anyone about it before and I don't think I'm ready, yet.

Four men in black entered the café. They all were wearing sunglasses. Two of them were standing in front of the others. I think those were the bosses. The one I could see more clearly was very masculine and tall, he had black hair and a little beard, and the other one looked almost the same but didn't have that many muscles. The first one pulled out a big, black gun and pointed it our way.

"Lana, go under the table, now!" I grabbed her hand and pulled her to follow me.

We found a little white table, next to a large window and hid under it, hoping to stay alive. After a second, we heard a loud noise. A man, probably in his 60's fell to the ground. I screamed and Lana put her hand on my mouth.

"Shh, be quiet!"

"Find her!" we heard a deep, strange voice, yelling at someone.

Soon a very tall, muscular man started walking. I could see his big footsteps under the

table. Lana and I were crying our eyes out. After, he stopped at our table. The big, tall man

crunched down.

"Found her, boss!"

He was looking at me.

He grabbed my hand and pulled me closer to him, I screamed and told him to put me down,

but he didn't listen.

"Hi, Kiara! You're coming with us." He smiled and looked at my pale face.

What?

How does he know my name, first, and where the hell is he taking me?

"Put me down!" I punched his strong back.

"That's not gonna happen, young lady." said the 'Boss' and made me face him. He had very

dark brown eyes, almost black, and his face looked very serious.

They put me in a black, big car. I had to stay next to the big, tall men.

While I was sitting in the car I thought how your life can fall apart within five minutes. Why? Since I’ve been a baby my life has been awful! My father was an alcoholic and he got drunk every other day, which made him hit my mother regularly, but she was a strong woman and always tried to see him for his good side and never for his bad one. Even though I tried to convince her to leave him, she never did. Maybe it was because we were going to be alone with no money or a place we could stay. Maybe because she was in love with him. I never got the answer to that question, because she died in a car accident with my father.

I felt tears coming in my eyes, but hopefully, they called my name to tell me that we had just arrived. It wasn’t a house, it was a whole mansion. It had a fountain, a huge garage, and a garden. The house was creamy white and black.

"Come on. My brother will show you around." said the muscular, tall bossy man.

"I don't want you to show me anything, I wanna go home!" I yelled.

"Do as you're told, little bird." he smiled and stroked my chin. I looked at him disgusted.

"Don’t call me that."

“I’ll call you whatever I want. Now go with my brother, Vincent." He pointed at the other man, who was

getting out of the car behind us. Vincent came to me and told me to follow him, so I did.

"Why me? Why am I here? What am I supposed to do?" I asked confused.

"Because Tom liked you." He looked at me like I was asking some dumb questions.

"So that's his name - Tom?"

"Yes, Tom Barton. I am Vincent Barton. We are the biggest mafia here. I cannot tell you

more."

We went into the house. It was huge! There were stairs and an elevator. When I entered

the big door, I saw a small table with a vase with flowers in it.

"Follow me. "

We went left. There was a big room with a television, sofa, fireplace, two chairs from the big

and comfortable ones and a large black carpet. The walls were white with black paint.

"This is the living room. We don't stay in here too much, because Tom and I are usually in

the office"

We left the room and went upstairs. After two doors we stopped and entered a room that

was twice my apartment. The bed was very big, I had my own bathroom, and I even had a dressing room. The walls were creamy white with a little bit of brown. The bathroom was white, too. There was a desk and a dressing table, a huge mirror where I could see my whole body, and there were flowers all over the windows, too.

"This is your room. You can change whatever you want. Make yourself home."

Then we went to the last room. Vincent said that the other rooms weren't important.

"The last room is Tom's office, no one can go there, only if it's really important. If you need

anything, you call Ms. Betty. She's the housekeeper."

"When will I be able to leave? I want to go home."

"You are not leaving. You're staying here" he laughed.

"You can't make me stay here! I have other responsibilities. I have work, friends, family, life!"

"You do not have work anymore, honey. Tom relieved you of all duties. You will still see your

family and friends. But now you stay here. That's your new home. And you can't escape."

I was too stunned to speak. I just wanted to go back to my room. I felt like my whole life broke into pieces. I had career aspirations, but now everything is gone. How am I going to tell my parents, about all of this?