LIVE OR DIE

Sophia was in tears as she was about to run to her brother, but she was stopped by the driver who brought her. "Let him go! How dare you guys do this to my brother?" she struggled to push the man away, but her strength was light.

"Leave my sister," Carlo scolded, his face covered in blood.

Upstairs stood two men who watched the scene for a while before deciding to come downstairs.

“Please have mercy, please….” Carlo pleaded, he knew his fate depended on this man but he never meant to betray him.

 "Make him shut up," Marco ordered the men, who nodded before placing a cloth around Carlo's mouth.

Sophia was in a state of shock. These were the two men who helped her yesterday. Why did they hurt her brother and forcefully bring her here?

"Spin," Luca ordered, and Carlo's eyes widened in shock. He was a man, and every man in this country knew what it meant for Luca Greco to say "spin."

Countless tears rolled down his cheek as he stared at his sister. This might be the last time they would see each other again. Marco, known as the spin man, walked forward holding a silver coin, and the guards got their weapons ready.

"What... what are you doing?" Sophia could feel the atmosphere becoming more tense when this man said 'spin.' Was he going to kill her brother?

Marco spun the coin in the air, and it landed softly on his palm. He took a glance at the coin and then at Carlo before he smiled.

"Live or die?" Luca asked. Heads meant live, while tails meant death. This was Luca Greco, the mafia lord who determined the fate of his enemies through a worthless silver coin. He took life like a joke.

"Live," Marco blurted, and Carlo sighed in huge relief. Today was indeed his lucky day.

"Did you just decide my brother's life with a coin?" Sophia asked in disbelief. A human's life was no game.

Luca glared at her for a while. He couldn't sleep last night because all his thoughts were drifting to her. Why did they have to meet again? But now that they had met, he couldn't let her go.

"Walk with me," he ordered, and she sneered. "Release my brother."

Luca stared at his men, and they quickly untied Carlo. He was too weak and couldn't stand up on his own.

Sophia ran towards him and supported him. She glared upstairs and found the prettiest lady she had ever seen standing there. The lady looked fragile and innocent; she watched the scene without batting an eye.

Luca followed her gaze and saw that she was staring at his sister. He had four sisters, but three of them were fighters, while the other was a princess.

"You're a liar," she scolded from upstairs and hurried downstairs towards him.

"Camilla, be calm. We have guests," Luca warned. He didn't want his sister to blurt out all their secrets in front of them.

"Guests?" Sophia sneered as she stood up with her brother. "More like culprits."

Marco and the others were shocked. She sneered at Luca Greco. Even her brother got scared and held her hands tightly, signaling for her to stay quiet.

"Marco, take them home. If she doesn't want to, then kill them," Luca's tone was dangerous and sharp. Sophia didn't object as she was taught never to mess with a gangster, but who was this gangster? She grew up in this country and had never seen him before.

Later, when Sophia left with her brother, Luca turned towards his sister Camilla.

"Brother," Angelina called as she walked in with Valentina. They saw Sophia get into the car and drive away. Did their brother reunite with his old friend again?

"Luca lied to us. He told us we were now different people with different names and identities, and we should forget about anyone we knew in this country. But he just invited his childhood crush over," Camilla scolded in anger.

It had been two days since they arrived in the country, and she had always wanted to go and meet her childhood friend, who happened to be her crush. But it was impossible, as Luca said they should forget about their old friends and feelings as they were here for revenge.

"Brother wouldn't do that," Valentina said. Her brother wanted revenge so badly, so he wouldn't do that.

"Tomorrow night, there will be a ball where every family worth fifteen million dollars and more will be invited, and they must attend. The revenge plan starts tomorrow," Luca explained, turning to leave when Camilla followed him.

"You said love is our weak point, but I saw the way you stared at Sophia earlier. Just admit the fact that you also have a heart."

Luca stopped in his tracks and stared at Camilla, then his other sisters. "I have a heart, and I love just my sisters."

With that said, he left for his room. Angelina, shortly known as Lina, approached Camilla angrily.

"What's wrong with you? Do you want us to forfeit the revenge plan? Don't forget what the monsters in this country did to us, including the family of the man you love so dearly."

"Aren't we monsters as well?" Camilla sneered.

Meanwhile...

Sophia helped her brother sit on the couch as she got a towel to wipe his face. Her face was red from crying.

"Don't cry. Mother and father are watching over us," he said. If not for his parents' blessing, then how was he able to survive the game of toss?

"How did you end up in the home of a gangster? I thought we agreed on this," Sophia said, concerned.

Carlo clenched his fist tightly as he thought about the events of today. "I was tricked. I never knew I would be stealing from him. I thought it was another gangster," he said. This made Sophia confused. She knew her brother was associated with gangsters, and that was how he got his little money. But how was he tricked?

"I will never steal from Luca Greco. The employer didn't tell me I would be stealing from Luca...he tricked me, and this almost cost me my life," he said, furious. Sophia poured a jar of water on him.

"You told me you would never steal again, and look where you ended up on your attempt to steal. And did you just say Luca Greco? You stole from Luca Greco?" Sophia was shocked. That man was Luca. She had fewer details about gangsters and all, but everyone in Italy knew that the underworld was ruled by Luca Greco. He was a man not to mess with, and she never thought that her path would one day cross with his.

"I messed up, sister, but I am sorry...after seeing your bruises yesterday, I needed money so that you would stop working."

"Don't you dare blame this on me. I am your elder sister, and my only wish was for my brother not to end up being a gangster like every man in this country. Why couldn't you be a detective or police officer like our elder brother, Damon?" Sophia scolded, and Carlo chuckled.

"You are too naïve, sister. Police officers don't survive in this country. Damon is hated and targeted by a lot of gangsters...that's not a decent job here in Italy."