Before anyone else could reply, one of the soldiers kicked open the door. Once we stepped outside, we were greeted by blinding sunlight. All of us squinted as we looked around. We couldn't really see much except trees. It was quiet. Very quiet. Even my hearing seemed to have stopped working. I tried to move my ears but found that it was completely silent. It was like someone had pressed mute on the rest of the planet. No sound was reaching my ears, no birds chirped, nothing."Where are we?" I questioned."In a forest ." one of the guards replied shortly.I frowned. "A forest?""Just listen. Walk forwards a few steps."I obeyed, confused. We were indeed alone. The only sounds I heard were our own footsteps. But I didn't hear anything else. The other soldiers seemed to notice that too, because all three of them began glancing about nervously."Keep looking. See anything?""Nothing. Nothing at all.""Ok..." I said slowly."Good. Now, move forward."I looked towards Ezra. He nodded. We
Once inside, I immediately noticed that all of the other occupants of the cabin looked like they were frozen. Their faces were pale and their mouths hung open. They hadn't seen us arrive. They seemed to be in deep sleep. One of the prisoners was lying on the floor asleep, while two others sat across from each other, leaning against the wall. The fifth prisoner was sitting in a chair near the doorway, holding an old man by his lapels. His clothes were ragged and torn. Judging from his appearance, it was obvious that he hadn't been sleeping for quite some time. His eyes were closed and his breathing was shallow."So this is where you guys live?" I exclaimed, stepping past the guard and rushing up to the sleeping prisoner.The prisoner's eyes suddenly flew wide open. They stared blankly down at me, not saying a single word."Can you believe this guy?" I asked Ezra. "Is he a clone or something?""Don't touch him!" the guard ordered harshly. "Get back."I frowned as I backed away. I tur
"Do you think she's actually going to help us?" I whispered softly. "If we can convince her to, yes." Ezra nodded."But how are we going to convince her?" I asked worriedly. "She doesn't seem the type who takes kindly to threats. She's ruthless.""We'll think of something." Ezra promised.I sighed deeply."What's wrong?" he asked."It's just…" I bit my lower lip nervously. "I'm so scared."He grabbed onto my hand and squeezed it gently. "It'll be alright."After another minute of silence, Ezra released my hand. We both started walking back towards the cabin."Hey." I called out quietly."Yes?""I want you to promise me something.""Anything."I glanced at him and gave him a soft smile."Promise me, no matter what happens. Promise me that you won't turn into a droid."He frowned. "Why would you ask me such a thing?""Because I care about you." I stated. "Because I love you. And I'm afraid that if you become a machine, I'll never be able to see you again. I can't lose someone else. N
"How is going with our greatest rival, the Palermo mafia? I always waiting all the good news from it, I want to destroy them and makes the Salvatore Mafia empire the most stronger in this country." Ezra said to his soldier.Everytime I heard him talk about it, I really feels so bad, I really so worried about Riccardo, but I can't do anything, I hope I can escape from Ezra because he still kidnapped me here, and makes me becomes his wife.I don't know what to expect from Riccardo, he's a scary man when you look at him, but I guess Riccardo must have found out about me being alive so he tried everything to get me back.The only thing I know is that I need to make Riccardo pay for what he did to me..."Your Highness, are you ready?"He just nodded before looking out the window, the sky had changed from blue to red and it was getting late. He didn't wait for any more response before jumping down to the ground.This was the first time I'm seeing how strong he truly is, I feel intimidated j
"Did you enjoy yourself, Alessia?" He asked when we reached our car."Of course, it was really delicious!" I responded giving him a big smile. "Do you want to go somewhere else instead?""Sure, but we need to return home, you might need to change clothes first""Right" I said. "Then lets go to a shopping mall!" I said excitedly."If you want, we can buy you new outfits" He agreed.So we went to a shopping mall, we got dresses, pants, socks, shoes and hair clips and makeup for ourselves, but we bought some other things too. I really liked the color of the dress I got yesterday, it was purple. I never knew that you could wear purple in Italy, but the shade of it was really beautiful.After we got out of the store, I decided to go to the restroom because I needed to change out of my clothes. After taking a bath and changing out of my clothes, I headed to Ezra's room to change my outfit.I took off the dress I was wearing and put on the pink shirt he gave me, I was wearing black pants
"Okay, I believe you" he said.We didn't speak anymore after that. We spent the rest of the evening together watching movies until we decided to call it a night. I was really tired so I immediately fell asleep on Ezra's shoulder once I laid down on the bed.As I was falling asleep I heard Ezra whisper something to himself."I love you." I woke up early next morning since it was the beginning of summer holidays, I was already up and dressed by 6 o'clock in the morning. I looked outside and noticed that the sun hasn't come up yet, but still there were people hurrying around the street. I guessed that everyone had to wake up early to get ready for their holiday activities.I went upstairs to Ezra's room and opened his door, I expected to see him already awake but I was surprised to find that he wasn't there. After a few minutes, he came running into the room."Good morning sweetie" He said as soon as he spotted me. "How was your sleep?""Fine" I said as I closed the door behind me.We
"Thanks Ezra." She replied giving me a big hug which I returned."Anything for you, angel" I said kissing her forehead."I'm going to use the bathroom" I added leaving the bed and heading towards the bathroom.I quickly washed myself and brushed my teeth before drying my hair with a towel and combing it with my fingers. I put on some clean pants and a shirt that I usually wear while working, so I left the room and went downstairs. I wanted to wake up my mom, but then again, maybe I shouldn't disturb her sleep because she did work a lot lately, I don't want to bother her with unnecessary things. Besides I'd rather spend some time alone with her, since she's such a great company and she always makes me happy, so I decided to stay by the stairs and watch her sleeping."I wonder if I can wake up my mom today" I thought. "I mean if I do I might have to wait until tonight, but if I don't I'll definitely be able to wake her up in no time".I waited patiently and watched her sleep, but soon
"That's fine" I responded. "You're right, it would probably be better if I drove home, but don't worry, Alessia and I won't tell anybody about this deal, you'll never know" I reassured him."That's good, now please take your leave and don't forget to bring her back safely, you can count on me." He assured me as I nodded in response. "Oh by the way, your mother's condition hasn't changed at all, so she still has a chance of recovering, she's just sleeping peacefully at the moment.""Okay, thanks dad. I'll come back as soon as I can and try to convince her that she should get better." I replied with a relieved sigh."I'll make sure to keep that in mind son." He said and after that we said goodbye and finally left together with our daughter.Once we were out of sight I stopped at my parent's driveway. "So you wanna head home now?" I asked Alessia."Yeah, that would be nice." She agreed and we climbed into the car.I started the engine and started backing out of the driveway before star