‘Ladies and Gentlemen I’d like you to meet my girlfriend Natasha’ He introduced her and led her around his guests like a prize possession, she said nothing shaking the hands that were offered but refusing to engage with anyone she just stood by his side looking at the floor. As he moved amongst his guests they all laughed and joked with him, all of the women tried to engage her knowing she was the key to knowing him but she was too embarrassed to make even eye contact with them . She could see the sympathy in their eyes, the colour of the dress drained her natural beauty, and the over done make up added to it and she was deeply ashamed of how he had made her look. While the men could see what Romero had done and ogled her hungrily eyeing her stunning figure and adjusting their pants quite openly. He got extremely angry at her reticence wanting to show her off and preening in the way the other men looked at her he did not see the hurt in her eyes and before they sat down for dinner he

So the next day they returned to the elderly couple without any invitation their eyes dark with evil, ‘We would like to thank you for all your help, Don Angelo.’ The elderly Don looked puzzled at Conner’s words until the man drew his gun, ‘You have our apologies but unfortunately, sometimes the problems put in our way have to be eliminated for our greater good. I am sure you can appreciate that we have a future and sadly you do not, it's nothing personal you understand but needs must especially when it concerns a woman.' He shot them both twice in the head as cold as ice and then went through the old man's pockets for their keys, straighening up he looked across at his brother. ‘Is everyone rounded up and the property secured?’ He asked turning to Callum who simply nodded and the two of them walked into the reception area and smiled at the sight of the elderly Dons men who were all on their knees with their hands behind their heads and many of them were clearly finding it uncomf

‘You don’t have a choice Whore. The Good Lord has spoken to me and asked me to save your soul. As His Loyal Servant, it is behove of me therefore to obey Him and do as He asks of me. In His Name, you will become my wife.’ Ignoring her pleas for mercy and to just let her go he handed her over to the Amish women and ordered them to make her ready for her marriage to him. She begged them not to, the Pastor was old enough to be her Father, lean and tough from years of hard work he was not an attractive man could they not see what he was doing was wrong? They did not listen to her complaints, they all hero-worshipped their Pastor, to them he was the perfect choice for a husband instead, they said they would pray for her and she should be grateful for the privilege of marrying such a fine upstanding man. They dressed her in the simple handmade wedding dress that was used by all the brides in their community and then took her back to their church. She was taken to stand at the altar in front

Speaking perfect Italian Conner stood and walked cockily down to stand on the other side of the dance floor followed by Callum, ‘Dove si trova’ [Where is she?] Callum asked equally as fluently as his twin, ‘Non vogliamo problemi, basta restituircela e lasceremo il paese. Lei è di nostra proprietà’ [We don’t want trouble, just give her back to us and we’ll leave the country. She is our property] Romero looked at them calm and confident he knew they were rattled and he knew he had them where he wanted them so he smiled, ‘"Perdi sempre la tua 'proprietà'? Mi sembra un po' negligente’ [Do you always lose your ‘property’? That seems a bit careless to me] ‘Non l'abbiamo persa, la piccola cagna disobbediente è scappata’ [We did not lose her, the disobedient little bitch ran away] Callum snapped defensively and Romero laughed out loud that was so like his feisty little Tash she was so disobedient, ‘Uno scivolone di una ragazza e lei è riuscita a scappare da voi due, le mie fonti mi di

He winked at her and left her alone. She sat still looking around, it was a lovely room expensively furnished and very tasteful, and her foot was throbbing. Tash picked up the painkillers he had left next to the bed with a glass of water taking them she settled down against the pillows her instincts told her she could trust this stranger. She still had the drug that the Capo had injected into her running in her bloodstream so sleep came quickly.Alessandro stood looking at the ‘golden girl’ as he thought of her, she was sleeping and he let his imagination run riot,‘What did he know about her?’He thought letting his eyes roam over her beautiful body.‘Well, she was English that much he did know’When he had spoken to her in Italian she had replied in English. He also knew she was running away from something or someone, she was in her pjs and she was gorgeous. With stunning red/gold hair and incredible emerald green eyes coupled with a body that screamed sensuality, he looked down at