Alpha Dominic

Graciela's POV

I have to act now before it is too late. I got another letter two days ago. I was walking down the street of New York, feeling the fresh air blowing on my face Three guards were following me closely, so I didn't worry about anything. I wasn't watching carefully and I bumped into someone on the street, or rather, she number into me because she hit me with so much force that I landed On the floor with my a*s. She had apologized profusely and left in such a hurry that you would think that she was being chased by a very dangerous monster. We watched her hurry off, then the guards came over to help me off and tha was when I noticed that I was holding something in my hand. I knew immediately that she had been sent to me, I knew instantly that she had bumped into me and somehow, she had managed to force that letter into my hand.

Without being told, I knew that it was Lucas Dorego. He is the only one capable of pulling up such an act on me, he is the only one that can play such a trick and get away with it without being caught. He is so f*****g dangerous and that is why I ar so scared. I knew that I couldn't let these guards to see this letter like they had seen the first one and reported back to king Dominic. I can't let them see this one as well, I would have to be so f*****g careful, otherwise, my mom won't walk out of th s**t with her life. I sneaked the letter into my bag, hiding it away from them. When we got back to the hotel, when I was safely in my room, I searched for it and opened it immediately. Just like I thought, it was a letter and it had instructions for me. It was a new location for our meeting this weekend. It turned out that he is at war with someone and now he is forced b his opponent to abandon his house. He warned me to ditch these guys before coming to him or he is going to kill her. I gues he knows that I'm back already and he must have been watching me all this while, that is how he knows that I have some bodyguards with me.

I had a different thought on my mind as I followed the guards around, trying to garner sympathy from the Mafia Lord, pleading and begging him to look our way and pay attention to my plight. He's not responding to my calls or messages. It's been five days, five F****g days and I still haven't seen the almighty Mafia Lord. I just don't know why he acts like a f***+*g asshole, he is so f****g inconsiderate, he cares about nothing and no one. He acts like a freaking god, acting like everyone on earth is beneath him. I can't stand him, I hate such pompous individuals. I would rather face a mad drug lord than an egotistical Mafia Lord.

My mom is with Lucas Durego and there is no way I can get to her because king Dominic has instructed his guards to make sure that I follow his instructions. I don't know why he wants me to seek out this Marco guy, I don't even know what is so special about this Mafia Lord and why he is so respected and feared by everyone around. I think he is a murderer like Lucas Durego, I think he has killed people before and I know he would kill again, without so much as having second thoughts. That must why everyone that hears his name shivers in fear. I wonder what I would do if he finally decided to see me, would I be scared of him as well, will I turn around and run the other way, abandoning my mission?

Well, I really can't say because I haven't met him yet, and It is very obvious that he doesn’t want to see me or have anything to do with me. If you ask me, I think that king Dominic must have offended him in the past, that is why he is refusing to see me and these boys. I don't know the guy and I've never seen him before so I have no idea why he would be treating me this way. I think it would be better if I ditch these guys and sort out this issue myself, I can't let my mum die because of that stupid Mafia Lord, I can't wait around for much longer. Lucas Durego had given me until the end of the week, and that is just two days from now. If I don't go to him with this money, he is going to kill mom. I can't afford to lose her, not after all I've gone through because of my siblings and her.

I have to do whatever it takes to keep her alive, even if I end up being a slave to that heartless bastard Lucas Durego. I know itis not right to disobey king Dominic, considering all he has done for me and my sisters, but I just have to go and save my mom. It's obvious that his plan is not working, the Mafia Lord doesn't want to see me and I'm sure he has no plans of saving me. The best thing right now is to go and save my mother, then after all this is over, I can go over to the castle and apologize to king Dominic for flaunting his orders. I know he will definitely forgive me, he is not as heartless as that f****g bastard, Lucas Durego.

To ease me of all guilt, today, I'm going to stop by that huge mansion that belongs to the Mafia Lord. I'm going to try one last time to get through to him, I'l make one last attempt, and if he still refuses to see me, if he still does want to help me, then I'm done with this futile arrangement. I'm done begging for his help, I'm so f*****g done. I can't sit around waiting for when he chooses to respond to my messages, I can't lose my mum because of some guy I don't even know. For all I know, she could be in pain right now, that heartless bastard may be torturing and frustrating her right now. I wouldn't put it past him t force her into his club to work as a waitress, he is so heartless and wicked, and when he deals with people he considers to be beneath him, he doesn't just abuse and belittles them, he literally tortures them just for the fun of it. That is how heartless he can be and that is exactly why I'm so worried about mom. With her health conditions, she can't survive such inhuman treatment, not for long. She could die even before the end of the week which happens to be the deadline that he gave me.

I followed through with my plan and I went over it one more time. I did it exactly the same way we have been doing it these past few days. I went to his office first, then his house, and then I tried calling him again and again and again, but it was the same results as before, his secretary and guards keep telling me to leave and never bother him again. This time I even went alone, but he still refuses to see me, not even sparing me a glance. After trying his number for the one hundredth time today I gave up and turned away for good. I'm done begging this guy. It was at that moment that I finally made up my mind to sneak out of the hotel tomorrow. That's the only option right now, I need to ditch these guys and go save my mother and that is exactly what I did.

Very early in the morning, I used the dumb waiter to get to the down floor of the hotel and I used the back door that is always used by the kitchen and cleaning staff to get out of the hotel building. I'm not sure that the guards would stop me from leaving if they see me. I haven't said or done anything that would suggest that I no longer want to move along with the plan, I have simply kept silent, acting like everything is fine, but secretly, I was making plans to leave. As I walked out the gate, my mind was beating so fast. First, I do not want to be caught by these guards, I don't know what to tell the king, I have no idea how I would explain to him that I was running away because his plan sucks and I can't go on with it anymore. Secondly, I'm so freaked out right now because I have no idea what I'll be facing when I get to this address. I'm not even sure that what I'm seeing on this paper qualifies as an address. He simply asked me to get to room 2I2 in a cheap motel downtown, it said that I would find more instructions when I get to the hotel. It sounds a bit cliché, but I know I have to follow his instructions, so I did exactly what he instructed, I took a can to the hotel. When I got into the room, I saw a portrai of me and my family hanging on a drawer. I never even noticed that the portrait was missing, I guess I was too busy to worry about something like this. Seeing that portrait had moved me to open that drawer and when I did, I saw a burner phone in i I picked it up and switched it on, and immediately it came on, it started ringing, just as if it had been programmed already. I picked it up and his voice came in through the phone,

“Did you ditch your rent-a-cop bodyguards?” he asked sternly.

“I did?

“Stay right there, someone will come and get you straight away." He instructed me strictly, and then he hung up, just like that.

“Wait, what about my mom?” I yelled at the receiver, but the line was dead, he has hanged up already. I sat down on the couch for just a few minutes next thing I know, the door to this room is pushed open by thugs, about six of them and before could ask them if they were sent by Lucas Durego, they all pounce on me, beating me until I lost consciousness. I have no idea what is going on here. We had a deal, he hasn't even asked me if I have his money or not, why the hell is he treating me like a freaking animal, is he going to change the terms of our deal?

Damn!

I did it again, I got myself into another big s**t and this is because I wasn't thinking straight. I have no idea what is happening around me, I don't even know what happened after I got knocked unconscious neither do I know how long I've been unconscious, but I think it's better when I was unconscious because then, I won't have to worry about where I am and where that pungent smell is coming from. It smells so damn bad, the smell hit me so hard when I woke up, it was so bad tha it made me gag as I struggled to breathe in some fresh air. I was still trying to breathe eye I heard a voice from the distance say,

“She stinks so badly, doesn't she?" his voice came out in a sarcastic tone, making me feel cold all of a sudden.

“What are you talking about, who stinks so bad?” I asked him in a shaky voice as I struggled to stand up from the floor wher I'd been lying down all this while.

“Would you like to know who it is, do you want me to tell you or show you instead.” He said in his usual sarcastic tone, and almost immediately all the lights came on, blinding me temporarily. I notice for the first that we at in an extremely large warehouse, and I was locked inside a cage, with something, no, it's not something, I think it's someone, 'm in here with someone and the smell is coming from that person, and, and, wait, hold on. I squinted my eyes to see properly, that was when I caught sight of the person in the cage, and I ran up to her sobbing uncontrollably as I saw who it was. It was my mom and she has many scars on her body and a bullet hole on her forehead between her eyes.

“You Bastard!!!

How can you be this wicked?

She is innocent, she knows nothing about any of this, how can you just torture and kill her in such a way, you f*****g monster. I trusted you, I should have known that you would never let her go, I should never have come here...

You're a monster!

Monster!” I yelled in anger and frustration as I hugged my mother's dead body that is smelling so badly because it has begun to decay. I can't believe that he would do something like this, how can he be so wicked?

“Stop your ranting and start telling me everything you know about King Dominic and Marco Lorenzo. I would advise you to think twice before you answer, your stupid mother knows nothing and you can see what she got for knowing nothing. You have ten seconds to start talking” He ordered me fiercely.