Samantha
To say I am scared is an understatement, I am freaking out like crazy. Having both of their pressure pressing down my shoulders is weakening in a sense that I hate. I was okay when it was just Maximo that crazy bastard, giving me pressure, but Santino too, damn. While Maximo tends to talk a lot, Santino is definitely a man of a few words and when he talks he means business. These brothers are simply the worst.
I remain composed with a small smile plastered on my face.
Maximo smirks at me, his gaze simply darkening in a frightening way. It's the first time he has looked at me like this, “ Isn’t that right, Samantha? You won’t play any tricks on us right, cause you know I am itching to burn stuff up,”
My senses are alert and I offer a sharp node.
He snaps his fingers, “ Great, Santino, call her brother.” He instructs.
As he ashes up the cigar in his palms. I took note of how he only smokes one type of cigar, the most expensive one in the world. He is truly living up to his billionaire reputation.
Santino takes out his sleek phone from the pocket of his black dress pants and dials the number. The phone rings and my brother doesn’t pick up.
I shiver when Maximo’s passes me a teasing stare that has a threatening edge to it.
Santino only groans before he dials it again. It rings for some time, I worry he isn’t going to pick up.
I stick my thumb in my mouth and slowly chew the nail. Maximo tilts his head as he stares at me with those cold, icy gray eyes. I avoid his gaze entirely, and he laughs.
“ Hello, Santino!” Ethan’s voice comes from the small device.
“ Hello Ethan, how is the search going?” Santino asks, sounding all carefree, even though his face remains stoic.
His shifts his gaze and his sapphire lock with mine for a moment. My lips part as I breathe out through my lips.
Santino’s eyes briefly shift to my lips, he licks his, and they shift back to capture mine.
“ I have made little progress. I have traced the stones to be in the black market. A transaction took place there. The thing is I can’t find the original buyers because due to risk everything is done using anonymous identities, but my anonymous buyers recently sold them to another anonymous buyer in the black market.” He explains.
“ Well, we have run out of patience.” Maximo chips in, “Samantha, tell him what we will do to you if he doesn’t deliver the ruby by the end of this week,”
Santino hands over the phone to me and I put in front of me, “ They said that they will cut off my fingers. For each week you lost, a body part of mine is lost.” My voice shakes that I can’t hide the fear anymore.
“ I will find the stone, trust me, Samantha, I will find it.” Ethan says loud enough to have the words engraved in my mind.
“ Please, Ethan, I can’t lose my fingers. These men haven’t made my stay comfortable at this place. Please,”
“ I am close to finding it. You know, I am great at finding stuff. I always found your lost toys when we were younger, remember,” He assures and I nod, forgetting that it’s a phone call.
“ Yes, I trust you, Ethan,”
I wipe away some treacherous tears and Maximo throws his head back in laughter.
I f*****g hate him.
Santino snatched the phone. “ I hope it’s clear, Ethan. So don’t waste our time. You brought this upon yourself.”
He cuts the call before Ethan can reply, it’s so like him.
“ Make sure to get changed into something nice, we have business to attend to tonight and figured we can’t leave you alone. You have to tag along.” Maximo smiles at me before they both leave the kitchen. They are so in tune with their actions.
April enters the kitchen shortly after, “ Oh dear! I have to get you ready.”
“ Do you know where I am going with them,” I ask as we make our back to the room I sleep in. It’s on the fourth floor, while Maximo’s and Santino’s room are on the sixth floor. There is one extra floor at the very top that is never really used. April told me carefully to never go there.
“ I honestly have no idea, it can be anywhere. The brothers have various clubs across the world as well as hotels, restaurants and shopping malls.”
“ They are that rich!” My eyes bulge out.
“ They are more than that, this castle is on an island that is raised high up in the sky’s, and it belongs to them.”
This makes a lot of sense why I was falling like that. The island isn’t connected to the rest of the land on the ground.
“ Wow,” My lips form an O shape.
April giggles, “ They say their realm is way nicer than this island on earth.”
“ Really like in dragon land,” I ask amazed.
April laughs harder as we reach the last step.
“ They say the name is Avorora.”
“ You seem to know a lot about them,” I mutter out loud.
“ Of course, they are my brothers. We are close,” She says with a huge smile on her face. I stare at her as though she has grown two heads. This can’t be the same brothers we are talking about.
We finally reach the room and the dress is laid out on the bed, including the heels and jewelry.
I take a quick shower and quickly get changes. April helps me with the makeup, giving me a smoky look that she claims complements my amber eyes. She helps style my curly ombre hair and I must say I look different. It’s been long since I ever looked this good.
Finally, touches are made, and I am out of the door.
I wait for the men at the foot of the stairs and they both show up. Santino as usual in an all black tuxedo while Maximo maintain his rugged look of wearing black ripped jeans, a black tight T-shirt with a black jacket. Of course, his feet are covered in boots.
Both men check me out, heating my nerves as I struggle to maintain eye contact. Maximo’s look is intense as his eyes linger on my exposed thighs for a moment before he laughs a little.
He grabs my hands and Santino grabs the other. I startle at the unexpected touch, heat warms up my cheeks and settles on both of my palms.
“ Let’s go, Sammy, we are already late.” Santino Says as they both pull me along.
A helicopter is already waiting for us outside. Maximo takes the front with the pilot, while Santino pulls me in the back with him.
“You see, because of you we have to use a helicopter, I don’t want you fainting because you saw my dragon.” Santino whispers in my ear and I shiver.
The helicopter takes off and we are soaring. The sun is high in the sky and I take my change and look down. Everything looks black except for a few clouds here and there.
We fly off in the sky, and I still can't make out which country these men brought me in.
We fly for some time, and at some point I doze off.
When I wake up, we are in landing on a rooftop of a skyscraper.
The helicopter finally lands and Santino pulls me out.
The men lead the way into what I assume is a hotel.
We take the elevator, and at the very bottom is a huge club. It looks oddly familiar. Isn’t this the club these men kidnapped me from?
They lead me to the VIP lounge, which is on the second floor. The place is screaming rich. All the people in this area rich. I know this well because I was part of them before Santino snatched me from my life of luxury.
The men lead me to a secluded area, the table has a number of expensive bottles and Santino opens on and swings it in his mouth.
I sit at the far corner and remain quiet. Maximo as usually has his cigar and blowing off some smoke from his nose. The men look hot.
Maximo’s takes off his leather jacket, while Santino removes his bow tie and throws it somewhere near the bottles.
“ Drink up! Don’t pretend like you don’t drink,” Santino's dark eyes dare me.
I look elsewhere. My mind is somewhere else, I have to find a way of sneaking out and finding my Besto key before someone gets their hands on it.
Maximo leans impossible close to me and his breath tickles my neck. His warm hand finds my exposed thighs and my breath hitches.
“ Come on little Samantha, don’t tell me you don’t want to blow off some steam, it’s been a rough number of days for you,” He whispers, his voice regal and deep.
His tongue tastes my skin and I gasp. I inch closer to him, and he laughs before he pulls away only to blow off some smoke.
“ I know you think about it before you go to sleep,” He whispers, and I remain quiet, not trusting my words.
“ Maximo, leave her alone!” Santino remarks as he gulps more wine.
“ Really?” Maximo asks, his hand hitching higher, and I gasp yet another time.
My body betrays me when its legs spread a little wider for him, welcoming his touch. I forget where we are for a moment and if at all anyone is watching what is happening?
This is wrong! Maximo is my kidnapper, and I am letting him touch me like this. What will my brother think?
That you are a w***e! My conscious tells me.
It’s not like I can deny it, for these men I can be anything.
What the f**k is wrong with me?!
He messages the inside of my left tight and I whimper.
Since when have I ever behaved like an animal in heat?
“ Just look at her, Santino, she wants it.” Maximo mocks.
“ Tell me, Samantha, do you want it?”