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"Chiara," Zo's voice was chilling as he presented the contract, "Sign this, and your life here will be much smoother. Refuse, and you'll find the chains that bind you grow tighter." Chiara's eyes flashed with defiance. "I won't be reduced to a mere possession, Zo. I won't sign away my freedom." Zo's tone turned colder. "You underestimate the gravity of your situation, Chiara. This contract is for your protection. Refusing would be a grave mistake. Moreover, I own you. Did you forget that?" Chiara's voice trembled, but her resolve held strong. "I'd rather face the consequences, Zo, than willingly bind myself to this life." Zo's eyes bore into hers, unyielding. "You're testing my patience, Chiara. Sign it, or you'll learn just how ruthless I can be." ... Chiara's life takes a harrowing turn when she becomes a pawn in a sinister game of desire and betrayal. When the enigmatic Mafia Lord, Zo, purchases her at a chilling auction, her world crumbles into one of captivity and fear. Locked in Zo's opulent mansion, Chiara vows to defy him at every turn. But as the cold-hearted Zo reveals his unexpected tenderness, Chiara is torn between loathing and longing. Will their love be enough to overcome the demons of their pasts and the challenges of their present? Or will the price of their love prove too high to pay? To live their story, let's dive in...
Author's POV -
In the dimly lit room, the air hangs heavy with silence, broken only by the distant murmur of voices. A single flickering bulb cast eerie shadows, revealing a group of men huddling around a table. Tension cracks in the air as their eyes darted nervously, their fingers drumming impatiently on the worn surface.
It's a meeting they had all dreaded, a gathering that would change the course of their lives. The room's oppressive stillness masks the storm brewing within, a tempest of secrets, lies, and alliances about to shatter. And when the first word is spoken by the girl auction lead mafia, the world as they knew it would unravel.
"Antonio, you were supposed to get 10 more girls for tomorrow's auction. Everyone submitted their collection already. What is the update from you? We need to check if they are eligible or not." Gibson yells at one of his providers whilst playing with his gun.
"So far 9 girls are in my collection, I can submit them. However, I promise to provide for the last girl sooner. And I bet these 9 are worthy for the auction." Antonio is confident enough about his collection.
"How can you be sure? Did you use them somehow?" The mafia leader smirks and Antonio is just standing by bowing his head though feeling disgusted to be here. "Anyway, submit them and within 1 hour provide me another girl. I need to look at them personally." He flows away his right hand as the permission for Antonio to leave.
Antonio leaves the cabin whilst muttering himself by addressing him as a jerk.
"Let's submit these 9 girls first." Roger, his friend and co-worker aka mafia man offers. Antonio nods and comes out from the Mafia office. His pissed-off face turns into a grin expression when he finds his cute little sister running to him with a shining smile.
"Bro, I was searching for you. Why are you not picking up my call?" Chiara complains with a pout whilst huffing.
"So sorry, fatso. I was in a meeting." Chiara frowns at him and shrugs.
"Huh! Look at me. I am slim, not like the teenage fatty body. Don't call me that." She rubs her nose with her index finger and extends her right hand to her brother. "Now, give me some money. I need to go shopping for prom night." Antonio shakes his head with a smile and takes his money bag to give her money. Roger is smiling as well.
"Don't grin. It's a sibling thing. Stay away. Shoo." Chiara is irritated at Roger as always.
"Chiara, don't come here anytime. It's my workplace. Do you understand?" Antonio asks Chiara and points to Roger to bring the car.
"Why, bro? People visit their loved ones' workplace, right?" Now, how can Antonio tell her about his work?
"You are grown up. 20 years old is the age to face troubles and I don't want that." Antonio shares his concern and a groan releases through his vocal cords with a sudden unbearable pain on his shoulder.
"Bro, are you okay?" Chiara's frightened voice is cracked with fear whilst grabbing her loving brother. Only he is the one whom she can call her own on the earth.
"Run," Antonio utters and Gibson grabs Chiara's tiny waist. "Leave my sister." Antonio is whimpering due to the shooting pain in his shoulder.
"You were hiding this flower from me. I can get so much money through her." Chiara is surprised about what is going on. However, her brother is her first concern at this moment.
"Just leave me, you moron. Why are you talking like this, I will sue you. How could you shoot my bro?" Chiara's eyes are releasing tears at seeing her brother tasting the dust.
"You are mine. And your brother can't even deny it." Gibson pulls her back before Chiara intends to hold her brother.
"You can't do this. Bro, say something." Gibson starts laughing devilishly at Chiara. His men surround Antonio by pointing their guns.
"He can't utter anything if he does then I will kill him. Do you wish for that?" Chiara's ground shivers with fear. After her parents' death, only his brother took care of her.
"No, please don't kill my brother." She is unable to react even recklessly when her brother is pointed at a gun.
"I beg you, please let her go. I will bring another girl, I promise." Chiara can't believe her brother's words.
"What are you saying, bro? Have you lost it?" She growls. and Gibson is laughing. Roger is here and he is standing like a statue.
"He provides me with girls for auction, hot cheeks." Gibson snuggles his face on Chiara's shoulder. She shrugs to move his face and he squeezes her into his arms. "Your fragrance is intoxicating. Is it okay if I have you before I put you on the auction?" Gibson uses his tongue's edge to touch her neck skin.
Chiara kicks him from behind and releases herself but it's for a while. Gibson smashes a slap on her left cheek which causes blood drops to roll down through her lip corner.
"Don't you dare to touch her?" Antonio stands up and punches Gibson, immediately Gibson's men start hitting Antonio. It takes a few moments for him to roll on the ground whilst Roger is trying to save him along with Chiara.
"Stop," Gibson shouts.
"Antonio, you are my loyal man. That's the reason, I am letting you go." He instructs his men to hold Chiara. "I am taking her. You go for your treatment. Let's meet at the auction hall room." Antonio shakes his head as he denies it.
"No, she is not only my sister but also my daughter. I raised her when she was 6 years old. I can't allow you to take her. Please leave her. I promise to bring another girl." Chiara is looking at her brother in disbelief.
"I can't believe that you are one of them. Anyway, the way you are feeling now. Exactly like this, you did with others, bro. At least, I can save one girl's life by not replacing me. I trusted you more than my life bro. But you are a girl dealer! I still can't believe it. I wish I was dead with my parents then I might not need to be the witness of today. Goodbye. Take care and thanks for your love and care so far. Don't be sad because it's karma that is back to you. You did wrong and raised me so now I am paying that." She can finish her sentences with sobs, they drag her inside.
"Chiaaaaraaa... Fatso, I am not a bad man." Antonio is crawling toward her and screaming his sister's name whom he wants to protect with his life. Roger holds him and before he collapses, Roger leads him to the hospital. Without having the life, he can't save his sister though there is no hope for that.
Whereas Gibson takes Chiara into his personal space forcefully, "Now, show me yourself. I have to be sure that only your face is beautiful or the body is the same." Chiara feels disgusted at him.
"Just shut up. I am not going to follow your command." Chiara opposes. Gibson clenches his jaw and gets on her. His strength makes it tough for her to save herself.
Before Chiara takes any steps, he tears apart her shirt which leaves her body in front of him only the small apparel is covering her bosoms. She is wrapping her arms to cover her though it's not so helpful.
"Not bad. You look alluring for bed. Now, go and wear the clothes from the washroom. That is the trial dress for tomorrow's auction." His eyes are lustfully locked on her cleavage.
"No," She denies and his patience reaches its peak. He slaps her again and Chiara still refuses to accept his order.
By tightening his fist, he grips a whip and flows in the air. Chiara shivers with fear. "The next smack with this will be on your body. Just follow my command." He orders and Chiara is not accepting.
Gibson is whipping Chiara mercilessly which is giving her the pain of death. Every hit is blurring her vision with the hope that maybe someone can save her from this hell. When she loses consciousness, she is unaware of this with only a wish if she could reach her parents. Only if...
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Welcome Readers,
This is my first try with the Mafia genre.
Thank you for choosing my book to read.
Please let me know, how's the start.
And anything related to this book only belongs to my imagination if anyone can relate or find any kind of similarities that is absolutely coincidence.
Thank you once again.
N.B.:- Is there any savior for Chiara or she is going to get a monster in her life? To know, stay tuned.
Hehehe...
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Ira is a successful business tycoon. She is a 23 years old beautiful, smart and attractive girl with a humble and polite nature who is kind to her employees. Everyone can easily connect with her, because of her positive aura and charming personality. A very caring person for everyone. But she is finding someone special; the soul of her. The person who will be her life, who will be the place where she will be an open book. Though she knows that her feelings are forbidden to her society but still she is in the hope to get that person who will heal her wounds. The pain she got from the world will fade away when that person comes into her life. Her soul. Whereas Aayana is a 25 years old ambitious and talented girl with a sweet and caring nature. She loves from the core of her heart. Who wants to shine at her career and she has a secret crush on Ira. She finds her soul in Ira. But she can't reach her because of status. And she also knows that her family won't accept her reality. Still she is in the hope that one day she will get her love. The love of her life. About whom she dreams every night and aspires every moment. The divine feelings she feels for Ira which gives her the feel of a peach mountain. She is afraid that she will be able to get into touch with the love of her life. Her love. Her Soul. So, let's see how these girls go through the ups and downs of their life. How will the circumstances lead to their future ? What will be the destiny of their set by the universe? And will their souls be able to be together ? Or something else is waiting for them..........
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