Chapter 2 Save me

My grip on his trousers tightens, his expression stoic as he stares down at me and I have no idea what he must be thinking.

"I beg you, save me from that man." I cry placing my head on his legs.

"Little Red. Come out, come out wherever you are. Come out dang it!" He roars from somewhere behind us and I gasp, crawling forward trying to put as much distance between us.

He turns around and stares at me as I move backward in fear, my back making contact with a wall and preventing me from going further.

"If he finds me, he will surely kill me this time. I can't let him find me. Please help me!" I let the tears flow freely from my face. Why wouldn't he help me? Why was he just staring at me?

He cocks his head, staring at me before he walks off with his men behind me.

When he gets out of sight, my sobs get louder and I cry my heart out.

He'd kill me when he finds me, I should just come to terms with it. I couldn't escape him, I couldn't escape from him.

Pulling my knees to my chest, I place my head in between my knees with my arms wrapped around them.

I would just wait for him to get me, I wouldn't fight him hopefully he wouldn't punish me much.

My head starts spinning as my eyes blur.

I feel sleepy, maybe I should sleep a bit when I wake up I might be back in my cage.

Loud footsteps draw closer to me, but I don't bother raising my head, I know he found me.

"Come here, little one." He carries me bridal style and I hold his neck for support.

He is probably planning the different ways he can use to torture me.

"I'm sorry I tried to run away. Please don't hurt me." I mumbled, my eyes feeling heavy so I couldn't open it.

He doesn't say anything but he keeps walking.

"I'm... sorry.." I say once more, fighting the sleep that threatened to render me unconscious.

"Please don't hurt me..."

"You're tired, sleep." His voice cuts me short.

That does not sound like HIM, and he feels so warm. Why do I feel safe close to him now?

I didn't think much as I stopped fighting the will to sleep, welcoming the darkness.

*Santino Saint D'Angelo's POV*

"How did they know we would be here?" I asked my men, watching their faces one by one to see their reaction.

The business deal I was meant to sign today failed because of a snitch, and one of them here was the snitch.

I watched Lawless as his eyes darted around, finding focus on anything but my face. Lawless has been with me since we were kids. His real name was obviously not Lawless, it was a nickname that was given to him and it stuck.

"Law?" I call his name and his eyes dart to me before he looks elsewhere.

I pray he wasn't the one that snitched, I pray to God that Lawless wasn't the traitor amongst us.

"How did they know we would be here?" I repeat my question staring at him intently.

"H-how would I know?" He stuttered.

Damn it. His stuttering gave him away.

"You have no idea how Christian found out about a deal that only the people standing here knew about?" I ask waiting to see his reaction.

Christian was my sworn enemy and the leader of a rival mafia.

He came to disrupt our trading at the exact moment we were about to finalize it.

And I was pissed.

"Law, do you remember what Uncle Murphy said to you once?" I ask him, twirling my gun in my palm.

He shook his head, and I smiled at him.

"He said you should never lie 'cause you give yourself out the moment you do." I hold the gun, pointing it at him.

"Now I'm asking, why did you tell Christian about our plans?" I ask him and he starts laughing not even bothering to plead for forgiveness.

I clutched the gun tighter as I stared at him in anger.

He was one of my trusted men, and he went ahead and betrayed me.

"I guess I don't have to continue with this charade." He says, smirking at me.

"Why?" I ask wanting to know why he betrayed me, why was he working with Christian.

"Why? You ask. Well obviously because he pays better...." He starts but I cut him short.

"This was all because of money? If you had asked for a higher pay I wouldn't have hesitated to give it to you then why..." He cuts me short with a glare.

"Don't cut me short and listen. Christian doesn't boss me around like he does. He doesn't treat me like I'm some sort of minion like you do."

I stared at him in disbelief as he gave his reason for betraying me.

I treated him like a brother, I treated him better than my own brother and he comes to say I treated him like a minion?

"Kill me if you dare." He takes a step forward, placing his forehead on the gun and holding it in place.

"Shoot me. You can't right? You wouldn't dare shoot me. You can't cause you are a pus.."

Bang.

I pull the trigger without hesitation and watch as he falls down dead.

'Don't get attached to someone, so when the time to kill them comes you can do it without hesitation'

That was the only thing taught by my father that I still put to use.

My attention snaps to the figure running towards us and Micheal instantly raises his gun to shoot but I stop him.

Her red hair was the first thing I noticed, then her mismatched eyes and the freckles scattered all over her face. Her little lips parted as she ran towards us. I couldn't help but think of how fragile and pure she looked, begging me to taint her and break her.

She loses balance the moment she gets to us, holding my leg for support.

"Help me please" She pleads, and her hold on my leg tightens.

I stare down at her, devoid of any emotions.

I could feel my men's eyes on me, they were watching to see what I would do.

"I beg you. Save me from that man." She pleads placing her head on my legs.

That man? What man? Another wife getting abused by her husband? But she looks too young to be married.

It's not like it was any of my business though.

I should just leave her here and go.

"Little red! Come out dang it!" I hear a man roar and she flinches, shaking in fear.

She pushes past me, pushing herself backward trying to escape.

Just what did he do to her to make her this scared?

"If he catches me, he would..." I didn't bother listening to the rest of what she said. Signalling my men, they followed me walking towards the men who were screaming for her to come out.

"Don't you think you are being too loud?" I ask cleaning my ears with my fingers.

"If she wanted to come out, she would have been out by now. Don't you think?" I ask them, raising my eyes to glare at them.

"Alright. Look here, pretty boy...." I didn't let him complete his sentence, silencing him with a bullet in his head. The rest of his people follow after, their bodies dropping down dead.

"Boss one of them escaped," Michael says about to go after him, but I stop him.

I have a feeling we will be meeting again soon.