Forcefully Betrothed to the Mafia King

"Dante Sanchez was a man of honor and grace and may his soul continue to rest in peace." The voice of Uncle Romero speaks loudly over my mother's loud sniffling.

"May his soul rest in peace." All the followers of my father gathered together say in chorus.

"How could he leave me at a time like this." My mother sobs and I almost roll my eyes at her, we all knew my father was nothing but a nightmare, the pretense was beginning to tire me out.

It doesn't take long before all the guests and families present for the last memory of my father disperses.

"It is time Seraphina." My mother whispers and I know what she meant but I feign ignorance.

"I don't want you to go." My cousin Tiana whispers beside me and it was beginning to feel like we were about to host another funeral.

"Seraphina, come here" Uncle Romero calls from the dinner table.

"It's almost time for you to leave." I have been hearing this all day. "But- you don't have to leave if you don't want to." Uncle Romero says and my eyes widen at his words.

"Are you being serious?" I ask him my excitement bubbling underneath.

"Yes, you do not have to get married if you do not want to." Uncle Romero says.

"But Dant-" my mother goes to interrupt my happiness.

"I know what my brother said, Diane, but he's no longer here is he? I will no longer sit and tolerate watching my niece being handed over to that brute." My uncle strongly says, I never knew he cared this much about me.

"Seraphina do you want to get married to him?" Uncle Romero asks and I'm quiet for a second, afraid this might be some sort of trap but I nod timidly anyway.

"No, Uncle." I tell him.

"Then it's decided. You will leave for England immediately, your mother and sister will join you soon, I'll take care of things down here for a while until everything cools off." Uncle Romero says and I watch him with tears in my eyes, my head turning towards my mother.

"Go on, go pack up." Uncle Romero says softly nudging my hand and I did not need to be told twice.

In less than thirty minutes, I already had my luggages packed up with a big smile on my face, the heavy cloud of being forcefully married to some strange horrible man has been lifted.

"Seraphina, are you sure about this?" My mother asks in fear from my doorway.

"Yes mother, I am. Do you not want to see me happy? Living a different life from what we have been forced to?" I ask her softly, moving to hold her hands.

"Yes dear, of course I do, but your uncle-" My mother says, swallowing hard.

"My uncle is only trying to help." I say interrupting her and she sighs.

"Take care of yourself and keep your phone with you at all times." My mother says in defeat with a small smile on her face.

"Thank you mama." I whisper and after saying my goodbyes to my cousin and uncle, I'm off to the airport with the family's guards.

Thirty minutes of unimaginable joy in my head, I look up front and I'm confused for a second.

"Jason?" I call out to one of the guards.

"Yes ma'am?.

"This is not the way to the airport." I tell him and he looks towards his partner before nodding at my question.

"I'm sorry ma'am, Boss asked us to pick something up from the club before leaving." Jason explains but something still feels off.

"This is not the way of the club either." I say, my eyes watching his.

"Yes ma'am, we are headed to the club of a mutual friend to your uncle." Jason says and I relax and go back to being cozy.

In my world, you needed to be alert at all times and I wasn't alert enough.

"Is she the girl?" A slutty woman in pink asks from the entrance of the club and Jason, my personal guard nods.

"Jason we have been driving for hours to get here, when do we get to the airport?" I ask him impatiently, turning away from the woman.

"Take her inside." I hear the woman say and my brows crease.

It is not until two bulky men move closer to me that I realize she has been speaking about me the whole time.

"Jason what's going on?" I ask beginning to panic.

"Jason?" I call when he doesn't bother to give me an answer.

"Jason what is going on? Ask them to let go of me." I beg, desperate to leave.

"I'm sorry ma'am, direct orders from your uncle, you are to remain here, this is your new home now." Jason says with a smirk and I watch him collect bundles of cash from the woman before leaving.

"Jason please, what do you mean?" I scream out in fear as the men grab me.

"No, no, no, tell my uncle I'll be good, just please let me out." I plead but the men ignore me, dragging me inside, throwing me onto the rough floor of a tiny room.

"Shut your mouth." One of the men yells violently at my screaming and crying.

"I'm so sorry, please let me out." I cry, beyond scared but they all ignore me, locking me up and walking out of the room.

Why would Uncle Romero do something like this to me? I have no idea how long I've been here for days, weeks? I lost track of time at some point in between losing my mind.

"Have her dressed up, the auction will begin soon, she is to be our first piece." I hear a voice say from outside.

Two young girls barge into the room, dragging me up from the floor.

"Come on girlie, we don't have enough time." The first lady says.

"Get changed Into this." The girl says throwing a dress into my face, if I could even call the material that.

"No, I will not." I tell her after clearing my sour throat, my mind fixed.

"You either get it on yourself or I will have the men do it for you." The lady threatens and I gasp.

"Do you have any idea who you are speaking to?" I glare at the lady and she laughs in my face.

"Oh you poor little thing, of course we all know who you are, your own uncle is about to sell you off to one of those terrific men out there, lucky you." The lady mocks and I try to hold back the tears threatening to fall.

"Come on, get dressed dear, save up all that energy for later, you'll surely need it." The other lady softly says and the first lady giggles and I wonder what that was about.

Once I'm changed into the uncomfortable, see through dress, I'm escorted through the club and into an underground den.

I jump in shock at the sudden loud whistling and yelling of multiple men from inside a room.

I get dragged into a dark room and I swallow in fear.

What is going to happen to me?

"Gentlemen and Ladies, welcome to today's auction show." The voice of a man shouts and more loud whistling and laughter follow and more fear grips me but I can neither see or do nothing.

"You are about to be introduced to the greatest piece you can possibly find this entire month, Welcome the alluring Seraphina, a magnificent and endowed beauty, she is a very, very naughty virgin girl." The voice says with a chuckle and my heart stammers with every one of his words.

I was about to be sold?

My eyes widen at my predicament, all I wanted was a better life, to have a normal life.

A sudden bright and blinding light shines upon me, I can barely see the people even with the sudden burst of light but I was sure they could see me.

Loud whistling and screams were being thrown my way.

"I'm sure Seraphina is overwhelmed by your warm welcome, let's calm down now gentlemen." The voice says again at the epic horror on my face.

"So now, dear Seraphina here will be going for a whooping five Million dollars." They begin to bid on me like I was some sort of furniture, betrayal hitting me now more than anything else.

"Six Million dollars." A voice says.

"Seventy Million dollars." Another man counters, I refuse to coil into myself and burst into tears, I couldn't show how weak I truly felt.

"Eight Million dollars." A different man yells.

"fifteen Million dollars." Another says and the room goes quiet.

"twenty five Million dollars." A voice says and the room bursts into whispers.

"Alluring Seraphina going for twenty five million. once, twic-"

"Hundred million dollars." A deep Husky voice says silencing the entire room.

"Hundred million dollars going Once, twice, thrice and sold." The announcer says stuttering a little.

Before I knew it, I was being dragged out of the stage and into the back room. Everyone around was suddenly shivering or looking nervous.

"Where is she?" I hear a baritone voice rumble out irritatedly, increasing the tension in the room.

"She's in here King." A man in black standing at the doorway answers.

A tall and bulky looking Adonis takes long strides into the room." I stagger back at the mere size of the man.

His eyes run up and down my barely covered body and his eyes darkens in anger.

"Why are you here?" The man asks and I watch on in confusion.

"Why are you here Seraphina?" The man roars and everyone jumps.

"What are you talking about?" I ask back at

the brute who probably just bought me.

"I just asked a fucking question, Seraphina." The man roars and I was fed up already.

"Who the fuck are you?" I scream right back at him and I hear gasps around me.

The brute scoffs at my words.

"Vincenzo, to what do I owe the pleasure of you gracing us with your presence today?" Another tall man says striding into the room.

Vincenzo? My heart begins to race at the name.

"Nathan." The man simply says in reply.

"I'm curious to know Vincenzo, why is a Koslov in my auction house?" Nathan asks with a mischievous smile.

"Her, she's leaving with me." The man simply says and I watch him in shock.

"Vincenzo Koslov?" I whisper out and the man in question raises a brow at me.

"Why are you so interested in this one?" Nathan asks.

"She's my future wife." Rage, rage is all I see, my fear all forgotten.

I knew the man my father choose was said to be despicable and horrid in nature but for him to be in this disgusting place and buying humans like goat meat.

"I am not your wife." I yell.

"I didn't say wife, I said you were my future wife." Vincenzo answers nonchalantly.

"Well we are not getting married, the marriage is called off." I say and the men laugh at me.

"Called off? By whom, my darling?" Vincenzo asks in amusement.

"My Uncle said the wedding was called off." I mutter realizing how stupid I sounded.

"She's your future wife, why did her uncle dare to sell her here?" Nathan asks.

"I'm about to find out." Vincenzo Koslov darkly says.

As much as I felt betrayed, I didn't want my uncle getting into trouble, if anything happens to him, what would happen to my mother and the family business.

"I told him I didn't want to stay and get married, I begged him to let me go, they must surely have been some mistake." I say in annoyance.

"Yes, surely there was a mistake." Vincenzo mocks but I ignore it.

"I'll be on my way now." I suddenly say.

"Where to?" Vincenzo asks.

"Home." I say my eyes searching desperately for a way out.

"You are coming with me." Vincenzo says.

"No, I'm not going anywhere with a man who goes around buying girls like they are chickens for fun." I say glaring hard at him.

He looks like he was about to say something but then he seems to decide against it.

I try to walk around him but one of his men block my path.

"Let me go please, you will never have to see me again, I promise." I plead.

"You see that's the problem darling, you do not make the decisions around here, your father made me a deal, you have been promised to me long before you turned twenty and I just had to buy you for a hundred million dollars so I entirely own you now." The cruel man seriously says to my face.

"You are to be my wife before dawn" Vincenzo Koslov tells me, his eyes fixed on mine.

"No. I will never get married to you." I defiantly say determined, my eyes throwing daggers at him.

"Well then suit yourself little one, I'm sure this gentlemen here, will have a fine time devouring your soft and milky flesh the moment I walk out of that door." The cold-hearted man tells me.

My mind goes round in three sixty degrees, wondering which was worse, him or them.

"I will not marry you." I repeat and the man nods like he agrees with me and I sigh in relief.

"Okay, suit yourself dear future wife, not." Vincenzo nods, taking a step back.

"Nathan, show my little rabbit here what it means to be sold out to any of the other men out there other than me." Vincenzo says.

My mind goes round in three sixty degrees, wondering which was worse, him or them.

"I will not marry you." I repeat and the man nods like he agrees with me and I sigh in relief.

"Okay, suit yourself dear future wife, not." Vincenzo nods, taking a step back.

"Nathan, show my little rabbit here what it means to be sold out to any of the other men out there other

than me." Vincenzo says.

I watch with creased brows, wanting nothing more than to be released.

Nathan looks reluctant for a second before nodding towards the dark part of the room and a man I didn't

notice before pulls himself out of the dark.

His eyes watch me like I was his prey and my eyes move towards Vincenzo before my mind begins to

weigh fight or flight mode.

"Take off your clothes." The unknown man whispers softly but there was something dark about him.

"What?" I ask hoping I didn't hear right.

"Take off your clothes." The man says more forcefully now.

"No." I say staggering back.

In seconds the man is in front of me, roughly taking a hold of my throat pulling me up tightly towards

him.

"I said take off your clothes." He roars in my face.

"No." I wheeze out.

It all happens so fast, before I can begin to struggle, he's dragging my clothes off as I try to push him off

but I was no match for him.

"Let me go." I beg but he roughly clears a table from behind me and slams me onto it. Tearing apart the

barely covered dress I had on. I couldn't take it, fear and humiliation gripping me hard.

"Stop it, stop it please, I'll go with you." I say in between sobs and the man in front of me stops

immediately.

I collapse onto the ground, crawling to the far end corner of the room, bunching whatever little I could

find of my dress to cover up whatever was left of my dignity, my hands on my sore throat.

I realize all the men in the room had their backs turned except for Vincenzo who stared right at me with

impossibly dark eyes.

He walks towards me and then kneels in front me, his face so close to mine, there's only a single breath

between us.

"So will you marry me now my darling?" Vincenzo asks and I give him a single nod.

"You have a fine spirit, you will make a fine Queen." He says, taking off his jacket to cover me and I

shrink away in disgust.

Vincenzo stands and moves towards the man he ordered to assault me, I watch in horror as he pulls out a

knife, takes the man's hand and in a swift move the man's hand is impaled into a table with the knife in it,

his screams filling the room. Everyone looked so unbothered and normal that it scared me to my bones.

My father never exposed me to the violence of his business but I knew a different kind of violence. We

were always locked in and shielded.

My father loved me in his own sick way but even that love was never enough. He couldn't love me and

hurt my mother in front of me.

"Bring her along." Vincenzo orders and only then does his men turn around to my direction.

I shakily follow them out, hugging my body and already planning my next escape. I couldn't possibly be

with a man like him. I'll be living in another hell.

"Take her up to her room." I hear Vincenzo order as soon as we reach his home but I do not raise my head

up.

"Make sure she's cleaned up and ready for tomorrow." He adds and a hand comes forward to urge me up

the stairs but I still do not look up at them.

I can feel his eyes on me as I'm being led up the stairs.

Some group of women take me up the stairs and attempt to give me a bath.

"I can do it myself." I say quietly.

"King ordered that you be taken care of." The oldest firmly states.

"I can do it myself. Get out." I repeat this time more strongly.

The woman sighs in defeat and she leaves with the girls.

I do not close my eyes for a second all through the night.

The next morning, the same women hurry into my room, hurrying me to dress up in a white dress. As

upset as I was, I couldn't lie, the dress was magnificent and so soft.

The women helped me down the stairs in my dress. Somehow I feel him before I see him and it brings a

frown upon my face.

"Seraphina!" I hear Tiana's faraway voice call, running towards me.

"Tiana." I breathe out in relief, holding her to myself.

I hold her hand and take her to a far corner of the room.

"We heard what happened last night." Tiana quickly says. "You look beautiful."

I stiffly nod at Tiana's compliment. "Did you also know that your father tried to have me sold to

traffickers?" I ask and Tiana's eyes widen in surprise.

"What? I'm so sorry, I had no idea he would do something like that." She whispers. "Are you really going

to get married to him?" Tiana says, looking in Vincenzo's direction.

"I have no idea Tiana, I do not know how to get out of this." I say nervously wringing my fingers.

"The guests are not here yet." Tiana eyes me.

"What do you mean?" I ask her quietly.

"The guests are not here yet, aunty Diane asked me to come check up on you, I didn't see much guards

outside." Tiana whispers.

"There must be a back door somewhere, I can cover up for you." Tiana says.

"You will do that for me?" I whisper tearily.

"You deserve so much better sis and I love you so much." Tiana says and we both hug like our lives

depend on it.

Vincenzo comes towards us, his glare focused on Tiana and she nervously looks away.

"What are you doing here?" Vincenzo asks.

"Is my family not allowed to be at the wedding?" I ask him instead and he turns towards me.

"The reception ceremony is not until noon. We sign our papers now." Vincenzo says and I stutter out in

shock.

"N-Now?" I ask.

"Yes Seraphina, right now, the lawyers are waiting." Vincenzo tells me and I look towards Tiana in panic.