La Doña

The Garcia mansion is known for many things and one of it is that Demitrio Garcia offers no mercy to the hands of his debtors, his name alone strikes fear to those who went against his wishes, he made them pay in several ways using the art of legitimate business to cover up the dirty and malicious deed of his family, even then no one could stop him.

Demitrio might not be cold hearted afterall, there was always a warm place for his daughter, Lorraine Rivera Garcia, his most priced possession among all the riches he has added up till date. The love Demitrio had for his daughter was the only weakness he had and that he knows that his enemies could use against him, which made him develop fear for her life.

Hiding her away from the world, Demitrio taught his precious daughter that the only way to live in this world was to trample on every of her enemy no matter who they were, he made sure that before he is gone that his daughter shall become the next Don of Esmeralda.

Lorraine followed her beloved father to every hunting trip that her father organised to strengthen and make accurate the aim of his men. At the age of eight, Lorraine had already killed several birds of the sky and to her father was more than ready to kill her first enemy, an enemy that her beloved father made for her.

Bang! The sound made from Lorraine's rifle as she yet again drops an innocent bird from the sky, her father clapped his hands and even his men were impressed.

"Next time dear, shoot two birds with one bullet.... Weldone" he brushed her hair and pat her shoulders. "That's my daughter right there!" Demitrio praised yet again and his men couldn't be in more agreement with him, Lorraine smiled at herself.

Sometimes one can always be satisfied with what's being given and Lorraine was no less one of them. It was true that she enjoyed her father's company and so was his men's but she had always wanted to be around people her age and do things like they did, even behave silly and get spanked for it but her fate wasn't in alignment with what she'd wished for as her father hated to let her off his sight.

Her strong agitation for a live outside the walls of the mansion was soon heard as her father surrendered to her wishes and allowed her attend the only school in Esmeralda with strong security following her to protect her.

Lorraine might've been happy she was getting out of the mansion but she was soon to find out that her beloved father had been right all this while.

Her inability to read and write at that age became a set back for her as most of her classmates insulted and called her dumb for not being able to write her own name, she would pride herself by shouting that she could shoot a gun as if that was the most logical thing to say to children who were belittling her, what was her aim? To scare them? Lorraine should've thought of a better response.

Each time she returned home, she would act like nothing had happened so as not to get her father worked up. Her father knew.

Demitrio believed that experience is the best teacher and if his daughter is hiding what he already knew would happen it's because she is regretting.

Lorraine finally agreed that school wasn't for her and that her life was limited to the mansion alone. Can she be blamed? She was naive and young, even her father wanted it to be that way.

Years grew by fast and the Lorraine of the past was slowly drifting away as a new dawn has started to begin with the rise of her dark side. With no regard or respect to older people, seventeen years old Lorraine had already destroy so many lives that had crossed her path, though she was yet to kill her very first victim.

Demitrio thought he had trained a daughter not knowing he had unleashed the devil in her. Before his final years of his life, Demitrio accompanied his twenty years old daughter to the house of a poor farmer who borrowed a land from Demitrio a year back to harvest and sell the crops he made from it and was to return fifty percent of his earnings as well as the land to Demitrio at the end of the year.

It was indeed a very shady deal but as it were, Thomas Gonzàlez was very much in need to put food on his family's table as his own land was engulfed in a fire and was illegally seized by the government.

The Garcia's arrived at the doorstep of Thomas on the eve of Christmas, where preparations to celebrate Christmas were already in place, the couple were just about to have a meal but chose to wait for their twenty three years old son, Mathias Gonzalez to return.

There was incessant knock on the door of Thomas. Thinking it was her son who couldn't wait to offer the good news he sought to bring, Thomas's wife quickly rushed to the door with happiness written all over her face, only to be met with men in guns ready to rain blood on them.

Demitrio aggressively dragged on the hair of Thomas wife and threw her to the side of her husband who was already kneeling, pleading with Demitrio that he gives them few days to pay up.

"Do you think I came here to watch you beg?" Demitrio asked, not waiting for a response he quickly cocked his gun and got ready to shoot, he turned to his daughter and for the first time in years, Lorraine had that forgiving eyes she once had before. Angered by this, Demitrio turned the gun to his daughter to shoot, "Shoot them!" He ordered.

"Dad..." She paused realising it wasn't her dad she was speaking to now, it was the Don. She swallowed hard as she took he gun from his hand. Pointing at the direction of the couple.

Meanwhile, during the turbulence, Mathias had returned home but seeing the men and cars lined up at the front of his house, he chose to hide in the bushes and watch from afar from the window what was happening indoors.

Mathias was shocked to see his father and mother at the brink of death with a young girl pointing the gun at them, he didn't know how to react or what to do, he thought of going in but that will just be a stupid move on his part, he knew calling the police was also not an option seeing it was Don Demitrio in the room with them, he just had to wait and watch.

"What's your Judgement?" Demitrio asked his daughter who still had the gun pointed at them.

"Death" Lorraine said fearlessly, she couldn't have shaky words coming out of her mouth or her father would be disappointed. Mathias watched in horror as the young lady offered a death sentence to his parents.

"Go ahead" Demitrio stepped back and waited for his daughter to kill her very first victim. He was starting to get angry at the manner his daughter took her time. "Go ahead!" He once again yield her to, yelling at the very top of his voice.

Dropping all emotions, pity, fear, all that could be thought of that Lorraine would've held, Lorraine wasted no time to shoot at the forehead of Thomas Gonzàlez making blood shoot out. Thomas's wife fainted as she saw her husband drop dead. Mathias held back his tears as he tried not to let a single sound out of his mouth.

"Take his wife.... I heard he has a son, find him!" Demitrio ordered before touching hisnow heartless daughter who felt nothing after killing the man on the floor. "Do the honors, dear" Demitrio gave an evil grin.

With a straight face Lorraine ordered that the body be burnt in the hearth immediately and that no sloppy move should be made.

"That's my daughter" Demitrio praised, "But before you all do that, I want to first announce that starting today my daughter is the new Dona of Esmeralda" he took out a veil and covered it on lorraine's face, leaving only her cold blooded eyes to the world. "Never you let any man take this off, cause when you do you shall not only lose your status, you shall be seen as a woman.... Promise me you would kill any man who tries to take it off..."

"I promise" Lorraine said, nodding her head.

"Long live La Dona!!!" Demitrio's men chanted.

Though Mathias never saw the woman's face as her back was turned to him all that time, he was well aware that the woman who killed his father and held captive his mother was called, "La Dona" a name that befitted his father murderer. He set out to leave Esmeralda for good and to return when he is very much capable for revenge.

Three years later,

The fast step on the wooden stairs made a stomping sound as Lorraine hurried down at the news about the safe birth delivery from her favorite horse, she nicknamed her the she dragon, it was a gift from her father when she was only eight.

"How is she?" Lorraine asked, referring to her horse that was still sore from giving birth, she walked closely to where the foal was laying beside her mother. "What should we name her? Daniel" she asked one of her father's companion who has been loyal all his years and was now serving Lorraine after Demitrio's death.

"I was thinking we name her Gwen" Daniel said with hopes that she would accept the name.

The fact that Lorraine asks for an opinion on something doesn't make her love the response she is given, the last time she sent one of her workers to the secret dungeon beneath the Garcia Mansion and made sure no food or water be served to the man for a whole forty eight hours just because he didn't get what she had been thinking.

"Gwen... Gwen..." She repeated trying to feel the name if it fit the newly born. "Good" she tapped his shoulders before setting out to check on the issue that sought her attention even before finding out about her horse giving birth.

Walking swiftly, Lorraine tied her hair in a bun before dropping her veil to cover her face, the only person who knew what she looked like was Daniel though he was there at the very day she was dubbed La Dona, most of the men present that very day had died along with her father during a shoot out with Don De Leon, a family that has been a rival ever since Lorraine was brought to this world, Daniel was the only one who escaped with an injured leg and broken arm.

"How is the harvest coming along?" She asked, without waiting for a response she jumped into another issue, "The strawberries are about to go off the market and yet we've been unable to make two hundred percent profit, you know I hate it when we are below the margin" she sat on her high seat, that inscripted the word La Dona on it, it was the only chair that was higher than the others as a round table discussion was set in place.

Fabio the accountant and controller of Montoya ranch in Bogota spoke, "Dona, we are currently working towards it.... Our men have manage to spread the word about how bad Don Fabian's crops are and he is already losing his customers, very soon our....."

"Very soon? Very soon...." Lorraine repeated the words of Fabio before taking out a pocket knife from Daniel shirt pocket and targeted it at Fabio forehead, making him shiver with fear for his own life....

"La Dona... Please it was only a slip...." Fabio tried to beg as Lorraine dropped the knife on the glass table, dragging it, which made a screeching sound loud enough to block the ears of its listeners but not Dona, even as her men covered theirs, Lorraine was very much open to hear.

"Very soon" Lorraine repeated again, "Daniel, over the years how has very soon work for us?" She asked still staring at Fabio, her target was still on his forehead though she had no intention on killing him, he did do a good job at tarnishing Fabian business.

"Never... It is Immediately or nothing" Daniel replied in a simple way and Lorraine nodded her head.

"Then explain why Fabio here is expecting me to wait, is it that my patience and silence is giving you all the audacity to do as you please.... Daniel!"

"Dona.... Your mercy has been sufficient and we very much appreciate" Fabio spoke in place of Daniel, falling to his knees and crawling all the way to Doña's feet, begging that she forgives him.

Lorraine covered her eyes to reduce the steam of anger that was building up "Fabio... When should I be expecting that our two hundred percent is ready for this season?" Lorraine asked in a bid to forgive him.

"A week, I will make sure of that" he lifted his head and said to her before kissing her feet again. "Please forgive me, Dona"

"Horatio..." She called out to the last man on the edge of the seat, who was managing a small part of Esmeralda owned by Lorraine.

"Dona" he stood up and bowed to her.

"From now on you shall temporarily handle all the affairs of the Montoya ranch in Bogota until Fabio completes his duty and if he doesn't you are free to kill him and take over permanently.... That will be all" she said to the rest of the table as Fabio begged for forgiveness again, he knows that if Horatio gets greedy his life won't be spared.

Lorraine was almost taking a step on the stairs leading to her room when one of her men rushed in, sweating profusely as he had ran all the way from the gate to warn the Dona of an intruder.

"Speak to me!" She said to the man who was still trying to catch his breathe, not wasting any much time, Lorraine turned to Daniel, "Tell the men to get ready...." Seeing the supposed intruder, Dona relaxed her insecurities as she gave a laugh, it was an enemy who "tried" to put up a fight with her.

"Dona! I greet you" Juan Pablo bowed before the Dona, Lorraine folded her hands to her chest as she looked at what she'd made the almighty Juan Pablo become, she felt good.

"Why are you here? Don't tell me you are here for your lands cause as far as I am concerned I now own it, which makes up to ninety five percent of Esmeralda as mine" Lorraine pride herself as she gave a mockery glance at him, "Juan... Juan... Juan I don't see any of your men, have you run out of money to pay them?" She said and all of her men laughed. "You know I can loan you some right, and I promise there won't be any collateral and you can also pay when you have it only that each of your body parts will be sold for payment when the time is right" she said.

"Enough!" Juan's voice echoed throughout the mansion as Lorraine eyes turned cold every form of playfulness disappearing. "When you hear the news I have, I don't think you would be glad"

"It's like you haven't been well acquitted that nothing other than myself scares me, so tell me, what news do you have or do you want that I pay for it"

"Not necessary, I am very much satisfied that money wouldn't even please me for this satisfaction" Juan smiled as he began, "I know you've been trying to purchase De Leon's land ever since his death but hasn't been able to, would you like to know why?"

Lorraine interest in the topic triggered her to want to listen more, she knows Juan won't come all the way to blab rubbish and leave, so it was best to listen, she herself wanted to know why there was a strong resistance from De Leon family to sell off his land, despite him not having anybody to pass the fortune to, she has even asked and pressurize the lawyer to sell the land triple the price it was worth just so she could finally control all of Esmeralda and it's Emerald mines, of which is situated in the remaining five percent.

"Since you've come all the way here, then I guess I would have no choice but to listen" she said offering a seat to Juan but he refused it.

"I know your men must've told you that there is a man who controls half of Bogota and the isles of Vinba, he is the one who currently owns all of the late Don's properties" Juan said as yet again a smile grimaced on his lips.

It was a first for the Dona to feel that there might be another person who might threaten her position as the top Don of Esmeralda, she did hear news of a man that had bought half of the large expanse of land in Bogota but didn't see it as a problem since Esmeralda was her only focus but now....

"Who is this man you speak of? Tell me!"

"La... Muertè" the name oozed out of Juan's lips as a cold breeze swept through the open doors of the mansion, sending cold shivers down the spine of her men, who were bewildered at the choice of name given to this said man.

"Death?" Lorraine translated, a bit unsure. "I'll repeat this again, nothing in this world fears or scares me more than myself not even death itself has a chance with me"

"I know you will act like you aren't concerned, I should have you know that I am now one of his men and as good as I am would like to warn you that he is around so watch out" Juan turned to heel in a motion to leave but paused as he remembered another piece of information, "I will have you also know that, his first agenda is to build schools for Esmeralda, something you refused to do.... Oh how can I forget that you demolished the only school in Esmeralda and left the children illiterates.... " He said before hastening his steps to leave before Dona will offer a death sentence on him.

Her choice to burn down the school of Esmeralda was a revenge she kept hidden in her heart ever since she was bullied, she had since felt hatred for education for many. Out of rage she burnt the school of which up till now she was still pleased with herself and now a certain main was about to trample on her peace, turbulent life.

Turning to see her provincial workers still at the table, Dona dismissed them with a message to Daniel that he create a meeting with La Muertè before she returns from the lake, a call for a warm bath under the scorching sun was all that she wanted, away from the troubles of being La Dona, for today she wanted to be Lorraine as she takes off her veil and through a secret door had snuck out of the mansion and guided herself to the lake.

Esmeralda was a land known to receive up to thirty thousand visitors annually, they all love the nice and serene part of it, though at times things did get bloody it never once tarnish it image. Lake Avantla was one of it's attractions, with the lake said to create unforgettable memories for it's members and has an enchanted feeling too it. A bit superstitious but nevertheless it did have a great importance.

Sebastian a passerby seeking for a quick rest after a lonely day long journey from Bogota to Esmeralda. He tied his horse unto the branch of the tree before taking in full plain sight the beauty of the Esmeralda treasured lake which was right below him.

He relaxed his head on the his hand about to take a nap when he saw a woman with straight black long hair and curvy body, her skin was white like it has never been touched by the sun, to him she was a kind he specialises on in terms of women, he already believed her to be one of those spoilt rich noble daughters who already placed their selves for him an hour ago since he turned out to be a handsome eligible bachelor.

Still that didn't stop him from looking, steathily he walked to the path of the lake.

Sebastian watched from afar as the woman he saw as sultry and seductive woman takes off her robe and stepped into the warm lake that has been heated up by the sun.

He imagined himself running his hands through her soft back while sprinkling showers of water from her forehead and watching it slide to her breast.

Her long hair was what drawed him to her, as they covered her. His whole hold weakened as he saw as she gracefully washed her skin, her eyes caught his attention as she quickly covered up.

"Who are you?" She asked quite rudely for a woman of great poise, though she wasn't wrong to have spoken in that way, the man in question has been staring at her for a while now.

Sebastian knew that if he introduced himself as who he was then there might be trouble. "I am just a lowly servant" he gave a short introduction as to who he wasn't. "Mind if I join you?" He asked, already taking off his shirt and loosening his belt.

Lorraine was stunned by this man's bravery, she was made to wonder if he knew of her identity and seeing that he doesn't, she believed him to be a stranger who is only passing by, probably at his rest stop before heading to his master's house.

"Join me" she heard herself say and Sebastian smiled taking off his trousers, then his boxers before joining her.

He swam to her side, as both their naked bodies mirrored out of the water. Sebastian had taken his time before brushing his chest against her breast.

Lorraine had received him well, she couldn't lie that she was tempted to feel what any other woman felt beside a man, She was no virgin at the sight of pleasure as she'd touched herself a few times but the lips of her private area was firmly sealed.

Finally she could have it, to be touched and feel warm beside this strange man that she would never meet again, Sebastian would've have shared the same thought with her if he didn't touch her like he was about to.

As he had imagined, Sebastian sprinkled the warm water from her forehead and watched as it glide all the way to her right breast, he did it a couple of times more as he was amazed at how sensitive she was, it drop of water had caused a swell of her breast as they ached for it to be touched.

He slide off his wet boxers and threw it to the the part where his belongings laid. Just like her breast, his penis wished to slide his way into her but he controlled himself. He hungrily suckled on her swollen breast while massaging her wet area.

A smile stroke on his face as he was pleased to see her moaning like crazy, he didn't know it was her first and had assumed it was long she felt like this, I mean how was Sebastian to know when she herself had offered herself on a platter of gold to be touched.

"Do you like it?" He asked, his whispered intensified her heat as Lorraine almost found herself almost begging but held back, taking in the punishment of not being touched. "I asked if you like it?" He voiced oozed into her ear and Lorraine moaned in agreement.

Moaning, Lorraine had managed to say, "Touch me, here" she pointed at her wet vagina. She stilled the please that was about to escape from her lips.

Taking heed to her wishes, Sebastian fingered her, in no time did his one of his finger went in Lorraine started bucking as she creamed his fingers.

Wow! Sebastian was impressed at how tight she was. Sex with her was bound to be full of bliss, he fingered her with two of his finger and again and again she'd creamed his fingers.

Sebastian was already hard as he just couldn't wait to stuff his member into her and watch her whimper. He was pleased at how easy going she was about him touching her, though he hasn't given her the full pleasured, Sebastian was already thinking of another night with her.

Slowly he guided his member into her and found himself lost between love and lust for this woman. Lorraine let out a tear from her eye, how can something so painful feel so good she thought as he pulled out of her, realizing something.

She was a virgin... Sebastian was beyond shock and amazed at his findings, her lips thinned as she waited for him to come back to her. Sebastian still can't get over that tight feeling as he thrusted into her again, this time he was lost in heaven, his thrust soon got faster and Savage as Lorraine ran her hands through his hair before resting her hand on his neck, lifting her head up to initiate a kiss with him.

Sebastian didn't know which he liked more, the sex or the warmth of her lips on his.... He loved them both so why was there need to choose.

Lorraine could no longer hold as she came for the fifth time, Sebastian thrusted even faster as he came inside of her, letting hot sperm dripped to her legs and contaminating the treasured lake of Esmeralda.

Both their breathing were rough as Sebastian kissed her once again. No doubt, all through his years with women, Lorraine was by far the best he has ever been with, only of he knew who she was.

Sebastian helped wash her body while playing with her breast, which were still swollen. "That's.... That's enough" Lorraine said before stepping out of the water, she bent to pick up her robe and wore it. Before leaving she looked at his handsome face on last time, her eyes travelled down to his member which was still hanging around, seeing as he had smirked, she turned away hoping what she had done wasn't a mistake, even then there was no way he would recognize her.

"Aren't you going to tell me your name?" He asked coming out of the water as he saw her quickly leave before she they could say a proper goodbye. Seeing how far she had gotten, he yelled, "I am Sebastìan by the way".

"Sebastian" she said to herself, it was the name of the man who had given her unthinkable pleasure and memories. There she wished she would see him again but a girl can only dream, he was a servant and she... She was La Doña, a woman feared across Esmeralda and beyond, there was no chance between the two of them.

She returned to the mansion to wash off those physical memories on her body before going down to have a meal. She was half way through her food when Daniel walked in bearing good news for her.

She put the food aside as she awaited the good news brought to her.

"I sent a request to La Muertè, seeking for a chance to meet you and he had agreed to see you today" Daniel said.

"Today? Don't you think it's too soon?"

"I thought so too but I also believe that he might've been wanting to meet with you as well, to pay his respect, I suppose" Daniel said with a bit of happiness.

"Fine, get ten of our best men ready, prepare some tribute to be offered and please I indulge that you keep our guns loaded, I'll go change" Dona ordered before leaving for her room.

A long chain of vehicles accompanied La Dona, children on the streets could be seen hailing at her as they followed the cars wherever it went until it wasn't in sight. Lorraine who hasn't still gotten over the previous hours was now being brought to face death himself, the irony of life.

The look on the faces on the Doña's men could be captured as legendary as they saw the mansion that was larger than the size of the Garcia's, sophisticated and was very much modernize to fit the age settings, unlike the Dona's mansion who still uses antique furnitures.

"How will he be safe if there is no one guarding the gates" Lorraine scoffed as she walked freely, and was a bit stunned at it magnificence, she had been to the De Leon mansion before and this was nothing like what it was back then.

Standing at the large door was a more hefty man who was like that of a size of a giant. "La Muertè has ordered with strict compliance that weapons be taken taken off before entering"

"Are you being serious? How dare you talk to the Dona like that?" One of the Dona's men said, his name was Poco.

Dona allowed for the order to hold as she ordered her men that all weapons be dropped and be allowed to be searched. The bodyguard was a bit hesitant to touch the Dona despite her being ready to comply with him.

They were all let in and were told to wait for La Muertè because he just returned from his trip and was taking his bathe, the Dona made sure that her veil was very much in place as she waited with her men for La Muertè.

Hours went by as La Muertè stalled his coming, it was both an insult and a slap to the Dona's face for being made to wait for him, her patience was running out as she held herself back from causing problems.

A strong sweet smell spread across the room, one recognizable to Lorraine and a bit foreign to her men. He took lazy steps down the stairs as he walked towards her, recognizing him Lorraine wasn't sure if she was to beat herself up for sleeping with an enemy or to just play along.

He didn't seem to recognize her from the veil on her face, "You must be the infamous La Dona" La Muertè said with a long drawl, he was hesitant to offer a hand to her as he hated her entire being but extended his hands still.

Not bothered by the way he had referred to her, she was known for bad things, Lorraine shook his hands and now she couldn't stop thinking about a lot of things unrelated to why she was here.

"I heard you wanted the remaining lands of Esmeralda which is in possession...." He poured for himself a glass of tequila, "Want some..." He raised his glass and they all shook their head. "You are missing, back to the issue at hand... I want to simply advise you not to waste your time cause as far as I am concerned, I won't be selling" La Muertè said in such a rude manner of approach that it did not hide his dislike for La Dona, and for some reason Lorraine wasn't pleased.

"You seem to hate me... Mind telling me, oh... Wait, don't tell me you are behaving like this because of the feud between my father and your Master" Dona assumed since it was what she was told at their first meeting at the Lake, which was a lot farther from the truth.

La Muertè wasn't concerned about the meaningless feud between mafia lords, he had no time for that, he hated her for something she did to her family three years back of which she must've forgotten.

"Master? You mean my father" he followed her assumption not giving room for her to suspect a thing.

"I didn't know that, it seems as if you are busy today may I invite you for a drink at my place tomorrow" she saw as he was making an adjustment with his cufflinks, he even looked dressed to attend a ball of which he was invited by the mayor.

"Am sure you are aware that all the Don are meeting at the Town square tomorrow to discuss some affairs regarding Esmeralda, maybe after that we can meet and talk"

The way in which La Muertè constructed his words was getting on Doña's nerves but she promised herself that this time she would get the remainder of the lands without having to shed a single blood.

"Alright" she turned to leave.

Lorraine wasn't been quiet because of anything other than her enemies we're multiplying rapidly and all relations with her allies were already shaky. She on the other hand had put herself on constraint so much that she channel her anger to the birds in the sky.

Along with her men they all returned back with complains about La Muertè awfully rude to her. What Lorraine was concerned about was how someone who slept with her hours ago without knowing who she was could be so rude at her person.