The Mafian's Bride

Agatha stood at the glass window pondering over her life, her life had took an overture overnight, few days ago she could remember her parents approving of her relationship with Daniel but all of a sudden Sylus came into the picture. Her wedding was in few weeks and her parents wasn't concerned about their daughter's feeling and it was something they didn't have power over.

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Sylus Carlos is one of the most dreadful mafian in Italy. He formed a cartel of feared and powerful people in and outside Italy. He dealt in drugs and heavy weapons shipping drugs worth millions every day, one would think that the president was with him but the thing was that even the government feared him and his members because they held so much power. Nobody ever saw him face to face except people who were his closest.

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Few days ago, Agatha had followed her boyfriend Daniel to a party after she had introduce him to her parents and they approved him because of his good character, looks and background. They attended the party to celebrate their freedom and love , Daniel had suggested they go to one of the parties hosted by the big men in town to which Agatha agreed to this.

At the party everything was going great until it was interrupted by some noise outside, before anyone went out to check what was going on outside, some men in black walked in, one of them wore a black mask and he looked like the alpha among them, he gave off some eerie vibe of superiority. They other men wore a tag with an 'SC' enscrabbled on it, this time no one needed to ask who it was. The security drew back their guns and took paces back not excluding the host of the party the minister of finance Mr Gu. The man who wore a mask pulled out a gun from his suit and pointed towards the minister. Everyone was shocked but before they knew what was happening the minister fell on his knees and pleaded, his face had turned red instantly, the old man knelt down begging and bowing his head Infront of the man in black mask.

"Just one more chance, I promise"

The old man pleaded with tears in his eyes, swolls of sweat fell from his hands and face.

"There are no second chances in life"

He said and pulled the trigger. The Minister's head bursted open splashing blood all over the place, blood gushed out of his head uncontrollably. Screams of fear and tears was heard from but the family and the people who attended the party.

Agatha was standing behind the minister when all of these happened. Rage and fear burned inside her, she tighten her knuckles and formed a fist, she breathed heavily and yelled.

"Hey, are you happy that you Instill fear in people"

Daniel quickly held her mouth with his hand and whispered

"What are you doing, just shut up"

But Agatha who had a knack for being rebellious irrespective of the aftermath.

The Alpha man was almost leaving when he heard a woman's voice yelling at him, he turned and worked towards Agatha, he's Entourage wanted to seize Agatha but the Alpha man stopped them, he walked to Agatha and arched his brows. Agatha was scared, her heart raced faster than it had ever have and her breath seized, she knew for the fact that she was standing Infront of death and there's a hundred percent chance that she won't be leaving alive.

"What's your name?"

The man asked, looking straight into Agatha's eyes, his fixed cold gaze sent chills down her spine.

" Agatha Leger"

She heard herself say.

"Well Aggie" he passed for a while and moved closed to her ears "Compassion is for the weak" he whispered.

Agatha swallowed her saliva so hard that it could be heard. He drew back and made to leave.

"You will end up in hell"

Agatha spoke beneath her breath, but shocking enough the Alpha man heard her

"Interesting.... Charles get me her info"

The man said and left

The Charles man nodded his head and gave a sigh with his hand and the other men left.

The next morning, Agatha woke up still wondering how and why she was still alive amidst the drama that happened yesternight, she knew that mafian's didn't tolerate nonsense especially disrespect, this made her think that they were up to no good against her, her rolled to the other side of her bed, slapping her face to see if she wasn't dead.

"Agatha!!!!!"

Mrs Florence yelled from downstairs. Agatha sprang up from her bed, she wondered why her mum would yell her name like that. She was sure that she did her chores before leaving for the night but what could be scarrier than the episode that happened yesternight. She looked out from her window and saw three black van packed Infront of her house.'what if it's those guys from last night' she thought

"No father Lord, I know that I haven't been a dedicated christian, but please don't let my suspicions to be true"

She prayed and hurried downstairs.

Almost downstairs, she slipped and fell after missing step on the staircase due to shock. It was that Charles guy from last night at the party, her eyes buggled in fright, she felt her heart sink into her stomach.

"Here she is, the bride"

Charles said stretching his hands to Agatha. Immediately some men walked towards Agatha and helped her up, they bowed their heads as she walked down the stairs. She was blown away by their attitude towards her, she thought they might treat her with hostility but here they were being all kind and sweet towards her.

"I will leave you guys to talk and prepare for the wedding"

Charles said handing her parents some files, later on he left with his crew.

"Bride.. wedding.... What on earth are they talking about "

Agatha asked her parents, her face was red with confusion and desperation.

"However you did it, that's your business and the outcome is all on you, all I need to tell you is that you would be getting married in a month time"

Mr Leger walked out with disappointment written all over his face

"What .."

Agatha said in shock.

"Mum please tell me what's going on"

She said dragging her mom's hands.

"You heard your father "

Mrs Florence said bowing her head.

Agatha was lost "whose Wedding were they talking about" she knew that at this point she was done for.

She heaved a sign and moved back she paced around the room thinking and wondering how her life have turned into a waking nightmare and misery.

Tears streamed from her eyes as sadness eluded her, she had earlier confronted her parents again but they didn't answer her her mother was willing to help but there was nothing she can do about the situation at hand she only sighed and nodded her head pitying her daughter and the life she was about to enter,her father on the other side was stubborn and that worsened the matter he wasn't ready to help and he blamed Agatha for her careless and reckless attitude he had warned her severally to beware on whom she exerted her anger on but she would always pay deaf ears to him now see where all her rebelliousness have landed her but still she wouldn't blame her father for not having anything to do or say about the situation at hand because of the encounter he had had with one of the members of the cartels in his early days.

Him and his friend had joined an anti-crime Union that stood against the bad dealings of the cartels, their engagements were brutal because there even recruited under aged students to help sell their drugs to drug addicts. The biggest pharmaceutical industry then, used raw narcotics for production of painkillers and sold it to the masses not only that, they used poor civilians as test subjects so some died and others infected during the production of this chemicals and drugs and no matter how the victims family filed a lawsuit against this companies their cases where all withdrawn because the people involved you were rich and influencing and had already acquired great power in the society and in the country at large making it almost impossible to be punished by the law,to make matters worse, persecutors judges and lawyers that were involved in the cases was either bribed or involved in one of those gangs activities while others were blackmailed with something they did once in their past.Justice, which was supposed to be the last hope of the common man became the waking ground of terror for the masses.

After one of their evening protest, Mr Leger and the other members of the Union group were having a meal at one of the restaurants that was located near their protest grounds, a gunshot was heard and everyone looked towards the direction to which the sound of the the gun shot was heard it was then they knew that they had already been ambushed by scary looking thugs, one of the women screaming fear hurriedly laid flat on the floor. The thugs asked who the leader of the Union was but they didn't give him an answer, finally when someone who barely managed to speak said that they had no leader but he could complete his statement he was shot, the man fell to the floor and dropped down dead, his blood splashed all-over the place, some started saying their last prayers while others just give up while peeing in their pants. The man asked again whom their leader was but they didn't have a leader but theirb answer just infuriated the man even more he grabbed one of the women who laid on the floor.

"I said who is the leader of this union?"

He yelled into his ears.

The woman shivered in fear as he pointed the gun to her neck she gulped down saliva and stammered.

"Sirr.. it's the truth, we are volunteering so there no leader amongst..."

The woman didn't finish her statement when the trigger was pulled and the bullet went in straight into her truth the woman the man flinged her body to the other side of the restaurant this sent goosebumps and chills into their bodies but the thugs seem to be enjoying these because the smiled and laughed at them

"Take these five into the car"

The man ordered them five of them walked to the table and grabed the people that was appointed which Mr ledger was among, before they knew what was happening gunshots were heard and turning back every other person in the room was wasted. They took these five men into a black van and zoomed of but before then were moved into the van one of the thugs spread a liquid to their faces to which Mr leger detected as chloroform or something close to that since he had worked in one of the corrupt chemical industries so it was easier to know, they felt dizzy after that.

Everywhere was blur at first but then pitch dark Mr leger felt himself tied to a chair he wanted to scream but his mouth was Celo taped, few moments later,a sack was pulled from their heads they couldn't see clearly because the light were pointed to their eyes, making it hard to see the people that stood behind the light Mr leger took a closer look at the room and saw his other friends tied up too, they knew at this point that they were standing in face to face with death and there was a 99% chance that they won't be leaving alive not even for the slightest reason.

"So this are the people that wouldn't let me sleep or rest because of their ever-ending protests"

A voice from behind the lamps spoke.

They were terrified because the voice sounded familiar it was the vice mayor's voice. Mr leger was panting and breathing heavily so were the others, some men work to them and quickly removed the tips from their mouth and went back to the dark side, they screamed in pain because the tapes adhensive glue was very strong and the man who removed the tape didn't take it easy at all.

"Start talking, who headed the protest?!!"

The vice mayor yelled.

The began begging, saying the same thing that they came together for the protest on their own.

"I see you ain't serious to talk yet"

He signalled the men and they drew out their Guns, they started shooting from the extreme and Mr leger was the last person to be shot, almost his turn he screamed.

"It was the town chairperson!!"

He yelled breathing heavily, immediately the men lowered their weapons and moved away. The Vice mayor walked to him and squatted Infront of him

"What did you say?"

"It was... the town chairperson that ordered the protests and also helped with certain informations"

"Oh really!!"

"Please spare my life

He pleaded with tears on his eyes

"Then why didn't you speak up sooner?"

"Am sorry"

"Humans just love going through the hard way, which just very unnecessary"

"Please spare my life"

"I might do that but you must relay this message to Collins"

"Yes!!!!"

"Tell him I said that I will be back for him"

"I will sir"

"Untie him"

The vice mayor said

Mr leger was untied and left to go because he had to send a message across to the town chairperson. Mr Collins had earlier gone into hiding after he had sent the volunteers for the protests because he knew the higher ups would come looking for him. After letting Mr leger free, he was warned never to disclose what had transpired that night.

Now Mr leger feared they might comeback for him and his family if he didn't give his daughter to them. Sylus was worst than the vice mayor, if it has been him who handed that case then Mr leger wouldn't have made it home and in 24 hours he would have found the town chairperson because he had more power and more connections.

Agatha got dressed, she wanted to go and meet Daniel and ask for help, since his family was friends with one of the consigliere in the state. Daniel on the other hand haven't called or checked up on her since the last night. He completely ghosted her out of no where but she was willing to try since they shared something special before.

"Knock knock knock"

Agatha chorusd along with the knocking on the door, it took a while before the door got opened by Daniel, he didn't ask her to come into the house or give her a welcoming face. His face wasn't friendly either , his furrowed eyebrows told Agatha that he was angry.

"Please let me in"

"Say whatever you want to say here and be quick"

"C'mon Daniel"

"Agatha I warned didn't I?, what do you want from me now"

"Am sorry Daniel'

"I have heard that multiple times for the last weeks"

"Then forgive me already"

"I ask again, what do you want ?"

"Don't you think you being rude to me?"

"I can see that you ain't serious"

"Okay erm, I was thinking that since your dad is friends with a consigliere, maybe you might persuade him to help me"

"Do I look like some pushover to you?"

"Daniel please"

"It's what you wanted after all, you've always dreamed to dwell in luxury and power, now you have it why are you complaining?"

"Did you ever love me?"

"Every bit of the way, but this is a journey that I can't further with you"

"Daniel!!!!"

"Bye Agatha"

He slammed the door to her face, Agatha was shocked she didn't expect this from him, she banged at the door for a couple more times but he didn't respond. The neighbor's dog had already started barking attracting people to the scene of the noise. Agatha left with tears and disappointed in her eyes. She had no one to run to but Daniel and he broke her heart and trust , she would never forgive him. Almost at her house she stomped her feet to the ground and wiped her tears, her eyes was still hurting because she had cried for weeks.

"It won't be that bad, besides I would be surrounded with guard, and Daniel was right I would get to live in luxury and power, what bad can it cause?"

Agatha said loudly, it was as if she had made up her mind to accept her illed fate.

Agatha entered her house, her mum was knitting at the living room when she walked in, she didn't greet her mum or say a word to her. Mrs Florence saw how heavy her daughter's eyes were, it was obvious that she had been crying all day, ever since the wedding was announced, Agatha hardly came downstairs and barely ate. This got her mum even more worried, she had earlier spoken about the issue to her husband but he always shunned her, one time they had fought because of this issue but Mr leger wouldn't change his mind. Mrs Florence was saddened that there was nothing she could do for her daughter

"Agatha!"

She called out.

But Agatha ignored her and went upstairs. When she got to her door she kicked the tray of aside and banged her door as soon as she got in , removed her bag and clothes. She laid down on the bed and heaved sigh before taking in a deep breath, some after she fell asleep. Mr Florence came to the door as usual and knocked but there was no answer, she dropped another food tray In front of the door and carried the other one she had left there yesterday night and Agatha still not touch it.