The Mafia's Secret Daughter ( #1 in the Mafia Series )

thirty

"WHY DIDN'T YOU TELL ME?!" Valente yells

"I PROMISED HER I WOULDN'T!"
Luca yells back

"That's not how it went." Micheal says

"Dad.." Alex says in a warning tone

"What do you mean?" Luca questions in a dark tone that scared me

"They need to know so they'll be as prepared, when they see her Alexander." Micheal says

Alex went to say something else so I decided to voice my opinion.

"He's right. They could make things worse for her, if they aren't prepared." I say

Alex just holds his head down for second before sighing. He gives a slight nod and then starts talking.

"They did meet at a club in New York, and he did drug her. She doesn't remember most about that night when he kidnapped her, but she did wake up naked beside him and she knew what he did, but luckily didn't remember it. But she knew." Alex says

"That's what she told me." Luca says

"But that's the watered down version, it only got worse.." I say quietly

"How do you know?" Luca asks me directly

"I was there at the same time, she was there for nearly two weeks. As I said I escaped the night the American mafia came to rescue her. Tori had dropped hints to me, but it took a few sleepless nights of trying to remember the memories I shoved down, and finally I remembered the name of the girl whose screams used to keep me up at night, even after I escaped. Her name was Victoria." I explain

Luca looks like he feels sick but he asks the question I know deep down he doesn't want to know "What really happened to her?"

"She never explained what happened, all we know is that when we got her back..." Alex cuts himself off looking emotional

"She was never the same."
Michael finishes for his son

Valente cusses and Luca looks at me.

"What do you remember?" He questions

"Not much. I never officially met her back then, because no one was allowed around her. I think Adrian first took her because of Anatoly's obsession, but that isn't why they kept her."
I reply

"Why did he keep her?" Luca spits out with venom on his tongue

"The next morning after the club, Tori woke up and fought. She put up enough of one that everyone who came near her ended up dead or severely injured. After almost an hour of restless fighting they were able to drug her.
From that point on she interested Adrian, and so his obsession began.." I tell him

"Why didn't she just tell me that?" Luca asks more to himself than anyone else

"I don't think she wanted anyone to pity her or look at her differently. As you all know trauma messes with your head, and two weeks of nothing but abuse can rip you apart on the inside. She didn't want you to know that, unless you needed too." I answer as best I can

"Why are you telling us now?"
Lorenzo asks confused

"I'm not sure. I just feel like you'll need to know." I say with a shrug

"When we find her, she's going to be darker than you've ever seen her. You'll think she's cold, and heartless, but just know that it's only on the outside. Inside is the storm that is Victoria, and she's breaking." Michael says

"I thought she could fight back then. Why didn't she?" Marco asks and in that moment I wanted to throw something at him so I did.
I threw a book that was sitting on the table at him.

"VERA!" Stefan yelled at me

"Don't Vera me, he deserved it." I reply

"She's right and all of you better thank her because I was going to shoot him." Alex says seriously while sending a death glare to Marco.

"Tori did fight. After they stopped drugging her, they tried to beat the fight out of her, drown it out of her, burn it out of her..they abused her in every way humanly possible and yet she still fought. She may have been broken on the floor somewhere, but she stayed determined not to be buried in a grave. Now be wise, and don't talk about something you know nothing about." I tell Marco

"You heard the lady. Next time you'll have a bullet in your skull." Michael says

"Now you'll need to use the number to track her somehow. If it's the same tracker the Russians use then we shouldn't be detected, if anything you could probably use their system."
I inform them

"You heard her someone track the number and fast." Alex says and Luca nods in agreement

"Everyone else get ready and prepare your weapons. We will kill all of them tonight."
Luca says darkly

And just like that everyone finally got into action mode....we're coming Tori.

Just hold on...