Alora P.O.V
"Alora sweetheart, wake up" I hear a soft voice.
My eyes open and I look to see Nicolo by my side. "Hi, sweetie, the flight is about to land. Come" he says
"You go ahead" I answer
I lay on the bed for a while thinking why he woke me up so gently or maybe it was just that I was used to waking up by a punch in the face or a kick in the stomach. Maybe they are different, after all they are my blood but so was my mother, she was my blood too but she hated me no.. loathed me, she abused me, took my childhood away from me. She even sold me. I quickly shut my eyes at that thought
Deep breaths Alora, Deep breaths.
I sighed and got up from that very comfy bed. I headed for the bathroom to check my hair and then I made my way to Nicolo and Bruno. I opened the door but stopped as I heard my name. They were in the middle of a serious conversation about me. Eavesdropping is bad but they are talking about me so technically it's fine.
"Quando glielo diciamo?"
(When are we telling her)
Bruno questions in Italian I believe.
"Quando è il momento giusto"
(When the time is right) answered Nicolo
What are they talking about? I know very little of Italian so I really don't understand.
"She's gonna leave when she finds out" Bruno says sadly switching back to English.
"That's why I am not telling her about it dumbass, she won't find about the m-" Before he could finish his sentence, I felt a hand press against my shoulder which ends in me screaming. I turn to see an air hostess behind me.
The door flies open and I see a very worried looking Nicolo and a confused looking Bruno behind him. "What happened" Nicolo asked
"Nothing, I just got a scared" I reassure him
He nodded as I followed him inside, I sat at the same seat as I did before, Bruno stared at me for a long minute which made me look away in guilt, if I don't see them as my family then I have no family rights meaning I can't listen to their conversations.
"You okay" Bruno whispers
"Fine" A lie but he doesn't question it, I don't know how they will respond to me saying I can't live with them or just meeting the rest of this family.
The plane landed and we made our way outside and towards a black Mercedes that parked just a few distance from the plane. I look at the sky to see the sun shining bright with no clouds in the sky. As we made our way towards the car and got seated, I couldn't help as a wave of nervousness hit me. The rest of the family might not be as welcoming as Nicolo and Bruno, but why do I care? It's not like I will stay at their house longer.
But oh how wrong was I, they don't have a house they have a mansion! The architecture is beautiful as is every brick that made this a place to live. Now, I am having second thoughts who would want to leave a house as beautiful as theirs.
The house :
My jaw is literally on the ground just by looking at the exterior, wondering how the interior of this mansion is. "You should close your mouth, it looks as if you could fit a whole bird in there" Bruno chuckled. I quickly became aware of my surroundings and shut my mouth. "Glad you like the house," Nicolo grinned. I leave them behind and start walking towards the gate and let me just say this house is huge. I walk in only to hear arguing
"I don't want her here, get her the fuck out. You expect me to be nice" a deep masculine voice filled with hatred echoed through the whole house. Wonder who he's talking about? no duh of course he's talking about me. I felt a presence behind me but before I could turn to a door opened and a group of boys, let me rephrase that a group of men walked in. This big space suddenly begins closing in making me have a hard time breathing. They were all very tall and big making all my confidence crumble like bread crumbs. I am 5'5 and they are probably 6 feet or above.
"Boys, this is Alora, your sister. Introduce yourselves" Nicolo's voice rang through the house
One of the guys scoffed at his words and whispered "as if". A lump starts to form in my throat and my heart begins racing as if I had just ran a marathon. In through your nose, out through your mouth. Come on Alora, don't make a fool of yourself. My heart began calming down as my hands started sweating.
"Hello, Alora. My name is Alexander and I am the eldest of your brothers" Alexander announced. His voice is monotone but I can sense a bit of softness in that cold voice.
"I'm Vincenzo" says bluffy, the name suits him because he's so tall and big that's what she said. Omg girl shut up. I take a deep breath putting a cold and blank face. I can't let them see I am scared, I am not weak.
"Hey sweetheart, I'm Luca. If you ever need anything just come to me" he says with a soft smile almost making me smile. But I didn't
"I'm Lorenzo AKA the cool brother" Lorenzo says with a wink.
I look at the last guy, waiting for him to say something but all he does is make a disgusted face.
"Marco" Nicolo says threateningly
"I'm Marco and stay away from me" He gritted
"And you already know me" Bruno smiles
"I'm Alora" I said keeping my voice as cold as I could
"Why don't Luca and Bruno show you around the house and then we can meet in dad's office" Alexander says
I give him a simple nod and follow Bruno, Luca upstairs. I am only here for a couple of months then I will leave. But while walking around this magical house I can't help but get second thoughts.
The interior:
"Now let me show you something that will blow your mind" Bruno says excitedly and gently grabs my hand, he slowly looks at me as if secretly asking if this is okay. I give him a small smile making his smile even bigger. He slowly led me into a hall and in front of a room and the moment he opened the doors, I forgot how to breathe and gasped.
They had a library in their house! Omg, I am so moving here. I have officially changed my plans. The moment I turn 18 I am moving in here. They also have a piano inside the library
"Lets go to your room now" Luca says, making me jump. I didn't realize he was here either.
The three of us made our way towards my room, a room? The attic has always been my room but I don't know if this house has an attic or not?
"Here, this is your room. Its near all of ours" Bruno explained
I opened the door to see a beautiful room.
The bathroom/closet
I had a room? I was confused and happy at the same time. They took time and effort to set a room up for me but why. Why are they acting so sweet and nice like they care about me? No one cares about it, no one. My own mother didn't so why are they? A snap of fingers brought me out of my thoughts.
"You okay, you looked lost? how is the room, we can change it if you don't like it" Luca asked
"Its beautiful, thank you" I answered still in shock and confusion
"Well, why don't you settle in and we will come in five minutes and take you to dad's office" Bruno smiles
I nodded and they went out of my room. My room. I smiled at that, they are acting so sweet and kind but is that who they actually are? What will they talk to me about in the office? I still have to figure out what were Nicolo and Bruno talking about on the plane? I walk around the room thinking about all this. But one thing I do know is that I have to look confident no matter how scared I am. If I don't they will think I am weak and they can do anything. I take a deep breath, don't get scared or flinch no matter what happens.
Authors note
Hola! how was this chapter? I did add a lot of pictures. how do you like the brothers?
Quote of the day:
Just because we keep living, does not mean that we stopped hurting.