Cora
The door to the basement open up and Ivan walks in, he rushes over to me and crouches in front of me before taking my face in his palm making me look at him
"What happened Cara"? He asks with concern and I just continue hiccuping, with tears running down my face
"Talk to me Cara, what happened? Did Dimitri hit you? Did he do anything to you"? He asks and I just shake my head choking in sobs.
"Then why are you crying"? He asks sitting in front of me, wiping away my tears with his hands.
"Tell me what they did to you and who"? He asks his voice a bit louder and I just swallow the pain and manage to calm my breathe down before I start explaining everything to him, from when I talked to Lorenzo to when I wanted to pee and that man gave me a bucket.
All of it, I narrate to him and he just listen, after everything his jaw is clenched and he looks pretty pissed
"What did Dimitri say"? He asked looking at me and I just swallow
"I don't know what he told him, but I just know he just left here looking frightened, they were both speaking Russia" I explain to him and he just breathes out before clutching his hair
"You're not safe in here, what if Dimitri didn't come down at the time he did"? He says deep in thought
"Well I wouldn't be here in the first place of Dimitri didn't kidnap me" I almost snap at him, even though Dimitri saved me today, it's still his fault that I'm even locked up here in the first place, he put me in this position.
Ivan looks at me with a somber look "I know but if there's one thing I know about Dimitri is that he never brought you here with the intention of letting anyone molest or violate you" he says seriously
"That's something that I promise Dimitri will never let it happen to you" he says with conviction
It still doesn't excuse the fact that I'm here because of him, he brought me here, locked me up in this God awful basement and let his men even come close to me.
"And as for Vlad, he'll get what's coming to him, I know Dimitri won't let him off easy" he says sitting close to me
"How are you sure he wasn't the one that orchestrated the whole thing"? I ask my voice croaky from all the crying I'd been doing
"Dimitri would never do something like that, I promise you" he pauses studying my face before talking "something happened a few years ago that changed Dimitri and also made him give out the rule that on no account will anyone from this mafia indulge in sexual molestation of any woman, regardless of who she is, the crime is punishable by death" he says with finality
Making me wonder if the Vlad of a guy knew this much about the rule, why was he ready to break it?
Does it mean Dimitri will kill him?
All these questions running through my mind when Ivan's voice break into my chain of thought
"I'm going to go get you something to eat, will you be okay"? He asks and I just nod my head
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It's been probably a long time I've been locked up here, Ivan and I have gotten really close with time, I can safely say we're friends.
I mean he's the only one who doesn't glare at me, he feeds me properly and he likes talking to me, basically I can classify him as my friend.
I haven't heard anything about Enzo since the last time I saw him, and Speaking of which I haven't seen Dimitri since well....since he saved me from getting raped by one of his men.
My arm has completely healed but there's still a dark bruise mark there, I have only seen Vissarion, like once or twice and that's just about it.
It's as if Dimitri has forgotten about me, but I know he's just waiting for the perfect time to remind me that I'm only but a prisoner here.
Everytime I ask Ivan about him, he just shrugs and changed the topic of discussion completely.
No one has tried to touch me inappropriately and I'm grateful for that but I'm still in cuffs and still locked up.
I'm beginning to think no one will come save me, according to Ivan I've been here for approximately 3 months now.
I've been in Dimitri's possession for 3 full months and Enzo hasn't tried to get me.
If it truly was Cara in Dimitri's basement I'm sure Enzo would have rained fire on them, but since it's me, no one would want to risk anything.
I've come to terms with the harsh reality that Dimitri is just going to have to kill me, because I don't think Enzo is willing to sacrifice his men's life for me.
It won't take long before someone catches on that I'm not in fact Cara, I'm just an exact replica of her with Zero skills and capabilities.
I'm still lost in thoughts when the door to my cell, that's what I call it because obviously this is my prison, it opens up and Ivan walks in.
He's putting on a dark green almost sleeveless top with black pants, he's always looking so cool and a little too young, one would mistake him for being the same age as me, but I know he's way older than me.
I must say Ivan is really very handsome, he always has this calm, cool and collected look on his face, and his smile is always brightening up the room whenever he's around.
He gives me a boyish grin the moment his eyes set on me and I return it before he walks towards me.
"Hey there" he breathes out sitting beside me and I just look at him in awe
"Someone's happy"? I ask and he just shrugs before facing me
"I guess so, I mean I'm always happy, but today's special" he said making me raise my brows at him
He reaches out into his pocket and brings out a key, before jiggling it in front of me
"You're finally going to see outside the four walls of this room and also get a bath and a change of clothes" he says making me gasp out in shock, surprise and happiness
"Oh my God, Ivan" I whisper out as he shrugs and starts unlocking my cuffs "That's so great" I mutter out excited.
Finally I'll be stepping out of this God awful basement that smells like death, he stops abruptly before looking at me, the he gets up and helps me up.
"Before we go outside, you have to promise me something Cara" he says seriously, his smile vanishing, I just nod "I know being here is not exactly a nice experience and you want to get out, trust me I want you out too but Dimitri has you here for a reason..." He pauses before continuing "I don't know what his reasons are but I know my cousin never acts on impulse, you have to promise, that you won't try to escape, I'm risking a lot letting you out of here" he rushes out and I just look at him before smiling sadly.
"And I'm really grateful for all you've been doing for me Ivan, you're right, I wanna get out of here, but I promise I won't do anything that'll put you at risk or on the bad side if Dimitri" I tell him with assurance and he just sighs out before smiling again.
"Then let's go get you cleaned up" he said before opening the huge door, he turned to look at me "are you ready"? He asked and I just nod before he walks out and I follow.
My steps are gentle as I step outside the basement, I come face to face with two heavily armed men stationed just outside the doors, they just look at me before turning their eyes away.
Ivan walks ahead of me before ascending the stairs and I follow right behind him, watching my steps, since it's been a while I've walked, since being locked up in the basement, I've not had much movement.
The stairs aren't much so it doesn't take us long before we stop in front if another door, this one is not as big as the one in the basement, it's red and metal too.
Ivan opens it up and the lights almost blind my eye, this will be the first time in months that I'll be seeing the sunlight, I use my hands to cover my face before following Ivan.
We come into a huge space, there's a door like space leading somewhere, the walls are filled with different painting, Ivan leads the way through the door like thing and I follow then we enter another hallway space, there are no rooms on the side just walls, except for a huge door in front and another door on the side.
Ivan takes the small door and I follow, then we come face to face with a passage way with doors on the side of each line, I assume they're rooms.
This place looks nothing like Enzo's mansion, it's much bigger and confusing, even if I want to run, I'll probably get lost in here somewhere.
Ivan walks straight to the last door on the left and opens the door, he walks in and waits for me to follow, I do and once I enter he closes the door behind me.
I almost jump once I hear the shutting of the door
"Sorry" he muttered out with a smile, I turn around and drink in the appearance of the room.
It's painted white, completely white, making it seem like a never ending maze, there are no paintings on the wall, in the middle of the room is a huge kind sized bed and on the side is what I'll think is a walk in closet.
"Welcome to my room" he whispers close to my ear, when did he move, I almost jump in fright
"I'm sorry if I scared you" he said chuckling and I just smile
"Come let me show you the bathroom" he says taking my hand in his large ones and leading me to a door in the corner of the room, I trudge behind him.
He opens it and I'm met with an equally white themed bathroom, it's huge and spacious with a glass covered shower and a huge tub on the side
"You can shower here while I look for something for you to wear" he says opening the door wide so I can walk in.
I do walk in and he closes the door behind me, I'm left inside the huge bathroom, I move gently into the shower and turn it on, I put my hands on it and the water is cold, I quickly look for the switch to turn it hot because I've had enough cold water on my skin for the past months.
Then I step away from the shower and take off my dress completely, or what's left of it.
I move into the shower and come face to face with the huge mirror standing there, I can barely recognize the person staring at me.
She looks frail, her eyes dead and with no hope in them, my skin is chapped and I barely have any more flesh covering my bones, my hair looks like a birds nest and my lips are completely dried and chapped.
I sigh out as tears begins blinding my vision, I do not like what I'm seeing, and to think I don't even deserve all this
I hear knocking on the door and I quickly wipe my eyes with the back of my hands
"Cara, I couldn't really get my hands on a dress so my clothes will have to do for now"Ivan's voice rings from the other side of the door
"O-okay" I stutter out
"Once you're done, just tell me and I'll hand them to you" he says and I just nod, even though he can't see me, before I step directly under the shower, the moment the warm water hits my skin, I feel foreign and relaxed.
I close my eyes as I enjoy the feel of warm water on my skin, then I reach for the soap on the mirror counter before squirting some on my hands, the soap smells like Ivan, it smells musty and manly.
I start scrubbing my body gently and softly, I can't help but feel alive, I can't believe I went months without bathing
I spend another extra 5 minutes getting myself clean before I decided, that I'm clean enough.
The moment I step out of the shower, I notice it's only a small towel hanging on the rack, I guess Ivan forgot to give me towels, I'd have to manage that.
I take it off the rack and start drying myself with it, I'm still doing that when I hear voices outside the bathroom
They're getting loud and it's not just one voice, it's like an argument of some sort, they're yelling at the top of their voices.
By now I'm already feeling nervous, then I hear Ivan shouting and calling....Dimitri
Before I can even have a moment to process the whole thing, the bathroom door suddenly opens with a loud bang and there with a hard glare and very pissed off look is Dimitri.
I'm completely naked and bare, Ivan is standing behind him.
"So this is where you are"? He asks with a growl, I don't even know how to react, I'm naked in front of Dimitri, I don't even know what to say.
"You really are sly, trying to turn my cousin against me using your body" he grits out
"Dimitri stop thi...." Ivan starts talking but he's cut shut by Dimitri.
"I'd advice you shut the fuck up Ivan, I won't hesitate to put a bullet through your head"!!! He snaps, Ivan just lowers his head.
"You want attention so bad, is that why you almost had Vlad stick his dick inside you"? He asks still looking at me in disgust
"I didn't ask for any of this" I croak out my voice trembling
"I should walk you out like this so my men can get a free show, then I'll make a video and send to your husband" he says making me shake my head.
No please, if he does that i won't be able to take it, the tears are already falling and my head is already all over the place.
"But unfortunately for you, you don't look appealing to me and definitely not to any of my men, you're disgusting to even look at" he spits before walking out, leaving me there.
I look up to find Ivan looking at me with sad eyes, he just sighs out before following Dimitri.
I don't move from there, I just fall on the cold, hard tiles and let my emotions take control and a sob breaks from my throat
Not only did Dimitri see me naked, he just called me disgusting, after threatening to parade me naked for his men.
Okayyyy, that's really sad and bad 😩😩
Dimitri is really evil 😩😩