I keep standing there while everyone waits for me to move but I stay rooted where I stand.

"Sis didn't you hear me ,you must be nervous and I know you miss dad and wish he was here but I'm here and I hope you can rely on me ",Lucas says and kisses my forehead.

I take a deep breath and let him lead me downstairs. The ceremony is being held in the backyard in the garden and the whole time they lead me down the aisle I find myself in a daze. I'm sinking deeper and each day that goes by I'll find it difficult for me and my siblings to escape.

I snap out of it as my brother hands me over to Giovanni who smiles devilishly,I can feel myself shake and I Know he loves the way he's making me feel.

The priest begins the ceremony.

"Do you Giovanni, take Nithia to have and to hold from this day forward,for better,for worse ,for richer,for poorer ,in sickness and in health to love and to cherish 

I don't hear nor feel anything,I slowly crack my eyes open and the room clears up. I'm not in the room I was staying in and the sheets on me smell just like him, the room must be his ,speaking of him I start sobbing.

"Ma'am I see you're awake, I'll go and prepare the bath",Anna says but I ignore her and continue sobbing,he ruined me ,he tainted me ,he ruined my innocence, that filthy bastard.

My body is so sore that even breathing hurts,I can't move so all I can do is cry,why didn't he just kill us, it's better I die .

She comes and helps me up and into the bath,the hot water relaxes my muscles and I just sink in it ,she comes back and hands me some painkillers. And I close my eyes and fall asleep in the bath.

"Ma'am it's time for you come out of the water", Anna says and helps me get up and hands me a rob but before I can wear it ,I see how bruised my body looks with patches of red 

After dinner Giovanni asks Camila to send me to my room. The room is pretty big and looks like some expensive hotel room. There is a big TV,a vanity, and everything is purple,my favorite color. What a strange coincidence.

"This is where you'll be staying till Don Giovanni says otherwise",she says and glares at me.

" I have a feeling you don't like me and it's not because I broke your pretty nose",I say and sit on the big bed. But she stays silent and doesn't say anything which makes me smirk "I know it's because you're in love with your boss ain't you?".

" Please don't spout nonsense",she says and walks out.

I lay on my back and ran through everything in my head.I don't have my phone so I can't call anyone. The only friend I had was Beth and she betrayed me. My mother is dead.... She is dead, even though I hated her and she was never there for me or any of my siblings she still gave birth to us and I don't know how I'm going to tell my brothers.

I'm snapped out of my thoughts by a knock at the door,who could it be? I doubt if Giovanni has the decency to knock,I open the door and I'm met with Flavio who has Mason in his arms.

"Sorry for disturbing you but the little guy refused to go to bed",he says.

" I want to sleep with you Nithia '',Mason says and reaches for me,yeah I know I spoil him but all these years he's been relying on me and him being a little smaller than normal seven year olds makes me want to continue babying him.

I thank Flavio and close the door and put Mason on the bed who won't stop telling me how awesome his new room is and all the toys he has.I go and take a shower to wash off the tiredness including Giovanni's touch. How shameful of me to let him touch me like that.

Tomorrow is Sunday and I'm marrying that man,the man that hates me and wants to see my entire family dead. This is some bullshit ,but how will I get out of here?I don't have any money,since my father's funeral I've never heard from his relatives.

I have $500 hidden in the mattress back at the apartment but it wouldn't be enough to leave the country.

I get out and go into the largest walk in closet that I have ever seen I check through all the clothes and shoes and some of them still have price tags on them,he sure has money to waste , maybe when me and my brothers escape I can steal these clothes and sell them.

All the night gowns barely cover anything so I pick a pair of shorts and a tank top, by the time I'm out Mason is already asleep by the edge of the bed,so I move him and cuddle him,he wraps his little hands around me and falls asleep.

I walk up to an empty space near me. Mason must have woken up. I get up and stretch my stiff muscles.I needed to go for a jog and exercise a little. I hear a knock and tell the person to come in and it's none other than the blondie .

"I believe you slept well,this must be different from that rat hole you used to live in",she says and smirks.

" Sorry, was that supposed to hurt me?",I ask and she just rolls her eyes.

" Let me make one thing clear the boss doesn't care about you, you're just another one of the regular women he brings home , sooner or later you and your brother's will be dead",she says and this time I roll my eyes,like I care, that's if I don't kill him first no one is going to kill my brothers over my dead body.

"This is Anna, she will be taking care of your needs",she motions to the 50 year old lady standing besides her "she was boss's and his late brother's wet nurse",she continues.

" Nice to meet you Mrs Salvatore"she says in her German accent,Mrs Salvatore? She sees the confusion on my face and smiles "ain't you Giovanni's wife to be ?",she asks and my face becomes gloomy,yeah  today is the day.

Camila leaves me and Anna alone and for a moment ,there is a moment of silence between us,she clears her throat and hands me a book titled the rules to being a good wife "what the fuck is this?",I ask.

"Language Mrs Salvatore,it says there on rule number 14 ,you can't curse in private on in front of your husband,you must know that Giovanni is a very respected man all around the world,so you must be fitting to stand by his side and he said if you do not obey, your brother's have 40 fingers all together for each time you disobey, he'll cut one. And whenever you behave you get to spend time with them",she says and walks to my closet " please freshen up and get ready for breakfast",.

I stay rooted in my spot and my brain repeats everything she has said in my head. "Mrs Salvatore",she says.

"Will you stop fucking calling me that!",I yell. "I'm sorry, please call me Nithia, don't call me by that name, never call me by that name",I say and quickly do as she told me.

I'm wearing a white knee high dress and the nude heels she picked out for me, she combed my ginger curls and applied little makeup on me and led me outside after spraying me some perfume that she claimed Giovanni picked out for me .

We head to the dining table and everyone except Giovanni is waiting for us. I take my seat next to Mason and Lucas facing Vincent,Flavio and Leonardo.

"Are we going to the cemetery to visit dad Nithia?"Mason asks.I totally forgot today is Sunday and we always visit the cemetery to place flowers on dad's grave. But today I'm getting married to Giovanni, and before I can answer, someone beats me to it.

"No not today because today I'm marring your sister", Giovanni drops the bomb on my brothers who look at me surprised. "And do you know what that means Mason ,you can no longer sleep with your sister because, you're a man now and real men sleep in their own beds not in their sister's embrace",he says and takes a seat.

" Will there be cake?"Mason asks ,seriously, that's the only thing he heard. " Yes there will be," Anna answers him.

" What about us ?Does this mean you'll abandon us too ?"Lucas asks.

" No you guys will be living here with us,how can I take away your sister", Giovanni says and Lucas's face relaxes.

I don't say anything the whole time and just quietly eat my food,the ceremony will be this afternoon, and my brothers are so excited .Lucas likes it here,his room is pretty big with a game room and Giovanni even got him new stuff a new cell phone and laptop even Mason got new stuff I'm the only one that doesn't get one.

"Is this true,where the hell is my son!",I hear a woman scream.

" Boys, why don't we go and check out the horses in the stables Vincent suggests and this is my first time hearing him speak? He takes my brothers away and the door opens revealing a very beautiful woman with midnight black hair and green eyes. She must be Giovanni's mother.

She looks at me and removes a gun from her purse,"Giovanni you dare marry the child of your brother's murderer she says and fires but Giovanni pushes me to the ground making the bullet graze him. Leonardo manages to disarm her ,"they killed Federico and you're going to marry her",she sobs and Giovanni's face turns soft and he embraces her " don't worry mother she is going to suffer ,every single one of them,you have to trust me",he says and tells Anna to lead her away.

I'm still under the table shaking and trying to calm myself,he pulls me out and just walks away with Leonardo following behind leaving me with Camila "it's a shame she missed",she says and tells the guards to send me back to my room.

After some time Anna walks in with a bunch of people that wheel in my wedding dress and they prepare a bath for me and start getting me ready for my wedding.

The dress is beautiful even if the whole back is open it sure would have made me happy if I was marrying someone I loved,they style my hair and do my makeup.

"You sure look beautiful ma'am", Anna says a knock is heard and Lucas walks in with Mason and Flavio "it's time are you ready sis?",Lucas says and my stomach hollows out making me want to puke.


I keep standing there while everyone waits for me to move but I stay rooted where I stand.

"Sis didn't you hear me ,you must be nervous and I know you miss dad and wish he was here but I'm here and I hope you can rely on me ",Lucas says and kisses my forehead.

I take a deep breath and let him lead me downstairs. The ceremony is being held in the backyard in the garden and the whole time they lead me down the aisle I find myself in a daze. I'm sinking deeper and each day that goes by I'll find it difficult for me and my siblings to escape.

I snap out of it as my brother hands me over to Giovanni who smiles devilishly,I can feel myself shake and I Know he loves the way he's making me feel.

The priest begins the ceremony.

"Do you Giovanni, take Nithia to have and to hold from this day forward,for better,for worse ,for richer,for poorer ,in sickness and in health to love and to cherish till death do you part according to God's holy law?"

" I do", Giovanni says

" Do you Nithia,take G

Chapter SIX