{ Tori's POV }

It's been two days since the Russian's attacked...and It's been pretty boring to say the least...but today I'm training with my father Valente, Luca, and Diego.

They told me to be in the training area by five o'clock this morning. Which is where I am, and yet, the only one here with me is Diego..

"Where are they?" I ask a little frustrated

Diego just shrugs, seeming use to it.

"They are nearly an hour late." I state

Diego just nods.

"Do they do this a lot?" I question

Diego nods yes again.

"I'm going to give them a hard time when they get here..." I tell Diego and he smirks but nods nonetheless in what I take as agreement and understanding.

"I knew you were my favorite." I mumble to Diego and I see his lip twitch up in a smile.

Valente and Luca come walking through the gym doors, in athletic clothing like Diego and myself. They both seem to wear I don't care facial expressions although they are in deep conversation with each other..and they are definitely putting off a 'f*ck off' vibe.

Luckily I don't care.

"First we are going to do hand to hand combat." Valente announces while nearing Diego and I. I personally ignore him, and just simply get up, and walk into the boxing ring. I see Diego smirk as if he knows I'm not about to be pleasant.

Valente and Luca look confused about my attitude. I hear Valente ask Diego "Is she ok?" to which Diego just shrugs.

Valente and Luca step into the ring along with Diego, who seems completely at ease.

Without warning Valente charges at me but I dodge him. I don't fight back or anything. I simply just dodge every attack. Luca starts to try to get in on the training that's happening. I think their original goal was to seemingly hold me in a corner, so I'd have no choice but to fight back. Although if that's their plan it isn't anywhere near working. Because I'm still dodging both of their attempts without breaking a sweat.!

I can tell both of them are getting annoyed. As they should be...

Luca swings at me and Valente continues to try to throw a hit at me. I dodge in perfect timing. Making them both hit each other.

"merda" Luca says under his breath

Right while both of them are confused as to what went wrong ; I step out of the ring and walk towards the door. Finally Luca and Valente realize what happened and see that I'm no longer near them.

When their eyes find me I say "The two of you are the ones who need training, you were over forty minutes late. Even your attacks are slow paced. Both of you are strong and skilled in what you do but if you don't find a way to speed things up then this whole family is already dead."

"Tori you can't speak to either of us like that. You will respect us!" Valente says trying to remain calm but show his authority

"I think the two of you could use some humbling, because last time I checked I'm an adult and can speak how I want too. Where I'm from respect is earned not handed out freely because of a title. Titles are meaningless to me." I tell him then walk out of the gym and head towards the kitchen.

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I walk in the kitchen and see Marco and Lorenzo sitting at the round table in the kitchen eating breakfast.

I go to get my own plate and fix it myself when a maid stops me and says "No Miss Tori, I'll get it. You go sit."

I go and sit down in between Marco and Lorenzo.

"I thought you had training today." Marco says raising an eyebrow questioning me

"I did." I say simply then the maid that talked to me, lays down my plate down in front of me. I touch her arm to stop her and say "Thank you Miss. What is your name?"

She looks surprised but says "My name is Greta, ma'am..and you are welcome."

She smiles and I return it then Greta goes and walks back to the stove and continues cooking.

"What happened with training?" Lorenzo asks

"Valente and Luca were nearly an hour late. Forty eight minutes to be exact. I don't do well when people are late, so I gave them a taste of my annoyance."

"Oh then what?" Lorenzo asks with a smile

"They ended up hitting each other. I left the ring and told them what I thought. It pissed Valente off, and he acted as if they were kings and I was supposed to bow. I don't bow to anyone so I'm sure my attitude pissed him off more." I tell them with a shrug

Lorenzo spits his drink out on Marco who wipes his face off looking pissed at Lorenzo, yet surprised at what I said.

"What did you say?" Marco asks

"Is that really important?" I ask

"It is if your father felt like it threatened their authority and lacked respect." Marco says

"I just told them the truth. It isn't worth repeating again. I said my peace and in my opinion they needed to hear it. I didn't mean it to be disrespectful but I also don't care if they decide to view it that way." I reply

"You're so bad a$$!" Lorenzo tells me clearly happy with the dramatics of everything

"And also suicidal...but I like to be positive." Lorenzo adds in smiling like he's truly a mad man

"I am what I am. I guess." I say lowly with an added shrug

"Why did you snap just because they were late?" Marco questions

"One I didn't 'snap'. I just don't trust people who are late like that. Especially when they don't even show any emotion. If you are late that means you are putting something before whatever you are late to. Meaning something else is more important. If something was more important than trying to make sure we will all be able to stay alive, then they didn't deserve my respect in that moment." I explain

"That's deep." Lorenzo says

"What if they were doing something important like saving a life?" Marco asks

"Were they?" I ask

Marco just shakes his head no.

"That's what I thought..but if they were by chance saving a life or lives then they should've passed on the message somehow, the least they could've done was apologize for being almost an hour late, and then I wouldn't of gotten pissed." I say

"What she says sounds reasonable." Lorenzo says

"It won't seem reasonable to Val." Marco says

"Then I'll leave and go my own path. I'm not some dog on a leash someone can control. I'm a person. I'm not a threat to any of you, and I actually have a little respect for them, and for this family, but I still have my own opinions. Call it disrespectful or dramatic but I'm not compromising who I am just because it inflicts pain on someones ego." I say then I stand up and walk away from the table taking my dishes to the sink. I clean them off then put them in the dishwasher.

"I could've gotten it Miss." Greta says coming over to me.

"I got it and please call me Tori, ma'am." I say friendly

"Yes Mi..Tori. Please call me Greta then." Greta says with a friendly smile

"Okay, Greta it is. Thank you for breakfast and your kindness." I tell her offering a smile in return because it's the polite thing to do.

"No problem Miss...I mean..Tori." Greta says and I send her another smile

"Have a good day." I tell her

"You too." Greta says

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I go upstairs to my room and take a shower. After I get out of the shower I brush my hair and dry off. Before I can slip on actual clothes, my bedroom door opens, as I stand only in a bra and underwear.

You'll never guess who walks in...