Violet's POV:

Four months since I last saw the people that I call family.

Silvia and I spoke on the phone almost every day and she made sure I always knew what was going on there.

I haven't talked to Jacob because I still have to read his letter. And to be honest, I'm scared of doing so.

Blake called me once. But, it was around 5 am and I was still asleep, so I didn't answer. And I never called him back.

Then there's Alex.

He disappeared.

Silvia called me one day and told me that Alex wasn't home for a whole month.

Everyone thinks he's doing fine and that he's probably on some mission of his own, but I have a bad feeling about this.

I think that, if he was actually fine, he would've called me. At least once.

And now he hasn't been home for three months.

I tried to call him, I texted him, I even emailed him. But nothing.

On the other side, I found my brother.

It was a week after I got here, in Russia.

I had a meeting with the Russian Mafia's Boss, Quinn Ivan Aliaz.

He has an alliance with the Italian Mafia and a few other Mafias. Because him and the other leaders were childhood best friends.

Turned out, my brother is the Boss' wingman. He's an assassin and personally goes on missions for his Boss.

Just like Alex.

I had time to bond with my brother, after all that time of not seeing him or hearing from him.

His name is Leonard Vittorio Rodriguez. He's two years older than me and he used to be a very protective older brother. That sort of ended when I turned nineteen and he disappeared.

It's been such a long time since then.

Leo was always there for me, but I guess I wasn't a little girl anymore when he left.

And now, I'm currently sitting at the edge of my bed, contemplating whether I should sleep or keep staring at the floor.

I'm just really nervous 'cause tonight there's a very important meeting and all the allies of the Russian Mafia are going to be there.

So that means, the Italian Mafia too.

The good thing, is that I would see Silvia and Jacob after four months.

The bad thing is, obviously, that I would also see Blake. I mean, it's not like he's the Italian Mafia's Boss.

I glance at the clock, 8 am.

I guess I'll sleep this afternoon.

My phone starts ringing and my brother's name pops up on the screen.

"Good morning sunshine." He greets me and I want to slap him. "It's 8 am, what do you want?" I speak annoyed.

"Don't be grumpy sis, get ready and come at the mansion. I'll wait for you." He says and quickly hangs up, not giving me time to protest.

First, I need me a coffee big bro.

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"Good morning Miss Rodriguez" A familiar voice says from behind. As I turn around, I'm met with the one and only, Quinn.

"Good morning to you too, and I'm pretty sure I already told you to call me Violet" I give him a smile as he embraces me in a hug.

"I know, but I love teasing you. How have you been, flower?" He smiles pulling away.

When I first heard of Quinn, I thought he was some old creepy Mafia Boss. But then I met him and he told me a lot of things about his childhood with Blake.

Quinn is actually a nice person, if you keep aside the fact that he's a ruthless Mafia Boss that kills people and sells drugs or guns and stuff.

I hope the others are like him, too.

"Surviving as usual, what about you?" I ask him back and he chuckles "I'm fine thank you".

We walk to the huge living room, where I find my brother sitting on the couch and glancing at his phone.

"Hey sis, you can sit you know?" He says without even looking at me. How did he-

"Why did you ask me to come here? It's early you know." I say as I sit on the couch, next to him. I glance at Quinn as he grabs his phone and leaves the room, leaving me with my brother.

"We have a whole ass wardrobe here for special events only. You can find something to wear for tonight." He looks up at me and flashes a smile, before making a call and sitting up from the couch.

"I have to go, have fun sis." He says before leaving the living room.

Thanks, I guess.

I walk towards the fourth floor, where my favorite maid has her room.

I knock on the door and after a few seconds she opens it.

"Hi Miss Rodriguez!" She greets me with a hug and I chuckle as I struggle to breathe.

"Hi Natalie. Plus, I told you to call me Violet" She pulls away and smiles.

"I'm sorry, I didn't expect it to be you." She says and I smile again.

"Do you need anything?" She asks looking at me.

"Yes actually. I need you to show me the wardrobe for special events only and obviously, to help me choose something." She smiles excited and nods.

"Come with me, it's on the second floor." She closes her bedroom's door and walks in front of me, me following behind her.

Natalie works as a maid at the mansion. When I first got here she had made some cookies with chocolate and strawberry, they were amazing.

She gave me some of them and we started talking. Poor girl was sold to the Russian Mafia because her parents didn't have money. She's the same age as me and has ginger hair, brown eyes and a beautiful smile.

We reach one of the rooms on the second floor and she opens the huge doors.

"Here we are" She says excited as she closes the door behind me.

This is amazing. The room has a giant mirror and all the walls are covered by wardrobes.

There's a small red couch in the middle of the room. There's also a balcony from where you can see the big and fancy pool they have.

"I'm assuming you need a dress for tonight" Natalie's voice drags me out of my thoughts and I nod at her.

"Do you want to see them all or do you want me to pick the ones that would fit for the event?" She asks and I think about it, before choosing the second one.

She smiles before getting to work.

"I would go through them all, but honestly I don't think I have the energy and patience right now." I chuckle as she scans the dresses on the first wardrobe on the right.

"I know, but you just have to trust me" She says as I sit on the red couch, relaxing a little.

"I do." I sigh, grabbing my phone and scrolling down on a few apps.

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"It was hard, but I made it. I selected eight dresses from all the wardrobes, now it's you turn: you can either try them all and see which one you like the most, or you can organize a whole look, hair and makeup included, and pick the dress that would suit the look." Nat speaks as I put my phone on the couch, sitting up.

"I've already thought of a look. I want a white dress that will go with a makeup I'm going to do, white heels and golden accessories." I say and she nods smiling, she actually looks proud.

"That seems perfect! Now, from these eight dresses, one of them is white. Try it and let me know if you want it, or if you want me to find another one." She says as she hands me the white dress she'd picked. I quickly got into the changing room, on the left of the room.

It was a long dress with a huge cut on my right thigh, exposing my whole leg. The material was so soft and it hugged my body perfectly.

I got out of the changing room and Natalie gasped.

"You look like a fucking angel." She says, practically drooling.

"Thank you babe" I smile at her and she gasps again, before grabbing a pair of white gloves and handing them to me.

"These are long gloves, they go with the dress. As for your hair and makeup, you will have to ask the maids that are specialized in that." She says as she starts putting the other dresses back into the wardrobes.

"Thank you Nat. It would be so boring without you." I hug her and she chuckles.

"Change yourself and go have lunch, after that rest a little. Then get up and get ready for that event, he's going to see what he's exactly missing." She smiles to herself.

Right. I forgot I told her everything about Blake.

"Okay Boss" I chuckle at her before changing and heading down to have lunch.

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"Violet wake up!" I hear the angelic feminine voice as I open my eyes. What time is it?

"Come on, the other maids are ready to do your makeup and hair. But you gotta put that dress on first!" Natalie shouts at me, attempting to grab me from the bed. She's so cute.

"I'm up!" I say rubbing my eyes and getting off the bed.

I take the dress along with the gloves and enter my bathroom, quickly changing.

As I get out Natalie grabs my hand and leads me to the second floor.

"Go in there, they're waiting for you. If you need anything, I'll be in the kitchen." Natalie flashes me a smile before leaving.

I knock on the door and someone opens it almost immediately.

I spot two sofas on the right side, three mirrors with a chair in front of each one of them. A group of maids is pacing around the room, preparing everything.

"You must be Miss Rodriguez" The woman that opened the door pulls me out of my thoughts.

I flash her a smile, nodding my head.

"But please, call me Violet." I say as she leads me to one of the chairs.

I glance at myself in the mirror for a moment, before the woman's voice makes its way to my ears.

"Natalie showed me the makeup and hair you want. It'll take thirty minutes for each, is it a problem?" She asks as I look up at her.

"Not at all." I smile and she smiles back.

"Perfect. Let's get started then." She calls the other maids and gives them orders, so that everyone in the room would have something to do.

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"And we're done ma'am." The woman from before says, as I look up from my phone at the mirror.

Wow, they actually did a great job.

The makeup isn't too much, just what I asked for. And they did my hair a bit wavy.

I mean, it's not like I'm getting married so I wanted something hot but simple.

"You guys did amazing!" I say excited as they all chuckle.

"Have a good time tonight ma'am." One of them says as I walk to the door.

Trust me, I don't think I will.

I walk to the kitchen and find Natalie, she was cutting some vegetables.

"Hey Nat" I greet her and she turns around, gasping when she sees me looking better than usual.

"You look hot babe" She laughs before turning back to cut other vegetables.

"Oh and, your heels and accessories are in your room, I got them ready for you. Hurry up, you have to be in the car in five minutes." She says and I blow her a kiss even though she's not looking at me.

"Thank you Nat, I'll see you tomorrow morning? I guess" I say and she nods her head.

"I want every detail okay?" She says and I just know she's smirking.

"Yeah yeah. I'll see you!" I chuckle before heading to my room.

A golden necklace and some bracelets are on my bed, while a pair of amazing white heels are at the entrance of the room.

I manage to put on the necklace and the bracelets, then I wear the heels. They feel comfortable.

I grab my purse and head towards the garage.

A hand grabs my wrist and gently pulls me towards a black Mercedes.

"Hey sis, you look amazing." Leo speaks, smiling as I look up at him.

"You don't look too bad yourself." I smirk at him. He's wearing a black suit, the classic one.

I get in the passenger seat while he goes in the driver's one.

I can't believe I'm going to see him again.

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"Don't worry sis, everyone here is an alley." My brother whispers to me as we make our way to the elevator.

As we reach it, I see a tall muscular man. He's also wearing a black suit.

The elevator's doors open and we walk in with the man in front of us.

Blake. Blake, turn around please.

My heart calls out, but nothing escapes my mouth. Maybe it's not him, maybe I'm just assuming.

Finally, we reach the last floor of the luxurious building.

The man in front of us walks into the crowd of people, and I lose him.

"I'll go grab a drink from the bar, suit yourself sister." Leo tells me before leaving me.

Okay, I got this.

I spot an area filled with sofas, I could just sit there.

I start to walk there, when suddenly a voice calls my name.

"Violet?" It doesn't take me more than one second to realise who that is.

"Silvia!" I turn around and instantly hug her.

"How have you been gorgeous?" She asks pulling away. She looks amazing. She has a red dress that isn't tight and it also isn't short. It suits her perfectly.

"Just fine, what about you?" She nods her head okay and smiles at me.

"Actually, I've got something to tell you." She says before looking around, searching for someone.

"Let's find Jacob first." She says and takes my hand.

We spot Jacob talking to another man, this one's also tall and muscular, but has a blue suit.

When Jacob sees me he gasps and apologises to the man, before turning to me and embracing me in a hug.

"God it's been so long." He says not letting me go.

"I'm sorry I still have to read the letter. I was scared but I promise I'll read it." I quickly say pulling away and earning a chuckle from him.

"It's okay, as long as you read it one day." He smiles before putting a hand on Silvia's lower back.

"So," Silvia begins, looking at me "What I wanted to tell you," She puts a hand onto her stomach, massaging it "Is that I'm pregnant!" She smiles and my mouth falls open.

I almost scream as I hug her and she laughs.

"I'm almost four weeks pregnant." She says smiling at Jacob.

"And I proposed to her." Jacob says, flashing me a genuine smile.

"No way! When is the big marriage?" I ask and they laugh at how excited I am.

"Next month. See, I didn't feel like telling you the big news on the phone, so I waited for this event." She says as she brings one hand to my cheek.

I put my hand onto hers and smile at her. "You did the right thing."

The man with the blue suit pats Jacob on the back before looking at me. He was familiar.

"Violet, this is Ezra Judas Alister. Leader of the Greek Mafia and great friend of Blake and I." Jacob speaks as I realise. He's apart of Le Ombre.

"I saw you once but I didn't exactly saw you because I left the room." I smile shaking his hand, as I remember the night I thought Blake was sleeping with another girl. When he was just having a meeting with Le Ombre.

"It's fine. I've heard a lot about you." Ezra smiles at me before Jacob and Sil excuse themselves and leave the two of us alone.

"Good things I hope" I smile at him and he nods, smiling too.

"Would you please introduce me to the others? I'd love to know them as well." I politely ask and he nods.

"Follow me." Ezra says and I find myself actually following him. I think I can trust the guy.

He enters a door at the end of the huge room, and we get inside another room. This one's smaller than the other but has color lights and a bit of club music.

There's also poles with strippers dancing on them. So I'm assuming this is the usual VIP area. Must be for the leaders of the Mafias only.

We approach a table, surrounded by Quinn, another man and a woman.

I know the woman.

"Dear friends," Ezra smiles at them "This is Miss Rodriguez. She wanted to meet you." Ezra sits onto the couch as I shake my hand with the others.

"William Rhys King, leader of the American Mafia." William smiles at me before lighting up a cigarette.

"Anastasia Celine Fontaine, leader of the French Mafia." The woman flashes a smile, and I finally recognize her.

"You," I chuckle "You helped me after I got kidnapped, you gave me the money for the plane ticket!" I laugh at myself.

"True." She says, sipping on her red wine.

"So he knew that after I escaped, I was fine." I say and she nods.

I sit beside her on the couch and bring a hand to my forehead.

"Listen," She started "He made sure you were fine. And when he knew you were, he wanted to let you live, without being involved in all this." I know she's telling the truth. I just wish I would've known it that day. The day I escaped.

I nod before grabbing myself a drink.

I spot a balcony.

And there he is.

He's smoking a cigarette, looking at the view.

With a drink in my hand, I make my way to him.

Fresh air hits me as I walk onto the balcony.

"Such a long time, Mr Ferreri." I smirk as he blows out the smoke, before turning to me.

He takes his time to check me out, before smirking to himself.

"Indeed, Miss Rodriguez."

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I'm alive 😋

School starts next week. Ugh. Jk, I'm ready to romanticise school.

Sorry for any mistake I made in this chapter!!

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