Panic filled me as I tried to make my way to the house on time before Luke gets angry. I don't know why mom loves him so much, she doesn't see any bad in him and leaves me with him all the time

I barely managed to make it to the house because of my wounds from yesterday. I opened the door and didn't see Luke anywhere, I sighed in relieve and made my way to the stairs

"Where the fuck have you been you filthy whore!" I heard his voice from behind me and I stilled, heart beating faster. It's finished, he's gonna kill me

"I-"

"Answer me bitch!" He yelled at me and pulled me down the stairs by my hair. Gosh that hurt alot, I tried to keep the tears in as he hated it when I cry. But unfortunately for me a few slipped out of my eyes

"Crying like always" he sneered and delivered a punch to my stomach and I winced in pain

"Now tell me where were you?" He growled, holding my jaw tightly

"S-school" I stuttered like a pathetic person, which sadly I am

"You fuckin liar, your school ended at 2:00 so tell me where the fuck where you?" He asked clearly irritated

"At school, a teacher needed my help" I said, which wasn't practically a lie

"Lying again are we? Looks like it's time for me to teach you some manners" he said with a disgusting smirk making him look like a dying fish

He pushed me to the ground and unbuckled his belt with a sinister smirk. He started whipping me with his belt and I shut my eyes tightly, not making a sound, that's what he wants, for me to scream and then he'll just punish me harder. Sick fucker

He suddenly stopped and I opened my eyes slowly to see what he was doing and tears welled in them. He was holding a dagger, that hurts more than any other punishment he has given me

"P-please any o-other punishment. N-not this" I stuttered trying to get away from him

"Shut up. Now lift your shirt like a good little whore" he said coming closer to me and I shook my head

"Then I'll do it for you" he said and ripped my shirt off causing an involuntary sob to force it's way out of my lips

He turned me around forcefully and started carving words into me. Tears fell from my eyes rapidly as pain overwhelmed me

"Clean this mess up before your mother comes" he scrowled and kicked me a couple times before staggering up the stairs. Leaving me there to wonder just what I did to deserve all this

I gasped awake, my hands shaking. I looked at the time, it's just 12:00am.

I didn't know when tears welled up in my eyes again and I sobbed. I'm so tired of being like this, I'm so messed up. I heard some footsteps coming towards me but I didn't have the power to look up, suddenly arms wrapped tightly around me

"It's okay, I'm here for you" I heard the person say and I buried my head in the person's chest

Damon's pov I just got back from a club and made my way upstairs. I came across Gabriella's room and stopped, I could hear sobs in there. I wanted to walk away but it felt like my legs were glued to the ground

I felt uneasy hearing her cry like that. I may pretend like I don't care about her but she is my sorella, I will always care. After having an inner battle, I opened the door and saw my farfalla (butterfly) curled up in a ball as sobs raked her body

My feet moved on its own and I found myself moving closer to her. I slowly wrapped my shaky hands around her fragile frame. She didn't say anything and leaned into me

"It's okay. I'm here for you" I whispered to her and she buried her head deeper into my chest, still sobbing.

I clenched my jaw tightly seeing her state, I wonder what happened to her. I waited until she stopped crying and was only sniffling before pulling away from her. When she looked up at me her eyes widened and I fought back a smile. She obviously didn't think it would be me

"Are you okay?" I asked softly but she just kept looking at me without uttering a word

"Bambina?" I said waving my hands infront of her and she flinched

"Sorry. I'm sorry, I was just asking if you're okay" I said quickly wondering why she would flinch like that

"I'm fine, thank you" she said hoarsely and I gave her a glass of water that was on her bedside table and she gulped it down

"You should go to sleep, we have to go to school in a couple of hours" I said and she stiffened before shaking her head

"I'm not sleepy" she said just when a yawn escaped her and I chuckled

"Do you want to sleep with me?" I asked hesitantly, knowing everything I've done to her, she has no reason to even spare me a glance.

"Sure" she said and my eyes widened in shock and I smiled at her

"Come on then" I said and grabbed her hand, taking her to my room

Gabriella's pov I would never have expected that Damon would be the person to help me. He took me to his room and it looked exactly how I imagined it to be

"You can lay down. I'm gonna go change my clothes" he said and walked into his bathroom with a set of clothes. I got comfortable in his bed and after some time he came back fully dressed

He got in the bed and pulled me closer, I stiffened at first but then wrapped my hands around him too and slowly fell asleep ~~~~~~~ "Am I seeing what I think I'm seeing?"

"They're cuddling?!. Why does that idiot get to cuddle her!"

"Shut up idioti (idiots) and take the picture before they wake up"

"They look so cute"

"No, our bambina looks like an angle, Damon looks like a dead goat"

That last one almost made me chuckle. I felt Damon's muscles tense which meant he also heard them as well

"Get the fuck out of my room" I heard his voice from on top my head and I looked up to see him glaring at them (Diego, Matteo, Xavier and Xander)

"Calm your tits brother, you both have like thirty minutes to get ready before we leave for school" Diego said and both our eyes widened

"Shit!" We cursed

I rushed to my room to hurriedly take a shower not even daring to look in the mirror, I put on some clothes and decided to let my hair down



"Eat quickly, you guys are already late. I'll whoop your asses if this happens tomorrow" Emilio said glaring at all of us and we ducked our heads down. Em can be scary when he wants to

"Leave them alone Emilio, you did worse when you were their age" Antonio said with a teasing smirk and Emilio looked at him in shock. We were all fighting the urge to laugh at his face, he looks betrayed

"I did not!" He defended himself

"Didn't the school call dad five times in one week because you kept skipping classes?" Ales said with a chuckle and Em turned red in embarrassment

"And the time when he was caught making out with a girl in the middle of a class" Dom said, wheezing

"Stop talking about that!" Emilio yelled and that did it. We all burst out laughing causing him to glare at us younger ones

"It's not funny" he scrowled at us

"Yes it is. Anyway get to school now, tell them you had a family emergency. We will be having some guests over for dinner so behave" Antonio said sternly but with a small smile

We said our goodbyes and left. We arrived at school when the third period was over because Xander thought it would be a good idea to go get some food even after we already had breakfast

I walked into my English class and Ms Smith glared at me. Good God the period hadn't even began yet and she's already glaring at me, I hate her

"Why are you so late to school?" She asked pushing her glasses to her nose

"Family emergency" I said walking to my seat at the back

"Hey" Nathan said smiling at me and I offered one back

"Hi" I said

"You were off yesterday, are you okay?" He said and I sighed

"Yeah I'm fine. I was just in a bad mood" I said and he nodded

"The others wanna go out for a movie, you up for it?" He asked and I nodded

"Sorry I can't, we're having guests over for dinner and Antonio said to be home immediately after school" I said

"I guess it's just me and those idiots then" he said with a pout and I ruffled his hair ~~~~~~~~ Time skip- after school School ended quickly and me and my brothers got in our car and quickly went back home. Knowing Antonio if we aren't back as soon as possible, he'd bite our heads off

"You guys are five minutes late!" Antonio nearly yelled at us as soon as we entered the living room. I frowned and looked at the clock, what's up with him?. It's just 4:30pm

"Relax Tony, we came back as quickly as we could" I said softly staring directly into his eyes and he sighed

"It's fine, go get ready, they'll be here by 6:00" he said waving for us to leave

I walked to my room and decided if I wanted to be on time then I needed to begin now so i took a quick shower. Now the only problem is what to fuckin wear, I have to dress nice and I can't seem to find anything good enough to wear. I heard a knock on my door and someone came in

"What's the point of knocking if you won't wait for me to say come in?" I asked Ales and he rolled his eyes, his hands behind his back

"I know you don't have anything to wear so I got you something. I had my secretary pick it out for you" he said and handed me a box

"Thank you Ales you're a life saver!" I said squeezing the life out of him "Get dressed bambina" he said and only then did I realize that I'm still in a towel.

My face heated up from embarrassment and he laughed before walking away. I opened the box and I gasped, damn his secretary has good style. I put it on and looked at myself in the mirror with a smile



Gosh look at me, I look hot. My booty also looks nice in this outfit. I did light makeup and let my hair flow down. One last glance at the mirror and I smiled. My skin looks so much more healthy than it did a few months ago

I made my way out of my room and went down the stairs. My heels clicking loudly to the marble floor and I cringed at how loud it was. My brothers looked me up and down when they heard me coming

"What the fuck!. Go change that shit is too short" Xander yelled and I looked down at my outfit, there's nothing wrong with it. It stopped mid thigh and I think I looked really good so what's his problem

"This is the dress you picked out Alessandro?!" Antonio glared at Ales who looked unbothered

"She looks good. She can put whatever she wants on HER body" Ales said and I smiled at him

"It's gonna be way harder to chase boys away from her. Look at her, she is too pretty for her own good!" Antonio whined and not just me but everyone stared at him

"Did you just call me pretty?" I teased him and he glared at me but I could see the small smile threatening to appear

We heard the door bell ring and Antonio stiffened.

"They're here. Behave, all of you" he said sternly and we nodded. He opened the door and I heard a familiar voice

"Hello there Antonio" the voice said and Tony moved slightly so that I was able to see who it was and I gasped

"πατέρας" I whispered looking at the man before me (papa). He looked at me and his eyes widened

"η κόρη μου" he said and hugged me tightly (my daughter)

"που ήσουν?!. σε έψαξα παντού" he said, tears building up in his eyes (where were you?! I looked for you everywhere)

"λυπάμαι μπαμπά" I said feeling guilty and wiped his tears away (I'm sorry papa)

"αδελφή!" I heard a voice yell (sister)

"Adonis!" I yelled back and he eagerly picked me up and twirled me around

"My phoenix how are you?" He asked laying a kiss on my head

"I'm okay. What about you?" I asked still holding him

"Perfect now that I've seen you" he said and I smiled

"Oh stop hogging her for yourself. There she is, δαιμονάκι μου" Seb said and I smiled at him (my little demon)

"Where's my hug?" He asked with a pout and I hugged him tight

"I missed you" I croaked out and he held me tighter

"Me too" he said back and kissed my cheek

"ξέχασες ήδη τον γέρο σου;" an older voice said harshly (you've forgotten your old man already?)

"Παππού μου έλειψες" I said and hugged my old man (Grandpa I missed you)

"How the fuck do you guys know each other?" Stephano asked and we all froze, clearly forgetting that they were here as well

______________________________________ Hey loves I hope you like this chapter, I put alot of work into it so I hope it's to your liking. Please pretty please vote and comment, I love seeing your comment. Have a wonderful day/night ❤️