~Madelyn~

I woke up in a cold room. My eyes felt heavy as I forced them open. My corneas stung as it adjusted to the bright lights around me. It was so bright I couldn't make out anything else in the room. Was I dead? I felt like it.

I tried to sit up but immediately hissed in pain at the wound on my stomach. My wrists were restrained on the wall behind me as I sat on the cold hard ground. The room was empty with only a heavy metal door keeping me locked in. Finally my eyes adjusted to the light and I realised I wasn't the only one here. My breath caught in my chest and my blood went cold.

"Hey Maddie. Sleep well?" My father asked with a menacing smile.

"Like a baby." I said through clenched teeth trying to act strong. I was a strong woman but when it came to my father I was just a scared little girl.

"Hmm that stab wound doesn't look good honey." He said shaking his head with fake concern.

"You should know you fucking put it there." I said and he laughed taking a step closer.

"You have your mother's fire." He said with a smile.

"Don't fucking talk about her." I snapped.

"Seems I've hit a nerve." He said.

"Are you going to kill me or do you want to catch up some more?" I said trying to figure out his plans.

"Not just yet my pet." He said bending down to grab my chin. I struggled and tried to break free from his hold but he held on tighter. "Ah you look just like your mother."

"So beautiful." He whispered stroking my cheek and I quickly turned my head and caught his finger between my teeth. He growled in pain trying to break free but I bit down harder tasting blood.

I let go with a loud cry when his foot pressed down on my stomach.

"What the fuck do you want?" I asked trying not to cry or pass out from the pain. "What will you prove by killing me?"

"It's not about you baby. It's about your family." He said and I was more confused.

"I have no family." I gritted. "You made sure about that."

He looked into my eyes for a moment searching for something before his eyes went wide and he let out a loud laugh. "Wow you really are a stupid stupid girl aren't you? You really have no idea who you are?"

"What?" I said and he laughed.

"You are a Sokolov." He said like I was supposed to know what that was.

"What's a Sokolov?" I asked craving answers after knowing nothing my entire life.

"You are not my daughter." He said and I laughed.

"Yeah I wish." I rolled my eyes.

"It's true. That night your mother died-"

"She didn't die you fucking killed her!" I shouted.

"Did you ever wonder why?" He asked and I took a deep breath.

"Why?" I gritted.

"She was in love with my brother. I'd always noticed it but that day he visited and I saw her behaviour completely change." He said taking a deep breath as if he was reliving it. "He's your father."

"That's why you killed her? Because she loved him?" I shouted still shocked from what I'd just heard.

"She was a cheating whore!" He shouted back. "And you... You aren't my child."

"No you're lying!" I said as I felt the sting of tears.

"And why would I do that? How would it help me?!" He said and I stared into his eyes for a minute before exhaling heavily. Bastard was telling the truth.

"Who's your brother?" I asked after a long time.

"Ivan Sokolov." He said and I wondered why that name sounded so familiar. The book that Leo gave me. Ivan Sokolov was...

"Ah I see you know the name." He said with a cruel smile.

"But Ivan Sokolov is..." I started trying to find the words.

"A lider mafii." he said and I sat there in shock. He was a Mafia leader.

"So that makes me-" I whispered to myself trying to understand.

"poteryannaya koroleva. " He finished for me. "And his heir to the mafia."

"They're looking for me?" I asked stunned and he smiled.

"Now you understand. Luckily I found you first." He said.

"How did he never find me." I asked wondering how these people have not found me in 25 years.

"You kept moving. From foster family to foster family." He said knowingly. He had kept eyes on me. "And when you were finally out of the system they tried to get to you. But your boyfriend beat them to it."

"What does he have to do with this?" I asked and he laughed.

"You naïve little girl. You didn't think he actually liked you did you?" He said. "You were a pawn. As long as he had you he had power over the Russian mafia."

"I was... Collateral." I said thinking about how Lorenzo never let me have a phone or go outside. He wasn't keeping me safe. He was keeping me prisoner.

Finally a tear fell down my face. God how could I be so stupid. He was using me.

"You're crying for him?" He asked with a sneer. "Don't embarrass yourself girl."

"Are you going to kill me?" I asked even though I knew he was.

"Yes." He said with a small smile and he bent down in front of me and grabbed my chin again forcing me to look at him. "But first I want to have some fun."

Before I could register his words he bent forward and planted a wet kiss to my jaw then my neck and I screamed louder than I ever have.

"No!" I shouted trying to free my hands. "No please please no!"

"Shh." He said leaning back to look in my eyes. He ran a hand over my cheek and I cried harder. "You look just like your mother."

His lips returned to my neck and I let out a huge sob still struggling against the rope on my hands.

His hands moved to my thighs as he begins pulling up my dress and I thrash harder. I try kicking him away but he grabs my ankles locking them in place. When he reaches for the hem of my dress I scream as loud as I can but it's no use. I was all alone here.

Rubbing the ropes on the rough brick wall behind me I feel it slowly start to loosen. Just a little more.

He places a kiss to my chest and removes the straps of my dress as I keep crying. Before he can pull my dress down the ropes snap and I immediately push him away. I ignore the blood on my wrists from scraping them on the wall. When he tries to get up I lunge for him straddling his chest.

I punch him in the centre of his nose hearing a crack. Then I punch him again and again.

"Maddie." He says painfully but I can't hear anything over my rage. I was in a complete trance.

I scratch his face over and over seeing blood run down from the scratch marks. I should stop but I don't. His hands finally leave me as he gets too weak. I lift his head by his hair before slamming it down over and over seeing a dark crimson paint the concrete floor. He's dead but I don't stop slamming his head down.

"That was for my mother!" I scream not recognising my own voice. "And this!" I say slamming his head down hard one last time. "Was for me!"

Finally I take deep breaths trying to steady my heart. My stomach is throbbing from where I was stabbed and I roll off him. On my knees next to him I take a deep breath going to cover my face only to see my hands covered in blood. A lot of blood.

My hands shake uncontrollably and I slowly look at him. His face is covered in blood and unrecognisable from the scratch marks.

I let out a loud scream and scramble away from him until my back hits the wall. I cover my mouth with my shaky hands looking at what I've done. I let out a huge sob squeezing my eyes shut and finally I hear the door fling open and off its hinges. It must have been locked.

Lorenzo and Kai rush into the room but stop when they see my presumed father dead and beaten on the floor in a pool of blood. Then their eyes flick to the blood on my hands and face before they see my straps down and my dress pulled up exposing my underwear.

"Fuck." Kai mutters realising what happened. Lorenzo's jaw clenches so hard that I think it might crack as he takes in my disheveled appearance.

"Get out." Lorenzo says quietly to Kai but Kai doesn't take his eyes off me. "Now." He orders and Kai runs out.

He walks over to me bending down in front of me and I don't acknowledge him as I keep sobbing.

He reaches out and grabs my arm and I immediately push his arms away crying louder.

"Do- don't touch me!" I shout my entire body shaking.

"Ok- ok." He immediately says in a soft tone pulling his hands away. He held them up so I could see them as he sat in front of me.

He didn't say anything he just sat there looking at me as I cried. My body shook with heavy sobs and I felt overwhelmed. About 10 minutes passed before I lifted my head from my hands and looked at him.

I was still crying as I stared at him and he stared back. Then, without another thought, I flung myself into his arms and held onto him like he was the only thing that could save me. ______________________________________________________ Heyy guyss It's been a while. This part is going to continue in the next part coz it was becoming too long.

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