ISABELLA POV:
"MOM". I whisper seeing her after months.
I hurriedly stand and move towards her to hug her. I didn't care about anything and anyone, I just hugged her tightly. A sob escapes from my mouth without my knowledge. I didn't feel her wrapping her arms around me, so I looked up at her only to see an expression less face. Before I could ask her something, I felt someone holding my hair from behind and pulling me away from mom. Soon I get separated from mom, I am screaming for her to hold me to save me from the person but she doesn't show any emotion on her face. The pull on my hair becomes harsh, so I hold the hand of the person trying to free myself, but a slap landed on my right cheek. I turn and see uncle Dario slap me.
Suddenly the person who is holding my hair, leaves it and pushes me hard. I fell on the ground, my head hit hard on the ground surface. I slowly sit and see the person in front of me and its Bianca. I shiver seeing her in front of me. She is giving a smirk and before I could say or do something, she slapped me across my face so hard that my face turned on the other side.
"Sir." I heard someone say, Mikael looked at him and said something which I really don't understand.
THIRD PERSON POV:
"Чего вы хотите сейчас?" Mikael said strictly.
Translation: What do you want now?
"Сэр, сэр Фракос позвонил поговорить с той девушкой. Что мне ему сказать?" The man replied to him bowing his head.
Translation: Sir, Thrakos sir has called to talk to that girl. What shall I say to him?
"Скажи ему, что она спит после приема лекарств. Если он скажет увидеть ее, то скажи ему, что она заперта в его комнате и никому не позволено к ней идти." Mikael replied to him in a stern tone.
Translation: Tell him she is sleeping after taking her medicines. If he says to see her then tell him she is locked in his room and no one is allowed to go to her.
"Да, Дон." The man replied and left from there.
Translation: Yes, Don.
"What was he saying?" Bianca asked Mikael.
"My brother called to ask about her whereabouts." Mikael replied in a boring tone.
"Are you talking about Thrakos?" Bianca asks excitedly, while Mikael nods his head.
"But why was he asking about her?" Emma said suddenly gaining everyone's attention.
"Because that bitch has spelled magic on my brother." Mikael said and kicked Isabella on her stomach.
"Ahh!" Isabella screams in pain.
"Have some fun with your Family Mafia Princess." Mikael said and kicked her one more time, he left signaling Conti's to have their fun.
Francesca comes forward, Isabella thinks that she is coming to save her but the moment her face turns towards the other side her illusion breaks into pieces. She accepted that her mother can never love her. Emma brought a steel scale and hit Isabella on her back. A scream escaped from Isabella's mouth. But did she stop? No, she didn't stop either she started hitting Isabella more harshly and roughly, leaving marks on her back.
"Papa." Isabella screams the moment Bianca hits her stomach with a wooden scale.
Dario is holding her both hands, while Francesca & Emma are holding her legs. Bianca is hitting her stomach without showing any mercy. Isabella's screams are increasing with each passing second, soon she becomes breathless because Emma holds a pillow on her face, muffling her screams.
"Her voice is so irritating." Emma said in a boring tone, while Bianca chuckled at it.
"Now my turn baby girl." Dario said and smirked.
They make Isabella stand; Dario takes out his leather belt. Before she could understand, they left her hands and the belt hit her on her arm.
"Papaaa." She screams in pain while holding her arm.
This angers Francesca, so she takes the belt from Dario and starts hitting her on her arms, legs, back and abdomen. By now Isabella's voice is hoarse as she has been screaming for a long time. She started feeling dizzy and fell on the ground with a thud. Bianca bent on her knees and pulled her hair to see her face.
"Bitch! She fainted mom." Bianca said in a boring tone.
"But I want to play more." Emma whined like a kid.
"Ohh my baby, you can play when she wakes up. Okay." Francesca said softly to her daughter, who gave her a small smile with a thumbs up.
"She fainted." Bianca said to the guard after coming out of the room.
"I will inform the Don about her; you all please settle in your rooms. I will inform you when the dinner is ready." The guard replied to her.
"Okay." Saying this they all left from there.
The guard informs Mikael about her and they call a doctor to treat her. As they don't want her to die or fall ill. If anything happens to her the Romano's will not give anything to him. Soon the doctor comes into the room where she is staying. The guards see her lying on the floor. The same guard picks her up and lays her on the bed.
"Denis takes her in the basement." Mikael said in his cold tone.
The guard is his right hand; his name is Denis. He picks her up again and takes her in the basement. He laid her on the bed in the small room. The doctor started checking her pulse and all. He gave her an injection and prescribed some medicines too.
"Is she fine?" Denis asks him in a cold tone.
"No, she is not. Her pulse is a little slow. She is burning in fewer. She needs proper rest and food. Don't stress her body and brain or it can affect her body badly." The doctor said in one go looking at Denis.
"Bring the medicines with you next time and no need to give her any pain relief. Do you get that?" Denis said in a strict tone, the doctor nodded his head.
1 HOUR LATER...
Isabella wakes up and feels pain in every inch of her body. She sits on the small bed but faces problems in sitting properly. She roams her eyes in the room but didn't find water. So, she slowly walked towards the door and knocked on it softly but didn't hear any reply, so she started banging the door a little louder than before.
"Is someone there? I need water. Please give me water, I am thirsty." She said but didn't get any reply so she again sat on the small bed.
After sometime the door opened and came inside Bianca along with Dario. Isabella pushes her body backward in fear, but they both are strong and fast to come towards her. Before Isabella could understand Bianca hold her hair and slap her across her face. After slapping her a few times Bianca stands in the corner and smirks at Isabella. Dario comes forward with a hockey stick in his hand.
She looks at him scared but he hits the hockey stick on her left leg harshly. She screams in agony, but he doesn't stop there and starts hitting her, while Bianca makes a video of her. After hitting her for 10 more minutes they both left leaving Isabella with a pain in her legs and broken heart. Soon night comes with a nightmare for her. She is sleeping in another room as Bianca didn't like her sleeping on the bed so she asked the guards to shift her in the lock up where there is no bed. Now Isabella is laying on the cold floor with nothing to cover her shivering body. She is shivering badly due to cold winds and why not shiver its end of November, so the coldness is at its peak.
She closed her eyes trying to calm herself down from whatever she heard today from her mother.
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⚫️ FLASHBACK ⚫️
She holds her mother's hand softly, looking at her mother after getting beaten by them. Almost in half dead condition, but then too she stands on her feet and touches her mother's face.
"Are you okay mom?" She asks while caressing her mother's cheeks. Francesca is shocked to hear that from Isabella.
"Mom, they are Mafia. They can harm you, please you all go away from them. Papa will take me out of here, just don't worry about me you all leave this place tonight and go away so they can't find you. You can go to papa too; I will talk to him and he will protect you all from Mikael. He lied to me, saying papa is in mafia, but I know my papa can never do something like this." She said looking worriedly at her mother's face.
"Hahaha hahahahaha." She heard a laughing voice behind her.
Turning she sees Bianca and Emma are laughing at her. She looks at her mother and sees her smirking at her.
"Do you think I don't know anything? Look at you how dumb you are? You know what he said the truth; your father is in mafia. I know from the start your father belongs to the Mafia's World and your big brother Andreano is now the King of Italian Mafia. You know who gave information about you to Mikael?" Francesca asked her while holding her hair in a fist.
"Who?" Isabella asks her while trying to free her hairs from Francesca's grip.
"I, I give them information about you. They get to know your father's and brother's weakness from me. I am the one who told them that you are Leo's weakness". Francesca said in venom.
Before she can understand anything, her mother starts kicking her in the stomach. She fell on the ground holding her stomach like this they all started beating her more and in this she lost her consciousness.
⚫️ FLASHBACK ENDS ⚫️
Soon sleep consumes her because of exhaustion. The next morning, she wakes up by someone shaking her. She opens her eyes to see a guard standing in front of her.
"Wake up fast. Thrakos Sir wants to see you." The guard informed us coldly. She tried to stand, but her legs failed her.
"I—I can't...stand." She stammered, her voice weak and trembling.
Tears welled up in her eyes as she looked at him, pleading silently.
"Stand fast!" He barked, making her flinch.
Seeing her struggle, the guard let out a frustrated sigh. Grumbling, he helped her to her feet. She managed to take a few painful steps before collapsing again. Without a word, the guard picked her up and carried her down a dim corridor.
They entered a room filled with strange, ominous tools that Isabella didn't recognize. The guard placed her on a cold metal chair, then tied her hands and legs tightly. She whimpered, shaking her head, her eyes begging him to stop, but he ignored her silent pleas.
"Denis, is the setup ready?" A commanding voice echoed across the room as Mikael entered, his steps deliberate and foreboding.
"Yes, Don. Everything is in place." Denis, the bodyguard, replied with a bow.
Mikael's lips curled into a sinister smirk. "Good. Start recording. Make sure it's perfect. Send it straight to the Romano’s."
Mikael strode toward Isabella and slapped her across the face, his hand landing with a sickening crack. Her head jerked to the side, but before she could react, another slap followed. And another.
Ten brutal slaps later, Mikael finally stopped, breathing heavily. Isabella's face throbbed, and her vision blurred with tears.
Without hesitation, Mikael moved to a table littered with knives of various sizes. He picked up a sharp one, testing its edge with a grim smile, and returned to her.
In one swift motion, he stabbed her right thigh mercilessly, twisting the blade as it dug into her flesh.
"Ahhh! Dad! Stop!" Isabella screamed; her voice raw with pain.
But he didn't stop. With a cruel twist, he pulled the knife out, leaving her thigh drenched in blood. Emma stepped forward; her face contorted with rage. She slapped Isabella hard, her palm landing across the already bruised cheek.
"Shut your mouth, you filthy bitch." Emma hissed, her hands clamping over her ears as if to block out Isabella's cries.
Mikael turned; his tone icy. "Do whatever you want with her. She's your toy now." He left the room without looking back.
Bianca stepped forward; her smile wicked. "Let's start the game." She handed a nail cutter to Dario, who approached Isabella with cold precision.
He dug the nail cutter into the skin of her arm, ripping a piece of flesh away. Isabella's scream echoed through the room.
"Andee!" Francesca barked, slapping Isabella viciously. "Didn't you hear my daughter?"
Dario repeated the brutal act, tearing into her flesh again. Isabella bit down on her lower lip to keep herself from screaming, drawing blood in the process. Bianca grabbed another knife and stabbed Isabella's left thigh with just as much cruelty. Tears streamed Isabella's face, her body trembling uncontrollably. Emma untied her restraints and, with Bianca's help, dragged her toward a large glass box. The two women shoved her inside and locked the lid. Isabella's panic grew as the taps inside the box turned on. Water began filling the container rapidly.
"Mom! Please open it!" She screamed, pounding her fists against the glass.
Her cries grew desperate as the water reached her neck. "Please! I'll drown! Take me out!"
"Oh, poor Isabella." Bianca mocked with a laugh. "Can't swim now?"
Isabella's strength waned as the water swallowed her. She flailed helplessly before losing consciousness. Her body sank slowly to the bottom of the box, lifeless. Mikael reentered the room, glancing at the screen displaying the recording. His expression was cold, calculated.
"I hope you all enjoyed this." he said, addressing the Romano’s through the camera. "You dared to defy me. See what's happened to her now. Many more are coming. This is just the beginning."
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How far can hatred push a family?
Will Isabella survive this torment, or is this truly her end?
How will the Romano's react to Mikael's horrific warning?
Can Isabella ever escape the clutches of those who seek to destroy her?
What will happen when a broken soul rises from the ashes?
Will she be able to return to her family ever in her life, or will it be her end?
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