Soraya’s POV

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Xander and I walked into the second warehouse, my hand in his as his men quietly greeted him and acknowledged me. We made quite a congruent pair, he had on black casual suit pants, a black male dress shirt with Versace Oxford lace up shoes. He’s style different from mine but some how we just worked.

I had enjoyed my time at the shooting range room. Holding a gun in my hands had been so exciting. The adrenaline pumping through me every time I fired and heard the bang. Looking at the many different guns as Xander showed me how to disassemble and assemble them, how to load them and aim.

I kept thinking about how I never wanted to be caught not ready should anyone of our enemies try anything one day. I was going to protect my family at all costs.

Xander took me to a office and turned around to lock the door then pulled me to him. “At any point if you feel uncomfortable you tell me and we leave.” He said.

“I’m ready Xander, I never want to feel helpless I will take my power back.” I whispered as he leaned in for a k**s, but instead of kissing me he turned me so that my back was towards the door then he pushed me against it.

“You have no idea how much all this is turning me on but I have to be honest with you that a little part of me is worried that this might traumatise you Angel.” He nuzzled his face against mine.

“I promise I am okay.” I said silently.

“My world is dark and it’s ruthless.” He said. “I don’t have time to hesitate as the head of the family and that’s what I teach all the men in the family.”

“You are more worried that this will affect the way I see you, the way I love you.” I led his one hand to my neck and he enclosed his hand like he was choking me then my hands lowered his head by the nape of his neck. “You are not getting rid of me that easily unless you decide you don’t want me anymore more, I am here to stay.”

“That’s never going happening.” He smiled. I kissed him then led him to the the table. My hands worked on his belt and and the button of his pants.

“You surprise me every day with your spontaneity.” He chuckled.

“I want you inside me, no space between us.” I found myself saying. It shocked me as it came out of my mouth. I had gone from the girl who had fallen pregnant from having s*x just once, going years with no intimacy to this bold woman who wanted to take her pleasure. I unbuttoned my jeans and pulled them down to my knees. I had on a white lace thong, Xander laughed at the contrast between the white and the black. I also peeled it off all the way to my knees. I turned to face the table, putting both my hands on it I bent down making him g***n.

He swiftly moved behind me, I could hear his pants and Calvin Klein trunks sliding down then his e******n was pressed up against me, I caught my breath. His hands came around my tiny waist.

“I think you have bewitched me Angel.” His voice was hoarse, I m****d as he slipped inside of me from behind. My hands gripped the table as he filled me… the feeling in my stomach slowly crept into my palms, spreading all over my body. One of Xander’s hands moved into my jacket and up and down the length my back. I m****d out loud as he slowly began to thrust, it was a primal need type of thrust that had me feeling like he was possessing me instead, staking his claim on my body.

I started to feel like I was floating on a cloud, his g****s sounded like chants that were part of the possession as he kept going. I found myself winding and grinding my waist as my back rubbed up against him, he g*****d again. I banged the table as I tried to conceal a loud m**n, I finally reached my climax. I loved how he was more of a giver than a taker when it came to making love, he never came until he made sure that I had reached my o****m. He spasmed as he came inside me then we were both trying to catch our breath, he turned my head slightly to the side and kissed me. I couldn’t help but smile into the k**s.

A few minutes later he was guiding me to the office toilet and helping me to clean myself up. Then there was a knock on the office door.

“I’m about to start boss.” Dorian called out.

Xander let him know that we would be out soon. When we were done he looked at me and gave me a long deep k**s. “I’m here, remember just tell me if you want to leave.” He said gently as we left the office.

We went down to the basement, there was a man there placed on a gurney. His hands and feet were restricted by leather belts. He looked terrified for his life as he spoke rapidly in Greek.

At his head, next to the gurney there were two men that looked identical that were standing there. One moved to his feet and the other remained at his head.

“Everyone that works in the family business is family.” Xander said in a low voice. “These are my cousins Yannis and Leon.” The men both nodded at me and chorused “Dona” at the same time. I acknowledged them.

Everyone seemed to be oblivious to the man on the gurney and his incessant pleas. I could feel Xander’s eyes on me as I assessed this man. I didn’t know what to feel, what was coursing through me definitely wasn’t fear or anxiety or pity for the man.

“This man and his brothers…” Xander sighed before he carried on speaking. “…they helped to get Moretti and his associates in and out of Greece. They kidnap women and children, transport them in shipping containers to countries where they sell them into prostitution, one of the reasons why I refused to work with them or Moretti. These women and kids are drugged and beaten, if they die their bodies are disposed off at sea. That’s exactly what Moretti was planning to do with you Angel, so if you are feeling sorry for him… don’t. He would have not thought twice about doing the same thing to you.”

I didn’t feel anything for the man, I wondered if that was normal, I looked at Xander. “I don’t feel anything.”

He looked at me with confusion in his eyes and then nodded his head. Dorian walked into the room and smiled.

“Cirillo for the sake of my guests I am going to require you to answer me in English.” He said to the man as he smirked, his voice didn’t sound like the usual voice I was used to hearing coming from Dorian. It was ruthless, it was menacing. His eyes looked soulless and flat. “If you do not comply I will hurt you, you do know that don’t you?”

I think my eyes must have grown wide with shock because I felt Xander grab my hand and I looked up at him. “Dorian is supposed to be the empathetic one out of all of us but I think he’s decided to put on a show to scare you.” He whispered in my ear, there was a little amusement on his face.

Dorian was probably still trying to convince me that I didn’t belong in the dungeons with the men. I let go of Xander’s hand and walked forward. “So you get off on selling children for pleasure.” I snarled at Cirillo.

He looked at me and spat at me but missed, “Moretti should have killed you b***h or he should have let me sell you, you would be in some w***e house right now with men f*****g you left right and center!” He growled at me with spittle running down the side of his mouth. Anger started to course through me.

“When he’s done with you I’m going to have my turn with you just for fun, let’s see if you are still talking like that in the end. How do you plan to torture him?” I turned to Dorian who was looking at Xander a little surprised at my reaction to Cirillo’s rant.

“Dorian! Pretend Xander is not here.” I ordered him. “I don’t need you to treat me like an egg.”

“Yes Dona, I’m going to flay parts of his body.” He said.

I was shocked but I maintained a poker face. “Well then do it.” I said trying not to sound hesitant.

One of the twins disappeared and came back with a little trolley and on it was a brown leather knife roll bag, he rolled it open to reveal the carving knives in there. My stomach started to churn.

“Cirillo, where are your brothers hiding?” Dorian’s weird deadly voice was back.

“f**k you and f**k Adamos and his b***h!” The man spat out.

Dorian’s smile looked purely evil as he put on some gloves then pulled out a blade from the leather bag. He used it to remove several layers of the man’s skin, exposing nerve and muscle tissue as the twins held the man down to stop him from writhing and moving. I forced myself to watch, the man looked like he was in perpetual agony as he screamed.

“I don’t know where they are…please I don’t know!” The man yelled out, suddenly there was a smell of pee in the air. The man had lost control of his bladder function and peed on himself from pain.

“You smell pretty terrible Cirillo.” Dorian laughed. “That’s too bad that you don’t know because you know what they say… a man has a lot of secrets but a flayed one has none. I’m going to do this until your memory is jogged.” Dorian kept smiling. He wasn’t lying when he said he would do it until it jogged his memory, Cirillo finally gave up his own brothers as Dorian passed a blow torch flame over the exposed skin. Cirillo’s bloodied body was shaking.

Dorian turned to me and switched off the blow torch, he handed it to me but Xander stepped forward and grabbed it from my hands. “I think that’s enough for today. The man gave up the information.” He looked at me.

“You always teach us that when we hand out a threat, we need to deliver on it, she said she wanted a turn.” Dorian looked at me. “The man was going to sell you to a whorehouse after Moretti had his fill of you.” He taunted me, I didn’t bat my eyelashes as we stared at each other.

“Dorian!” Xander gave him a warning.

“If you think I’m going to back away from all this! You are wrong Dorian.” I snarled at him. I took the blow torch from Xander’s hand and walked towards Cirillo.

“You are filth! This is for all the women and children you ever sold, drugged and beat up!” I switched it on and ran it down one of his exposed arms. His booming screams reverberated around the room. The smell of burnt flesh and burning b***d filled the air. It didn’t stop me from moving the blow torch to his h*p, running it down the flayed parts of his leg.

“How does it feel to have your power taken away just like when you take helpless children and women and you strip them of their safety and power!” I growled at him. I felt someone stand behind me and grab my hand with the blow torch. It was Xander, he took it from me and switched it off.

“That’s enough for today, let’s go.” He put the blow torch on the tray and led me out to the car. When we were inside he pulled me to him and he let me break down. I don’t know why I was crying but I couldn’t stop myself. The car started to move, he pulled me into his lap and held on tight until my sobs subsided but my body was shaking almost like I was feeling cold.

“Did I fail my test?” I hiccupped out.

“You did way better than I thought you would, way better than I did my first time. I threw up in front of my father and begged him to let me walk out and not continue. I got punished just for that.” He smiled at me gently.

“Really?” I looked at him as he rubbed my back. My shakes were subsiding

“Angel, you don’t have to do this, I can do this for the both of us.” He nuzzled me. “I can teach you the fighting and the handling of weapons but you don’t need to torture them.”

Tears ran down my face and he took out his pocket square using it to wipe them off. “I can handle it.” I said as I sniffed. “I want to be feared just like you are.” I said with conviction.

“Says the woman who is not terrified of me, I’m already scared of you.” He chuckled. “You are nothing like I have ever seen.” He smiled and kissed my forehead. We stayed silent the entire drive back home.

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Xander’s POV

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I led Soraya back into the house but instead of taking her to our room, I walked towards the children’s room, I thought taking a peek at a sleeping Kai might make her feel better. She seemed not to notice as I led her there. We walked into Kai’s room and what I saw made my heart lurch, Kai had Ajana cradled to him. Her little head on his chest as he held on to her.

Soraya took note of her surroundings and then her eyes darted to the bed. The night lamp was on so we could see the kids peaceful faces as they slept. Ajana had her thumb in her mouth. Soraya looked up at me and smiled, tears ran down her cheeks. “This is why I need to be strong and feared, for them.” She whispered. “Can we take them to our room?” She asked.

I nodded my head as she walked towards the bed to pick up Ajana, I carried Kai. The kids didn’t stir as we walked with them to our bedroom. We placed them on our bed then quickly changed, Soraya went into the bed and Ajana inched towards her in her sleep. I joined them in bed right next to Kai. I watched Soraya fall asleep just like that and it dawned on me that she was right, maybe one day there would come a time when I couldn’t protect them anymore because I was dead or sick or for whatever reason but if I equipped her, she would fight before she let anyone hurt the kids or our family.

I would teach her all that I knew, when my father and uncle died, my mother was the only one who could carry on guiding me until I grew into my role as the head of the family. Even though her teachings were more of the running of the legit businesses, she was just as ruthless as my father had been. Soraya would be even better, she had the heart and definitely the motivation for it.

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