Filed to story: Bring It On My Mafia Life Novel (Rhea & Lukas)
Lukas was still fuming with anger when his eyes suddenly noticed the men in suits coming in his direction, the comms at the back of their heads was a straight giveaway of their occupation.
“Shit,” He cursed under his breath and instantly made a U-turn when he noticed their eyes on him. What has Chloe done? Lukas knew that if his cover hadn’t been blown, it was about to.
…..
Even when Lukas turned and pretended to go about his business, he sensed that the men hadn’t given up on him and increased his pace. However, they increased their pace too and when Lukas felt them catching up with him, he broke into a run.
“Quick! Catch him!”
“Don’t let him escape!”
Those were the orders given as Lukas ran with all of his strength. He had to abort the mission, Chloe has ruined it all. Aside from that, he had a more pressing issue and it was to get back to the base. Elijah was coming for Rhea and he couldn’t let that happen.
Lukas intended to get back to the parking space where Fetus was waiting to take off. The initial plan had been to leave with Chloe once he found out and Reina nor Niklaus or Sakuzi wouldn’t even know what happened until they were gone. But then Chloe made her choice and Lukas had to live with that.
As much as Lukas loves his sister, Rhea was his future and he had to secure her. That was why he had to get to her before it was too late. Sadly, Lukas didn’t make it to the parking space because he was tackled to the ground out of nowhere.
He punched the assailant in the face and threw him off his body with his strength. Lukas got up to his feet immediately, but the annoying fool held on to his ankle and wouldn’t let him go. He had no other choice but to kick him in the face hard, leaving him unconscious.
Panting hard, Lukas was about to leave when a figure stepped out of the shadow, leaving him speechless. Winters walked forward with her hands raised in the air while two other men walked behind her with their guns pointed at her head. From the frightened look on her face, Lukas knew that it was over.
Just like him, her cover was blown.
“Put your hands in the air!” One of them ordered and Lukas released a torrent of curses. It was over. There was no way that he could fight them without putting Winters in harm’s way.
He raised his hand according to the order.
“On your knees!”
Lukas’s eyes connected with Winters and she shook her head. If he does that, it would be easy to subdue him. There was still a tiny bit of chance to turn the table around on them, but it was too risky and Lukas would not sacrifice her life. Winters was as important as Chloe was to him.
So he obediently got down to his knees and Winters shut her eyes in disappointment. One of them walked slowly and cautiously towards him, his gun held securely in his hand. Lukas watched him and perhaps, if he came close enough, there was a chance of taking him out.
Unfortunately, before he could put that plan into place, the other men in pursuit of him arrived at the scene. Lukas knew instinctively that it was over. He failed not only to save his sister but Rhea… shit, Rhea!
He quickly got to his feet, “I need to -” Lukas was still saying when he was kicked in the chest and fell to the ground, the breath knocked out of his lungs. Although he merely wanted to talk, Sakuzi’s men had seen that as an act of retaliation and reacted instantly.
Even at that, Lukas didn’t give up and tried to get through to them, “You don’t understand, I need to get to Rhea right – oof!” A kick to the stomach snatched the rest of his words and was never heard.
Still, Lukas wouldn’t stay on the ground and began to slowly pull himself up. He needed to get to Rhea. Perhaps, he might be able to plead with one of them to let him go or they can all go with him to make sure he doesn’t escape. The point was to stop Elijah from taking Rhea. Rhea was his.
When they saw Lukas slowly standing up, they kicked him again, this time the momentum throwing him meters away and he groaned in pain.
“Stop it! You’re hurting him!” Winters screamed at the top of her voice and tried to go after Lukas but one of them grabbed her from behind and wouldn’t let her go.
It was at that moment that Winters regretted never taking up some self-defense lessons from Lukas. She had her speed and smartness. Until today, it was always enough.
“Lukas!” Winters continuously cried out when she saw the way they were maltreating her, “Seriously, stop it!”
But none of them were listening, they ignored her cries. To them, she wasn’t worth their attention. They already had the king shark.
Lukas was beaten so badly that he couldn’t even move. His body hurt all over. He was still on the floor when one of them came to hover over him.
The asshole grinned at him sleazily, “Now, you meet the boss.” He punched him out.
Lukas lost consciousness.
Decide His Fate
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Lukas was treated to sudden blinding light when the black bag was pulled from his face and he had to squint his eyes to adjust to the intensity. By the time he looked around his environment, he noticed he was in a room now. And he had guests. Very important guests.
Sakuzi was staring right at him with a look he couldn’t decipher and beside him was his adopted son and successor, Emerald. Emerald was a fucking giant and the muscles on his body were enough to crush him – if he dared him.
Of course, there was Niklaus and unlike Sakuzi’s unreadable expression, the murderous energy around him was obvious. Well, that was expected, they were not exactly on good terms and he did infiltrate his home on his grandchildren’s birthday.
Last but not the least were Reina and her stepdaughter, Isabella. Lukas looked into Isabella’s eyes and the coldness inside of there stunned him. The woman was extremely dangerous and it was a good thing she was not an assassin, else she would have been a lethal one. Perhaps, Niklaus saw that darkness and made sure she had nothing to do with the family business.
Lukas tried to speak but he was parched and all that left his mouth was a dry cough. He was tied to a chair and couldn’t move even if he wanted to, while the others were seated in front of a table facing him. If Victor was here with him, he would definitely joke that he was facing the panel of judges. Except that in this case he was helpless and his life was on the line here. They would be the ones judging his fate.
“Is that Lukas?” Reina was the first to ask, unsure.
Without a word being said, the austere Isabella walked over to him and then traced the edge of the mask where it was blended with his skin with the help of the makeup and pulled it off his face roughly, without caring for his comfort. After the mask lay deflected on the mask, Isabella lowered his turtleneck and ripped the voice alterer device from around his throat
…..
Cocky smartass, Lukas communicated those words with his gaze and Isabella simply gave him a cold glance before returning to her seat. Lukas bet that she didn’t have a heart, if she did, it was all frozen.
“Lukas Luciano,” Emerald roused his attention, “To what do we owe this….” He thought of the word, “Unexpected visit?” He put it mildly.
The old man Sakuzi laughed, “I thought that with a mad and reckless father like Daniel, his son would have some guts. Yet, he was too cowardly that he came in wearing another person’s skin,” there was complete mockery in his tone.
“And one would think that you should have died already considering how long you’ve been around the earth,” He sassed.
Lukas knew that he was not supposed to talk back considering the precarious situation that he was in, however, he was tired of people always comparing him to Daniel.
Upon that comment, Sakuzi laughed loudly to everyone’s surprise. “The kid has a smart mouth, kind of reminds me of you, Isabella,” He said to her.
Isabella glared at Lukas again and he sighed. She must really hate him. Well, Winters did warn him of crashing her children’s party. And speaking of Winters, where was she? Lukas hoped to God that they hadn’t done anything to her else he would make them regret keeping him alive.
“He’s nothing like me, and if I’m to say anything, I suggest that we end his pathetic life and be done with it,” Isabella said without even blinking an eye.
Wow, Lukas was touched – note the sarcasm. What did he even do to her? Well, except for his father nearly getting her family killed when she was younger.
“Isabella!” Mama Reina, the peacemaker and the most normal person in the family chided her.
“I second that,” Niklaus supported his daughter to Reina’s surprise. Of course, Niklaus would be the happiest if he died. Call it vengeance for almost losing his family years back. If only Rhea was here to see that they hadn’t forgotten about the incident at all.