BENEATH THE MAFIA'S GAZE

ali

ead. And you w

at their sudden words.

g with fear. "And even if I had, this is not just anybody we're talking about. This is the lord of th

ac

ing to the floor, pain radiating through my face. The

eyes boring into me as if I were a piece of trash. "

y to meet her eyes. "You're a slave. Our slave." Her voice froze

sdainful glance at me before leaving the room. Her words echoed

g me in an eternal hell. She was righ

was futile. I could only submit. My attempts to fight back, to assert even a shred of my

ody, a manifestation of the despair and powerlessness that c

struggle to survive, to hold on to the faintest hope that things mi

pointless; they would catch me, and the torture would be even worse. I had seen firsthand

a? R

room opened and

It was my best friend, Marcel. I raised my head from my knees and h

t happened

n. And I can't kill. I don't know how to. I've never killed anything! And this is not just anythi

away from her, her eyebrows furrowed angrily, green ey

rted out. "Rosa

et me reject the mission. There's nothing I c

not going

am!

e who's dying first! She can't send you on

very core. Maybe it was the fear of death, or perhaps it was the overwhe

h her fingers, but it was no use. My

r frame could not be more familiar to me. This was one of the 'enforcers' of the organization. E

nd me before landing on me. "Ime

at him, but I pulled her back immediately. I was alr

ying to strengthen my tone.

es seriously. She didn't need to

ands clenched tightly. The look in her eyes was a mi

he door open, signaling me to go in. I felt my heart jump to my throat as

imposing. All of a sudden, I heard the sound of a chair being p

front of me, her pr

ct the mission? It's easy. Kill and leave. You've been here for ten

ime I had seen a person die in front of me, I had been burdened by nightmares for a really lo

most likely irritated her, and she became impatien

s man, and your father's debt will be completely cleared away or reject the mission right he

fell into the depths of an abyss. These were my optio

released my jaw and nodded to the

abbed my arm. "Wait

door opened. "