MERRIGGIARE:

To escape the heat of the midday sun by resting in the shade.

(TW: BLOOD)

S H I R A ' S P O V

It has been two hours and the banging, moaning and screaming still hasn't stopped. The sound of Grace's moan was slowly draining my life out. Despite the feeling of anger, I felt disappointed and played.

The meaningless quote that Valerius said to be replayed over and over again: "You're mine. Only mine." More like his to play with. Asshole.

If that fils de pute keeps forgetting that I am also a Lamoureaux, I won't hesitate to show my wrath and as they say 'Never piss off a Lamoureaux else the next thing you know you're in a coffin or burnt.'

(T: son of a bitch)

The constant sound of their bodies slamming echoed and vibrated off the walls. I could guarantee if they keep up the walls will break. I decided to check my phone since I haven't checked it all day today.

"AAHHH, yes! Yes!. Valerius." I took my pillow and screamed into it while tears flowed from my eyes. Seriously, all I want to do is sleep. Irritation was slowly building up inside of me. I was close to storming out of my room and walking in. I would have castrated him and sewed her mouth shut.

After crying for a while my head began to hurt. I tried to find a good position to sleep in but all failed. I turned on my stomach with my right leg bent, I closed my eyes and placed my earphones in my ears while listening to rain music, not knowing when sleep embraced me.

Valerius De Santis games on.

-

As the dying summer sun beamed in the room, I stretched my arms to feel another body next to mine. I opened my eyes to be greeted with a cute Angelo. His eyes closed with his long dark eyelashes draping on his round cheeks. I ran my fingers through his hair and kissed his forehead. "Buongiorno Amore mio" Angelo yawned looking a little groggy.

"Bonjour petit gâteau , when did you come?" I asked while kissing him again. "During the night, I couldn't sleep," Angelo rubbed his tired eyes, allowing them to adjust to the light.

(T: Good morning, cupcake)

"Me too, petit gâteau, where's Sienna?" I said while remembering the animalistic sounds from last night."She slept with Chiara," Angelo replied. "Ok. Let's get ready and have some yummy breakfast." I said joyfully while giving Angelo an Eskimo kiss.

"Yay." Angelo cheered, jumping off the bed and running out the day making me smile at his cuteness. "Stai attento Angelo," I warned softly so he wouldn't trip but you know how kids are, they never listen.

(T: Be careful)

After I got ready and put my jewellery on, I looked at myself in the mirror once more. I wore denim ripped shorts and a white backless bodysuit, I combed my hair and let it open as I got a headache from my little breakdown. My hair was really long. It flowed down my back and stopped below my lower back, it wasn't straight nor curly but wavy.

Finishing combing my hair, little Angelo knocked on my door "Come in sweetheart." I said smiling at his cute gentlemanly gesture. He walked in dressed in a striped t-shirt and shorts.

"Amore Mio we are matching and you look very bella." I crouched down and pinched his sweet cheeks as he touched my hair and caressed it.

(T: my love, beautiful)

"Thank you, beau. Let's go." I picked him up and walked down the stairs to the kitchen. When I entered I noticed Valerius and Sienna were already at the table. I placed Angelo down and he went to greet his brother while I went to greet Lorena, who was preparing breakfast.

(T: handsome)

I hugged her from behind and placed my hands over her eyes as she was frying sausages for everyone. "Guess who?" She placed the fork on the chopping board next to her and placed her hands over mine and gasped loudly.

"Ahhh mia innamorato!" She exclaimed, hugging me tightly and kissing me on the cheek. Lorena has always been a mother figure to me just like Nailea, not to mention I'm her favourite. "How are you darling?" She released me from her loving arms and looked at me with happiness displayed in her sweet hazel eyes.

(T: sweetheart)

"I'm perfect, how are you?" I replied. "Me I'm the happiest woman on this Earth. Yesterday I became a grandmother and today I saw my princess. You have grown into a beautiful woman Shira and you have taken your father's looks." I smiled and secured my bun with a hair stick to help her with breakfast.

"Ever since I have come here, everyone has been saying that," I said while cutting up some apples. "It's like, someone will purchase me because of how I look." I scoffed.

"Well it's true but you need to be careful Shira because the outside world is a horrible place. You will need to find someone who will make you his and you will make him yours. I admit it's hard but when you find that person, not even death can do you apart." Lorena said.

Her words are so powerful that it makes my belief in love stronger but there has always been a doubt in me. What if I don't find love? What if I'm just someone's possession, nothing else? Is Valerius like the outside world?

The last question punctured my mind. His actions and words are two different worlds just like his heart and his mind. Has possession blinded Valerius? Or has Valerius been at war with someone because of greed?

I heard my name being called and looked over to see Lorena calling me from the table and signalling me to come over. I nodded and walked over and placed the bowl of freshly cut apples in the middle. I noticed Valerius was looking at me from the corner of my eye.

I made my way to sit in between Sienna and Angelo, the sound of heels clicking on the marble floor echoed and got louder with each step until a barbie dressed in a revealing khaki dress walked in. To be honest I would call it a dress more like a negligee.

"Morning baby" Grace walked up to Valerius rubbing his shoulder while looking directly at me giving me a bitchy look. She placed her plastic lips on his cheek that was looking dry. Dry like her p-. Ok, let's not go there and let's pray.

I noticed Sienna and Angelo were done praying and were eating their breakfast, it made my heart warm. Chiara and Dino looked at each other and mimicked Grace's small actions. These two will never get old, will they?

As I was praying, I was interrupted by Grace's unnecessary comment "So the goth can not only dress like a saint but she also prays to God." As she laughed at her own comment. Now, she pissed the wrong person off.

I swiftly took out a small knife from the knife holder and threw it, skimming her face leaving a small cut behind her exposed neck. "What the fuck!" She shouted as she stood up from the chair next to Valerius, who was looking shocked.

"Shira, my dear." Lorena jumped at my action and rushed over to Angelo and Sienna, taking them into the living room. "I gave you a fucking friendly warning yesterday to not test my patience but it seems like you don't understand." I lied, it wasn't friendly at all.

"Valerius, did you bring me here to be humiliated by this bitch?" She questioned, looking at Valerius who had a small grin on his face. He looked up. Asshole. "Don't bring him into this. You asked for it." I laughed, fear was in her eyes and I liked it.

"Watch your language and no you came last night asking for attention. If Shira gave you a warning you should know better than to open that mouth of yours." Grace's eyes turned to slits and she began to fiddle with the end of her very short dress.

"Shira, leave it." Chiara said, "Fucking bitch!" Grace lifted her hand to slap me but I instantly grabbed it, twisting it behind her back and pushing her down on the table and pinning her neck against the table. "Say that again!" I exclaimed.

"You're a fucking bitch. A whore. A slut." Pulling out the knife I had strapped behind my back, I placed it against her throat. "Shira! Not here! Don't!" Dino exclaimed, pulling my arm that pinned her neck.

I ignored. I had enough of her shit. Pulling her neck up, I placed my knee against the middle of her back, pinning her. Placing the knife against her throat, Grace began to scream. "Scream all you like, you were doing it so well last night." I mocked.

"You're going to go to hell." Grace wailed. Looking at Valerius, he had no expression until a small smirk appeared on his face. "That was decided when I was born into the Mafia, sweetheart." I chuckled, I was going to show him that he shouldn't piss me off. I needed to assert my dominance here. "Get off of me, you psychotic bitch."

I smirked, grazing her neck with the knife. "I'll show you exactly how much of a psychotic bitch I can be." Slicing her throat, I made sure it wasn't a messy kill. Blood trickled down her throat, she couldn't speak properly.

"Oh god, I was eating ketchup with my hot dog, now you ruined it for me." Dino sighed, "I'll call Marcel to clean this up." Chiara and Dino left. My eyes locked onto Valerius once again, he smirked as always. I threw the corpse towards his feet.

"Your bitch." I smiled, as I was about to turn my body away, Valerius swiftly spun me around. "Was." He stared down at me intently with his lustful eyes. "Don't think, I will be your next one." I narrowed my eyes, "Feisty one, aren't you?"

He doesn't know what's coming his way.

-

After the incident, I went to change and clean off my knife. I went downstairs to meet the kids and Lorena at the second living room, which was further away from the kitchen. I failed my mother's teaching but 'violence is never an answer' never existed in the Mafia.

"Fuck Shira, you looked hot," Dino said as Chiara nodded. I turned to look at Sienna and Angelo, who was smiling. "Dinosaur, you have to put money in the swear jar," Sienna said, holding a small pot with a lot of money in there.

"You're kidding right?" Dino looked at Sienna then at Valerius, who shrugged. "Well she wouldn't be holding the swear jar, would she, prick?" Valerius said. Dino looked up and laughed loudly.

"Valval you too!" Everyone laughed including me while looking at a frowning Valerius. "This is one stupid way for kids to earn money," Valerius said. I laughed as he whipped out a 20 dollar bill from his wallet and so did Dino placing them both in the jar.

-

I was heading towards the main living room where Angelo and Sienna would be but was pulled by a strong firm hand. My hands landed on Valerius's chest as he wrapped his hands around my waist.

Valerius stared deep into my eyes as did I. His hair was perfectly styled. He was now dressed in a black t-shirt that perfectly showed his bulging muscles off. His pungent intoxicating scent filling my nose while wetness drenched my panties.

"What you did back there was so hot, mia tigre grintosa. " His Italian voice did wonders to me. I shivered under his touch as his hand left one side of my hip to caress my cheek with his thumb. I wanted to show him that I was uninterested in him but I just couldn't bring myself to it.

(T: my feisty tigress)

"Valerius, let go, I have to check on Angelo and Sienna" I softly whispered but he didn't budge instead he nuzzled into the crook of my neck kissing and pecking gently.

I bit my lip, holding the moan from escaping. I didn't notice when his hand removed the hair stick that secured my bun, allowing my hair to flow down my back. He ran his fingers through my hair, massaging my scalp.

"You should leave your hair down, bellissima" He travelled his kiss up my jaw and dangerously close to my lips. I looked at his plump pink lips, it was so tempting for me to slam my lips on him. He was distracting me and it's working.

(T: beautiful)

"We are going to the beach, get ready." He looked at my eyes than my lips, I inched closer and slid my hands across from his chest to shoulder agonisingly slow. His groan encouraged me to tease him some more. He's forgetting that I can equally play his game.

I slid my other hand downwards at the same tempo while looking him in the eyes. As I felt the hem of his t-shirt, I tugged slightly and dug my hand underneath, dragging my hand upwards, feeling his hard abs one by one.

I dragged my hand downwards as my other grabbed his hand, which held my hair stick. He groaned again and his hands on my waist grabbed hard. His hand gripped my hand that reached his V-line, his eyes warned me not to go further.

Little did he know that I wasn't planning to. I stood on my tiptoes until my face was close to his ear, I placed a soft lingering kiss as I removed my lips he grew rigid against me.

To top it all off I seductively whispered "Ok Valerius" in his ear. Quickly, I snatched my hair stick and pushed myself off of him and ran up the stairs laughing.

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