Deadly Possession - Chapter 10 (Patreon)

"Oh my Gosh Nicky stop it!" I roll my eyes as I listen to the blonde bimbo giggle as Nicolai nibbles on her throat. She was sitting on top of the counter in nothing more than a pair of underwear and Nicolai's shirt. There were strawberries and whipped cream sitting next to them too. Did this woman have nowhere to be?

I step further into the kitchen hoping that she would see me and take a hint, but they're too busy eating strawberries out of each others mouths to care. I hear a gasp and smile to myself.

"Nicky, you didn't mention you had a girlfriend," she whispers. He looks at me, his usually bright blue gaze dim and uninterested as he takes in my form.

"I don't. She's the help." I can't help the dropping of my jaw as he turns back to the woman, and begins fondling with her body right in front of me.

"Hey!" I shout in irritation. Nicolai completely ignores me and picks the woman up, her loud squeal filling the house.

"Let's take this somewhere a little more private," he says not at all quietly to her, and takes her into the next room leaving me stunned and angry in the kitchen.

~

I've been sitting in the living room all day, and Nicolai still has yet to come out of his room. A knock sounds on his front door and then it opens. I tense, wondering who could possibly have a key to Nicolai's house. I tense even more once I see who rounds the corner, the temperature of the room dropping upon his entrance.

Romelo. He's looking around the room with those cold, unfeeling eyes. Once his gaze lands on me he pauses and a small smile appears. But it's not at all kind, or amused. It was cruel and terrifying.

"What are you doing out here, agent," he says the word mockingly.

"Better yet, where is Nicolai?" He walks even closer to me. Studying me. I can feel my body beginning to shake. This man terrified me. My gaze wanders up the hall where you can hear that woman's cries of pleasure.

"I knew he couldn't go long without fucking someone. It was obvious you weren't giving him anything. And he's not the type of man to just...take what he wants." I'm willing to bet Romelo was. I think back to that woman he had in his house, with a collar around her throat. Was that even legal? His laugh brings me out of my thoughts.

When I face him, I have to swallow my scream of terror. He's close to my face, his cold blue eyes burning a hole into me.

"I know you're planning something agent." He tilts his head as he speaks.

"Nicolai is a soft hearted man. Nothing like Luca and me. If you hurt him, I will be all too eager to return the favor. Ten fold." He reaches out gripping my face roughly in between his thumb and forefinger, his voice coming out completely sinister. I can feel my heart banging violently against my chest.

"If you're planning something deeper than that, I suggest you remember the way you're feeling right now. Because I will be sure to give you that feeling day after day until you're begging me for your death." He glares at me for a moment longer before deciding to stand and letting go of my face. As if on cue, Nicolai walks out of the back bedroom. His hair is wild and he has visible welts on his chest. I immediately avert my gaze

"Something wrong?" he asks Romelo. He doesn't even seem shocked that he's standing in his house. Romelo stands at his full height.

"Yeah." Romelo motions to me.

"The agent is still alive," he says. I tense in my seat, but Nicolai only chuckles.

"Seriously man," he says. Romelo smiles back but then his smile disappears.

"It seems the algorithm didn't work. Luca put some kind of bug in the system that would eat the program hacking into any information on the birth or whereabouts of his wife and son. We're literally in the dark here."

Nicolai lets out an irritated groan rubbing his hands over his face.

"How's Luca since you saw him last?" He asks.

"He's fine. Still recovering but he's out of the woods now. Now it's all a matter of him coming back to us."

"So what we just leave Elise alone?"

Romelo looks as though he's bothered just by answering.

"That's all we can do."

I can't help the guilt that courses through me. I remember seeing Elise in that room. She was so scared and at the time she was pregnant and had no idea. It was obvious from the scarring done to her body her life with Luca was hell, and now she was lost in the world alone and raising a child, not even knowing the fate of her husband. And it was all my fault. It was my fault because I found her.

Luca had hidden her existence and he did so for good reason. I can see now why he did it. People were cruel. My agency put this woman in an auction house because of who she was. And she was abused even further. Luca knew what he was doing when it came to his family. And I fucked it up. I fucked up things even further for her.

"Nickyyy." We all look up and see the whore that Nicolai has been fucking the past few days. I notice Nicolai make a face, and Romelo scrunches his nose in disgust.

"Get rid of her. We need to go." He says in irritation to Nicolai. Nicolai nods his head and puts on his sweetest smile, walking over to the woman.

~

(Flashback)

"Please.. Please, just spare my children.." Luca was standing next me, his gun raised and an evil smile on his face. This man just didn't know that begging and Luca did not go together. We'd been sent to take care of his family as punishment for this man trying to side with the enemy.

His wife and children were huddled in the corner, their whimpers pulling at my heart strings. Romelo was over their bodies, with a fucking automatic gun, ready to pull the trigger at Luca's order. I knew this life was hard, but I couldn't understand why Luca and Romelo were enjoying themselves at this families expense.

I look over to the wife and her children. The poor kids didn't know what was going on. He had a beautiful little girl that was about 4 and a son that was about 2. They were both huddled in their mothers arms as she held their heads against her chest, trying to block their view of Romelo pointing a gun at them.

"Why should I? If you hadn't been caught, you would have killed us. Our wives. Brothers. Children. Am I right?" The man shakes his head vigorously.

"Please, they had nothing to do with this. They didn't know what I was doing. They're innocent!"

Luca laughs. Fucking laughs.

"So what? This is your fault. The consequences of your sins fall on them. Don't you see? This is your punishment." Luca looks over to Romelo about to give him the signal. The woman's cries grow loud as she realizes what's about to happen.

"Wait, Luca." 

I'm a fucking idiot. I'm fucking stupid. I never should have said anything at all. I should have kept my mouth shut and not spoken. I should have let him just finish the job. But I couldn't. I couldn't as an innocent woman and child were about to lose their lives. Luca is watching me with a calculated expression, and Romelo looks irritated. Fucking psycho.

"Can't we just... spare the woman and her children." Luca still doesn't move. And I'm scared. I really am.

"Why?" He has a curious expression on his face. Like he is genuinely curious as to why I want them to live.

"Like he said, they're innocent. Look at them. These kids haven't even gotten to live life yet." Luca looks over to he kids. Then back to me. Like he's having some kind of internal war with himself. He walks over to the woman and her cries grow louder. He yanks the little girl up out of her mothers arms. The mother screams and tries to grab her but Luca kicks her hard.

He jerks the little girl in front of her father. She's watching him with wide eyes. My heart rate is slowly rising. I had no idea what Luca was thinking. Or what he was about to do. He kneels so that he is eye level with the little girl.

He doesn't speak as he straightens her shirt out and pushes her hair behind her ear.

"What's your name sweetheart?" I'm shocked. Luca's whole tone and demeanor had changed. He even gives her a smile.

"Evelyn," she says back. She had no idea that she was looking at the man that was about to murder her and her entire family.

"Evelyn. That is a lovely name." He smiles even wider. Everyone in the room is watching the exchange in shock. Her father doesn't dare move in fear that any wrong movement may make Luca make his decision all the more quicker.

"Do you know who I am, Evelyn?" She shakes her head. Luca scoffs.

"Of course you don't why would you?" He mutters to himself.

"Do you love your family, Evelyn?" He asks. This earns us a smile from Evelyn. She shakes her head fast.

"Oh yes!" Luca smiles along with her.

"What if I told you, that you and your family, were in danger. Because of your father?" Her eyes grow even wider if that were even possible. She looks at her father in shock.

"Papa?" Luca grabs her face in his hands, forcing her to look at him.

"Shhhhh... You're talking to me now. Answer my question sweety."

"Why is papa putting us in danger?" she asks. Luca shrugs.

"Because he wants to kill me and my family. So I have to protect my family, and kill his," he says is so normally, it's honestly freaky. Evelyn gasps in horror, and tears begin to fill her big green eyes.

"No!" She screams. Luca pulls his gun out of his holster, handing it to her.

"Luca-" I take a step forward to stop him, but he looks at me and I immediately stop my advance.

"Here. Take it," Luca says. Evelyn grabs the gun, with shaky hands and can barely hold it up.

"Shoot him." He points to her father. The gasps of horror that echo throughout the room are deafening.

"Please, Mr. Pasquino, have mercy." Her father and mother both speak up but he doesn't listen. He stands and walks around behind Evelyn, pulling out a second gun and holding it to the back of her head. She's still watching the gun with wide eyes, unaware of Luca standing behind her with a gun to her head. Luca's gaze falls on her father.

"Convince her. And I will let them live." I can't help my mouth. Its literally open in shock. This was insanity.

"Luca, you can't be-"

"If you interfere again, I will shoot all of them." I immediately stop, closing my mouth.

Evelyn's father looks between them.

"It's ok, baby. You can do it," he coaxes her. She still looks confused.

"You love your brother, right?" Evelyn nods her head.

"Ok, you have to protect him. No matter what. And you have to do this, to protect him. Ok baby?" He offers her a weak smile. She nods her head, slowly raising the gun at her father.

A gunshot goes off. But it's not from Evelyn. It's from Luca. Evelyn's father grunts in pain, holding his shoulder. Evelyn is screaming. Luca reaches out snatching the gun from her. He's back to his cold self. He looks to Romelo.

"Take the kids out of here," he says. Romelo nods yanking both children roughly and dragging them out. Then Luca turns to me.

"You know why I chose you, Nicolai. Because you have a conscience. Yet you're good at what you do. I know when what I'm doing is absolutely wrong when you speak up. You're my conscience." He motions to the door.

"I'd like to see how you respond to this situation as well. They're your responsibility now. Tell no one of this night or my decision," he says. He pushes the gun in my hand and we turn towards the parents.

"Let's fucking get this over with."

~

Nicolai

I've never been one to step down from a challenge. Ever. But with Lissette, I just didn't care anymore. I was thinking about it for a while, and I don't know why I ever wasted my time and effort on trying to win her heart. So I decided to move on with my life. It was obvious nothing was going to happen with her. Now I just had to wait. Wait for Luca to awake and see what he had to say about her.

Romelo and I were in the car together when Romelo finally decides to speak.

"So what are you going to do about the agent," he asks. I was dreading the question. I knew it was coming.

"I don't know. I figured I'd let Luca decide," I say. Romelo scoffs at me.

"So you wanna ask the guy that spared the agent he was gonna kill before he was thrown in a coma, what he wants to do with her now?"

"Well when you put it like that, it sounds stupid," I say.

"Why don't you just make the decision," he says.

"If it were up to me, I'd just let her go. Let her live her life," Romelo shakes his head in disbelief.

"I never understood you. You always see the best in people. You see things that aren't there. Have you stopped to think that she'll be dangerous if you let her go? She knows where we live, she knows where Luca is, and she knows where Dr. Shotwells office is. Have you stopped to consider the consequences. " He says. He was right. She doesn't even feel anything for me. She only saw me as a threat to society. There was no telling what she would do if I let her go.

"What if I could convince her to not say anything?" I say. Romelo laughs. He fucking laughs.

"Then I'll change my ways and become a monk." I roll my eyes at his sarcasm.

"You know it may be possible." Romelo only shakes his head.

"Let me tell you something, Nicolai. You know me. You know how well I can read people. When I look at her, I see nothing but hate and fear directed toward us. There is no convincing her. Especially after what Luca did to her personally. And after we murdered her entire office."

Silence overcomes the car as realization dawns on me.

"This is a decision that you need to make, Nicolai. Not Luca. I know you always have done the right thing. But this time, it falls on you to decide what's right, and what's right for the family. I know you don't want this. But it's what must be done."

I look out the window at the passing scenery. I know he's right. And at the back of my mind I've known that this was going to be my decision. But I didn't want it to be. So now it all fell on me. Do I let her live, or do I take her life like we originally planned?