"Having things taken away from you is not the same as giving them away." -Paula Gosling- *** Edgar's P.O.V I watch as the woman I just met being taken away to the car. She is one tough lady for her struggling is strong enough to make my men struggle. Well, it wasn't my fault, she witnessed us having guns, we couldn't just let her go after that, could we? It's too risky, and she may tell people. And obviously, that will be a bad thing for I, my men, and the client himself. We bring her to the car that will bring us to the airport. At this rate, if she struggles like this, people will begin to feel suspicious, sure, we have our own private jet, but still, we need to walk pass the airport to reach the jet field. It's complicated the way our system work, but that's just how it works. Some of my men who stay here already created fake passports for us, so we wouldn't be recognized. But with this woman along, this may be a little bit harder. So what we decide to do, is to shut her up by threatening her. I just made up something and tell her that if she refuses to do as I say, I and the rest of my men will kill her and somehow, it works. She may be a fierce lady, but she certainly is obedient. Good. Long story short, we manage to get into the jet, being a mafia boss comes with lots of benefits, including getting ways to do things, thanks to that, we manage to pass all kinds of security system and make our way back to Russia. And along the way, we just put a tape over her mouth so she wouldn't be so noisy. She may be pretty, but not pretty enough for my taste, so I don't think I would have a problem with having her treated that way. However, I do admit that there was something a little bit weird going on in my body and mind when I first saw her, I don't know what it was, but I just shook things off. Besides, for me, women are just toys, and once I finish messing with them, I'll just get rid of them, that's how I work. The hours of flight have come to an end and all of us got off from our jet. Viktor and Ivan took the woman and brought her to our car. We still have her mouth shut until we arrive at the house. After we get in, I decide to take care of her myself. "Get off her." I tell them and they let go of her. She almost collapses when I hold her, preventing her from falling. The men are just staring at her, some with lust and some with annoyance. "Matvey, can you get rid of that look on your face, and you too Viktor." I’m annoyed, I mean come on, we just arrived. Matvey, my fourth in command chuckles and touches his stomach as if it's hurting from laughter. While Viktor just ignore me and continue to stare at her. He already has a girlfriend so he may get in trouble after this. Where is Nikolai anyway? Nikolai is my second in command, and my closest friend amongst them all, we share memories together since we were young, and he is my most trusted man of them all. "Well, the dude says he's trying to take care of something with the client, so he's still outside." Viktor speaks again. I sigh and everyone is now staring at the two of us. The woman is now struggling to get off from me, and I take her tape off from her mouth, still having her on my grasp. "You sick people! What the hell do you think you are doing?" She speaks out which makes Ivan slightly pissed off. "Watch your tongue, lady." he speaks in a threatening tone. I have to admit, Ivan has the second worse temper after me, even though he is the most rational person amongst us. "My name is Phoebe, not 'lady'.” She spits out venomously. You can hear fear on her voice but she tries to sound as fearless as she can. Phoebe, huh? What a beautiful name... Wait, what? "So, what do we do with her now?" Matvey asks, which makes me realize I've been holding her the whole time and I let her go, she wouldn't be able to escape anyway and if she's smart enough, she wouldn't try it, at least not now. "Why don't we just kill her off and get things Over with?" Ivan says as he approaches her and slowly putting his hand on her neck tightly, which seems to choke her. "Get your hands off from her!" I yell at Ivan which surprises him, but then he pulls his hand away and the girl is now choking and try to catch her breath. "No one does anything to her unless I say so, understand?" I speak in a demanding tone which makes everyone looks surprised, but they respect me and they just nod. "Fine, but seriously, what are we going to do with her?" Viktor speaks this time. I look at this woman. Now that I look at her, she has a really unique feature with her red hair and pale blue eyes, her skin is soft, and she has the innocent look that makes you want to have her all for yourself. Wait- what am I thinking? She looks terrified, but she doesn't want to show it so much as well, which I find really amusing. "Well, for now, we'll just have her in the basement, until then, I'll think about what I should do with her." I tell the men and they nod. "Wait, where are you taking me?" I grab her hand and drag her to the basement area, followed by Matvey and Viktor. I decided that it's best to not get Ivan down here or else he may lose his nerve again. I put her in one of the cell we have down here, they were originally built for kidnapping, but since we rarely do that, this place is almost unused, so I guess I'll just put her here tonight. "Let me out, are you guys crazy?" She says after she enters the cell. "Silence!" I say almost losing my temper, I've been trying to be calm all along but now I just get really annoyed. "You're not leaving, missy, not until we decide something on you." She looks defeated, and for a moment, she almost loses hope in her eyes. "You can't keep me down here forever." "Yes, I can if I want to, you better be good for now." I tell my men to leave first before I kneel squat in front of the cell and look at her straight in the eyes. She is also staring back at me, and I slowly whisper. "I'll see you later." *** Phoebe's P.O.V He shuts the door and leaves me all alone in this rather dark basement. Like how could they treat anyone like this? I don't understand how such people could exist in this world. I look around me and this place is certainly messy, and they looked like they were built for kidnapping or something, and that makes me feel a bit scared, because what if I can never get out from here? Won't I be able to see my co-workers and friends ever again? Even at this time I rather see Henri's face than staying alone here. Gosh, anxiety just slowly consumes me, and I'm not usually a weakling, but having everything taken away from me all of a sudden is just horrible. I am completely devastated. I'm still wearing the dress from the party since they didn't mind to have me in another clothing, and I bet I look like a mess right now. But my appearance doesn't really matter at this situation now, does it? They actually took me flying to another country, and since they spoke in Russian I think I am in Russia right now, probably somewhere like Moscow. I got choked as soon as I arrived here by a blonde man who didn't look too friendly, got eye raped by two other men, and now I'm stuck in a cell. And I'm completely clueless about what's going to happen now. I search around and realize that I don't even have my phone with me, great, they even took it away. Now how am I supposed to contact the police? Well, I'm overseas so I have no clue how to even talk to them. And these people, what are they even? They look like they are in a mafia group or something. Or are they? Gosh, this is messed up. I know that if I stay down here for too long, I will probably lose my mind out of boredom, since there is nothing entertaining here. And pushing that aside, what if I die out of starvation? I don't want to die yet, definitely not now, I still have a lot of things I need to do in my life, so dying is not an option here. I don't know what else I should do, I'm tired and terrified. Maybe I should try to sleep at least, who knows if this is all just a bad dream? Even though I know it's not, probably my dream is going to be better than the reality right now. And just like that, I slowly lay down on the cold floor, and try to close my eyes. I hope they don't hurt me now.