Ruby
The regret I thought I saw there, vanished. ��Why don��t you just superglue me to you, asshole?�� I wanted to snap in his face but instead, I let out a light chuckle, thinking he was still carrying on the joke. Sighing, I replied, "Do you think I'll buy that? Your brother married my sister and now you��re threatening to kill my family, really?��
He wouldn��t do that, would he? I mean, he��s joking, right? Plus my sister is his sister-in-law. So he must be joking, right?
"Oh, believe me, I can," he said in a low voice, making me roll my eyes.
I couldn��t believe that no way would he dare to do that. Looking into his blue orbs with my greys ones, however, I saw the honesty in his ruthless words. And fear struck in me at that moment, as I felt myself starting to shake.
Be bold, Ruby! Don��t let him see you��re scared of him. Be brave.
Scared to the core, I held my head high, looking at his handsome face. ��You can��t, you wouldn��t dare,�� I declared.
Vexon smirked, causing my gut to twist in knots. He pulled me closer, if that was even possible, as his dangerous yet awesome aura and the smell hit my nostrils.
��With a snap of my fingers, they can end up dead,�� he said in a dangerously low voice, an evil smirk twisting his lips.
��How?�� I breathed out, daring to ask because who the hell was this guy. I didn��t particularly know him before but he was a total stranger to me now. My mind drifted to my mom and Pearl.
��Because, I am the Mafia,�� he said softly.
Time seemed to slow and stop suddenly, as his words shattered my thoughts. Mafia, he said mafia. It can��t be right, the thing I feared the most, he couldn��t be standing in front of me. No.
��Hey, are you listening to me?�� he asked, but all my mind could think of was that he was in the Mafia.
He can��t be, right? This isn��t happening right now, is it? I must be dreaming, having some kind of nightmare. This can��t be true.
Shaking my head of my thoughts, I gulped before looking up into his eyes, hoping to find some kind of peace there, some sign that this was all a sick joke. The once dangerous gaze turned to a caring one in seconds as he stared back at me.
"Ma...fia..." I muttered, fluttering my eyes before playing dead.
I forced my limbs to give in and placed my full body weight into his arms that were holding me tight. Playing dead was a game I played when there was no escape from a situation that I didn��t want to face. To people who have witnessed me do this, it seems like I fainted.
So hopefully Vexon will think I��m unconscious and leave me alone so that I can escape.
��Ruby?�� Vexon said my name with concern, lowering me to the floor. ��Ruby?�� he called again, as he pressed his hand to my forehead. ��Ruby, wake up,�� he said again, his voice sounding panicked.
��Ruby!�� Vexon screamed, patting my face lightly.
��Mom! Mane!�� he shouted, before picking me up from the floor where he had laid me and taking me to the bed that stood in the room. Vexon held my hand and stroked it once he placed me on the bed, while I tried to control my urge to move away from him.
��Ruby, please wake up,�� he pleaded, and for a moment my heart melted for him, for a moment I felt bad for putting him through this.
Could he really be in love with me? He can��t be, right?
Footsteps came rushing down the hallway, ��Ruby?�� Mom shouted when they finally burst through the door. Her voice cracking on her shout.
Please, mom, don��t cry. Not now.
��What did you do Vexon?�� Vanera Bevine asked in a hard tone. Silence is what followed. ��Vexon? Answer me!�� Vanera shouted, her sudden outburst, almost had me moving.
Laying there I knew my mom was holding my other hand and decided it was time to let her know I wasn��t dead or unconscious. Brushing my fingers lightly against her hand, I heard her gasp slightly before squeezing my hand, letting me know she understood that I was faking it.
��Vexon, I want a damn answer, now!�� Vanera shouted, her voice echoing through the room.
��Vexon, answer. Did you do something?�� A male voice spoke up, and I��m damn sure it was Kace.
��I love her, Mom,�� Vexon started, ��I love her and I��m the only one who will marry her. Steve can��t. Only I have the right to marry her, and I swear I will if it��s the last thing I do!�� he spoke with determination.
��Seriously Vexon? Fine, you can marry her but don��t force it on her. She has the right to decide for herself,�� Orson protested angrily, as someone hummed in approval.
��I don��t care, I��m marrying her!�� Vexon yelled.
"Vexon, honey. Let's go home," Vanera spoke softly.
Oh, thank you so much, Vanera. Now, please go and let me not see you for a damn millennium.
Vexon finally let go of my hand, after having repeated multiple times that only he would marry me. And each and every time he said that my stomach tightened in fear. I understood now what he intended to do, he intended to end my world, not the whole one. Just mine.
I didn��t want to marry him, he was in the Mafia. The freaking Mafia. I prayed for this to never happen and yet here I was. Their footsteps slowly started to drift away as they left the room when my mom stopped them.
��Wait,�� she called. Mom, what the hell are you doing? Don��t stop them. ��Ruby will marry you, also she��s awake,�� my mom said.
I shot up from where I lay and glared at my mother, ripping my hand from hers as I did so and shouted, ��What the hell?��
