Taken By The Mafia Lord

Have you ever stared the devil in the face? Arianna was sure of that now as Daniel Luciano stood right in front of her. Her feet were stuck to the ground as she wondered what the hell was going on here. How did Daniel get here? How did he get past Marcel's security? Does Marcel know? A lot of questions filled her head and yet there was no answer.

This must have been why Lucas was calling her, and like a fool, she ignored him. Damn it! Arianna mentally thought of her phone and how she could remind Lucas of her predicament without giving out her actions to the devil standing right in front of her until she remembered her phone was switched off. God, she was dead.

When time passed between them and Daniel didn't do anything except stare at her strangely, Arianna began to wonder if something was wrong. She assumed that the instant she met him, Daniel would pull out a gun and shoot her dead, but that doesn't seem to be the case.

Arianna took that opportunity to stare at Daniel as well. Thanks to the mission last time, Marcel showed them a picture of his father so they could avoid him, nor did she get to see his face properly. At that time, they infiltrated his fortress disguised as cleaners because she was hiding from him. It was quite an irony that the man she had been running from, found her instead. Arianna didn't know whether to laugh or cry at her situation.

Marcel looked nothing like his father but she could see where all that handsomeness came from, it definitely ran in their genes. Based on looks alone, one could never imagine Daniel was capable of committing those atrocities because he looked pristine.

Unlike Marcel's blonde hair that he inherited from his mother, Daniel was a brunette and those brown hairs were brushed back to perfection that there wasn't even a strand out of place. His trimmed beards that grew across his jaw were graying and gave him that perfect mature look and he was dressed impeccably in his suit. If there was one thing father and son appreciated, it was fine clothes.

Unlike Marcel, his father wore his suit along with a tie and if he wasn't standing in front of her in this vegetable garden, she would think he was a businessman on his way to work except that he was a hardened ex- crime lord about to take her life - Arianna was sure of that. Marcel had warned her of what his father was capable of and murdering her in broad daylight wasn't going to rattle him.

Hence, Arianna didn't stay to find out how she would die because she took to her heels without looking back to check if Daniel was aiming at her. She had to escape, she had to fight for her life!

She went through the back door seeing that she couldn't run past Daniel and he must have his men blocking the entrance.

But the moment Arianna ran out, an arm reached out and grabbed her from behind and she shrieked, the sound never leaving her lips because a hand closed over her mouth.

"Shh," A familiar voice breathed into her ear and she recognized Luca, a breath of relief leaving her lips. Arianna nodded her head to show that she understood what he was talking about.

When Luca released her, she turned around, informing him immediately, "Daniel saw me go through here, his men should be after me already,"

"Let's go then," He took her hand and began to guide her out. Although Luca gave her a sense of comfort, the grave look on Lucas's face told her that they were far from the word "safe". Not to mention that it was just a vegetable garden and there weren't enough trees to shield them.

Hence, it wasn't shocking that the moment they stepped out, Daniel's men had them all surrounded and Luca shouted, "Run!" engaging the men to give her a way out.

Arianna didn't waste any time, she ran off with all of her might and thanks to Luca, successfully made it to the lawn. To her surprise, there was fighting all around her, and instead of a shoot-out as she had thought, the men engaged in hand-to-hand combat as if they were waiting for the side to draw the first blood.

But stopping was a mistake because the next thing Arianna knew, she was knocked to the ground, and before she could even suck in a breath, she was hurled up to her feet quite roughly.

"Let me go!" She screamed at the Buffalo who manhandled her. Arianna kicked and screamed at the top of her lungs all to no avail until they heard a great roar and a sudden commotion and an instant path was created as people ran for safety.

Safety from what?

Arianna had her question answered when the man holding her was violently ripped from her and the next thing she saw was Samson's wide jaw clamped around the man's waist as he screamed in pain while the lion tossed him around like a rag doll.

She watched in fear and astonishment as Samson bit the man furiously and when he had his fill, launched the bloodied man across the lawn and he knocked into others that hadn't moved away on time.

Honestly, Arianna thought that Samson would attack her next, having heard that a wild animal that attacked and ate a human is considered dangerous because they have bypassed their fear and view humans as prey. But then, Samson the lion didn't eat the fool, rather he maimed him.

But that was not the end because Samson pawed over to Arianna and she held her breath hoping not to go through the same fate as that man. To her surpise, Samson circled her instead and then stepped forward to release a mighty roar at the others who stepped back immediately.

And a great silence descended.