Roxanna Ferrer is the heir to the most powerful mafia in the world. She's trained her entire life to become an infamous leader like her father. After the ordered assassination of her parents, she promises to avenge their death and to protect her siblings at all costs. But sadly, her search for vengeance made her forget her second promise. Her anger and hatred for her parent's murderer blinds her as it kills her slowly from the inside. The darkness within her soul consumes her, can she overcome such?

Roxy

Everyone bursts into a fit of laughter as Ruby hides her face from embarrassment. We're all in the dinning room having dinner. I furrow my brows in confusion, when did we get here? How-- 


My eyes lock with that of my parents and my heart stops. They're here .... I can't believe it, they're here! 


"Mom, dad!" I smile broadly at them and they mirror the action. I am about to reach out for mom when I suddenly start falling. An ear splitting scream is heard and it takes a few seconds to realize it's coming from me. I feel so light on air, darkness surrounds me and for a moment I don't think I'm falling anymore. Shutting my eyes tightly, I relish in the darkness. The serenity. 


But then a familiar voice screams my name. 


My eyelids fly open and I start looking for the owner. "Ruby?! Where are you?!" 


"Roxy! Help me please!" This time the voice belongs to Ranger. My heart pounds at the evident fear in his voice. Is someone hurting him?! 


"Ranger?! Don't worry, I'm coming! You're going to be alright." I assure even though I can't navigate the direction of his voice. 


"Rolland!? Don't worry, I'll help you!" I try to move but my feet are glued to the ground. What is happening?! 


"Ronan?! Don't be scared, I'm coming!" I struggle to move my feet but to no avail. A frustrating scream escapes my lips as their cries for help rip my soul. Why can't I move?!!! 


I freeze when the cry of a baby fills my ears. She's just a child..... 


Falling on my knees, I cover my ears and start to tremble, their unanswered cries for help stabs my heart in an agonizing way. "MAKE IT STOP!" 


Not a sound is heard. But out of nowhere, a spotlight is switched on. My blood is drained from my body as I am face to face with a man holding a gun to Ronan's head. 


Another spotlight is turned on, this time revealing Ruby with a gun to her head and eventually all my siblings. 


I start to tremble immensely, never in my wildest dreams have I thought I'd see something so traumatizing. I didn't recognize my very own voice as I said... "Please... Don't hurt them. They're innocent." 


"Who would've thought the infamous Roxanna Ferrer could beg." An unrecognizable voice says, foreign to be exact. 


"It's me you want! Let them go, I beg you!" I hate this. I hate how weak and pathetic I look right now. 


The voice burst into a heavy fit of laughter causing me to bow my head in shame. "Wow! This is gold! Okay, I'll tell you what? I give you five seconds to pick one and they will live. The rest shall die!" 


"Please don't! I can't choose! Take me I'm begging you!" 


"I'll give you my empire! I'll give you everything!" Never in my entire existence would I have imagined that I'd say something like that. But what can I do? There isn't enough time to save them all. 


The memory of the twins having their first ice cream flashes before my eyes. They were covered in so much ice cream that they started giggling at each other, they were two at the time. I remember when Ruby asked me for advice about having a boyfriend, I was so shocked I didn't know what to do. I ended up teaching her self defense. 


Or the time Ranger and I were coming back from a supermarket, some street boys were making fun of me and Ranger defended me. My heart swelled with so much love. But then he was made fun of and insulted. He went home crying that night. That same night I made sure each one of them shed more tears than he did and apologize to him the next day. I remember holding Raelynn for the very first time..... 


"NO!" My body slams against the hardwood but I ignore the pain. I ignore the calls of my siblings as I sprint out of the motel barefoot. 


Chapter 9: Promising dreams