Damsel In Distress III

The man relinquishes my arm and pushes me forward, making me stagger onto the ground.

"Puttana, I wouldn't do that anyway," he said. Gio spits indignantly, shaking his head. I'm up and running toward him before I can even think.

"Alejandro." As I sprint into his arms and hold onto him for dear life, I exhale.

He instinctively wraps his arm around me and tucks me into his side, where I bury my head.

"Out." It's just a single word however the request is sufficient to make them hear different rearranging feet, before the room goes calmer than previously, the main sound coming from my crazy wails.

The silence is first broken by Alejandro's voice. "Camila, tell me what happened." He's talking, I hear.

He wrapped his arm around me, despite the tension in his body.

I look up at him with my head out of his side.

Even though he looks down at me with a calm and collected expression, I can see the alarm swimming through his dark eyes.

As I frantically shake my head, his free hand moves the hair that is stuck to my wet cheeks out of my face.

"It was terrible, Alejandro. I went down the hall, and..." As a huge sob rips through my body, I can't even finish my sentence.

I try to take a breath, but I can't. Not after I was close to being raped and killed. It's fine.

According to he, his voice not delicate however nearly there as he plunges his head down to draw nearer to my ear.

"Breathe." He whispers orders into my ear. Fearing that he would vanish if I let go, I nod and hold on to his blazer.

I realize that we are not alone when I look around the room.

A number of Alejandro's men stand around, including Marco, who is furrowed-browedly staring at Big Nose and Gio, who are still seated.

With a whimper, I instinctively move closer to Alejandro in an effort to shield my exposed body from their eyes as I stare at the two men who are looking back at me and Alejandro, slightly alarmed but more confused than anything else.

I didn't need their eyes on me. I was disgusted. "Did they ever touch you?"

Alejandro asks me to scan my body for any signs of injury while grabbing my shoulders and gently pushing me back.

His hard eyes dart around my body in a frantic search for evidence of harm. His eye twitches as they briefly focus on my face, as well.

Alejandro's already-hardened face immediately hardens as I look up at him and nod.

"Which one?" He talks his tone currently cut and his jaw set.

My body feels frightened as his tone is chillingly cool. I lean my cheek against his side and breathe in his inebriating aroma.

A blend of rum, stogies and his cologne. Big Nose gets my first nod from me.

"He... gotten me and brought me u-higher up in any event, when I let him know I would have rather not.

After that, he... he said he would shoot me." I'm far too exhausted to care if Big Nose glares at me. I then, at that point, gesture towards Gio, what eyes' identity is' restricted at me.

"And he threatened to hurt me as he grabbed me and forced me onto his lap." I say, my voice little and shaking as I will myself to not cry at the memory of what had befallen me in the beyond fifteen minutes.

As I think back on the other things he did, I give Big Nose a nod.

"But he also said he'd put his gun..." As I look up at Alejandro, I swallow hard because I don't want to repeat what he said.

"In my intimate part and shoot-" I frantically shake my head, unable to finish what I'm saying as another sob floods my body.

I simply desired that he return me to my room.

Alejandro nods tensely and clenches his jaw as he tucks me further into his side as he looks down at me, his eyes searching my tear-filled eyes.

He places his hand on the side of my head, burys his fingers in my hair, and he starts gently moving his fingers in a soothing manner.

Before the two men jump to voice their displeasure, there is a brief moment of silence. Gio's first as his eyes augmented and he shakes his head.

"Excuse me I thought she was one of the puttane." (Whores) I remove my head from Alejandro's side and stagger forward.

"So you would shackle them to your will? Even if they didn't want to be near your grotesque wrinkled a**? I detonate, my face becoming red in rage towards the man.

While still clinging to Alejandro's blazer, I slowly advance.

Before turning to face Alejandro, the man's eyes narrow briefly out of annoyance.

"Sir, with all due respect, she was strolling around in that attire." He reasons looking me all over as I shift awkwardly.

She could easily be mistaken for a puttana, in my opinion. Big Nose arrives, giving Alejandro a serious nod and looking.

I charge forward, wanting to slap the man, as rage coursing through me.

"So it was okay to touch me against my will because I was dressed in this way?! Dickface, huh?" Alejandro snakes his arm around my abdomen and pulls me back against him.

As I lean against him and let him support my weight, I sob harder.

"Who shot the firearm?" Alejandro says it, his tone not giving away anything.

Gio immediately glances at Big Nose, who fires forward, "It was only a warning shot," he says.

His long hair is sticking to his sweaty forehead as he frantically assures.

I can feel Alejandro's hand flexing in my hair as his eyes narrow.

"Ah yes. Again, what was it?" "To get the puttana to shut up, before the next one went through her head?" he mocks in a low voice. He uses the words Big Nose yelled at me earlier to repeat.

"Do I know what it is?" "No-no!" He protests with a big nose, trembling.

"So you think my ears are lying to me?" I bury my head even deeper into Alejandro's side as I accept the comfort he is providing.

It's quiet briefly and I wouldn't even come close to turning upward.

My light sobs only stop when Alejandro speaks next. "Kneel down." I would have backed off if he weren't my safety net.

His voice is lethal. "What!?" The men's protests follow. "You can't be serious," I said. Gio laughs.

Alejandro maintains his composure; the only sign of annoyance I hear in him is a light growl. His chest vibrates, but it's quiet.

"I won't do it again." I feel the light grip of Alejandro's finger on my chin as he tilts my head up and forward to face the two men who were knelt before us, their faces filled with terror and humiliation.

The quiet room suddenly becomes filled with the sound of shuffles.

"Apologize now." While some of Alejandro's men look confused at him, there is still silence, and I wait by staring ahead. Big Nose speaks first. "Sir, forgive me. I had no idea."

"If I had known she was yours, I would never have touched her." They follow Gio, their faces turning red with shame. Alejandro's jaw jerks, and he ventures forward.

"Not me. To her." As he turns his head toward me, his voice sharpens.

My soft sniffles were drowned out as the two men's apologies spilled from their lips and their eyes met mine with tears.

I didn't listen because I was aware that they were both full of crap.

The fact that they only regret what they did to me because it upset Alejandro was proof enough of that.

Alejandro moves his hand away from my hair and begins to rub up and down my back while nodding to one of his men about something.

The same man comes over to Alejandro and gives him my robe, which was ignored on one of the lounge chairs.

"Do you acknowledge, Principessa?" After straightening up my silky robe, Alejandro asks calmly. The men in front of me stare back at me, silently pleading with me.

However, as soon as I take one look at their repulsive faces, I cross my arms and narrow my eyes toward them both.

"No." The two men's faces drop and I would lie on the off chance that I said It didn't feel better to see the unadulterated apprehension in Large Nose's eyes. Now, isn't that easier?

"Thanks, then." As he helps me put on my robe, Alejandro hums behind me.

He puts his hands on my shoulders and turns me away from the men and toward the door.

When Ethan comes out, he looks like he's out of breath as he looks around the room and focuses on me with concern. "Ethan. Go to Camila's bedroom.