My Boldness

ELENA'S POV;

"Elena." The way my name rolled off his tongue...the Italian accent and all were so similar to Antonio's. Perhaps there was just a darker aura around Antonio than this man but it still made me really lost. But I knew that Antonio wouldn't say a word to me even if I asked. He would never mention who this man was and that thought made me even more vexed. Bringing me into a situation that he wasn't even ready to explain to me.

He didn't tell me much, only kept mentioning why an innocent damsel like me would live in such a dangerous world as his. I said nothing but listened to everything he had to say. I remember the way he

"Come on now, say something." He said calmly but I was wondering what he expected me to say. I was only doing as I was ordered to, but conversation with this man was sort of soothing. He tried his best to make me feel less uncomfortable.

I remained silent gazing on the floor.

"Here." He handed a card to me but I hesitated. I wondered what it was as I observed it innocently. Why was he giving me a card? "You can come see me at any time. That card will give you access." He chuckled at me and I watched as he walked over to his men.

I looked lost while standing alone. I walked over to Antonio standing with Leo in a corner. I looked at his face and that was when I noticed the striking resemblance. I furrowed my brow. How? Was there some sort of chemistry? Or was it that Antonio was hiding something from me? He owed me an explanation.

I'd wanted to ask, but the feeling of being used as a pawn overwhelmed me more than my curiosity.

"What's that card?" Antonio asked, jerking me out of my thoughts, and I instantly felt stupid. Why would I put a card like this on my lap? I held the card in my hands and gripped it tighter and he was completely irritated by my response. He snatched the card from my hand causing me to gasp and open it. Then he smirked. "I should have known. You're planning on meeting him huh?" He asked and all I could do was stare with slight provocation. "Well, it's according to plan anyway." He placed the card on my thigh and looked back out through the window.

The vehicle stopped in front of his mansion. We all got out to go indoors.

I walked behind Leonardo to the front door leaving Antonio behind, I felt Antonio's eyes behind my back. Leonardo opened the door. It was warmer inside, I walked past Leo in the living room moving towards the staircase.

"Get the fuck back here Elena," Antonio growled at my back. I felt the frustration in his voice, the tone was good enough for me to turn and face him with disbelief. Did he really think he could just say anything that he wanted after what he did to me? Did he fucking think he had so much control over me that I wouldn't be able to speak for myself?

"What do you want?" I asked him and he was shocked at my question. I was provoked at this point, there was nothing that could scare me about him at the moment.

"I want information. What the fuck did that mother fucker say to you? Ever since you had a conversation with him you've been acting this way. You're forgetting your place I see. Do you need me to remind you of it?"

I scoffed. "Place? What fucking place? What fucking place Antonio?!" My reply took him aback. He had never heard me cuss before. Even Leo was stunned by my outburst.

"What gives you the right to speak back to me?" He said and gripped my jaw with his hand.

"Let me go." I struggled in his grip.

"What did he say to you?" He asked me to ignore my complaints but I remained silent and I did not reply to him. His hand grew tighter around my jaw and I mourned painfully, tears almost falling down from my eyes.

"I asked you a question." He growled at me and I felt really hurt inside of me. I felt so much like shit at this point. I was obviously nothing more than a toy to him. He used me whenever he wanted to be pleasured, he used me for mind games, and he used me every time. I was just his toy and that broke me.

"You made me speak to him." I shifted cause his grip around my jaw was getting tighter and I was devastated because I was wronged but he still abused me.

"What did he say?!!!" He shouted at me. "That you're a monster," I replied angrily back at him crying out loud.

He laughed at me scornfully and released me but I fell on my knees sobbing. "You don't have a purpose other than to serve me." He said calmly

Was this why I married him?, I thought, he was being so cruel to me and I was just so powerless to break free from his torture.

"Speak now." He shouted at me again.

All I did was give a humourless chuckle. "You want me to speak? After what you've done you want me to speak? You used me as a pawn, making me feel so little and then you speak to me like I'm the one with the issue? Do you have any conscience at all?" He looked taken aback. "You're just like the rest of them. You all are the same, there's no good or better, you're all bad. Preying on women who are weaker than you, that's what you all do. You're all monsters." I growled.

I walked away from him immediately towards the staircase.

"Get back here" He insisted. "Damon, I think you should let her be," Leonardo said.

I didn't turn back, I walked up the stairs and headed straight to the room, tears dropping from my eyes on the way. I heard their faint noises below till it died down.

How long will this keep happening?