Stefas pov

Alvar grabs my wrist and just drags me with him, away from Luna. I try to stay, by pressing my feet to the ground or trying with my other hand to pull away his hand from my wrist, but all of this doesn't even help a little bit.

,,Don't squirm like that! Otherwise it will hurt even more!" Alvar shouts.

I didn't even realize the pain in my wrist. I'm just focused on reaching to Luna.

But I just couldn't escape Alvars grip.
He drags me downstairs to a floor, I never saw before.
Of course not, this house is literally big like a whole city.

When we reached a room, we entered and he shut the door behind us and closes it with a key.
,,Welcome to my room"

I peeked around.
I don't want to show him my affection to this room.
It's so much my style.
Everything is dark and he only has black furnitures.
And he has the beautifulest view from here.

He takes off his jacket and shoes and lay down on his bed.

,,Hmm.. I can't understand why you both want to leave your biological family" He glares at me with an intense look. ,,I mean many other orphans would die to meet their biological parents. But you..."

,,We're safer when we are alone! People who work at the mafia aren't trustable persons! Everybody knows that they are bad people!" I replied.

,,That's a lie."

,,What?"

,,You two aren't safe when you are alone"

,,What do you mean? We lived our whole lives just great on our own. Nobody was ever there for us."

,,Yeah but if you two would have been alone at the mall, Luna would be raped by now. She was rescued because you two weren't alone. Open your eyes. It's better for you if you just accept your fate and try to learn loving you family."

She would've been raped.... Why couldn't I help her sooner?
And... I have the feeling that we'll never go away from here. From this mansion. From this family. From...these murderers.

I turn around, with my back to Alvar so he couldn't see my face.
I hide my face in my sleeves.

,,Wh-What are you doing?" Alvar asks nervous and sits up.

,,Don't say... you're crying!"
He jumps up.
And touches my shoulders.

,,Don't touch me!" I cry out loud.

,,SHUT UP!" He shouts and harshly turns me around.
He grabs my wrists and strongly moved them away from my face.

I try to hide my face and ugly tears by looking down.

He lifts my face forcefully with his hand.

,,I was the one who made you cry..."

I wanted to turn around again but suddenly he hugs me. And squeezed me tight.

I cry even more and louder.

,,We never can escape from here right?" I cry.

,,No" He mumbles sadly in my ear.

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After I cried myself out by him, we sat silently on his bed next to each other.
But I made sure to let a big gape between us, before I sat down.

I'm so embarrassed now. How could that happen? I never cry in front of other people. That's a big no for me to do so.

,,Don't say" I mumble angrily but still embarrassed with red cheeks.

,,What?" Alvar says with a nice tone."

,,Don't say anyone I cried!"

,,O-Ohh. I won't. One thing you also have to know, is that you can trust the italian mafia. If we promise you something, we will keep that promise, no matter what. And I promise you I'll tell nobody."
He smiles at me kindly.
Why's he so nice to me now all of a sudden. He speaks like a baby with me.
I hit him at his arm.

,,Ouch!" He screams surprised ,,What was that for?!"

,,Nothing. Just be normal."

I wipe my tears away with my sleeve.

I'm okay now.
More than okay.
Now that I cried, I tanked more power.
I feel much more better.

,,Besides...why are you guys even so desperate to keep us here?" I look up at him.

Alvar glares me in my face with opened mound.

,,Are you serious?" He asks me.

,,What?"

,,You really don't know why we want you two?
Because we all love you with all our hearts! You may not remember us, but we all spent 15 years searching for you! Which family does 15 years not give up on searching?
Don't you realize how much we love and missed you."

I was baff.
This is.... They really love us I think. They're not just possessive over their ,property', but they might really love us.

,,I think Amilia and Stan really brainwashed you two. YES WE LOVE YOU. That's normal for a family. And no, the thing you experienced with your aunt and uncle wasn't true family love. So I know this is new for you but just try to learn how to love a family and how to trust them. Not everyone will treat you bad, like your aunt or uncle did."

,,Who said that they treated us bad? Maybe they were like goddesses to us."

,,Luna and you, you both didn't even let one single tear drop for them."

Oh.

I sighed.
Whatever. Fuck that. I also wanna be loved.

,,I'll try."

,,What?" Alvar says.

,,I'll try to love you too. Let's try to be a family. It's not like we can escape anyway. So let's just try out."

Alvar eyes widen.

,,Like seriously?!" He smiles happily and I nod.

,,Yesss" he says triumphantly to himself.

I couldn't hold a snicker away.
This is such a new feeling. To feel loved. And to see somebody be so happy about you...

I think... I might kinda like my brother.