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"Fuck no Nicolas, are you out of your mind?" Dante, Bruno and I wait outside of the office as my father speaks to my uncle. By my father's shouting he isn't pleased with the situation. I lean against the banister and feel the coldness encounter my back, as I wait for any other words to be said.

"I never thought our little cousin would become a pole dancer." Bruno chuckles but all I do is roll my eyes, Dante huffs and decides to lean against the wall as my father begins to shout more.

"No, do you have any idea what Serena would say?!" Now my mother is being brought into it. These men are honestly childish.

I open the office doors and stand there with my arms folded as I witness them both staring at me, my father's eyes pierce through my soul.

"You're not doing it Arianna." My father scoffs and faces away from me to give evils to my uncle who is in fact... Just doing his job.

"Look, I'm nineteen, not a baby, I'll do It because this mafia is my family. We need to protect ourselves. I'll take Elisa with me." I say to try and encourage me but he doesn't seem to be having any of it.

"Diego, we'll be there too, we'd just have to wait in an alleyway across the street behind the buildings, she'll be an hour just to see if they're in town, Date and Bruno can go in there too." My uncle tries to reason with my father, he lets out a deep sigh, deep down he knows he needs to let me grow up.

"Fine, only because I don't want you to rebel like your mother did with her father." He says, I smile at him as he thanks me for my cooperation. The tension in the room settles. We all make our way to the dining room where my mother and Maria came back for a delightful meal.

We all sat around the table, I was facing my mother and father with Dante and Bruno next to me and auntie Maria and uncle Nicolas.

"So, Arianna's pole dancing tonight." Bruno blurts out suddenly causing my mother to spit her food out onto her plate and Maria's face was full of anger.

"Bruno, can we not up to the table please honey?" Maria's voice softens the atmosphere slightly but my mother is still confused.

"Sorry... What?" My mother's eyes reached mine as she knew it was regarding me.

"Um... I have to... For the mafia, but Elisa, Dante and Bruno are going to be there. Uncle Nicolas and dad are going to wait near an alleyway for me and my arrival." I mention, I tried speaking slowly but after that sentence left my mouth I shoved a slice of pizza down my throat, allowing my taste buds to feel satisfied with their flavour.

An hour had passed, I put on a black simple dress knowing I'd have to take it off in a bit to wear some dancer outfit. I roll my eyes at the thought but I curled my hair and put it into a high pony tail, letting the end of it tickle at my skin. I applied minimal makeup on my face to make myself more presentable and confident. I put on my black heels and walk out of my apartment where Dante and Bruno are waiting for me in their black limo.

"We need to pick up Elisa." I say Bruno huffs and rolls his eyes as he turns the indicator on to collect her.

Elisa is one of my close friends, well... My only friend. But she is the best and I couldn't ask for another. She's always there for me, she knows about my lifestyle and accepts it. But she's always warning me to be safe and not get myself killed. She's always said 'I want to grow old with my friend, not grow old and visit your grave.'

The thought made me chuckle as we arrive at her drive, she came out wearing a light pink sparkling dress which brought out her blonde hair and her bright blue eyes. She opened the door and scooted next to me, I got a wave of musk hit over me, her fragrance smelt beautiful and it was definitely for her. I smile at her as she enters and buckles her seat belt.

"You look stunning in that plain black dress." She states and I smile.

"I'm sure it'll be off when we get to the club." I roll my eyes but I hear a laugh escape her lips and hear Bruno begin to snigger.

"Be quiet Bruno." I say and roll my eyes, the car is illuminated by the neon light that are outside of the club, saying 'The Lights' I mean come on, that's a stupid name for a club, right? I get why it's called that but it seems too basic for my taste. I then look down at my dress and take back the basic part, I am wearing a basic black dress after all. We all exit out of the limo and walk towards the entrance of the club; we're instantly allowed in but we had to come up with a slight plan.

Dante pretending to be with Elisa and I had to pretend that Bruno was with me. I mean that's disgusting, plus I fucking hate Bruno. Dante is definitely my favourite cousin. Is that bad to admit?

Bruno takes me back stage with all of the other pole dancers, I notice Bruno eye-fucking the majority of them with their half-naked body roaming around.

"Bruno." I nudged him and his eyes came back to reality.

"What?" He rolls his eyes.

I walk over to who looks like the person who orders were they send these women out onto their poles. The room smelt like a fragrance shop, there were so many different scents going on it was beginning to give me a headache.

"You're not wearing that." The person with the clipboard said, I rolled my eyes and looked at him. His eyes still dart their way to analyse my outfit choice.

"Have you got anything?" I say he points to a room where I lead myself into, there were sets hanging up. White pairs, black, I had a further look and picked up the red laced outfit. I took my underwear seat off and put it in a bag of mine. I put the bra piece over my breasts leaving them to be covered, I pulled the pants up past my thighs, I suddenly get a brush of coldness as the air scrapes pass my bare bum due to it hanging out from the G-string type of underwear, I then grabbed the extra piece of material and wrapped it around my tiny waist, I had curves in all of the right places, I was blessed to have a hourglass figure.

I opened the curtain and Bruno began to laugh.

"Shut up." I say, my dark hair tickled my back even more so with no fabric being a barrier to protect the surface of my skin.

I walk out and wait until the person said I could go out on stage, I peak through the curtain and see so many people, some were drunk, some were horny and some looked like they were married.

'Think of your family' I thought and gave myself a little pep-talk. I wasn't scared, this was all just unexpected.

He pointed to the curtains and there I went to go out on stage and wrap my body around that metal pole. I walk with confidence, waving my hips side to side. I grip onto the pole with one hand and wrap one of my legs around it, I began to swing my body right round, people were already putting money on the stage, I looked up and notice that Bruno had joined Dante and Elisa. Well Elisa was cheering but Dante was keeping an eye out for any members of the Black Eagles and Bruno... Well Bruno was checking out other women on the poles. My eyes met someone's bright blue ones that lit the room up. I quickly glance away and begin to spin more.

My arms wrap around the pole as I push my body weight around the pole leaving it to levitate above the stage floor. A few more moments and spins went around but there was no use to find these Black Eagles. I suddenly begin to feel that this whole experience was useless. But like we were to know?

I came off the stage and swung my hips once more, I grab my clothes and grab a spare coat in the cupboard and wrap it around my body, leaving it covered. I exit through the back, the frost hit me and I was absolutely freezing, Elisa, Dante and Bruno are already in the car behind the building opposite, I head down the narrow alleyway before I hear a voice.

"Well, that was a great performance, you should come here more often." I turn around and witness those bright blue eyes once more, his hair is blonde but spiked up. I have no idea how old he is but he has stubble on his face which is painted on so neatly.

"You wish." I fire back and begin to walk.

"I could make you work for me." He states but I scoff, he moves closer to me as he closes the distance between us.

"You think you're so big and strong, don't you?" I look at him staring right through his soul, that's if he has one. His bright sky-blue eyes stare back at me as he gives his devilish smirk.

"Mio Caro (My dear), I am big and strong." He steps even closer to me and I can smell his minty breath and his aftershave from here, powering over me.

"Back off." I say and push him away, he grabs my wrist and comes close to my ear.

"You wanting to play this game then, hm?" Shivers run down my body, leaving goosebumps to emerge on the surface of my skin.

"Now, who's the one who definitely doesn't look so big and strong?" He raises a brow at me and I roll my eyes, he loosens the grip of my wrist and I walk off, leaving him in the alleyway of pure darkness.

I walk across the cold road, and look to see if that guy with the sky-blue eyes was following me. But he wasn't, he disappeared through the darkness. I watch as the darkness emerged further, I walk behind a building and see Nicolas and my father in the limo at the front and my cousins and Eliza at the back. I opened the door and everyone sighed.

"No luck tonight." Nicolas says and I nod along with agreement, I don't know why the Black Eagles didn't show. I guess we would never know... I mean they could've shown up but were just hiding their true identity under their filthy skin. We travel back home in the darkness which was full of silence. No one was talking, Bruno was on his phone looking at pictures of women, typical Bruno. Dante was staring out of the window. And Elisa. Well... She looks like she was about to fall asleep. We drop Elisa home which she was glad for, we watch her as she went through her front door. I was dropped off next and made my way to my apartment.

I unlock the door and let my body though, the warmth instantly hit me and made me feel as if I was home. I hung up the spare coat and ran to the shower, I quickly strip off out of the over-the-top outfit and got my naked body into the shower. I love my showers, although they had to be hot. I could never have a cold shower unless I was sweating.

I get out of the shower and let the towel dry off my damp body, I clean my face using my cleanser, toner and moisturiser which then left my skin feeling soft. I place the bottles in their rightful places and got into a short pair of pajamas... Well, I call them pajamas but they're just an oversized T-shirt and my fresh clean underwear. I wrap my body up with my robe and head to my living room, where I sat on the sofa and turned on the TV. I wasn't tired at all. So, all I did was sit there and watch meaningless shows until I fell asleep.