A/N; Hope this isn't too dark guys. Review!

Violet POV

I munched on my waffles trying to cope with everything I had just been told. Ricky was an ex- mafia strigoii member. Leah was raped by his older brother and somehow I was spun up in the middle of all of it.
It was morning now and Leah had stopped at a Diner so we could eat and discuss a plan. Well, we weren't really discussing anything . Since Leah had told me that god awful story she had been struck mute,starring off in space as if looking for some type of answers. I can't blame her though. I can't imagine going through the type of things she did, being orphaned at such a young age, being raped by the one you love, and then having the only thing you had left being ripped away from you . The pain she must have felt, I don't blame her for spying on ricky or anything else she might have done.
"Leah, I would just like to say how sorry I am for everything you had to endure. " I said reaching across the table to lay a comforting hand over hers. Her eyes seemed to snap back into focus as she pulled her hand hastily away from mine.
"Don't feel sorry for me. I was a foolish child . I should have known better than to fall for a man that much older than me. " she growled.
I wanted to tell her how wrong she was, that she couldn't have known what he was, but I could tell it wouldn't have helped so I nodded.
"Do you love him?" Leah asked.
"Who?"
"You know who ."
Did I love ricky ? Yes. But we had just told each other. Was I really ready to be telling others? Making my descion I nodded"Yes"
"How much are you willing to risk to save him?". Without hesitation I blurted "Everything."
"Good. We have three weeks till his eighteenth birthday. That's when they will have the awakening ceremony. We will track there plane all the way to Italy and attack from the inside. Until then , you train , practice. Anything you think could be useful you do it.

Sweat drip for my hands as I punched the bags hard I could . Leah had left saying she need to take care of some business and dropped me off at a local gym. Of course I no idea what she meant by business but I didn't really want ask, seeing what line of work she was in.
I felt my ankle crack has my foot connected with the bag. I would get stronger. I would get stronger for Ricky. Time to finish him off. I took the silver stake out of my bra and shoved it right where a strigoii's heart would have been. The punching bag had Dozens of stab wounds and I was exhausted. But I had to push. Real strigoii didn'tjust stand there while you were exhausted,no, they sucked all the blood out of you.
I was broken out of my trance when Leah came in and tossed something at me. Taking off the boxing gloves and throwing them to the ground I looked down at what she had slid across the floor.
" Blonde hair dye?" I said quizzically,"I like you as a brunette better. It goes with your pretty hazel eyes."
"Not me , you. They're looking for you, and we sure as hell don't need them finding you." Leah said as she pushed a news paper into my hands. The headline said "Royal Run Away." and had my yearbook picture taking up half the page. What the hell? I can't believe my parents actually noticed I was gone. I haven't even seen them I'm three years, since the last time I was forced to go to court. I guess I should have expected it, even when I was back at the academy I didn't go to class so how would they know? To them I've been gone for over a month.
I'm surprised my parents even noticed to be honest. They never cared much about me anyway, they just had kid so that there was someone to take over their seat incourt when they died. I guess hiding makes since, if we want to be able to get to Ricky we cant have a big possy of guardians on our tail.
"Blonde, really?" I asked out of all the colors in the world you had to pick the hair color I liked the least .
Leah shrugged, "They would expect black , and red would just make you stand out. "
I groaned but went to the bathroom to get it dyed.

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The dye looked okay. I was definitely not a blonde , though.I mean on others it might be great but it definitely didn't fit my personality at all. Leah also gave me green eye contacts , though when they mixed with me mocha brown eyes looked more hazel. All I have to say is it's so not me, but that was the point wasn't it?
Leah had dressed me in a gold dresss and cute heels . At the moment she was curling my hair . "Remember when you said you would risk everything to save Ricky?" I nodded. " Are you a virgin?" I shook my head. I wasn't a slut, but neither was I a saint. I had learned to stop asking Leah questions. She would explain everything soon enough. "Good,I'm just going to tell you the truth. The things your going to have to go through this month are going to be traumatizing and violating. If you really want to save Ricky your going to have to do things that go against every morale you have. Are you ready for that?" she asked.
I nodded. "What do I have to do?"
"We are going to the Malone Market or in other words , the place where all the Malone men buy their baby makers. I will hand you over to be auctioned saying Christian sent me. Once you are bought you will have to go live with a Malone and be a mother and most likely a blood slave."
" I'm going to have to carry one of those monsters children?" I choked.
Leah shook her head. "No , here is a months worth of birth control and a fake positive pregnancy test." I stuffed them in my bra. "They won't kill you if they think your pregnant. After that you will have to find a way to go with your master to the Awakening ceremony, every Malone is present when one is awakened. We will deal with the rest when we get there. "
Oh my god. In order for me to fake pregnant I was going to have to sleep with the guy. What about values? What about morales? "What about saving Ricky?" my subconscious asked. My subconscious was right. When I said I would risk everything for Ricky , I meant it.
But that doesn't mean I wasn't scared shitless.