Mafia's poison princess

Memories

10 years ago there was a war between two Mafia family's the French and ours the Italian. The Italians won but it was a long and brutal war.

My name is Alissa Azar Russo, l am 18 years old, l am the Italian Mafia princess and this is my story.

10 years ago

Today is my older brother Nicos birthday he is turning 18 and the day is going to perfect, well that is what we thought. We took lunch down to the waterfall and just sat and chatted and ate, it was good to relax now because later there is a masquerade ball that anyone with an invitation can attend, in the mafia when an heir turns 18 we through a masquerade ball and they are always great fun.

The ball will take place in the hall a massive room with a fascinating Chandler and view, in the corner there is a small low stage that the band play on, we have hung fairy light and flower garlands across the roof, there are two main long tables for our guests to sit at as for us we get the table at the top of the room.

Me and the chefs have been making and designing Nicos cake and it looks brilliant, the cake is a simple 4 teir cake that said happy 18th birthday at the top, the cake its self is a dark blue for two reasons its Nicos favourite colour and it is our Mafia colour. There was loads of food and drinks, all different kinds the range went from burgers and pizzas to chocolate and crisps it was an all you can eat buffet. 

The ball started at 7pm and ended at midnight. I wore a pink knee length dress that was covered on sparkles, l paired it with a black mask and black flats. Mamma and papa we at the door greeting the guests as they came in, but there was one set of guests that we shouldn't have let in Victor head of the French mafia, his wife and two kids Ethan and Charlotte. They started the war. I was dancing with mamma at the time when all the light went out, l knew what was happening every adult pretty much pulled out a gun but didn't know where to aim it. 

Bang!

Bang!

Gunshots. Aimed at mamma and hit her. I don't know where it her but it was enought to make her unconscious, at this point I didn't know what was going on I was just screaming MAMMA WAKE UP over and over. Flicker flicked the lights came back on and everyone's faces dropped except Victor he had a big smug all over your face,

"Thats what you get for taking her from me ," he yelled at my papa

 "You have just started a war and for what reason, l will come for you and your family," papa replied sounding angry.

The party was over after that and as everyone was leaving Alison Victor's wife cams over to us and told us that she doesn't want a war and that she had no idea that Victor was going to do that. Mamma was rushed to our doctor who removed the bullet but told us that he put mamma in a coma in order for her to heal. A coma l didn't know what that was but we had a family hug me, papa Nico, Diego and Luca we were all crying eyes red and tops covered in blood. 

3 days later 

l visited mamma every day and sat with her for hours on end  until today papa has called us in for a family meeting in his office, "Right first thing first the French have declared war against us , secondly l have decided that since Ali is only 8 years you will be going to a boarding school for 10 years, here you will learn how to fight and other skill, "papa said "But papa l can help , please don't send me away, l promise to do as l am told,"l told papa basically begging him to let me stay but he had already ,ead up his mind.

I didn't speak to papa until the day that l had left and all l said was bye. I was so angry at him l mean what if everyone dies l won't have any family left.