"This is wonderful." Steven opined as he snuggled up to Lucia by the fireplace.
"Mmm it definitely is." she responded, sinking herself deeper under the blanket they had brought over to lay on the floor before the fire.
The young couple had rented the isolated cabin far from town for a reason. Although they had been dating only a few months, the couple shared a love of escaping the city and spending quality time alone. He had won her over after a long campaign in the workplace; Steven, the consummate gentleman, emphasis on the gentle. Though he was very different from her usual 'type', Lucia loved having him make her breakfast in the morning or rub her feet at night. Though many of her baser sexual urges were left unfulfilled, Lucia liked him enough that she was willing to overlook it, at least for the short term.
Though she was feeling more than a little aroused by the romantic setting, Lucia kept her hands to herself, knowing that her as the aggressor had a tendency to emasculate Steven. She sighed, knowing that after the blowjob she had given him in the car on the ride up to the cabin, he would be totally drained, and uninterested in sex until at least the next afternoon. She resigned herself to an intimate cuddle instead, and planted a kiss on his cheek before drifting off to sleep.
At some point in the night, they both awoke, cramped from the hard floor, and moved into the bedroom of the cabin to sleep through the rest of the night. Lucia was not asleep long before she was awakened by a noise. Unsure of what it was, she lay in bed listening intently. Suddenly she recognised it, the sound of a car engine, pulling up very near the cabin. Knowing there wasn't another town or settlement around for twenty miles, Lucia wondered who could possibly be arriving at their quiet retreat at three in the morning. She gently shook Steven awake, and got up to investigate.
Confused and mildly alarmed, Lucia wrapped a blanket around her naked curves before walking to the bedroom window to peer out between the blinds. Steven stood back nervously, asking what she saw. "Nothing, just lights." Lucia replied, straining for an angle that would allow her to see what was happening. Walking as swiftly as the swathe of blankets would allow, Lucia moved to the main room of th cabin to look out the front window and get a better view.
As they walked, Steven trailing a few feet behind Lucia, the distinctive sound of several doors closing in succession rang out from the front of the cabin. Lucia crossed the remaining distance to the window quickly, and swept the curtain aside. She let out an involuntary yelp of alarm, as she saw three men, two of them large burly goons, just outside the front door and approaching quickly. They came up short as they noticed the pale skin of her face and arms peering out of the window, highlighted by the moonlight against the background of the darkened room.
"What is it?" Steven asked, the nervousness unconcealed in his voice.
"Bolt the door Quickly " Lucia commanded, thinking fast. Hearing her through the glass, one of the men bounded quickly forward, reaching the door mere moments before the hesitant Steven, and kicking it open with a resounding *BANG*. The unfortunate Steven managed to scuttle backwards before the door caught him with its full force, but was still left standing holding an injured hand when the two bigger men entered the room. Lucia backed away from them slowly, towards Steven, trying to place the couch between them.
"What are you doing here?" She demanded, her voice wavering, just as the smaller man entered the room.
"I could ask you the same thing." He replied confidently. By the moonlight shining in the front door she could make out few features, but enough to see that he was an older man, though still upright and with a very confident bearing. The silver streaks in his hair gleamed in the low light, and she could tell from just the cut of his overcoat that it was expensive.
"We've rented this cabin for the night." Steven attempted to protest. "You can have it when we leave in the morning..."
"I think not." The old man cut him off. "We have business here tonight, and we will be completing it."
"Then we will get out of your way." Lucia offered. "We'll jump in the car and go."
"Again, I think not." He replied. "The nature of our business is not one which I would like to have the police preemptively interrupt."
"But we wouldn't report it Just a misunderstanding in the booking of the cabin I'm sure " Steven exclaimed.
"Alas, I cannot count on your cooperation." The old man replied. "It appears you two are merely in the wrong place at the wrong time."
Lucia shivered at his tone, so cold and calculating. Despite the unexpected presence of the young couple, he seemed utterly unperturbed, and seemed to already have developed a plan in his mind to continue despite them. Steven babbled in fear as the two henchmen walked toward him at a motion from the older man's hand.
"Calma riggazo. Calma." The old man shushed. "You are not going to be harmed. You must simply be our guests for tonight, and as long as you stay quiet and do nothing stupid, you will leave in the morning without incident."
"How do we know if you're telling the truth?" Steven blurted out petulantly.
"Ah. You do not. But as I see it you have little choice but to trust me, capire?" The older man spoke this sentence with a tone of finality that conveyed further protests would not be met as kindly. "And now," he followed up "you sir, will go with my associate Paulo, and he will secure you in the next room. Do not struggle, and he will not harm you. If you do..." He let that thought linger in the air as Paulo approached Steven.
"What about Lucia?" Steven asked weakly, as if compelled by societal ideals to at least inquire after her safety.
"She will not be mistreated. We will keep you separate only to prevent you from trying to plot escape. No go." This time he was less than cordial in his command, and Paulo grasped Steven firmly by the arm just about his right elbow, leading him away. Steven looked back over his shoulder only once, locking eyes with Lucia and shrugging helplessly.
"What a gallant hero." Lucia muttered to herself, pondering Steven's less than virtuous defence of her honour.
"What was that?" The old man asked, eyes now taking in Lucia's silhouette in the darkness.
"Nothing." Lucia replied. "Which room will I be locked in?"
"Not so fast, not so fast " The old man protested with a grin, half hidden in the shadows. Snapping his fingers at the remaining thug, the old man indicated a lamp on the coffee table. Deftly pulling out a matchbook, the man lit the lamp, and a warm orange flame flickered to life, bathing the room with its glow.
Lucia blinked as the light strained her eyes. Taking a better look now, she saw that the old man had a lined face, with the consistency of leather from years spent in the sun. His face had a hard edge that made him looked older than his years, which Lucia guess at early-60's. When he smiled, as he was now while he appraised her in return, his face cracked with a spider web of wrinkles. Despite his age and hard looks, there was still something decidedly attractive about him, Lucia determined, likely a result of his self-assured confidence and the air of dignity with which he held himself.
"Ah. This is much better, in the light." the old man said with his cracked grin. "So bella, tell me, what is your name?"
Lucia paused before answering. She felt as if he was testing her, and she had the distinct feeling that her answers could effect the outcome of this night, and make the difference between her escaping alive and well, or... the alternative.
"Lucia." She replied curtly, meeting his gaze.
"Oh What a beautiful name " the old man exclaimed. "And tell me, bella Lucia, where is your family from in Italy?"
Lucia was slightly taken aback by his question. Did he already know something about her, or was it mere an educated guess. Seeing her hesitation, he probed further.
"I ask because you have the beautiful curves of an Italian woman " he said with gusto. "Not Sicily though, or the north. You have the look of a southern bella " he flourished his guess with a lewd wink and a confident smile.
Lucia, mildly bewildered, stammered to answer. "You're right, my family actually comes from Taranto. I have only visited once though, as a teenager."
"What a shame You would make an excellent statue on the beaches, sunbathing that magnificent form of yours "