No Light, No Light

Victoria Lucchase, twenty three years young. Daughter of Vito and Elizabeth. I'm sure that you've heard of me.

[damonsheaven]

Nina Dobrev’s public appearances in 2015 so far.

[fortuneredding]

[the-matthewcampano]

"Of course it’s still your home. Come here," Matthew said while embracing her. Of course Victoria and Dominic were not going to stay away. Of course they were going to look for Vito. They were Lucchase and they were fighters. "Well, let’s hope he doesn’t try too hard to kill you right now Vic. We are in crisis mode."

[victorialucchase]

"Of course," she said with a slight smile. In spite of how worried she was about everything. Though she wasn't worried about herself. She returned the embrace, just glad to see him. She already knew that Dominic and her weren't going to have a good reunion," Well I'm sure he's celebrating the fact that my father is supposedly dead," she paused," But I don't pan on getting killed anytime soon."

[the-matthewcampano]

Matthew was deep in thought in Vito’s office. Even though his friend hadn’t been here for weeks, Matthew still ran things from here. Things had been hectic lately. After everything that happened, it was a hard job to make sure the Lucchase name was still as powerful as it used to be. He was gathering some intel on a few people when he heard the front door close. Without even thinking about it, he took his gun and made sure it was charged and tucked it in his pants in the back. Without making a sound, he walked down the hall and stood around the corner. He had a good view of the entrance from there and he could be protected if needed. When he heard Victoria’s voice, he felt relieve and than panicked. “Victoria, what the hell are you doing here?”

[victorialucchase]

Victoria glanced around before looking towards the house. She actually missed this place, a lot. She slowly went to unlock the front door, relieved that her key still worked. The men were already bringing her luggage in. Her hand went towards the gun that she had, out of habit. Until she saw Matthew and instantly let out the deep breath she had been holding in," Last time I checked this is my home," she stated in an obvious tone," And I am done hiding, if Joseph wants to kill me, he can try." She turned to kick the door shut and twist the locks," So are you going to just stand there or are you not going to give your niece a hug?"

[dominic-lucchase-blog]

"Yeah, that reason being because you don’t want me to take over when Vito hands down the chain of command - you want it to be you." He scoffed before letting out a relieved sigh as she finally agreed to do what he said. "I’ll be sure to." Dominic replied before picking up the documents and diaries he had been looking over and heading to his father’s study, shutting and locking the door behind him. 

[victorialucchase]

"Yeah, well, considering how things were," stated Victoria, shrugging," I was thinking that." She nodded as she reached to make sure that the gun was in place. She turned towards the guards," Lets get going." Quickly she walked out and towards the waiting town car.

[dominic-lucchase-blog]

"She is not being here whilst we discuss family matters and business Victoria and that’s final. Don’t test me or I’ll lock everything away and out of your sight for good, do you understand me?" Dominic growled as Victoria’s ignorance started to get to him. "What happens if one day you and Juliet fall out big time and she thinks the perfect revenge would be to spill some family secrets? We all know who would get the blame - it would be me for letting you bring her here so no.” He paused, calming himself down. “I don’t need your help. Just… For once in your life do as I say and go work on getting information about Vito from your own connections. You could try mending a few bridges whilst you’re there.” 

[victorialucchase]

"Relax," she stated," I am not going to bring her here while we are talking about family business." She rolled her eyes at his words," If there is a falling out, nothing will happen. Her and I don't discuss our family business, unless it's me getting hurt." She just stared at him, waiting for him to try to calm down. Her hands went to her hips and she sighed," Dom, I don't listen to you for a reason," she paused," And fine, I'll try to find out but the second you find out something, you better call me." She looked towards the guards by the doors before motioning for them to head out," And I will call you if I find out anything, now I will take care of Darren and see you when I get home."

[missjulietp]

"The usual bullshit about how your time is coming to a close and I better spend as much time with you as possible. Blah, blah, blah. I stood there trying to be understanding since I’d be pissed off if my best friend got shot too. But in my head I couldn’t help wondering if he knew that he wasnt actually Genovese. Like in our world, his threats mean nothing.” During that conversation, Juliet felt that old defiance and fire in her creep up. She was a Patriarca, she didn’t have to put up with that but she let him continue anyway. Why? Because she liked him, but she wasn’t gonna let her feelings mess with her judgment again. “Different can be good. I hope it means more sane. Just know if you need me, I’m there.” She said, leaning against a wall. “Pour me a drink too please.”

[victorialucchase]

Victoria couldn't help but feel kind of amused. She wasn't too surprised to hear that Tristan had been talking," He seems to think he is in our world," she paused," I don't think anyone understands that when they have friends in our world but they aren't apart of our world." It bothered her but she had only ever been involved with someone from the normal world when it had been John," He seems more sane, maybe his time spent away did him some good," she nodded as she grabbed another glass to pour another drink," Or some I'm hoping." She handed her friend the drink," All I know is that I am happy to be home and that I am here with my best friend." She smiled as she took a few sips of her drink," And we should order some food."

[dominic-lucchase-blog]

"I am the eldest, Victoria. This is my responsibility, not yours. And Juliet would not be here even if we were going to discuss business. Just go out, get some air, live a little. God knows you need it after all the commotion. Let me deal with this." Dominic explained. "Please, Vic.. Just give me tonight at least. I need to.. There’s things I need to do."

[victorialucchase]

"Dominic, he's my father and unlike you I can stand him so I am doing this," she stated, not caring if she started a fight," And Juliet will be here and you can go out if you don't want to be around her but this is my house." She took a few sips of her drink and sighed," Want to share what you have to do? Mom isn't around and Darren is clueless so I am all you got."

[missjulietp]

"Surprisingly, it was neither of them. Tristan was the one so gallantly defending his best friend.” What an interesting conversation that was. It put a lot of things into perspective for Juliet. “Ah, makes sense. He is the head of the family at this time. Do you think he will willingly give up his position when the time comes? I already know you will be keeping a close eye on your brother so I don’t need to tell that.”

[victorialucchase]

"Tristan?" repeated Victoria, unable to stop herself from laughing," What did the pretty boy say?" She was a bit curious but she figured that Juliet would tell her. She shrugged as she opened the door and walked inside," I have no idea, he seems different," she paused and went to pour herself a drink," And I will be keeping him in my sights, that's for sure."

[dominic-lucchase-blog]

"The Genovese Consigliere is making sure that he has protection by the sounds of it, so it would probably have to wait a little while until things all calm down." He replied before shrugging. "Anyway, go on. Call Darren then go and see what you can find out off that friend of yours. I’m going to read through any notes I can find to see what his plans were." Dominic sighed as he stood up and refilled his drink in preparation for the pure shit that he was about to read.

[victorialucchase]

"I could just get a sniper to do it," she said with a shrug. Though Victoria knew that she wouldn't. Things needed to calm down before she even tried again. She nodded and glanced around before she went to pour herself a drink," I will call him and you are going to need help going through his notes plus Juliet is probably going to end up coming over here." She didn't care if Dominic wasn't okay with it," So I'll make that call and then we can get started."

[dominic-lucchase-blog]

"He should really stop with the bloodshed that brought this family crashing down in the first place." He replied shortly before shrugging. "There’s not much to tell. They needed someone to watch over them more closely, they didn’t like that, eventually I made them like that." Dominic shrugged, not bothering to tell her what he had to go through to get them to that point - he didn’t  think she’d really care all that much anyway. "We tell him that Vito received a threat on his children’s life, but we think that he’s safe and that it was more aimed at the both of us. It’s safer for him to stay where he is, but we’re assigning three guards to him just to be on the safe side?" He suggested, seeing if his sister had any other plan. For a second, Dominic saw red, but he managed to calm himself down pretty quickly. "Are you looking to finish the job?"

[victorialucchase]

"They call him the Mad King for a reason," she paused," He likes his bloodshed." Victoria shrugged and crossed her arms," Right, well, as lon gas you made them like it." She figured that he wasn't going to go into detail. Not that she wanted him since she had more important stuff to worry about," I'm fine with that plan and we can tell him that he has nothing to worry about." She noticed the look on his face and shrugged," I hadn't gotten that far, he's probably under guard all the time now, scared to have his pretty face marked up." Though she wouldn't mind finishing the job it wasn't on the top of her to-do list.

[missjulietp]

"I bet the suspicion is still there anyway. But I appreciate you looking out for me." She nodded her head in agreement. "I have to agree on that. At least then I could have listened to threats on your life a little more happily knowing he wasn’t breathing anymore." She whistled to get her driver’s attention and signaled for him to take a drive around the block. "Ooh your brother’s back? Do I sense a power play coming?" She said as they headed toward Victoria’s house.

[victorialucchase]

"Yeah, well, half the people around here are clueless," she said with a shrug. Victoria's head tilted and she couldn't help but feel curious," Let me guess, Jennifer? Joseph?" She watched Juliet whistle to the driver and together they began to walk to the house," We are more focused on our dad right now but there is no way he is taking over, no way in hell." 

[dominic-lucchase-blog]

Dominic ignored Victoria’s first comment before chuckling. “I don’t hate him, I hate the way he runs things which results in me being pissed at him for the majority of the time.” He replied with a sigh. Dominic couldn’t help but laugh when she told him to carry something on him and pulled back his suit jacket a little. “I always carry something on me. You can’t bring a knife to a gun fight, and that’s what the cartel was.” He had learned that one the hard way - though now that he came to think about it his father probably had that organised to ‘teach him a lesson’. “Two men at the least, three ideally. He’s away from the family and therefore seen as the most vulnerable out of us.” Dominic paused and fixed himself a drink before sitting down, looking up at Victoria. “Vic, what did you do? And why? I know you wouldn’t attack someone without a reason and I haven’t been told a thing. I was just told to get home, as soon as possible.”

[victorialucchase]

Victoria rolled her eyes at him," You are always pissed at him, you should really get over that." Her eyes went towards his side to see the gun," Are you going to tell me what happend with the cartel? Or am I going to have to keep pestering you?" She nodded slowly, reaching to smooth down her shirt," Of course, I was going to keep three men on him and what would you like for me to tell him? Since we can't tell him the truth." Their father hadn't wanted Darren to know everything. She sighed, already knowing that it would be a long story," Well let's think, I got pregnant by Jackson, Jackson and his father arranged for me to be killed only lucky me, I survived, my son didn't," she paused," I wanted revenge, I got it only the son of a bitch didn't die."

[dominic-lucchase-blog]

"He’ll tell you anything to stop you asking questions." He replied before raising his brow at the girl. "This family comes first, Victoria. If he’s alive, fucking A. He can come back and be the boss again, but he’s not here is he? We have to take care of things and we have to assume the worst. I can’t tip-toe around, Vic. I can’t just let things go to shit just because he’s missing or worse." Dominic sighed, shaking his head. "You find out what’s being going on, I’ll take care of shit. Just be careful, Victoria. The Genovese are out for our blood and I’m sure Colomba will take a shot at us with Vito not here. In fact, the majority of those around here will be planning how to bring us down completely. You feel like your life is threatened, use that gun, okay?"

[victorialucchase]

"When have I ever stopped asking questions? He also gave me that information without me asking," stated Victoria. She stared at him, somewhat surprised," Really? I know that you and him hate each other or you hate him." Her hands reached to run through her hair and slowly pull it back into a ponytail," I'll take care of it and I already know that. I'll be sticking around this house unless I'm with Juliet and her guards or if I go out I will have an escort." She glanced behind her before looking back over at him," You should probably carry something on you," she paused," And I will call Darren and we should probably put guards on him."

[niklausroyals]

[missjulietp]

Juliet hugged Victoria back, giving her a tight squeeze. “Well good. I’m just returning the favor Miss I-get-all-cryptic-then-disappear-on-my-best-friend.” She pulled out of the hug and looked at her beat friend in the eyes. “I’m damn proud of you though. You did good. But why are you out here by yourself? It’s not safe.”

[victorialucchase]

Victoria shook her head, almost feeling guilty," I didn't want you to know, so that no one could suspect you helped." She laughed a little in spite of herself and shrugged," I should have done better, the fucker is still alive," she paused, glancing around," I have a guard, somewhere, and now I have you here." She glanced behind her before looking back at her," Want to come in? My asshat brother is back but he's probably out."

[dominic-lucchase-blog]

"He sent me there to have me out of his way. He didn’t like my input." Dominic replied cooly before gritting his teeth. "Funnily enough, I was busy with the Cartel and dealing with their fuck ups, Victoria. I wasn’t swanning off in some super secret most likely luxurious hide out." Dominic couldn’t help but smirk a little, he loved it when he got even a little bit of a rise out of his sister. "I do want him alive, I just want him to play things smarter. Look, we’ll work together to find him, but let me handle the other things - just for now. I need to get his affairs in order and see what’s going on in the world of the others. I’d ask you to shed some light, but since you’ve been away also I doubt you have that much to tell..?"

[victorialucchase]

"Really? From what I was told, it was to teach you a lesson," she said, noticing the look on his face. She rolled her eyes at his words, knowing that he was trying to get to her," First off, I wasn't on vacation and I didn't get a choice in where I went." At his words her eye brows rose," Oh? You don't want to try to take over? Because that seems like what you are doing." She slid her hands into her back pockets," Well since you seem to think you know what to do, figure it out," she paused," And I can find out what's been going on considering who my best friend is."