Bunny Girl's Deadly Voyage

My sister wanted to make a quick buck selling herself on a cruise ship. I tried desperately to stop her, but my entire family held me down and drowned me in the ocean instead. When I opened my eyes again, I was back at the moment before she left. This time, I smiled while helping her with her makeup. "Let me send you off properly, sis." Later, her screams echoed through the nightmare aboard that ship. I stood safe in the arms of a mafia Don who held me close. "Figlia, your Papa finally found you." Meanwhile, my adoptive parents and sister were on their knees across the deck, begging me to spare their worthless lives. Chapter 1 A notification popped up on my phone. "Cruise trip now boarding! Busty bunny girls who know how to scream, juicy and ready for action! Limited slots available. Come enjoy the party!" It was the summer after freshman year. My twin sister Drew Romano was hellbent on joining that slutty senior Luna Rossi aboard some cruise ship as a "bunny girl" to make some fast cash. I scrolled past the ad online, and my chest tightened. In my past life, I was terrified something would happen to Drew, so I worked up the nerve to stop her. She was obsessed with making money and even hurled vicious insults at me. I panicked and called our parents. Together we dragged Drew back home. She spent the entire summer locked inside the house, practically climbing the walls. Meanwhile, Luna hooked up with a mafia Don on that ship and came back dripping in gold and jewels. She made a point of flaunting it in front of my sister, waving around a hand loaded with eight diamond rings until her eyes went red. Drew turned green with envy. She went completely insane and took all her rage out on me, convinced I had destroyed her path to wealth. My father, a Capo desperate to climb the ranks, was furious that he missed his chance with the mafia Don. He slapped me across the face over and over. My mother, dreaming of riding her daughter's coattails to glory, cursed me with the vilest words imaginable. They tied me up, dragged me to the shore, and all three of them held my head underwater until I drowned. That was how I died. The moment my consciousness returned, I had returned to the day my sister agreed to take that job. Memories of betrayal and hatred from my past life flashed through my mind. When I came back to senses, I was already walking through the front door. Luna was sprawled across the couch looking absolutely seductive. "Drew, it wasn't easy getting this spot, and you were the first person I thought of. Everyone on that cruise is a big shot!" Big shots? More like a bunch of drug dealers hiding behind the mafia name. I sneered inwardly. Luna noticed me walk in and deliberately needled Drew. "If you don't make money, how can you ever compare to your sister? She's swimming in scholarship money." "She's nothing!" Drew jumped to her feet. "She just got lucky and knows how to study, that's all!" I had always been better than Drew at everything, which made her feel inferior and bitter. I got into the top university in Melcina with the highest scores in our entire school. Drew barely scraped into some third-rate college. At the celebration banquet attended by all our relatives, she pointed at my face and called me a sheltered bookworm who never grew up. "If she left school and lost all those classmates kissing her ass, she wouldn't even know how to survive on the streets. Why should anyone compare her to me?" "But Tina isn't just good at studying. The guys chasing after her could form a line all the way to the school gates." Luna continued stirring the pot without a care. Drew put on a disdainful expression. "Hmph! Those guys only swarm around her because she's cheap and easy." She was right about one thing. The boys at school did circle around me. They gave me flowers and wrote me love letters. However, Drew tore every single one to shreds and threw them in the trash. Meanwhile, Marco Lombardi, the senior she had pined after for three years, invited only me to his birthday party. Drew dolled herself up and crashed the event anyway, only to be turned away at the door. For someone like Drew, who was as proud as a peacock, it was utterly humiliating. She screamed at me in front of everyone. "You slut! What kind of dirty tricks did you use to seduce him?" Looking back now, she was just arrogant and stupid. "Tina, didn't you refuse to hand over your scholarship money to me?" Drew suddenly turned toward me, her eyes full of provocation. "Fine. This time I'll make my own money. I don't need your dirty cash!" I smiled bitterly. Mom and Dad had made it clear that since I had scholarship money, they would not support me anymore. When it came time to pay tuition, Dad shoved his bank card back into his pocket right there at the finance office. "Don't you have a scholarship? Pay it yourself." Then he turned around and gave that same money to Drew as spending cash. When my meal card ran low, I called Mom for help. She said, "Didn't they just deposit your scholarship money? Why do girls need to eat so much anyway!" Two minutes later, Drew posted a photo on social media of the three of them feasting at an upscale restaurant. The scholarship barely covered my tuition and meals, let alone clothes or other necessities. That money was barely enough for me. How could I possibly give it to her? There was no way I would feed her bottomless pit of vanity. Drew's selfishness, her vanity, her greed, her insatiable hunger, and the viciousness in her bones were all products of our parents spoiling her rotten since childhood. This time around, I would not say another word. I would sit back and watch this little show unfold. I plastered a fake smile across my face. "If my sister can stand on her own two feet, of course I’ll support her. I hope you land yourself a mafia Don real soon!" Chapter 2 A triumphant expression spread across Drew's face. Luna immediately dragged both of us to a nightclub to meet up with her little crew. Music pounded against my eardrums. The stench of alcohol and cheap perfume made my head spin and my stomach turn. I just wanted to get the hell out of this place. The moment I stood up from the booth, a hand with neon green nail polish pressed down on my shoulder. "Where do you think you're going, my dear sweet sister?" Luna and her gang of delinquents surrounded me in a tight circle, malicious grins plastered across their faces. Drew snatched my bag away and roughly dumped everything out onto the table. Lipstick, keys, student ID, and finally my phone with the recording app still open on the screen. "I knew you wouldn't come here without some trick up your sleeve!" Drew's face twisted instantly. She grabbed my phone and slammed it down on the table. "You b*tch! You were recording? Planning to run crying to Mom and Dad again like their perfect little daughter?" I stared coldly at her hysterical display. "I can delete it. I won't tell them anything." Then I deleted the recording file right in front of everyone. In my past life, I really did show that recording to my parents. That was why they locked Drew up for the entire summer. Now that I was reborn, I just wanted to be a spectator. I had no interest in saving these idiots. "Drew, don't believe her!" Luna shot her a meaningful look. "She deleted it way too easily. She's probably got another recorder hidden on her somewhere, or maybe even a spy camera!" Drew's expression darkened immediately. She lunged forward, grabbed the neckline of my dress with both hands, and yanked down hard. The fabric ripped. In an instant, I was completely naked. The girls around me burst into laughter and whipped out their phones to take pictures. Camera flashes blinded me as vile insults flew from every direction. "Wow, nice body!" "Look, look! This is definitely going viral on the forums!" A wave of unprecedented humiliation crashed over me. I desperately tried to cover myself with my hands. "Tina, you walked right into this one. Don't blame me." Drew's voice was practically dripping with vengeful satisfaction. I curled up in the corner of the couch, trembling all over. Luna's eyes raked over my body with interest. She leaned in close to Drew's ear, smiling like a snake. "I have a brilliant idea. Bring her on the cruise ship with us." Drew hesitated. "I don't know. Won't she steal my thunder?" Luna continued persuading her. "Think about it. Twin bunny girls? That gimmick alone will make us five times the money! Plus you can keep her close by and make sure she doesn't run her mouth." "Deal! Let's do it!" Drew's eyes lit up like she could already see dollar signs. She ordered her gang to pin me down. They pried my mouth open and forced glass after glass of hard liquor down my throat. My consciousness was quickly consumed by alcohol. Luna snapped several half-naked photos of me. "You’d better cooperate tomorrow, and there'll be something in it for you. However, if you try anything stupid, these pictures will be plastered all over your campus!" Then I passed out from the alcohol. When I woke up again, girls were sprawled out drunk all around me. The air was thick and foul. I knew that once I got on that ship, there would be no turning back. I glanced around and spotted a half-empty bottle of vodka on the corner of the table next to a still-burning scented candle. I staggered to my feet and deliberately slammed my body into the table. The bottle and candle toppled over together. Blue flames shot up instantly, igniting the tablecloth and the curtains nearby. Thick smoke billowed through the room, and the fire alarm screamed. The private booth erupted into chaos. Within moments, nightclub security kicked the door open and rushed inside. I kept my head down, slipped through the panicking crowd, and stumbled home with my clothes in tatters. Mom and Dad were sitting on the couch with grim expressions on their faces. "Where's Drew?" Mom's voice was sharp and accusatory. "Why isn't she back yet? She's not answering her phone!" My heart sank. They did not even glance at my disheveled state. Dad walked up to me. His eyes were full of suspicion and rage. "What did you do with Drew?" Before I could explain, a slap landed on my face. "I'm warning you, Tina! Drew has to get on that ship! It's her only chance to make it big! Don't you dare ruin this for her!" I pressed my hand against my stinging cheek, and the truth hit me like a freight train. They had been reborn too, and they felt absolutely no guilt over my death. Disappointment and resentment flooded through me. Just then, my phone rang. It was Drew calling. I was about to hang up when Mom snatched it away and put it on speaker. Drew's arrogant voice blasted through. "Tina! You b*tch, just you wait! I'm coming home right now to drag your ass onto that ship. Don't think that running away will stop me from getting rich!" While Drew was explaining things to them, I turned and bolted for the door. The very next second, Dad kicked me in the back of my knee. I collapsed to the floor in agony, unable to get up. Mom walked over slowly, carrying a cup of soy milk. "Tina, this time around we won't let you destroy our family's fortune." A venomous smile was on her face. Chapter 3 "Drew said if you come along too, we'll make five times the money!" Mom's smile twisted into something grotesque. "Drew's about to meet some very important people. As her sister, you wouldn't want to steal her spotlight, would you?" Dad pinned my arms down while Mom grabbed my chin and forced the soy milk down my throat. "I can't drink this! I'm allergic to soy. It'll kill me!" I thrashed and fought with everything I had. It was clear they planned to leave me half-dead before dragging me onto that ship, cutting off any chance I had of rising above this. They pried my mouth open without mercy and poured the entire cup down my throat. My throat and esophagus immediately burned with an itchy, searing pain. Breathing became difficult. "Just bear with it. Your sister now has a rare chance to climb the social ladder. We can't let anything ruin it!" I crawled across the floor and desperately clutched at Mom's pant leg. "Mom, Dad, why?" The tears I had been holding back finally broke free. "My whole life I've done everything you asked. Laundry, cooking, working for money. Why do you only treat her well? I'm your daughter too!" Mom kicked me away in disgust. "Look at yourself! We've raised you this long and haven't kicked you out yet. That should be enough! How dare you compare yourself to your sister?" I stared at them in shock. The way they looked at me, like I was trash, finally killed whatever hope I had left. They dragged me into my room, threw me on the floor, then locked the door with a loud click. No matter how much I begged, they refused to give me my allergy medication. The last shred of familial love I had been clinging to turned to ash. I curled up on the floor as huge patches of red hives erupted across my skin. The itching was unbearable, but I did not even have the strength to lift my hand and scratch. Through my fading consciousness, I heard my parents talking in the living room. "She's been nothing but a burden!" Mom sounded disgusted and impatient. "If she weren't useful for chores and making money, I would've thrown her out to the dogs ages ago." Dad grunted in agreement. "Once this is done, we'll be set for life. Then we can toss her out." "Hmph. With that weak body of hers, who knows if she'll even last that long." Mom's voice dropped lower. "Though if she dies, it's what she deserves. At least she won't waste our food anymore." I bit down hard on my lower lip until I tasted blood. So all these years of pouring my heart out, and swallowing my pride and anger, meant nothing. To them, I was just a tool. Someone that could work and make money. When I was useful, they kept me breathing. When I was not, they would toss me aside like garbage. This time around, I would not just sit here and wait to die. I would survive… And I would make this heartless couple pay! The next morning, they forced me into a bunny girl swimsuit and dragged me into the car. "Mom, Dad, why don't you come along too?" I had already made up my mind. Since they showed me no mercy, I would show them none in return. Mom froze mid-motion as she was closing the car door. She frowned and studied me suspiciously. "What's gotten into you? Since when do you care?" Dad's eyes were scrutinizing yet tinged with hope. "Do you really want us to come?" They exchanged glances, utterly shocked. I curved my lips into an obedient, sweet smile. "Of course. That way you can see my sister hit it big with your own eyes!" Mom could not help pressing further. "Have you really come around? You're not holding a grudge anymore?" The wariness in Dad's eyes softened a bit. "See? That's more like it. We're family. No point holding grudges overnight." Watching them excitedly fantasize about the future, I sneered inwardly. In my past life, I had seen some shocking comments beneath Luna's online post. "That last batch of girls didn't cut it. They couldn't even last two rounds." "This time we've got clients who like older women. Make arrangements." "For clients with special fetishes, do whatever it takes to satisfy them." Chapter 4 Within a few minutes though, Luna deleted the post. Only I knew that, in my past life, Luna never actually hooked up with a real mafia Don. She got involved with drug dealers posing as mafia. She was forced to entertain their entire crew for their amusement. Sure, she got some nice things out of it, but her body could not handle it. She ended up contracting an incurable case of syphilis. That was when she set her sights on my stupid, greedy sister Drew. My parents and Drew were so blinded by money that they believed her lies without question. At the dock, Luna was already waiting for us. Her gaze landed on me, and her brow furrowed instantly. "What the hell happened to you? You look like death." She whipped around and slapped Mom across the face. "You idiot! If you piss off the clients, we're all screwed! Figure it out now, or you're paying for the damages!" Mom clutched her cheek and immediately started bowing and scraping. "We have medicine! We have medicine! We'll give it to her right away. She'll be fine in no time! I promise we won't cause you any trouble!" Hearing their groveling assurances, Luna reluctantly waved us through and allowed us to board the cruise ship. The interior of the ship was absolutely opulent, like a floating palace on the sea. Mom and Dad were practically dancing with joy. They were one step closer to their dream of wealth and luxury. Mom turned and glanced at me as she said with a sharp voice, "Tina, once your sister marries into a rich family, all of this will be ours!” "You won't need to go to school anymore. You can just stay home and be your sister's maid. Take good care of her." "Okay." I nodded obediently, playing along. As we talked, Luna started selecting the first batch of bunny girls for tonight. She glanced at the fading red hives still covering my skin and looked away in disgust. She pointed at Drew and a few other girls. "You girls, come with me." Before leaving, Drew turned back and shot me a smug look. "Be a good little sister and wait for the good news." My chest tightened. Poor Drew had no idea what she was walking into. Only the three of us were left in the cabin. Mom and Dad wandered around, completely dazzled by the luxury of it all. I took the opportunity to slip the sedative I had hidden in my underwear into the cigar tobacco. Then I feigned surprise. "These cigars look expensive!" Dad's eyes lit up as he lowered his voice excitedly. "My God, these are GRC cigars. One of these costs 136 thousand dollars!" "Mom, Dad, we have such a rare opportunity here. Why not try one and see what it tastes like?" I knew that these two chain smokers would never pass up a chance like this. Sure enough, they each grabbed a cigar without hesitation and enjoyed every puff. Within minutes, they were unconscious on the couch. I quickly took the chance to leave. The hallway was lined with thick carpet that muffled most sounds. As I passed a tightly shut door, I heard Drew's screams and a man's vulgar obscenities from inside. "Let me go! "Please! No more! Please!" Her desperate cries mixed with pleas for mercy sounded utterly hopeless. "Luna, help me!" Several loud slaps rang out, followed by Drew's agonized screams. "Shut up! Stop acting so high and mighty!" Luna's threatening voice came through the door. "You better satisfy the client, or you'll regret it!" The room fell silent except for Drew's muffled sobs. I was afraid of being discovered, so I did not linger. I continued toward the upper levels of the ship. When we boarded, Luna specifically warned us never to go to the top deck. That meant the real power players were up there. "Help! Someone help me!" Just as I was about to reach the top deck, I heard Mom's panicked cries for help from below, along with the twisted laughter of men. I did not break stride. I walked straight toward the stairs leading to the top deck. My original plan was to find a safe place to hide and escape once the ship docked, but the moment I stepped onto the top deck, the scene before me made my blood run cold. A tall man in a white suit stood with his back to me. The gun in his hand was aimed at someone kneeling on the ground, begging for their life. A soft pop from the silencer. The bullet pierced straight through the man's forehead, and he collapsed silently to the deck. The man in white spun around to face me. Another bullet grazed my arm, leaving a bloody streak. I froze in terror, too scared to move. This was Don Donato DeLuca himself. I was in serious trouble now. At any second now, he would throw me overboard to feed the sharks. Don DeLuca's gaze locked onto me, ice-cold, as he assessed me. However, his expression then shifted to something akin to disbelief. The gun slipped from his hand and clattered onto the deck. He strode toward me. I squeezed my eyes shut, too terrified to move, but all he did was brush my hair aside. The red crescent-shaped birthmark on the back of my neck was exposed. His lips trembled, and his voice broke. "My Principessa. Papa has finally found you!" Chapter 5 Donato DeLuca gently cupped my face in his hands and studied me carefully. Tears streamed down his weathered face. "All these years, you must have suffered so much." My mind went completely blank. I stared at him in confusion. "You're my father?" Don DeLuca's voice was hoarse. "I know you have many questions, and I will explain everything, but right now I need to handle some urgent matters first." He pulled out a black and gold card with the family crest embossed in the center. He pressed the card into my hand, his movements urgent. "Go to the lounge at the bow of the ship and wait for me. No one will dare to disturb you there. Papa will come for you very soon." He draped his white suit jacket over my shoulders and turned to leave. I walked toward the lounge, still bewildered by everything. "Stop right there! Who said you could wander around?" Just as I rounded a corner, a sharp female voice cut through the air. Luna appeared with two guards, arms crossed and looking thoroughly annoyed as she blocked my path. "A client specifically requested you and your sister together. Get moving and don't waste any more time." I remembered Drew's screams and cries from earlier. A chill ran down my spine. "You better not touch me! I'm Donato DeLuca's daughter!" I did not care about anything else. I decided to use my identity as a mafia Principessa to scare her off. "Don DeLuca, my father, told me to go to the lounge." "Bullsh*t!" Luna slapped me across the face. "Don't try your tricks on me! Someone like you doesn't deserve to even mention the DeLuca name!" Then she burst out laughing. "Ha! Your parents are waiting for you downstairs." She ordered the guards to take me away. I tried to resist, but the weakness I felt from my allergic reaction meant that I was no match for two grown men. Luna stepped forward and grabbed my chin roughly, sneering. "You're going to regret this." I was dragged violently down the hall. Luna roughly shoved me into a cabin, and I crashed to the floor. This was the same room Drew had been in earlier, but it had transformed into a scene from hell. The air reeked of blood and the sour stench of vomit. Drew was curled up naked in the corner on the carpet, covered head to toe in bruises and welts. Blood pooled between her legs as she sobbed quietly in despair. My adoptive mother Carmen Moretti was not much better off. Her dress was torn to shreds. A brutish man with a cruel face had his foot planted on her back while she whimpered in humiliation. My adoptive father Raphael Romano was being used as a chair by a man in a black tank top who sat on his back. When they saw me thrown into the room, their eyes blazed with desperate hope. "Tina, you're finally here! Go take my place with them!" Drew crawled forward frantically, her voice hoarse and ragged. "If you please them, they'll let us go!" When I did not respond, Carmen struggled to lunge at me but was pinned down by the man. She could only scream at me with pure hatred. "This is all your fault! You did this to us! If you hadn't tricked us into smoking those damn cigars, we wouldn't be here!" Raphael, crushed beneath the other man's weight, mustered all his strength to shout. "Tina! You ungrateful brat! If it weren't for you, Drew would be set for life!" They blamed me for the consequences of their own greed. "Shut your mouth! Don't move!" The man in the black tank top cracked a whip across Raphael's back, cursing under his breath. Raphael immediately cowered in terror, trembling violently. The man in the black tank top slowly stood up. He looked me up and down with lecherous eyes, licking his lips. His gaze was filled with undisguised hunger. He turned to Luna. "This one looks good." Then he crooked his finger at Drew. "Both of you. Come here and serve me." "No! No!" Drew froze. Her eyes went wide with terror. Her already pale face drained of what little color remained. She instinctively tried to back away, but the man grabbed both her legs, and she whimpered in pain. "Please, no more! I'm begging you, please!" Drew sobbed and pleaded. The man ignored her completely. With one brutal yank, he forced himself inside her. Chapter 6 Carmen was on her knees, groveling in front of Luna, begging desperately. "Please let us go! Let Drew go!” "As long as you let the three of us leave, you can have Tina! Use her however you want. Even if you kill her, we won't complain!" Raphael nodded frantically in agreement. "Right, right! The three of us aren't worth half of what she is!" Luna looked at them with amusement. "Is that so? But the boss wants all of you together. None of you are getting out of this!" She waved her hand, and the guards immediately stripped off my clothes. They hauled me over and positioned me beneath the man in the black tank top in the same position as Drew. Just as I was resigning myself to my fate, someone burst into the room looking panicked. "Outside! Don DeLuca's men are everywhere! It looks like they're searching for someone!" The man in the black tank top paused, irritated. He threw both of us to the floor. I collapsed on the ground, coughing violently and gasping for air, but then the black and gold key card I had been clutching tightly in my hand fell to the floor with a soft clatter. That tiny sound instantly drew everyone's attention. Luna's eyes went wide. She snatched up the card, her voice trembling. "How do you have this? This is the key card to the VIP lounge on the top deck!" I finally caught my breath. "I already told you I'm Donato DeLuca's daughter. You didn't believe me." "What a joke!" Carmen shrieked with laughter. "As if you could ever be a mafia Principessa!" Raphael looked at me mockingly. "You're so scared you've forgotten your own last name, haven't you?" Luna stepped forward and slapped my face several times. "You stole this, didn't you? And you have the nerve to lie about it!" The man in the black tank top took the card and looked down at my wretched state on the floor. A calculating, vicious grin spread across his face. He leaned in and whispered something in Luna's ear. Luna froze at first, then a greedy, excited gleam exploded in her eyes. I lay on the floor, but faintly caught a few words from their conversation. "Use her as a decoy. Take out the old man.” "Then all of this will be ours." They planned to drag me, the supposed thief, before Don DeLuca to claim credit. Then they would use me as a cover to assassinate him! I finally understood. This cruise ship belonged to Donato DeLuca. The reason he could not immediately acknowledge his long-lost daughter was because he had to deal with a bigger problem first. Perhaps there was a threat of betrayal from within. Even though I had only met him once and exchanged a few words, I could feel the genuine love of a father. My heart twisted painfully. After all these years, I had finally found my real family in this second life. I could not lose him now. I could not just stand by and watch my biological father die in front of me. "Take her away!" Luna ordered. When Carmen saw me being dragged off, she showed no concern whatsoever. Instead, her eyes flashed with malice. She screamed in a hoarse voice. "Yes! Take her away! Take that burden with you. Kill her! She's the one who ruined everything for us!" Raphael joined in with his own curses, spewing obscenities too vile to repeat. They seemed to think that as long as I, the troublemaker, disappeared, they would be saved. I was dragged through the hallway and finally pushed onto the top deck. The moment Luna saw Don DeLuca, she plastered on a fawning smile and sashayed forward. "Don DeLuca, look! We caught a reckless little thief. She stole something of yours." The man in the black tank top held me from behind, looking respectful on the surface but actually positioning himself to surround Don DeLuca and the two bodyguards beside him. Don DeLuca's gaze fell on my body covered in bruises and welts. His eyes filled with shock. At that exact moment, from my angle, I caught sight of the gun hidden in Luna's clothing. The dark muzzle was aimed straight at Don DeLuca! Without thinking, I used every ounce of strength I had left. I wrenched myself free from the man in the black tank top and lunged toward Luna! Bang! The gunshot rang out, and the bullet tore through my flesh.