79. Stealing!

Author's POV 

Marona was sitting with Aurora and Mira. Andres was playing in Aurora's lap and Sabrina in Marona's lap. 

"Andres is so calm, unlike this naughty boy... Dimitri is a trouble, god!"

Mira looked at her baby boy. 

"Yeah! he is always squealing and making noises..."

Aurora chuckled. 

"I can't wait for mine to come out... The due is in a few days."

"It's a boy, right? What are you naming him?"

Mira asked excitedly. 

"I am still thinking about it."

She grinned. 

"Ask your husband to help..."

Marona chuckled.

"By the way, it was a good decision to do surrogacy... So thoughtful of Rafael to not risk your health."

"Yeah but imagine if it's a boy and he becomes like Rafael."

Mira suggested and everyone's eyes widened. 

"Stop saying that!"

Aurora scolded her. 

"He will be like me!"

Marona gave her a playful mocking look. 

"Are you sure? Then I think he better be like Rafael."

Aurora sulked and scratched her head awkwardly.

"Yeah, I guess you are right!"

Sabrina mumbled something and Marona looked at her surprised.

"Did you just try to talk?"

She made her stand on her lap.

"Say Mamma... Please say it. Mamma!"

Sabrina grinned showing her tiny rabbit teeth. 

"Papa"

She mumbled and girls gasped. 

"Yes, princess!"

Mikhail laughed happily as he came towards them. 

"That's cheating!"

Marona whined when Mikhail took the baby from her. 

"I was with her for the whole day and still she said Papa first."

Mikhail grinned. 

"Because I was training her everyday, she is a quick learner."

He looked at Sabrina. 

"Say Papa!"

"Papa!"

She giggled. 

Aurora laughed and handed her Andres. 

"You can try with this one. You have two options."

The days were light and happy. Everyone was enjoying their life. Marona placed her kids in their room and went to the office to meet Mikhail. 

"You called me!"

Mikhail nodded and extended his hand for her to take. 

"I have something to show you."

He turned on the screen. 

Marona saw the news that two officers are caught red handed in a scandal of drugs and are sentenced to a lifetime prison. 

She smiled when she realised that they were the remaining two officers. 

"So you did it!"

She turned towards him and pecked his lips.

He smiled and caressed her cheek.

"How can I let them go?... They deserved the worst. Death will be too easy for them. The real punishment is, they will spend the rest of their life in prison and won't be able to use the money they got from hurting people and doing unfair work."

"I love you so much"

She hugged him tightly. 

He chuckled and tightened his hold on her. 

"Now there is only one person left. I wonder what punishment we should give to him." 

"The worst!"

Her face turned bitter. 

"He ruined my mother's life. First he destroyed all her relations with her family and then locked her in his house. Abused her, made her cry and she always cursed her life. Even after death he wanted to cage her there... I am just disgusted by him."

"I understand!"

He caressed her. 

"I don't understand... Why is he still faking it? I mean Leonardo is dead and he can come out, right?"

She asked curiously. 

"No! Rafael has an eagle eye on everything which Leonardo created... I thought he might not know about Ivan but he already knew and was just keeping an eye on him from afar. Ivan might know that if he comes out then Rafael will kill him."

Mikhail smirked. 

"Ohh!"

She looked surprised. 

"I didn't know Rafael pays attention to all these things."

"The reason why he is on the throne."

He chuckled. 

"You never had a desire for it, why?"

She asked curiously. 

He shook his head with a smile. 

"It's too much work... Why would I take extra responsibilities if I have the same power and money without it..."

She laughed.

"Smart!"

"Not more than you!"

He tickled her neck with his nose and she giggled.

"Ohh, I forgot to give Andres his syrup... Wait, I'll come back in a minute."

She excused herself and he groaned in disapproval making her chuckle. 

"In a minute!"

She pecked his lips and went to the kids' room. 

She looked around and saw that all the maids were on the floor. 

"Della?"

She gasped and shook Della furiously. 

Della groaned and struggled to open her eyes. 

"Something happened, Marona... The smoke came and everything went blurry."

Marona's heart skipped a beat. 

"Oh my god! Babies."

She quickly checked their cribs and they were empty. 

"No!"

She panicked and ran downstairs. 

"Mikhail!"

Mikhail came out when he heard her screaming. 

"Babies are missing."

She cried. 

"Maids were unconscious... Della said some smoke came and it happened."

Mikhail tried to calm her down.

"Okay, wait... Relax!.. nothing is happening."

"My babies! Where are they?"

Her body shook with panic. 

"Jeh, check cameras. Who was here?"

He ordered. 

Damon and Jeh checked cameras.

"Do you know this man?"

Damon asked when saw the footage.

Mikhail looked at the man who was there with a huge equipment bag but he placed babies in it and left.

"Ivan!"

He cursed. 

"He was the worker of Dimitri's room renovation..."

Damon informed. 

"Mariana is handling it."

"Fuck!"

Mikhail cursed.

"This bastard... He knows what he is doing." 

"But how the fuck he did this without getting caught."

Marona was mad. 

"He was from a special fifteen, Marona... It's a child's play for him."

Mikhail assured her. 

"But don't worry... He won't hurt babies until we find him. There is a reason why he didn't turn off cameras before stealing babies. He wants us to come to him."

"Then what are you waiting for... Let's go!"

She ran out and Mikhail ran behind her. 

"He wouldn't have gone so far."

They drove out of the main gate and saw the same clothed man getting inside the mini truck. He quickly started driving when he saw them. 

"Is that him?"

She frowned. 

"Let's find out!"

Mikhail increased the speed and followed him. They crossed streets and the man entered the forest area. 

"Where the hell is he going?"

Marona looked around in panic as they entered the forest. It was dense and fog had covered it. 

"Where did he go?"

She cursed. 

Mikhail stopped the car and turned on the flashlights but to his surprise, his car was surrounded by masked and armed men. 

Marona gasped in horror and looked around. 

"He trapped us... Fuck!"

"These fuckers!"

Mikhail cursed madly and took off his seat belt while grabbing his gun. 

"No!"

Marona grabbed his hand when he was about to open the door. 

"They are with huge guns... I trust you but I can't risk your life. If anything happens to you then I won't be able to live... I can't take this risk."

Mikhail's eyes softened when he saw her crying. 

"Amore!"

"I can't! Please don't go out."

She begged. 

"Then how are we supposed to get out of here."

He looked around.

"They fucking put rocks around tires, we can't move the car... And they are in a group. We can't fight while sitting inside the car. I have signalled my men but they might take time to reach here."

Marona looked around in panic but then something clicked her mind. 

"Can you open the windows half an inch... Just half an inch so they won't be able to put barrels of the guns inside it but our voice will go out."

Mikhail was confused but nodded and did as she said. He looked at her confused when she perfectly mimicked the elephant's sound and it echoed in the forest. 

It got louder with each second. 

Marona stopped and closed her eyes in regret and panic when she didn't get the response.

"They might not come. Why am I even trying?"

She covered her face and sobbed.

Mikhail realised what she was trying to do and placed an arm around her. 

"They came... Look outside!"

Her eyes snapped outside and she saw the armed men getting showered with poisonous arrows and javelins. Her smile widened as her eyes turned glossy with happiness. 

"They still recognise me!"

She got out of the car when all men were laying dead around their car. A few tribals came out from behind the trees and bushes. 

Mikhail smiled when he saw the tribal chief whom he met while searching for Mallika. 

"Margot!"

Marona remembered his tribal friend who was chief now. 

"Mallika!"

He smiled proudly. 

"Glad to see that your tribal blood is still stronger than the other one..."

She smiled.

"Thank you for coming for the rescue."

"No one else is allowed to hurt the tribal blood. Even if it's half blood."

He replied. 

"Get out of here. I can only break this many rules for you... You are not allowed in tribal areas, specifically the hunting one."

She nodded sadly as they turned around to leave but she caught a glimpse of Rotero who was hiding between men. 

"Rotero!"

She called him loudly as pain filled her voice.