Eliana:
“Who the hell are you again?” I asked the man who just got me out of my brother’s car. He handed me a gun and the two of us turned to face Ian and his men who were both surrounding us.
“Sebastian, Viktor’s mate, and Kiara’s brother” he answered and I rolled my eyes.
“You do realize that your mate has been shot and is now at the hotel bleeding to death, right?” I asked remembering the fact that Viktor had stepped up to Ian who wrapped his arm around me to get me out of the hotel room only for him to be shot in his abdomen. My eyes were fixed on the man I called my little brother and I couldn’t help but feel a clench in my chest at the state that we’ve both reached. The fact that we were once close, or that was what I believed, broke me more than ever seeing as now he was doing everything possible to kill me.
“I do, tried to get him out too, but he sent me after you. Don’t
Vladimir: “Who the fuck do you think you are to speak to her that way?” I asked Nikolay who glared at me. Kiara had her arms crossed over her chest as she sat on one of the chairs not looking at her husband. Grace, Richard, and Sebastian all had their eyes wide as they looked at Nikolay. “Good morning, sleeping beauty” Nikolay said coldly “one who wants to defend his wife would defend her WHEN the event is occurring, not after she left” “Who the bloody hell are you to speak to her in that sense, Nikolay?” Kiara stood up and walked up to her husband. She pushed him back making his eyes widen “what if it was me? What if the tables were turned and Vladimir was speaking to ME in that sense?” “No one would dare speak to you…” “Why? If you dared speak to a woman who is still grieving over her lost child, has been kidnapped, TWICE in the past month, and don’t you go telling me that Sebastian was there, or that Viktor hasn’t harmed her. The woman watc
Nikolay:“I’m going back to the hotel” Kiara said as soon as I approached her. I raised an eyebrow at my wife and wrapped an arm around her waist pulling her to my chest. However, she chose to fight my grip, forcing me to let her go.“So that’s how it’s going to be, princess” I teased leaning down to her ear. She tensed when I bit her earlobe, not caring that we were in public “so be it, I like a good chase”I watched as she walked toward the car, our driver was waiting for her, watching her from a distance in case she needed anything. He looked at me, wondering whether or not to leave and I nodded, I still had things to take care of here, and it would be best that she calmed down a bit.I walked back to the hospital to find Eliana sitting in Vladimir’s arms. The man had weakened a lot in the past week without her, and seeing as he lost his mom; I knew that she was the one person who would help k
Eliana:“How are you feeling, love?” I asked Vladimir who was laying in bed with an ice packet on his forehead.It’s been a month since Maria passed away, a long exhausting month which drained the whole family.Viktor had come home after the operation and thankfully, Nikolay, Kiara, Richard, Grace, and Sebastian had stayed here. Vladimir Ivanov has been taking care of things back in New York, and according to Nikolay,, things didn’t need his presence so far. Their kids have come to visit here too, and they also went back twice to see them at home. Ivan hasn’t gotten better through the month, his anger, pain, and heartbreak could be seen in his eyes whenever we saw him. The man wouldn’t even leave his office unless dragged out. As for Vladimir, all the pain he held inside reflected on his health and he was now on bedrest due to high fever.I removed the packet which was now not and put my hand on his forehead before he c
Vladimir:“When did you hear of this?” I asked Luka who avoided my eyes.“They have been fighting for a while now, boss. I tried getting Eliana to tell you, but she was choosing to keep it quiet, especially lately” Luka explained.“And you chose to listen to her? You chose to know that someone was harming her…”“Vladimir, if Eliana asked for something you know that it had to be done. Otherwise, they would have been breaking the rules” Viktor said stopping me “she must have her reasons, go and talk to her”“What reasons could she be having?” I asked glaring at my brother who sighed. I knew that he was just as angry about the situation, but he was being more rational than I was at this moment. I nodded and walked toward the bedroom where I knew Eliana would be waiting for me. My headache made my head throb, but I forced myself to ignore the pain for my wife’s sake ri
Eliana:“Wait, wait, wait, we’re going to be working with the cops to get to my brother? Have you gone mad?” I asked Sebastian who pinched the bridge of his nose. The men have decided to go and work with the federal agents and cops to stop my brother, and they were just ‘informing’ me about it.“Yes, Eliana, we’ve already spoken to Vladimir about it. He too believes that it’s a good idea. Plus, it won’t be the first time the mafia and cops work with one another” Sebastian said and I sighed. Vladimir wrapped his arms around my waist and laid his chin on my shoulder.“You need to relax” Vladimir whispered to me. I put my palm on his cheek as he kissed me gently, leaning in to my touch making me smile.“Working with one another is something, but don’t you think that it would be dangerous to get in between people that we don’t even know. I don’t even know what Ian
Vladimir:“Dad?” I asked wide eyed. Dad, Dimitri, and Eliana walked into the office together.Dad wrapped his arm around Eliana and smiled at me “I hear that you plan on cutting off the snake’s head”“Indeed, though I wonder how you found out” I teased making Eliana laugh.“Let’s just say that a little bird told me” dad said kissing the crown of Eliana’s head. She smiled before he pushed her toward me. I wrapped my arms around my beauty’s waist, my heart skipping a beat at how grateful I felt for her being here beside me.“I don’t know what you did, but I will forever be grateful for it” I whispered to Eliana who smiled and kissed my jawline.“I’m always here to help, love” I kissed my wife’s forehead before looking at Viktor and nodding at him to proceed where we left off after he’s given dad the basic details of the plan.
Eliana:I watched as the men took their positions after Vladimir had assigned their duties.The side that the men have seen of me was one that I made sure not to expose as I lived with them.It was one of power, one that the man I called father feared as I grew older. Hence it was one that he made sure to break as time went by.I laid my head on my husband’s chest knowing that he would have thousands of questions to ask, and I was prepared to answer them all. He had the right to know why James hated me despite the fact that I wasn’t even his daughter.“Eliana…” Daniello said catching my attention. I stood up to face him and he handed me a box filled with my things making me smile “boss wanted us to throw them all out, but I knew that you would at least want to take a look at them”“Thank you” I said smiling at the man who nodded and took a step back “listen, is dad’s study st
Vladimir:I ran my fingers over my wife’s shoulders, massaging them softly.“Baby, how about you go with Luka while I take care of things here?” I asked Eliana who shook her head. Her fire could be seen through her eyes, the anger that she had after what happened could be read through her body language.“No, what was going to happen happened because I chose to trust the men. It was me who trusted their word…”“Eliana, we talked about this. Leave that to me, you don’t taint that beautiful heart of yours” I said stopping my beautiful wife “go to the hotel, I’ll finish what I have to do here in an hour. Then when I’m back, I’ll let you know who I’ve assigned for what position, and I promise none of them will come out of here alive after what you’ve lived”Eliana nodded and I smiled before kissing her forehead. She sighed and I nodded at Luka to take her ba