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2025-02-22 07:02:29Sofia.
Silence stretched tight in the room, thick with unspoken arguments and barely restrained fury. I could feel the weight of their gazes pressing down on me, but I refused to bend. Not this time. Not ever.
Nikolai exhaled through his nose, his jaw locked tight. "Sofia, you have to trust us."
"Trust?" I barked out a sharp laugh, shaking my head. "Trust goes both ways, Nikolai. And right now, it sure as hell doesn't feel like you trust me."
He didn’t flinch at my words, but something flickered in his eyes—something almost guilty. But before I could call him on it, Nadei moved. Fast.
Too fast.
A sharp prick at my neck sent a chill down my spine, my hand flying up instinctively. My fingers met Nadei’s, his grip gentle but unyielding as he pressed the syringe into my skin. No. Fuck.
"You son of a wh—"
The room tilted. My vision blurred, the edges growing hazy and dark. I staggered, reaching for something&
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Arsen.She was pacing again.The damn woman wouldn’t sit still, despite nearly toppling over twice already. Stubborn as hell, jaw clenched tight, the way her hands balled into fists every few minutes—it was like watching a storm build, waiting for the inevitable thunder. I let out a slow exhale, flexing my fingers against the dull ache in my side. The pain had settled into something manageable, but the bullet wound still throbbed every time I moved too much. Not that I’d admit it. ''You need to eat.''Sofia finally stopped near the small window, arms crossed as she glared into the distance. “I’m not hungry,” she muttered, refusing to look at me.I narrowed my eyes. “Yeah, and I’m a fucking priest.”She shot me a glare, but it lacked real fire. Her exhaustion clung to her, evident in the slight unsteadiness of her stance.I pushed off the couch, biting back a grimace as my side protested. “You haven’t eaten since you woke up, Sofia. You need to.”She let out a humorless laugh. “Why d
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Sofia.I sat in the dimly lit room, my knees pulled to my chest, my arms wrapped tightly around them. My entire body ached—not from injury, not from exhaustion, but from the sheer weight of helplessness pressing down on me. Every second that passed without news was another sharp twist of the knife lodged in my chest. I managed to get some sleep at least.I had no phone. No way to reach them. No way to know if they were safe or if—No. I couldn’t let myself go there. But the thoughts came anyway, relentless and cruel. My parents. My brothers. My babies. God, my babies. Were they scared? Were they calling for me? Did they think I abandoned them?A sob tore through my throat before I could stop it. I clamped a hand over my mouth, my whole body trembling. I couldn’t breathe. I needed air, I needed out, I needed—Arsen.He was watching me, his face drawn, his brows furrowed in concern. I hadn’t even noticed him move closer, hadn’t realized I wasn’t alone in this suffocating darkness.“Sofi
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Sofia.We were back home.My family was safe. My brothers and parents were in their designated rooms. My babies were sleeping next door. My husbands lay next to me.And yet,I couldn’t sleep.Even with the warmth of Nadei’s arms wrapped around me, the steady rise and fall of his chest beneath my cheek, the soft hum of Nikolai’s breathing close by—I was still wide awake, staring at the ceiling, my mind spinning like a rollercoaster that refused to settle.It wasn’t fear keeping me up this time.It was guilt.The memory of Arsen’s lips against mine was burned into my mind, a brand I couldn’t scrub away no matter how much I wanted to. It had been fleeting, a moment of desperation, of shared pain. But it had happened. And I had let it.I squeezed my eyes shut, nausea curling in my stomach. They trusted me. They loved me. And I had kissed another man.It didn’t matter that it wasn’t planned. It didn’t matter that I had been drowning in fear, that I had felt like I was shattering into a mil
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Sofia.But then Nadei sighed, stepping closer, reaching out to grip my chin, tilting my face up to his. His touch was firm, but not harsh. “I hate that it happened,” he murmured, his pink lips turned into a scowl as he said it. “But I hate the thought of you suffering over it even more.”Tears burned my eyes like acid. “I love you,” I whispered, feeling my heart squeeze in my chest so much that I started to think I might have a heart attack. “I love all of you. And I swear to you, it was a mistake that will never happen again.”Nikolai exhaled sharply, his forehead bumping against mine as he crouched down to meet me. “Damn right it won’t.”I let out a shaky breath, nodding against him. “I’m so sorry.”Nial finally spoke again, his voice softer this time. His eyes still distant. “We believe you.”I blinked, heart stuttering. “You do?”He nodded. “We’re not happy. But we believe you.”Nadei’s fingers brushed against my cheek, wiping away tears I hadn’t realized had fallen. “We’ll get th
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Sofia.Vengeance had a taste.It was bitter, metallic, laced with the promise of death.I could feel it on my tongue as I stood in the safehouse’s war room, staring down at the map of the city, my fingers trailing over the names we had carved into our list.Petrov. Mikhailov. Vaschenko.Their days were numbered.And tonight?Tonight, the countdown began.Luca was the first to break the silence. "We start with Vaschenko," he muttered, tapping the red mark on the map where the bastard’s operations were stationed. "He’s the easiest to take out first. He thinks he’s untouchable in that casino of his, but we’ve already got men inside.""He’s a coward," Nikolai added, his voice sharp. "He runs his mouth, but he won’t fight. He hides behind security, behind money. He won’t see it coming."Good.I wanted him to be afraid.I wanted him to choke on it.Valentino leaned against the table, arms crossed, his expression unreadable. "We make an example out of him."A slow, dark smile curled at my li
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Sofia.The scent of death still clung to my skin.Even after we had left the warehouse, after we had burned the bodies, after I had washed my hands clean of the blood—I still felt it.Felt it under my nails.Felt it in my fucking bones.I sat in the back of the car, the engine humming beneath me, the city lights flickering past in a blur of gold and white. My reflection stared back at me in the window, eyes dark, empty.I barely recognized myself."Petrov. Mikhailov. Vaschenko."The names echoed in my head like a death sentence.They had tried to kill Aurelio.They had wanted me alive. They were unrelenting. The first attack. Sokolov. Their army. Every thing they have done led us to this moment. I curled my fingers into a fist, nails biting into my palm.No one moved in the car.Luca sat beside me, his jaw clenched so tightly I could hear his teeth grinding. Nadei was on my other side, his knuckles still bruised, still stained with a red that no amount of scrubbing would erase.Nik
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Sofia.The night air was cold. Not the kind of cold that bit at your skin. Not the kind that sent shivers racing down your spine. This was something else.Something hollow.The kind of cold that crept into your bones, settled in your veins, and wrapped around your heart like an iron vice. I sat in the back of the car, staring out at the city lights blurring past, but I didn’t see them.All I could see was Aurelio.Pale. Motionless. His body hooked up to machines, his chest barely rising and falling.The last time I had seen him, really seen him, he had been full of life. Full of energy. Full of that fire that burned inside all of us.Now?Now, he was trapped between life and death, teetering on the edge.And I hadn’t been there.I had been tangled up in Arsen. Lost in him. Lost in us. Letting myself forget, even if just for a moment, that the world outside still existed.And while I had been pretending—My brother had been bleeding out.A sharp, stinging pain shot through my palm.I lo
