eja

ere's an issue you need t

em now? I was already pissed about the fact that I had - since I wasn't

,"I spoke, heading for the door as I

. It was more of a co-worker relationship and to be honest,I wasn't bothered by it. It's been that w

uite free today. What meeting could you be goi

t,so what was this? Moreover,I owed her no explanations. For all I cared,I was doing her a fucking favor by of

sure she heard how serious I was. This wasn't one of those contract marriages where they ag

ey,"she spoke apologeticall

I walked out and met wi

d my jacket from him before heading for the e

ed when the eleva

ply and he nodded, looking

other either....well biologically, but his mother was once a nanny at our h

alive. We literally grew up together,have been together since the moment we took our first breathes. We were sent back to Russia,

up?"I asked the momen

with us,"he kept his reply brief,brought

g care of businesses that needed

ny

. My phone was already connected to the

eard her usual

gonna have to hang up?"I

sual,"she snorted. I ju

ed and I heard the sou

u nitwit!"she yelled at w

e's news. Bad news,"sh

y figured th

to NYC in 2 days.

ady,"I heard a

froze. It's been years since I'd set eyes on him and I swore t

here for?"I asked,my pa

I ain't supposed to let you know now,but since you're my favorite brot

t trusted me with the lives he asked me to take on a da

know,"I spoke dryly bef

lejandro Mikhail Leonov!"she ye

good. It w

ast I had for a father. There were only two things that could happen if I were left alone with him. It

olai spoke and I knew he probably received th

l the problem with that fucking Italian group,"he seethed. Hatred towards Viktor was

s plans. He'd better return to his domain after the confirmati

's important to marry her?"he asked

ot curious either,"I shrugged and he gave me a look fr

mpossible to see the insides from outside. You could never se

in. Like I earlier said,it was a manor. One that had existed for years. Jus

because the person who resided in it was a bla

and we went in, ignoring the greetings

le-aged lady came for m

I emphasised

and fed to you,"I snarled. That name brought lots of bad me

ected. "Donna Yolanda's waiting for you b

in no time and the l

l day,"I muttered staring at the lady in f

her knees. One look at her and you'd think she was the daughter of a mermaid or something. The beauty,brains,she had it all. But believe me, she's in desperate need of a heart. Not like I had any either. Sh

taking breaths from whomever I dimmed fit.

be anyway. The memories of th

nd needed water to at least survive,but it seemed like he'd care less if we died. "Have you changed your mind?"he asked peering down at me and then at Nikolai who looked pale and dirt

r this kind of life. Please, just let us go back to NYC. Please!"I begged desperately. We had our peace while in N

stubborn huh? Suit yourself

ly from the cold we'd been expo

ried assuring both him and myself. I w

re, Mikhail. Dad isn't going to care,I swear it,"he

ide our cell, through the small

sniffed lo

ied passing us a loaf of bread and I almost got it when s

, trying to break free

ome see your brothers neither are you to give them

Lucas,he agreed to be dad's heir. You got me. I agreed to join this disgusting crap just to liberate my brothers and now

w dare you!!"mum yelled b

e, Yolanda!"Tanya kept screaming, tras

!"mum y

's trusted

t guys to deal with her. She needs to

ya over his shoulders,with my sister

onna go to her?"ignora

on. As for you two.... it's time we heightened the pressu

m to the

underground for an extra three w

e made it out alive, we'd do as they pleased. We decided to let the

just 12. After all the tortures I've been through in form of trainings, I've just lost the ab

my sleep,

he others only knew Viktor Leonov had two kids. Lucas and Tanya. I and Nikolai shadowed

evil if they did as much as break the one rule I laid out for them. Nikolai was different though. While I wanted something I could call my own - my

pinning my eyes back on the woman

me. She was the one person who didn't dese

nd,a dangerous and intimi

rd Nikolai curse

d at her blankly,not saying anything. He didn't deny neither di

bviously fake smile before g

g all over the table. "Him,"she finished. I took a step forward,

ions. If I was going to kill,it had to be either for me or for the family as a whole. If it were f

ack here,"she spoke sternly and I moved closer to her, lean

anything but your puppet. If you don't have a fucking valid rea

r we needed to know about the Antonellas. We've been ripped off of 3 billi

I finally spoke

you do what you're good at. Dismissed,"she waved her

olai?" Niko

u said,"her tone

ven a fuck,"Nik gave a snort

. We were more than that now and she knew for a fact that if she overdid it, we'd loose

We'll go for him later,"I gave my

he mumbled, sta

pany?"he

I mumbled, resting my

off to a certain girl with p

me and I'm h

it. I had a feeling she'd make this

ng forward to

thoughts. I ignored the we