"Pakhan asked for you and your family," Mikhail said when Nikolai opened the door for him. Nikolai swallowed the dryness in his throat. "Mikhail. I have something to tell you. Please come inside." Mikhail shook his head. His eyes were hard, "No. I can't Nikolai. I know your sister is at home. So I advise you not to waste any time and come with me or you wouldn't be able to suffer Pakhan's anger."Nikolai knew he was in a big problem but he also had something which could save him. He looked at Mikhail and nodded. "Let me call my family." ..Aleksandr was playing squash in the basement of his home. His home was no less than a fortress. It was divided into three parts. One, His main house, where He lives with his most trusted people. The second part was a big hall, big enough to host a crowd of two thousand people. He especially had the hall built for a special occasion. A special parade of someone in front of his soldiers. And the third part was a basement. A basement which has his
Leigh jerked her hand from Igor's hold. "Don't touch me!" She hissed. "Why are you acting like you don't know me? Why are you being his puppet!" She snapped glaring at Igor."I am Pakhan's councillor. Bratva's councillor." Igor stated. "Not a puppet.""You are also my friend, Dinara's brother. I know you have always been old school but I am not one of you. I don't care about you, your rules, your Pakhan or your stupid Bratva!" She barked.Igor gave her a hard look. "You should." "Well I don't!" Leigh said and then glared at Aleksandr. "I don't consider you as God. I don't…""By the end of this hour, you will see me as your God," Aleksandr said, getting into her face. His eyes were hard and dark. His face was tight with anger. "By the end of this hour, you will care about Bratva and its rules. Because your fate depends on this purity test. If you turn out to be pregnant, things are going to get ugly. Very ugly for you."Leigh's h
Aleksandr stormed inside the cell. Anger flew in his veins like blood hearing the news. Igor followed Aleksandr as well in utter rage.This news had shaken the values of Bratva. A Fedorov bride has to be a virgin, this was the rule since Bratva came into existence and today, Leigh has slapped on the rule. "You impure woman!" Aleksandr snarled as He grabbed Leigh's forearm and pulled her to her feet. His eyes were burning in rage seeing her face. A loud scream left her mouth as she cried in pain and fear. "You disrespected Fedorov traditions. You disrespected my name, my Bratva. Now you will pay for your crimes!"Leigh was crying badly. She couldn't understand how her life changed in just a single day. She didn't know how to handle this situation. "How could you do it," He growled in a low tone. And Leigh hid her face with her other forearm in fear. "I am not pregnant," she cried out. "I am not pregnant," she kept saying as if this was going to save her from this monster's wrath. "
"What about this?" Bella asked her daughter as she showed her another piece of bracelet.Aria rubbed her temple and sighed. "Mom I…" she opened her mouth to tell Bella that she was not interested in jewellery shopping and all but stopped herself. This was her mother's dream and she didn't want to break her dream. "It's nice. Mom, I like it a lot." Aria was happy seeing her mother happy. She and Lucas' mother became best friends almost immediately. She couldn't stop talking about how good of mother-in-law Aria was getting. Aria knew it too. Celine was just like her Mom. A good Italian woman who worships God. She was happy for her mother finding a good friend in Cosa Nostra after more than two decades of her marriage. "Mom, Celine. I trust both of your choices in finding the best dress and jewellery and everything else for me. Buy anything you both like and I will happily wear it. But now I have to meet Leonus for some work.""Aria, work can wait. You are getting married in a few days
"They are expecting us to kiss," Lucas said as he eyed Aria and his family watching them as they walked to the small tree house in Lucas' parents' garden. They all came there for the rehearsal dinner. And now after dinner and the exchange of gifts, Lucas, like an excited groom asked Aria to walk with him so that they could spend some alone time with each other. Aria forced a smile to her face and joined him. She could feel her family's gazes on her back. She was already tired of this drama. And her tiredness turned into anger when Lucas told that their family members were expecting a romantic moment between them. Aria cringed reckoning the discussion between her and Lucas' mother about a grandchild. "Don't you dare to do it," she hissed at Lucas. Lucas raised his brows. "I don't want it either. We are friends and even though I joked about having feelings for you I won't do it. I am as uncomfortable with this as you are." He said and shook his head before letting out a deep sigh and
"Is there something you want to share, Selena?" Aria asked her cousin who looked lost for quite a few days. Aria didn't bother herself with anyone but Selena and Leonus were the only people she shares a bond with. Leonus was her secret keeper just like she was to him but Selena was like the younger sibling to them both. And they both cared about her. "She is heartbroken, Miss Knight." "Rossi!" Selena snapped at her best friend before looking at Aria. "It's nothing like this. She is kidding."Aria straightened her brows and gave her a firm stare. "You were in a relationship, Selena?" She asked. Aria was not aware of this. She would have done a background check on that guy if she had known about it. She still was going to check to see if the guy was from some enemy family. Selena gave her a scathing look and looked away. Aria didn't like her reaction to the question. She understands that teenagers tend to be moody but Selena never reacted in this manner before. "Selena?" Aria called
"What have you both done?" Aria asked her cousin and her friend as she looked at the grand party in the club of the hotel they were staying. Selena forced a smile to her face. She decided to let her crush for Lucas go. Now, nothing could be done. And it was not like she was in a relationship with Lucas. He never paid attention to her hints before getting engaged to Aria. And Selena loves Aria, even though they were cousins but Aria always treated her like a sibling. "Leo and I planned this together. He said that you need to loosen up a little bit before marriage and I agreed with him.""Selena…" "No, I am not listening to anything. You are always this stiff and bossy. Today you have to leave your rigid nature and have fun with us."Aria rolled her eyes. "I don't want it, Sel. You guys enjoy it but I …""It's your bachelorette party, Aria not mine. How are we going to celebrate it without you? Also, we have a surprise for you," Selena said with a grin. This time her joy was real. S
Aria looked at the retreating figure of that blue-eyed man. Everything in her revolted at the thought of seeing him gone. She wanted to see his face. She wanted to know that man's name. Why? She had no idea about it. But Aria wanted to know him so without thinking too much, she followed him outside the club.Aria was disappointed when she didn't see him anywhere. The area was completely barren of people. She moved around the area in search of him but her mind went into havoc when her eyes failed to find him. She inhaled deeply and swallowed the saliva that pooled in her throat reckoning his spicy cologne. Her heart started racing unevenly suddenly and she became impatient. But she couldn't pinpoint what she was impatient about. Disappointed again, she turned to go back to the club but then she heard it. The sound of a whistle. The same whistle he played. That blue-eyed man. She snapped her hand in the direction of the sound and found him. He was leaning against the wall with his one