Chapter 49
Somewhere outside New York City.
Axel arrived in a limo to his uncle''s property. His men went out of their cars and immediately disarmed
Juan Pablo''s people. One of the men opened the limo door to give way to Sebastian Axel De Alba, son
of the deceased Antonio De Alba, the boss of the Cabana Cartel-Colombia''s most powerful drug cartel
and the other half of the Conglomerate.
Juan Pablo De Alba is at thekeside quietly fishing. He heard the arrival of his nephew but he chose
to sit still, knowing exactly why Axel is here.
The Cartel Boss sat across his uncle, looking straight at the stillness of the water.
Juan Pablo: Your father and I used toe here to n our take over of New York and the east coast
from the son of a bitch Vyachev. He would always sit there, impatiently tapping his shoes on the
wood and he doesn''t even care if he catches fish or not. Between him and I, Antonio was always the
thinker, the nner. He had this-(points at his head while looking at Axel) and I, I was your father''s
attack dog. His executioner. I did most of his dirty work for him and now for you, Sebastian.
Axel: (Wears his ck leather gloves) Where is Sergey Yvanislov?
Juan Pablo: (Momentary silence) He is on his way to carry out our original n. Get rid of the
Russians, control the conglomerate and take over New York. The Cabana Cartel will soon supply the
whole of east coast and every European connection they have. We, Sebastian, are going to be the
most powerful crime family in North and South America!
Axel: We, as a family? (Stood up and signals one of his men to ce a gun on top of the small cooler
right next to Juan Pablo) I found this in the possession of the sicario you sent to kill mest night. It has
the prints of Sergey Yvanislov.
(Wraps a cord around his fingers on both hands and then suddenly strangles his uncle. The man gasps
for air as he struggles to remove the cord from around his neck) And you know what else I found out
Tio? It''s the same gun that killed my father. Your own brother!
(Axel snarles as he squeezes the string tighter. Juan Pablo''s feet il as he desperately gasps for air)
You are using Sergey to kill Volkov and you hired a hitman to kill me with a tainted gun to frame Sergey.
(He lets go of the cord, took the gun and watches his uncle crawl to get away from him) Where is
Sergey?
Juan Pablo: (He''s in New York. He hired private contractors to kidnap Volkov''s wife in exchange for his
daughter, Yrina. (Chuckles mockingly when he saw Axel dial his phone) It''s toote Sebastian!
Axel: No, Tío, it''s toote for you. (Axel points his gun and shoots his uncle in his head. Blood drips
down his face as he falls lifeless onto the pavement) Por mi Padre.
~
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Belle''s POV
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Our SUVs sped like there''s no tomorrow on the way to the garage where we once had rendezvous sex.
It still looks old and dingy just like thest time that we were here. No one would ever suspect that this
ce hides guns and high-end vehicles of the Russian Mafia.
My lips parted when Boris and Andrey removed the covers of the four cars parked inside the garage.
Yup, these are Volkov''s cars alright. Even Andrey whistled in awe looking at the four shiny jet ck
luxury vehicles light up one by one in front of him all of which are armored and imprable by regr
and even high caliber rounds.
"Damn, Boss. These are slick!" Said Andrey, his eyes are sparkling like a child with presents on
Christmas morning.
"The Boss and Dimitri were able to lose the tail but it will not be thest one. We must take you and
Belle to the safe house as soon as possible. The chopper is waiting for you at Artan Bogdani''s
shipyard. You were right, VH ispromised and the Mansion is too far from here to take off. As a
precaution, Artan offered his help for Belle." Yuri said to Niki.
Niki did not respond but instead signaled the boys to give us privacy which they obliged instantly.
"Niki. Is it Sergey? Is it him?"
He just nods and held my face with his palms to face him. "Baby, it''s time. Remember what we have
agreed on before? If anything bad happens to me today-"
"No!" I did not let him finish. At this point, my eyes started to well with tears. I know what he''s going to
say and I don''t want to hear it. I can''t believe that we have actually reached this point.
"It''s okay. Everything is going ording to n, except that he is now putting a target on you, that''s
why I want you to leave for the safe house without me."
"No! I''m staying here with you and Alexei!"
"Baby, please listen to me. My brother and I have to do this. Sergey killed my father and he killed
Alexei''s father. That bastard put bullets through their heads from the back. He may not have ruined the
Mafia but he has ruined my family. And now with you in my life, he tried to kill you and our babies using
Victoria and the traitor in the Conglomerate. When that did not work out, he wants to take you away
from me so he can get his daughter back. I am not going to let that happen. Not with you, not on my
watch."
"But Niki please, there must be another way!"
Hends a long sweet kiss on my lips and then connected his forehead to mine. "I love you more than
anything in this world. More than my life, Belle. I see no point in life if I lose you."
The tears that have been threatening to fall moments ago are now flowing down my cheeks. I am so
torn between letting him do this so he can finally exact retribution for the death of Papa Vyachev or
convince him toe with me and Alexei to the safe house and let our people find Sergey.
I know that Niki and Alexei have been waiting for this moment toe. They have carried this in
their hearts for the longest time. Now that revenge is within their reach, I do not want to be the one to
deprive them of that chance. Lest, I regret it in the future.
"Niki, if you do this, promise me you''lle home to me? Promise me?"
"I promise, cross my heart, hope Artan dies."
"Niki!" I smack him on his chest but he just chuckles. How can this man think of these kinds of things
when we are actually in the middle of a friggin crisis?
"I''m kidding." He said.
"That''s not funny. Why do you hate Artan so much?"
"Because if my brother and I were to die, I know you''d choose Artan." He replied without a hint of doubt
or hesitation. He looks at me intently, the man is actually probing for my reaction.
"Well, you and your brother better not die then Niki." I retorted. I see this as an opportunity to give
him a little bit of a push to put his mind back to destroying Sergey so he can never hurt our family ever
again. Niki''s dark green eyes turned even darker and I know that I got into the man''s head.
It''s a matter of fact that of all the men that we had issues with, it is Artan whom he had the most serious
rift, to a point that it almost broke us apart.
"Let''s go." He signals Yuri and the boys to get in the vehicles while he opens the car door for me and
then fastens my seatbelt.
He went around to the driver''s seat, puts his leather gloves on and adjusted the rear view mirror with
such suave, I had to bite my lower lip to stop myself from thinking unholy acts.
Why does he have to be this good looking, sophisticated and dangerous at the same time? The man is
literally trouble, and yet I could not get enough of him even though he''s already absolutely mine.
Our convoy of jet ck sports cars left the garage and sped like we stole something. The engines
revved and roared in the streets on our way to Artan''s shipyard.
We are not even halfway to our destination, the uninvited guests have shown up in three vehicles. My
heart started to beat at an abnormal pace but my husband looks like he''s already in the zone to
eliminate whoever gets in our way. He looks at the rearview mirror while he tightens his grip on the
stirring wheel.
Yuri, Andrey and Boris are already engaging in a speed chase and gunfight with the people sent by
Sergey. They are trying toe for the vehicle behind us, probably thinking that Niki and I are
there-only to be surprised by Boris'' series of grenades. They made huge sessive sts and left one
armored vehicle burning. Oh my goodness, Boris.
Two other SUVs are nking us from both sides but they just could not seem to get a hold of us. Niki
is such a skillful driver that all I could ever do is watch him do his magic.
"Hey baby, hold on tight okay? It''s gonna be a rough ride."
"You know that I like it rough, baby." I replied as if I have any other choice at the moment. I could
already feel my abdomen constrict. If this goes on, I think I''m going tobor earlier than expected.
He curses under his breath. I did not know at first what has gotten into him but the moment he reaches
for my hand and ced it on top of his crotch, I instantly knew what''s up.
"Niki! What is wrong with you? We are in the middle of a gunfight! There are bullets flying
everywhere but you-you-" I could not even bring myself to say it. It''s just too incredibly mental.
"That''s how hard you affect me."
"Okay! Now focus."
"Yes Ma''am." He responded with a naughty smirk on his face.
My heart is already banging inside my ribcage as I hold on tight to the handle. Niki swerved the car
to the right, ramming hard against their SUV. This gave Yuri and Andrey the chance toe right in the
middle as they fire multiple shots at them, elerating even more to push them against the gutter and
force the vehicle to tip and roll over to the sidewalk.
"Did you see that? Oh my god! Two down, one to go!" I eximed in awe. "Niki, your men are
amazing!"
"Baby, they can''t live with us in the mansion if they are mediocre. They hold high positions in the Mafia
for a reason."
This actually makes a lot of sense. This is also the reason why Yuri and the boys get so much respect
from other members of the Mafia. They walk their talk, exactly like their Bosses.
This time the only vehicle tailing us is this SUV to our left nk. Where is my baby bazooka when I
need it the most?
"Where are you?" Said Niki calmly, talking to someone over the car''s speaker.
"I''m right behind you." Alexei replied.
I see his car fast approaching from behind, while Dimitri, I assume is the one firing like a mad man from
the passenger seat.
"Took you a while. You fucking getting rusty now?" Niki retorted while ncing at the rearview mirror.
"Hey princess, look away, ill just send a very important message to my brother." I did not get it at first
but the moment they went past us, I realized what he was trying to do. Alexei opened his window and
flipped the bird to Niki while looking straight at the road, smiling like a lunatic from ear to ear.
This made Niki smirk like lunatic number two. If anything, I think he''s just happy to see his brother
alive and safe.
"Hello! Excuse your bromance but there are people literally shooting at us?!" I scolded them under my
breath.
"I got it." Said Alexei.
To my utter horror, he drifted his car so it faces the vehicle chasing us, the resulting smoke effectively
nkets their vehicle, giving us the chance to speed away to safety.
"Do svidaniya, fuckers!" Eximed Dimitri, as we hear him over the speakerphone. The next thing we
know, the uninvited guests'' car crashes through an old building.
Niki took this chance to get away from the chaos. He changed gears and turned on the GPS so we
can find the fastest route to Artan''s shipyard. When he realized that we are actually close to our
destination, Niki''s mood somehow changed.
I feel like, everything around us became somber and quiet. Niki took my hand and held it tightly. He
did not have to say a single word. I know what he feels. I know what he wants to say.
He hates sending me away but he has to do it. We have ovee every single difficulty that came our
way. We fought to be together and yet, here we are, on our way to separate. The worse part is, I know
he''s thinking that there is a chance that this might be thest time that we will see each other.
I kissed the back of his tattooed hand and our wedding ring around his finger and theny his hand on
top of my belly. He must have felt our babies'' wrestling match inside which exins the smile on his
face.
"Niki, you have to keep your promise. You and your brother wille home to me alive. I''m going to
wait for you. Your babies are going to wait for you."
You know that split second when your life shes before your eyes? That nanosecond that seems to
stop your world from turning. That tiny- minuscule gap between your past and your definite future. That
very moment you realize that things will never be the same, ever again.
A ck SUV suddenly crashed into our car and forcefully smashed on to Niki''s side.
My ears wrung as I try to make some sense of our situation. I tried to call Niki''s name but he seems
to not hear me at all. There''s blood gushing out of his forehead covering almost half of his face.
As I try to unhook my seatbelt, I noticed that my dress is soaked in water and not long enough stream
of fresh blood trickled down my thighs. I wanted to scream for help but then my body shook in fear
when I saw men wearing ski maskse out of the vehicle that hit us.
One of them is now trying to pull me out of the passenger seat so I did my best to hold on tight. I kept
my mouth shut and stood my ground.
At this point, my helplessness made me feel numb from any physical pain. I''m alone and my husband -
my Niki is unconscious and bleeding to his death. I have no one but myself to rely on.
If this happened to me before, I would have probably begged to be let go. But now, I''d rather die than
beg. I am a Volkov and no man can ever make me beg to a man beneath myst name.
When I realized that they are arguing on how to transfer me from our car to theirs, seeing that I am
bleeding and probably going intobor, I took the chance to grab the gun from Niki''s side and
gathered enough strength and courage to shoot at them. A gasp escaped my mouth when the first shot
went to the first guy''s head and the other two shots into the other man''s chest. They fell to the
pavement, blood sttered around. My hands are still shaking inplete shock.
"Toss the gun." Said someone from the side pushing something on my head. I did not have a choice
but to oblige.
"The bitch killed them." Said the guy who checked the pulse of the men I shot.
Despite them seeing that I am bleeding, the man still forced me out and dragged me to their vehicle.
The next thing that happened however, shook me to my core.
"Nooooooo! No! Niki! Niki! Wake up Niki! Nooooooo!" I screamed at the top of my lungs as I
witness with my own two eyes how the man is about to shoot Niki on his head from the back.
My worse nightmare is about to happen right before my eyes. Niki having the same fate as his father
Vyachev.
They wrapped a hanky around my mouth, tied my wrists together and put a cloth pouch over my head
effectively preventing me to see anything. And then that sound. The sound of a muffled hiss of a gun
silencer in three sessive shots.
My body dropped as I feel my strength drain out of my system. It feels like my throat is being tied into a
knot and slowly suffocating me. At this point, I have abandoned all hope. My mind drifted off in
submission.
~
St. Michael Hospital
"Mrs. Volkov, can you hear me?" Said someone in white with that echoing deep and raspy voice. There
are also people in white who are standing behind him. I could not see him clearly as my vision is still
blurry like I''m in a dream. My eyes feel so heavy I am not sure if I want to stay awake or just go back
into darkness. And then it dawned on me. Oh my goodness I''m dead.
"God?"
I try to reach for his face but he seems to be far away. Well at least I died not a virgin anymore.
What I heard next however, made my heart jump.
"Hey my princess."
Slowly, a familiar face is staring straight at me. I forced myself to get up to embrace him tightly. "Alexei."
"Hey, it''s okay. You''re okay. You''re safe now. You did not see God yet. It was the doctor and you''re in
the hospital. You underwent an emergency c-section. You were unconscious for four days princess.
You need toy back. You still need time to heal."
"My babies. Where are my babies Alexei?! Those men-they killed Niki! They shot him! He promised
me that he wille home to me. He promised me!" I''m already hysterical. I saw with my own two
eyes how that man pointed a gun at Niki and how I heard the sound of gunshots thereafter. Those
men killed my husband.
"Baby, you know that I am a man of my word. I don''t make promises I can''t keep."
I did not know what to think, let alone what to say the moment I saw Niki standing there wearing a
hospital gown, a neck brace and holding two babies in both arms wrapped in white cloth with
monogram V etched on them. The ray of sun is shining down their beautiful faces as he lets out a
beaming smile like a proud father.
He slowly ces in my arms the two little angels who are now asleep while their fingers are resting
against their cute little chubby faces. They look so beautiful and so at peace. They have no idea how
strong they are to have endured and pulled through so much.
"They just came from circumcision. My little Volkovs are now ready to face the world-and the girls."
Niki said as he ces our babies in my arms.
Circumcision.
Boys.
Two more Niki Vyachev Volkov.
I don''t know if I''m crying because of pure joy, of panic or of horror knowing that I have in my arms,
literally smaller versions of Niki. I can barely survive with one Niki, now I have two more of him.
Niki scooted over to my side and kisses me on my lips. "We need names for them." He whispered.
"Hmm.. You once said regardless of sex, you''re going to name our baby Vyachev Niki Volkov. So
I guess we only need one more name."
"Right. So, what do you think?" Asked Niki, looking at his brother. It obviously touched Alexei''s
manly heart. If I did not know any better I would think that his glistening eyes are not because ofck of
sleep.
"Me?" He said, in obvious momentary panic.
"Well, uh, Roustam is a good name and Viktor would be a nice middle name." He continued.
Roustam is Papa Vyachev''s middle name and Viktor is Alexei''s middle name and his father''s first
name. It actually sounds good, not to mention, badass.
"I like it." Said Niki, which made Alexei smile from ear to ear. "So, who''s Vyachev?"
The moment Niki asked the question, the identical twin on my right arm raised his hand while
stretching and squirming. The three of us were so surprised, we burst into silentughter.
"Well, I guess that''s settled." Said Niki. "You, my boy, are Vyachev Niki Volkov. And you,
young man, are Roustam Viktor Volkov. The future of the Volkov crime family and the new underbosses
of the Russian Mafia. End of."