Elle POV.
“I want to keep you safe, I want you to be safe…I never wanted to put my princess in danger, but I failed, I failed her Elle” he says, Nikolai admitting his failure, but he shouldn’t fail, he’s my mafia man, my daddy, my hero.
“What happened? Who’s blood is that?” I ask him pointing at the blood all over him.
“I tried to hide things from you Elle, I never meant for my princess to know this, I was sure I could keep you safe, but things are bad, they are really bad now” he says.
“What happened Nikolai?” I ask him needing to know what really happened, what’s the problem! What he’s hiding from me all along.
“We’re in war Elle, a war you had nothing to do with, but I dragged you right into them, I placed you both in danger and now she’s hurt cause of me” he says, a war.
“A war?” I ask, not thinking it could have been that bad, a war, but we could win this, I know he’s strong.
“Who’s blood is that?” I ask again looking at him, at his body, does he have any injuries, if he did he should be inside the hospital, not outside talking to me.
“It’s Devil’s…” he finally say, I look at him with tears going down my face, she can’t be dead…no she can’t.
“She can’t be dead” I say my voice shaking, she can’t die, she just can’t…
“She’s not dead…she’s hurt…badly Elle…this is bad…really bad.” He says but I can’t believe that, the tears keep going down my face, I try to wipe them clean but they kept going, I was crying and can’t stop it not now.
“Elle, it’s better for you two to just leave me, it’s safer for both of you…this war Elle…it’s not gonna end until one of us is dead and if I lose they won’t leave you alone.” He says but that’s not how things go, it’s not how my love works.
“I don’t hide when things get bad Nikolai, I’m not leaving you because of that, not for anything Nikolai. If you want me to leave, you have to say the word, you have to tell me to leave, don’t hide behind the war” I say hurt, in pain but also needing to be strong.
“Elle…I can’t tell you to leave princess” he says, then it’s set.
“Then don’t…I’m going to see Devil” I say acting all strong going inside the hospital the tears still flowing freely down my face, it just hurt, but I’m also strong, I’m not as weak as he think I am.
Inside the hospital I actually had no idea where Devil is nor under what name she is to ask for her, I stood there like a stupid person looking around, until Paul back inside with me, he held my hand and led me to a private room, I wouldn’t expect anything else from my two crazy lovers, we got in the room. Laying on the bed, looking paler than I ever saw her, her face was bruised, she had IV hooked to her arm, she had tears going down her face, she was crying, she’s hurt. I run to her, Paul doesn’t come in with me, he left us to have our moment.
“Devil…you okay? You hurt?” I ask the stupidest question on planet earth of course she’s hurt, but she’s alive, please god tell me she’s alive.
“Love” she says her voice raspier than I ever heard it, she sounds like she swallowed nails, tons of nails, and she’s not good.
“You’re alive” I say wanting to hug her, but I can’t hug her, she’s too hurt and in pain for me to hug her but I want to, but I’m worried I might hurt her in the process, I don’t hug her, I hold her hand now, my tears still going.
“Yeah, you don’t think I’ll leave you alone love, you’re my baby girl, I’ll never leave you” she answer in her raspy voice, I didn’t even understood everything she said but I couldn’t help but smile.
“What you laughing at? My crazy baby girl?” she says.
“You sound like a bad guy, or maybe someone who’s an addict” I say with a giggle, making her groan.
“Only you Elle, now tell me the story…go ahead” she says knowing it’s all going inside my head. I do have a story but when don’t I, I smile not wanting to tell her right away the story, but she’s hurt, she can’t beat my ass now.
“A new character she’s an addict but guess what she’s also a little, when she tries to steal from the mafia boss, a girl who’s in charge of the whole mafia, you know us girls can be strong too. When she tries to do it, she get caught, and now her new mommy would kick her bumbum until she learns to obey her and not run away” I say meaning the last part.
“Uhmm I see, a woman mafia woman, that’s a good one” she says smiling, but more tears were going down her face, but she got something else she’s hiding.
“Now your turn, tell me your story” I say knowing that it’s not just the pain she’s hiding, something else got her hurt.
“Did Nikolai tell you?” she asks me, I nod she means the war.
“The war, he told me about it” I answer her, she just nod her head, there’s something else she’s hiding.
“It’s not just that Elle” she says with more tears going down her face, what else is she hiding.
“Don’t hide things from me Devil” I demand to know the truth, I got every right to know the truth now.
“I lost it Elle…” she says pointing to her stomach, what did she lose, more tears going down her face, did she…
“Devil…you were?” I ask her.
“I lost our baby Elle…I didn’t even know…but the baby is gone” she says still crying, oh my god, this…
“Our baby Devil?” I ask, I know I shouldn’t be thinking about me right now, but she said ours, that made me feel the lost too, I feel so much pain and hurt, we lost a chance to be a real family now.
“I’m sorry Devil” I say hugging her now I couldn’t help it, I was crying just as much as she is, she’s right we did lose our baby, mine, hers and Nikolai.
“Elle, it hurt so badly…it hurt” she says crying even more, making me sob loudly with her, her pain was my pain.
“I’m here, Devil, I’m right here, and Nikolai is here too, even if I have to drag him in here with us” I say meaning every word I said.
“You’re in kicking bums mood I see” she says with a slight chuckle, call us crazy, but maybe we are just that.
“He deserves it, he said he wants me to leave him” I say making her chuckle out loud.
“Yeah, he tried the same with me” she says, I’m still hugging her, sobbing into her chest, but I should get up.
“Stay” she says pulling me back down on her chest.
“What are we going to do?” I ask meaning about Nikolai, the one who wants us to leave him.
“We’ll kick his bum until he understand that we’re both staying” she says making me giggle, I agree with that.
“I see my girls are planning on beating me already” Nikolai voice got me jumping up in place, I turned behind me seeing him standing in the doorway, I offered him my hand palm up. An offer for peace, an offer to join us in, an offer for staying, and he took it, he got closer holding my hand now.
“What are we going to do now?” I ask them.
“You two are going to rest and heal” he says.
“I’ll always choose revenge, I’ll heal in hell.” Devil says.
“I’ll go with her” I second her.