Nikolai POV.
“Call him Nikolai? You’ve lost it didn’t you?” he says, Marco is sure I’ve lost it, and I agree, I did but this war isn’t going to end if we go in the sane path. I have to do something, I have to solve this, and I’m going to do that, I know Angelo, how he’s been growing up, it’s a miracle he kept it in all this time, the flags he’s been showing, he wants to glow, he want to tell us about how he won over me, how he’s the smarter man here, and he’ll really enjoy it.
I’d call him, I’ll call him, it’s really easy to get him to talk, but first I need to get things ready, we need a private place to meet him, he’s not coming alone, I know it, but I’m not going alone either.
“Find me a location, one where he’d chose, one where we can have it under our control” I say, he’s not walking out of this alive, it’s over.
“Nikolai, our people are tired, too much death and blood, we can’t take another hit” Marco says, he’s right, everyone is tired.
“Not this time Marco, I promised Devil her revenge, this time we’ll win, I assure you, not this time” I say promising him the win, I promised my girls.
“They’ve hurt Devil Nikolai, things aren’t going well here” he says, he’s right but things are going to change now.
“I know Marco, just tell them to trust me, I’m their boss, believe in me, this time would be the end, one final stand in this war” I say, this would be the end of the war, if we could kill their leader, we’ll be good to go.
“I’ll talk to them” Marco says going off, he went to call the others, but for now, I could use a breather, I could use a minute for me, the girls are safe here in the hospital, Marco is getting my army ready, that if my army agrees on coming with me.
I was still hurt, I was in pain, losing my unborn child, seeing Devil being hurt, Elle being mad, Elle having hard time with all of this, I needed a moment to collect myself, I need the second to grieve, to get myself back up to fight another day. Now it’s time to cry and grieve, I made it back home, I locked myself in the office, and I cried, I cried, everything took a tall on me, I might be the boss but I’m not made of steel.
I stayed alone, I cried a bit more planning my revenge, I’d break every finger he have for touching Devil, I’d show him the pain of miscarriage. Now that I got it back together, I was ready to get up, I washed my face, left my office, and moved back outside to see if I have an army or not, if someone wants to leave, now is the time to do it.
“Are we ready Marco?” I ask him, my voice as hard as steel, I’m not made of it, but I can sure pretend to be, I can sure be the man they need me to be.
“The man are all here and waiting for you” Marco says, no one left, everyone was here with us.
“I have to thank you people, for standing with me even in the dark days, for never betraying me, I’d like to thank all of your loyalties. But now we should go and win a war” I say moving out to get in gear, it’s time to call Aneglo.
I got my phone and called him, his old number is still on, he never bothered to change his number, to get a new one, but that all came in my side, the phone rang for few seconds before he finally picked it up, his voice was filled with smug, he knew I’ve found Devil or maybe I’m just looking for her now.
“Oh cousin dearest, to what do I own this displeasure” he says in his smug voice making me growl, I’d wipe that look from his face soon.
“I think we need to meet cousin” I say trying to keep my tone neutral, not to give up what happened, what I knew now.
“Meet up? I remember you kicking me out” he says rubbing it in my face.
“I know Angelo, but I guess you were right…” I say lying, I hated this lie.
“I’m always right cousin, but what am I right about?” he asks, the idiot.
“Devil, she betrayed me…” I say feeling my voice filling with hurt, it wasn’t the betray, it was the pain from her being hurt, from her losing our child.
“Oh, I knew she would! I told you so cousin” he says all sure of his word, but I had to go with it.
“I know, you did, but now it just happened, I need the help you can bring” I say still on with the lie.
“And what kind of help can I offer dear cousin?” he asks, having too much fun teasing me here, he’s enjoying the power he got here, but it won’t last him long, he should enjoy it while it last.
“I can’t say this on the phone Angelo, the family is falling apart, I need you back” I say lying again, but he’s too happy about himself to guess that’s all a lie and not the truth.
“Ah, music to my ears cousin, where would you like to meet?” he asks, he took the bite, he’ll go somewhere with me now.
“We can’t meet in the family house, how about I message you the address” I say.
“Too ashamed of your own mistakes cousin? I’d be too! yeah, message it to me, I’ll be there” he tease me yet again, yeah, things are going to change.
“I’ll meet you there soon” I say ending the call, but my anger didn’t go away, I was frustrated from what he did, from what I had to do, I threw my phone against the wall yelling, this just hurt too much.
“Damn it!” I say seeing the broken phone, I’ll have to get my emergency phone to message Angelo, I’ll have to get my gun too, although I had no plan on using it, I’m going to kill him with my bear hands!
“Ready people?” I ask, although Angelo agreed on coming to meet with me, I don’t guarantee him coming alone, he might just come with many people ready to kill me, or maybe he’d come alone thinking I’d just kill him.
“Let’s go win a war!” I say walking out of the house, ready to go and kick someone’s ass, mostly Angelo’s arse!
We all got in our car and drove off, I went in my car alone, the rest would follow, we first have to make sure that he’s alone, and not having too much security, we are moving before he is, we made it there, we all got in our position, they were hiding, with just me standing here alone, I look vulnerable, a prey for him, but that’s exactly what I’m going for.
I got my phone and sent the message for Angelo, telling him where to meet me, sitting alone, waiting for him to come over and get me, he messaged back right away, saying he’s on his way, of course he didn’t mention if he’s alone or got someone with him, but in both cases I’m ready for him.
It took him twenty minutes to reach me, when he did come he wasn’t alone, well I didn’t expect him to be, the war is a dark place for the both of us.
“oh my dearest cousin, we finally meet again” he says raising a gun to my head, but I wasn’t an idiot, I had my gun up right back.