Her Volkovs #Book 4 novel 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 the lakeside 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 to come here to plan our take over of New York and the east coast from the son of a bitch Vyacheslav. 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 planner. 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 black leather gloves) Where is Sergey Yvanislov?

Juan Pablo: (Momentary silence) He is on his way to carry out our original plan. 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 place 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 me last 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 flail 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 too late Sebastian!

Axel: No, Tío, it's too late 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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Featured song: Wolves by Sam Tinnesz

Belle's POV

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 the last time that we were here. No one would ever suspect that this place 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 black luxury vehicles light up one by one in front of him all of which are armored and impenetrable by regular 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 the last 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 is compromised and the Mansion is too far from here to take off. As a precaution, Artan offered his help for Belle." Yuri said to Nikolai.

Nikolai did not respond but instead signaled the boys to give us privacy which they obliged instantly.

"Nikolai. 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 according to plan, 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 Nikolai please, there must be another way!"

He lands 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 Vyacheslav or convince him to come with me and Alexei to the safe house and let our people find Sergey.

I know that Nikolai and Alexei have been waiting for this moment to come. 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.

"Nikolai, if you do this, promise me you'll come home to me? Promise me?"

"I promise, cross my heart, hope Artan dies."

"Nikolai!" 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 Nikolai." 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. Nikolai'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 black 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 to come for the vehicle behind us, probably thinking that Nikolai and I are there-only to be surprised by Boris' series of grenades. They made huge successive blasts and left one armored vehicle burning. Oh my goodness, Boris.

Two other SUVs are flanking us from both sides but they just could not seem to get a hold of us. Nikolai 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 to labor 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 placed it on top of his crotch, I instantly knew what's up.

"Nikolai! 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. Nikolai swerved the car to the right, ramming hard against their SUV. This gave Yuri and Andrey the chance to come right in the middle as they fire multiple shots at them, accelerating 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 exclaimed in awe. "Nikolai, 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 flank. Where is my baby bazooka when I need it the most?