Brooke Codona is a beautiful young woman and tries to keep everything together. Everything felt good in her life especially her marriage until her husband cheated on her. With nowhere to go, she gets a letter from her late grandmother stating that s...
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We all sit down in the office, they all take a seat on the chairs and the couch. I stand by the desk and their eyes were on me.
The one who spoke earlier looked at me finally. "So... he had a girl... and we thought our little sister was the only girl".
The other one spoke. "It makes sense why grandma Milena didn't give one of us the mansion, of course she favored Stefan's only daughter".
I roll my eyes and I speak freely. "I know this is all a shock but I don't want any problems here. I just figured out what this family does and I'm still learning. So please give me a moment to process this all".
They laugh. "Of course she didn't know"one of them laughs.
They may be assassins but I won't hesitate to throw a book at his head.
"Shut up Octavin. Anyway, nice to meet you Brooke. My name is Sever. Octavin, Alexe, Matei, Mihai and Mioara, who isn't here, are my siblings. Our cousins are Anatolie, Cristian and Alexandru" he says as he points to each one of them.
Octavin, Sever and Alexe had the dark blond hair, green eyes, pale skin, soft features, tall. While Matei, Anatolie, Cristian, Alexandru and Mihai had the dark hair, dark eyes, tall, tanned skin and hard features. They look more like Milena. My hair was more reddish brown like my mother, but I got my hazel eyes from my father. I have both soft and hard features, which is why people tend to say my beauty is a bit different.
But I never really found beauty within myself. I just felt like any average woman.
"Nice to meet you all" I nod as I try to remember who is who.
Alexe stands up and looks at me. "Who else knows you exist?".
I sigh. "Just you all, Milena did, my father and mother, Mr. Arias, Adina, Aurel,and Remus. That is who I know that knows I exist".
They all look at each other, like if they are communicating through looks.
Sever stands up again as well. He comes by me. "So you know what we do. Did Milena ever say about you becoming what we are?".
I laugh. "Oh.. you guys are truly funny".
They look as if I was crazy.
I stop laughing. Are they actually asking me this?
"I'm not killing people!" I say out.
Then they all laugh. How was that funny?
Octavin joins in again. "Oh... you aren't killing people. Just doing a job. We were all trained by our fathers and Milena. It's in our blood, almost like we are the mafia. Except way better".
Alexe hits his arm. Octavin looks at him and he rubs his arm. "Ow you fucktard".
I'm curious to know their ages considering I'm the oldest grandchild here.
"Wait.. how old are you guys?" I ask.
Sever speaks for them. "Well Anatolie and Alexandru are twins, they are 18. Cristian and Octavin are born around the same time so they are 21. Mihai and Matei are twins, they are 22. Alexe is 25 and I am 26. Oh.. and Mioara, our sister, she is 16. Our father is Alexie Dragomir. Anatolie, Alexandru and Cristian's father is Sorin Dragomir."
I nod taking the information in.
From what I remember, Alexie and Sorin are twins. Hence is why they both have children who are twins.
"So who else is in this family?" I ask.
Alexe speaks next. "Well... our mother and their mother who are still married to our fathers. Our mother is Mihaela Dragomir and their mother is Alexandrina Dragomir. Other than them, we have distant family that we see 3 times a year for meetings and just family reunions I guess. It's just really us, Milena never involved her family. We are only involved with our late grandfather, Avram's family".
I nod. Ok good, less people for me to meet and pretend that this all normal.
Octavin chimes in. "Anything else to ask since you are interrogating us".
Sever hits his arm again. Octavin glares at him.
"Stop being a fucking asshole Octavin. She just learned this family, stop going down her throat" Sever says coldly.
"It's fine, I understand. I'm practically a stranger in this house. You want to be careful. But here's one thing, I didn't ask for any of this. Milena came to me because she wanted to include me into this family which I'm grateful for, but I'm not here to steal anything or take away from you all. I just want to be who I was meant to be" I say with confidence.
They all look at me as if they are reading me.
Sever smirks as well to my comeback. I nod and Alexe nods. "We understand, sorry for Octavin".
Octavin rolls his eyes and looks at them. "Being cautious is who I am, if it comes to bite you all in the ass. Don't come crying to me".
He walks out and Sever looks annoyed. The others follow out behind Octavin and Alexe stays behind.
He faces me. "We know that you weren't here when the will was discussed. Especially since there was a letter stating which part you got. The reason we came here today is because....in our part of the will, Milena stated that if the mansion wasn't taken care of, one of us will get it instead. Mr. Arias told us of a relative but never who you are and what your name is. We needed to see for ourselves.
But for some reason and I don't know if the others sense it, but I think Milena knew exactly what she was doing. I honestly think this mansion belongs to you more than it does to any of us. We were never close to Milena because of who she was, but she was a good grandmother when she wanted to be. But the virtue of being who we are in this family was more important than blood. So to summarize what I'm trying to say, we will try to see you as family but that doesn't mean we won't be on guard. Like you said... you are a stranger. And strangers, we don't take as lightly. So... we will keep in touch. Hopefully things can change.
I hope you understand".
I sigh and I nod in response. He steps forward and puts his hand out as if it was a deal. I nod and I take his hand. I shake it and he shakes back. He walks out and I sigh. I sit back in the chair and I think everything that was said. I have cousins and I'm already labeled as an enemy. But I understand.
I guess for assassins, trust is a huge thing. I guess it will take more for this family to actually accept me as them. I need to prove myself that I am indeed worthy of the last name, that I'm not an outsider.
I spin around a bit in the seat and I look over to the window. I take a deep breath as I stand up and lean against the window pane. I stare out at the sky and I observe the clouds in the sky. I smile slightly then I hear an engine running. I see my neighbor, Sin pull up in his driveway.
His car turned off and he stepped out. His clothes were soaked and he looked pissed. His hair was wet and slick back but also messy in a good way. I kept staring at him without me realizing and he locks his car. He starts walking and he stops again in his tracks.
I see his body turn around slightly and his eyes find mine. I gasp and for reason in this moment, his eyes felt familiar. In a way that I never knew could be possible.
I scan his face and I see his eyes filled with worry next. He looks away and walks inside his house.
