America's Princess (Random Updates)

Chapter 20

"You heard Father," Raven smirked, "Puppy yours now."

"Seriously?" she asked and he nodded. "Well, what are we going to call you? Yevgeny?" She looked up at him and he smirked, "Do you have a Russian God of the underworld?"

"Da," Raven nodded, "Veles. He Slavic god of underworld and shapeshifter. He be snake, dragon, bear, and wolf. He in all Slavic stories."

She beamed and kissed the Cane Corso's nose, "You are Veles."

"Like," Raven nodded. "Let's go shop for puppy."

"Um," she bit her lip, "you can. I'll just stay here and bound with him some more."

"Come Kitten, you be safe," he chuckled. "I protect you. I professional Russian."

"That's okay," She shook her head.

"Sure?" Raven asked curiously and she nodded. "Okay, send Gabe, Vic, few Father's men, go get stuff for dog, you nyet have go."

"Spasibo."

Raven nodded and chuckled when she hugged him. "Nyet force you nyet want to, Kotenok." She squeezed him even tighter making him chuckle again.

"Oh Yevgeny," she whispered into his chest. "You are just too perfect right now."

He burst out laughing and kissed the top of her head. "Want fruit cup?"

"Very funny," she playfully slapped his chest and took a step back. "Maybe just gather the essentials and in a few days, I'll feel brave enough to try and shop."

"When you want, I go with, I protect," he nodded then Vlad, Egor, and Lev headed back to the mansion. "Come, let's look so Gabe get idea for guest house while we here."

"Okay," she nodded. She gripped the back of Raven's shirt and followed beside him as they continued their walk. She looked back and smiled in relief seeing the rest of the group following right behind her. Veles and Max were walking side by side and she was happy to see that there wasn't any problems with the two dogs. "Yevgeny?"

"Kotenok."

"Spasibo."

"Da," he chuckled as he pointed ahead of them. "Welcome home, Kotenok."

"Oh Yevgeny," she gasped as she took in the smaller version of the family mansion. It was Victorian Gothic and ivy climbing the walls. There was a fountain in front, and she even spotted some bay windows. "It's beautiful."

"Da," he nodded as he watched Gabe start muttering to himself. "Nine rooms, library, and gym."

"Nine rooms so—"

"We will double up and you and Ava will have a room for yourselves," Corey said softly. "It's not a problem, we've doubled up plenty of times."

"But just so you know, you are more than welcome to come sleep with us whenever you want," Luke winked at her. "Since it's been proven by Doc that you sleep better with us holding you anyway."

"I'll keep that in mind," she said nervously as Raven opened the door. She walked inside and gasped softly as she took in the open foyer. She turned to look at Raven, "I thought you said no one had been in here in forever. Where's the dust?"

Corey chuckled, "Mother and Father had a feeling you wouldn't feel comfortable staying in the mansion, so Mother had the maids come air it out and clean it up before we arrived."

"Oh," She whispered as she tried to blink back tears. Max jumped up on her and she hugged him. She sniffled and smiled, "Come on Maxie, Veles, let's go explore." They barked and followed her as she entered the living room.

The men watched with amused looks as she walked around the guest house and took everything in. "Any requests?" Gabe asked as he came up beside her.

"Something similar to my old place but not enough that it will remind me of the old place?" She asked. "Can you do that?"

"Of fucking course," he beamed as he clapped his hands together. "I have just the fucking idea."

"How long will we be here?" she asked, turning back to Raven and Ava.

"As long as want," Raven shrugged.

"Mr. Taylor had me release a statement that you are taking a break to seek treatment in recovering from this trauma," Ava said softly. "There is no information on when you will return. It's really up to you on when you want to go back."

"Da," Raven nodded. "Father and Mother say stay long as want, just excited we here. We stay days, months, years if want."

"Years?" She asked, confused. "You're saying if I wanted to retire and become a recluse right now you would be okay with that? With me staying here on your parents' property hiding away for years? What about your other businesses and being security for other celebrities?"

"We can work from anywhere," Nathan shrugged.

"Honestly, we could retire right now and still be fine for a few generations," Victor nodded. "We just don't want to. We like to be busy."

"We'll have plenty to do while we're here," Brandon nodded. "Nikolai always likes when we are here because we train with his men and because we help him get caught up on other things as well."

"Yeah," North nodded, "No need to worry about us getting bored while you heal, Livy Baby. We could stay here years and not get restless."

"Then why haven't you?" she asked curiously.

"Really haven't had a reason to come back here," Axel shrugged. "Hadn't had a reason to stop and take a break from working until now."

"Oh," she said softly then moved to go up the stairs, "Okay."