collateral chaos

Twenty-Two

"No attack?" Sadie says to Natalia on the radio. Sabrina talks to Dacre on the phone.

"Nothing. It's been completely normal around here," She replies, "Whatever they told you, they must've been lying."

"I guess Alexei really is a pussy," Sadie huffs, "Stupid little bitch."

Natalia laughs, "I'll let you know if anything changes."

"Alright, sounds good. Over and out," Sadie turns her radio off. So far none of Sadie's allies have been attacked by the Russians. She figures Levi was right in saying that he doesn't have a lot of men to fight her. Now she just needs to keep recruiting to account and add for the lives lost in their recent attack, "How's the village?"

"It's good. No attacks there, how about the others?" Sabrina asks. Sadie shakes her head, "Guess that Russian bastard really was lying."

Gianna joins them in the living room, "Eros said it was safe again."

"It is, baby," Sabrina smiles, giving Gianna a kiss on the cheek, "We'll take care of the rest of them. Why don't you get back to Bella and the kids?"

"Are you sure? I don't want you to be ambushed again," Sadie asks.

"We'll handle it. I'll radio if they come back," The blonde replies. Gianna puts her head on Sabrina's shoulder.

"I'm sure Bella misses you. The kids too," She says.

Sadie nods and gives both girls a hug before heading out with her men. They take the SUVs and helicopter back to the Estate. There's one thing Sadie doesn't understand. If Alexei doesn't have enough men to ambush the others why ambush Sabrina at all? She guesses it's a warning, something to keep her on her toes, but now she knows that Alexei's force is weakened. It will only take one strike to get rid of him forever.

***

The next day, back at the Estate, Sadie wakes up next to Bella. She rolls over onto Bella's chest and inhales her scent, vanilla and strawberries. Bella stirs slightly, bringing her hand to rest on Sadie's back.

"Is Giovanni up?" She mumbles. Sadie sits up and peers over, finding her son still sleeping peacefully.

"No."

Bella sighs and pulls Sadie closer to her, practically smushing her body into the redhead's. Sadie scoots up so she can bring Bella's head to her chest.

"We should do something today," Sadie says quietly.

Bella, eyes still closed, asks, "Like what?"

Sadie thinks for a moment. The kids have really only been outside the Estate for school. She thinks of the first thing she did with Bella once she could trust her.

"How about the beach? Like... like how we went?" She suggests. Bella seems to wake up from this.

"Where we went?"

Sadie nods. Bella smiles and sits up, nodding.

"Let's stay here for a little while longer though," Sadie says. Bella lies back down in her arms and they kiss. One kiss turns into two and next thing Bella knows, she's being pinned down to the bed by her mafia girlfriend.

"Sadie... The kids.. they'll be up soon," Bella mutters between Sadie's intoxicating kisses. The redhead pulls the comforter up around her body.

"Then I guess I'll have to be fast," The redhead smirks. Her hands find Bella's hips and rub her body up and down. The women sleep topless most nights, in boxer shorts only because it's just comfortable. This gives Sadie easy access to her girlfriend's breasts. She does everything from touching them, to kissing them, and finally, something she hasn't done recently: mark them.