Falling for the enemy

I can't leave them now

"Yes, they've given me a deadline... if I don't go back to them willingly within the time limit, they will come for me"

When she heard his confession, the first thing Ana thought about was this huge opportunity.

Can she maybe go deeper undercover and bring in not only Christian, but also his father and brother?

However, she had to put that thought on hold, the moment Christian grabbed her face with both hands." You're too good" he whispered, and kissed Ana sweetly.

After that short kiss, he said." I cannot drag you into my messed up life, Ana."

He was looking her so intensely, making her forget the plan she sculpted in her head not that long ago.

Ana felt a shiver go up and down her spine, knowing he meant every single word.

Christian then let go of her, and said." I gotta go..."

"Don't go, Christian" She was able to say, making him stop in his tracks." I want to know all about you... the Bratva and everything else."

He shook his head." There's no way back, if I tell you, Ana... are you sure?"

"Yes, I'm sure."

Christian knew that it was a bad idea to bare his soul to this gorgeous woman. He knew it... something told him not to.

However, he was so tired of keeping everything to himself. He was human too, and needed someone he could confide in, someone who would listen and not judge.

He just needed to tell Ana...

And so Christian did.

He had told Ana everything about himself that evening. About the war between the Russian mafia and the Italian mafia.

He told her about the war between the BRATVA and the FBI.

That evening, Christian told Ana his deepest, darkest secret, and revealed that he used to be the leader of that same BRATVA.

Ana sat speechless on the couch and listened to him, as he confessed all his sins to her. He used to be a ruthless, merciless, and calculating leader and punished people who dared to challenge him by making them disappear.

He told Ana every little detail, and after, he finally let it out and broke down, because it became too much for him to handle.

All kinds of emotions washed over Ana, while processing all that Christian confessed. She was shaking like a leaf at one point, and in her whole career never felt this conflicted.

Being an FBI agent, she wanted nothing more then to arrest him right on the spot!

She had recorded everything, and this tape alone was enough to put Christian behind bars for life...

And yet, there was this other part of her— like this was another person within her, who felt bad for Christian.

He was so young, when his father recruted him. He was barely a teenager. And as a young man who knew nothing else but the BRATVA his whole life, did he have a choice? What would his father have done if Christian had refused to be a member?

He confessed to Ana that when he was just barely eleven years old, his father made him watch how one of his enemies was being tortured and murdered.

Afterwards, Christian had nightmares for weeks about it, but his father had called him a big sissy and that he wished he had a son who wasn't a fucking weakling!

When Christian broke down, Ana wasn't sure what to do and kept her distance, but at one point she moved closer to him and held him tightly.

His face landed on her chest, while she comforted him, as he sobbed softly.