Fire And Ice (Lost&Found Series)✔

44. SHOTS FIRED

XANDER'S POV:

Bullets were flying in the air unstoppably signalling it that neither side was ready to give up.

Only one of the leaders and their kin would walk out alive from it tonight. And by the looks of it, both of us were ready to put up a good fight for our survival.

My mind was drifting off to Xenia over and over praying silently that she was out of the harm's way. I was out at the front with at least sixty men with me while Nick and Paul were inside the house.

Zanvil along with Shay were covering the back. We already had formulated a plan weeks ago but we were not ready for this attack. According to my sources, Levi Marinato, the leader of the Russian mafia, was supposed to be away on a business trip. They tricked us good.

A bullet shot out grazing my shoulder but I did not falter. I kept shooting at those sorry excuse of men who were hiding behind black masks. All of a sudden, the shooting stopped. I whipped my head around and spotted Marinato walking casually as if he was taking a stroll in the park.

"You killed my father, Xander." he spoke. His voice was calm but his eyes were another story. A storm was brewing inside of his bluish grey orbs.

"I did." I smirked.

His casual resolve shattered and a look of pure rage contorted his features.

"You will pay for this and everything you have done to us. You killed my father and a hundred of our men. My mother could not take the shock and slipped into a comatose. She has been like that for the past few months and I will make sure tonight that you feel the same pain as we did. The same loss that we endured." he spoke through gritted teeth.

"May the odds be ever in your favor." I said and cocked my gun at him catching him off guard.

The bullet flew out of the hole and.. directly to his left leg. He hissed in pain and the chaos broke out again. His men came to surround him like a protective shield.

More and more men kept emerging and now I was getting pissed. I needed the support of other mafias. They were informed as soon as these fuckers raided on us. Good thing that they were already kept in loop about our plan.

I was a hundred and ten percent sure that we were going to take them down tonight. A man beside me got shot in the stomach and fell down with a loud thud. I spared him a glance and kept shooting. I had no time to look after him at this moment.

Another bullet was shot my way and I ducked just in time. I looked around to see a pool of dead bodies scattered on the floor. Levi was not in sight anymore so I ran inside with my men trailing behind me.

I saw Frederick shooting from behind the wall. Lorenzo was shot in the knee but he kept fighting. Dad was livid as he blindly shot at anyone who was not familiar.

"Where is mom and Anna?" I shouted.

"Safe." dad replied.

And that was enough reassurance for now. Thank God.

My eyes landed on Mateo who had a man in a choke hold. They are here. The Sicilians and Colombians.

The Russian army seemed to flow in never ending scores. I saw a man in mask point his gun at dad so I shot him in the head. So I headed out the back door and winced slightly at the number of bloody bodies there. Shay was hurt. I could see blood oozing out of her shoulder whereas Zanvil's face looked like somebody put up a good fight with him.

We three came back inside after making sure there was no threat left out there.

This battle for survival went on for almost an hour before we finished majority of their men. In that exact moment, my gaze locked on Nick whose body was falling to the floor and a huge blotch of blood appeared on his stomach. Everything seemed to come at a halt. My breath hitched as I saw his eyes close. A small, very small pool of blood started forming on the floor from where he hit his head when he fell. I was standing far from him, near the door. Whereas he was at the other end next to the staircase.