When new to town Tiana and her brother Alex Cook come to start their school year, secrets are daring to unravel.
Having new friends, new love interests, and new hobbies doesn't stop the two from continuously looking over their shoulder in paranoia...
"Be there in a minute." He replied lowly, dangerously.
Travis slipped out of the room and my eyebrows furrowed in confusion.
"Georgina?" I asked and he sighed loudly, rubbing his fingers in circles across his temples, "Georgina Sokolov."
Russian?
"Look, you are coming with me. First we will go upstairs and get ready. It's time for business. Rodolfo told me this would come soon." He said and I nodded, grabbing my bathing suit but he snatched it out of my hands with a smile.
"We have towels, I think I may have ripped the swimming suit." He said sheepishly and I stifled a chuckle.
He got out of the hot tub and I got a full view of his tattooed ass. I smiled softly to myself and blushed as he caught me looking. He wrapped a towel around his waist and held a hand out to me to help me out of the hot tub; I took his hand and walked out of the hot tub so I could quickly wrap the towel around my now cold body. He smiled at me as he walked up to me and put a finger under my chin, lifting my face up to meet his own. He bent down and planted a soul crushing kiss on my own lips and I kissed back with the same amount of angst. He pulled away and led me out of the room and up the stairs to our room.
I quickly got dressed, wearing a regular Pantera t-shirt and a pair of black leggings with sporadic holes here and there. I grabbed my gun and put it in the back of my waist band. I slipped on my tall ankle boots and slipped a knife in there before looking at Dante. Dante was wearing a black t-shirt and black jeans to match when we finished. He sighed and rested his head in his hands, not noticing I was still in the room.
"Are you okay?" I asked quietly and he nodded, not turning around to look at me.
"I need you to prepare yourself. Georgina is over the top and she means serious business." He mumbled and I nodded, walking over to him as I rubbed the tops of his shoulders.
"Let's go get it over with."
"Wait. Listen. Don't do anything reckless. Georgina is the daughter of Dimitri Sokolov. Russia's most powerful mafia member, the most feared. Where Georgina has an army, Dimitri has the whole fucking universe. Remember that, okay?" He informed me and I gulped whilst nodding, hoping he wasn't mentioning this about my weapons.
He nodded and got up, kissing my cheek before leading me downstairs to the living room. Everyone except Rosie and Clay were in the room. Davina sat in the middle of Travis and AJ, the two boys looking serious as ever and Davina showed no emotion on her face. On the other couch sat Xavier and I took a seat next to him and he smiled slightly at me, leaning in towards my ear.
"Whatever happens. Don't speak."
I nodded as I crossed my legs and Dante walked out of the house, coming in a few moments later with a few people trailing behind him. As Dante took a seat beside me, I noticed that Rosie and Clay also walked in behind him. Behind them walked in two very tall and very scary men dressed in black and white suits. In the middle of the two men walked a very tall, gorgeous woman. She was wearing a black pencil skirt and a black button up blouse tucked into the skirt. The skirt allowed a view of her very long and pale legs, I was immediately jealous. I envied her looks, her piercing blue eyes dug into your soul and her hair was a soft honey blonde that flowed around her face and breasts.
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"Добрый вечер." (Good evening.)She stated, her Russian accent dripping from her words as she looked around the room at each one of us. Dante stood up and shook her hand firmly, danger flooding his vision as he smiled a menacingly smile at her.
"What brings you here, Sokolov?" Dante asked, sitting back down beside me and Georgina looked at him with an unreadable expression.
"May I sit-" She asked but Dante cut her off.
"You may not."
"Very well, then. Has Rodolfo contacted you recently?" She asked as she adjusted her purse straps and Dante nodded.
"He has."
"So I assume he has informed you that we have missing guns in our warehouse?" She asked sweetly and Dante nodded once again. I shifted uncomfortably in my seat, going unnoticed by the Russian lady standing in front of all of us.
"He has."
"The last people to be associated with my men at the warehouse went by the name of De Luca. That is your family's last name, correct?"
"Correct."
"Then you know why I'm here."
"I do not."
"Then you'll just have to try to understand why I have to do what I have to do." She said with a smile and, with an all too quick move, she grabbed a gun out of her purse and shot AJ in the head. My eyes widened as we watched him drop to the floor in slow motion and I grabbed my knife out of my shoe and threw it at her, her neck catching the knife. The blade dug into her throat and her eyes widened as she choked on her own blood, blood coming out of the knife and pouring out of her mouth. Just then, people burst through the doors with weapons and my breath hitched in my throat as I grabbed my gun out of my waistband.
"Fuck!" Everyone screamed and Xavier grabbed me, throwing me behind the couch with him as her body guards started shooting their automatic guns around the living room.
The loud sounds of the bullets ricocheting off of items deafened my ears a bit. My ears started ringing as Xavier tried talking to me, but due to the ringing and echoing sounds in my ears I couldn't understand a thing coming out of his mouth. Dante jumped behind the couch with the two of us and moved the rug just enough to reveal a door. Dante opened the door to reveal a set of cement stairs and my heart started pounding faster.
My hearing finally came to and Xavier looked at Dante, "Get her down there. I have to do something."
My eyes all but bugged out of my head and I shook my head furiously, "No, you're coming with me! Don't be stupid!"
He smiled slightly and kissed my head, ducking as a piece of glass flew over his head, "No time to argue, little sis. I love you and I always come back to you, don't I? Forever and always." He whispered and pushed me to Dante, running out from around the couch. I looked at him in horror before I was thrown onto the stairs. Dante grabbed me and hurled himself down the stairs quickly and that's when my tears started flowing.
"No! We have to go get Xavier! We can't just leave everyone up there!" I screamed and Dante slapped a hand over my mouth as we walked over to a desk.
He grabbed something out of the desk and my eyes widened when I realized a full syringe was in the desk. I screamed against the palm of his hand and kicked as well as thrashed around, trying to get out of his grasp. Suddenly, I felt a sharp pain in my arm and my vision blurred. I felt my body go limp. Just as I was shutting my eyes to go dead to the world, I heard Dante whisper in my ear, "Please don't be mad, gattina. It's for your safety..."
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A/N: Please don't hate me for this chapter, it's been a long time coming. Please make sure to comment and vote, and if you will, please check out my other story in the making "Branded for Ruin"! <3
