Chapter 113
Killian:
Vladimir and I entered the basement, and I knew the second that I laid my eyes on Elton, Liana, and Nikolai that I grew blind.
I wasn’t surprised by the Italian, my main surprise, pain, and anger were toward those that I considered family.
It has been a day since everything happened, and though I didn’t spend the first night with Eleanor, I was far too angry for that and I did not want her to remember our wedding night this way. Plus, I knew that she needed to rest, and the last thing that I could do was get some shut eye in the situation that we were in.
“Why?” Was the only word that I let out as I laid my eyes on Liana’s. Elton, who was strapped to a chair with a bandage on his back, chuckled despite the pain that I knew he was in. He was a wolf, and I knew that Natasha’s shot would heal in a bit, it wasn’t enough to break him, his wolf, or his ego, but I was going to make sure to break him in a way that his wolf dies long before he does.
“You really do expect an answer from the woman who has not only hated you for years, but has brought in more traitors into your home than anyone else has?” Elton asked, challenging me. I growled, and he shook his head. “Growl all you want, the two of us know, whether or not you kill me, I am the winner here. At least, I managed to break more of you than anyone ever has, and that is something that you won’t be healing from easily.”
“You really do believe that her treason was enough to break the Ivanov family?” I asked, shaking my head in question, and he smirked.
“If it has been for a year, two, or even three, maybe not. But forty years, dear enemy, we have soaked in deeper than any other enemy would have, and believe me, I am not the only enemy that you are going to be dealing with because of her treason.” He said, and Liana took a deep breath. My father, who just entered the room, crossed his arms over his chest before his eyes met Liana’s. And though I didn’t want her here, my mother followed close behind along with Aunt Lena and Lyov.
“Mother…”
“She has been my friend for as long as I can remember, Killian.” She said, stopping me. “If she has been betraying my husband, even longer than I entered his life, then I do have the right to know the reason behind it. To say the least, I doubt that I have done anything that would have deserved what she has done.”
Liana didn’t say a word to respond, and I looked at Vladimir for a second, waiting to hear whether or not he was going to say something to his mother. I didn’t know what was on her mind, but I knew that it wasn’t anything pleasant. She was not the type to accept lies, at all, therefore, I didn’t know how she must have felt about this.
“Ty eshche ne poluchil togo, chto tebe, kak sem'e Ivanov, polagaetsya, Maria.” You are yet to get what you as an Ivanov family deserves, Maria. Lena said, looking at my mother who stood behind me. “I hotya ya ozhidal ot Yaroslava, ya ne udivlen, chto ty povelsya na moi akty. Oni tol'ko podtverdili, kakoy naivnoy ty vsegda byla, sestra.” And while I did expect the response to come from Yaroslav, I am not surprised that you fell for my acts. They only proved how naive you always were, sister.
“Ya somnevayus', chto ty veryosh', chto ya pozvolil by tebe dumat', chto ty uspeesh' s etim, Liana. No pervoye, moyey zhene trebuyetsya ob'yasneniye. Ya naydu svoi sposob razobratsya s tvoyey izmene.” I doubt that you believe that I would allow you to think that you are going to get away with this, Liana. But first, my wife demands an explanation. I will find my own way to deal with your treason. Yaroslav answered. His voice was darker than it would normally be, and I knew that he only spoke in such a tone when he was angry, and by angry, I don’t mean at his own children. The man wanted nothing more than to kill the woman here and now, but first, if what Elton just said was true, then we were going to have to find out everything that she ever did to this family and her reasons. ONLY then would she be getting the payment that she deserved, and I was going to be sure that it didn’t end for her easily. At least, for Natasha’s sake.
“Eto byl tvoi vybor privlech' ee, i kak tol'ko ya zaplatil, nablyudaya za vami, prezhde chem ty otpravil menya v kachestve nevesty; bylo by spravedlivym, chtoby ty pones posledstviya etogo, soglashayesh'sya li, Yaroslav?” It was your choice to bring her in, and just as I paid, watching the two of you before you sent me as a bride; it was only right for you to suffer the consequences of it, do you not agree, Yaroslav? Liana said, and both Vladimir and I looked at one another then at my parents. Mom took a deep breath, and Liana smiled, her smile cold, and angry. “Ty ne pomnish', Maria, kakuyu bol' ya pereness den' i noch', potomu chto ty bálas', chto ya ukradu muzhchinu, kotorogo tebe prodali?” Do you not remember, Maria, the pain that I went through day and night because you were afraid that I would steal the man that you were sold to?
“Edinstvennoye, chto ya poluchila iz etogo "braka", eto moyá doch', i dazhe ona povela sebya na tvoi glupyie lozhí, utverzhdaya, chto my byli sem'ey, kogda ty videl nas tol'ko kak slug.” The one thing that I got out of that 'marriage' was my daughter, and even she fell for your stupid lies of claiming that we were family when you saw us as nothing but servants. Mom took a deep breath before turning to leave the basement, making me frown in confusion before dad nodded at me to follow her. Liana laughed, and I growled in warning, not wanting anyone to touch her until I was back.
“I am going to be making sure that you eat every word that you just said, Liana Ivanov.” I said, hating the fact that she got the last name to begin with. An Ivanov didn’t act with such treason, and that was something that she knew. “No one is to lay a finger on her until I am back. However, until then, ready the stove and the blades, I want them to be hot when I am back…”