Chapter 98

Killian:

“What was that?” Vladimir asked, looking at me. The smell of blood filled my nostrils and I frowned when I heard Natasha’s voice as she called for help.

“Natasha…” the two of us got up from our chairs and ran out of the office, following her voice. My heart raced as the smell of her blood grew thicker, and the fact that she wasn’t even moving to approach us was something that worried me.

I opened her bedroom door, frowning when I saw her laying in a pool of blood with her hand on her stomach. “Killian, please help my baby.”

“Nat?” I whispered, running toward her. I wrapped my arms around her, lifting her in my arms as Vladimir froze for a second.

“I am going to call the paramedics…”

“It was Nikolai.” She said, stopping Vladimir who froze. The two of us looked at one another then at her as if she grew a second head and she sniffed as she tried stopping her tears. “He is the traitor among us. I don’t know if he is still here, but…”

“You just breathe, sestra.” I whispered, stopping her as I held her to my chest. Her blood smudged my clothes, but that was the least of my concerns as I walked toward the door where Vladmir took a step back. “Find him.”

Vladimir didn’t say a word, he didn’t need to. I could tell by his eyes, which were darker than a cold, moonless night, that he was going to do everything that he could to not only find the bastard, but to also make him pay with his life for what he did.

“My baby, Killian…” I looked down at her stomach and kissed her temple. She fisted my shirt as I walked toward the pack’s infirmary. Liana, who caught sight of us, screamed, and I growled in warning. The last thing that we needed was to scare Natasha off more than she already was. I wasn’t dumb, the child was more likely dead, but I was hoping for a slight chance that the fucker did not harm her womb while he was at it.

“Take care of her, and whatever it is that she needs, I want it to be done.” I said, laying her on the infirmary bed. Natasha looked at me, and sniffed before I took her hand in both of mine. I looked her in the eye and kissed her knuckles, taking a deep breath as I did. “You are going to hold on, and you are going to be strong. Whatever the outcome of this is…”

“He was seeking revenge for his father.” She said, taking a deep breath as she looked me in the eye. She gulped, and I nodded, taking a deep breath as I motioned to her to do the same. “He was talking to Elton, I think, whatever it is that they are doing; he knows that Eleanor is trying to catch your attention and even worse, Nikolai told him that you caught on to it.”

“Don’t worry, I will find the two of them.” I whispered, looking at Natasha, “and for what he did to you, I will be fucking sure that he pays with more than just his life. But right now, I need you to be strong.”

“Eleanor…”

“I will bring her back,” I said, stopping her. I looked at the doctor who was waiting for me before taking a step back. Liana shook her head in question and I nodded at her to follow me. She put her hand on her chest as her heart raced just as mom and dad walked toward the infirmary door.

“We just heard…”

“Good, because I want your men to help.” I said, stopping my father. “The city is to be cornered, and I want Nikolai brought over to the pack tonight. I don’t give a damn what hole he is hiding under or what sewage line he is choosing to take out of the city; he is to be brought to me, and he is going to be alive.”

Dad nodded, and I watched as he pulled his phone out before I turned to look at both mom and Liana. Mom knew that I was more than a little angry with what she told me earlier, but right now was not the time for me to be discussing something like this. 

“Liana, Natasha is going to need you to be strong for her, and I am going to need you to be by her side until I have managed to get things settled.” I said, looking at the woman who gulped, stopping her own tears from falling from her eyes. “We both know that she has a very habit of not knowing how to take her anger out sometimes, and we do not want her to result in hurting herself.” 

“As long as you promise me that you will bring that bastard’s head for me to see before he dies…” I knew that Liana was more than just a little hurt by this, especially since she, just like mom, raised the man as her own son. It was one thing for her to know that he hurt her daughter. If he was a stranger, it was going to be an enemy, and we knew how to deal with our enemies. But the man was family, and he chose to stab us in the back. “I will not forgive you if the man dies with no proper justice.”

I cupped her cheeks and kissed her forehead, giving her my silent oath and she nodded, knowing that she was going to get what she wanted. I looked at mom, who nodded, silently letting me know that she was going to be handling things here. 

I went to walk past the two of them before mom wrapped her hand around my arm, stopping me. I turned to look at her and she nodded. 

"I once swore an oath to watch every Bernardi die for what they did to my daughter.” She said, making my chest ache. “But your mate is no Bernardi by soul, and for that, I apologize for my earlier behavior. However, I will not be forgiving you if my grandchild is to be born on our enemy’s ground. Because if that happens, you are going to have your mother as an enemy, Alpha Killian Ivanov…” 

I smiled at her words before nodding as she let my arm go. I walked toward the door, and her last words made my chest swell in a way that only a mad man would have had.

“You either come with her or you die trying, I will not accept you coming empty handed…”