Chapter 73

*POV: GABRIEL*

I was packing a few things, we were going to Russia to pick up our blonde, two days passed and we managed to investigate a few things about Ivan and one of them was that he was the brother of the rector of the university.

  And so we concluded that it was revenge and that your blonde was in even greater danger, it was two days of planning, they couldn't miss anything or your blonde would be dead.

Although we weren't sure that he hadn't done anything to her, we hoped that he would bring his wife home alive and well. Otherwise, I wouldn't have known what to do.

  I hadn't slept since our blonde was taken away, it was torture to think of everything he could be doing to his blonde, so small and defenseless.

"Ivan is dead!"  Henrique said as he entered my room

  "What?... How do you know?" I asked without understanding

  "My friend who's an insider in his mafia sent me these videos of the wake, they announced his death today, and already the wake!"  Henrique showed me the videos

  "It's the rector's fucking daughter!"  I said as I recognized Amanda next to the coffin

  "She's going to be her replacement!"  Henrique said

  And I understood everything, this was her doing, she planned it, what did that woman want with Antonella if we were the ones who killed her father?

  "We need to leave today!" I said, worried about what this woman might do to my wife.

  The pain of not having that little blonde in my arms was already almost unbearable, and now knowing that she could be in a worse situation than we imagined made me anxious. I don't know what I would do if something happened to your blonde, I wasn't prepared to lose her and I never would be, that girl owned his heart and his whole life, without her nothing would make sense.

  I went to my brothers, and they were just as late as I was, Antonni was the most distressed, for him we would have gone to Russia the first day they took her, but without a plan, we wouldn't stand a chance against the Russian mafia in their territory.

  "We need to go, our blonde is in more danger than we thought!" I said seriously.

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*POV: ANTONELLA*

  I'd been locked in that room for days, I hardly saw Amanda's crazy face, she must have been busy with the wake and her coronation and I was very worried about what she was going to do to me after all this was over. I didn't know what was going on in that crazy woman's head, who killed the very uncle who was helping her, she was very cruel and crazy and I was afraid of what she was preparing for me

  No matter how hard I tried, I couldn't think of anything to do to escape, I didn't know the place or anyone, if I managed to get out of the house where I was going, who would I turn to, I had no idea what part of Russia I was in.

The bedroom door opened and Hanna came in, I went back scared, she was very loyal to Ivan and thought I had killed him, surely I'm dead now.

  She walked around the room a bit, looking at me and silently circling me, I was holding my breath, she was a very scary woman. She stopped very close to me, her expression impassive, she analyzed me as if looking for answers

   "Weren't you the one who killed Ivan?" she said, looking at me seriously.

"No, I didn't kill Ivan!" I said, still apprehensive.

   "I told Ivan that this girl looking for him after years of not talking to him, and showing up to collect a debt he had with her father was very strange!" she said angrily.

  "I don't know what she's planning, but she's the one who killed him!" I said.

  "I already suspected that! She blamed you because she'd be tried and killed by the council! Ivan was like a brother to me, I won't let his death go to waste!" she said furiously "But now she has the whole Russian mafia at her feet, I have a few men loyal to Ivan, but it's still not enough!" she said "If you help me get this bastard out of charge, you'll be free, I promise!" she said.

  I looked at her suspiciously, she could be playing a little game with Amanda, I had no way of knowing, but I had to hold on to every possibility.

  My end could be there or trying to escape and in my mind trying to escape was always the best option.

  "What do I have to do?" I asked

   "First of all, trick her, she seems to like you even though she's arresting you, she seems to like you, pretend and try to get close to her!"  Hanna said and I made a disgusted face without realizing it and she laughed. "Sometimes we have to join our enemies to beat them in Brazil!" she said.

  "I'll do it!" I said, still looking disgusted.

   "I'll get some people together and plan something, she'll pay dearly for killing Ivan!" she said "I'll give you some information when everything is planned.

   "I'll do whatever you ask!" I said, "Will you let me make a call?" I asked hopefully, I wanted to talk to the brothers, any of them, hearing their voices would give me more relief.

   "It's okay, she'll be at the wake all day anyway!"  Hanna handed me her cell phone

   "I don't understand, it's all in Russian!" I said, looking at her cell phone, which she took back.

   "Speak the number!" she said

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*POV: ANTONNI*

"Are you sure you're going to come with us, your bag of my father?" I asked Jonas as we were leaving my father's house, we said goodbye to Fanny and took some of his men and Jonas offered to go.

  "I like the girl, we had a lot of fun when I was training her and Julia is suffering a lot because of it, and since you're four incompetents I'm going to have to sort it out!"  Jonas said

  "Fuck off, you prick!" I said seriously, I didn't even feel like arguing with anyone, I just wanted to get my blonde back

  Even though I was pissed at my brothers for not picking up my blonde before, I understood that everything had to be planned, but the agony of not having her was suffocating.

  "Enough stalling and let's go, every second that passes could be fatal for our blonde!"  Daniel said impatiently as his cell phone rang "What fucking number is that?" he said as he looked at it and hung up.

  Then Gabriel's rang, he looked at it and hung up, he didn't recognize the number either

  We got in the car and drove off. Mine started ringing, I looked at it and didn't recognize the numbers, but I decided to answer it - it was strange, our cell phones ringing with an unknown number.

  "What are you doing hanging up on me, I should slap every one of you!" I heard my blonde's furious voice and almost fell backward.

  "Antonella...?" I said in shock "Love, it's you, it's you Antonella!" I couldn't believe it, that voice was like a relief from the pain I'd been feeling since she was taken away, My brothers were agitated

  "Let me talk to her!"  Gabriel came to get my cell phone and so did the others

  "Of course, it's me because you didn't answer!" she said angrily.

  "Love..."

"Antonella, love, how are you?"

  "Little blonde..." they all said at the same time, trying to grab the phone out of my hand.

  "Shut the fuck up, I'll put it on speaker!" I said and they sat down, I put it on speaker.

   "I've been trying for ages to talk to you and you don't even answer, I hate you..." she said, still nervous, and we let her fight with us, listening to that sweet, wonderful voice like a song of comfort for our hearts, so agonized and full of fear that something had happened to her.

   "No one will say anything, I shouldn't have called, you don't even care about me!

   "I love you, Antonella, I love you..."  Adrian said, already crying

   "How are you love, we're coming to get you love, we're coming!"  Gabriel said, also moved. I love you blonde

  "Little blonde, I love you

  "No fucking love, they didn't even answer me!" she was still furious

  "Please, love, you can swear at us all you want, it's so good to hear your voice!" I said.

  "I'm fine, this was all Amanda's plan, she sent her uncle to take me!" she said seriously.

   "We know, love, we're coming to get you!"  Gabriel said

   "She's the head of the mafia now, please be careful..." she pleaded

   "We will, my love!"  Daniel said

   "How did you manage to call us, love?"  Gabriel asked

   "It's complicated to explain now, I'm going to have to hang up, I love you, you bastards who won't answer me, I love you very much, and take care of Julia for me, she must be worried!" I said, already crying.

  "Don't worry, love, she's well looked after by my father!" I said.

  "I'm taking good care of her and the babies, don't worry blondie!"  Jonas said and we looked at him seriously.

  "Blondie? Who's telling you to talk to my wife, shut up, you sack of shit!" I said angrily.

  "You want to be thrown out of the car!"  Gabriel said and we heard our blonde's hearty laugh.

  "I miss your craziness, I love you so much!

    "What are you doing here with Antonella, Hanna?" we heard a female voice in the background, and the cell phone was immediately switched off.