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“You fucking bastard!” Alina screams at me while she’s being held back by Lev.
She landed a punch to my jaw unexpectedly when we explained everything to her. She hasn’t calmed down at all despite our efforts and her father’s. She’s crying all while screaming, scratching, punching and kicking at Lev. She’s struggling against his hold so much that I think she is actually about to break free.
“And YOU. You have lied to me my entire fucking life!” She screeches at her father.
“Does mom know? Does she know who you are and what you do? Did she know when you got her pregnant?” She screams at him.
Marco looks like he’s seen a ghost, the first time I have ever seen the man show some form or humanity and the last thing he obviously ever wanted was Alina finding out the truth about him because now, she’s a target.
“She did not. It’s why I left. You and your mother would have been walking targets if I had stayed. I did what I thought was best in keeping you both safe.” He replies looking genuinely solemn.
“Oh fuck off dad. Fuck off all of you!” She kicks Lev’s shins again and he grunts as he loses his grip on her and she untangles herself from his arms. He lunges for her again and this tiny five foot two woman kicks him straight in the gut.
“Stay the fuck away from me Lev. I swear to god I’ll fucking kill you.”
“Calm down Alina.” Her father booms at her.
“Calm down!!! Calm fucking down. I would set this fucking place on fire with you all in it if I knew I could get out on time. Calm down. You’re fucking crazy!” She screams at her dad before she turns towards me and lunges just as Lev manages to grab her again.
“If Willow gets hurt because of you… I don’t care that you’re some big Bratva tough guy, I will skin you alive. I will pour saltand alcohol over your fleshless body, cut your balls off and shove them down your own fucking throat until you choke to death if anything happens to her. I WILL kill you.” She says eerily calmly and some of my men actually begin looking around at each other at her threats.
“Fucking hell Alina, we could use your creativitykotyonok.” Lev says trying to joke with her while she struggles in his hold.
“I’m not joking Lev and don’t ‘kitten’ me ever again. We’re done. I never want to see you again. I never want to see you again either.” She points at her father.
“And you, you will end things with Willow otherwise my threats will become your reality.” She points to me and I step closer to her. I have to give it to her, she doesn’t back down under the gaze that many ruthless men have backed down to, or the fact I’m towering over her. Lev really does have his work cut out for him with her.
“Willow is safer with me in her life.” I say because like fuck am I about to give away information of her stalker while the Italian scum are here.
“No, she isn’t Dragna. She has a fucking stalk—” Lev puts his hand over her mouth to quiet her because I know he’s thinking the same as me.
Nothing can get out about Willows stalker, it will just make her more of a target.
“Get your hands off my daughter!” Marco shouts and begins making his way over to them. Lev keeps his hand over a struggling Alina’s mouth he shrieks as he drops her.
“You fucking bit me!” He shouts and Alina kicks his shin again from the floor and he hisses through his teeth.
“Everybody calm down!” I shout as I pound my fist against the table.
The room stops. It goes completely silent and even Alina stops on the floor from where she was beginning to stand.
“Lev, Alina. Whatever was going on between you to, if it ends I don’t give a shit, but I will not be leaving Willow alone and unprotected. You would have to kill me to leave her Alina, and I fucking mean that. You do not tell her what you know about us. Everything you have learned tonight is kept between all of us in this room and that’s it. If word gets out about anything that’s been talked about here tonight, we will know it only came from someone inside this room and they will be dealt with accordingly.”
I hear Alina scoff at my words and I glare at her.
“Big bad Bratva man dishing out threats. God how did you both hide this so well from us? And you… how did you hide this from me for twenty one years. My entire fucking life?” She says looking right at Marco. She has tears in her eyes now and I feel bad that she had to find out about this, about all of it.
“I’m Sorry Alina my darling. I will make it up to you, I promise.” Marco says as he lifts a hand to cup her face. She slaps his hand away and wasting no time, slaps him across the face so hard his head is thrown to the side. His men jump from their places and Lev shoves her behind him to Ivan to protect her as Marco holds a hand up to stop them from grabbing Alina.
“You will not touch my daughter.” He says as he looks at her again behind Lev with tears in his own eyes. The bastard does have a heart after all, or at least for his daughter anyway.
“Alina, I know this is a lot to take in, but I need to know you won’t tell Willow about any of this. If you care about your best friend you will leave her out of this and not utter a single word to her. We are sorting out the problem ourselves and I will be going nowhere to ensure her safety.” She looks at me as I speak, then at all the other men around the room before returning to my gaze.
“I want everyone out and I want to talk to you alone.” She demands and I look to my men and nod at them. They all beginexiting the room to take guard outside the door. She looks to her father and shakes her head in disappointment.
“You too. Go. I never want to look at you again.” She says as she walks away from Ivan, straight past Lev and her father. He watches her walk away before nodding to his men and they all begin to exit the room too. Lev ensures they are seen out by more of our men before closing the door on them all and making his way to us.
