His Mafia Bride

DANTE

The ride to Nikolia’s home felt like an entire century. My anxiety and anger boiled, tightening my chest and making it hard for me to focus on anything apart from Alina.

My capos bickered unnecessary, rolling out plans endlessly but I couldn’t even hear them.

The only thing I could hear was the heavy thumping of my heart which seemed to resound in my ear, blocking out all other sounds.

Nikolia gave me just twenty four hours to come meet him and hell was I ready to face that bloody motherfucker.

Threatening me is one thing but kidnapping Alina and turning her into his punching bag is something I can’t tolerate.

I’ll never tolerate it.

I already feel like a big fool and an idiot for turning against Alina. I’m really trying to redeem myself.

I fear Alina hates me already. Fuck.

My mind is in turmoil.

Whenever it comes to Alina, I go blank and nothing seems to make sense.

I just want to go rescue her. I had no time to plan out a formation of men. The only thing I did was to make sure backup was being sent to us because at the moment it was just I and my men driving to Nikolia’s lone mansion.

Today was going to end it all. I’ll save Alina and kill that fucker.

I’ll kill him for every single sin he committed against me.

Those Russians have taken enough from me and right now my demon was out for blood and I won’t stop until I’ve killed each and every one of them down to the last Fedorov.

Nikolia must have been really prepared for us to give me just a day to turn myself in. My mind was going blank repeatedly and the wheels in my head were spinning.

My anxiety to see Alina grew and it was saturated all over my face.

“Fuck. How long will it take us to reach his goddamn house!?” I yelled at the driver.

“We will soon be there” the driver hastily replied me.

“We’ve been driving for a century. Move this fucking car faster or I’ll shoot you I swear” I growled.

Enzo at once placed an arm on my shoulder, patting me. “Calm down Dante. We will get there soon. It shouldn’t be more than six minutes now”

I stared at him for a while and nodded, trying so hard to calm the wreckage my nerves had become.

My fingers tapped incessantly on my thighs whilst my full gaze was focused on the road, wondering when we would get there. I was being so restless and agitated.

Fuck. I just wanted to see Alina and bring her back to me.

“We are here sir” the driver announced after a while.

Finally. It felt like we had been driving for an eternity.

I snapped my gaze to the gates that were closing us out and a low ‘fuck’ left my lips.

“Emilio hack into that system and open the gates for us” I instructed the young ginger haired computer geek I carried along.

Emilio was a very skilled hacker. Sometimes I had him and his boys hack into various private and top government database for political reasons.

Immediately he began tapping away on his laptop. Soon enough, the gates slowly opened and a triumphant smile wore on Emilio’s face.

I stepped down with my capos, leaving only Emilio and the driver in the car.

“Park this car around the car and Emilio make sure my backup arrives” I instructed before sauntering into the huge vicinity of the mansion.

“Are you really going in there without waiting for the rest underbosses to arrive?” Luca called from behind me.

“There is no time to wait. My wife is in there. I have to go get her” I replied quickly with urgency ringing in my tone.

My capos walked to catch up with me as all four of us meandered steathily into the area.

“What’s the plan though Dante?” Enzo asked.

“The plan is to do whatever it will take to get back Alina. I don’t even care if I’ll die while doing this. As long as Alina is safe and sound” I replied back without batting an eyelid.

Silence interluded the atmosphere and nobody said a word again.

We quietly kept on walking, each person having his gun drawn out for blood.

Soon enough, I spotted a guard. He didn’t seem to notice me or my men.Nôvel(D)ra/ma.Org exclusive © material.

Swiftly I tucked out my gun and fired two quick shots at him.

A second guard ran up to his dead frame and before he could react, I fired at him without no hesitation.

I wasn’t here for games.

“Damn you don’t miss your aim do you?” Fabio laughed.

I chuckled. “I am not here to play with these fools. Nikolia wants a war and a war he shall see. I have been too lienant with him”

We all meandered towards the front door. There was really no time to waste.

As we approached, I heard muffled screams coming from the inside.

I upheaved my hands for each one of us to stop so as to ascertain what was going on in there.

My eyes widened once I made out who was making that sound. It was Alina.

My blood boiled at once, anger coursing through me and before I could stop myself I kicked the door open as it flung out of its hinges.

We walked in quickly, taking everyone by surprise. Immedately my gaze fell on the one person that made my heart skipped a thousand beat.

Alina.

But she wasn’t alone. She was surrounded by a group of men, about five and it seems they were trying to… molest her!

One had his hand wrapped around her mouth to keep her from screaming.

Alina couldn’t even see me as the men covered her view.

To worsen it all, Nikolia’s daughters, Leila and Vanessa sat there like it was some sort of show.

“What the fuck!” I boomed, tightening my hold on the gun.

The two sisters had their faces shocked at my sudden intrusion.

How could they possibly sit and watch a fellow woman like them get harassed?

Not just any woman but my woman!

“Lover boy is here. I didn’t think you would show up this fast though. Hats off to you” Leila scowled standing up from her seat.

The men let go of Alina making her weakened gaze land on mine.

“D-dante..” she cried in a soft whisper.

Tears filled up her eyes as she stared at me, her lips quivering and her body trembling.

What did they do to my wife?

As much as I wanted to go hug her, it wasn’t that easy. The entire room was filled with armed men.

I wouldn’t be surprised if Nikolia had extra men upstairs.

I was relieved on seeing her but at the same time enraged at what my wife was going through.

“Where is that bloody ass father of yours?” I snarled, my voice terribly low.

“You came with just three men Dante? Wow. You are really ready to die for Alina” Vanessa mocked.

“Is that an answer to my question?” I calmly responded, saving my rage for when I would have to kill all of them.

“Hmm. Dante. I’ll suggest you watch how you speak here. Remember Alina is within my hold. I can have her killed right now” Leila smiled maniacally.

“I swear I’ll shoot each and every one of you” I gritted, holding my gun up and ready to shoot.

Immediately, Nikolia’s men drew out their guns, cocking it and aiming at I and my capos.

I wasn’t scared one bit. Hell I wanted to spill some blood. I was just scared for Alina.

I wanted her away from here.

I don’t want her to get hurt or worse shot at.

“You really decided to come on a suicide mission. How did you possibly think that three of you could beat all my father’s men?” Leila sarcastically asked.

She was right. We were clearly outnumbered.

As if on cue, the sound of heavy footsteps accompanied with the cluster of deep male voices flooded in through the door.

My backup had come.

“You were saying?” I cocked a brow at her with a smug smile.

Leila huffed at me.

“Now fucking drop your weapons and let go of my wife!” I raged.

Occasionally my gaze flickered at Alina and I could see the fear radiating off her body. Her eyes were widened in desperation. She was depending on me to save her.

I can’t afford to let her down. I will do anything to save my wife even if it means I’ll have to give up my own life.

“Don’t drop a shit” I heard the distinct tone of Nikolia’s voice echo round the room. I snapped my eyes to the direction of the voice and there he was, perched on to the stair case.

“Glad to have you join us Nikolia” I said with my tongue in cheek, pointing my gun at him.

Nikolia ambled down the stairs, his eyes not leaving mine.

“If I were you boy, I would drop that fucking gun” He spat.

“Why? We aren’t fools” Enzo snapped, his tone gruff.

“If any of you fires as little as one bullet then Alina will definitely be shot at immediately so drop your weapons Dante” Nikolia threatened.

My jaws clenched and a cold shiver ran down my spine. Alina was still within their hold as she was held by the five armed men.

I was so fucking furious but at the same time, I was nervous as hell.

This is the first time that I feel so defenceless even with the myriad of underbosses surrounding me.

Alina was my weakpoint. I can’t let her die.

“What do you want Nikolia?” I sounded as calm as ever.

“Isn’t it obvious? I want you dead. I want you wasted. Only one mafia rules Europe! And that’s the Russian mafia. You fucking Italians have no place. I want to see you fall and I want to see your mafia fall” Nikolia responded sounding smug.

“Fucking bastard” Dante spat at him.

Nikolia laughed and signalled to one of his men. At once, he pointed at a gun at Alina’s head and she jerked, trembling.

Oh fuck.

“Is either you submit yourself willingly, or I kill her and kill you too. Your choice” Nikolia laughed.

“Dante please don’t do it” Alina sobbed, shaking her head at me.

A bomb was exploding in my head and my thoughts were in disarray.

Uncertainty loomed in the air, silence spreading all around us.

“Is that your final offer?” I asked with a calm composure.

“You know what to do” Nikolia replied.

My gaze wandered to Alina’s and I could deduce that she was thinking.

Oh fuck. She was about to do something impulsive!

Her brows were hiked up and her chest heaved repeatedly.

I gave her a look not to do anything rash but she wasn’t going to listen.

Before anyone could notice, Alina used her elbow to hit the groins of the armed man who had his gun pointed at her head.

“Run!” I yelled at her, firing my shots sporadically.