Chapter 32: Chapter 32

"A woman is more dangerous than a loaded gun."

-Ryann Bosetti-

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Elodie's P.O.V

"Hello?" His voice could be heard from the other line, his voice is rather hoarse, he must have been sleeping until I decide to give him a call.

"Henry, this is Elodie." I can hear the sound of sheets being removed and he clears his throats before speaking again.

"Well, I didn't think you would call me. What do you want at this time?"

"Actually, I have a supposedly good news for you."

"Don't make me wait."

"Well, I know where Phoebe is, in fact, I just met her, however, I bet you wouldn't like it when you know it."

"Really!? Tell me, where is she!" The man rushed.

"She is on the hands of one of Russia's mafia leader, Edgar Romanov."

"What? Is she kidnapped? Are they torturing her?"

"No, no, they don't, but the situation... well... it's way worse for her."

"What happens to her?"

"Edgar loves her, and he is going to do whatever he can to keep her for himself. My sister's freedom is currently in that dangerous man's hand."

"You are lying, aren't you? There is no way that would happen. I know who that man is, and he is famous for his reputation as a cruel player, it's impossible."

"Shut up! I know it is, but it's true, you have to save her somehow..."

Before I can say anything else, I see some men approaching me, and based on their outfit, they are also Mafia members, but I can tell they are not from the clan which Edgar leads.

What the hell?

They are certainly approaching me, and I try to run again, but they are very quick they manage to capture me before I can say anything.

"Let me go!" I say as I struggle to release myself from their grasp, I keep on struggling to the point my phone drops on the ground and I think it may be broken now.

The men injects me with something that seem to be an anesthesia of some form and this causes me to lose my strength within minutes, as my vision gets blurry, and I loses my balance.

Suddenly everything turns dark and I feel weak, as the feeling of someone carrying me becomes my last memory before I pass out.

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Edgar's P.O.V

I go and find out that some of their man managed to enter the mansion beforehand, they must have brought quite a handful amount of men because I know my mansion isn't that easy to be invaded. So I decide to take matters to my own hand, driven by anger and an annoyed feeling of being disturbed, I kill them without mercy, before they could point their gun at me or anyone else at my place.

I end up shooting around twenty of their men alone, and when helped by my other men, we manage to kill around forty people of their men, whom I know aren't all Russians, some of them were probably hired from other countries by Pietro, it's just the classic usual business, and I get rid of them all before reaching the outside of my mansion.

"Is that all?" I ask Matvey what has been working on the front part, and he nods.

"Yeah, there aren't as much as we expected, but that's all."

"We didn't miss anyone?"

"No, we don't."

When I reach outside, I have a familiar uninvited guest standing there. I see someone I didn't expect to see, holding a gun, pointing it at my direction.

"Ivan..." I say with a bit of anger on my voice. He is standing there, seems to be giving orders to the other men, and by the look on his face, he seems to be the one in charge for this attack.

I guess he has turned his back on me, well, if that is what he wants, I will show him what will happen if he messes with me, I do not care if he used to be one of my most trusty man, I don't hold on people like that, except for Phoebe and Nikolai. Other than those two, I could get rid of anyone pretty damn easy, no matter who they are in my life.

"You are a Beneventi's man now, I see." I pull out my gun and he shoots me, but I manage to avoid the bullet, and i take no more time to end this whole bullshit as I shoot him, on his right shoulder, just so that he will drop the gun and when I do, he does drops the gun and befor he can reach it again I shoot his hand so he can't shoot me back.

I can hear him groan in pain, but I look at him coldly. How pathetic, this is what will become of him, a pathetic and weak man. I cannot believe he used to be one of my best underling.

"You should have known better, Ivan."

"Edgar..."

"You know what happens when you mess with me, I guess that little feeling of yours got in the way of your brain, so you joined my enemy's side to take me down, what a cowardly act."

"Heh..." he chuckles, and it almost pisses me off. Almost.

"I rather be a coward than a man who is so in love with a woman to the point he loses his manliness."

He annoys me and the result of that is a shot on his left stomach.

"Hahahaha, shoot me Edgar, shoot me all you want, but I am not the one you should get rid off, this is just the beginning of his plan."

Okay, enough.

Without wasting more of my time, i shoot him twice, right on the heart, it's rather disturbing for most, how someone as great as him, falls, thanks to his ego, but nothing is too disturbing for a messed up being like me.

But keeping that aside, something feels a little bit odd.

This is almost too easy, it's almost a bit suspicious, because I know what kind of a man Pietro is and he won't ever let things get this easy.

What is he really planning?

"Edgar, are you okay?" Viktor and Nikolai approach me and I give them a nod, they look forward and a bit startled when they see who the dying body belongs to.

"Oh, holy sh*t."

Viktor speaks as he closes his eyes with his hands for a brief moment. Hearing that, Matvey comes outside as well after guarding the inside of the house.

"The hell!?, isn't that Ivan?"

"He is dead!"

"Ed, don't tell me you did that."

"He works for Pietro now, so he is no longer a friend if that's what you guys used to consider him as."

"But... still..."

"Don't act so surprised, we all know that sooner or later, this kind of thing will happen, you guys should just get used to it, because in this kind of world, friends can become enemies and enemies can become friends, all too easily."

"Guys, I think I better clean this up myself, the two of you should really just get inside now." Nikolai gets into the conversation and he pushes the back of Matvey and Viktor, signing them to just get inside.

"You too, Edgar, you better check on Phoebe to see if she is okay."

Right, I almost forget about that, actually. I quickly run inside and I head toward Phoebe's room.

I knock her door, hoping that she is safe inside.

"Phoebe, open the door, it's me Edgar."

Silence.

I decide to just bang the door open when I hear a clicking sound and the door opens, revealing her beautiful figure as she holds her gun tight in her chest, she looks terrified, and I wouldn't blame her for it, of course, I know that someone like her shouldn't experience a life like this.

"Thank God you are safe" she does something I never thought I would ever receive from her, at least anytime soon. She quickly approaches me and she embrace me in a tight hug, and I can still feel her body slightly tremble from fear, but I can hear the sigh of relief coming from her, along with... tears?

She is crying for me? Is she really that worried about me?

Are there possibly any hope?

I wrap my arms around her to hug her back, gosh, she is so small compared to my figure, it makes me want to protect her on my arms all the time.

"Don't worry, I won't die, I still have unattended business on earth."

She pulls away and stare at me with her beautiful clear blue eyes, her eyes show genuine concern and she looks so innocent.

"And I have someone I need to take care of and protect now."

She remains silence, as she stares at me. This is the first time she actually looks at me straight in the eyes without feeling troubled, and it makes me feel happy.

"You." I say as I kiss her lips softly. And to my surprise, she kisses me back.

I get it now.

There is hope, indeed.