A STOLEN NAME

CHAPTER 48

"Cheese" she muttered, storming out of the suite like thunder.

The door closed behind her, and Alina swept her damp hair back.

"Pull out," she told Roman.

"Make me," Roman replied, driving into her again, faster than before.

"Roman I can't! Just... Just this once!" She cried hard, folding her palms to stop herself from moaning.

"So, you can go meet Leo? Are you f*****g that bastard too?" Roman replied, finally pulling out.

Alina got down from the couch and gathered her panties and bra scattered on the ground.

She pulled them on quickly, slipping her legs into her leggings before squeezing her body back into her tight blouse.

"I am talking to you!!!" Roman yelled angrily, not bothering to dress up.

"I and Leo aren't even on talking terms. I have nothing with him, so quit being skeptical!" Alina snapped, and Roman slapped her.

The hit made her hair scatter on her face, but she threw her head back and arranged her hair quickly.

"How dare you snap at me? Who do you think you are?" Roman muttered, his anger still unquenchable.

"Why are you suddenly being jealous? I thought you never wanted me," she replied calmly, and he slapped her again.

Alina fell on the couch this time, her cheek stinging so bad.

"Jealous because of you? How delusional are you? That emotion is long dead in my system, so better kill your fantasies! You are nothing but a tool to satisfy my s****l cravings, and whenever I'm using something, I hate when any other person uses it, especially bastards like Leo! I'm gonna kill him!" he fired.

"I said there's nothing between Leo and me!" Alina sprang up, her cheek swollen from the slaps she received.

Roman threw on his pants and went to the cellar.

He got a bottle of kvass and popped it open.

He drank directly from it as he entered his bedroom.

Alina left the suite.

Sophia was trying so hard to calm herself down as she walked farther and farther from the suite.

She doesn't even have a place in mind to go.

She needs breakfast, so the kitchen is an option, but that's not materializing soon because of what she saw.

Alina and Roman?

That only means the moans she heard at Roman's suite the other time were really Alina's.

She doesn't even know how to start thinking about it anymore, especially because she hit her with a belt because of Dimitri.

She decided to go to the forest, and surprisingly, she met Alina at the blind spot already, waiting for her.

"Sofya" Alina faced her.

"I don't want an explanation. I just wanna know why you criticized me for receiving head from my master when you're already getting screwed by Roman," Sophia replied readily.

"There's no rule that says I can't fall in love again. I've never been in love before, but you've been in love before and Adrian did you badly. He murdered our parents, so I expected you to lock him up . . . You can't fall for Death," Alina said, and Sophia laughed amusingly.

"Fall? Love? I know what I'm doing, and those two can never happen between me and any man again. I'm not getting carried away and . . .

"Trust me, you'll still be! Death is manipulative and beastly . . . He has dark secrets that no one in this clan knows . . . He's the shadiest and . . ."

"You think I dunno all that? Stop trying to cover up with my master! I'm talking about how you slapped me with a belt and told me we're not here for s*x!" Sophia glared.

"I can't help it! I love Roman," Alina replied, and Sophia scoffed unbelievably.

"Seriously? He hates my master, he hates me. He'd do anything to get rid of me, and you love him?"

"Roman has a heart of gold, trust me. He's still a child trying to grow, and he's not wicked like Death. Trust me he's...

"Can you stop telling me to trust you? At this point, I dunno anymore. Stop trying to make Roman look good because, so far, he's my master's enemy, then he's mine too. You've been here for five years, but what do you know about Adrian? Tell me one thing," Sophia demanded.

Alina went silent, and Sophia scoffed again.

"Adrian killed our parents because I dated him, so you believe the cross is mine to carry, right?" I'll do all I can to get to the root of it all, just warn your Roman to stay out of my way," Sophia said and left her.

Alina stilled till she went out of sight, then she snickered.

"So annoying like damn," she said before leaving.

A minute later, Arina came out from her usual spot behind the frozen sunflowers. She has many flowers in her hair.

She sighed sadly before heading back to the compound.

*KITCHEN*

"Where's Vera? Are you both at odds?" Lady Seraphina asked as she served breakfast for Lev.

He's sitting at the kitchen table, inhaling the steam from the spaghetti.

"Don't talk to me about Vera. Leo is my only real buddy in this compound," Lev replied, and Seraphina smiled, serving him more.

"You should eat heavily. Heard tomorrow's mission is heavy," she said.

"Yeah," Lev replied, and Vera entered the kitchen.

"Spaghetti? Macarons? Rice?" Seraphina asked.

"Anyone," Vera smiled, joining Lev on the table.

Lev continued eating without a word.

"C'mon, are you still salty about last night? It was wrong to punch Mila, and you knew it," she said.

"She punched me first, the f**k!" Lev looked up.

"But she just woke up from a coma with her face like that. You don't expect her to be non-aggressive," Vera replied.

"You'd do anything to protect her, won't you? Even if she kills Leo," Lev said, dropping his fork.

"Who's killing me?" Sophia replied, entering the kitchen.

"My buddy is back!" Lev beamed, and Sophia grinned, hugging him before fist-bumping with Vera.

She settled down and took Lev's food, then she began eating with another fork.

Vera sat with them, and Lady Seraphina started serving their different meals.

"Leo, you might wanna stay back for tomorrow's mission. Mercy and Stravinsky were tight friends, and she might get revenge," Vera said.

"I killed Stravinsky because he betrayed The Pakhan, not unjustly," Sophia replied, still eating.

"The problem is you; don't you get it? If it was Death or The Pakhan who killed Stravinsky, then it'd be cool. It's considered disrespect to his tribe no matter what his offense was. Mercy will want revenge," Vera said.

"I still don't care . . . I'm going. Master said, I'd be going," Sophia replied.

"That's the spirit," Lev encouraged, and Sophia stuck hands with him.

"You both are the same thing," Vera shook her head, and Lady Seraphina smiled, watching them.

"By the way, where's my baby? Arina?" Sophia suddenly asked.

Lady Seraphina looked around and sighed in frustration.

"She must be in the forest again. She's too obsessed with catching butterflies and sunflowers," she said, and Arina immediately came in.

"I'm here," she grudgingly said, her hair filled with sunflowers.

"Ari" Sophia stood and went to her immediately, squatting in front of her.

"Can we talk privately?" Arina mumbled.

"Of course," Sophia carried her into the inner kitchen where she dropped her on a stool and brushed her curly hair with her fingers.

"Can you stop working for Death?" Arina suddenly asked.

"Why?" Sophia blinked.

"Because he maltreats you. He left you in the open for two days and you didn't even eat. He's really beastly, and he doesn't even believe it, but he goes into the cathedral almost every night and locks the door on himself for an hour," Arina explained.

"He does that?" Sophia frowned a bit.

"Yes. I saw him a number of times, but he doesn't go there to pray. He's a beast, so I’m sure he goes there to do dirty things. Stay away from that devil," Arina said, and Sophia smiled, stroking her cheeks.

"I promise I'll be fine... Ok?"

"What if he locks you outside again?" Arina shook her head.

"He won't," Sophia replied, and Arina hugged her tight, making Sophia smile again before hugging her back.

"I wish Adrian was still here. He's kinder than Death," Arina said, and slowly, Sophia broke the hug, her eyes darkening.

"You know Adrian?"

Arina nodded. "He bought me a lot of candies before he left the compound," she said, and Sophia sighed with a smirk.

From the small window, Lady Seraphina was watching them with a large smile.

The ringing of her phone made her turn around, fishing out the phone from her apron.

She picked up the call as fast as possible.

"You took a long time before picking" the harsh female voice came.

"Believe me madam, I picked immediately you called" Seraphina replied, standing at attention as if she's here.

"How's my Ari doing?" The voice asked, calm this time.

"She's enjoying her holiday," Seraphina replied, still at attention.

"Cool. I sent a lot of stuff to her. It's still on the ship though. It should reach Russia in two days, so get the load from the port," the voice said.

"Sure, Madam," Seraphina bowed again.

"And how's Death doing?" She asked the question Seraphina had been expecting.

"As usual... Killing, sexing, and trying to take back his father's place in the clan," Seraphina replied.

"That's more like him . . . Goodbye, the voice said and hung up.

Seraphina stood straight, taking in a deep breath.

"That bitchy soldier," she muttered, straightening her face before going back into the kitchen.