A STOLEN NAME

CHAPTER 49

*CLINIC*

The nurses froze immediately Dimitri stepped into the clinic grounds.

None of them could move or breath as he walked past the hallway, his aura blinding.

The cross necklace was back around his neck, refilled with new potent poison, and it was dangling as he made his way to Mila's ward, pushing the door open.

He turned on the AC since it's off, then he stepped in.

Mila's eyes opened on the bed, and she quickly sat up when she saw him.

"Master!"

"Relax," he replied coldly, standing beside her bed.

"The Pakhan will kill Leo if he finds out she's a woman. Isn't it better to wipe off her memories and send her away now?" she said.

"Taking orders from people is what I'll never try out. It's disgusting coming from a girl I saved," he replied.

"I'm not ordering you, I swear, I'm just . . .

"I'm not here to babble. Whatever you saw should remain in your underbelly. Spit it out, and I'll kill you then drop your body on the roadside I picked you from. I came here with the intention of killing you, but I'm changing my mind, because I want to," he said point-blank before starting to exit the ward.

He only took five steps before Mila said the abominable . . .

"I love you, Dimitri Kozlov!" She shouted, and he stopped.

"I hate that you give her special treatment, and do you know how madly I've been waiting for you to call me to the manor to f**k? I want you, and you know it, but you're obsessed with pretending not to . . .

That was the last thing she said before Dimitri stormed out of the ward.

She thought it was over, but he came back five minutes later, raging like harmattan fire with two bottles in his right hand.

His eyes were glossing with rage as he opened the first bottle and forced her mouth open.

Mila was gurgling as he poured the liquid in her mouth.

That instant, her tongue gummed to the base of her mouth, so she became mute automatically, unable to talk.

Dimitri opened the second bottle and poured the contents into her two hands.

Her hands began shaking like an old granny's, unable to hold anything.

She tried talking, but only saliva came out of her mouth. She couldn't.

"Good. Now you're silent. Welcome to my former damn world," Dimitri said with zero empathy, then threw the two empty bottles into the trash before exiting the ward.

After he left, Maksim came peeping into the ward, watching Mila struggling to talk.

"He muted her? Why?" he wondered curiously.

Dimitri met Roman and Paval outside the clinic immediately he stepped out, and he rolled eyes habitually, waiting for the trash he's gonna spew.

"What did you go inside my clinic to do again? Break cameras? Destroy doors?" Roman questioned.

"I plan to break your head next, that's more entertaining. Go play with p*****s, I'm not in the mood for you," Dimitri hit back and resumed walking.

"Tomorrow's mission. You better prepare well. I won't go easy on you," Roman said.

"I love it hard and rough," Dimitri replied without looking back, disappearing down the block.

"Why will the Pakhan involve two teams in the mission anyway?" Paval asked.

"Father didn't involve him, they don't talk anymore. That bastard just loves pissing me off," Roman replied, and then Sin and Katya appeared.

"You both finally decided to come out of your cocoon," Roman said.

"Aren't we a team for tomorrow's mission? Since it's now Kozlov against Volkovs," Sin replied casually, and Roman smiled.

"Nah. It's Dimitri against Volkovs. Natalia is too weak to fight anyway," he said.

"Natalia is not weak," Paval replied, and Roman faced him.

"You said?" He glared.

"Nothing," Paval replied, and Roman scoffed.

*TRAINING GROUND*

The sound of Lev and Sophia throwing punches at each other impregnated the place as they combated relentlessly.

They're both sweating, their foot shifting from one angle to another.

Obviously, they're at the same level already, which even surprised Lev himself.

"You're good, man!" he breathed out

"That's because you didn't really take training seriously. You specifically trained to be a racer, didn't you?" Vera replied, pushing Lev down.

She took his place, and Sophia began throwing punches at her again till they exhausted each other.

Their energies kept fluctuating. Sometimes Vera got the upper hand, and MOST of the time, Sophia got it.

"Adrian . . . was he kind when he was here?" She suddenly asked, and Vera stopped punching.

"Not sure. He didn't really communicate with us since he was always on a mission. He only talked to Death or Katya. Katya had a crush on him, but he only saw her as a friend," Lev replied from the ground.

"He was close to Lady Seraphina and Arina too . . .and he was mad close to The Pakhan," Vera added.

"Really?" Sophia faced her.

"Yeah. All the missions Adrian went on, he got the orders from The Pakhan, and I heard The Pakhan kept the documents of all his past missions in his office," Vera nodded.

Sophia shadowed her eyes.

So, this is what Dimitri meant when he told her to ask questions from Lev and Vera.

Now she's getting the info she needs.

She needs to find a way to sneak into The Pakhan's office and find the mission documents.

That way, she'd know if her parents' assassination order came from this clan.

But first, she has to focus on tomorrow's mission.