A STOLEN NAME

CHAPTER 42

"Where the f**k do you think you're going, Leo?"

Sophia's insides melted like lead in a furnace, and she could feel the hot liquid streaming through her insides immediately after she heard those words.

Her throat dried up, and she instantly felt like throwing her blood up.

Dimitri let go of her leg and lifted an arm to the sofa, supporting himself with it before standing to his tall feet.

She was still in a daze when he grabbed her by the hair and dragged her roughly out of the workroom.

"Master!" She gasped fearfully, his countenance scaring her so much as he took her down the thin corridor into his bedroom.

He kicked the bathroom door open and dragged her inside too, taking her to the bathtub where he hit the back of her knees.

Her knees lowered, hitting the ground hard, then Dimitri shoved her face into the water.

She began struggling, her bones hardening as the water penetrated into her nose and ears, blocking all her senses completely.

Dimitri's inhumane face remained closed and emotionless as he did the shove, not making any attempt to release her at all.

Sophia's body stiffened just like his body did earlier, and bubbles appeared on the water surface as she began gulping it uncontrollably.

Dimitri even shoved it harder, and her skin began reddening.

Yet, the demons in him kept screaming in his head for him to do more.

He was at the verge of drowning her completely when the programmed red light in the bathroom came on, distracting him.

He let go of her head, and immediately Sophia's head came back up, heavy coughs escaped her throat, and she began vomiting water, even from her ears and nose.

She shifted back on her butt, away from him before looking up to meet his lifeless eyes.

"I'm... I'm sorry," her voice barely came out as she spoke with shaky lips.

Dimitri squatted in front of her, and she shifted back again till her back met with the chilled wall.

She froze; her eyes set on his own.

"I knew this would happen, but the crazy thing is that I wasn't expecting it this early," he said, his voice spiraling.

"I lost my necklace in Alaska, and I was so sure it was during the fight. I contacted the CEO to send me the footage of the hallway, and through it, I saw you taking it. I've been expecting you to give it back, or maybe you'd try to murder me with it. Disappointedly, you chose the second one, and I knew the poison was in the water by merely smelling it. I chose to drink it because, just like medicines have their expiration date, my poison has one too. It expired two days ago, meaning the components are now too weak to kill, it can only harm," he tilted his head as he spoke.

"I'm sorry... Katya deceived me, and I didn't think. I.... I'm sorry," Sophia pleaded again and tried to hold his arm . . .

"You touch me, I'll kill you," his conc voice made her hand drop.

"Master...

"I thought you'd have learned a lot about how this world works after spending two months here, but I was wrong. I am Dimitri Kozlov, I am not a Volkov. Katya, Sin, and Roman are the motherfucking Volkovs. Natalia and I belong to Elena, and our father is dead!" Dimitri yelled.

"I didn't know... No one told me," she shook her head.

"Did you ask questions? You have Vera and Lev. If you asked, then they'd have told you Adrian was the closest to me. He was my bodyguard before he betrayed the clan and escaped!" He spat again.

"I'm sorry. I didn't think it through," she sniffled.

She had promised never to let out tears in front of him.

Dimitri stood from his squatting position, spitting out blood.

Sophia scrambled to her feet too, spitting out water.

"Get out," Dimitri said.

"Master I'm sorry. I ...

"Get. Out." He said firmly, his tone was chillier.

She quickly ran out of the room, not stopping to look back for once till she was eventually out of the manor.

She went down the mountain, finally letting out the tears.

They were falling hotly as she ran through the silent dark forest.

Will he ever forgive her now?

She wiped the tears before she got back to the compound though, and she headed straight for Katya's suite.

She barged in, and Katya stood from the couch like she had been waiting for her return.

"The look in your eyes tells me you did something stupid. How was it? Did you really think Dimitri was Adrian?" she asked mockingly.

Sophia didn't halt till she got to her and threw a full-fisted punch at her face.

Katya staggered back in utter shock, then made to punch her back, but her shot arm hurt like hell, so the punch was weak.

Sophia felt nothing because she returned it to her face immediately, and Katya's lips busted.

"Bloody hell," Katya muttered when she saw the blood.

She picked her arrow and bow from the stool, but before she could set the two, Sophia snatched them from her and broke the bow, throwing it away before slapping her, hard.

Katya's nose bled this time.

"Son of a slut!!!" She yelled, coming fully loaded for her.

She grabbed Sophia by the shoulder and began pushing her to the wall, but Sophia changed the game before they got there.

She turned Katya to the wall instead, slamming her back on the surface before slapping her for the second time.

"Arhhh!!" Katya cried, and Sophia scoffed.

If Katya could report her to the house of Volkovs, if any of the guards should see this scene, she'd be killed gruesomely by The Pakhan, but she doesn't even care.

She's too filled with rage to care!

"Don't ever drag me into your family complications again, you hear me? Never! You think it's funny to play with my feelings? I hate it when my feelings gets toyed with, you bratty b***h!" she yelled, slapping Katya for the third time.

Sin came in at that same moment, and his eyes widened when he saw what's going on.

He rushed to the scene, taking Sophia away from Katya before punching her in the mouth.

Sophia felt nothing from the punch too. It's like her anger-built immunity against punch or something.

She returned the punch two times, and Sin's lips busted too, then she grabbed him by the collar, throwing him off.

Sin flew across the couch and crashed on the wall behind it, going down with a loud groan.

Katya's awed eyes didn't leave Sophia throughout, wondering how he got this strong.

Her punches are poisonous, and her energy is too high.

"You're dead!" Sin stood suddenly.

His head was bleeding as he retrieved his gun, but Sophia brought out her own too. They aimed for each other at once.

"No!" Katya quickly came between them.

"No, no, no . . ..stop it," she said like a plea, but none was ready to back off.

"No one will pull the trigger in my house, so stop it!" Katya shouted in another attempt to stop them.

Sin's hand went down first, then Sophia followed suit, breathing heavily.

"You can hate my master all you want, but I repeat . . . Don't ever mess with me again. Don't ever!" She threatened, pushing Sin out of the way before storming out of the suite.

Sin released a heavy stressed breath, and Katya did the same as they faced each other.

"What did you do to him?" Sin asked, going closer to her.

"He had a beef with Adrian, and he was so determined to kill him. He accidentally saw him in my necklace, and she inquired. I told her it was Dimitri, that he underwent facial reconstructive surgery," she explained.

"You shouldn't have," Sin said.

"I didn't want to, but he pissed me off by shooting us! Can't you see he doesn't trust us? I've always seen him as my brother! I'll choose him over Roman any f*****g day, but he dislikes us, and it's only getting worse!" she complained.

Sin's mind went to the Alaska incident when he wiped the laptop for Roman . . .

"He has every right to not trust us," he muttered, and Katya looked up.

"What next now?" She asked slowly, her arms falling at her sides.

"You should forget about Adrian, because it's obvious he won't live, now that Dimitri and Leo are after him," he said, pulling her into a hug.

Katya hugged him back, resting her head on his shoulder.

"I wish father would show us our mother at least," she said.

"One day," Sin replied, stroking her hair.