Instead, he stood by my side as I sat on the leather lounge. She left without a word and Igor smirked. Igor showed us inside without a word and told his apparently voiceless wife, Vera, to bring in some coffee. What I got was a tall, slim man with greying blond hair, a sharp nose, cold dark eyes, and a constant expression of distaste.

I imagined a short, rotund man with a bulging belly, dark hair, and maybe a beard. Igor Alkaev answered the door, and I had to admit he didn’t look at all as I pictured him. “And that’s why I’m coming with you,” I stated.Īlthough Lev didn’t like it, he conceded, and we made a quick stop to Nastasia’s where Lev called Sasha, and then we were on our way to the Alkaev residence. “And if it were me, would you let me go alone?” He turned in my arms and looked down at me. I came up behind him and placed my hands on his hips, leaning in to press my body to his, kissing the center of his spine. I was worried that Lev might kill the asshole. You can go a little cuckoo,” I uttered quietly. I didn’t want to be the voice of reason, but if I didn’t take that role, who would? “Sweetie, you know how you get when you’re angry. “I’m coming with you,” I told him, and I was not asking. He squeezed his eyes shut and muttered a cold, “No. I tried not to take his anger personally. When are they going to leave me the fuck alone already?” Lev barked out, “I don’t fucking know, Mina. His eyes closed and he rumbled out, “Igor Alkaev wants custody of Lidiya.” He let out a long breath. I took another careful step forward, placing a hand on his back. He breathed so hard that his chest heaved. It was then that I noticed a piece of paper scrunched in his fisted palm. I found my him hunched over the kitchen table in his sweats and tank, looking about ready to break the table in half. My heart pounded and I rushed over to him. It happened three days later when I had just walked into the house to hear Lev let out an animalistic roar from the kitchen. They say all good things must come to an end, and I was afraid our good thing was close to breaching the safety barrier.

Lev by Belle Aurora