Bride Of Hades

Aurora felt sad, was she ever going to see Dimitri again? Will she see her baby Enzo grow up to be a good man? As thought kept flitting through her brain, she started getting more and more agitated. She knew she had to get out of there, but how. 

So she stood up again and tried jiggling the door to see if it was loose, then she tried screaming until she lost her voice. If she was scared, now she was petrified. Nobody was coming, and they would let her rot in here, she will not see her family ever again. 

After crying for a while, she fell into a deep slumber and was awakened by people talking beside her.

"Boss should I wake her up?" the first voice asked.

"There's no need. We're not in a hurry. We'll wait," the one called the boss answered. 

"But boss…," insisted the first voice.

"Shhh…. She's coming to," the boss said when he saw Aurora stir and tried opening her eyes.

Her vision was blurred for a second before it focused on a very familiar face in front of her. She gasped.

"Here, drink some water," the first voice said as he placed a glass near her lips. She was so thirsty that she just gulped the water down, not even wondering if they might have drugged her again.

"Aurora, it's a pleasure seeing you again," the boss said. 

"Nicholas! What are you doing here? What am I doing here?" she asked, trying to make sense of what was happening.

"Didn't I say we would see each other again? And I keep my promises," he chuckled.

"As to what I am doing here? I had them bring you here. I really wanted to speak to you at the party, but your husband rudely took you away," he smirked.

"You kidnapped me just so you could talk to me? Are you insane?" she rebuked. She knew that he was a rival of her husband when it came to business, but why kidnap her?

"I'm not insane, but I still do want to talk to you," he said cockily.

"I will answer all your questions, please, just return me to my family," she pleaded.

"Ohh… that's good. You're being cooperative. But I did not get you here just to let you go so soon. We need to wait. I still need to do something," he smirked that evil smirk again.

"Dimitri will kill you if you don't let me go," she tried to threaten him since being rational did not help her one bit.

"Look at you all confident. I misjudged you. I thought you were a soft, fragile woman, I never expected you to threaten me," he was amused, he was waiting for her to beg, plead, cry and use her womanly charms on him, but she did neither of those. No wonder Dimitri was attracted to her.

She was shaking in her boots right now, but she was not going to show him, she needed to put up this front to intimidate him. The kids at the orphanage used this technique on her before, they would scare her more when she appeared to be scared, so she knew how to fight back. 

At the back of her mind, she was praying to all the gods that Dimitri would find her before her resolve crumbles. 

"Don't worry. I won't do anything to you, I just wanted to know you better," Nicholas interrupted her thoughts. He had kidnapped Aurora to show Dimitri that he had the upper hand and now he had control. 

Kidnapping Aurora had not been that easy. She had too many men tailing her all the time. They had to plan the abduction for a long time, avoiding getting seen or caught by Dimitri's men. But in the end, they triumphed. Nicholas was laughing out loud when his men called him to say that they had her.

"Give me your questions, so I can answer them already," she said impatiently.

"I was wondering who do you think your husband loves more. You or his power?" he stared at her for a few seconds before he continued, "I have this deal I really wanted to get, but Dimitri keeps on getting in the way. He just can't let me have it. Do you think he would change his mind now that I have you?" his questions laden with a lot of meaning.

Dimitri had been a thorn in the Russo family's side ever since they tried to come back, they could not defeat him no matter what tactic they used. But now that this opportunity presented itself, Nicholas knows that he might just be able to win.

"Look at you trying to use a woman to win, you are nothing but a coward and a cheat. No wonder you can never win with my husband, he would never even think of using someone like me to gain his advantage," she said proudly.

Nicholas laughed like a madman, "Look who's talking. The blood on Dimitri's hands can never be washed in this lifetime. The number of sins he had committed is countless.

You think your husband is a saint? He is a devil in disguise. I'm surprised you haven't seen his true self. His name brings terror in the underworld." 

"What are you talking about?" she yelled at him, defending her husband, "Dimitri is an honest man."

"Come on, don't tell me you don't know…," he frowned when he saw she was serious about her defense.

Nicholas laughed out loud again, "Hahaha! Dimitri had you fooled." She frowned. 

"Don't tell me you don't really know his identity?" he asked.

"What in hell are you talking about? He is a businessman, an Aristocratic heir who owns multiple businesses," she said in an irritated voice.

"I'm talking about his other identity," he volunteered.

"Stop playing with your words. What other identity are you talking about?" she snapped.

"Tsk! Tsk! Tsk! Aurora, Aurora, Aurora… I hate to break this to you, but your husband is the leader of the most notorious underground Mafia in this country," he looked at her pityingly.

Aurora was stunned. Her perfect gentleman of a husband could not be the monster this man was talking about. "He could never be the leader of those criminals who never hesitated to kill or use violence in everything they dealt with. Or could he?" she wondered.

She shook her head, "No, that was not possible. He was the kindest, nicest and sweetest person she had ever met in her life. He took care of her and Enzo all the time," she was trying to convince herself. 

What she did not know was that Dimitri's softer side only came out when he was with her, and his sweetness was exclusively for her and her alone. 

She looked back at her interactions with Dimitri, and she could not see any fault in him. He was strict with Enzo, but that was because he was the future heir, but she could not bear to think that he was a violent person. He loved her very deeply, and she knew he was ready to do anything for her.