33. Everything will get better

MEGAN'S POV

As I could, I took Alexandra to her room so she can at least rest for a while. I didn't like seeing my sister like this at all, but I also know better than anyone Alexandra won't be the same again if we don't rescue Hugo, and even then, I'm not sure she will be again. 

As soon as I finished putting her in bed, I closed the door, careful not to make too much noise and wake her up, and I went down to the living room where everyone was talking but they stop doing it the moment I enter the living room. "Your sister?" asked our mother. "Right now, I think she's sleeping. Could you go and see her for a moment, Diego?" I asked him directly, sitting down on the couch and placing my hands on my temple. I had no idea what to do "Sure, I'll be right back." 

With that, Diego went to see Alexandra and I sat on the sofa closing my eyes, because really at this moment I had no idea what to do with everything happening, let alone how to make Alexandra to not get sick now she's pregnant. 

"Now what are we going to do with Hugo thing?" Francesco asked and I could see the glint in Rose's eyes. "Have you seen him?" she asked hopefully and I nodded "Yes, Rose, we've seen him." I said in a whisper, in the end it's what had made Alexandra like this, but it wasn't something she needed to know "And how was he?" She asked. 

"I don't want to lie to you, but it really didn't look good. He told Alexandra to tell you he was sorry and he loves you. I know it sounds like he was saying goodbye, but we'll do whatever it takes to get him back." I assured and both mom and Rose exchanged a look and then focused on me again "And Alexandra?" Mom asked and I sighed "She's bad. She didn't take it well at all, but who would in her place? Better tell me what Alexandra meant when she told you to call a guy." I asked David directly, who was a few steps from where I was. 

"While I was working for the Russians…" he started, and if I didn't have too much shit on me right now, I would have beaten him to death for being such a hypocrite and berating Alexandra for being whose daughter she was "Ah, so now you worked for them. Wonderful, David." 

"It's not what you're thinking." He tried to defend himself, but at this moment I wasn't going to stop at that "I don't care why you did it, tell me what Alexandra was referring to." I insisted and he sighed "There are a lot of people in there who don't want to work for them just like I did at that time." He started, but I didn't want him to give me the reason why he had worked for them, but what Alexandra wanted to know "Straight to the point." 

"The man is helping me with the plan Alexandra is setting up, which I guess has gone to shit." I frowned, because I have no idea what he was talking about. "What plan are you talking about?" I asked confused for a moment "Alexandra was thinking of going into the lair where they had Hugo. The guy I'm talking about knows where he is, but with all this stuff about us meeting him next week, I highly doubt she's going to go in there." 

"And why the fuck wasn't I aware of this?" I asked getting up from the sofa, frustrated I didn't know about this "Because she didn't want you to know… in case something happened to her…" Francesco said in a whisper, and this couldn't be happening "Unbelievable, now my sister was planning a suicide mission, and you were helping her with it." 

"Megan, don't get angry, I was in on it too." our dad assured "Great, then also my father who was theoretically dead, was helping my sister's suicide mission. I congratulate you for being so stupid." I said ironically, because that's what they were, "Megan don't talk to them like that." Said mom "I'm sick of that mom, I better go to another place where I don't have to see their faces." 

"Megan don't be angry…" dad began, but I preferred not to continue listening, because it may be at this moment, I'm exaggerating everything, but it was a lot for one day. First, Alexandra faints, then I find out I'm going to be an aunt again and Alexandra leaves home without saying where. After an hour or so, she shows up at the house and drops the bombshell dad was alive and for me the one-time boyfriend was out with my dead dad, and then the whole Stefan thing, I really don't know how They want me to take it easy. 

After a while, I hear someone approach me, but I don't even bother turning around to see who it is, because I'm too angry right now to hold a small talk, as soon as I see it's mom, I calm down a little, and she ends up sitting next to me looking at the horizon as I was doing. 

"Megan, I know this is all complicated for you… but you should listen to their reasons." She said putting her hand on my arm "Why did they have to show up now? Didn't they think about the damage they would do if they came back?" 

"I've been thinking for almost two years my husband was dead, and from what I could understand, you've been thinking for seven years the guy you love was dead... I understand you... but he has his reasons." She assured, but I didn't care what they had to say, the only important thing was Alexandra gets her boyfriend back "I don't feel like hearing excuses, mom, seriously." 

"But they're not. Everything they did was to keep us safe." She assured, but it had been anything but to keep us safe "Well, they haven't succeeded!!!! Alexandra's now bad because her degenerate father has kidnapped her boyfriend and to top it off, he later shows him all beaten. That's not the worst, the worst thing is Hugo was saying goodbye to her, and I'm sure she won't stand it in case something happens to the man. I don't want to lose any more people I love, Mom." I said on the verge of tears "You won't lose anyone else, not even Alexandra. Both your father and David are working on a way to get Hugo out of there." 

"First of all, Alexandra won't let anyone plan anything, and second, it will have to be on Stefan's terms, and if I know anything about that psycho, it's he wants to fuck Alexandra over, the only way is by doing something to Hugo in front of her." I responded starting to pace back and forth "That guy is crazy." Mom whispered, and I nodded, because I did know that "Much more than crazy. All he wants to do is drive Alexandra crazy." 

"And what do you think your sister can do both your father and David can't?" she asked standing up "Alexandra can do whatever it takes. We know who we're up against and most importantly, we want to take down the guy who screwed up our lives." I assured her, "I can help you." Our mother said and I denied, because it's not something we'd get mom into, I'm more than sure of that. 

"It's not necessary mom, we know how to fix it ourselves." I assured her "Your sister shouldn't be stressed." She answered and I nodded, because I was more than clear about it, but I also know better than anyone she wasn't going to be left behind in this "Well, at this moment that's not possible. They have kidnapped her boyfriend, who they are torturing. I'd rather Alexandra focus on rescuing Hugo than go to a place isn't pretty for either of us." 

"Then do me a favour." She begged and I nodded "Which one?" I asked, "Try to get her to rest and nothing happens to her." She said and I agreed, because it was more than clear to me I was going to do it, I didn't need her to ask me "Don't worry about that, because I'm going to do it. Do you know where Alison is?" 

"Last we heard from her, she had gone to Alexandra's room and fell asleep there." She responded with a small smile causing one to appear on mine. Apparently, that was something it would never change "There is no remedy with her." I said denying "She adores her mother, David also loved to sleep with us when he was little." 

"I already said he was a boy too pampered." I said remembering the times we had seen each other when I was in there "I would say rather affectionate, but it might be he was pampered." She replied with a big smile on her face "He is, believe me. I better go get her something to eat for both of us." 

"Are we waiting for you for dinner?" she asked, and I denied because one, I don't want to see dad or David, and two, with Alison there it would be the only way for Alexandra to eat "No, I'll have dinner with them." I replied with a shrug, "I hope you're not doing it to avoid your father and David." 

"I'm doing it to distract Alexandra for a while and to eat while Alison is there." I assured her, even though it was only one of the reasons, "You know you can't avoid them for the rest of your life." She answered and I didn't say anything "I can by proxy, but I'll see what I do later. I love you mom." 

"I love you too." With that, I went to the kitchen to make enough food for the three of us, I grabbed a couple of bottles of water and cans of soda and just as I was thinking about how to carry things upstairs, Diego appears. "I hope for everyone's sake you don't eat all of that by yourself." He said and I could hear his smile in his voice, sometimes it could be irritating. 

"Ha, ha, you better help me carry this upstairs so the three of us can eat." I said with a small smile on my face "A private party? And I'm not invited? I find it very ugly of you huh." 

"Don't be stupid, it's for Alexandra to eat something and try to cheer her up." I said rolling my eyes "I'm more than good at it." He insisted and I turned in his direction, crossing my arms with a smile. "Has someone invited you?" I asked "I just invited myself. Also, I don't want to be in the middle of awkward silence with your father and your boyfriend." 

"We're nothing." I answered now seriously, because David and I were nothing "That's not what he says." He answered with a shrug, "What does he say?" I asked with some curiosity "What I just told you." He responded with a shrug, "What? I kill him… but at another time, we must focus on cheering Alexandra up." 

"I think it's great, and I don't want you to end up killing someone, because then we will have no choice but to jump in and cover you in case that happens." His smile appeared on his face again, and I couldn't help it from appearing on my own "I don't need anyone to help me, I know how to take care of a corpse myself." 

"Yes, I know that better than anyone, but that doesn't imply neither she nor I will help you." He assured "I understand about Alexandra, but why you?" If something was more than clear to me, it was Alexandra would do anything for me just like I would do for her, but I didn't understand why he included himself "I see you two as if you were my little sisters. Obviously, I'm not going to let anyone hurt my little sisters." 

"But you're a big stuffed bear." I said to him "I know, but no one should mess with what I value most in life, and that is my little sisters and my niece." He said with a big smile, "Even though you know very well we're worse than you can be?" 

"That doesn't mean I'm not overprotective of you." He assured and I laughed. We both knew we could become worse than anyone in this house. "Okay, whatever you want. Now let's go upstairs before people I don't want to see show up or Alexandra ends up going anywhere." 

"I ordered they can't let her out." He said seriously, but I denied with a smile, because if Alexandra wanted to, there would be nothing to stop her "I'm sorry to tell you, but if Alexandra wants to leave, she will. The bodyguards won't be able to do anything against her." I assured him with a laugh, "Just like you did in New York?" 

"Exactly the same." We laughed and took our things to go upstairs. Along the way I could see how David was trying to get to me, but between Diego by my side, covering me from him, and my father had stopped him, he couldn't get to me. 

As soon as we got to the room, we could see Alison playing with Alexandra's hand while she was passing through Alexandra's hair with her other hand. "Well, thank goodness you're awake, because it's time for dinner." Alison happened to look in our direction with a big smile on her face. "Yeah." 

It didn't take long for Alison to sit down, but Alexandra didn't move from her seat, so I put the food on the small table next to her and sat next to her, ending up taking her hand. "I'm not hungry, Megan." Ale answered and I nodded, because I supposed she would say that "I know." 

"Mommy, you have to eat because daddy doesn't like you don't do it." Alison said seriously "I'll eat later, don't worry." She assured her daughter "I won't eat alone, mommy." Said the little girl crossing her arms "There are your uncle and aunt." She said softly, "We won't eat if we don't all eat." I secured. 

Alexandra sighed and ended up sitting on the bed. At least she would eat something. We ate in silence for a while until Alison began to tell what she was doing at school. For a little girl, she was too smart, all taken from Alexandra of course. At some point when she was telling how she had fallen in the yard, she made Alexandra laugh, because yeah, the girl is too smart, but very clumsy, and I must say the fall was funny. 

After a couple of hours, Alison fell asleep on Alexandra's lap, who was running her fingers through Alison's hair and you could see she was thinking about something too much. 

"Ale, you'll see we'll rescue him." I assured taking her hand and giving it a little squeeze "I just hope they haven't killed him by then." She whispered and I denied "No, Stefan wants you to go. I understand he took him because he knows it's the only way for you to go after him." 

"We have to get him out of there as soon as possible." She said looking out the window "With all due respect Alexandra, but we should wait as long as he said." Diego said and we both denied it, it wasn't something we should do, not if we wanted him to not have more psychological impact than he already had "We won't do it, even hope I'm dead, they'll end up killing him, and I'm not going to allow that." 

"I'm with Alexandra. They are basically yelling for Alexandra, and they will end up beating him to death." I assured Diego and giving my sister's hand a squeeze when I noticed a shiver running through her from top to bottom "And what do you want to do?" Diego asked crossing his arms. 

"Get him out of there, obviously." We both huffed, "How?" the bodyguard insisted "Whatever." Ale assured "At least tell me you will prepare a plan." Not that I exactly had a plan, but I'm sure Ale had one. "You shouldn't even ask." She said rolling her eyes "And when? Because if you want to get him out before the time runs out, it should be now." 

"A shipment arrives tonight." Alexandra said and we both stared at her "And what does a shipment have to do with Hugo's rescue?" Diego asked confused "We can make a strategy from there. You are a genius, Alexandra." I said following her train of thought. 

"Can you tell me what the hell you're talking about?" Diego protested more than confused "We need the best bodyguards to go and unload the ship. They must investigate the terrain carefully." She said, "What for?" Diego asked again "So in case we don't have time to create a plan for a week from now." 

"So, you're not sure you can come up with a plan to get Hugo out of there sooner?" I asked surprised "Of course I am, but we have to take into account the least number of loss of lives, and why lie to us, is a fortress, is difficult to enter." 

"So was your house in Italy." Diego refuted and we both agreed "But we can't compare a house we knew inside out and that those who were defending it were useless, to a place we don't know at all and with prepared people." 

"We have to make them train more." Ale said "Alexandra, the boys train every day." Diego protested, but I agreed with that, if we wanted to get Hugo back sooner, we needed them to train more "It doesn't matter to me. The training they do is enough to defend the house and kill anyone who wants to enter. It's familiar ground to them, but in there it won't be, and I don't want a single mistake." 

"Ale is right. We will start the training tonight, and I will be the one to take care of it." I said, "Make no mistake Megan, it will be the two of us." Alexandra assured and I turned in her direction "Ale, you have to rest." I implored, even though I had a slight idea she wasn't going to accept "I don't have to rest at all, I'll take care of the training and there's no more to talk about it." 

"You're pregnant and as a doctor who treats you, you must rest." Diego protested and she again denied "I will rest as soon as Hugo is safe and sound at home. As long as he's not in this house I won't. And believe me, I've experienced much worse things while pregnant, so don't even think about getting in my way, Diego." 

"Okay, but I'll be by your side at all times for anything." He replied raising his hands in the air "I don't need a babysitter." Ale protested "You need it, because I know you, and I don't want you to end up fainting from exhaustion." 

"A week will be nothing for us Diego, so don't worry so much about us, we'll be fine." I said, snorting, "It doesn't hurt to make sure, and I won't change my mind about that." He replied "I don't care, as long as you let me work, everything will be fine. You better go tell everyone who isn't guarded, in an hour will be training." 

"Whatever you want." With that, Diego left the room leaving us alone with Alison sleeping on Alexandra's lap. I couldn't prevent a smile from appearing on my face, this girl was always attached to her mother when she slept, and with Hugo, sometimes she even came and snuggled between the two of them. I can't help but think what a beautiful family they will make when they have their child. 

"What do you have in mind to go in there?" I asked curiously "Kill everyone before they kill Hugo." She said with a shrug, and I'm sure she knew it wasn't the best of plans "That's suicidal and you know it, we can't afford to lose lives, at least not too many." 

"We can, this is war, Megan, people are lost in war." She answered, but this wasn't the usual Ale, that was more than clear to me. She would never let too many people die. "But I'm not going to let you send anyone to certain death." I rebutted; I didn't want her to blame herself later "So you expect me to sit here knowing my boyfriend is getting beat up occasionally? Because then I'll tell you in advance, I'm not going to stay to see that." 

"You don't know if they're giving him a beating every once in a while." I tried, but it was most likely "Do you really want me to believe that? I know how they are better than anyone, and Stefan wants to get to me. What better way than to torture Hugo so I show up? The best thing for everyone is I go after him by myself." 

"No way am I letting you go on a suicide mission. I'm not going to let Alison lose both of her parents all of a sudden." I said annoyed "She won't lose Hugo." She answered seriously "Not even you, that's for sure, and no, I'm not going to let you out for that." 

"You can't help it." She answered and I rolled my eyes, because yes, I would, that was more than clear to me "Oh sure I can. I'm not like those stupid bodyguards." I answered crossing my arms, "Do you intend to follow me all day?" she asked ironically "I'll be glued to you all day if necessary." 

"I hope you know I can take off whenever I want." My sister responded with a snort, "You're not going to, don't worry about it. I'll sedate you if necessary." I assured her "You wouldn't dare." She said "Try." 

At that moment, she looks the other way. I know she wants to do everything in her power to get Hugo back, and, deep down, and at this moment, nobody's lives matter more to her than Hugo's, but if I know anything about my sister, it's later she'll regret. I sat on the other side of her and put my arm around her shoulders. I can get the idea of how complicated this is for her, and at this moment she's a little angry with me, but I want her to know despite everything I will be by her side helping her. 

"Do you think as soon as we get there, they are going to kill him?" she asked in a whisper and I sighed, she knew the answer "I'd like to tell you no, they'll let him go, but we know what Stefan is like. And I'm not saying it to make you angry or anything, but I think, by going in there, we have less chance of Hugo getting out alive." 

"And by going when he says we have a better chance?" she asked, not sure why, I know deep down she knew the answer "Think about it, it's going to be divided into several rooms in there and I'm sure they'll have it in the farthest one, so, as soon as we enter, he will send someone to kill him. On the other hand, if we go to the port, we will have everything covered and we will always have him in sight." 

"I don't want him to be in there any longer." She whispered, looking at her hands, "I know, and neither do I, but if we want to make sure he has a chance to get out of there alive, it's by going to the port in a week." I assured and Ale took a deep breath "I think you're right." 

"I always am. But then we leave the plan to go get it from where they have him?" I asked, "If that brings me closer to getting the father of my children and boyfriend out without being killed, then I have no choice but to accept it." She responded by lying back on the bed and I smiled at the thought she was referring to her children, not just Alison. "So, do you finally believe what Diego told you?" 

"Not because of him, that's for sure." She said with a small smile "How then?" I asked confused. "That doesn't matter, Megan." She said rolling her eyes "Right, never mind. As long as you are clear you must take care of yourself, everything will be fine." 

"I know, but I have more important things to do than that." She said with a sigh, "Believe me it's not. I'm not saying take care of yourself anymore, okay? Do it for your child." I begged "Better why don't we talk about something else?" she asked, and I nodded, if she didn't want to talk about this right now, good by me "Okay. Tell me how you knew dad was alive and who David was." 

"Do you remember the day you ran into him at the store?" she asked looking at me "How not to." I said rolling my eyes, "Well, that day let's say I was stressed with everything, and I didn't want mom to find out she could have her son alive, so Hugo and I went out, to clear my head. We were walking towards the dock when I see him, and I didn't hesitate to follow him." 

"And what happened?" I asked and laughed, which makes her frown. "He said things he shouldn't, Hugo ends up pointing the gun at him for saying what he said and then I'm the one pointing it at him for saying the stupid thing he said." 

"Then there would have been no point in sending Hugo with you, because it might as well have killed him." I said, sighing and thanking whatever Hugo hadn't killed him. "That wouldn't have happened if it wasn't for the fact, he said I was in there fucking with all kinds of guys." 

I opened my eyes and my jaw practically hit the ground. What had he said that? That man couldn't be more stupid if he wanted to, that's for sure " What? He knew better than anyone we were kidnapped." I said confused and angry at the same time "He knew it, but he thought I was siding with stupid Stefan. Apparently in the Russian mafia they call me like Sergio does." 

"Maria?" I asked completely confused for a moment "Yes, and that's why he had no idea I'm Alexandra." She said with a shrug as if it were no big deal. "Now what are we going to do with them once we finish everything? Because everyone's going to wonder where the two of them came from, and alive." 

"Maybe we can say their lives were in danger and they were protected witnesses for the DEA." Alexandra answered. Apparently, it was something she had already thought about, always one step ahead. "The DEA was looking for dad, I don't think we can use that." I replied, but a similar idea playing in my mind "The DEA of Russia" 

"Wait... Are you talking to Nikolai?" She asked and I nodded "Yeah, he calls me every two days to see how you are." I said, evaluating her reaction, but the only thing her face does is light up as if she had found something of the utmost importance. "Call him and tell him to come home... and quickly." 

"Do you want to kill him?" I asked confused "No, but apparently, he's not like his degenerate brothers either, so I don't lose anything by meeting him. At least try." She said getting up gently from the bed so as not to wake Alison "And why do we need him for?" I asked, trying to understand what was going through her head. 

"We can say Francesco ran a mafia because it was the best way to help whatever he works to catch the Russian mafia." She answered and I nodded, because it's a good idea "And with David?" I asked. "We can say they kidnapped him as a child and years later, they rescued him and kept him hidden as a protected witness." 

"Sometimes I'm impressed by your sudden ideas." I said with a smile "Call him now, we have to train the bodyguards." She responded by quickly changing, "I'm going right now. Stay here, okay? I'm not late at all." 

I left the room to call Nikolai, who agreed to help us, and he wouldn't take long to get to the house. When I enter the room, I don't see Alexandra or Alison anywhere, so I start looking for them around the room, but when I don't find them, I go to Alison's room where I see her lying down hugging the stuffed animal Hugo had given her. At least she had found one of them. 

I decide to keep looking for Alexandra. Not surprisingly, I find her in the living room surrounded by my father, David, Fabio and a few bodyguards, who have just left with Fabio. "Where are they going?" I asked confused once more in the span of an hour "Did Nikolai answer you?" she asked ignoring my question "Yes, he won't take long to get home. Can you answer my question now?" 

"To unload the ship that will arrive in an hour." Alexandra answered and I nodded "Perfect, but we need recordings too, so we don't miss anything." I said "Don't worry, that's what Luke went with them for. He will oversee installing cameras and having direct transmission from the port." she assures with a smile on my face "You are a genius, Alexandra." 

"That was Luke's idea, but I'll tell him. Now everyone to the garden, training time. Diego, I need you to call all the bodyguards who aren't watching or in the port." Ale said, "That's done." Diego replied with a small smile, "Why do we always have to do what you say?" David protested and Dad quickly rolls his eyes, as if this was something they'd discussed before, "David, don't start." 

"Leave it, I want to hear what he has to say. Why don't you tell me your reasons for not having to follow what I say?" Alexandra said ironically "Well, because you always tell everyone what they have to do. You are a conceited and big ego brat. You think the whole world is at your feet when it isn't." He answered this and my anger with him returned faster than light travelled "What did you just say to my sister?" I asked angrily "The truth, Megan." He responded stubbornly "I just…" I said, starting to walk in his direction, but it didn't take long for me to feel a hand on my arm "Megan, it's not worth it. But do you really think it's me?" Ale asked. 

"Of course, I do. I wouldn't be telling you otherwise. You think you own everything and everyone." David said rolling his eyes "Well, let me tell you something. First of all, I don't think I own everything or everyone. Everyone who's in this house, is because they want to, they can leave whenever they want. Second, if both me and my sister are the ones in charge, it will be because we have the power to do so, after all, we are the ones who put up the money and the owners of this house" Ale replied, containing her anger. Sometimes I couldn't understand how she controlled it so well for some things and poorly for others. 

"You are using everyone's fear of you to take advantage of everyone." The stupid man responded, causing both me and Ale close our hands ready to punch him "Oh, do you really think I'm the scary one? Do you really think I would surround myself with good people or what? Any of the people who work for us are up there, stupid." I see how the control of Ale anger was beginning to escape, and I'm sure she would soon end up giving him a good punch if he didn't shut up. 

"What are you taking about?" he asked confused "Our bodyguards are the best mercenaries and ex-navy you can find. I have my own army. And I'm sorry you have to hear this mom, but it's the truth and you deserve to know the truth." She said looking in her direction and she shook her head with a small smile on her face "Don't worry about me." 

"To be the best, well they let your boyfriend be kidnapped or whatever." At that moment, I can see the fury in Alexandra's eyes, it doesn't take long for her to get a razor and throw it at him, grazing his ear and causing him to end up reaching for it. "You say something about what happened with MY boyfriend again, and the next time it will hurt much more. Understood?" She muttered, "You don't rule me." The stubborn man said. 

"You're in my house, so yes, I command you." Ale replied "David, that's fine. Leave your sister alone." Mom said, coming to our side. "Now are you going to defend her? Really mom?" he asked in disbelief "She's my daughter too, and you're going being a brat with what you're saying. We didn't raise you like that." 

"It will be because half my life is spent in the Russian mafia. Maybe that has something to do with it. But of course, you wouldn't understand it no matter how hard you tried." Both Alexandra and I turned to see our mother, who had tears in her eyes, but was holding them back. It doesn't take long for Francesco to get him out of the house to the garden and we're going to hug my mother so she doesn't cry because of what her stupid son said. 

"Don't pay attention to him... he's just angry." Ale said softly "He's right..." she started, but we both denied "Mama, he doesn't have it and he'll end up realizing what he just said." I responded "Megan's right mom, because if that were the case, I assure you we would be much worse than he is at this moment. He just hates me, that's all." 

"He doesn't hate you. It's impossible to hate you." Replied mom putting a hand on Ale cheek "It's not, especially if we consider he thinks I belong to the Russian mafia. But you will see how soon he will calm down and come to ask for your forgiveness. 

"I hope so." She whispered "Don't worry, I'll take care of that if necessary." We both answered, which brought a smile to her face, "Thank you girls." She said, "We love you mom." We both said again, each giving her a kiss on the cheek "I know, now go do what you have to do." 

We gave her one more kiss on the cheek and then went to the garden where everyone was waiting for us. There was even our father and David. 

"Well. You all know what's going on, at least part of it. We need you to train, much harder, against us because in a week we have an important mission to do." I said trying to look at everyone "And what is it?" asked one of them and a big smile appeared on my face "Save my brother-in-law. So, everyone gets to work right now, because this is the most important thing you could do in your life." 

They all nodded and started sparring with each other. This very moment reminded me of the moment in which we hired and trained them for a possible attack by Stefan and Dimitri, but this time it would be us who would go to the war from which we will not be able to ensure that they all come out alive, and they know that. 

Alexandra was looking at them while she was lost in her thoughts, which I know have to do with the image of Hugo. I put my arm around her hip and she ends up resting her head on my shoulder. "Don't worry... We'll get him out of there... Everything will get better." I assured "I hope so." She answered, and I didn't say anything else, because I would take care of it personally if necessary.