Alyona

My brows creased in confusion as my gaze darted around the unfamiliar room. My head was hammering hard but that was the least of my worries at the moment. I closed my eyes trying to recall how I got here. Did I get kidnapped? No! I shook my head which I immediately regretted because the headache increased. The green-eyed man. What was I doing on this bed? I lifted the duvet that was over my body I was still fully clothed, I sighed and then sat up on the bed when a knock came on the door.

"Come in," I mumbled. I couldn't wait to ask the green-eyed man where this place was and why I was here.

The door screeched open and a woman walked in with a tray in her hands. I felt a tinge of disappointment seeing that it wasn't the man but regardless there was hope since I could talk to the woman.

"Good morning ma'am, I hope you had a good sleep," she mumbled before placing the tray on the table which was beside the bed.

"Good morning Ma'am. Please where is this? Where is the man that brought me here?" I asked staring at the woman intently.

"You mean young master? He left early this morning but he asked me to make you breakfast. If there is anything you'll need ma'am please let me know and I'll be sure to attend to your needs." she said to me with a smile on her face.

"Thanks but I'm not interested. I have to leave now," I uttered and sprang up to my feet.

"Ma'am, please...." I didn't get to hear the rest of her words because I sauntered out of the room and shut the door. I kept wandering around before I was able to get to the main door, the house was a big one. Once I reached outside the premises of the house I halted looking around. The area didn't look a bit familiar, I figured out that I was lost and even worse I didn't have a penny with me. How then was I going to reach home?

I saw three cars in sight and sighed in relief when the first one pulled over in front of me and so did the rest after each other. I could tell who the cars belonged to even without being told. One of the doors of the second car pulled open and my Dad stepped out and then my Uncle.

"Alyona," My dad wrapped his arms around me when he got to where I was.

"Dad," I smiled hugging him back and then I hugged my Uncle next after I broke the hug with my dad.

"How did you all manage to find me?" I asked my voice coming out in stutters.

I averted my gaze from my dad to his guards who were now out of the car and surrounded us. They had the same stoic expression they usually had on their faces.

"We should get going now, everyone is worried about you." my Dad said in a stringent tone and I realised that he was mad at me. Well, why wouldn't he be after what I had done? I snuck out of the house without my phone and didn't return to the mansion last night.

My gaze was downturned I didn't want to see the disappointment in his eyes, it made guilt wash through every one of my veins.

"Dad, I'm so..." I started to say but his voice interrupted me.

"Save that for later, now get into the car," he stated firmly not sparing me a glance.

"Vladiv, you should take it easy with Alyona. You don't know her reasons," Uncle Vladimir spoke up.

My dad gaped at his brother with furrowed brows. "Don't interfere," he muttered before walking to the car and then he got in.

"Uncle, I'm sorry I got you all worried," I mumbled remorsefully.

"I know Alyona, I'm sure you feel sad about your dad's reaction but he going to come around. He is just really upset, he was worried about you and your mom as well. He has been in search of you since yesterday." Uncle Vladimir sighed patting me on the shoulder. We both ambled to the car afterwards.

"Are you ok Alyona?" My dad asked peering at me.

I nodded, "I'm fine, Dad. How did you and Uncle find me?"

"Is that all you are worried about?"

I shook my head," of course not."

"Well to satisfy your curiosity. We found you using your earrings." my dad said pointing at my ear and I touched my earrings.

Earrings? I arched my brows. How does that even make sense? Well, except there is a tracker in them.

"There's a tracker in my earrings?" it wasn't a question. I wanted my dad to affirm it. He had gifted me these diamond earrings two years ago on my twentieth birthday.

He bobbed his head, "Yes. Thanks to it we were able to find you."

"Dad, I'm not a kid you don't have to track me around."

Getting to know about the tracker made me feel like he didn't trust me so he felt he had to monitor me and it did hurt me.

"Seriously, you are furious. Do you know what trouble this tracker you are so upset about has saved us from? Do you know how worried your mom has been? Your brothers? Your cousins, aunts, uncles have been? The whole family have been worried about you, and all you care about is your whereabouts being monitored. I'm disappointed Alyona. I thought something bad had happened to you, I was upset with myself. I'm an ex.."

"You are an ex-mafia don, isn't that what you were going to say?" I huffed cutting him off. It wasn't my fault that he was a leader of a mafia gang why then did I have to be at the receiving end paying for his choices? I couldn't live a normal life no member of my family could even though my dad no longer belonged to the mafia, his past life was his shadow. I had to go out with the guards he ordered to follow me around like I was a kid, they never let me out of their sight like they were my babysitters. It took me a lot of brains to escape them yesterday and for the first time in ages, I was able to go out all by myself.

"Alyona, take it easy.." Uncle Vladimir's concerned voice came.

I turned to face him, "I wish I could uncle but I have to pour out my heart."

"I didn't force you to be a Don dad..."

"Alyona," my Dad cautioned making me flinched.

I smiled chewing on my lower lips," What Dad? The truth hurts, doesn't it? Maybe Mom can't tell you but I will. Stop making us sacrificial lambs for the path of life that you chose."

I opened the car's door and stormed out since we had gotten to the mansion.

"Alyona," I was met with an earful of joyful screams when I opened the door and walked into the living room.

Everyone was present except my brother Adonis and my grandma. Adonis was overseas and I could only think that they didn't inform my grandma that I hadn't returned home because she was going to be so worried.

Uncle Damon and his wife Aunt Tati, Maya and Mason their kids, Aunt Lexi and Uncle David her husband, Aunt Leila Uncle Vladimir's wife, and their daughter Sofia, my mom, Rio my younger brother were all present and it was from one hug to another just like I expected. I knew what this meant there was going to be one huge family meeting it was a good thing that today was Saturday and I didn't have to go to college.

"I'm fine Mom," I managed to plaster a smile on my face as my mom cupped my cheeks. I had told her I was fine for the umpteenth time but the expression on her face made me feel she didn't believe me.

"Did you into a fight with your dad?" she asked.

"Mom, I need to go in," I muttered but she held my hand just then the door screeched open and my dad walked in with Uncle Vladimir behind him.

"Honey is everything ok?" my Mom asked hugging my dad.

"I think Alyona is in a better position to answer that since she is so mad at me and I don't even get why. I'm supposed to be upset here," he mumbled gazing at me after they broke their hug but I looked away.

"I need to go freshen up," I sighed and veered to walk away but my mom's words made me halt.

"You don't walk out on your family lady."

I heaved a breath before turning to face them.

"Mom, please can we not do this now?"

"We have to," she said calmly.

"So tell us why are upset? Does this have to do with why you didn't return home yesterday?" she threw questions at me one after another.

"Remember the gift I got from your darling husband on my twentieth birthday. They had trackers in them." I let out.

My mom fixed her eyes on my dad and he sighed, "It's not the way she puts it, Baby. I've never tracked Alyona's movement using it except for today."

"Honey, I think this is all a misunderstanding we should sit and talk about this," my mom sighed taking steps toward me.

"Right," I cackled before I continued to talk.

"I knew you were going to take his side, I'll just go in there and take my belongings and go to grandma's. I can't live here anymore. I'm fucking tired of this!"

"Mind your language, Alyona. I won't accept this," my mom scolded raising her voice.

A sigh left her lips as she held my hand, "I didn't mean to yell. I'm sorry, Alyona. I'm not saying you don't have a right to feel the way you feel but what I'm saying is that we can talk about this and sort things out."

"My mind still hasn't changed Mom."

Her brows puckered as her eyes scrutinised my face.

"What is wrong with you?" her voice came heavy with concern.

"Aunt, she caught Greg cheating." Sofia blurted out.

Not now! I facepalmed as everyone's stares were now directed at me. What had she gotten me into? I lifted my head and we locked gazes with Sofia who gave me an apologetic look but that wasn't going to help.