Is this destiny?

June 9

6:33 AM

Sarah smiled as she woke up to a rain of Aiden's kisses. She barely slept a few hours, but those few hours were the best sleep she had in days.

"Happy anniversary, love…", Aiden murmured between kisses.

Without opening her eyes, she wrapped her arms around Aiden's neck and hummed in satisfaction. There is nothing better than his kisses.

"I'm sorry that this happened.", Aiden said after some time. "We were supposed to celebrate your birthday with kids two days ago, and on the next morning the two of us would take off and spend a week celebrating our anniversary and your birthday… just the two of us. I had plans, and this was not included."

Sarah looked at him with a smile that reached her eyes. "Having you by my side is the best celebration ever. It does not matter where we are."

Aiden observed Sarah's expression and his smile matched hers. "Thank you. The fact that you are greeting me with a smile every morning, means the world to me."

The words 'every morning' pierced Sarah's heart because for the last nine mornings she didn't wake up with smiles and kisses. For the last nine days, they didn't see each other at all. Sarah clung onto the hope that he is alive and that they will not hurt him, but not knowing where he is or if he is suffering was tormenting.

She hid her face in his chest and exhaled a shaky breath.

"You have no idea how much I missed you…", Sarah whispered.

"I'm here now…", Aiden murmured while lifting her head up so that he can see her. "I promise that I will never leave your side. If there is another attack and I need to investigate, you are coming with me."

Sarah hummed in approval and melted in his embrace.

The skin-to-skin contact was intoxicating, and Aiden couldn't prevent his hands from roaming over Sarah's body. And even though last night they made love several times and they didn't sleep much, both of them were fired up and ready for another round. And they went for it.

7:21 AM

Aiden hummed happily when he returned to his room with a tray full of breakfast items.

Sarah giggled and propped herself to sit on the bed. "I can't believe that in this place you can bring me breakfast in bed."

Aiden smiled smugly. "I told you more than once that I will not let you starve. I will always feed you."

He didn't want to mention that she lost weight. It would spoil the mood, and he will fix that, soon.

"They thought you are bringing this for Svetlana…" Sarah said before putting a forkful of scrambled eggs in her mouth.

Aiden glanced at the armoire while remembering knowing looks he got in the kitchen from a few guys which confirmed that someone was listening last night. Ah, what would they do if they knew that their Svetlana was stuck in a closet for the night while he enjoyed with his wife?

"Svetlana was useful. How should we deal with her?"

Sarah shrugged, indicating that she is not sure. "So many options. But let's eat and shower. The attack will commence soon, and I don't want them to find us in the bed. I got you a change of clothes. I don't want you wearing this what they gave you..."

Aiden likes that Sarah brought him clothes. The ones he is wearing are rough and are making him itchy. Don't they know that he is picky about the materials he puts on his skin? Sarah knows. His wife. She is the best.

…

While Sarah and Aiden enjoyed their breakfast in bed, in the mobile camp not far away from them…

The whole camp was on their feet for a few hours already, and they were excited and ready to attack.

Sophia and Zack went through the images and maps that drones collected and they created a strategy to surround the base and to attack it without letting anyone escape.

All the generals were present and ready to rescue Aiden and to punish the ones who kidnapped him. Other than Hong and a number of the army of Chaos members who stayed behind to secure the mansions that Sarah and her men are occupying at the base of the Lebedev family, everyone came.

Sophia, JoAnna, Jeff, Felix, Zack, Masika, Haru, Nala, Ron, Zula, Michael, and Oni were in the main tent that they use as a base. They were going through their plans when they spotted newcomers.

"Why are you here?" Sophia asked with a frown when Stella and Vasily entered the tent.

Stella waved at Sophia, ignoring her displeasure. "What's the plan? We want in."

Vasily nodded in approval. "This is a family issue; we need to participate and show our support."

Sophia and JoAnna exchanged glances. Vasily is the man who is following them since they were born, and his men only caused trouble. Why is he acting like a concerned Uncle since they came to the Lebedev family? They might forget the creepy stalking and believe that Vasily is not a bad person, if not for the incident when Sarah and Aiden were missing after which Aiden ended up in a coma and Sarah lost her pregnancy.

"Since when are you concerned about Aiden?", JoAnna asked Vasily, unable to keep that question to herself.

Vasily shrugged. "He is the husband of the Grand Elder. If something happens to him, our family will lose face. Don't look at me like I said something outrageous. Gavril and Dimitri are also here. Konstantin wanted to come as well, but he decided to stay back in case something urgent happens with the family. We can't leave without someone staying behind to guard the fort."

As soon as Vasily ended his talk, two more men entered: Gavril, currently ranked as the Elder number one, and Dimitri, Elder number five.

Sophia gave up on the idea of arguing with them. A few extra people won't hurt, and they already know (or are guessing) that the Army of Chaos is involved.

Sophia gestured to JoAnna that it's OK and explained to the newcomers: "We have everything covered. If you want to participate, you can join the main force that will advance toward the center of the base… Soldiers that will surround the base are getting into their positions, and we leave in ten minutes. Don't kill unless it's necessary. Our primary goal is to capture them alive."

Vasily frowned in disapproval. "You are sparing them?"

"We want to interrogate them, and dead people don't talk.", Sophia explained. "Sarah will decide what will happen to them after we find out what they know."

Sophia, JoAnna, Jeff, and Felix discussed this previously with Sarah. Other than clarifying how those people got their hands on Aiden and what their plan was, this is their first entry into the Voronin family, and they want to find out as much as possible. Regular foot-soldiers might not know much, but someone must be in charge and have information on how to reach people who are at the top.

They all agreed that this is much more than a rescue operation, this is the beginning of a war.

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