Is this destiny?

"Lady boss…", Stella called Sarah teasingly. "Now that Aiden is back, what do you plan to do?"

"I don't know. I didn't think beyond this. Tomorrow Aiden and I will take a small break. And in the next few days, we will interrogate the prisoners and analyze data we found in their base. After that, we will decide on the next steps."

"Do you plan to attack Voronins?", Edward asked with concern obvious in his voice.

Sarah confirmed. "They will not be left unpunished. Even if I give up on acting now, there is no guarantee that they will not target us in the future and I believe that we are in a good position to make our move but what that move will be, it will depend on the information we extract. Also, my people are still analyzing all the information on the servers of the Lebedev family. I hope that within a few days we have a number of suggestions on how to cut their wings."

Vasily chuckled. "Cut their wings. How appropriate. Voronin means crow."

Sarah turned around and saw Vasily standing by the door and watching them. She wondered, how long is he there eavesdropping?

He gestured toward the dining table. "No one will invite me?"

Sarah exhaled. "Since when you need an invitation?"

Vasily made a face. "True. We are a family, there is no need to be polite."

He found an empty chair a few spots further down the table and took a seat.

Sarah could not believe that he helped himself with food like he owns the place. She decided to ignore him. For now.

"So, we are attacking Voronins?", Vasily asked when he filled his plate.

"Sarah is considering it.", Stella responded.

"We considered it earlier and the idea was always shut down before we did anything.", Vasily reminded Stella.

"That was then. We are here now.", Sophia responded.

"Oho!", Vasily exclaimed. "Do you care to elaborate on that?"

"No. Think of it as we are younger and more reckless.", Sophia responded and pointed at his full plate. "Eat while it's warm. It's not good when it cools off. And don't worry, we will not go into battle without letting you know."

Vasily was happy with this response. As long as they don't keep him in the dark, he is fine. Actually, he looks forward to seeing what the Hill sisters will do.

After lunch, Sarah took Aiden around the place with Bella and Luna hopping happily around them. Sarah showed Aiden the two villas and surrounding properties that are hers, and Elder Milena's villa as well.

"You are welcome to redecorate. Or do you want to change landscaping?"

Aiden narrowed his eyes at Sarah. "Do you plan that we live here?"

Sarah giggled. "I would not mind living here, they have a lot of things underground. Or we can live on an island, in the forest, or on the moon… My home is not a fixed location or a building. My home is right here..." Sarah wrapped her arms around Aiden and sank into his embrace before adding dreamily: "You are my home. But this land and villas are ours and we can get comfortable. If you wish."

Aiden smiled and tightened his hold on Sarah. His home is with her as well.

Lia, Jayden, Alice, and Adam were happy to see their Uncle Aiden. Valentin was sleeping in his cot, oblivious to the commotion.

After playtime with the kids, Aiden told Sarah that he is tired and asked if they can rest a bit. Of course, he was not tired, but he remembered JoAnna's words and he knew that this will work to get Sarah to rest. She always put him first, even in front of her health.

They went to the master bedroom of the main villa and Aiden paused at the mess.

"Oh..." Sarah looked at his frown that made her embarrassed.

Aiden is a neat-freak and this room full of papers (and some food leftovers and there is a used towel on the ground next to the bed!) is something like a nightmare for him.

She started moving quickly and tidying the room. "I'm sorry. I was not thinking of cleaning and..."

"It's OK.", Aiden interrupted Sarah's apology and joined her in cleaning the room. 

About fifteen minutes later, they settled on the bed.

Aiden cradled Sarah in his arms and asked Sarah to tell him what happened since he went missing.

Sarah started the story from the beginning. "You remember the texts and calls Samara reported and we couldn't find the source?"

Aiden nodded.

"Well, if she accepted, she would be a part of it. But thanks to that, Jeff's locations were ready and he suffered the least damage compared to Steve and Charlie..."

Aiden listened to Sarah talking about how Ade called for help… They found out some clues from Ade's lens... Hero having a surgery, Chelsea, David, Victoria, intruders on their properties… SP3CT3R… Finding more clues…

"So, you suspected Lebedevs?"

Sarah confirmed. "Everything pointed to Eastern Europe and the more we found out, the more I was confident that you are here. There was no time for subtle investigations. The only thing on my mind was that I need to find you as soon as possible. The idea that Vasily has his hands on you was tormenting me."

At the mention of King, Aiden frowned. "About Vasily… Are we friendly with him now?"

"Wait. I'm not there yet. Mishi and his team figured out that Eve was corrupted through the SOS channel that is used by the drachmas. And they found out that Nick was behind it. Nick didn't know about Eve, he believed that he is getting into our customized security system…"

Sarah told Aiden that Marija and Nick played a part in this and that Marija was the mastermind. 

"Marija is evil.", Aiden said angrily. "All this mess was caused because she is incompetent and jealous?"

"Calm down, love. Do you want to hear the rest or not?"

Aiden exhaled. "There is more?"

"Here comes the good part… We have Nick and Marija in our base at the Ceresc Solutions. I want them to suffer adequate punishment and I didn't want to rush with it. When this is settled, we will take care of them. Next, we came here. I'm sorry that you missed seeing my mom's face when she realized that I'm here with Anna and Sophia. And when I told her that I'm challenging an Elder I thought that she is going to explode…"

Sarah was talking about her fight with Elder Nikolai and the gentle rubbing of Aiden's hand on her back was relaxing and somewhere in the middle of her talk about how she challenged the position of the Grand Elder, she slept off.

Aiden looked at her sleeping face helplessly. He still didn't hear how Mr. Wang and Suvedini fit into the whole story, how come they are friendly with Vasily, and he wanted to know about Eve's current state, but Sarah resting should be a priority. He can see that she is exhausted. But even with that, she made an effort to show him around and to talk to him. She is amazing.

Aiden cradled Sarah in his arms and kissed her forehead gently while blaming himself for all of this. If he didn't go to the port, if he was more careful, if he took the attack on Eve more seriously… but he can't change the past. The good thing is that they are back together, and he firmly decided not to let go of Sarah ever again. This was too close. He didn't consider accepting Svetlana, but he does not know if that would change if they kept feeding him that medicine for a few more days. What if Sarah didn't mobilize the army and several spy networks? What if they didn't have all the fighters and the technology? What if she was a day too late? His heart screamed at the thought of not being able to stay by Sarah's side because she is his other half and no other woman compares to Sarah.

Aiden promised that he will ensure that they are safe and that no one else dares to touch them. The urge swelled inside him to kiss her and hug her tightly until they merge into one, but he controlled himself because he didn't want to wake her up.

He listened to the even sound of Sarah's breathing and it was soothing, and the feeling of her body against his was relaxing… and he slept off as well.

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