Unintended Wife Of A Mafia
Ep 2
Turning, she tried to portray the meek girl who knew nothing about the world she had been ****** into. They knew her as a girl who spoke no English, and it had proven difficult for her to maintain the air of speaking flawless Russian.
Siara Reed (Fl)
**Thank God for my electives in college or I would be screwed.**
The man at the door held out his arm
Siara Reed (Fl)
(took it, keeping her hand from trembling as she laid it on the sleeve of his suit coat.)
The church she had been brought to earlier is one she recognize, the Holy Transfiguration Russian Orthodox Church. It was one she had filmed a soap opera episode in once before, a gorgeous sanctuary that would be on any bride’s most wanted list for a perfect wedding day.
Her dour-faced guide moved her before a set of heavy wooden doors
Siara Reed (Fl)
(heart threatened to beat out of her chest.)
Siara Reed (Fl)
**This is it. There is no turning back.**
Siara Reed (Fl)
**What would Ava say about this? Would she urge me on? Doubtful. She would tell me that I was crazy and have Rodion whisk me somewhere to hide.**
Siara Reed (Fl)
(A sudden rush of tears assaulted her eyes and threatened to ruin her makeup.)
Siara Reed (Fl)
(blinked them back, clearing her vision once more.)
Siara Reed (Fl)
**I am not going to cry. Not today. I had already cried enough since I had been taken. Tears didn’t solve anything, and they sure as hell weren’t going to get me out of this.**
Siara Reed (Fl)
(and she is forced to step forward onto the shiny lacquered floor)
Siara Reed (Fl)
(looking up at the vaulted ceilings and ornate carvings that were at the end of a long aisle.)
Siara Reed (Fl)
**Surprisingly the wooden pews are packed with guests, all standing and turning as the pipe organ music swelled. None of their faces are familiar**
Siara Reed (Fl)
(heart wrenched in her chest.)
Siara Reed (Fl)
**I wanted my family here. I wanted my friends here.**
Siara Reed (Fl)
**Hell, I wanted a man who actually cared about me waiting at the end of the aisle.**
Siara Reed (Fl)
**I wanted to feel happiness instead of emptiness and dread. I wanted to cry tears of joy instead of tears of fear.**
Siara Reed (Fl)
**This was supposed to be a day I wanted to remember. Not a waking nightmare I wanted to forget.**
Siara Reed (Fl)
(Somehow she made herself move down the aisle)
Siara Reed (Fl)
(head held high)
The only sounds the music in the large sanctuary. No one spoke, no one whispered, as if they were frozen in place, surprised that they were attending a wedding after all
Siara Reed (Fl)
(The closer she got, the tighter the knots grew in her stomach.)
Siara Reed (Fl)
**Instead, he would be getting an actress that had no ties to any Mafia. He would be marrying a poor girl from a blue-collar family that could barely rub two coins together some days, a woman who could give him none of the power he is looking for.**
Siara Reed (Fl)
**Even if I did lose my life over this, at least the biggest joke is about to be played on him.**
Siara Reed (Fl)
(her train cascading down the steps behind her.)
Siara Reed (Fl)
(Only then did she allow herself to look at her soon-to-be husband Xandros Levin Volkov)
Xandros Volkov (ML)
(His hands are clasped before him, the silver ring on his right hand catching the low lamplight.)
Xandros Volkov (ML)
(He is dressed in a black suit, his white shirt a bright contrast to his tanned skin underneath.)
Xandros Volkov (ML)
(His dark brown hair was slicked back on his head, exposing his wide forehead and a set of high cheekbones dusted with the beginnings of a beard.)
Xandros Volkov (ML)
(his eyes are almost Blue in color)
Xandros Volkov (ML)
(and as he gazed at her intensely,)
Siara Reed (Fl)
(fought the urge to run back down the aisle screaming.)😖
Siara Reed (Fl)
**There is no warmth in his stare.**
Siara Reed (Fl)
**No affection. No love.The only thing she saw staring back at her is inky coldness.**
Siara Reed (Fl)
**The man before me isn't ’t a kind man. I had already found that out in more ways than I’d liked.**
Siara Reed (Fl)
**I doubted there was a bone in his body that could even understand what kindness is**
Siara Reed (Fl)
**My heart want to hang onto the fact that Rodion, Ava’s husband, had been the same way. She had given me their complete, sordid tale and how he had turned from a cold-blooded killer to a man that cared about her and their unborn child above all else.**
But as she looked at Xandros, she knew she couldn’t cling to that hope. This man was born and bred to be harsh, and nothing is going to change that.Least of all her.
Siara Reed (Fl)
**A monster like him shouldn’t be so damn gorgeous.**
Xandros Volkov (ML)
(filled out his suit nicely, from his broad shoulders to the tapered waist and everything in between.)
Siara Reed (Fl)
(As her eyes roamed over his impeccably dressed form, her stomach tightened at the memory of what he is capable of.)
Siara Reed (Fl)
(A memory that she would never admit to liking.)
Siara Reed (Fl)
**Xandros is power, danger, and sèx all wrapped up.**
Siara Reed (Fl)
**And in a few moments, he would be my husband.**
Siara Reed (Fl)
**No** (reminded herself.) **Not my husband. Not Siara Reed's husband. He is marrying Azary Azarov.**
Priest
(Cleared his throat)
Xandros Volkov (ML)
(give him a curt nod.)
Xandros Volkov (ML)
“Begin,” (said in Russian.)
Siara Reed (Fl)
**Thank God I had taken that Russian class in college. I thought it was a useless elective years ago, and now, that useless class might be the only thing that is keeping me alive.**
Xandros Volkov (ML)
(took Siara's hand in his)
Siara Reed (Fl)
**His touch is warm, and I tried to fool myself into believing that it is reassuring.**
Siara Reed (Fl)
**But I know better.**
Siara Reed (Fl)
**There is nothing soft about this man, nothing that was going to make me feel at ease. He’d made me do unspeakable things before this day. And the thought of what he’d do after his ring slipped on my finger sending a shudder down my spine.**
A few times Siara was forced to kneel before the priest with Xandros, keeping her eyes downcast so he couldn’t see the indecision there behind her veil.
she is not very religious and had only attended a handful of Catholic weddings in her day, but never a Russian Orthodox one.
Everything is different, and she didn’t understand the protocol. Each time, though, Xandros helped her rise, his hand tight on her as if he knew her thoughts.
What more could he expect? He was marrying her without her consent. Any woman would want to run away from this madness!
Priest
“And now the rings”
The priest finally said, balancing two circles of gold on his Bible.
Siara Reed (Fl)
(breath caught as she stared at them, wondering why she thought he wouldn’t wear one.)
Siara Reed (Fl)
**Xandros didn’t seem like the type of man who wanted to be known as having a wife, but then again, I'm not just going to be a wife.**
Siara Reed (Fl)
**I'm going to be a means to an end, a source of power for him. Little did he know that nothing he is doing is going to help him in any way.**
Siara Reed (Fl)
**Azary is dead. Her father is dead. Xandros isn’t going to get anything out of this marriage**
Siara Reed (Fl)
(A bubble of laughter nearly escaped her at the thought, but choked it back)
Xandros Volkov (ML)
(reached for the smaller circle).
Xandros Volkov (ML)
(took it and slid it onto her hand.)
The ring itself was simple and elegant. she could see the scroll of designs on the metal and realized it looked older than she first realized.
Siara Reed (Fl)
**It is a family heirloom.**
Siara Reed (Fl)
**The cool metal immediately warmed on my finger, and even though it was light and airy, it felt like it weighed a thousand pounds. Like a shackle that bound me to him.**
Siara Reed (Fl)
**Forever.**
Siara Reed (Fl)
(fingers trembled as I took the solid gold ring from the priest and turned to Xandros.)
Xandros Volkov (ML)
(held out his hand)
Siara Reed (Fl)
(slid the ring on his finger, past his knuckle, until it rested at the base.)
Siara Reed (Fl)
**That's it. We are married.**
Priest
“In the sight of God and these witnesses, I now pronounce you husband and wife! You may now kiss the.......
Xandros Volkov (ML)
(slammed his lips on hers)
Siara Reed (Fl)
(gasped right before his lips closed against hers)
Xandros Volkov (ML)
(his hungry tongue pushed into her mouth, swallowing her small yelps of resistance.)
Xandros Volkov (ML)
(His rough hand pulled her closer)
Siara Reed (Fl)
(and she felt his insistent heat throbbing against the thin fabric of her dress—a promise of what was to come.)
Siara Reed (Fl)
**In sickness and in health**
Siara Reed (Fl)
**Till death do us part.**
Siara Reed (Fl)
**I am his.**
Siara Reed (Fl)
**To own. To use. To ruin.**
Siara Reed (Fl)
**Forever.**
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