After reuniting Enzo with Massimo, I went back home feeling slightly happy. I saw everyone in the living room they seemed to have been discussing something before I walked in

"What's going on?" I asked curiously

"Nothing bambina" Alessandro said and I narrowed my eyes at him

Why is he lying to me?

"You're lying, I'll ask again. What's going on?" I asked again and they sighed

"Look at this" Antonio said and handed me a picture

It was a picture of mom's room, it was scattered, nothing like her usual neat and tidy room

"Someone broke into our house?" I asked softly, not tearing my gaze from the picture

"Yes, it seems like they were looking for something" Dom said as he eyed me carefully

"You guys were going to keep this from me?" I asked through gritted teeth

"Yes, we didn't know how you'd react and you've been through alot lately we didn't want to stress you out for nothing" Antonio said

"It's not your place to decide for me. It's about mom, it would never be stress for me" I said stiffly, swallowing the lump that grew in my throat as I thought of my beautiful mother

"You're right, we're sorry. We're just looking out for you" Leo said as if he sensed my rising anger

"It's fine" I said tiredly. I'm exhausted

"Did Emilia have anything that could be important that would make people trash her room like this?" Tony asked

"Nothing.." I trailed off as I suddenly remembered the jewelry box I took when I left

"There was one thing she held dear to her, it was her jewelry box. I always wondered why she was so protective of it, she even hid it from Luke" I said

"Where is it?" He asked

"I hid it in my room, I'll go get it" I said and ran to my room

I went into my closet and opened the secret compartment. I gently picked up the jewelry box with a soft smile

I miss you mom

I went back down with the box in my hand. When they saw it they looked confused, even I did because I've always wondered why mom held such a small and insignificant thing so dear to her heart

"That's it?" Xander asked with an unimpressed look and I shot him a glare

I sat down and opened it. I saw a white paper in it, I opened it and it wasn't a paper but a picture

I gasped when I saw who was in that picture. My mom as a little girl with the former don of the Russian mafia. He had a smile as he stared fondly at my mom who was clinging to his leg

On his other side was Maxim Volkov, looking no older than 16. I gasped, finding it hard to breathe

I looked at the box and saw a heirloom and another paper. I opened the paper and saw that it was a birth certificate

Avrora Volkov was what was written on the birth certificate. That's mom's real name?

"Bambina what is it? You look pale are you okay? What's in the box?" Antonio asked worriedly and I wordlessly gave him the picture and birth certificate

Mom was the Russian princess? How is that possible?

"What the actual fuck is this supposed to mean?!" I heard Xander yell

"It means Emilia was Russian, Maxim's younger sister" Ales said as he rubbed his hands on his face

"So we're half Russian? How the fuck are we related to such bastards?!" Stephano snapped

"Why would they be after this information though?" Antonio asked

"Probably because of this, it's the heirloom of the Russian mafia family. I'm guessing, Viktoria knows about this and wants it back" I said as I held up the heirloom.

"It's gorgeous but why was it given to her instead of the rightful heir which was Maxim?" Matteo asked curiously

"Maybe she stole it?" Xander suggested

"Mom would never steal, if she had this then it's probably because it was given to her" I snapped at him and he shrugged

"The old man seemed fond of her" Leonardo commented as he looked at the picture again

"Maybe he gave it to her" Stephano said

"Padre must have known, why didn't he tell us? We had a right to know" Xavier said with a sad look in his eyes

Emilia's pov- (27 years ago) I stood Infront of my father's office not sure how to tell him what I wanted to

"Sister what's wrong?" Maxim asked me as he walked out of our father's office and placed a kiss on my cheek

"I need to talk to him but I'm scared" I said honestly

"What are you scared of? The old man loves you more than his life, even if you told him you killed someone he wouldn't be mad at you, there's no reason to be scared" he assured me but I still felt scared

"Just go in, if he does get angry at you, I'll protect you from him" he said and gave me a wink and I chuckled

I took a breath and walked in, I saw him sitting on his chair and when he saw me, he smiled at me

"You finally grace me with your presence today sweetheart, what can I do for you?" He asked as he got up and walked towards me

"I have to talk to you about something important father" I mumbled and he turned serious

"Sit" he said and went back to his chair. I sat down Infront of him and started thinking of ways to tell him without him getting angry

"Father i-i w-well" I stuttered not being able to find the right words

"Avrora darling, you're my daughter, you shouldn't feel scared while talking to me" he said softly and placed his hand on top mine

"Father I know you said to stay away from the De'Luca's but I met one of them that was really nice to me two years ago" I said and I saw that familiar hatred he always had in his eyes whenever we talked about the De'Luca family

"Ah I see you disobeyed me" he said with a slight smirk

"Go on with your story darling" he said, watching me with calculative eyes

"His name is Luciano, we've been dating for a year and half now and I really like him father" I said and his eyes grew darker making me shift away from him

"I may be upset but I will never hurt you darling, don't move away from me" he said softly

"That's not all father" I said nervously

"There's more?" He asked with an eye roll

"Father, I'm pregnant" I choked out. I looked up at him and just saw him staring at me blankly

"Father please say something, anything" I pleaded, feeling the tears starting to build up

I have always loved my father more than anyone in this world. Him just staring at me and not saying anything is crushing my heart

"Does that bastard know?" He growled out and I flinched and shook my head

When I found out a week ago, I had no idea how to tell it to Luciano, we both are still young and I'm scared he wouldn't want to keep the baby

"Why the fuck did you not tell him?! I will kill that bastard, how dare he touch my daughter!" He yelled as he stood up angrily

"Father please don't" I sobbed knowing that he could actually kill Luciano if he wanted to

"What the fuck is going on and why the fuck is my sister crying?" Maxim asked as he barged into the room with a glare

"Watch your tone with me boy" Father warned Maxim

"I asked you a fuckin question, why the fuck is my sister crying?!" Maxim yelled

"Your sister is fuckin pregnant for that italian bastard!" Father snapped and Maxim looked at me in shock

"Avrora is that true?" He said and I hesitantly nodded

"I'll kill him" he said and started making his way to the door

"Stop please don't, I love him!" I yelled desperately

"You what?" Father asked in shock

"Yes I love him father, please spare him" I pleaded

"This is a disgrace. Of all fuckin men Avrora why did it have to be that Italian bastard? You know how things are between our families" Father said

"I'm sorry father, please don't do anything to him" I said and he looked at me for a long time before sighing

"Stop crying darling. It's not good for that thing in your stomach" he said and kissed my forehead

"You're gonna let her keep that bastard's child?" Maxim asked in shock

"Do you want to keep it Avrora?" Father asked completely ignoring Maxim's question

"Yes" I said, I can't bring myself to getting rid of something that symbolized the love between me and Luciano

"Unbelievable" Maxim grunted

"You know grandfather will never let this happen right?" He asked and I felt Father stiffen

Our grandfather was a cruel bastard, the feud between both mafias started because of him. He killed Luciano's grandmother, because he wanted to get Luciano's grandfather to give up his mafia

"He doesn't have to know" I said and father chuckled

"Darling, you can't keep anything from that man. If you think it's a secret then he probably already knows" he said with a dark look

"Master, your father demands to see you immediately" a guard came in looking pale as he delivered the information

I looked at my father in fear and he patted my head in reassurance

"Let's go see what he wants" he said and we went to the living room to see grandfather playing with a guard

He had him stand still while he threw knives at him. When he saw us, he smiled

"Finally, I was getting bored and this guard was doing a terrible job at entertaining me" he said and threw another knife which hit the guard in the neck

"When will you stop killing my men?" Father asked blankly as he stared at the dead man on the floor. He waved his hand and some other guards took the body away

"Probably never, I came to see my darling grandchildren" he said with a sweet smile and motioned for us to come closer

When we were close enough, he wrapped both of us in his arms and hugged us tight. He stared at me for some time before smiling

"You're glowing already I see" He said and I looked at him in shock

He knows, he already knows

"You really thought you could keep such good news away from your grandfather?" He said sarcastically with a chuckle

Something in his gaze made me uncomfortable. I moved away from him and quickly went back to my father who received me with open arms

"Why are you actually here and drop that bullshit reason of coming to see your grandchildren because we all know that's not the case" Father said and grandfather's expression suddenly changed

"She will get rid of that abomination and never see that boy again" he said and I shook my head

"She will do no such thing. She is my daughter and only I get to decide that" father said calmly and moved me behind him

"She will do it or I will end his life" grandfather said

"You won't be able to. From now on he is under my protection, I'd like to see you try to touch him" father said and I sighed in relief

"I see, you think you have that much control. I still have 50% of the mafia, my word stands" grandfather argued

"I am the Don you will not tell my daughter what to do in my own house!" Father yelled

"I will snatch the mafia back from you if you don't listen to me" grandfather said

"You can't do that, you have no right to" father said with a chuckle

"Very well then, you will have to disown this girl and that abomination growing in her stomach or else I will reek havoc on this mafia" he said

"Do your worst father but I will not give up on my daughter" father said and grandfather pulled out a gun and pointed it at his own son

Father quickly pulled out his own gun and pointed it at our grandfather. This is getting out of hand

"I don't want to do this but I can't let our family name go down because your daughter didn't know how to close her legs!" Grandfather said and shot me a disdainful look

"Don't fuckin talk about my sister like that" Maxim snapped

"Shut up boy" Grandfather said and was about to pull the trigger on father and I stopped him

"Stop please! I'll leave I promise I'll leave. Don't pull the trigger" I said hurriedly

"You will do no such thing. You're not leaving this house, if he doesn't want to see you then he can get the fuck out of my house before I blow his fuckin brains out of his head" father said and held me with one hand while his other one was still pointing the gun at grandfather

"Father it's okay. To some extent grandfather is right, the members of our mafia will never accept me or my child and it could cause a revolt. I don't want any harm to befall our mafia because of me so I'll leave" I said and he glared at me

"Shut up! Anyone who dares to even say a word about you will die that instant. I don't care about the mafia where my daughter is concerned"

"What about the promise you made mom. You promised her you'd always protect the mafia, so that's what you'll do" I said and his jaw clenched in anger

"Fuck you!" He spat at my father and shot him on the shoulder

"Get the fuck out of my house before I kill you" he said angrily but grandfather grinned, not caring about the wound on his shoulder

"She should be gone the next time I come here or else" he threatened

"Or else fuckin what? Go to fuckin hell bastard" Maxim said angrily

"Or else I'll bring this mafia to the ground" he said with a smirk

"Didn't you just fuckin say you didn't want the family name to go down? Are you fuckin insane?" Maxim said in disbelief

"Yes, our family name. But I don't mind this mafia going down" he said with an evil laugh and left

"That fuckin bastard should've gone to school, doesn't he know that if he brings the mafia down our family name will automatically go down with it? Is he that dumb?" Maxim said in frustration

"Yes he is. You're not going anywhere, go get some sleep" father said and I shook my head

"Please father, I don't want to be the cause of the destruction of our family. Let me leave" I said

"And go where?" He asked curiously

"I could go to Italy and be with Luciano" I said and he rolled his eyes

"Darling, there's 99.9% chance that he also didn't tell his family about you. You're the Russian mafia princess, you'd be dead the minute you step foot in italy" he said and I realized he was right

"Then I'll go to America, you're familiar with the Don" I said and he sighed

"You really want to leave?" He asked

"I have to leave" I said making it known that I don't want to but it's what I have to do

"I'll talk to him" he said with a sigh

"You're fuckin letting her leave?!" Maxim yelled

"Do I have a fuckin choice?" Father snapped at him and he angrily walked away

"Come with me darling" father said and took me to his room

He searched through some drawers and brought out our family heirloom. He placed it in my hands and my eyes widened

"What are you doing father? This is the family heirloom so why are you giving it to me?" I asked

"Because I want you to have it. I was going to pass it onto Maxim but we both know how careless he is so I'm giving it to you, protect it" he said and kissed my forehead

"I'll miss you father" I said and hugged him tightly

"I'll miss you too my sweet girl. I will kill that bastard and bring you back" he said

"I'll get my things" I said and hesitantly let go of him

I went to my room and packed my things. I put the heirloom in my jewelry box and went down and saw both father and Maxim waiting for me

"You're really leaving me so soon sis" Maxim said with slightly teary eyes and I hugged him tightly

"I'll miss you brother" I said and placed a kiss on his cheek

We went to the airport and I stared at my family one last time before I boarded the plane

Tears welled in my eyes as I thought of the loving memories with my family. Now I have to figure out how to tell Luciano about our baby

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