~Lorenzo ~

"She landed 4 hours ago." Kai announced barging into my office and I couldn't help the smile that broke out across my face.

"Do you think she brought the leader of the Bratva with her?" I asked and he nodded.

"That's not all." He said. "A man named Sergei seems to be in charge and he sent a request to meet. In person."

"She comes with them." I told him. "That's the only way I'll agree."

"Fine we meet in 2 hours." He said and nervousness and excitement built up in my chest.

In 2 hours I'd see the woman who has stolen my every thought for the past 5 years. She has reduced me to a madman.

The next two hours passed in a blur as I sizzled with the anticipation of seeing her again.

I walked into the diner that they had requested to meet in and I understood why. It is very public. I took a seat at the end table and my eyes drifted to Kai who was waiting outside.

They walked in and my eyes were probably falling out of my head. Her long black hair was in a ponytail at the top of her head and tattoos covered her arms. She wore a black tank top and black jeans as she walked behind Sergei , who I assume is in charge, and a man named Lev.

They took a seat and she sat on the left of Sergei locking eyes with me. Sergei said something but my eyes didn't leave her. She stared at me with confidence and my heart was just about ready to stop beating.

"Mr Armini." Sergei greeted and I nodded at him.

"How can I help you gentlemen?" I asked him and he scoffed. Madelyn stayed completely silent.

"I should be asking you what you want. Seeing as you took a member of our family." He said and I smirked.

"Ah yes Sebastian was it? He's not very chatty." I said and Madelyn clenched her jaw.

I didn't miss the fact that Sergei would cast a side glance at Madelyn every two minutes. Seeking almost... Reassurance? What the fuck was happening here? She wouldn't look at him but her jaw would slightly tick.

"What are your terms?" He asked and I grinned.

"Hmm that's difficult." I said pretending to think it over when in reality I knew exactly what I wanted.

"Her." I said pointing at Madelyn and Sergei glared at me.

"She is not for sale." He said and I smiled.

"Of course not." I said grinning and Madelyn finally opened her mouth.

"I want to see my brother." Her voice hit me like a drug and I couldn't help my smile.

"Fine." I said pulling out my phone and Sergei stopped me.

"In person." He said. " We want to see him in person. A video can easily be forged."

"Then what are we waiting for?" I said standing up and they followed me. I walked outside towards the car where Kai was waiting but I needed to confirm my suspicions before we did anything.

Swinging around I grabbed Madelyn's arm pulling her to me and Sergei and Lev immediately aimed their guns at my head.

All her previous shyness forgotten she immediately held her hand up at them.

"Nyet." She barked and they immediately lowered their weapons confirming my suspicions. She was the one in charge here.

"He is doing it on purpose." She said pulling her arm away from me and I smirked. "The bastard wanted to see who was in charge."

"I love your nickname for me darling." I said and she glared at me.

"My brother. Now." She said before walking towards her car.

All pretenses from before were now discarded as Lev and Sergei walked behind her. Fuck it was kinda of hot to see her lead.

~ Madelyn ~

I cursed Lorenzo over and over in my head on the way to his house. Fucking bastard he hadn't changed in 5 years.

We walked into the house I'd been a prisoner in so long ago and I saw Kai. His eyes widened at me and I rolled my eyes.

"Kai take her to her brother." Lorenzo said before looking at me. "I'll be in my office when you're ready to talk."

He grinned before walking away and I followed Kai to the basement. I saw my brother. His hands were chained to the ceiling as he stood in the middle of the room and his shirt was gone. His chest was covered in scratches and dirt along with his face. His head lifted when he saw me approaching and his eyes widened.

"heyy baby sis sooo... On a scale of 1 to 10 how mad are you right now?" He asked me in a playful tone.

I didn't say anything I just approached him with a deathly look on my face and tilted his chin up to look at me. Then I smacked him across the face. His head swung to the side as he groaned and I heard Kai snort from behind me.

"chertov idiot" I muttered grabbing his face and cleaning the dirt and blood off with a tissue. " Do you know how worried I was?"

"I'm sorry Mads I really fucked up." He said giving me the biggest puppy eyes ever and I rolled my eyes pressing a kiss to the top of his head.

"I'll be back. Try not to get us into deeper shit than we already are." I grumbled before turning around to walk out.

" YA tebya lyublyu" he said and I sighed. ( I love you)

"Me too." I said before walking out and locking eyes with Kai.

"Touch my brother and I will rip your organs out of your body." I whispered glaring at him.

"I love when you talk dirty to me." He whispered back with a smirk and I rolled my eyes.

I walked back upstairs and made my way to Lorenzo's office. I didn't knock instead I just barged in. When I did I saw a girl sitting on Lorenzos desk as he stood between her legs. She was playing with his tie as she laughed at everything he said.

I cleared my throat extra loudly and they both looked at me. Her red lipstick was smudged letting me know that this idiot managed to get his dick sucked in the 5 minutes I was downstairs.

"Send your whore out. We need to talk." I told him and he ran a finger over his lips to conceal his smile.

I would never call a woman a whore but by the money in her hand it wasn't a totally baseless assumption.

"Go." He told her and she ran out of the room. She cast me a dirty look on the way out and I ignored it.

"So what can I do for you darling?" He asked me and I walked further in to the office.

"You want to talk? Let's talk." I said shutting the door to his office.

_________________________________________ SLAYY Madelyn Anywaysss you guys can see I have a really big theme of siblings in books and that's because I have two brothers and a sister and I love them to death.

But they do piss me off ALL THE TIMEEE. Sometimes I wish I could smack my brother the way Madelyn just did but I would never lol. I swear brothers never grow up. They're just big babies🙄

Anywayss love y'all MWAH 💋