Demyan Point of View

Well, I'm not surprised she jumped.

She jumped!

Seriously she did!

Though it is not a surprise to me anymore, it is still a surprise.

Is that even possible?

I looked up to see her taking a vertical drop from the top of the tower, all the safety ropes attached in right places. She squealed and giggled when she was dangling in air.

"Dem Hubby, this is so wonderful! We need to try out couple jump next. Wow, I love it." She yelled from the top of her lungs still falling down in great speed.

Ah, I guess she loves extreme sports.

No wonder!

She does love sporting with extreme people like me.

Valdimir paled at the feat his hostage pulled on him. He must have never imagined this to happen even in the twenty-five million light years that the girl he was threatening to throw down the highest tower was actually looking forward to it.

Should I be proud of her or should I sigh in defeat?

Once her adventure came to an end, my men were waiting down near the trampoline to detach her from the safety ropes and bring her to me.

Egor already took care of the men who were surrounding us, taking distraction from Zinnia's jump to his advantage.

I had to stand there with the crazy ladies, one who is as crazy as Zinnia and the other who is getting crazy every passing minute thanks to Egor.

Once landing safely, scarecrow came towards me skipping lightly like a kid and hugged me tightly.

"I'm so hungry" She whined and I couldn't help but roll my eyes.

This is what she's going to say after being kidnapped for the second time?

Heavens my luck!

This is the kind of bravado that men in Mafia always look for in their woman but the case here is slightly different. This is the same kind of bravado that is making me less of a man in my case.

I was about to answer Zinnia when Valdimir along with his men came down running pointing all their guns towards me.

"Petrov, today I'm not going to leave you. Your wife is mad so she missed being killed painlessly but now both of you will feel the pain." Valdimir sneered at us and stepped towards me with a triumph grin, his men took down my men and surrounded us again.

He must be thinking that just because he surrounded us, he has us under his control. That he has an advantage. Does he think I'm a ninny who cannot lift a finger and fight?

I'm a Mafia King after all, and fighting tens of men at a time is a practice sport for me. Just because the scarecrow in my arms has a little crazy world that dominates his manliness, doesn't mean he was cut off from his man pride.

"This girl, your wife, is quiet a unique antique piece I've seen. Callisto did warn me about your peculiar wife but I did not take her for a mental patient. Who jumps down from such tall tower just because she was hungry?" Valdimir continued with a scowl looking at Zinnia from tip to toe.

Zinnia nothing but smiled at him and waved her hand as if she did nothing great. Well, Zinnia dear, he is not your fan nor is he asking for you autograph for you to feel so smug. Maybe she did not hear the threat about killing us just a while ago.

How can she be so happy when in crisis?

"I was called so." She shrugged at him, "But then again, why are you planning to kill hubby and me?" She questioned so casually like they are talking about cotton candies and ice creams.

Be serious at least for once, Scarecrow!

Egor looked like he wanted to cut shot the drama and just pounce on the men and shower himself with some real blood. I can see the wildness in his eyes which was mirroring mine.

He is craving for blood too!

"Your husband is not a good person and he is having what is actually mine. So I will kill him today to get what I want." Valdimir gritted and said dangerously but was only awarded by a giggle from Zinnia.

Ah, the actor/screenplay writer/producer Zinnia thought this is a mere play and her response was so funny and pride-hurting.

Valdimir's face turned into a ash dark when my wife giggled so happy at the threat. Egor's and my lips turned upwards at the unintentional insult he has faced. Albina was looking lost at something behind Valdimir and Tuyen as usual is rubbing her head in an attempt to reduce the headache.

Weel done, my wife. Well done!

"Seriously Valdimir? You really think I need my men to take down you and your men? Ignorant fool!" I mocked him and pushed Zinnia towards the side so she was not in between me and the fool. Valdimir laughed manically looking at me like I just humored him.

Alright then, let's get the show on the road.

"Zinnia, I want you to stay put in the same place I'm leaving you and I want you to follow my orders. If you even moved a inch to do something stupid, then... then... I will not train you to become a female monk." More than taking down Valdimir, I was more irritated about keeping Zinnia in a fixed place and the more aggravating thing is I need to blackmail her with something so silly.

Dammit my life!

"Dem hubby –" She started to protest but for the first time... well, I'm so proud of this moment that for the first time with Zinnia in my life, I cut her sentence off successfully.

Even though Valdimir win today's battle, I will have no regrets. I won something really big than what Valdimir can.

Zinnia shrugged and stepped out of the circle along with other two ladies leaving me and Egor to deal with a couple tens of Valdimir's men.

He must not be feeding them well that they look so skinny and malnutrition. It took me just round the house flung to knock down four of the men in front of me. Egor did the same and knock down few men.

I proudly looked towards Zinnia to show her what her husband can do.

Look at me scarecrow; your husband can fight like a ninja warrior. Am I looking fierce and dangerous now?

I was immediately rewards by claps and loud comments like 'well done' from scarecrow which made my chest huff in pride.

Finally!

Finally, time has come to show her what I do. Yay!

See, Zinnia. This is who I am.

Okay, you can get my autograph after this fiasco is done and you can also be fortunate enough to hear my adventurous stories, Zinnia baby.

But right now, I cannot give my attention to her. This is my time and I need to utilize it completely. This is the only time to prove myself and I will not mess this up.

I twisted a man who charged towards me and threw him on the three more men who were charging towards me. When they fell, I punched them to unconscious but the main issue here is Valdimir unlocked the gun and pointed it towards me.

I am fairly too far from him to knock him down and so is Egor. By the time I make a move, he may shoot me several times.

Hmm, there should be a way to take the gun away from him. There should be one.

I was still thinking how to get that damned gun away from him when I noticed a sneaker hit his hand and the gun in Valdimir's hand tumbled down far away from him. I turned towards the source and realized it was Zinnia's. She took off her sneaker and threw it towards the gun.

I sighed in defeat when I realized what just happened. Can't she just not get involved for once? I was feeling so proud of myself till now fighting with them but with just a sneaker throw, she won the title of scene stealer.

I asked her not move from her place and she saved me again not moving from her place. She did comply with my orders but what about my pride now?

I did not thank her and ran towards the gun but he was a second early and took it and pointed right between my eyebrows.

I am not scared because I was in such situation many times and this is not anything new to me. I just need to make sure to twist my body and punch him in his guts. I tried the trick and punched him but my hand only made contact with something hard making me yelp in unexpected pain.

Did I just hit iron plate?

He was wearing a bullet proof iron shield. Dammit, I underestimated him.

What should I do now? I have very less options to get out from this spot. Egor is covering me and fighting Valdimir's minions.

There must be some way to get away from this situation. I looked confident and dead dangerous into the eyes of Valdimir. Though he was the one having the gun, I noticed fear in his eyes.

I was busy scaring him and he was busy threatening me when suddenly he was knocked down by a gun on his head. Valdimir lost his balance and fell down but is not knocked down completely. I looked back up towards the person who hit him and smirked at him winking him to continue.

He should've worn a helmet too. Fool!

"Mancini?" I heard surprise and accusing tone on Valdimir who was sprawled on the floor and looked between me and Callisto with wide surprised eyes.

"So, what is the result, Calli?" I asked still eyeing Valdimir.

"I got the keys to the locker and the password. We can kill him now." Callisto answered with a smirk and hit him on his again pushing Valdimir into unconscious state.

Well, let's just torture him before killing him. It's worth it.

I smiled at Callisto Raul Mancini, my second best friend and the second companion who suffered with me and Egor and streets and who was there for us at every step.

Callisto, My best friend but to world he is the second powerful Mafia leader also my rival.

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