Chapter 35

Author's POV. While Sofia was lost in her thoughts scrubbing her skin in the bath to distract herself, those endless grief injected tears flowing down her cheeks. The trio was in their study. Nadei had his head buried in his hands trying to control the urge to break something, he has always been the temperamental one amongst his brothers. He was the older brother with anger issues and a significant amount of trauma weighing his back. Nadei had tried to protect his younger brothers from the random and unnecessary beatings their father would inflict upon them. Lucifer Idler Alexeyev lived up to his name as a successful businessman and a ruthless mafia leader yet he was pictured as the perfect husband and perfect father. He thrived on power, money and territory. And he wanted his sons to be the same in any way possible. Meanwhile, Nikolai was overthinking everything, his thoughts were a complete mess, and his demons were catching up to him. She would never accept this. She would never wan