Chapter 85

• Nikolai
• I knew all this was going to happen. I have been aware of Dmitri's plans to make me marry his daughter. The old man was dying soon and was not on good terms with his oldest son. Tatiana was his youngest daughter and he wanted the Bratva bloodline to remain in his family and that's by me marrying Tatiana. That was the deal we made. He will give me his vote to become the pakhan, only if I marry his daughter and I agreed.
• Why? Because it had been my dream of becoming a leader. I'm not someone who wants to be trampled upon and I've always yearned for power, to have the upper hand in the brotherhood, and I'm just a step closer to achieving that. Agreeing to marry Tatiana is just one of my plans. I don't love her and I know that she doesn't like me either. But she has no choice but to abide by her father's words.