Ivan POV
Seeing Ava and Meadow here in our home has all the ugliness of earlier fading into the background. I know their presence isn't permanent yet, but I'm hoping that one day it will be the place she considers home again. Meadow loved Russia once, and I'm hoping my mistakes haven't completely tarnished her love for my country. My mind wanders unbidden to Alexandra. How dare she try to take them from me? She is no better than an animal that eats their young.
Hell, even Sylvia and Maximus at least loved their children. They raised conniving a**holes, but they loved them. I'm not stupid enough to think that Maximus won't scheme for revenge, but he is a very small fish in a big pond. I make my way to my father's office to discuss how we will deal with Alexandra. I knock on the door to t
