"Are you sure you want to do this?"
"Yes" she whispered.
Vitaly sat on his balcony having a cigarette; he had been told that he could not smoke in the house as it really gave her a headache. He did not care; however, as it was a beautiful day to have a smoke outside and to be honest the girl had started to annoy him a little. He knew what he was about to so was dangerous; it could not only end her life but his as well. Vitaly was a man who once believed to be in great power yet, when he looked back at his time he was not. What were the words the men had said? He was never a someone, nor was he has been. He was a never was. He had tried so hard to climb that hierarchy to be someone but he always kept getting kicked down. Now it was his turn to finally be someone or a something. The girl stepped out onto the balcony- her long blonde hair had been put up high in a ponytail and she just stared at him.
He looked at the girl with crystal blue eyes which hid behind glasses and nodded. He knew what he had to do, there was no choice. For this was the day that Vitaly would marry his only daughter off to the American Captain. With his daughter secured, surely he would be climbing that hierarchy?
When the blonde nodded her head he took her by the hand and led her outside where their car was waiting. The Captain did not know they were coming, he was not expecting them. However, that was what he believed to be a good thing. Maybe the element of surprise would work in his- their favor.
Pulling up to the large exquisite Manor in which the captain lived in, Vitaly stepped outside barely registering his daughter who followed. The beautiful blonde looked up at the incredible manor; it was truly something out of a fairy tale story. However nothing about what her father's intentions about today was a fairy-tale. The grand wooden doors suddenly opened revealing an older lady who looked like a maid and a man dressed in a black suit. The man guided Vitaly and his daughter inside along the marvelous corridor all the way to the study where the Captain was.
Vitaly looked at his daughter and nodded his head, his eyes silently telling her to wait. He would go in and make the Captain a proposition he could not say no to. And once the deal was done he would present him with his daughter.
Vitaly entered the room after he was instructed by one of the security men. Upon entering he felt nervous, he had met the Captain a few times and had heard plenty of stories. All of which were not nice. Stepping further in, he stood in front of the Captain's desk, who sat behind a large wooden desk with a laptop in front of him, a bottle of whiskey and a few guards situated around the room.
"You wished to see me Vitaly?" the Captain said.
"Yes, Captain I have come with a proposal..."
"How dare you walk into my home unannounced and demand to speak to me?" The Captain raised his eyebrow in a calm manner.
"I can assure you it was not like that Captain ..."
"And I can assure you my question was rhetorical" the Captain laughed as he closed his laptop and finally met Vitaly's eyes. "And why would I want to hear a proposal from you? What could you possibly have to offer me?"
"I..."
"Again that was rhetorical, John" the Captain addressed his second in command who was standing a few feet. "Why, Vitaly has paid us a visit, a member of the Bratva but is not part of any of the brotherhoods, you are nobody and you dare to walk into my house" a fist pounded onto the table as the Captain stood up. He stood strong and tall, broad shoulders trying to intimate the scruffy man in front of him. "You have nothing to offer me, you own nothing, and you are not part of the Bratva despite the marking you carry."
"Captain if I may, please, you are right I have nothing, but I have a daughter the most precious thing in my life," Vitaly began to explain. Taking a deep breath he continues, "I wish to offer my daughter to you..."
"I have many whores" the Captain laughed.
"No, I wish to offer her as your wife, I can assure she is untouched" Vitaly tries to say in a strong voice but throughout his words his voice cracked.
"There are plenty of girls who are untouched, many of which I have touched" he says with a massive smirk on his face. "You are wasting my time, kill him" he orders.
"Captain please, my daughter she ..."
"If you think that for a minute that you are honorable, offering your daughter to me you are mistaken" he says in a loud voice. "I really despise men who try and sell their daughters."
"Then date her, get to know her, she is a great girl, I ask in return that I have in, in the brotherhood, properly to work for you" Vitaly pressed on. "I used to work in disruption, drugs and weapons give me a chance to do that again."
"So, because you want in, to make money you sell your daughter are you sure she is untouched?" The Captain smirks looking at him with an unreadable expression.
"She is untouched, I have never offered her to anyone ever..."
"You are serving her to me" he raises his eyebrow at the man.
"Captain meet my daughter I can assure you she is no like no other"
Felicity Smoak sat outside the study that her father had just entered. She looked around the very antique looking house; it was very beautiful to say the least. It was old and had an eerie feel to it but something about it made it seem very elegant. Felicity tried to listen to the conversation that was happening, she heard bits and pieces- who would have thought the Captain of the Russian Mafia did not like the idea of selling girls. Didn't he work in trafficking women? Did he not work in selling women to the highest bidder? Why was he all of a sudden now taking the moral high ground and saying that he finds it dishonorable.
Felicity listened to enough when she stood and decided to wander near the study and have a look at the manor closely. She studied the antiques that were situated around the corridor along with a mantel piece like no other she had ever seen. Felicity stared at the deer's head; it was quite an exquisite looking deer. Felicity's attention was then drawn to voices. Slowly creeping she had a look at where the voices where coming from. Stopping at the edge of the wall she glanced out slowly seeing a man and a woman. They were saying something she could not understand, they spoke quickly and in hushed voices. Felicity's eyes then widened in surprise when the man and woman latched onto each other's lips like horny teenagers. She cringed when she saw it and quickly pulled back deciding to go back to the study. Felicity walked slowly backwards as quietly as she could until her back met the front of someone's chest and she almost fell to the floor. Quickly straightening up she saw a man, kind of small, black hair, dark eyes. Felicity swallowed when she took in the man's appearance, it had been the same man who had been making out with the blonde woman she had seen just before. The man gave her a death glare but did not say anything as he left her standing by the study again. Felicity sighed in relief; she had been worried that he would have said something about her snooping.
Felicity Smoak had lived a pretty quiet life. She did not have many friends but in fact she preferred it that way she like that she did not have too many people in her life. It made it all the more easier when people decided to leave her. If there were not that many people in her life then she would not have to go through that much heartache. Her mother had died when she was young and her father was never really around. Felicity had to fend for herself and make sure that she got everything she needed and wanted. The only person Felicity Smoak could rely on was herself. Now the idea of being given away for marriage was freaking her out. Although she had gone along with the idea, it was now beginning to sink in that she might have to marry a brutal Bratva Captain. A Bratva Captain who would probably expect her to be the best little housewife he could find. Felicity was nowhere near housewife material.
She shook her head, did she really think he wanted her to be a housewife- of course not. He would probably want heirs, want to sleep with every whore under the sun and might expect her to go to all the events with him. The only thing she was worried about was him raising his hand to her. She was the type of person who would not let it go and would probably retaliate. However, she knew she had to ensure she didn't do that, he was a Bratva Captain who could easily kill her, not to mention there was a lot at stake.
Felicity tapped her foot on the marble floor impatiently as she waited to hear the verdict. Hah! She giggled at herself- verdict as if she was at court or something. She guessed it kind of was like court, once the jury made their verdict- her future was set. If he accepted Vitaly's proposal it would mean an eternity with the Bratva Captain and if he did not accept it, well they would have to cross that bridge when they come to it.
Felicity's attention was drawn to footsteps which were headed in her direction. She straightened her back and sat up looking at the man who was approaching her. Robert Queen, the Captain's father, he too was a strong ranking member of the Bratva. Coming to a halt when he reached Felicity, he looked at her taking in her appearance. He grabbed her chin turning her head from side to side looking at her. She tried not to flinch wondering if he was checking out the goods for his son. When he let go if her chin he nodded as if he was in agreement leaving to enter the study.
Robert Queen entered the study; one of his men had informed him of Vitaly's arrival. He had been interested to hear what the man had to say- Vitaly was someone who they classified as a weak traitor. He had never been a true member of the brotherhood, always running scared or abandoning them at the last minute. "What is going on here?" Robert asked his son.
"Vitaly has come here to offer me his daughter in exchange for entry into the brotherhood, this time real entry" the Captain informed his father.
"The blonde outside is your daughter? I did not know you had a daughter Vitaly" Robert said now standing by his son.
"I wanted her sheltered from this life, I ... that's why you could say I was not a 100% in this ..."
"What has changed?" Robert said in a harsh voice.
"I want protection for my daughter, money and stability" Vitaly listed.
"Leave us" Robert said as Vitaly hesitantly stood up and turned to leave. Once he left Robert turned to his son, "she is pretty" he told his son as he took a seat in his chair topping up the whiskey glass which was empty.
"We don't need this, what happened to us getting out dad? I thought you had a plan" he said.
"I do, we are close son, this wass what my father wanted for me, he tried to get out and failed. We won't fail. They stormed in, threatened us, used our company for crooked business" Robert licked his lips. "I think you should accept his proposal, you are expected to wed; at least if you wed her you won't be expected to wed... Isabel" his father said.
"Isabel, no, since when was that even on the cards" the Captain yelled.
"Since Antaloy has asked, in order for you to become Parkan he wants you to marry his daughter. But if you marry that girl out there" his father pointed to the door. "If you marry her, you cannot marry Isabel, you won't become Parkan, we have a chance to get out."
"Is it not easier for me to become Parkan for us to finally leave this?" His son questioned.
"No, if you marry Isabel there will be no out, you will be married into the Russian family, the Captains and the Parkan's before. There will be no out. Ever." Robert got up and slammed his fist on the table. "Do you not think I want an out, this is all I have been trying to do since my own father was murdered, think about your sister and mother." Robert placed his hand on his son's shoulder giving it a tight squeeze.
The Captain left the study and finally came face to face with the blonde girl that had been offered to him. A part of him had believed that the girl would be ugly; Vitaly was not exactly a good looking pea in the pod. But he had been taken aback at how beautiful she was. Of course in the sexy librarian kind of look. Her blue eyes hidden behind her glasses, she was small but held her head up.
He looked at Vitaly and nodded his head in affirmation that he would take his daughter. He then walked to her; she remained seated looking up at him clearly nervous.
"Hi I'm Oliver Queen."