Kiara:
“Alberto” I smiled wrapping my arms around his neck. He hugged me tightly, Mihronisa waiting for us to greet one another before she hugged me. Timur waited for me to finish hugging Mihronisa before he wrapped his arms around me from the back and kissing my cheek to annoy Nikolay. Thankfully, he was now used to it.
“How are you Timur?” I smiled turning around in his arms and hugging him, he lifted me off the ground and twirled me around twice before putting me down. Nikita was used to the way her husband acted around me. She knew that his heart belonged to her, however he did what he did to annoy Nikolay as he knew that my love was easily jealous.
“I am fine, how is the little princess?” Timur asked looking at Nikolay making me bite my bottom lip to prevent myself from laughing. Timur smirked and kept his eyes on my husband as he waited for him to react, which he did by wrapping his arm around my waist and pulling me clo
Nikolay:I wrapped my arms around Kiara.She stayed beside me as we approached the group who seemed worried about my current mood. I couldn’t blame them, if anything, I knew that I was crazier than even Jonathon was, and that was something.“Boss” Juliet said walking toward me, Kiara didn’t look at her, for known reasons. I didn’t question why. Juliet handed me an envelop , avoiding my eyes as if fearing my anger “Mr. Bernard told me to give it to you”I nodded at her to leave and opened the envelop to find invitation cards.You and your family are invited to witness your family representative Claudia Ivanov in the Bloodlust games which begin in two weeks time, in London, below the London EYE.Be sure to be on time, the competition lasts for a week, the winner will be the new face of the Bloodlust games, giving himself/herself and their family advantages and bene
Kiara:“Kiara, please, this isn’t good for you or your baby” Maddie begged hugging me as I cried. Mia had hurt me badly. I couldn’t even let Nikolay stand up to her. The woman was his mother and I was put in a tough situation. But the woman actually slapped me in front of everyone, the men, Nikolay, her husband. How the hell was I going to be able to get out of this shame? Not to mention her words that have cut through me like a knife.I couldn’t stop the tears that fell from my eyes. Maddie tightened her arms around me. Holding me to her, kissing the crown of my head, whispering soothing words to me to calm down. She was truly a sister, one which I didn’t have. My chest ached as I thought of everything that has happened in the past three days, I found out that I had an older brother, my encounter with Richard, the fight with Nikolay, then Claudia and the games, and now Mia. Everything seemed to be against me all of a sudden and the
Nikolay:“That’s enough for now” I said breathing heavily.We had been in the boxing ring for hours now. Me, Vladimir, Alexei, Anastas, and Viktor had been fighting for a while. Me trying to release the tension and anger that I was feeling, the anger that mother had hurt me by hurting my wife. Everything just felt like it was crumbling all of a sudden, the walls tightened around me and my chest ached. I was thankful for the men who I called my brothers, we were all breathing heavily. Our bodies bruised, my knuckles were bleeding, but we didn’t care.We knew that somethings needed to be taken out with blood. After all, we were mafia men.The door to the gym was knocked and I frowned in confusion wiping the blood on my knuckle with a white towel “come in?”No one ever knocked the door to the gym while we were inside. Therefore, to see Grace entering the gym, her eyes bloodshot read as if she’s been crying fri
Kiara:“Nikolay, you don’t have to do this” I said taking a step back not wanting to go down the stairs. I knew that Nikolay was furious with everyone. Yes, I was hurt, a lot. But him going against his mother for me was not something that I could accept.Nikolay didn’t stop, he brought my hand closer to his lips and softly kissed my knuckles before pulling me to walk down with him. I didn’t want to face Mia, I couldn’t blame her for what happened, though I actually knew that me losing the baby was partly due to her fault. She had reminded me of a past that I tried so hard to forget, and what killed me was that she dared lay a hand on me when I knew that she never did it to her own kids.“Kiara?” Vladimir said standing up from the couch when he saw me. The man saw me as a sister to him. I was sure that me losing the baby affected him as much as it affected Nikolay, and Maddie being by my side through it made it a lo
Richard: “Have you two lost your minds?” Grace snapped, her and Sebastian entering the office. “Hello to you too Grace, how are you?” Claudia asked raising an eyebrow at her big sister who turned to glare at her. “You appeared in front of Nikolay and Kiara in their new club!” Grace snapped “the games weren’t supposed to begin for another few months” “Louis’s orders Grace. He’s aware that the podium is ready, he even put in a few millions just to make sure that the games start in the next few weeks” I said looking at Grace who ran her fingers through her hair in frustration. “We are supposed to protect Kiara and Nikolay, Richard, we are throwing them in the face of danger!” Grace said looking me in the eye, her blue eyes met my green ones and I could see worry and exhaustion in her eyes. “I am trying Grace. But Louis is not stupid, he knows that I’m stalling, he took matters into his own hands and is doing everything in his power to sta
Kiara:“Nikolay!” I whined at my teasing husband who has been driving for the past hour refusing to tell me where we were going. He kept smiling at me whenever I asked, giving me the same answer over and over again, or kissing my cheek, hands, or just taking my hand in his and simply squeezing it.“Yes, baby girl?” Nikolay asked already knowing what I was going to ask. Yet, he was determined to tease me. He was not opening his mouth to tell me anything. Taking my hand in his, again, and kissing my knuckle making me smile and shake my head.“Why won’t you tell me where we are going Nikolay?” I asked. I was still tired after everything that happened, and it wasn’t me being physically tired. No, that wasn’t the issue, my body was far stronger than that. I was trained to be able to take pain, the physical pain I went through as I grew up was more than a girl should take, but it toughened my body. I was just emoti
Nikolay:“Nikolay, can you help me with my dress?” Kiara said making me smile. I was fixing my shirt as she was fiddling with the zipper of her flaming red dress.She walked toward me and turned around waiting for me to zip her dress for her which I did happily, making sure to let my finger touch her back as I did making her shudder. She smiled at the mirror looking at me and I smiled at her softly kissing her bare shoulder. Kiara put her hand on my neck pulling me closer to her and I smiled.“You know, we can always skip going and stay here, go down to the restaurant, have a nice dinner, dance a little, drink maybe, I miss hearing drunk you whine about telling me your deepest secrets while I tried to kiss you” I teased and Kiara laughed turning around in my arms and wrapping her own around my neck. I smiled and leaned down to kiss her, my forehead resting against her own for a second after we pulled away before I feather kissed her nose.
Kiara: I sat down beside my husband. His arm wrapped around my waist as Timur, Nikita, Vladimir, Uncle Dimitri, Mia, Uncle Ivan, Keram, Daphne, and Grace sat with us on the couches as we talked. “Are you okay baby girl?” Nikolay asked me softly. I had been quiet since after the encounter with Mia, even she knew that I wasn’t talking anymore. I was here for a reason, I wasn’t here to fight and if her and I spoke. It would end up with us getting into an argument. I smiled at Nikolay and kissed his jawline, but even he knew that I did that to tell him to drop the subject. Mum and dad were here, we had greeted them and thankfully neither of them saw the bullet wound which was starting to hurt me as the painkiller’s effect was starting to wear off. I got up from Nikolay’s arms and he frowned in confusion, but putting a hand on my shoulder letting him know that I needed to go to try and kill the pain before it got unbearable. Nikolay nodded and smiled at me
Kiara: I laid my head on my husband’s chest as he ran his fingers over my waist. The two of us having rented a house on the beach for a few days to be alone. “So, what do you want to do today?” Nikolay asked me. His lips kissing my temple as I smiled and I looked up at him. “Well, for starters, I want us to make up for lost time. Lost love hours and minutes, you know, that kind of thing” I said looking my husband in the eye, he smirked and laid wrapped his arms around me, bringing me closer to his chest. Bringing my lips to his own, kissing me softly. “You know, since we’re finally alone for the next few days. I was thinking that we could give Dani and Lia a little baby brother or sister” Nikolay said making me raise an eyebrow. “Our children are still babies, Nik” I said looking at Nikolay who smiled. “Exactly, they can grow with one another, having a near age range. They’d be our next generation” Nikolay said looking me in the eye “s
Nikolay:“So, do you want to politely tell me what else you did? Or do I need to break the rest of your teeth?” I asked Anastas. My fists covered in blood from punching him as hard as I did. I was currently wearing metal rings that I knew would break his whole jaw if I put the correct force into my punch.Anastas spat on me and I raised an eyebrow before punching his abdomen making him cough out blood. His eyes widened as he tried catching his breath, it having been knocked out of his chest. I was thankful for the walls being soundproof, otherwise, I would’ve have taken this elsewhere.“Again, what else did you do to harm my family?” I asked calmly. My voice was controlled as Vladimir pulled the man’s head back by his hair, forcing him to look at me. Anastas’s eyes were wide in fear as he saw the danger that he was in. But it wasn’t like he didn’t know it, he grew up with me. He knew what annoyed me, what did
Kiara:“Hey” Maddie said peeking her head through the bedroom’s door. Turning my attention to her, I forced myself to smile and nodded at her to come inside.“Hi” I smiled at her, standing up from the floor. I was sitting on the floor with my back resting against the couch. Her eyes met mine and she sighed wrapping her arms around my neck. Hugging me tightly as she did and I embraced her hug. Thankful for her being there for me.“Don’t want to join us for breakfast, Kia? You’ve been dodging your meals unless Nikolay pulls you down with him, and you know that it isn’t good for you” Maddie said softly. She wasn’t blind, no one in this house was. I knew that I wasn’t being fair to myself or this family with what I was doing to myself. But I couldn’t help it.One part of me was still mourning over the loss of mother, the other was breaking inside for not being worth the time of this
Nikolay: “Come on” Kiara said smiling as she put the spoon of soup in my mouth. The fact that the nurse had told her that the less movements I made, the better it would be made her not allow me to move from the bed unless I wanted to go to the bathroom, and even that was with the help of one of the men. Though, I wouldn’t lie and say that I can’t see the sadness in her eyes. Despite the smile that she’s been putting on, I can see the exhaustion in her beautiful green orbs. That fact itself was bothering me, whatever it was, I knew that she was blocking it inside her as not to worry or upset me when I was in such a state. But that didn’t mean that I liked or appreciated it. I put my hand on hers when she was about to lift the spoon from the bowl making her frown in confusion as I studied her expression “what’s going on, baby girl? What are you keeping from me that’s having you this broken?” My questions seemed to catch her off guard as she put th
Kiara:I stared at Nikolay’s lifeless body for a second before turning my attention to my mother whose eyes were wide in both fear and confusion.“What have you done, Kiara?” She asked as she stared at both Grace and Nikolay “what have you two done?”“The task, mother” I said coldly. Her eyes were wide in fear when they met mine and I nodded giving her a cold smile, one which she taught me how to give for a long time. She had told me once that it was the way to survive in the mafia world, a cold smile which didn’t reach your eyes, but gave you a peace of mind.She rushed out of the podium through a door and I nodded at Richard to come with me, the two of us leaving the startled audience as we walked through the door. Ian was hiding somewhere, staying away from the spotlight, though that wouldn’t be for long. Mother would come and look for him, and that might not end too well for her, especially when sh
Kiara:“HAVE YOU LOST YOUR MIND?” Mum yelled at the top of her lungs as she walked inside the dorm where Richard and I were staying. The two of us being the last contestants had the dorm to ourselves.“Hello to you too, mum” I said rolling my eyes. Crossing my arms over my chest, I waited for her to approach me.“You are writing your own death certificate, Kiara! Why the hell are you doing this? What happened to the woman who didn’t cheat on her husband?” Mum snapped. I stayed quiet as I watched her rant “you going ahead and announcing doing this publicly, IN FRONT of Nikolay and the other families, have you really become this reckless?”“So, it’s okay to do it without them knowing? Like cheating but hiding it?” I mocked rolling my eyes at mum whose eyes widened “my marriage is long over, mother. You made sure of it when you kidnapped me, you know, darkening my heart and eyes as
I waited for Kristina to report to me that the bodies of Lara, Emmanuel, Mila, and Joy were sent to their families before reporting back to them that their kids have taken the doses, and that they would be waking up after taking the antidote. My heart dropped to my stomach when I saw that Richard and Kiara were on the same team against four contestants who could rat them out.However, that fear quickly faded away when three of them died, leaving Kiara, Richard, and Yang for the last two levels. Though we didn’t know when they were going to start with them. The fact that they were going to stay in that place for a while longer than necessary worried me, especially since Yang was on edge as she believed that Kiara was with Richard, and that the two were cheating on me. We had two options, to either wait and see what would happen, or I could just give an order to shoot the woman, and we get everything done with.But as tempting the idea was, I knew that I couldn&rsq
Kiara:The games passed by in a flash.Though not as we planned for them to.Ella had died before we even managed to give her the injection. Stefan who refused to take it thinking that we would end up killing him followed a few games later. Lucas having taken it, is now safe with his family. Mikhail followed on the second game. Yang was down to two chances before she lost and was refusing to give up now. The games were literally becoming an addition to some of the contestants who were refusing the fact of losing, some even claimed that I wanted them out for me to win the games. Lara, Mila, Emmanuel, and Joy have been a great help in saving those who would end up losing their lives. Emmanuel literally grabbed one of the contestants and shoved the injection in his neck without his consent when he saw that he was giving me a fuss.Now we were down to ten contestants, and the final level was approaching soon. My heart ached whenever I thought of what was to c
Nikolay:“So, we’ll proceed with the injection?” Kiara asked and Sebastian nodded. Her and Richard were with us in the underground secret tunnel. Well, not so secret but anyway.“You’ll proceed with everything as you planned. However, Ella would be the first to leave, due to being injured. You’d need to have her get out of the games before she actually does die, and there’s the fact that you’ll need to be more careful about who you trust and who you don’t from now on” Sebastian said and Kiara nodded.“What about those who died in the other game? Why didn’t we give them the injection?” Kiara asked and Sebastian sighed running his fingers through his hair.“They had their differences with Nikolay and the Ivanov family. We had caught them wanting to plot against them, but that’s a whole different story. Just be sure that everything goes smoothly and that YOU regain your