Nikolay:
Kiara and I walked down the stairs, heading down to see my little sister who was causing me more trouble lately.
“Nikolay, don’t be too tough on her. Your father already had his go on her, as did Adrian…” I kissed mom’s forehead stopping her from finishing what she was going to say, I knew that she would want me to be lenient with Claudia, she was her youngest. I couldn’t blame her, but I couldn’t be as lenient on her, if I was, then she would be crossing all limits. I couldn’t allow that.
“I will do what needs to be done, mom. I can’t let her get away with running away, something could have happened to her” I said cupping mom’s cheeks, her eyes avoided mine and I frowned in confusion. Her face dropped as if disappointed “mom?”
“Claudia didn’t just run away, Nikolay. When she came back, she was limping, she couldn’t climb her window, that’s how she was caught” mom said sadly. I frowned in confusion at mom’s statement, her body heated, and I r
Kiara: “Can you please book me one of the suites on the top floor?” I asked entering the hotel. It was one of those five star hotels that were a mafia’s safe ground. No matter what the feud between us outside the hotel’s grounds were, we were to sit like civilized people inside the hotel without harming one another, an IF one of us dared break these rules, then we all knew the fate of that ‘crime’. “As you wish Mrs. Ivanov. Do you wish for me to let your husband know that you are here?” The receptionist asked and I shook my head. I came here not to be found, another thing was confidentiality, if I wished to stay here for years without anyone knowing, the hotel could keep me here for as much as I desired. As long as I paid them of course, and no one would know that I was here if I didn’t wish it to be known. “I want no one to know that I’m here. Not Nikolay and most definitely not my father” I said seriously. The man nodded in understanding, his name was David
Nikolay:“Boss, she’s at the hotel” Anastas said calling me, I frowned in confusion, the hotel hadn’t informed me of my wife going there.“Which hotel?” I asked. I knew that it was impossible for her to go to any of my hotels, partner there or not, she would know that I would be informed and could easily tell them to bring her back here. The girl, Nadia, smiled softly on top of me, running her finger over my shirt as she kept her eyes on me while I spoke to Anastas.“She’s in Mafia safe grounds, she’s in Harry’s hotel, more specifically, with Harry in the restaurant” Anastas said and I frowned. But my frown quickly turned when Nadia began licking my neck making my pants tighten and my heart race, if she headed toward a mafia safe hotel, then she clearly didn’t want to risk me returning her here, nor did she plan on coming back tonight thinking that she would tie my hands down that way, or th
Kiara:It took me a few minutes to process that Nikolay had actually kissed me after he left.He stole my first kiss…“Nikolay Ivanov” I shook my head and sat down on the couch thinking back on what he said, my heart racing as I thought of him calling another woman to sleep with, yes, he has claimed that he didn’t touch her, but was it going to be the same way whenever we had a fight? Would he simply just call another girl to screw around, then come and apologize?Bloody hell…The door to my room was knocked and I sighed walking toward it, expecting to find Harry or Nikolay, but I was surprised when I found Vladimir standing there, his eyes avoiding mine.“What are you doing here?” I asked the mafia man who was supposed to be with Nikolay, the two NEVER left one another, they were literally always together, therefore for Vladimir to be standing here in front of me was a bit odd for me.&ldqu
Nikolay:“What the hell are you guys still doing here?” I asked frowning, I told Alexei and Viktor to go to the Mafia safe hotel, and yet they were still here.“I asked them to stay and not come since Vladimir and I were on the way” Kiara said from behind me, my eyes widened and I saw her and Vladimir entering the house. Her eyes staying on mine as she walked inside and took of her jacket “I’ll be in my room if anyone needs anything”She walked up the stairs before I could answer her and I looked at Vladimir in confusion, he smirked and shrugged. Nodding at me to go and follow her, but I raised an eyebrow at him wanting him to explain how he managed to bring her home, how he had convinced her to agree to come with him “I spoke to her, she agreed to come home with me and asked me to speak to Viktor and Alexei telling them not to come”“What did you tell her?” I asked frowning, she didn&rsquo
Kiara:“Claudia!” Mia said angrily, her hand grabbing the girl’s arm roughly. I looked at Maddie and nodded at her to get everyone out of the room, they weren’t supposed to be witnessing such things on the girl, she still was a lady of the house “you will apologize to the girl and your big brother”“Why? Give me one good reason why I should, she took him from us, he stopped knowing who is siblings are, he stopped caring about seeing any of us, or sitting with any of us, and it is all because of her arrival!” Claudia said pointing at me.“Did you happen to see your behavior Claudia? I have defended you so many times when I arrived, I tried speaking sense to you, I even tried being your big sister, and yet, now you’re claiming that I am the bad guy? Need I ask why?” I asked looking at the teenager, Mia frowned in confusion and looked at her daughter “had it not been me, you are aware of your b
Nikolay:I watched as Kiara sat on the edge of the bed and put on her anklet, wearing her white heels, the gold anklet had a crystal hanging from it.“Do you want to stop staring? Because you look bloody creepy” Kiara said not looking at me, amusement lacing her tone, I chuckled as I sat on the chair of my desk, I had a desk in my bedroom as well for when I didn’t feel like going down to the office.“I’m not staring, it’s called admiring princess, you really need to learn the difference” I said smirking, I was wearing an elegant suite, my tie still hung from my neck, I hadn’t bothered fix it while I watched Kiara fix her make up and pick out her jewelry, the maids have long finished setting her things in my room, adding a feminine side to my own bedroom. It was odd seeing it as so, I was never one to imagine myself sharing my room with a girl, and here I was, married, and was the one who actually brought the girl t
Kiara:“Why is my father calling?” I asked frowning, Alexei shrugged in confusion and I frowned looking at Nikolay to find him sharing the same frown, both of us heading out of the bedroom to his office.Nikolay picked up his office’s phone and put the call on speaker “speak”“Is that a way to greet your father-in-law?” Dad asked sarcastically, I didn’t speak as Nikolay motioned for me not to make a sound.“What do you want?” Nikolay asked, I knew why he was angry with him, having heard of everything he’s done with me all the years I was growing up, and how he had abused mum as well, Nikolay HATED men who took advantage of women against their wills, he saw it as a weakness in the man, and he was right, it was a weakness, seeing that a woman was weaker than any man was, especially one of a mafia. Dad never hesitated though, he constantly saw himself as stronger and always wanted to prove him
Nikolay: “Good morning princess” I smiled putting my arms either side of Kiara’s head, I had been awake for almost an hour, but since we had slept late and Kiara had fallen asleep being worried and stressed because of her father, I let her sleep in while I finished some work I had to get done. “Morning” Kiara smiled opening her eyes, she looked at me to find me leaning in over her, slowly kissing her cheeks, forehead, and finally her lips making her smile. “How’d you sleep?” I asked softly, she rubbed her sleepy eyes and sat up, exhaustion was drawn all over her features, I had to admit that I didn’t like seeing what I was, but I couldn’t do anything about it right now, I knew the reason and I couldn’t blame her for it. I distracted her for now, but it was a mere for now thing, she would end up thinking of the safety of her mother the minute she was alone, it was only normal that she did. “Good, and you? When did you wake up anyway?” She asked pointin
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