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
Nikolay:I kissed Kiara’s forehead and she laid her head on my chest hugging me tightly.The news that she heard was heavy for her despite her staying composed in front of Richard. I knew that what he told her killed her, the fact that her father put her and everyone who was in the games in danger. The man watched people die in front of him, his own daughter almost died in those games and he watched her with a cold heart.“He… Nikolay, I can’t believe I’m saying this. But I hope Richard is lying about what he said” Kiara said in my arms. I kissed the crown of her head and took a deep breath, Kiara’s hand fisted my shirt and I tightened my arms around her. I wanted to say that Richard was lying, but if I knew Grace. I knew that my sister would not be associating in such matters if they weren’t real. Richard was telling the truth and it hurt me that my wife was going through this much pain. It was like getting bulle
Kiara:“You three have been working together since when?” Nikolay asked his sister with wide eyes. Richard, Grace, and Claudia were at the Ritz in my and Nikolay’s suite.Flashback:Nikolay and I entered the suite. Taking off my scarf, I put it on bed and took off the dress putting on grey sweat pants and Nikolay’s long sleeved black shirt “I see someone’s taken over my clothes”“I didn’t think that you’d mind, you know, judging the fact that Richard is coming in a bit. I assumed that your possessive-self would like it this way” I said looking at Nikolay from the mirror of the dresser as I took off my earrings. Nikolay smiled and walked toward me, wrapping his arms around my waist, resting his chin on my shoulder. He kissed my cheek and watched as I took off my bracelets putting them in their box, all while he made sure to keep holding me to him.&ldquo
Nikolay:“And how exactly do you plan on us starting the fire, even if we do say that it is a little electrician issue. There are cameras everywhere, we can’t just go and light up the place” Richard said looking at Kiara with a raised eyebrow.“We won’t be doing anything, I’m guessing almost everything is somewhat robotic, you used the highest tech technology in the previous games” Kiara said and Richard nodded. I looked at the two of them and couldn’t help but feel a clench in my chest, okay, I knew that the man saw her as a friend. The idea of him being in love with her was somewhat off my mind, but that didn’t mean that I liked the fact that he knew her more than I did. The two had a past, I knew and understood that, but…Yeah, I was being a possessive, jealous husband, I needed to admit that. I can’t help it though, and I won’t do anything to stop that. She is mine, and she’ll alw
Kiara:I held on the blanket. My back to Nikolay as I laid on bed, pretending to be asleep.Nikolay raised himself and put his hand on my bare arm. I was wearing a crop top and pajama shorts. He ran his finger on it softly before leaning down and kissing my shoulder “I know that you’re awake princess”I didn’t answer, my mind racing with what I heard Claudia say. My father wed me to a man wanting to ruin both my and his life, he really wanted me to betray the man I married despite threatening me to kill mother if I did anything that would ruin the peace treaty between the Brook and the Ivanov family. Mum’s life was on the line, but he expected me to go mad and try and betray my husband, negotiate with him against Nikolay. Then there was Grace who initially wanted to kill me. Claudia who was spying on me. What the hell was I living?“Baby girl” Nikolay said trying to turn me around, but I tensed not wanting to face
Nikolay:I wrapped my arm around Kiara who sat in my arms. Her head on my chest as I read through the papers I had to check. Vladimir sent me the papers as to review them, there were things that needed taking care of in the clubs back home in the States. Caruso sent us the documents of everything going on back home. Things were well, but we needed a higher budget of money, that shouldn’t be an issue. The things just needed my approval.I smiled at Kiara who was reading her own book on her tablet. She was too focused on it that she didn’t realize that I was looking down at her. I kissed the crown of her head making her look up at me and smiling. She raised herself to kiss my lips and I smiled into the kiss “do you want to go out for a bit?”I rested my forehead against my wife’s forehead and she smiled at me, looking down at the papers that were in my hands raising an eyebrow at me “don’t you have work to take care of?&rd
Kiara:“I called Keram” I said walking out of the bedroom. Nikolay was speaking to Vladimir, Alexei, and Viktor who came a while ago while I was speaking to Keram. I nodded at the three men and they smiled at me as I walked toward my husband and sat on the armrest of his couch beside him “he’s willing to help with whatever we need. But I haven’t told him that we would be working with Richard, he’d have to find that out later”“Don’t worry about that. He’ll just have to see Richard himself. The man might snap or even try to kill Richard, but we’ll just have to find a way to stop him from doing so” Nikolay said and I nodded looking at the three men who kept their eyes on me trying to read my expression.“I’m not hostile yet, don’t worry” I told them rolling my eyes before getting up and heading toward the bedroom “I’ll be in the room if you need anything&rdq
Nikolay:“Are you sure that you’re okay with this baby?” I asked Kiara. The two of us were going home despite me not wanting her to be around the house for a while, the two of us knew that we needed to be at home for more security, to ensure that everything was confidential, and that no one was following any of us.“You and I both know that it has to be this way Nikolay. We’ll try to arrange something with Harry for him to get the Ritz under Mafia Safe grounds, only then can we meet there and know that no one will be watching or actually daring to harm any of us” Kiara said answering me and I nodded taking her hand in mine and intertwining our fingers.“Are you happy being my wife Kiara?” I asked softly. The question has been running through my mind since yesterday when Grace, Claudia, and Richard were over. Then what she said to Vladimir, I hadn’t opened my mouth to speak of the subject in front of the men,
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