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 don’t eat olives Nikolay” I said making a face as he tried handing me a piece of bread having green munched olives spread over them, it was true, I was hungry, but I wouldn’t put olives in my mouth if I starved, it was a silent rule I had, it and raw tomatoes were two things that I didn’t eat, at all, call me a child but I couldn’t taste them.“Why not?” Nikolay asked raising an eyebrow, I shook my head making a disgusted face as Nikolay extended the piece of bread to me, he chuckled at my behavior and I raised an eyebrow wanting to know what was funny in me not liking them “you’re acting like a child fearing broccoli”“I don’t fear olives!” I said playfully glaring at him, he smirked and raised an eyebrow at me, both of us had gone to the VIP lounge of the hotel and were having lunch there “I just don’t like its taste”“Sure” Nikola
Nikolay:I read through the papers I had on the desk while Kiara sat on the couch reading a book on her tablet. I smiled at the sight of her being beside me both of us being in one place when we were forced apart for so long, and it killed me to admit, but it was partly my fault that we were apart in the first place.I had made her choose between me and her family when I wouldn’t have even considered thinking of doing the same thing if she ever put me in the same situation, getting up from my seat I walked to the mini fridge and got ice from the freezer filling two glasses with ice the pouring whiskey and walking toward Kiara and handing her a glass sitting beside her and wrapping my arm around her.“What are you reading?” I asked kissing her cheek.“Sherlock Holmes” Kiara answered laying her head over my chest, she didn’t close the app she was reading on though she took a sip of her drink, my fingers intertwining as I
Kiara:“How’d you enjoy the night?” Nikolay asked me as I walked out of the bathroom putting the dress inside the closet.I was thankful for Maddie who saved my bum and prepared a few fancy dresses for me when Nikolay called her and told her that we were staying for a few nights. I was wearing black shorts and Nikolay’s black V-neck t-shirt. It had his cologne smell on it and I found myself loving the fact of wearing his comfortable clothes. The shirt reached my mid thigh covering my shorts, but I didn’t mind as I messed up my hair before going to sit beside Nikolay who was sitting on the couch waiting for me.Crossing my legs over the couch and resting my back on the armrest looking at my husband who raised an eyebrow at me. He was yet to change out of his suit and I had a feeling that he was going out anyway, but I didn’t bother asking when he was coming back or where he was going, first, if he wanted to tell me then he woul
Nikolay:“He’s in a bloodlust state” Vladimir told me as we entered the basement where they were holding a man of my own, he had been held captive for a few months, and when he came back something was different about him. It didn’t take long for us to know that he was held captive in a project area, it was an area where they were preparing ruthless soldiers, they brainwashed them, somehow, making them as triggers.The project was one that we were against as the Russian families, and one of our men was kidnapped once for that project, we tried finding him, and when we did it was too late, they had already brainwashed him into making him get into a bloodlust, there were no signs showing that the man had gone into a lust when you first saw him. The person was perfectly normal, but when getting into kills, one, two, three, one after the other, the person somewhat stopped seeing in front of him, and was suddenly a ruthless killer. You could put him i
Kiara:I laid my head over Nikolay’s chest as he slept.His arm was wrapped around me as his heartbeat was calm, I slowly untangled myself from soft grasp and covered his body before heading to the kitchenette to make myself some coffee. Nikolay pulled me to sleep with him and I woke up having a thousand-ton boxes hitting my head repeatedly, which simply meant that I needed coffee, but the pain of it was unnecessary, like seriously, I could just cave coffee, but no, my head has to be playing unfair. Not to mention my stomach which was also giving me cramps due to having my period, yeah, today was not my day.Taking my coffee in my hand and setting it on the table in the sitting area, I smiled when I saw that Nikolay was still asleep. It must have been a long night on him, I remember having my father stay up for weeks with me as he tried to get me out of the bloodlust state that I was in, I couldn’t believe that I told Nikolay about it, despite not wa
Nikolay:“I see that I’ve found where the young Mrs. had gone of to” Richard Bernard said casually, the man smirked keeping his eyes on my wife who frowned in confusion, the man was supposed to be in England.“What the bloody hell are you doing here?” Kiara asked, anger lacing her voice.“Oh, don’t worry child, I didn’t come here for you, I do believe that this is a grocery store and everyone is welcome here, and if you are referring to New York, I don’t believe that you own it and can stop me from coming here, now can you?” Richard said calmly, my eyes glared at the man, so Caruso was right, Richard was here in the Mafia Safe Hotel, I frowned in confusion wondering how my men hadn’t seen him.“If you are wondering about the state of your men, don’t worry, I haven’t held them captive, Caruso was more a hassle than a benefit if you ask me, therefore I didn’t want to w
Kiara:Ignoring the clench in my chest at Nikolay’s rejection when I entered the house, I started making the spaghetti, smiling at the lovely aura it was giving in the kitchen, Anastas had asked if I needed anything when I first entered the house, but I simply smiled at him and told him to go and rest, I would be calling him IF I needed anything, which in my language, Anastas knew meant, I didn’t want or need your help, thank you for offering.I smiled as the food I was making was ready. Mum had always taught me, a place where a woman cooked, more specifically, where a home meal was made was a happy place. I believed in it, in my opinion it made me smile at least. The house members smiled whenever I did come out helping Leila or Maddie, I couldn’t tell if it was real or not, but I was personally happy doing it.Setting the table, turning on the candles which were on top of it, I wanted to make the night a romantic night, despite Nikolay’s
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