Nikolay:
“What the hell was that?” I asked looking at Vladimir who shook his head at the sight we just witnessed. Ian had to be kidding, this had to be some kind of joke.
“I don’t know, but they just lost three of the contestants, and judging by Kiara’s expression. It had nothing to do with her” Vladimir said looking at me. My eyes were wide with surprise, again, the picture of Lucas flashed through the screens. The audience around us cheered, and the families who have lost their members froze as they stared at their now dead family members. Lilian walked toward the electric barrier that separated us from her, her eyes looking at the families who were grieving before she walked past them and stood in front of me.
“You see, Nikolay, this is the danger you’re all in” Lilian said looking me in the eye. I glared at her and had it not been the barrier which was in front of us, my hands would’ve been wrapped
Kiara:I laid on my bunk bed thinking of what Ben had said. The fact that he thought that he could threaten to tell Ian about what we were planning told me that more of such trouble can occur, if it hadn’t already. The fact that Lucas had easily won the game both shocked and annoyed me. The kid didn’t even need to think of the answers to know how to give them, had it not been for Richard and I’s training. The education we had was tougher than most, just as Mikhail’s was. The games proved that the Russians had the strongest training, and having been with the Ivanov family for five years now had changed a lot in both me and Richard, despite me being trained to be a weapon long ago.I closed my eyes as my mind drifted back to my husband and kids, I missed them terribly. I couldn’t even describe it. The fact that I have been away from them for the past three days, barely seeing my husband, not seeing them. Yeah, I knew that it was enough to ru
Nikolay:“What do you mean you kissed Richard?” I asked Kiara. My chest aching with the idea of this fact being true.“Nikolay, I had no other option. If Ian saw the scar on my arm, he would’ve found out about everything we were doing…” I glared at Kiara who had snuck out of the games to come here, not only was I furious by the fact that she actually did sneak out when she knew the danger that she was in. But to hear that she had found it suitable to kiss another man.“Kiara, not only did you kiss another man. No, you kissed my sister’s husband. YOU my wife, kissed my sister’s husband, and you’re expecting me to be okay with this? Okay, Grace is sitting there not saying a word. She’s listening to the bullshit that you’re saying and staying quiet about it. Do NOT expect the same behavior from me” I said glaring at Kiara who had tears in her eyes. Vladimir, Maddie, Grace, Amalia, Ivan,
Kiara:“You okay, love?” Richard asked seeing me get down from the vent. His arms wrapped securely around me helping me stand. I looked around the dark room trying to adjust to the darkness which surrounded us. Breathing heavily as I tried processing everything that has happened throughout this long day.“Yeah, I’m fine” I sighed. Today had been a long day, seeing Ian kill Ben so easily without any remorse made me imagine what he could’ve possibly done to Sebastian when he had kidnapped both Richard and I “I explained everything to Nikolay and Grace. They want us to proceed with what we started”“Pardon?” Richard asked frowning in confusion. I took a deep breath and explained what happened to him, everyone was asleep by now. At least, I hoped they were. I didn’t really trust anyone anymore after seeing what Benjamin did. If a man like him, as powerful as he was, could easily betray us like that be
Ian:Flashback:I watched as Nikolay spoke to Kristina, the man having sent a spy to the games to protect his wife. My daughter.Watching as the woman walked back inside the building, Nikolay stared at the door after her. Clearly debating whether or not he should follow her, but I also knew that he wouldn’t risk his wife getting harmed. I respected him for that. The love I saw him having for Kiara made me thankful that their marriage has been arranged. That they managed to find a middle line which had united the two of them.I watched as the man got out of the building and toward the car where Vladimir was waiting for him and debated. I needed their help, and unfortunately, I knew that the men hated my very existence in this world. The fact that I had ‘kidnapped’ Kiara from the house being the last straw. But I couldn’t keep her there knowing that danger lurked around the corner. I go
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
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
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:“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