Kiara:
“Just as promised” I said entering the basement to see the man wearing fresh clothes, his hair tidied and his mess cleaned. Maddie was sitting on the floor with him as she helped him eat, three of his fingers were broken, which explained why he couldn’t eat himself. His eyes widened when he saw me, and he stood up looking at me with hopeful eyes “they are safe in the living room”
“You found them?” He asked wide eyed, his eyes welled up with tears and I nodded smiling, not controlling himself, the man wrapped his arms around my neck, hugging me tightly, and despite the pain of my shoulder, I wrapped my arms around him, hugging him back, knowing that saving his family was truly all the man wanted, I knew what it was like to have to do something because you were afraid of losing someone you loved if you didn’t do it, it was hard, and painful. I had lived the same fear when I first married Nikolay. His hate for me was
Nikolay:“Are you sure that we can trust him Kiara?” I asked Kiara looking her dead in the eye, her trust toward the man worried me, especially since we knew nothing about him or his background. She seemed too relaxed about it, she didn’t even hesitate for a second as she looked at the man who was hugging his wife and son.“After this Nikolay, none of them will do anything that would betray your trust” Kiara said smiling, her eyes softening as the child kissed his father’s cheeks, the man smiled at his son and kissed his wife’s temple “you need to have men that were on the inside of the dirty work, you taught me that”“I did, however, I didn’t teach you to trust these men, or to do them a favor” I said looking at my wife, her and I were sitting on the couch in the living room, Vladimir had Maddie in his arms as we relaxed for a bit before getting on to business. We still had a lot of work to
Kiara:I sat on the couch cuddled in my white blanket, Maddie sat on the other side of the couch resting her back against the armrest, covering herself with the other end of the blanket. Both of us watching a movie as we waited for Vladimir and Nikolay to finish talking to the man.“I see that you two are watching a movie” Nikolay said entering the room without knocking, well, he technically didn’t need to, the bedroom’s door was already open. We didn’t really see a need to close the door since we knew that no one came to my and Nikolay’s floor if Nikolay wasn’t here. Well, unless it was a maid or we asked for something, and if for any reason anyone did come up, they would knock the door.He and Vladimir smiled as they looked at the two of us, though there was an expression that I couldn’t read in their eyes, despite their smiles, Nikolay’s smile didn’t reach his eyes. That itself troubled me, even Vlad
Nikolay:“Boss” the nurse said approaching me. Her eyes were on the ground, avoiding looking me in the eye as a sign of respect. Her white scrubs hugged her body as she walked toward me and put the paper of the results of the blood test on my desk in front of me, knowing that I would want to read the papers later.“Tell me, what did you find?” I asked looking at her. I had told the nurse to tell me the test results before she told Kiara, that I way, I would at least know what to do and how to handle whatever situation we were going to be put in, and if Sebastian was lying, I would know how to deal with him.“The DNA tests are identical boss, however, Mrs. Kiara…”“What about Kiara?” I asked stopping the woman, frowning in confusion as I looked at her. I could tell that she was frightened of me right now, but I didn’t care. What was she going to say about my wife? The fact that something could be
Kiara:“Bloody hell… Nikolay!” I shrieked coming undone under my husband who shuddered on top of me, riding himself and I through out climax.His body collapsed on top of mine, though I could tell that he was careful not to hurt my shoulder, his head laying on my chest as he breathed hard, catching his own breath trying to normalize it before he pulled out of me and laid down beside me, softly pulling me to his chest.I cuddled into Nikolay’s arms, feeling my eyes get heavy, Nikolay’s body already relaxing as he closed his eyes. The man hadn’t slept for a while and I knew that he planned on going out to the club, but he called Vladimir to tell him that they would let that be tomorrow. I was glad that he did, he needed the rest, having stayed awake last night, then today as the case of my ‘brother’ rose.“Did you sleep baby girl?” Nikolay asked, knowing that I wasn’t asleep. He knew that I
Nikolay:Kiara slowly helped me fix the buttons of my shirt.Her not being able to move her shoulder was what restricted her from doing what she did as comfortably as she usually would. Her habits of taking care of the smallest details when it came to us being in private made our marriage even more special. She would always be the one to fix the buttons of my shirt, help me wear a jacket, or even take off my shirt after a long day. Her fingers would massage my back while I was in the tub and she taking a bath with me, softly rubbing oil on my back and moving her fingers skillfully over my muscles after a long day. Those small details made a difference to the two of us, and they made me love her more and more with every passing day.“Babe, I can do my shirt myself, you know that you need to relax” I told her softly, I knew that no matter what I said. This was Kiara, she was going to be as stubborn as hell and was going to do her best to try and convin
Kiara:“Nikolay!” I laughed as my husband tickled me before he left the bedroom to go to work. We had our breakfast down with the family before Nikolay decided to want to talk to me for a while before he went down for work. Turns out him ‘talking’ was basically him wanting to cuddle for a bit, his hand holding my stomach as if he was cradling our growing baby.“Yes baby?” Nikolay teased hovering my body as he looked me in the eye. His once neat hair was now a mess from me running my fingers through it, his jacket was on the edge of the bed, while his sleeves were rolled up and the first three buttons of his shirt were open. His arm wrapped around me as I arched my back for him to be able to do so. My body relaxed in his embrace as it always did, a sense of comfort ran through my veins as I knew that I was beside my husband, in his arms.“You’re tickling me Nik” I laughed and he chuckled before laying his head
Nikolay:“What do mean they aren’t home?” I asked wide eyed. The men and I just got home from finishing our business at the club only to find out that both Kiara and Maddie weren’t home.“They went out a while ago boss, Mrs. Kiara’s guards came and picked them up…”“And you just let them go?” Vladimir asked running his fingers through his hair. How the hell could they be as reckless as to go out when they know that every dangerous man was in town? Not to mention without bothering to call or tell us where they went to at least know where they are.“They went to get their hairs and nails done Nikolay, they asked me and I told them that they can go” mom said walking down the stairs upon hearing my loud tone. My eyes snapped in her direction and mom raised an eyebrow at me. Nodding at the maid to leave my sight, I looked at mom who crossed her arms over her chest “they are not chil
Kiara:“I don’t like you” I teased and Nikolay laughed. He wrapped his arms around my body and pulled me closer to him, kissing my forehead as our bare bodies engulfed one another’s. His body a lot bigger and more muscular than mine, it still amazed me that we would fight and he would actually listen to me rather than crush me.“Sure, you don’t” Nikolay smirked and I laughed as he wrapped his arm around me and kissed me lovingly “I’m sorry for hurting your feelings baby”“I’m sorry Nikolay, I know you did it because you love me. I should have been more considerate about how you’d feel about the whole situation” I said laying my head on my husband’s chest, his arm wrapped around my back. My stomach was on his and I kissed his chest, just above where his heart was beating before I laid my head down and closed my eyes, the peace and safety I felt with my husband was one that I
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