We were still at the party and I was avoiding Maxim. I should have known Darko would stir the pot and let it slip that we knew one another. He knew I was keeping my identity a secret. How was I supposed to explain how I knew?I successfully avoided him for a while until I saw Mikhail pull him to speak. I scanned the room to make sure Kira wasn’t looking at him. I spotted her across the room with Veronika speaking with a client and I walked towards them to make sure they didn’t realize Maxim and Mikhail had gone out to talk. As I approached, I heard how Kira was speaking to her business associate, I realized that she was talented in that area. She could have built a business and ignored all other things but she was harboring ill feelings for the Bratva. That would be the end of her. If you coupled that with her working with Fabio, she had signed her death certificate. If I knew anything about him, it was that he never left loose ends. He killed any outsider he worked with. That was
Mika and I followed the secret path below the building. The place was dark, and it was old, but it had a strong foundation, seeing as it hadn’t caved after the explosion. The walls of the secret pathway were made of metal.“What do you think we’ll find on the other side?” Mika asked.“I have no idea. We’ll have to find out.” I answered curtly. I needed his help, which was why I was even speaking to him. I hadn’t forgotten the many times he had stabbed me in the back.“I feel like this is all my fault. If I hadn’t—”“You weren’t the one who invited her into our lives; you just entertained her. She would have found another way to infiltrate us had you rejected her. She has other motives, and it has nothing to do with you.” I answered.I wasn’t interested in reassuring him to make him feel better, but I also wouldn’t let him feel bad for being interested in a woman. I had also overlooked so many suspicious things about Livia and who she really was that lingered in the back of my mind.“I
My ears were ringing and my head was buzzing. My vison was blurry as I looked around trying to remember what the fuck had happened. Then, it all came crashing back like an ugly wave of unwanted water.One moment, I was speaking to my brother, and the next, there was an explosion in the building she was in. When Mikhail and I neared the building, there was another explosion that sent us flying.I saw the yellow flames licking the building my wife was supposed to be in and I swear that I almost lost my fucking mind. I tried to rush in, but Mikhail grabbed me to stop me from going anywhere. I wanted to kill him for pulling such a stunt.“Let me go! I said, let me go, you idiot!” I yelled.He didn’t let me go in. Other men helped him hold me back while I watched the building burn. I heard sirens before firefighters rushed in and started putting out the fire. Only then did they let me go.I watched them pull body after body from the fire, and I was fighting back tears. I rarely cried, but
After my conversation with my brother‘s girlfriend, Mikhail cornered me before I could approach my wife and confront her about knowing Darko. I tried to step away from him, but he wouldn’t allow me to.He grabbed my arm and whispered, “Let’s talk, please. I have some things I need to say to you and I have to make sure that Kira does not see me talking to you. Otherwise, it won’t go well for me.”I considered ignoring him because his problems were no longer my responsibility. However, I couldn’t forget that he was my twin. He was the only family I had, and one of the few people I would trust with my life, despite everything that had happened between us.Plus, he looked like a dog caught with his tail between his legs. He looked desperate and remorseful, which is why I agreed to speak with him. He and I stepped outside, so no one would see us. We chose a spot behind some exotic trees, where we were sure nobody would come unless they were looking for privacy.He lit up a cigarette and h
I followed Darko to the open bar so we could have a chat. Not many people were there, and it was a place where he and I could indulge in drinks as we spoke about whether or not he would help me.Kira was a problem we needed to get rid of as soon as possible. I didn’t care to know what her connection to Fabio was, but I didn’t want to wait. She was a ticking time bomb, and she needed to go.I didn’t like her close proximity to my brother. Who knew what secrets he was telling her and how many of those he would use against me?“Let’s get one thing straight. This is the one and only time I am helping you. This is not the start of a friendship or some sort of weird alliance. I still hate your guts, and I wouldn’t mind killing you right now. It turns out I value and I don’t want to lose it just yet.”I furrowed my eyebrows in confusion. Why would he agree to help me if he hated me so much? I didn’t understand it at all.“Don’t worry. I don’t keep friendships with people. I’m not interested
Maxim and I were dressed for a black tie event. He was dressed in a white suit, and I was dressed in a black floor-length dress. Neither of us wanted to go, but it was some important event for one of his biggest associates.I had gotten so bored with these kinds of events because I couldn’t even count how many we had attended in a month. When he told me it was all a part of the life I didn’t think it would take such a huge part of it.I guess the politics were just as important as the illegal parts. Both of us were quiet in the SUV as we were being driven to the event. Mostly because I didn’t want to speak to him after the revelations I had gotten from his brother.I wanted badly to tell him that his brother was just as skeptical of Kira in the same way that we were, but I didn’t know how he would take that information. He didn’t seem to responsive when I mentioned his brother in passing.Sometimes it feels like they had passed the point of no return, but I didn’t want to believe that