I Made A Deal with the Devil.Chapter 41: all a fucking show .Gathering his breath he calms his nerves.You got this Akio, you can do it.Moving forward again he surveys the mess of his face, and finally sees the cause, a tiny little needle sticking into his neck. All at once goosebumps pick over his skin, his gut telling him he was in danger, someone has poisoned him, and they had done it professionally, he didn't know how, nothing made sense anymore.All he knew was that he had to get away.Pawing at the car door he cries in frustration to see they are locked, pulling and scratching at the lock he sobs in disbelief as it unlocks and he can yank open the door.Tasting freedom only a moment too soon as, for the second time that night, dark hands rush into the car and drag him out by his hair, scalp screaming, eyes watering and nerves burning he is thrown onto the hard ground, and in his gut, he knows this is the end...//Nikolai pushes through heavy doors, striding the lengths of
I Made A Deal with the Devil.Chapter 42: Simeon says let’s play a game .When he's close to the sitting man, eyes level to his crotch, he grins and practically purrs, climbing up until he's level with his face. Leaning into his ear he whispers slowly, words dripping in honey."Want to undress me, show me what you can give me," his eyes flick down to the man's lap and then back up, leaning in close his breath ghosts over the man's neck."Let me show you how a real bitch fucks," he says.And with that he bites down hard onto the man's ear until he tastes blood, simultaneously twisting his wrists free of the rope he grabs the burning cigarette and presses the lit end into the man's eyes, watching in satisfaction as the man screams like a fucking baby and cries out, hands clawing at his burnt mess of an eye socket.The cigarette bends and crumbles into his eye, amber ash and bubbling blood pooling around Amir’s fingers. He twists as you would an ashtray and flicks the stub at the othe
I Made A Deal with the Devil.Chapter 43: stuck in a graveyard ."And how would you begin doing that. Nikolai," Alexander questions, leaning forward in his chair in anticipation, drink long forgotten in his dark palm.And then Nikolai moves in for the kill."Well..."His hand is up before anyone can blink, finger squeezing the trigger and sending the bullet flying. The gun recoils and jars his shoulder but he doesn't even blink, watching in satisfaction as his bullet finds the target, sinking into soft flesh and ripping through shattering bone."I guess I would begin by doing that. Alexander Ivankov," he says, eyes capturing Japheth ( Nikolai’s biggest threat) and watching in satisfaction as his face is splattered by the blood of the dead man next to him.Nikolai watches the bodyguard drop, body falling to the ground as his head splits in two, messy opening wound destroying his forehead. Blood begins to pool beneath his frozen face and Nikolai brings his hand to his side, watching t
I Made A Deal with the Devil.Chapter 44: they are killers .Akio sits at the table slowly, Japheth sits next to him, towering over him dark and menacing. Nikolai returns back to the head of the table eyes not leaving his face, and hand not leaving his side where it rests over his gun.Alexander watches it all slowly, seeing in Nikolai’s eyes what Alexander must have looked like when he first met Amir, when he slowly corrupted his heart.Love makes men like them weak."Do you know who I am," Alexander asks Akio, everyone around the circle sits tense, watching Yoongi carefully.Akio’s eyes flick up nervously and he shakes his head quickly, soft hair rippling. Nikolai’s every instinct screams at him to get Akio out of there, next to him Ren rests a hand on his back lightly, grounding him."My name in Alexander Ivankov" he says simply, and watches as the recognition burns in Akio’s eyes, the stories, the whispers, the bloodiness to that name. Akio’s face is tense and he looks at Niko
I Made A Deal with the Devil.Chapter 45: love, desire and pure wildness .Amir grins evilly. He could taste the end, so near, he wanted to watch them break, see it in their eyes when they know they've lost.Because the lost the moment they decided to touch him. "Are you a gambling man?" He stares intently at the leader who raises a gun slowly, shakily, hand not even on the fucking trigger yet, pointing it at Amir’s dirty face.Amir scoffs at his pathetic existence, his finger shakes as it moves towards the trigger, the other men have abandoned him now, running to the exits to save themselves.Amir stares into his eyes and watches him."Let's hope you are a gambling man,"He doesn't speak, mouth set firm as the gun trembles in his strong hands."Shall we make a bet?" Amir teases, "what are the odds that those are my people, or yours?" He muses out loud, alive and pulsing with adrenaline and joy.The leader sweats and looks wildly at Amir, eyes begging him to shut up, but he won't,
I Made A Deal with the Devil.Chapter 46: real life angle . Dawn was almost coming; the night had been long and full of pain. Akio lies in his bed and lets the world move around him whilst he stays cold and frozen.He didn't know how to fix himself, not this time, not when he was this afraid.His world had been crushed in a single night, nightmares had become real, reality had become lost, and villains had gained faces – and those faces were sharp and tanned, golden and harsh, black eyes and black hair – black heart.Akio felt lost. He didn't know what he wanted. He didn't know what was right anymore.That was when he heard it, the dull knock that echoed through his apartment, bouncing from the walls and freezing his bones.He opens the door and almost screams until he sees a haggard-looking Nikolai swaying on his doorstep...Nikolai had been running for hours.From the moment the split up outside the burning building till now.His gun was heavy and hot at his side, four less bulle
I Made A Deal with the Devil.Chapter 47: no name, no lead .Amir was sleeping peacefully when Alexander crashed into the bedroom, flying to his side and shaking him awake violently."Get up Amir. Get up now," he hisses in the night, dragging his sleeping form awake.Alexander’s voice is frantic, cutting through the night like ice, it chills Amir and forces him up."What – what –"Blearily he gets up, candyfloss hair messy and bare face puffy, eyes squinting against the darkness just enough to see Alexander rushing around the room, throwing possessions into a bag. Reaching into a draw he pulls out a gun."What –" Alexander doesn't waste time on him, shouting over his shoulder he carries on his crazed cursing."Get up now we have to go. Quickly," he urges throwing a pile of clothes at the sleepy other."Wait calm down," Amir is worried now, pulling on the baggy t-shirt he wakes up enough to see the panic in the room.Alexander laughs erratically eyes wild at Amir, "Calm down – calm d
I Made A Deal with the Devil.Chapter 48: escape route blocked ."Fuck," Ren Akira ran a bloody hand through his messy hair, next to him Nikolai threw his gun on the ground in anger cursing loudly and kicking his slumped body."No fucking name. No name." Nikolai growls out body vibrating in unadulterated anger."We're no closer to finishing this mess," he spits out looking at the dead body in front of them slumped and useless to them now.He had died slowly, and in pain, life leaving his eyes in an agonizing second. That hadn't seen it coming, they had got to his final digit on his first-hand, halfway through cutting off his pinkie finger when his head had suddenly rolled forward heavily, his last breath leaving him slowly through his swollen lips and then nothing.Next to him Ren drags his soiled knife over his dark, stained top, cleaning the blood and gore off from the glinting blade."Whoever is organising this is powerful enough to hide from us," Ren states, "does Alexander tru