Nikolay:
“So, you two plan on getting into war with a bastard who is playing with everyone’s life?” Timur asked and I looked at Kiara who nodded at the man who raise an eyebrow at me, I knew that he was surprised that I would be agreeing to put my wife into something like this. Especially since he knew how much I worried about and protected my wife “and you agreed to this?”
“Not like I had another option, Grace and Claudia are in on this. We have to defeat the bastard before he puts anyone else’s life in danger” I said shrugging. Nikita kept her eyes on me studying my expression. She knew that I didn’t like this, putting my family’s life in danger was never something that I did. Especially not the women of the family. It was something that everyone knew about me, the Ivanov women were to be treated like queens, spoiled, cradled, loved, and cared for. Knowing that I was putting my sisters’ and wife’
Kiara:“Are you okay?” I asked Richard looking him in the eye. The man looked like he was going through hell and I couldn’t blame him. His little sister. The one person who was left of his family was in a life and death situation. If I were going to be honest, currently, we all were.“Don’t worry about me Kia, you should be worried about your family, the house…”“Do you really think that I would be worried about stones at the end of the day Richard? Have you not known me well and long enough?” I asked gently. Grace was sitting beside Richard holding his hand, their fingers intertwined but he removed his hand from hers and took both mine in his before bringing them to his lips and kissing my knuckles gently. His eyes stayed on mine as he did and I could see Grace tense at the sight of us.“I can’t thank you enough for this Kiara. You let go of everything that I did to you, you dropped it al
Nikolay:“Everything alright?” I asked Kiara who had her arms wrapped around my neck hugging me tightly when she saw me and the men walk inside the house. Vladimir, Anastas, Viktor, and Alexei went to the living room, Natalie hugged Anastas and Maddie jumped in Vladimir’s arms the second he walked inside.I was well aware that the woman was on edge since we left the house. Worried that something might not go as planned or that one of us would get hurt, and I knew that it wasn’t because she didn’t trust our capabilities. No, she knew exactly how strong we were and what we were capable of. But her worry about me was all out of love. I came back home with a knife wound a few months ago, the girl went crazy and would have went to find the man who hurt me had I not assured her that he was already dead. One bullet in the head caused his life. But the scar he left on my chest made my wife go crazy on me for a week.“Everything is fin
Kiara:“Did the little princess wake up?” I asked Richard entering the infirmary room where Crystal was now asleep. Nikolay’s arm was wrapped around my waist as he held me close to him, his body relaxed. I knew that despite him not liking Richard much, him knowing everything and understanding his proper intentions made my husband know what and who he was dealing with, which was something very important.“Not yet, she’s supposed to regain conscious in a bit” Richard said looking at us. He nodded at the two of us and I smiled at him. Crystal’s body laid comfortably on the hospital bed where she was sleeping. There were two nurses in the room in case she needed any assistance. The doctor was to also check up on her every few hours to make sure that she was okay, Nikolay’s orders.“You need to rest Richard. Crystal is safe now, but you need to sleep or at least eat something” Nikolay said looking at Richard
Nikolay:“What’s going on baby girl?” I asked Kiara once the two of us entered the room. I was well aware that something was wrong, her change in attitude. Her sudden worry, something was wrong. I knew my wife all too well to see when something was wrong and this showed me that something was very wrong.“Nikolay, something is very wrong. Everything was way too easy to be real, how was that possible?” Kiara asked looking at me. I frowned in confusion not understanding what she was talking about, I cupped her cheek making her look me in the eye. Her eyes were worried, instead of being satisfied with what we were doing, she was worried.“Kiara, baby girl, what is going on? What are you talking about?” I asked gently. My eyes looking at my beauty. Our eyes met, her green eyes on my blue ones and she shook her head at me. Even though her cheeks were cupped in my hands she was shaking. I could feel her worry in my hands.
Kiara:“You blood damn…” I glared at the woman who entered the house as a traitor. I walked toward Amalia and chocked her, lifting her despite everyone who was trying to process what I was saying. Richard stood one step behind me, his eyes glaring at the woman who nearly shot his little sister. Had it not been us entering the infirmary on time. The woman would have killed the child. Richard shot her at first sight pushing me to stand behind him before the two of us ran toward Crystal to check for injuries. Luckily their weren’t.“Kiara, what are you talking about?” Nikolay asked wrapping his arm around my waist pulling me away from Amalia who was going limp in my arms for the loss of breath and blood “you’re going to kill the woman, what’s gotten into you Kiara?”“Her and her beloved husband are traitors. We entered the infirmary to find her holding a gun on Crystal. She knew that the girl was as
Nikolay:“We didn’t do anything Nikolay!” Amalia hissed glaring at me. I raised an eyebrow at her and looked at Nikita, nodding at her to keep going. I didn’t lay my hand on a woman. Thankfully, Nikita was here to do the job for me.Nikita grabbed the back of her neck and lowered her head to the water making her choke on it. I watched and looked at my watch counting before nodding at Nikita to pull the woman’s head out of the water. My eyes staring at her as she caught her breath “now, I will ask again. What else have you told them? And where is Sebastian?”“We didn’t tell them anything. He is out with our son! We have a child Nikolay!”“Is that why you had a gun pulled at the child who was in the infirmary?” I asked smirking.“I wasn’t pulling the gun at Crystal! Have you gone mad? Why would I kill a child when I had my own?” Amalia asked. I raised an eyebrow
Kiara:“What is this place?” Natalie asked and I smiled. It was the first time she’s ever come to this hotel.“Nikolay rented the hotel. We’ll be staying here before we go before we go back to New York” I said answering Natalie who froze.“Wait, you’re going back to the States?” Natalie asked and I nodded smiling at her. It was time we went home, it was no longer suitable for us to stay here. It was time for us to leave, and there was no where better than our home.“Yes, it’s no longer suitable for us to stay here. We would like to go home” I said looking at Natalie who frowned looking down at her feet avoiding my eyes “Natalie, you do know that you can always come with us? Our offer always stands”“Your offer stands Kiara, but this is my home. I can’t just leave here and go all the way across the world” Natalie said angrily. Vladimir noticing the
Nikolay: I stood in front of Louis who shot a bullet in the sky in attempt to catch out attention, his men stood against mine. All of us holding our guns out at one another. I took my gun out pointing it at Louis as did my men but Louis smirked and put the gun on the floor in front of his feet. His eyes meeting mine, I glared at him but he simply smirked at me “don’t worry, I didn’t come to harm you, Nikolay” “What are you doing here?” I glared at the man who smirked. “You know, I am decent enough to come and see you while you get defeated. While you, you Nikolay chose to put a bomb on my building…” the man stopped talking as a bomb exploded behind us. My eyes widened at the sound of it and I looked at the building to find that it was somewhat stable, the only thing destroyed was the lobby “ah, I didn’t even need to finish my sentence…” I rushed toward Louis, grabbing his collar. His men froze at the sight, clearly not expecting me to approach
“Is everything ready?” Lilian asked looking at her lover. The man who she had defended and protected against the whole world despite being wrong. “Almost my love, just a few twitches and we’ll be set” Ian said programming the system as she wished it to be. The woman had turned out being deadlier than he had expected. He didn’t know of this side of her when Louis was alive. The maximum he thought she could do was cheat on him. But as it turned out, the woman had more to her than he had imagined and he didn’t want to admit it out loud, even though the woman technically saw it through his eyes. He liked this side of her. “I can’t wait for it to be ready! Our dreams will finally start coming true” she whispered looking at her lover who smiled. It had been five years since Louis had died and the Ivanov family got what they wanted. Five long years, and they’ve waited patiently for this moment. They have been working together on this project since the woman’s ex husband’s d
“Is this some kind of joke?” Kiara asked frowning in confusion, waking up in the familiar podium where she once grew up watching people die in front of her as she herself fought for her own life. “I don’t know, but I don’t like this” Richard said from beside Kiara. The two were trying to process how they even got here to begin with. People around them started coming to their senses as they woke up inside the podium. “Ladies and gentlemen, welcome to The Bloodlust Games, The final chapter” ************************* Re-entering the Bloodlust games was never an option in Kiara’s life. But when revenge is on the line and both she and Richard are forced into them, they have nothing to do but survive, for it was either play and live. Or die…
“I do” Grace said looking Richard in the eye. Tears fell from her mother’s eyes as she watched her daughter say those two words.“I now pronounce you man and wife, you may kiss the bride”Richard cupped Grace’s cheeks and connected their lips. Kissing her tenderly as if it was their first kiss. Everyone clapped for the happy couple, both Nikolay and Kiara looked at one another. Holding each other’s hands, their fingers intertwined. Nikolay brought Kiara’s hand to his lips and kissing her knuckle. His hand went to her stomach, where their little daughter grew.“Congratulations” Sebastian smiled at Nikolay who nodded at him. His hand holding Amalia’s, Lilian had been invited to come to the wedding but the woman chose to stay back and come when her grandchild was born. Her and Sebastian have agreed that she is freed however she would be under surveillance. His men were watching over her, the woman ha
Nikolay: “Baby girl?” “Yes, love?” Kiara asked turning to face me. The girl had been quiet since leaving her mother’s house and even though I didn’t want to bother her with talking about the subject. I couldn’t help but worry about her. “What happened inside there? Did she say anything that…?” “Nothing love, she didn’t say anything that I didn’t expect. The woman simply wanted to vent and I’m guessing that being put in the corner made her lose herself” Kiara answered looking out the window. The two of us have been driving for the past hour, I was initially supposed to take us back home. But seeing the state that my wife was in, I didn’t want her going home being upset. “When are we going back home? I mean to the States?” Kiara asked and I smiled at her taking her hand in mine and kissing her knuckle. “Believe me, even I miss it back there. No matter what the bullshit was, it was us and our family, none of the fucked up mess we’ve been
Kiara:I looked at the room which I’ve only entered a few times as I grew up.Father was once determined to let me learn and know every single code that existed in this place. I was the only one who knew of them. He wouldn’t even tell anything to mum about them, I didn’t understand why, but now I believe that I may know the reason behind his request.The woman has probably been cheating on him all along and the man might have known about it. He had his own affairs, however, their marriage was kept intact for the peace treaty between his and her family. Plus, the fact that he had a child, a daughter, well, me. He didn’t want me to find out about anything, knowing that it would probably end up turning messy if anyone finds out that he was being cheated on, and he as a man wouldn’t have accepted knowing that his wife was cheating on him. Well, that was the only logical explanation I could think of in such a situation.I remember
Nikolay:“Boss…” Vladimir said when he saw me walk down the stairs. It was a bit of a rough night with Kiara being in the pain that she was in. I couldn’t blame her for any of it, and I couldn’t stop her from letting out her pain. I wanted her to let it go, I didn’t want her to hold it in. I wanted her letting her pain out. To tell me how she was feeling, I didn’t want her breaking inside. Especially not when I could see right through her beautiful green eyes “Lilian woke up, Sebastian just called to inform us”I nodded at him and sighed running my fingers through my hair in frustration, as much as I didn’t want Kiara speaking to the woman. I knew that she wouldn’t be able to rest until she has, and because of that. I couldn’t stop her from seeing the woman.“How is she?” Vladimir asked sensing my anger and I sighed shaking my head.“She isn’t well, Vladimir.
Kiara:I sat by my mum’s bed after her surgery was done and the bullet that she got in her abdomen was taken out.Her hands were cuffed to the bed as she slept. I kept my eyes on her as I waited for her to wake up. I knew that she wouldn’t wake up anytime soon. The woman had been asleep for a while now. But I ordered that she was given something to keep her asleep for a while, I needed to process what happened first before she opened her eyes to speak to me. The woman would be seeing me as an enemy now, and I wouldn’t be able to blame her, in her eyes. I killed her husband, technically, I did take part in killing her. Even if it was a little bit.“Baby girl, you need to rest” Nikolay said walking inside the room. He kissed the crown of my head and I smiled at him leaning in to his touch, his hand softly massaged my shoulder and I raised my head to look at him “I don’t want you getting sick princess, your mom is supposed
Nikolay:“Nikolay, are you sure it’s a good idea to bring Kiara with us? You know that I don’t want her going through such pain” Sebastian asked looking at me. The man kept his voice low for his sister not to hear him even though she wasn’t close to earshot. The girl was talking to Maddie who was also coming with us. Everyone was technically coming, both to see Sebastian take his rightful place and to support Kiara in what is to come.My wife was to face her mother. The woman who had hid her brother from her throughout all those years, and if what Natalie said was true. Then that woman also cheated on her husband and Harry is a bastard child. All those thoughts ran through my mind as I looked at my wife suddenly fearing her coming with me. In all honesty, I truly didn’t want her coming with me. But I knew that she had to. First, as my wife, and second, as the man’s sister.“Believe me, I don’t want her to com
Kiara:“So, do you want to tell me how you became Crystal’s favorite uncle?” I asked and Nikolay chuckled as he wrapped his arms around my waist while I laid on my stomach on his chest. The two of us were still in the living room laying on the couch after our active afternoon. A light blanket covering our bodies. The blanket was one that we used when we were watching movies in the living room back home. And having come out of the hospital, and being here for a week. Nikolay refused to let me do anything that would exhaust me. Therefore, my best solution was movies and cuddles.I had noticed Crystal’s behavior around Nikolay at the hospital, she would tell him random stories and the two would spend ours talking while we were in the suite. According to Richard, Crystal would tell Nikolay stories to distract him from his pain while I was out conscious.“Well, one thing lead to another and she caught me crying in one of the hospital hal