Kiara:
I jumped seeing my husband enter his office the way he did. His eyes wide in confusion as he took sight of me. I smiled not giving him any time to overthink things, jumping into his arms as if our lives depended on it. Technically, me being here had our lives on the line, but he didn’t know that yet.
“How?” He asked and I smiled at him cupping his cheeks and connecting our lips. Kissing him passionately, never in my life have I ever thought that I would miss his touch this much. That I would want to beg for his arms to wrap around me, to protect me from the dark world that was beyond this Estate’s walls. The two of us pulled away and I rested my forehead against his for a second before pulling away as my arm brushed his shoulders making him frown in confusion.
The two of us looked one another in the eye before I removed my arms from around his neck, though his own hands were still on my hips as he looked at me raising my right slee
Nikolay:“No one aside from the four of us will know of this” Kiara said looking at me, Maddie, and Vladimir. I smiled and kissed her temple.“Don’t worry, princess. Just focus on staying alive, we’ll manage doing the rest and wait for your signal before announcing anything to anyone” I assured Kiara who smiled at me. I watched as she hugged Maddie, then Vladimir who lifted her in his arms.“Hey, come back in one piece, no more of this crazy attitude” Vladimir said exposing her arm making her laugh. I was glad that the office walls were sound proof, otherwise us keeping this ‘between us’ would be a bit too difficult to do. Kiara smiled and covered her arm with her sleeve playfully rolling her eyes.“I make no promises, Ivanov”“You are your husband’s wife alright” Vladimir teased.“I believe it’s your mum’s daughter?”&ldq
Kiara:“Took you a while” Richard rolled his eyes on me and I laughed as he helped me get down from the vent. Ben getting up on a chair to fix the vent after I stabilized myself. Looking at the man who had his eyes on me, studying my expression “you okay?”“I’m fine, Nikolay, Vladimir, and Maddie will take care of things. We’ll need to find a way to get the things, but I already asked Harry to let Nikolay call Nikita and Timur. They’ll see what they can do” I answered. Truth be told that Richard wasn’t dumb, he knew that I was still struggling to adapt and accept the fact that I lost my brother. He knew that I was keeping myself distracted as not to have a mental breakdown, however, not even I knew how long I could keep this up. Holding in the pain was a lot harder than I ever thought it would be.“Did you see the kids?” Richard asked and I shook my head. I wouldn’t have been able to l
Nikolay:“Hold on, what?” Nikita asked wide eyed. The woman stood up, clearly unaware of the events that happened last night “is that why you came home looking like you saw a ghost?”“They got them, Nikita. I don’t know what to do or how to get them out, but they currently have them inside those suicide games” I said looking at the woman who ran her fingers through her hair. Her stomach having grown making my eyes widen.“We try sending in one of the other girls who were on the same training group as me, they can deliver whatever we need her to, but as you can see, I can’t” Nikita said pointing at her bump and I pinched the bridge of my nose. This was going to make things a little more complicated. It was almost noon when I arrived back to the States. Amalia and the twins were currently at home while I went straight to the club to hold a small meeting. Vladimir met me there.“The games are
Kiara:Getting ready to enter something that you’ve fought so hard to forget had to be the hardest thing anyone ever had to do. My chest ached as I worried about what was to come. It was already morning and there was no sign of Nikolay. I couldn’t risk getting out now, I knew that everyone had their eyes on me, especially after my ‘trick’ of almost killing Ian yesterday. But it wasn’t like he didn’t deserve or see it coming, the man literally asked for it.“Kiara, you need to at least eat something” Richard said sitting on the edge of the bed beside me. The man was doing so much for me already and we’ve barely been here for forty-eight hours. I sighed and sat up, rubbing my exhausted eyes making Richard’s eyes widen at my sight. I was aware that I looked sick, having sobbed all night for the loss of my brother, I was thankful for the pillow which muffled my cries “Kiara, why didn’t you wake me up?&
Nikolay:Flashback:“You brought me a seductress?” I asked Alyona who rolled her eyes. I raised an eyebrow at both women who expected me to just go with this.“Yes, you asked for a woman who can kill a man. You didn’t specify how” Alyona said casually. I looked at Nikita who raised an eyebrow.“Need I ask how she’s going to do so?” I asked looking at the woman who smiled at me.“A man can die of desire, taking out that hunger. Time and time, until he can’t go on anymore. Me shooting and killing the man would only raise alarm, this way, we can do things nice and quiet, you get out, and I’ll have the man knocked out on duty. When his boss finds out about it, he won’t be very satisfied” the woman said looking at me, I nodded at the woman not knowing her name. “And your name is?” “Rosa
Kiara:“Are you sure you want to do this, Kiara?” Mum asked and I rolled my eyes walking to stand beside Richard who looked down at me and smiled. I took a deep breath and crossed my arms over my chest as the ground beneath us shook. Us rising to the surface where the contestants were. This time, it was Ian who was hosting the round. Turns out that the two planned to take turns with the ‘glory’ of making the game. Ian wasn’t too happy with what he saw earlier. His guards ‘sleeping’ on duty, two, which I assume were the guys Kristina worked on, were caught asleep, naked may I add, in one another’s arms.Yeah, let’s just say that mum and Ian weren’t too satisfied with what they saw and for some reason they immediately suspected us.Flashback:“What have you all done?” Ian asked glaring at us as he entered our dorm. I raised an eyebrow at the man whose eyes hardened. The man looked screw
Nikolay:I watched with wide eyes as my wife stood in front of what looked like armed men. The other mafia men and women standing by her side as they all spoke. Ian watched them from a distance and I could swear that he was enjoying what he was watching. As if knowing that what he was doing was deliberately causing them pain. Everyone was on their feet, watching as their siblings, friends, wives, husbands, sons, and daughters were in such a surreal game. Mikhail was standing by Kiara, the two of them shared a glance before he and Kiara jumped down first. Richard, and Mila, a Zambian mafia man’s daughter, jumped down after them. I didn’t personally know the man having done no businesses with him. But seeing a few of the Zambian men to my left stand on their feet, I could already tell that she was the don’s daughter. The man glaring at Ian who watched us standing up, giving me a quick wave which made me want to chop off his hand.“You better have
Kiara:“Pull a stunt like that again and I will not say that she’s Lilian’s daughter…” Ian approached me raising his hand to hit me making me raise an eyebrow at the man. Richard having caught his hand midway, squeezed his wrist making him let out a cry of pain.I had rarely seen Richard being angry. Well, that was unless someone from his family or loved ones was in danger or to be injured. Having once put his own life in danger for me, I knew that the man would give his life for me if need forced him too. Just as I would do for him, there was no question there. The man and I grew up knowing one another, and despite me hating him for a certain time. I was proven wrong when he explained to me why he did what he has.“You raise a hand on her again, I will be sure you lose that wrist” Richard said glaring at him before letting his hand go and grabbing him by his chin. His fingers burying themselves in his jawline making Ia
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&rsq
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 when I 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
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