Antonio
My shoulder hurts like a bitch, that damn Russian! But fuck am alive. I am still alive and he wants me to work for him. I don’t know why and I don’t think I want to ask. Or he might just be another bullet in me. DJ helps me clean my wound, he is quiet as he busied himself with the task at hand. “Say something.” His silence is bothering me now, DJ is never this quiet. “I am just trying to process the fact that we are still alive and now working for the Mafia.” He tells me and I am baffled.
I think his logic is screwed. “How are you not happy that we are still alive? Or did you prefer us dead?” I asked not able to grasp the logic behind what he said. “No, but we are now targeting only he knows the man seems to like you. I saw the way he was looking at you like it fascinated him.” He tells me but I disagree. There is no way the guy who just put a hole in my shoulder with a bullet likes me.
“Well, if he likes me as you say which I disagre
Antonio On the drive back the girl was shaking like a leaf and I just stared out the window watching the buildings go by. One day she will understand that I had no choice, that this life does not differ from the jungle, and that, humans will always choose themselves over anything else. “You killed him.” She says with a shaky voice and I glanced at her. “So?” I asked then looked back at the window. “You killed my father!” she said this time louder, but I did not look at her, I did not need to see the state she was in to understand how she was feeling or what I did. I know, I lost my soul in the process too. “Again, I ask, so?” I asked her, I know she does not have an answer to that and I was not expecting one. I just need her to shut the hell up! “I told you I…” I cut her shot before she says something stupid that will force me to kill her too. “Shut the fuck up! Annoying bitch, what makes you think I care about your father or you?” I know tho
Antonio “DJ, you know what to do while I am gone, if she leaves then her death will not be on our hands.” I looked at her then walked out following Boris who was waiting for me outside the door. “The boss is waiting in the basement,” he tells me but I don’t answer. He turns his head slightly to look at me then shook his head, I really don’t care about this one, my biggest problem now is this meeting. When we get to the basement, the car was already waiting with the back door open and the sea of guards standing next to it. “You here, well, get in we have to talk.” I hummed my response then got in next to him and Boris took the driver’s seat. “After this meeting, we have some things to talk about but in this meeting, I want you to prove yourself once again.” My stomach turned when he said that. This doesn’t sound good at all, I might have to kill someone else but then again, it’s either them or me and right now self-preservation is more importa
Krystal My father is dead, and it is my fault. If I did not get mixed up with the Russian, he would still be alive. I wiped the tears that kept falling on my cheeks. ‘Am sorry dad.’ More tears came. My father is dead, and I do not get to bury him. I do not even know what the Russians did with his body. ‘Oh, Lord what have I done?’ I just wanted to help him out when we were struggling, I did not know that it will end like this. Now, now I am this man’s prisoner, and I must work for him. Now I have no life and if I want to live. I will have to do as the guy tells me, I know that the moment I leave this place they will kill me but for the life of me; I do not see myself staying here and working for the mafia. The older guy is nice even though he does not talk much, the driver came back with some clothes for me and a laptop. I was told that I will look after the interests of the man that took me. The older man DJ as the other one calls him, ordered me fo
AntonioI thought that this was going to be easy, but it is not, this entire experience has turned me into a different person, one that I do not recognize. During this past week, I have killed more than I thought I ever would; I have injured, and I have threatened people. Gang lords, officials, and business owners. I have been living in the warehouse for the past week doing collections and killing people. Oh, I have even started drinking vodka now, a true Russian drink, and I have turned into one in this past week.Am sure Yuri is going to be proud when he hears how his right-hand man has been doing this past week, right now I am not different from him, in fact, I am exactly like him if not more. “Boss, he's here.” Says one of my men getting into my office, today I am collecting from a Chinese man, these people are under the Russian’s protection, yet they think they can cross him and not pay the protection fee.“Get him t
AntonioAfter the money is packed, my guys and I leave the warehouse. I am so grateful to be leaving this place, being here can wear out a person, all the blood, the violence and death. Can be too much and besides I get to see DJ. I missed him and funny enough I missed the woman as well. My driver parked the car in the basement of Lux then opened the door. I missed this place, it’s my home now and I like it here. Well, for now, I don’t plan on living here forever.I walked to the elevator and pressed the button to call for it. It pings then the door opens; I walk in and pressed my desired floor. Going up feels slow, I need to meet with the Russian then get a proper rest before Karan gets here. The elevator pings my arrival and I got out. The Russian’s are flooding this floor like the first time I was here, they nod in my direction as walked towards the door, tattoos peaking out their shirts on the necks and arms.One can tell t
Antonio“Tony, Tony wake up.” I yawned rubbing my eyes then blinked and found DJ hovering above me. “What is it?” he shakes his head. “It’s true what they say that when you sleep you forget, the Russians are here.” I jumped out of bed and stood in front of him. “What do they want, did they do something to you or Krystal?” I am going crazy right now and my head is still foggy. “Snap out of it, son, you are picking up the Russian boss this evening and it’s time.” Right!I completely forgot about that. “I will be right there.” He walks to the door and opens it then turns to look at me. “Make it quick, being in the same room as those people is uncomfortable.” He doesn’t wait for me to respond as he leaves the room. I jump into the shower and take a quick one then got dressed in one of my best suits and walked out. Mikhail is standing by the door chewing on
Antonio “Now it’s time for us to prove ourselves, let’s get this Russian back to Lux safe then deal with the Italians,” I tell the guys, but my girl doesn’t seem to agree. “We can’t take this back to Lux, if we ignore them now then, they are going to take it there and there are innocent people there.” She is right. “Souls and I will get Karan out safe. Leta and Fingers you guys will be with Yuri. Lead the Italians away from us and I will communicate when we have arrived safely.” I hope this works and for it to work I need to let the streets work for me. “Just the two of you with the head of the brotherhood?” I see I scare her but this is not the time for that. “Yes, and we will get him back safe.” She nods, I like she trusts me. “Yuri, you are going back with everyone when we leave the airport, and I will take Karan.” There is silence for the moment. “Can you get him back safe kid?” I hate that calls me kid. “Yes, I can just trust me and do what I sa
AntonioAs Karan’s security detail takes him to the elevator, Yuri comes to me and pats me on the shoulder. “You did good, kid, you might have just saved our arses from being killed today.” Well, I didn’t know that there was something that could scare Yuri, it’s good to know that he is still human, well, somewhat human. “Anything to save our arses.” He chuckles and walks beside me as we head to the elevator with our guys behind us.“Why doesn’t the boss have a Russian name like you? Because if I understand correctly Karan is an Indian name not Russian.” He sighs then slows his steps. “Well, you are part of the family now and you just saved his life so I will tell you.” He pauses then looks at me briefly. “Karan is half Russian and half Indian. His mother was an Indian woman while his father was a high-ranking member of the bratva.” He tells me then looks around as if to make sure no one
Tony stayed in the hospital for two weeks before he was ready to travel. Letta was just happy they were taking him home. She was homesick and could see that Tony did not like being there either. Who would? Definitely not a person that almost died there. Even Karan whom they came to rescue here did not come after that day and Letta resented him more.Tony almost died here, and he was here to save him. Yet, when everything was all right with him, he left and did not even check to see if he lived or died. Letta swore that she would kill him if she ever got a chance to. But Tony was only angry that Krystal did not come to see him the whole time he was in the hospital.He knows what he said to her, but he still thought that she cared and that she would come and visit him. But when she did not, he concluded that she wanted nothing to do with him. He never told anyone this and no one told him that Krystal did indeed, come to the hospital. What good would it have done had they told him? She w
“You should have let me kill her!” said Karan angrily as they walked towards the elevator. He could see how hurt Krystal was by what Letta said, and he did not like that one bit. “What good would that have done? She was telling the truth back there. I chose you and I have no right to interfere in Tony’s life.” She said getting angry herself. She did not know if she was angry at Letta for calling her out or that she did not get to hear how Tony is doing.“You were not interfering you just wanted to know how he is doing; he is your friend after all.” Krystal chuckled. She knew that she was nothing to Tony, after their talk the other day, she knew she was not in a position to even call him a friend. She had no place in his life. “Let it be, can we please go home? I have had enough of this country.” Karan could understand how she was feeling.This was supposed to be some vacation for her, a time for her to unwind before the baby arrives. But it turned out to be something completely differ
The one who went to ask for the room number ended up opening the door, the room was quiet, and Karan was sleeping on the bed with Krystal in his arms. The men smirked; this was good, exceptionally good. Karan was a light sleeper, and he was awake the moment they opened the door. He knew Lyle would never come into the room, he would stand outside and knock. He slowly reached for his gun under the pillow.Once he got hold of it, he was fast in acting; he woke up and fired at the men. He got one right between his eyes, the other on the heart, and the other in the middle of the chest. Krystal woke up with a scream frightened by the gunshots. Karan went to check on the men finishing them off as he did so making sure they were dead before rushing to Krystal.He took her to the bathroom and placed her in the bathtub. “Sweetheart, I need you to be quiet now and I will be right back.” Krystal nodded while tears flowed down her cheeks. She was scared, waking up to gunshots inside her room, dead
Tony went up to the room with the girl, he wanted to get wasted and have a good time tonight. He felt it was time to forget about Krystal and start living his life. This girl was going to be the start of him moving forward and living life for him and no one else. Since he got that bag of money over a year ago. It has been one challenge after another, and he was tired and needed time to breathe.When they got to the room Tony went to the mini fridge and took out all the alcohol inside then started drinking. “Don’t drink too much baby, we still have to play.” She said seductively but Tony paid her no mind and continued to down one drink after another. “How about you go and shower while I order room service. The night is still young, and you do not want to get waisted too quickly.” Tony still said nothing but did as she suggested.As soon as he disappeared into the bathroom, the young woman waited until she heard the water running. She rushed to her purse and fished out her phone. She se
Karan took a step forward trying to follow them, but Lyle stopped him. Karan glared at him. ‘How dare he stop him, maybe he had a death wish?’ Lyle could see how unhappy his boss was and cleared his throat. “Boss, let them talk, they have not seen each other since… you know what happened. They need to close that chapter of their lives and move on.” What Lyle said made sense, but Karan was not sure what was going to happen between Krystal and Tony once they talk.He took her from him, and it was not her choice to stay with him in the beginning, but he thought she had grown to love him over the past months. Could he have misread her? He wondered. He loved Krystal, and he did not know what he would do if he lost her. He was already picturing them together with their baby and he could not lose that. But was he going to force her to stay with him like he did before?That was the question in his mind, he was happy when she chose to stay with him willingly the last time and now; he was not s
Alessandro was not moving anymore, and Karan got off him. He then took the gun and shot him three times. “He is dead, you can stop already.” Said Tony blowing cigarette smoke out of his mouth and nose. “I want to make sure.” Karan said. Tony shook his head then threw the cigarette he was smoking away and walked towards the chopper.“Why are you leaving me behind?” asked Karan as he limped following Tony. “I couldn’t keep watching you shooting the man like a coward.” Karan paused and looked at Tony’s retreating back. this kid was disrespectful, but he came through for him today. So, he will let this go but he should be careful not to overdo his arrogance.It might get him killed just like Alessandro. Tony got comfortable on the chopper and watched as Karan struggled to get in. when Karan looked his way Tony looked away as if he was not watching him. Karan clicked his tongue in anger. “One of these days I will put a bullet between your eyes.” Tony chuckled.“I did my part boss and now a
“Give me your phone, I want Lyle to get Krystal out and take her to safety.” Karan said to Antonio, Tony took out his phone and handed it to him. “You don’t have to come with us, we can take care of this.” He tried to persuade him, but Karan would hear none of it. he made the call to Lyle then hopped onto the helicopter and they flew out.He saw the two tanks destroying things and looked at Tony. “Are those ours?” tony smirked “No, it’s theirs we raided their weapons shed and got these.” Answered Tony with a smirk, Karan chuckled. He liked this kid, but he was disrespectful. “They are ours anyway since they did not pay for them. now let us go rain hell upon them” they flew downtown and when they got there, they could see Brandon and their guys were under heavy attack.When Brandon saw the helicopters hovering over them, he felt his energy leaving him, they were already outnumbered and outgunned. He said a little prayer feeling like his time to leave this world has come but just as he
Boom! A loud sound was heard, and the house shook. Karan stood from his chair to go and investigate but before he could go far another sound was heard and the house shook even more making him hold on to the chair to balance himself. He looked over at Krystal and found her sound asleep. His phone rang and he answered. “Boss, they are bombing your house, please tell me you are safe.” That was Lyle.He was watching the situation via the satellite, and he could see everything going on in the city. “We are safe for now.” Answered Karan looking at Krystal, he regretted giving her the sedative now. Getting how out will be a mission. “Boss, move to the panic room, at least even if the house falls you will be safe in the panic room.” Lyle suggested worried about his boss.Karan cut the call and picked up a sleeping Krystal and maneuverer through the falling debris going to the panic room. The whole front and side of the house was damaged. He hurried to the panic room and opened it. He placed K
Karan could not leave the city the way he came and what bothered him the most was his precious Krystal and the child in her belly. He did not mind going through the tunnels as he grew up in the tunnel of Russia anyway, but Krystal was not used to that. Now he who vowed to protect her was the one who was going to ask her to do something like this.That thought alone made him swear to kill each member of the mafia. While he was thinking of how to tell Krystal the news, a call came through. He did not know the number, but answered anyway. “Yes?” the other party did not speak immediately, and that made Karan sit straight on his chair.“The boss asked me to tell you to find a place to hide. We will be there in the next couple of hours.” The latter finally spoke. Karan did not know who the person was so, he asked. “Who are you?” the latter chuckled a bit. “My boss is Antonio, see you soon big boss, be safe.” Said the latter and cut the call. Karan knew that if Antonio was coming, it was not