Nikolay:
I looked at my wife as if she’s grown a second head as she told me what she planned but she shook her head at me, stopping me from saying the words she knew I’d say.
“Nikolay, you will be taking care of things out here, I’ll be doing my job in there” Kiara said calmly, I knew that she was fighting herself not to decide against what she said under my gaze. The woman knew that I would rather die than put her in danger and here she was suggesting that SHE enter the games again? The woman was definitely drunk, I just didn’t know it.
“You’re kidding right?” I asked wide eyed. Her eyes met mine and I couldn’t miss the way she flinched fearing the worst, not that she had anything to fear. But I knew that she didn’t want to end up with us fighting, and in all honesty, nor did I. I didn’t want to have an unnecessary argument with her right now, especially when I knew that she was not in her
Kiara:“So, you two plan on just leaving them be until when?” Richard asked Nikolay wide eyed. The man was going mental as he heard what we were telling him, clearly not agreeing with anything we planned but even I knew that deep down, he knew that we were right.“We don’t plan on leaving them be, Richard. But I can’t risk Kiara entering the games. You of all people should know that all the candidates lost their lives in the first games or went crazy in the newer versions. They are turning people into easily triggered weapons” Nikolay said looking Richard in the eye. It was the next morning when Nikolay and I managed to get out of bed, and it was because Lia walked inside the room wanting to get in and wake us up.The two of us just told everyone of what Richard and I saw, and let me say that Richard wasn’t very happy when he learned that we wouldn’t be putting mum and Ian in place the second we laid eyes on them,
Nikolay:“What are you planning, boss?” Vladimir asked and I raised an eyebrow. We were in the car headed toward the Mafia’s Safe Hotel, we had a meeting with the Russian families there.“And why would you assume that I was planning anything?” I asked looking at him. He was right though, I had a few plans running through my mind, I just didn’t know which one to fulfil first. Killing Lilian was not something that I wanted to do, and I knew that Kiara didn’t want things to go that way either, but the two of us knew now that it was the one thing that should be done. Especially after finding out what the woman was plotting.“Well, aside from being quiet since we got inside the car. I’m well aware that something is running through your mind concerning the games, Lilian, Ian…”“I’m just thinking of a way to get through all this without harming Kiara. I barely managed to get her over
Kiara:“A penny for your thoughts?” Richard asked walking out to the garden. Everyone was inside with the children, watching a movie, or tending to their errands and responsibilities. I needed my space to think, and the garden was the best place to do that right now. With the kids taking their nap, I knew that it was only a matter of time before I had to go back inside to them.“When have you become an American?” I sassed turning to face Richard who smiled walking toward me. I was sitting down on the swing out in the garden, my thoughts going wild as I thought of every negative thing that a person could think of. Suddenly, the idea of just dying and getting things over with would have been a lot more simple. But thinking of my kids and Nikolay, and how retarded I was being stopped me from mentioning it to Richard. The man would have gone mad on me, he already hated me being in danger, let alone throwing myself to die in the face of danger &ldquo
Nikolay:“How?” I asked entering the house. I knew that everyone would be tensed up worried about me coming home. Worried and frightened of my reaction, having made sure that everything was secured and safe for my family before leaving. I couldn’t understand how this happened. How could he have passed through the gates without being seen? Or how could he have known the secret doors?“We don’t know, there were gun shots and when we went out. Sebastian was out conscious and Anastas’s abdomen was injured. How it happened, when, we don’t know” Maddie answered and I ran my fingers through my hair. Mom tried approaching me but I took a step back, I knew that Dimitri and Ivan weren’t home when everything happened. The two got home with us, having heard from mom, the two of them rushed to the house. Harry and Timur who came with us stayed quiet as they looked at the house which was currently a wreck. The two of them had com
Kiara:“Is this some kind of joke?” I asked frowning in confusion. Looking around the familiar podium, I grew up living the hell of these games. We couldn’t possibly be here. This had to be some kind of messed up joke. I knew that it was.“I don’t know, but I don’t like this” Richard said from beside me. The two of us were trying to process how they we got here to begin with. People around us started coming to their senses as they woke up inside the podium.“Ladies and gentlemen, welcome to The Bloodlust Games, The final chapter” mum announced proudly. My eyes widened as the ground glowed beneath me, I tried moving out of the circle I was in only to realize that there was what looked like a force field wall which I couldn’t get past. I punched the wall twice, it glowed under the force. But that was all, I couldn’t move out of it as mum proudly explained the rules of the games.Me and Richar
Nikolay:“What are we going to do, boss?” Vladimir asked and I shook my head. Having assured my wife was one thing, now all I had to do was actually assure myself that everything was going to be okay. That me leaving her there wasn’t going to end up something that I was going to regret, not that I had any other option right now. Kiara was already in the games. If I tried getting her out of them, well, let’s just say that knowing how Louis went around this, I would be surprised if his wife was any less psychotic.“For the first time, Vladimir, I’m at literal complete loss” I said honestly. There was no need to lie to the man who knew me by heart, I knew for fact that he could see how worried I was, that he could read my expression like some open book. Having seen everyone wake up in that place, it was obvious that Ian and Lilian had put in the effort of kidnapping everyone and bringing their parents, families, and loved ones her
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