LOGINKAITLYN I feel a cold splash on my face and my eyes fly open. I gasp out and lean forward but freeze when I feel that my body isn't moving. I look down and my jaw falls when I realize that I am tied to a chair. “You slept for long,” a familiar voice comes up and my head jerks up. Rage rushes through my veins when my eyes fall on the smirking face of the man from the hall. “You?” I huff, cursing loudly. He chuckles and tilts his head to the side. “Now, do you regret trusting me?” He whispers, his lips stretching into a grin. I scoff, confusion mixing with the anger that is throbbing in my body. Could it be that he is working for Nikolai? I can't say but I know damn well he lied to me about being a victim. Everything he told me inside that hall was a lie. “Who are you?” I snap. He sighs and drops the axe in his hand then falls on his knees, his eyes fixed on me. I watch pain flash across his eyes as he raises his finger to the ugly scar on his face. “So you know who did
KAITLYN I gasp out in horror, my body going numb in devastation. My jaw hangs down as I stare at the body of the woman I was with just a few minutes ago. What could have killed her? Who? I slowly look up and my heart sinks as I stare at the pile of bodies littered all over the corridor. I gasp again and stagger back, clutching onto the knob for support as I realize that this is a slaughter. I can't breathe. I can't move. I feel like I am dying. My body is shaking and my head is swirling around in sharp spins. I need no one to tell me that I'm in deep trouble. A sickening feeling fills my belly and my feet grow numb while my blood runs cold. I need to get out of here. I need to escape. I look around the bathroom for a weapon I can use to defend myself. The music is still playing so loudly outside the corridor, but I know something dangerous is happening. I pause when my eyes catch a blade strapped around the thighs of the stripper. I gasp in relief and crawl over to her. I g
KAITLYN “Have a drink!” Giovanni says as he waves his hand at the glass of whiskey in front of me.I am sitting at the table with them, right beside Giovanni and a bald man who introduced himself as Alejandro. I don't know why but I don't like the energy from the seven men sitting with me.“I don't feel like it,” I reply, forcing a smile. The white-haired man sitting across from me narrows his eyes and looks away like he has been doing for the minutes I've been here.“You are Peterson's daughter?” Justus, one of the men, asks, and I nod my head, stretching my lips even further.The man grins and looks at the one sitting beside him. I dim my eyes, trying to understand what is going on between us.“I can't believe Nikolai married Peterson's daughter,” the man laughs and my chest tightens. I clutch my knees, my throat burning with rage.“What's wrong with my father?” I try to sound calm but my question comes off sharp.The laughter ceases, and the man sits up, his face stained with conf
ANAMy heart sinks when those words leave her lips. I grip the sheets, not even trying to imagine what that devil will do to me. If he can kill that friend of Kaitlyn without looking back then he can do worse to me.I swallow hard and raise my head again to look at the smiling witch.“What? You're going to snitch on us?” I ask, forcing the fear down my throat to keep my voice steady.The smile on her face drops for a second but they return immediately. “Of course, I am here because of that,” she says and my chest tightens.I stare at her, my hands shaking beneath the blanket. I can't beg her. Never.She tilts her head to the side, her eyes sparkling in mischief.“You won't plead for your life?” she asks. I knew it. She wants to see me beg.I scoff loudly, my lips slowly stretching into a smile.“If you care so much about your madame then you'll be heading to that telephone to place a call to your boss,” I whisper.The smile on her face falls and her jaw clenches. I can see a surprise
KAITLYN I suck in a deep breath as I step out of the car. The street is empty and dark and the only thing around me is a cave-like building that I am sure the man is in. I stare at the cave-like building in front of me for a while before walking in. The place is so silent that I can feel chills wash over my body. Lights are lined up along the wall but I still don't feel comfortable walking in.I turn and stare at the door for a while, then look back at the long corridor that looks like it has no end.Just a few more walks down that corridor, and I will be in a room full of cigarette smoke and the worst morally grey activities on earth.I can't believe I will be mingling with these people.Well, I have to do this for Philippe and Ana.I grab my purse tightly and breathe in deeply again before walking down into the corridor.I don't know how long I've been in here but it feels like the corridor has no end. I curse loudly and brush my hair back then begin to calculate how long I've be
ANA“Are you ready?” I watch her as she straightens up and shifts her gaze to the door when she hears my voice. She forces a smile and nods her head, trying to hide the fear that flashes past her eyes.“Yes,” she mutters.I narrow her eyes over her body, admiration swelling up in my eyes.“I'm sure their jaws will drop when they see you,” I mutter and she chuckles.“Stop flattering me. I need to get there alive,” Kaitlyn replies.I sigh loudly and drag my feet to where she is standing. She stiffens as I wrap my hands around her shoulders.“Just make sure you come back alive. If it gets too dangerous just take a life and get back here,” I warn her.I know what I am saying is outrageously absurd but I don't care anymore.At this point in life. I have to protect what I cherish even if it means becoming a murderer.Besides, lots of murderers are walking around free in the country with no fear or guilt.Why can't I do the same if Nikolai Rider is?“I need to find a way to get out first,”
KAITLYNMy words hit her so hard that her glass drops and spills the champagne on my dress.I gasp loudly and step back, the smile on my face disappearing.I wipe a hand over my dress and jerk my head up towards her while she stares at me with horror and fear scribbling across her face.Is this the
NIKOLAIAnger is bubbling in me as I watch her run out of the hall. I clench the glass of champagne so tightly that the glass breaks under my grip and the splinters fall to the ground. The heads of everyone shift from the door to me, eyes widening in horror.“Don Nikolai!" Elios’s wife gasps and be
KAITLYNMy jaw drops at the sight of her, and I blink several times. What the fuck is Regina doing here? Nikolai tugs on my arm, forcing me back to reality. “Come,” he whispers and wraps his arm around mine, then pulls me closer to himself before walking fully into the crowded hall. My eyes are
KAITLYNI gasp loudly, my eyes widening like saucers.My legs are shaking, and my hands as well. I can't seem to digest what he just said, and the fear bubbling in me is enough to take my consciousness away.“Don't worry, I'm not that evil to hurt that pretty-looking lady full of dreams. She has dr







