ログインNIKOLAI My blood boils as I stare at the wrecked car that once carried Kaitlyn to wherever she disappeared to. Tom walks away from the team trying to pull the car out from the large tree it had seemingly crashed into. He flicks the dirt on his shirt away and lets out a sigh as he strides towards me. Beads of sweat are all over his forehead, and his shirt is damp with blood and sweat. “Miss Peterson isn't in there,” he announces when he gets to where I am standing. My throat knots, and somehow, a wave of relief washes down my body. I don't even have the right words to say or a way to start searching for where her abductors have taken her. "Mrs. Rider,” I mutter, searching for a way to keep calm and divert my brain away from this shit. “What?” Tom snaps his head up, his eyes squinting in confusion. “She is my wife. You must address her as Mrs. Rider!” I snap. Tom tilts his head to the side, the confusion in his eyes spreading. “Forgive me, boss,” he says, trying to hide the
KAITLYN I stagger back, my chest tightening in horror.I press my hand against the wall as I stare wide-eyed at them.How did they know that I had escaped?So, I wasn't wrong when I suspected that they were playing games with me.I lift my gaze in her direction, and with bitterness and anger rising in my heart, I watch her lips twitch up in a sinister smirk."Did you really think you could escape this place?” She mutters, chuckling loudly.I glare hatefully at her.The anger bubbling in me is so much that I can't even find the words to throw at her as a response.She clicks her tongue and points at the ceiling.I follow the direction of her stretched finger, and my throat knots when I find a CCTV camera on the ceiling.It is pointing down at me, capturing every move that I am making.I am sure she enjoyed seeing me run around and try to find a way out of here.“You must have enjoyed it,” I mutter, letting out a huff.She chuckles and shrugs with a large, satisfied smile on her face.
KAITLYN I slowly get down from the bed and begin to walk softly to the door.My heart is slamming hard in my chest, and my mind is screaming that I stay put, but I can't.I need to find a way to get out of here as soon as possible.I creep around to the door and stare out through the peephole.All I can find is a long, well-lit hallway.If I can find the key, then I'll be able to leave.As I stand there, thinking of what to do, a thought snaps into my head.I remember Nikolai using my hairpin to open a locked door once back in the house.I don't know if he lost the key to the room, but he used my hairpin to open it, and he made me watch him do it.Now that I think about it, it seems like he was teaching me how to survive in such situations.I walk to the table and begin to search for any hairpins. I know damn well that I was wearing two when I went to that traitor's place.I finally find one of my hairpins lying almost hidden beside a make-up box.I pick it up, along with a perfume b
NIKOLAI My eyes are fixed on the grandfather clock, watching its pendulum swing from side to side.This is one of the things that always keeps me calm.The chilling silence and sudden thud that accompany each pass of the pendulum through the center never fail to calm my raging nerves.The door opens, and I hear Tom's footsteps shuffle in.“The gift has been sent to the pakhan,” Tom says when he walks closer to the table.My lips twitch up at the news, and I let out a chuckle.I wonder what he will look like when he opens that box and finds the fresh head of Giovanni tucked in carefully.“Prepare the men we have for any attack,” I say.From the corner of my eye, I can see fear flash across Tom's face.“Yes, boss,” he replies after some hesitation.I cast a cold glance at him and chuckled.“Are you afraid of losing your mother?” I ask.His head jerks up, and his eyes widen in surprise.“No! No! Not at all!” He blurts out while shaking his head.I chuckle again and shake my head.“Get e
KAITLYNA cold splash on my face forces my head to jerk up.I let out a hoarse gasp, gripping my dress as my heart clenches.A shrill, low ring fills my head, and my throat is burning so bad that I can barely swallow my saliva down.“Wake up!” I hear a voice growl, and my eyes slowly pull open.My heart drops into the bottom of my belly when I see a tightened face of a woman hovering over me and eyes that can pierce anything with their blackness staring down at me.I draw back, my heart racing in fear and alarm.“Who… who are you?” I whisper in a voice that sounds like it isn't even above a whisper.Her lips twitch up as disgust darts across her dim eyes.She scoffs at me with disgust and turns away, staring at me like I had some contagious disease.My gaze lowers to my body, and my throat knots when I notice that I am not in the dress that I wore earlier.I am in nightwear. A black nightwear that stops at my thighs. My feet are covered with thick black socks, and a bracelet that does
NIKOLAI “Hello Giovanni,” I blurt out, my voice echoing across the woods.Giovanni stops dead, then slowly raises his head in my direction.My lips twitch in a smirk when I see a horrified look dart across his face.His eyes are wide in dread as he stares at me.I know damn well he doesn't believe who he is seeing. He must have been planning to throw a celebration over my death.“You bastard!” he spits out.I chuckle and begin to walk towards him with slow strides.“I told you I'll come for you, didn't I?” I mutter, my lips slanting to the side.Dismay flashes past his eyes, and he staggers back.His hair is damp and sticking to his forehead, and his white, transparent shirt glues to his body. His chest is rising and falling in fear, and the grave look on his face is almost making me laugh.“You will dare not disrespect the Patrón!” he grumbles, shaking his finger at me.His shaking voice is almost making me burst into laughter.“Patrón? Don Marco?” I huff loudly, shaking my head.I
KAITLYNHe bats his lashes severally, his jaw dropping as he stares at the lampstand in my raised hand. My hand slowly drops, and I take a step back, my questioning gaze fixed on him.“What are you doing here?” I ask, still recovering from the fear that had seized me some moments ago.“The master a
My lips stretch into a smirk, and I raise my gaze to the man, locking eyes with him. Fear is evident in his eyes, showing how much he dreads Nikolai.“I told you, didn't I?” I mutter, and he scoffs loudly, clenching his teeth.“Let’s see how he gets you out of here alive!” he snaps, and pulls out a
Kaitlyn My steps draw back while I keep my furious gaze on her smiling face.“Kaitlyn—"“You should have told me earlier,” I snap at him, and his jaw drops in shock.“I… I thought that you wouldn’t have a problem with it,” he stutters, and I scoff, directing my glare at him.“You thought?” I huff
KAITLYN“She is dead?” “Yes, boss.”“And him?”Wait, are those voices that I hear? I think I am tied to a chair and my face is covered with a sack as well. I can't clearly remember how I got into this mess, but I do remember getting hit on the head by a woman. What the hell do these people want f







