MasukCHAPTER SIXTY-TWODimitri's POVEveryone in the hall froze.Even Mikhail was not expecting that announcement. His eyes went wide with surprise."You're what?!" Alexei exclaimed, shock and fear evident in his expression.His chains rattled as he tried to stand up, but the guards pushed him back down roughly.I looked at Alexei directly. My gaze was steady and unwavering. "I do not repeat myself, brother."Mikhail stepped forward. His expression was confused and concerned."Dimitri," he said carefully. "Are you joking? This is not a matter to joke about."He studied my face, searching for any sign that I was not serious."I am not joking," I said firmly. "I have never been more serious in my life."The hall erupt
CHAPTER SIXTY-ONEIrina's POVTears would not stop falling.They streamed down my face like hot rivers, blurring my vision.My chest heaved with sobs that I could not control."He never saved me," I whispered to myself through my tears. "It was all in my head. All of it was my imagination."My hands shook violently as I reached for the IV needle in my arm.I had to get out of here. I had to find out where I really was and know if truly all of this was my imagination.The needle was taped down securely but I picked at the edges desperately with trembling fingers."Come on, come on," I muttered, my vision was still blurred from crying.Finally the tape came loose and I grabbed the needle, preparing to pull it out
CHAPTER SIXTYDimitri's POVThe slap echoed through the hall like a gunshot.Alexei's head snapped to the side from the force of my blow. His cheek immediately turned red.For a moment, everything was silent. The guards watched with tense expressions.Mikhail stood nearby with an unreadable expression.Alexei slowly turned his face back towards me. His green eyes burned with hatred and rage.Then he spat directly at my face.The saliva hit my cheek and I felt it drip down slowly, warm and disgusting."You fucking bastard!" Alexei cursed, his voice was filled with venom. "I regret not searching harder for you!"He pulled against the chains that held his hands behind his back. His whole body shook with fury."I should have torn this city apart until I
CHAPTER FIFTY-NINEIrinaI screamed, my head buried in my hands, trying to block out the horror.Roberto's dead eyes were staring at me. Blood was everywhere, and the gunshots still echoed in my ears.The images were burned into my mind, replaying over and over like a nightmare I could not wake up from.I could still smell the gunpowder, still feel the glass cutting my skin, still see the moment life left Roberto's eyes.Then I heard a voice, distant but familiar, calling my name."Irina!"I knew that voice. I knew it deep in my bones.Dimitri?I looked up slowly, my vision was blurry with tears and shock.A man was approaching the car, moving through the smoke and chaos like something out o
CHAPTER FIFTY-EIGHTDimitri's POVWhen I heard her scream, my soul left my body.That raw desperate sound told me everything. She was hurt. She was dying. And she was gone.I did not know where the strength came from but I pushed Mikhail away with force I did not know I had."Dimitri, no!" Mikhail shouted but I was already moving.I threw open the car door and dashed out into the chaos.Bullets were still flying, guards were already shooting at the attackers. The night was filled with smoke and noise.But I did not care. I did not think about my safety. I only thought about getting to her.When the attackers saw more reinforcements arriving, and saw how our guards were more than them, they fled quickly.Their car screeched away into the darkness, leaving de
CHAPTER FIFTY-SEVENIrina's POVI watched through tear-filled eyes as Roberto drove me back into the hands of my worst enemy.All I could do was cry, silent tears that streamed down my face endlessly.My pleas fell on deaf ears. Roberto acted like I was not even there.He cursed continuously at everything that came in his way. At the traffic, at the red lights, at any car that drove too slowly in front of us.He kept checking his watch obsessively. His jaw was clenched so tight I thought his teeth might break."We are running out of time," he muttered. "Damn it, we are running out of time!"I sat in the passenger seat. My hands were on my pregnant belly, trying to comfort the baby that was kicking frantically.The baby could sense my fear







