LOGIN“Do you threaten me?” Sergi demanded angrily.
“Oh, of course not.” Raven shook her head. “I don’t even know you, not yet anyway. I would really like the chance to know you but I haven’t grown up with the rules you live by. I have been living by my own rules. I know what’s right for me and this man is right for me. You have to give me time to know you before you can tel
Just then, the elevator door opened in the hall as Sazon and Mkial came out carrying Grigori. He was tied up, gagged and still out for the count.Yuri opened the third cell door and the others carried him inside. They dumped his limp body on the bed.With a groan, Grigori seemed to be waking up.Before he came completely to, Sazon cut the ropes around his wrists and ankles then all three men left the cell.Yuri locked the door behind him.Now, they all waited and watched.Raven and Nicky spoke to each other softly in the corner.Yuri stood with Mikal and Sazon. They all spoke about what was on Raven’s flashdrive.
“How the hell did you know about the safe?” Carl demanded. He turned to glare at Raven. “How the fuck did you even know where the house was?”Raven waved at him. “You threatened me and Nicky,” she replied. “You had people hunting for us. I needed something I could use against you if your people ever found us.”Carl thought for a moment. “You took it, didn’t you?”Raven nodded.“Have you given it to them yet?” He wanted to know.“No but I will.” Raven reached into her pocket and pulled out a flash drive. She gave it to Misha.“What is this?” Misha asked.
Andria went on with her story, “After Joy was dead, he told me to get the baby. I did what I was told to do. If I didn’t, Carlos would come for me and he would hurt me until I prayed for death.” She hung her head. “I just did what I was told to do.”“You did it to save your own skin.” Nikoli sneered at her. “You killed my wife and stole my son. You made my life a living hell for twenty years and now, I have learned that you didn’t even take care of him. You left him in the care of another then you walked away. You managed to hide yourself for years, yet you feared not doing what he asked you to do? Somehow your words do not ring true.”“What’s going to happen to me now?” she asked.“Your fate lies with me now,” Sergi told her.
“Do you threaten me?” Sergi demanded angrily.“Oh, of course not.” Raven shook her head. “I don’t even know you, not yet anyway. I would really like the chance to know you but I haven’t grown up with the rules you live by. I have been living by my own rules. I know what’s right for me and this man is right for me. You have to give me time to know you before you can tell me what to do and even then, I will listen to your suggestions and I may even follow them but in the end, I will do what is best for me. That’s what I know, that is what I have done since I’ve been old enough to know right from wrong. I cannot be a servant, not to you or anyone else. I am a woman full grown. My life hasn’t been easy but I’ve found my own way once and I can do it again. I’ve only just found you, so please don’t tell me what I can and cannot d
Nicky nodded at the room in question. “Check it out if you don’t believe me. You won’t find her in there. But you better move quickly before she has a chance to get out.”Yuri moved toward the door and when he opened it, Raven was nowhere to be found. “Damn it!” He swore. Turning to Nicky he asked, “Where would she be?”Nicky went into the room and looked around a moment before he made his way to the kitchen. “Raven, please don’t run from this. You always told me to confront my fears. You said if I did that, the fears would go away. This is something that has to happen. You always told me that someday we would find our family. Remember that? When I asked you about my father, you told me that we’d find him someday. Guess what? We found him. We found your father too. Now you have to be strong enoug
Nikoli went on, “In fact, his whole family suffers from the same affliction. It has to do with a medical condition that passes from generation to generation.”Raven felt dread running down her spine. She was almost afraid to ask.“Who is this person?” Yuri asked for her.“Sergi Constantine,” Nikoli replied as he also looked a bit stunned. “Misha and I shared many meals together and when I noticed they never ate red meat, I asked about it. Misha told me it was a family thing.”Raven moved over to a chair and sat down hard. “That doesn’t mean anything. I can eat red meat if I want to.”Nicky came over and sat down beside her. “No Raven, you can’t. You know what happens to you when you do. You get sick for three days every time.”“That doesn’t mean a thing,” she insisted.Nicky reached out and tipped her chin up. “Are you afraid?”She nodded. “Terrified. So much has changed in so little time.”“What’s the worst that could happen?” he asked her gently.“She’s afraid that Carlos or Andria
A single tear rolled down Nikoli’s face and for a moment, he couldn’t speak. Then he cleared his throat and told her, “At least she kept most of her lies as close to the truth as possible. My son was named after me but his last name is Silvanic. B
Yuri went on to explain, “We could kidnap him, take him out there and keep him prisoner for as long as you like. Or until he confesses. The tribunal would be able to pass judgement if he confesses everything he did and gives them a reason why. That would caus
“I was five years old when my moth—Andria came home with a tiny baby boy,” Raven explained. “She told me the baby was now my brother and that I had to take care of him. We were living in a small trailer near Lake Charles at the time. We weren’t allowed go outside and none of the neighbors ever cam
Raven squared her shoulders and told them all, “If that’s my file he was going to sell me at fourteen to a pimp named Big Jimmy. If it’s Nicky’s, he was going to be sold to a pedophile by the code name of Captain Silver. Carlos was just wait







