ログイン“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
MIKIAL’S STORY….As the streetcar chugged to the end of the line, Pepper Windjue let out her tight braid. Her hair puffed out in a mass of curls that flowed down over her shoulders all the way down her back. It was Friday night and she didn’t have to look professional until Monday morning. The tension headache she’d been nursing all afternoon eased and the slight wind fluffed her long, silver white curls.Finally, she stepped off the streetcar at the end of Canal Street and Wells street. Across the road was the Harrah’s Casino but that wasn’t her final destination. She was heading to The Muse, a small art gallery on The River Walk. Her roommate Sami, an art major in college, told her about this incredible painting in a show there. This painting depicted a little girl with silver hair a
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
On the way back to the hotel, they swung past the apartment Raven shared with her brother. Raven quickly packed the things that could be carried along with them and they left the rest. They had very few material possessions and barely any clothes but she took what
“I can see several people watching us,” Kosta noted.Raven nodded. “Mike is looking at us from the grey house.” She turned and saw Gary watching them as well from a house down the block. “G
“I’ve already told her she cannot do this alone,” Yuri informed Nikoli. “I asked her to tell me where this place was but she told me my men would never find it.”Nicky shook his head. “She’s right. No one has ever found this place and believe me, others have tried. How she knows where it is, is bey
Nikoli broke the silence, “Tonight I would like to have dinner with some friends of ours. I would like to introduce you to them.”“Really?” Nicky exclaimed.“Of course, you must meet these men. I want them to finally meet my son.” He beamed. “After all, they have been searching for you every day of







