Lorraine Lebedeva"Thirty-five of our men will accompany us. There is this specific safe house the three men have been hiding in for the past 6 weeks. It's an hour and thirty minutes drive away from us." Rhett explained. Our heads turned to the door when Dante walked in and removed his leather jacket. He took a seat across from me. "Apologies everyone." he says, running his fingers through his hair. "Where the hell were you?" Abree questions, annoyed by Dante's late coming. "I was being followed." He lets out, catching everyone's attention. "Do you think it was the Americans?" Rhett questions, as he stands up and walks over to the mini bar. Dante shook his head pinching the bridge of his temple and let out a frustrated sigh. "Even worse." Dante asserts. His gaze shifted to me, for the first time fear was lingering in his eyes. "The Russians." I frown. "My father." I whisper to myself.I was distracted by the positive things that are going on in my life that I completely forgot abo
WARNING: this chapter contains scenes that some readers might find disturbing, if you are sensitive to raw violence I highly advice you to skip this chapter towards the end.Lorraine LebedevaJust as I cautiously walk over to the men a bullet slams into my chest knocking me to the ground.The sharp pain spreads up to my chest makes it hard to breathe for a moment.Thank God I wore my armed vest.Raphaël rushed over to me and cupped my face. "Are you alright?" He questions worriedly. I force a smile and rise to my feet. "I'm fine." I sayThe pain eases a bit but it's still painful to breathe.Raphaël's eyes darkened as he shot his head to the side, gawking at the person that shot at me. I followed his gaze and my eyes landed on a brunette boy who looked like he was in his late teen years. His eyes widened as he slowly lowered his gun with shaky hands. Raphaël pulled out his gun, aimed it at the boy's head and pulled the trigger. His lifeless body drops to the ground. I watched with wid
Lorraine LebedevaMy body was shivering with excitement as he zipped my jumpsuit all the way to the end and unbuckled his pants.I slowly removed my jumpsuit covered in dry blood, as goosebumps coated my clean skin when the wind brushed against my flesh."Open your legs for me red." he demands but even his demands were all sweetness and cajoling. Promise and tenderness. But he could have said anything, in any way, and it wouldn't have mattered. I was drooling for him. Wetness pooled inside my mouth. Between my legs. That's how much of an effect he has on me. I was swept off my feet, already so deep for him. There was no hesitation as I opened my legs and kept it open as Raphaël trailed one of his hands down the side of my face. Then the other. I lifted my gaze to his, and he smiled before cupping my chin.His hands were even more through. A stroke here. A pinch there. A kiss dropped on the back of my neck. Whatever kept my body on high alert for his touch.He took his hand away, leavi
Lorraine LebedevaI was warm, the smell of a smoky, tobacco aroma filtered my nostrils.I snuggled deeply into the warm source, enjoying the strong warmth beneath me. My eyes flutter open and the first thing I see is my favorite thing to look at.Hazel eyes, radiating brown sun warmed with inner soft hues of gold.Raphaël smiled softly as he placed a gentle kiss on my lips and pulled away, pressing his forehead on mine.I let out a sigh as I switched positions my naked body pressed up against his.Through the huge window glass rested the tips of trees, a way to watch the changing season in real time. I watched in silence as the steady patter of rain upon the glass windows. Droplets yet to scatter the nascent rays of the rising sun. The sound brings a calmness to mind, a soothing melody, a natural lullaby. With eyes at rest I feel my center, living happily within myself for these blessed moments of solitude.I snuggled into Raphaël's arms, a small sigh escaped my lips when the tip of h
Lorraine LebedevaThe cool breeze brushed my skin, goosebumps coating my skin.I let out a sigh and my eyes fluttered open as it scanned the dark room. I pulled myself up and glanced at the clock sitting beside the bed and it read 4:22 am.I've been asleep for almost 5 hours.My head was pounding from all the crying and my throat was dry, eyes puffy and cheeks flushed with dried up tears stain.I removed the blanket and swung my legs out of bed as I made my way to the bathroom.I flicked the light on and cringed at my reflection. My strawberry hair was messy and my face was all puffy and red. I groaned as I let the tap water run and splashed cold water onto my face. After refreshing myself I walked over to the door and slowly opened it. My head peaked out first making sure that Raphaël was not in sight. I was not ready to face him yet.The lights were off and the only light was from the full moon.Our- Raphaël's room was just across the hall so I didn't want to wake him.One foot in f
Lorraine LebedevaToday was the day. After a week of Raphaël's' team gaining research about the Knights we finally got them. They are currently hiding in Texas and we all decided that we will fly to America because things have quieted down in the underworld and it's better now to attack when they least expect it.But before we left Raphaël wanted to deal with something very important. Abree, Rhett, Dante and I sat in Raphaël's office as we waited for him. "Sooo..." Dante dragged his tone as he awkwardly took a sip of his drink. "How are you guys holding up?" he questioned, his thick Russian accent laced in his tone. Rhett gawked at Dante and cocked his thick brow. "Since when do you care about our personal lives?" Rhett questioned. Dante cleared his throat. "We are stuck with each other so the least we could do is tolerate one another." he explained. I turned to look at Abree who was already staring at me. I smiled awkwardly and she scrunched her nose then looked away. "Well, I'm
Lorraine Lebedeva"What?" Abree snapped.I smiled and shrugged as I continued to brush my hair.We all agreed to have dinner together before we drive to Texas. It was Rhett and Dante's idea. They said it's better to be calm and collected before epic events so eventually we all agreed.Abree and I are getting ready as the other guys get ready in separate rooms. Raphaël wanted to get ready with me but Abree protested saying that we will take forever and the food will be finished when we are done.I mean she's not wrong so I agreed with her which only made him grumpy.Abree was happy that Marcello decided to fly to America just to make sure everything went well. Everyone did not find it suspicious apart from me. I secretly knew that he flew the way from Europe to America just to see Abree and make sure that she was safe.Abree can take care of herself but I think it's sweet of him.My suspiciousness escalated when I caught Abree and Marcello sneaking out together the other night into Mar
Lorraine LebedevaInstead of taking a road trip like planned we took a Private flight so that it could be quicker to reach there.Immediately after hearing the news at 23:48 pm we did not waste any time. 4 hours later we find ourselves stalking a specific house in the middle of the night in the dark.They are dead bodies scattered across the yard and gates have been crashed wide open with glass windows shattered and bullet holes on the wall."Shit." Abree said as she handed the binoculars to Rhett. Rhett analyzed the scene and nodded as he turned to face Raphaël."Yep, they are definitely dead.""Cazzo." Raphaël mumbled under his breath.My shoulders tensed when I felt sick to my stomach but not for puking.I have a really bad feeling about this."Okay, let us not waste any time."Dante and Marcello were in a different SUV, along with other soldiers just for backup.Perspiration shone on Rhett's brow as he was the first one to step out of the car. Followed by Abree. Before I could wal