Lira’s PovI did the cowardly thing that can ever be imagined.I hid away in a dark room. Hoping that for the good of me, they don’t come knocking. Alessandro and Tova didn’t care about me; they hadn’t even noticed when I limped out of the room. The vial was clutched in my hand as I crept out.This was my only escape. Running wouldn’t save me, not when I knew Nikolai would come searching. He wouldn’t stop until he had found me and killed me. That was who he was—the type of man he made the world see.I stared at the vial, reading through the manual she had carelessly placed on the table. Tova had made one big mistake, laying all her cards in my sight, thinking that I wouldn’t touch them. Wouldn’t make my move.The front door slammed open, and in fear, I hid the vial in my bra, rushing out to see what the commotion was all about.Nikolai stormed into the house with a face filled with untamed anger, “Where is that bastard?”The guards all looked down, fear in their eyes, feeling the wrat
Lira’s PovThe darkness never scared me.But the look in his eyes, they looked haunted, like a man filled with regret. I hadn’t seen that before.“Who are you, Eden?” he asked, his voice low and dangerous.“No. 36. You gave me the name Eden,” I cried, keeping my head down, avoiding his gaze.He laughed the sound reverberating around the car, “No. 36,”There was something dark in his tone, he could breathe my fear deeper than the air he needed. “This isn’t just some scar; it is a message… but you knew that already, didn’t you?”I tried to pull away, tried to remove my hand from his hold, but with each tug, his grip tightened, stopping the blood from flowing. My fingers throbbed, the ache digging deep into my soul.“I don’t know what you are talking about. Please,” I begged desperately.His eyes had turned dark. He was on a hunt, and he could smell the lies through my pores. My advantage would be my tears and hope for a punishment. But the look in his eyes told me all that I needed to k
Lira’s PovThere was no time here.Darkness met darkness, there was no night or day.I groaned, feeling the cold tiled floor dig into my skin, numbing my body. No one knew where I was. Nikolai had climaxed in my mouth, and rather than order that I be taken to see the doctor. They offered me a room in his basement.No clothes, no water, no food.Just alone with the maze I called a mind.The door groaned, the sound made a flicker of hope rise in my chest. But that immediately died the minute I saw him standing by the entrance with a smirk on his face.No! Anything but him.I was only hanging on a thin thread. If he moved, then everything about me would be gone.“Look at you, aren’t you the prettiest damsel I have seen,”His voice sliced through me like a blade placed in fire, sizzling with hot oil. I looked like a ghoul, but he didn’t care. In his eyes, I looked just as good as every twisted thought he had had in his head.“Eden, come,” he called out in a low tone.My limbs moved, not
Lira’s PovThey say all good things must surely have an end.Well, mine walked into the room, the door slammed against the wall, and eyes were drunken in want and a little bit of intoxication.“You are back?” My voice sounded anything but mine. The low coarse tone and the slight pain at the back of my throat were the constant reminder of the day I just had.Nikolai isn’t meant to be back for at least another three days. But here he was, staring at me with fire in his eyes.“The meeting got boring. Made me wonder if I should have had you under the table, sucking me off as they talked,” he paused, tapping his chin as if he was trying to sort through his thoughts.“You know what? Maybe next time, I will do just that,” he muttered.I didn’t doubt that. Nikolai was a man who breathed dark thoughts, and once they were formed, nothing really took them away.Well, hopefully before he gets on with the plan, I have caved a solid plan.My eyes flickered to the corner and I caught myself, one way
Lira’s PovHe said nothing, his eyes darting around the room as if he were an animated investigator sent to uncover the crime that had been committed.I cleared my throat, drawing his attention to my over-exposed secret. I knew his type, he wasn’t going to make a move. i needed to initiate it. Make him believe that I couldn’t go a second without him. They get off that kind of foreplay.He wants me to desperately be the seductress. The temptation that brought him p his knees. I could scratch an itch and still betray the Cruz brothers. The plan sounded great in my horny ears. But underneath that, I needed answers.Alessandro Cruz had them.“Anything?”“Please don't tell Nikolai,”His nose flared up, his pupils dilating at the tone of my voice. I could literally see wheels turning in his head. The thought of holding a noose around my neck was his weakness. The god effect.His tongue reached out, glazing his lower lip as he stared at my hardened nipples. “Please,” I dragged further. A c
Lira’s PovShe was a screamer. I could say that much.It was a miracle the guards hadn’t pushed the door down, hoping to save their don’s wife.My fingers trailed down the bold hickey on my neck. She had decorated my body with marks of her own, each above Nikolai’s mark.Enough stalling, time to get things right. From the chatters in the maids' quarters, Nikolai was out of the state for a business trip. It is crazy how a man who has everything has the most dedication like a man trying to make a name for himself.This was going to be my only window.The door creaked open, my heart slamming hard against my ribcage, the silence in the house was unnerving, as if I was taking a walk through the cemetery on Old Kent’s road. Well, Nikolai’s house would be a graveyard sooner or later, depending on how well this turns out.Just as I rounded the corner, the unforgettable sound of cries of ecstasy filled my ears. The moans sent a tingling sensation down my spine.“Someone is getting naughty,” I